Arts & Entertainment

Basement venues give young musicians a place to be heard

On a show night, an ordinary basement in Mercer County can become a concert venue, packed with young music fans standing just a few feet from the bands while...

Leon Rainbow paints Trenton’s story on a larger canvas

Leon Rainbow is an exciting artist to watch. People have been watching him for years as he paints...

Princeton Arts Council seeks market vendors

Artists, food busines ses and vintage dealers have several August deadlines to apply for fall and holiday markets...

Bucks County marks ‘Rent’ 30th anniversary

Bucks County Playhouse will mark the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical “Rent” with a new production...

Karly C and Rebel Y’all find their stride

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, Mercer County folks can say they knew Mike Matisa and Karly C. “when.”...

Part Riverdance, Part Bowfire, Pure Energy

Since the advent of "Riverdance" 14 years ago, step dancing has been associated with spectacle. The blockbuster Irish dance extravaganza is a big-budget production...

“Having Our Say,” Native American Style

Author and historian Amy Hill Hearth shares the thoughts and experiences of Strong Medicine, an 85-year-old Lenni-Lenape matriarch, and the subject of Hearth’s new...

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Three NY Comics Ham It Up for a Cause

"Martha Stewart set women back a hundred years," says comedienne Maureen Langan. "She’s all about knitting and quilting, even making your own bread." Langan’s...

The Walking Wounded: Sleep-Deprived Kids

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka grew up on a dairy farm near Austin, Minnesota, the youngest of five children. An aunt by the time she was...

Review: ‘Crimes of the Heart’

It was easy enough to fall in love with the gallows humor Dixie style that Beth Henley employed so uncommonly in “Crimes of the...
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