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.”...

Seriously: 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...

Films for Women Who Think

To close out Women’s History Month on Monday, March 31, the College of New Jersey hosts Lunafest, a national fundraising film festival showcasing short...

Review: ‘Sense of Wonder’

Passage Theatre Company is presenting Kaiulani Lee’s "A Sense of Wonder," a play about Rachel Carson and her fight for the environment, to say...

Review: ‘Argonautika’ at McCarter

Stage director/adaptor Mary Zimmerman has a reputation for materializing worlds of make-believe and mythology. Her apparent love for these subjects and her flair for...

The American Boychoir Turns 70

Three choirs, whose members range in age from nine to 76, lift their voices separately and together in a concert to celebrate the 70th...
CE – US1