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.”...

It Takes a Village to Read – and Discuss – a Book

How do you get a whole community to read a single book? Well, it generally starts, as these things always do, with one person....

Opportunities

Audition The Full Monty, presented by Cheng/Ferrara Productions,...

If You Think Crime’s Bad Now, Look at the 1930’s

When snooty out-of-staters base their opinions about New Jersey on the huge oil storage tanks on the Jersey Turnpike, most New Jerseyans bristle and...

Who Needs Tenors When You Have 3 Mo’ Divas?

`Three Mo’ Divas," coming to McCarter on Monday, February 18, follows the great success of Broadway writer/director Marion J. Caffey’s international hit "Three Mo’...

She Lets the Good Times Roll

Since 2001 the career of pianist and singer-songwriter "Long Tall" Marcia Ball has been on an upswing. In 2001 she began recording for Chicago-based...

Review: ‘Two Thousand Years’

In Mike Leigh’s often hilarious and invigorating new play, you won’t find the typical dysfunctional family that usually serves as the core of so...
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