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.”...

Inmate Turned Poet

Award-winning poet and author Jimmy Santiago Baca, illiterate at the age of 21 when he was incarcerated in a maximum security facility for selling...

Like Sex and the City with Songs

‘In creating this cabaret, I wanted to explore the ups and downs of being single through song, similar to how the television show ‘Sex...

A Coloratura’s Journey Towards Violetta

From the viewpoint of soprano Lorraine Ernest, singing Violetta, the tragic heroine of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” (“The Fallen Woman”), is the end of...

Who’s Afraid of a Wine Tasting?

‘My husband totally ignores me if Lidia Bastianich is on the Food Network. She’ll just do these amazing combinations of regional Italian food, you...

De-Stress with Open Focus

At the busy intersection of Mt. Lucas Road and Ewing Street, Les Fehmi’s unassuming ranch house has a sign out front: Princeton Biofeedback Center....

Broadway Review: ‘Mauritius’

Mauritius is the first new play of the Broadway season, and a good one. Lauded playwright Theresa Rebeck is also seeing her first play...
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