Arts & Entertainment

PorchFest brings music, art and history to Allentown

Allentown’s Main Street will become a showcase for music, art and local history Saturday, Sept. 12, when the Allentown Village Initiative presents the borough’s first PorchFest. The free event will...

Lawrence historian wins $25K national scholarship

While many parents take their children on vacation trips to the beach or the mountains, Julia Ciccone's parents...

Piano Jam opens Richardson’s Steinway to all

For generations, some of the world’s leading pianists have taken a seat at the Steinway grand piano in...

Art Cart delivers a new kind of soul food to town

It’s a hot summer day and brightly dressed Brook Beatty stands on South Broad Street in downtown Trenton. After...

Laura Benanti brings ‘Nobody Cares’ home

Laura Benanti says she is “blessed to be a chameleon.” Her context is unexpected. She is not referring to being...

Still Jamming: Rainbow Keeps a Fresh Tradition Alive

It is a hot day and Trenton-based artist Leon Rainbow is feeling the heat — especially the internal heat connected to preparing for the...

Interchange: A Community Can Gentrify Without Losing Its Identity

Examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of What Works ...

Celebrate NJ Farmers — and the Trusty Tomato

A free event celebrating one of New Jersey’s most famous crops is set for Saturday, August 12. Festomato, the annual August event organized by...

Celebrate New Jersey Blueberries Throughout the Year

Okay, we missed — or didn't even know about — National Blueberry Month in July, but any month is time to celebrate the berry...

‘Jump Into Pictures’ at WWAC Exhibit

The West Windsor Arts Council's exhibition “Jump into Pictures: Children’s Book Illustrations” opened a few weeks back yet still provides an opportunity to consider...

Summer Outings: The Smithereens in Frenchtown

Still together, still playing, and still totally enjoying it after 43 years, the Smithereens are a New Jersey icon. Formed in Carteret in 1980,...
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