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...

Princeton Festival – The Season in Review

Both in general and in terms of musical theater, the Princeton Festival was eclectic, touching on various genres and types of music and featuring...

A Revolutionary Idea 250 Years in the Making

They say they want a revolution — or to just continue the one still making its impact on the world. ...

Bucks County Playhouse Review: ‘Tick, Tick . . . Boom!’

So what do you do? A composer fulfills his ultimate dream. He creates a musical that develops a cult following, is the runaway hit...

Cultivating Regional Beauty One Iris at a Time

There is a small, easy-to-miss house in a quiet post-World War II Hamilton development that is the home of an unexpected beauty — one...

Princeton Summer Theater Review: ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Some creative works come with their observations, wit, humor, characterization, romance, and theme so effectively built-in, they are complete unto themselves. They don’t need...

In Their Own Voice: ‘In Between Shows’ Writer at Man Cave

That the City Gardens — the 1980s Trenton punk-music venue — has become part of a regional generation’s personal memory is evident with the...
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