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...

Let’s Try . . . Maruichi Japanese Food & Deli

Leave it to the fast pace of New Jersey, a densely populated state with residents who prioritize both convenience and culture, to be the...

Curators Talk Art at Recent Exhibit Openings

Several recent gallery openings have provided some occasions for telling, showing, and reflecting. ...

Bristol Riverside Theatre Review: ‘Chicken & Biscuits’

A scene that takes place about three-quarters of the way through the Bristol Riverside Theatre production of Douglas Lyons’ play, “Chicken & Biscuits,” shows...

Bluebird Trail Brings Happiness to Family and Community

Snipes Farm and Education Center — a regional presence since the Morrisville, Pennsylvania, farm began operating in 1808 — has a new addition this...

Seward Johnson Sculpture Set for a New Awakening in Hopewell

Sometimes news stories can’t help but become personal due to a concept Swiss psychologist Carl Jung called synchronicity– a term which recognizes that two...

McCarter Theater Review: ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’

Playwright Pearl Cleage packs so many welcome old-fashioned values into “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” one savors the return of the well-made play as...
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