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...

Off the Presses: Colonial Taverns of New Jersey

New Jersey writer and journalist Michael G. Gabriele is quick to point out in his new book, “Colonial Taverns of New Jersey,” that when...

Off the Presses: Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Rutgers University professor Dr. Angus Gillespie takes delight in making the things we take for granted in New Jersey come alive. ...

NJ Folk Festival in New Hands and New Format

The 2023 New Jersey Folk Festival will occur as part of the campus-wide Rutgers Day on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 5...

Something Old, Something New for Symphony Centennial

A venerable orchestra, celebrating 100 years this season, will strike a balance with some-things-old and something new, when the New Jersey Symphony returns to...

Off the Presses: ‘Where Have All the Children Gone?’

"Where Have All The Children Gone?” is the rhetorical question that retired special education teacher Charity Roszel (née Charity Ousley) uses to frame her...

Off the CD Presses: ‘Something From Nothing’

"Something From Nothing" is the newly released recording by bassist, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, Phil McAuliffe — a Hamilton-resident who is also a nationally known...
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