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...

See Jane Bully, See Mary Cry

As a child, Rachel Simmons admits that she bullied others and was bullied herself. “I stood in half-lit empty hallways, a stairwell, the parking...

When a Chair Is Your Canvas

‘We told the artists to do whatever they want with the chairs; we asked them to please turn their chair into a work of...

Opportunities

The Arts Garden State Horror Writers is accepting...

Giving Contemporary Music Its Rightful Voice

Knowing that violinist Anne Akiko Meyers frequently includes contemporary music on her programs, I expect to harvest some telling remarks from her on the...

A Poet Looks at the 21st Century

Poet Charles Simic writes: "The devils inside us are poets; and so, luckily, are the angels." Over the decades, he has exemplified both –...

Michael Graves on Building Bridges

Due to open in 2007, the $6.87 million Paul Robeson Center for the Arts will expand the Arts Council of Princeton building, built in...
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