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...

Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’

It doesn’t seem to matter if you are seeing Stephen Sondheim’s "Sweeney Todd" for the first time, or like me, the sixth, it remains...

A Fall Tour for Mozart Maniacs

Jeffery Sekerka knows a thing or two about a dream deferred. Several years ago, Sekerka, now general manager of WWFM, the Classical Network, headquartered...

A Play Where Art Imitates Art

Consider a play where art comes to life and promises to make us laugh and also consider some lessons about living. In the world...

‘Tempest’ in the Tree Tops? Or Not?

Well, the summer arts season commenced with no firm announcement from Princeton Rep Shakespeare, a staple of the Princeton summer arts scene. But last...

A Big City Festival with Small Town Charm

Nick De Mauro knows a thing or two about pulling off big events. As chairman and CEO of the New Jersey DARE Program, which...

U.S 1 Singles: Embedded Reporter Fails to Get Undercover

On the evening of Wednesday, June 22, I walked into the subterranean depths of the Annex, a few minutes early for my date. Well,...
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