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...

Welcome to a Birder’s Paradise — Minutes from Downtown Princeton

Getting some fresh air with friends — feathery, flapping, and otherwise — is what the Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge is all about. From...

Off the Presses: New Releases Offer An Escape

Princeton University Press recently released several books offering ideas about thinking and consciousness. And while the writers or subjects do not have a direct...

New Year, New Art at Capital City Venues

Trenton residents and visitors interested in exploring some very new art can start the year off by visiting several of the city’s important venues...

Princeton Makes Opens New Year of Poetry

The January 8 Second Sunday Poetry Reading at Princeton Makes Artist Cooperative in the Princeton Shopping Center features Barbara Elovic and Michael T. Young....

Forget St. Nick: Around Here, Christmas Is George’s Day

Forget Santa Claus. The Greater Trenton/Princeton region has another guy who has been coming to town on Christmas for centuries: George Washington. ...

George Street Playhouse Review: ‘Joy: The Musical’

Anchored by a sterling performance by Erika Henningsen, lively production numbers, and a refreshingly varied score by Ann­Marie Milazzo, “Joy: The Musical,” having its...
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