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...

Music Review: Princeton Sound Kitchen

The Princeton Sound Kitchen is post pandemically reasserting itself a place for musical exploration and innovation. ...

Artworks’ ‘Bold Will Hold’ Showcases Tattoo Culture

'Bold Will Hold' is the tattoo-inspired exhibition on view at Artworks Trenton through November 19. ...

Time to Wine and Dine with Spirits and Spooks

It is a snowy night in the mid-1980s, and I am driving with my wife through snow-covered back roads into Cranbury. As we roll...

Old Barracks Marks History With Celebration

With days counting down to the Old Barracks Museum’s Saturday, October 29, Autumn Fundraiser, Barracks curator Sarah Kirk steps across the first floor Revolutionary...

Classical Music Review: Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

To open its ninth season, the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey ambitiously programmed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony “Choral,” in an evening of music titled “Ode...

Passage Theater Review: ‘Blues in My Soul’

"Blues in My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson," at Trenton’s Passage Theatre through Sunday, has a secret weapon. ...
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