American Repertory Ballet’s Swan Lake dazzles with beauty

The Princeton Ballet School-affiliated American Repertory Ballet presented an ambitious new production of the uber-famous classical ballet Swan...

After decades of vacancy, Eagle Tavern prepares for new life

Nearly 200 years ago, horse owners and racing enthusiasts traveled hundreds of miles to Trenton, where they gathered at the Eagle Tavern for food, drinks and a place to...

Arts & Entertainment

A Baroque look at pumpkins, politics and power

Autumn, political intrigue and centuries-old satire will come together in Princeton when the Dryden Ensemble opens its 2026-27 season with Of Pumpkins & Politicians,...

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Mercer colleges form higher education consortium

Mercer County Executive Dan Benson joined the presidents of The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Mercer County Community College (MCCC) and Thomas Edison State...

Rider’s 107.7 The Bronc named top college radio station

Rider University's student-run radio station, 107.7 The Bronc, has been named the 2026 College Radio Station of the Year by the National Association of...

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U.S. 1’s Email Connection

We wouldn’t normally assign an article on the mail that arrives in our office every day, but since our editor (prompted by the recent...

Newspaper Delivery from the U.K. to N.Y.C. via Princeton

Print doesn’t always have to fight with digital. One doesn’t invariably have to suffer at the hands of the other. Lately, of course, it...

Lights, Camera, Education

The image of universities used to be that of professors lecturing from musty old books. Then in the Dot-com euphoria, universities went virtual, and...

Polishing the Purity of Girls’ Voices for 20 Years

Founder and artistic director of the Princeton Girlchoir (PGC) Janet Westrick is a sociable creature. That’s how she came to be a choral conductor....

Princeton Art Museum Names New Director

‘James Steward is a distinguished scholar, a gifted manager, and a proven leader in the museum world,” says Princeton University provost Christopher Eisgurber about...

Untying the Knot of Trying to Understand Abstract Art

A conversation with abstract artist and educator Tim Lefens brings to mind one of the more famous sentences in Jack Kerouac’s 1958 Beat novel...

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