Princeton Summer Theater Review — ‘The 39 Steps’

In theatrical inventiveness, ingenuity, gymnastics, energy and fun, the Princeton Summer Theater production of Patrick Barlow’s “The 39...

At the crossroads of war and independence

By R. H. Schmitt Jr. Trenton, Princeton and Mercer County have long commanded much of New Jersey’s Revolutionary War attention. But just beyond those better-known battlefields, Allen’s Town, Upper Freehold...

Arts & Entertainment

Final weekend for ‘Word on Front’ at Passage Theatre

“Word on Front 250,” Passage Theatre’s annual festival of music, spoken word and solo performances, has one more weekend to run. It ends Sunday,...

Business

Saul to lead Princeton Mercer Chamber of Commerce

Laurence Saul has been named the next president and CEO of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. Saul will work alongside current President and...

Middlesex Leaders to Speak At Alliance For Action

The New Jersey Alliance for Action will hold a Middlesex County Chapter meeting on Tuesday, June 16, in Edison. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with...

ACM Planning Meeting Set

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People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos: Celebrating 50 Years of Transforming Lives Through Literature, One Short Story at a Time

"Our core belief is that literature belongs to all people and our programs bring literature into the light, into the community. When people share...

Go Inside This Week’s Issue of U.S. 1: December 21, 2022

Note: U.S. 1 will take its annual winter break and will not publish an issue on Wednesday, December 28, but return on Wednesday, January...

2022: The Year and Region in Books

Books as gifts certainly have a life beyond the holidays. Yet, that may be especially true for those connected to the people, places, ideas,...

McCarter Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’

"A Christmas Carol" more than earns its place with ballet’s “Nutcracker,” music’s “The Messiah,” and film’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” on the Mount Rushmore...

Poets of Yore Still Sing of the Season

One is a Christmas poem by Princeton's Annis Stockton (1736-1801). One of the early female poets who published in the colonies and the new...

The Mysterious Case of the Christmas Ghosts

McCarter Theatre's current production of "A Christmas Carol" continues a long tradition of mounting a live presentation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella about a...

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