Mercer County Cultural Festival Mercer County’s annual Cultural Festival at Mercer County Park, West Windsor, features live performances of music and dance, as well as traditional art demonstrations showcasing the various cultures represented in the region. Admission is free. Saturday, June 7, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. More details at www.mercercounty.org/departments/culture-and-heritage/cultural-festival. Art All Night The […]
“It is always busy this time of the year but more so this year,” says Allison Trimarco. The founder of Creative Capacity, an organization that partners with nonprofit leaders to solve management challenges and strengthen their missions, Trimarco is talking about helping nonprofit organizations ready financial reports and prepare for a new round of grant […]
The new summer culture season has arrived with an ominous cloud over it. Thanks to a cut in the federal funding that supports nonprofits — one of the most common business structures for arts organizations — regional art and culture presenters are facing more challenges to run their businesses than ever before. And as daunting […]
With more than two decades of music making under their belts, there’s not a whole lot of failure to be found in the story of the Successful Failures. The New Jersey-based band with ties to the Mercer County community celebrated its 20th anniversary in March and is still going strong. The quartet next brings its […]
Small World Coffee has a motto: “Support your local everything.” That ethos is the driving force behind a new Artist Pop-Up series at their Nassau location, to be held on select days throughout May and June. These one-day-only sales invite community members and visitors to shop directly from local makers working in paint, ceramics, vintage, […]
When Lola Atunrase first came to the United States in 1993, it was meant to be a short visit. “I came to the United States for the first time on vacation,” she recalls. “And then I decided to relocate and come here as what we call missionary students.” She never imagined that years later, she’d […]
A cosmic battle, a cancer diagnosis, and 22 years in the making—Steven Mutchiga’s debut novel, “The Midway Conflict: Hour 1,” is more than a story. It’s his story. After years of pauses and rewrites, Mutchiga, who uses the pen name Steven Nevets, returned to his manuscript again and again until he finally completed it. Published […]
The Princeton Einstein Museum of Science is presenting two free exhibits this summer. Now open at Princeton Shopping Center on North Harrison Street is “Think Like a Genius: How Einstein Used His Head.” The family-friendly summer exhibit is on view daily through Labor Day in the Courtyard opposite Concord Pets. Explore how the great scientist […]
Simplicity has the potential to become charming or even poignant on a stage. What appears to be ingenuous or disarmingly innocent can take on depth if the right dramatic, emotional, or enhancing elements are added to it, contrast to it, or illustrate constancy when circumstances insist on change. That kind of development is among the […]
While American Repertory Ballet proffers fine performances of new and contemporary ballets, it’s their renditions of the classics that I most appreciate. “Pasión,” the emotionally charged triple bill the company brought to New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, May 9 through 11, opened with the world premiere of a sultry ensemble piece, “Compasso,” followed by “The […]