Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, hosts a Second Sunday Poetry Reading on Sunday, February 9, at 4 p.m. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The February reading features John J. Trause and Malia Chung. Their readings […]
With a supportive landlord and his own culinary gifts and good musical instincts, Todd Ellis is helping in his own way to make Stockton the affordable lunch and dinner town it once was. Ellis opened the Starving Artist Café last winter at 18 Bridge Street. Ellis and his crew of food business veterans serve up […]
Historian Hannah Arendt coined the phrase, “the banality of evil.” Among ways she illustrated it was the workmanlike way Third Reich leaders went about their business, even if it was to devise, perfect, and execute ways to kill millions of fellow humans as political policy. The catalyst for Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s thought-provoking “Here […]
Artworks Trenton hosts the upcoming exhibition, “Clifford Ward: I’ll Make Me a World, Prologue,” from Saturday, February 1, through April 12. The exhibit features selected works by artist Clifford Ward, known for his innovative explorations of African Diaspora mythology and cultures, and will open with a reception on February 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. […]
Just as in the theater, it’s the production and not the play that matters more; with a story, it’s the presentation, not the tale, that counts most when you’re performing it. Robert Montano found success as a Broadway dancer. The minute he appeared on the George Street Playhouse stage to begin his solo play, “Small,” […]
“This Side of Paradise,” “Leaves of Grass,” and … “Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike”? The book by Rutgers American studies professors Michael Rockland and Angus Gillespie was originally released in 1989 and updated and republished in 2024. It’s an easy read, a short book, around 200 pages. From the get-go, readers are […]
The Princeton Folk Music Society celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2025 and is hosting a year-long special program of concert events to honor the occasion. The first performance of the year is on Friday, January 17, featuring Mari Black, a violinist and fiddler who weaves together dance tunes and storytelling. The concert, like all others […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day — the federal holiday honoring the influential civil rights leader — is for many a day off from work and school. But it’s not a vacation; instead, it’s an opportunity for service, to give something back to your community and to help make the world a better place in whatever […]
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton presents its winter gallery exhibition, “Unwavering Grace,” from Saturday, January 18, through Saturday, February 15. An opening reception takes place on January 18 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The exhibit features the work of artist and 1996 Stuart alumna Mari Keeler Cornwell, whose evocative acrylic […]
In the aftermath of key American victories in the Revolutionary War — among them the battles of Princeton and Trenton — the British attempted to turn their fortunes by taking control of the Hudson River in New York state. Three British generals participated in a plan to overwhelm Continental forces garrisoned at Fort Stanwix in […]