When Tre Piani restaurant closed its doors at its Forrestal Village location in 2018 after a (mostly) successful 20-year run, locals wondered what would become of the soaring space with its bright Mediterranean look and feel, and what would replace its Italian/Mediterranean influenced menu. Those burning questions were answered in April of this year, with […]
Art All Day returns for its 13th year, offering thousands of visitors a dynamic window into Trenton’s vibrant artistic community. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, September 21, from noon to 6 p.m., bringing together art lovers and city explorers alike. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit open art studios, experience live […]
What started as a casual remark to friends about “Empire Records’” potential to become a great musical turned into a dream opportunity for Zoe Sarnak when her agent offered her the chance to write the score and lyrics. Sarnak immediately said yes: This wasn’t just another project, but a personal journey to reimagine a film […]
It started with noodling around on a violin. New Zealand-born composer Gemma Peacocke didn’t know as a kid that spending hours creating new musical pieces could one day be a career. Now years later, her orchestra piece “Manta” will be debuted at the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening concert. The orchestra performs Peacocke’s “Manta,” along with […]
“Here and Now,” a solo exhibit of new paintings by Bucks County-based artist Robert Beck, opens Saturday, September 14, at the Morpeth Contemporary in Hopewell. Two opening receptions are scheduled: Friday, September 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, September 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. The show remains on view through Sunday, October […]
Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, host a Second Sunday Poetry Reading on Sunday, September 15, at 4 p.m. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The September reading features Annie Cao and Lois Marie Harrod. Their readings […]
“Smoke & Mirrors” at the Zimmerli considers how artists make inequities in museums transparent to all. Finding your way through a museum or an exhibition can be a straightforward experience with few obstructions — for the able-bodied. That one-size-fits-all approach to art access is upended in Smoke & Mirrors, the main fall exhibition presented by […]
Residents of Trenton and beyond are invited to join any of 12 more Trenton Walks! in September and October, with volunteer leaders hosting walks four or five times a month on Mondays through Saturdays. The goal of Trenton Walks! is to get people together to enjoy being outdoors, get some healthy exercise, and celebrate being […]
Time travel back to the mid-century campus of Princeton University, when college men went to class in suits and skinny ties, beloved old buildings were coming down as new structures were going up, and people skated on Lake Carnegie during the cold and snowy New Jersey winters. The delightful exhibit “Credit Line, Please: Photographs by […]
The Old Barracks Museum has acquired the Donald Londahl-Smidt Research Collection. The collection, focused on the Hessian and English forces fighting in America during the American Revolution, is the legacy of the late Donald M. Londahl-Smidt of Montvale, New Jersey. Londahl-Smidt was a Revolutionary War military and naval historian, specializing in the Hessian and other […]