Scott and Hella McVay of Princeton are set to be honored for their longtime support of land conservation on Thursday, May 16, at New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s annual gala. The event, to be held at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, celebrates NJ Conservation’s land preservation and stewardship efforts throughout New Jersey, including those aimed at […]
HomeFront ArtSpace’s “ArtJam 2024” marks the 15th iteration of the nonprofit’s free pop-up art gallery, which debuts at a new location in downtown Princeton at 45 Hulfish Street from Friday, May 3 through Saturday, May 18, with all proceeds benefiting HomeFront families. According to a press release, over 700 works from 75 national, local, student, […]
The production of “Tick, Tick…Boom” at New Brunswick’s George Playhouse is director David Saint’s affectionate, lively, candid, and theatrically winning valentine to the show’s composer/librettist Jonathan Larson. I don’t think you’ll ever see the show done better. In an opening night curtain speech, Saint, at times welling up, spoke of how, during his close professional […]
Food to nourish the body and conversation to nourish the mind are on the menu at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Farminary for its “First Thursdays at the Farm — A Distinctive Dinner Series.” The Farminary, a 21-acre farm operated by the seminary at 4200 Princeton Pike, is hosting a seven-part series of monthly dinners bringing together […]
You don’t need to travel far to find a good book — or a good author. Princeton Public Library hosts its annual Local Author Day author fair on Saturday, April 27, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the library’s community room. The authors of fiction and nonfiction works from children’s picture books to novels and […]
If you’ve ever traveled to Trinidad and sampled the regional fare from street vendors, you’ve probably eaten a seriously toned down version of that island nation’s spicy cuisine. Kristian Paradis, a steel pan musician and teacher from Philadelphia, has been to Trinidad many times and knows that the local cooks don’t want to blow out […]
When “Ballet Mécanique” was given its world premiere in Paris in 1926, the onslaught of synchronized player pianos, airplane propellers, sirens, electric bells, and percussion whipped the audience into an opening night frenzy. Some of the most prominent artists of the day began to throttle one another and rain fists upon their neighbors’ heads. Even […]
Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, host their monthly Second Sunday Poetry Reading on April 14 at 4 p.m. featuring two New Jersey-based poets. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center followed by a limited open mic for […]
Princeton Public Library’s Princeton Environmental Film Festival, now in its 18th year, offers eight feature-length documentaries and 14 short films screened in person and virtually over the course of 10 days from Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 14. The films come from around the world, but some are from just around the corner, including […]
Trenton artists Alia Bensliman and Spriha Gupta are sharing their work in exhibits on view through May 24 at Artworks Trenton. An opening reception for both exhibits — Bensliman’s “A Story of Emotions” and Gupta’s “2nd Life: Rediscovering Nature’s Canvas” — takes place Friday, April 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. Alia Bensliman is a […]