Tiny titans run the world! Three quarters of the known animal species on planet Earth are insects, and Mercer area residents are invited to celebrate their impact on our lives at the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County’s 21st Annual Insect Fest on Saturday, September 6. Fun, hands-on activities will teach attendees about the vital […]
How might a museum relocate its treasures and archives — all of it, the entire collection — to a secure, harm-free storage space? That daunting challenge formed Phase One of The Hopewell Museum’s Reimagination initiative. We had launched an ambitious plan to completely renovate our 148-year-old Victorian-era brownstone. Now, after two-plus years of cataloguing, conserving, […]
“Each elegant touch in the finest of taste.” This is one of dozens of smart, sophisticated lyrics from the 1963 musical, “She Loves Me,” which in full disclosure I have to say is my favorite of any musical produced for the theater. “She Loves Me’s” score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick exemplifies the three […]
The Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) and the Trenton Free Public Library will present “Recent Works by Thomas Kelly” at the Trenton Free Public Library from August 23 through October 11. An opening reception is set for Saturday, August 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. Thomas Kelly is an award winning, New Jersey based painter […]
Do they play Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes?” Well, no — but Full Code, the band composed almost completely of doctors from Penn Medicine Princeton Health, plays all kinds of other classic rock, covering favorites by, among others, the Grateful Dead, Weezer, Tom Petty, Coldplay, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Lou […]
If you haven’t yet made your way to the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie to see the works of Ellarslie Open 42, this weekend is your chance. The annual juried exhibit first held in 1982 features 124 works of art by 119 artists from the Trenton and Bucks County areas as well as throughout New […]
Bordentown has earned its well-deserved reputation as a place where people are into Halloween. There is the city’s annual Halloween parade, and of course the tradition of Halloween house decorating that is not just fun, but growing every year. The parade marked its 50th anniversary in 2023. It makes sense that a small town where […]
It’s the middle of summer, which means that baseball season is in full swing — at the ballpark and beyond. The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) in Skillman gets into the action with its newest exhibit, “All Stars: Black Baseball in New Jersey and Beyond,” which opens with a special reception on Friday, August […]
State Theatre New Jersey, New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), and the Arts Institute of Middlesex County present the 6th Annual New Brunswick Heart Festival on Saturday, August 9, from 2 to 6 p.m. in Monument Square on Livingston Avenue. This free family-friendly festival celebrates the vibrant arts and history of […]
With a skill set ranging from theater performance, playwriting, and voice coaching to sound design and carpentry, Allison Spann keeps busy and finds work but is in constant search of a place to show off her talents, get seen by powers that be, and move to the next rung of her career. That place usually […]