“Earn some green and sell it to a local scrap metal dealer,” the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection declared last January. With two old steel filing cabinets and a pair of barbells to unload, my husband, Toby, and I thought that good advice. After all, why dump something in a landfill when you can […]
Artist and illustrator Rashad Malik Davis gives a talk Monday, June 30, at 7 p.m. at an opening reception for “Celestial Bodies: Black Queer Identity in Precolonial Africa.” The exhibit will be on view in the Reading Room from June 30 through August 18. “Celestial Bodies” features a collection of five 24-by-36-inch acrylic paintings on […]
For those in search of new books for their kids to read this summer, three regional authors have recent releases aimed at young audiences, each with an underlying message of understanding, acceptance, and empathy. Pennington-based artist, healing art instructor, and now author Jane Zamost has released “What Does Love Look Like?,” an illustrated children’s book […]
Trenton Community A-Team, The Trenton Free Public Library, and Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) present an exhibition spotlighting the Trenton Community A-Team (TCAT), “From the Streets to the Studio”—a celebration of 25 years of resilience, creativity, and community. The exhibition at the Trenton Free Public Library gallery runs June 28 through August 16. A meet-the-artists […]
Who needs sleep when you can have Art All Night? The annual fundraiser for Artworks Trenton runs from 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, until 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, in a return to the event’s original 24-hour in-person format. Due to security concerns and the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival has closed or gone […]
Jukebox musicals, shows that employ a pop composer or group’s backstory to get to his, her, or their songs, ride primarily on those songs, even the best of them, like “Jersey Boys” (The Four Seasons) and “Beautiful” (Carole King). “Leader of the Pack,” now at New Hope’s Bucks County Playhouse, is one of the earliest […]
More than 10 years of work exploring the collective human experience is featured in “Clifford Ward: I’ll Make Me a World,” the recently opened major exhibit in the Museum Building at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton. The show, guest curated by Noah Smalls, remains on view through January 11, 2026. Much of work displayed in […]
Auditions The West Windsor Branch of the Mercer County Library System Youth Services Department will be holding open auditions for teens ages 12-18 for four original plays written by librarian Michael Kerr for our Halloween Playfest: “The Student of the Year;” “The House of Haunted;” “Andrew;” and “Anna Logg.” The auditions will take place on […]
Phillips’ Mill Community Association pays homage to one of America’s most notable sculptors and art educators of the 20th century in a new exhibition, The Selma Burke Invitational African American Art Show, on view through June 29 in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Born in Mooresville, North Carolina, in 1900, Selma Burke spent the last 40 of […]
“Welcome to the Carversville Inn, a Romantic Escape in Bucks County just 75 miles from New York City, 40 miles from Philadelphia, 150 miles from Washington, D.C. and 2,150 miles from Paris…” So begins the welcoming message on the website of the Carversville Inn from new owners Milan Lint and Mitchell Berlin. It’s a message […]