“Ghetto Gods in Divineland” is an ambitious play that imagines a future Trenton where conflict and unusual native vegetation might generate dramatic and lasting change. The conflict comes in the form of a protest in response to a municipal public works plan that, as one leading character, Ameen (Davon Cochran) says, puts places and projects […]

The Sourland Conservancy has announced its final “Talk of the Sourlands” of the season, “The African American’s Deep Connection to Land: Stewardship and Conflict” featuring Donnetta Johnson, the executive director of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum in Skillman, described as “Central New Jersey’s first dedicated Black history museum.” Informed by her work with SSAAM, […]

With Trenton Arts at Princeton, founder Lou Chen has tapped into a rhythm that unites Trenton and Princeton in harmony. When he launched the Trenton Youth Orchestra in partnership with Trenton Central High School while still a student at Princeton University in spring 2017, cultivating a small group of Trenton violinists and Princeton volunteers who […]

This has been a banner year for Lorraine Hansberry appreciation. First came the sharp, poignant Broadway revival of one of Hansberry’s rarely produced works, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” with stellar performances from Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan, and Tony recipient Miriam Silverman. Then lucky Philadelphians were treated to an even rarer piece, “Les Blancs,” […]

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 February 11 at 4 p.m. featuring two Pennsylvania-based poets. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center followed by a limited open mic for the […]