TESU Receives Grant to Support Finish Line Scholarships

Thomas Edison State University (TESU) has received $15,000 in new funding from the Carolyn Jane Scott Charitable Trust to support its Finish Line Scholarship program, which provides critical assistance to students who are nearing completion of their degrees. In further support of TESU students’ unique, often complex journeys toward earning college credentials, the University has […]

NJ Conference for Women Offers a Day of Connection and Empowerment

More than 700 women gather on Friday, October 3, for the NJ Conference for Women, organized by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Alliance, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in Carnegie Center. The day-long event is one of the largest gatherings of professional women in the state and features keynote speakers, […]

Make Your Mark on Princeton’s First Microforest

The public is invited to help plant Princeton’s first microforest in an underutilized area of grass and invasive plants in Quarry Park. Planting will be organized in shifts on Saturday, October 4 (rain date Sunday, October 5). Advance registration for your preferred time slot is encouraged at princeton.civilspace.io/en/projects/quarry-park-microforest-6ebf. Residents interested in learning more about the […]

Opportunities: Regional Auditions

Directors Cat Milone and Matt Duchnowski are on the hunt for a spirited cast of seven to bring Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” to life at Actors’ NET of Bucks County. This witty comedy of manners (and mischief) is full of quick banter, ghostly shenanigans, and larger-than-life personalities. Auditions will be held on Saturday, October 11, […]

Go Inside This Week’s Issue of U.S. 1: October 1, 2025

The following stories were originally published in the October 1, 2025, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Five Dining Destinations Worth Keeping on Your Radar Between the Lines Opportunities: Regional Auditions Preview of the Arts Stories America’s Tapestry: Stitching New Jersey’s StoryAn Artful October Harvest in Princeton’s Galleries Survival Guide NJ Conference for Women […]

Rutgers Alums Take Middlesex Jazz Festival Stage

A popular misconception at Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus, encompassing 40,000 students, faculty and staff — a small city – is that people who go to Mason Gross School of the Arts are on the easy street for their B.A. degree. In fact, quite the reverse is true. Alumnus Mike Noordzy can assure you of […]

McCarter Theatre Review: ‘I & You: The Musical’

When the chilling surprise ending to “I & You: The Musical” occurs, you go back and look for clues and wonder how book writer Lauren M. Gunderson and composer Ari Afsar engineered their shock. The answer is easy. “I & You: The Musical” is such a wonderful piece, you are too centered on its unfolding […]

Bristol Riverside Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’

Two scenes in the second act — a telephone call, of which we hear one side of a game-changing conversation, and a tirade that cathartically unleashes a lifetime of complaints, regrets, and private wounds — turn Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” from a pleasant but aimless comedy to […]

Grounds For Sculpture Presents ‘Raíces & Resistencias’

Grounds For Sculpture presents a solo exhibition of work by Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores. The exhibition, “Raíces & Resistencias,” is curated by GFS executive director Gary Garrido Schneider and is on view from Sunday, September 28, through August 1, 2027. Jiménez-Flores’ work is intended to be playful and provocative, addressing critical issues of migration, […]

CMAP Presents Veden’s ‘Princeton Unveiled’

An exhibition of landscapes by Ellen Veden opens at the Center for Modern Aging with a reception on Thursday, September 25, from 5 to 7 p.m., at 101 Poor Farm Road. The reception is free, but registration is requested at engage.cmaprinceton.org/component/events/event/1301. Veden, a native New Yorker who has worked and lived all over the world, […]