The Central Jersey Choral Society (CJCS) has been a pillar of the local arts scene since 1949, bringing classical choral music to communities across the region. Throughout its history, the CJCS has enjoyed periods of success, but it has also faced challenges, including declining membership and the need for rebuilding. Now, as the organization celebrates […]
Typically a two-person art show starts with a curator’s concept that is realized by bringing together artists whose work meshes both conceptually and aesthetically. But the germ of the upcoming show, “When the Land Calls,” which opens Sunday, December 15, at the D&R Greenway galleries at 1 Preservation Place in Princeton, is a little different. […]
Hilarious, heartwarming, and intelligent, “Gene & Gilda,” Cary Gitter’s efficiently enlightening look at the eight years star actors Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner spent together, is refreshingly different from most theatrical profiles of the famous. The show’s run at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick continues through December 22. It’s not that Gitter writes as […]
My personal theater nostalgia is rife with fond memories of concert versions of works that are rarely performed in full or feature singers and orchestras illuminating the musical virtues of a work that doesn’t receive frequent attention. In a one-time afternoon program, “Bernstein: Opera to Broadway” at the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall […]
Princeton University has acquired a West Windsor office building for $33.4 million. The sale closed on December 2 for the 158,180 square foot building at 100 Overlook Center along Route 1. JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, Cali Overlook LLC. Princeton University was the largest tenant of the building, which also houses UBS Financial Services […]
New York City-based communications and consulting firm RF|Binder has acquired Trenton-based Taft Communications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Taft team, based largely out of its office on Clark Street in Trenton, will operate as “Taft Communications, a division of RF|Binder.” Taft CEO and managing partner Ted Deutsch will now serve as an […]
Mercer County Executive Dan Benson has signed an ordinance establishing a new Mercer County Office of Food Security. The new office will tackle the challenge of food insecurity by identifying and eliminating barriers that stand between Mercer residents and access to a stable diet of nutritious food. “Food insecurity is a silent epidemic, one that […]
Villagers Theater in Somserset has announced auditions for its May 2025 production of “Pets (and Their Humans),” part of the Mike Sockol New Works Series. Years after his wife’s sudden death, Brad is still grieving the loss in the only way he knows how: by talking it out with his pets. Titina and Mac. Meanwhile, […]
The following stories were originally published in the December 11, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Hallelujah! Central Jersey Choral Society Turns 75 Between the Lines Opportunities: Auditions Preview of the Arts Stories Two Artists, Connected to the Land and to Each OtherGeorge Street Playhouse Review: ‘Gene & Gilda’Boheme Opera Review: ‘Bernstein: Opera […]
Music so rare it’s never been heard before in the United States, perhaps even the world. This is what’s in store for listeners and lovers of ancient music when vocal ensemble Demestvo performs “Lost Polyphonies,” an evening of exceptional music from the 12th through 17th centuries. Led by Anastasia Shmytova, a soprano, musicologist, and PhD […]