Go Inside This Week’s Issue of U.S. 1: November 13, 2024

The following stories were originally published in the November 13, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories New CEO Brings Noom Home to Princeton Between the Lines Help for the Holidays Survival Guide International Trade, Close to HomeSeminary Event Offers New Views on Work-Life Balance Preview of the Arts Stories Ayat Brings Its Take […]

Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years

The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, now in it 25th year, spans two weeks and features 14 films to entertain, enlighten, and spark discussion. The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life connects Rutgers University with the community through public lectures, symposia, Jewish communal initiatives, cultural events, and teacher training in Holocaust […]

Two Galleries, Four Exhibits, Countless Styles

Photography lovers are spoiled for choice with two ongoing exhibits featuring multiple photographers working in a range of styles and subjects. And both shows are free to go and visit. Gallery 14 Three simultaneous exhibitions are on view at Gallery 14 Fine Art Photography in Hopewell. The shows are on view through Sunday, November 24. […]

Arts Council Presents ‘The Super Hero’s Journey’

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) presents “The Super Hero’s Journey,” a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Patrick McDonnell. McDonnell, a Princeton resident, has entertained audiences for 30 years with MUTTS, his internationally syndicated comic strip. For the first time on the east coast, he will display his large modernist paintings. The Super Hero’s […]

Music Meets Poetry at Princeton Makes

Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, hosts a Second Sunday Poetry Reading on Sunday, November 10, 4 p.m. The reading takes place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The November reading features music-themed poetry by Barbara H. Williams and Judy Rowe […]

Why Not in Your Back Yard? Panel to Address NJ’s New Affordable Housing Law

Choosing to live in a house or apartment means choosing a specific neighborhood and, in fact, a quality of life. For both poor and wealthy residents, the meaning of this choice offers a context for understanding the place of affordable housing in New Jersey and the bill A-4/S-50 signed into law by Gov. Murphy on […]

PACF’s Fund for Women and Girls Awards Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls at the Princeton Area Community Foundation awarded more than $200,000 in grants to six nonprofits that work to help single mothers, families with young children, abuse survivors and high school students. “I would love it if we didn’t need to continue this work — if our work was done. […]

Celebrating Veterans

Wednesday, November 6: Resources for Veterans in Trenton The state Department of Military and Veteran Affairs will have a Veteran Service Officer present on Wednesday, November 6, from noon to 2 p.m. at the NJ Department of Labor, 1 John Fitch Way, Trenton, to explain resources available to veterans. Friday, November 8: Mercer County Veterans […]

Go Inside This Week’s Issue of U.S. 1: November 6, 2024

The following stories were originally published in the November 6, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories U.S. 1 at 40: Changing with the Times Between the Lines Celebrating Veterans Survival Guide Why Not in Your Back Yard? Panel to Address NJ’s New Affordable Housing Law Preview of the Arts Stories Rutgers Jewish Film […]

Quilters Bring Nature’s Palette into Their (and Our) Lives

You never know when and where a story idea will turn up, or where it will lead you. My spouse and I were enjoying a quiet dinner at a favorite restaurant some weeks ago when we happened to overhear a snatch of conversation at the next table about an upcoming talk on — of all […]