The following stories were originally published in the October 30, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Quilters Bring Nature’s Palette to Their (and Our) Lives Between the Lines Tiny Owls on a Big Journey Survival Guide Trenton Computer Festival Issues Call for SpeakersState Launches Cannabis Training AcademyMercer Announces Extension of Zero-Interest Business Loans […]
Keyboardist, composer and bandleader Larry Fuller is only 59 — not an elder statesman by any means in the world of traditional jazz — but he is one of a very few of at his age who did not “study” jazz in college. He got a big break, a chance to go on the road […]
For the past 10 years or so, driving through the charming Delaware River town of Stockton, New Jersey, has been accompanied by a tinge of sadness for the imposing, shuttered stone building at its center, the Stockton Inn. The inn, whose original structure dates back to 1701 or thereabouts, had long held a reputation as […]
Visual artist Cathy Dailey is the featured speaker for the “Inside the Artist’s Studio” series at Princeton Makes in the Princeton Shopping Center on Thursday, October 24, at 7 p.m. Dailey, a Princeton Makes cooperative member, creates vivid, whimsical images of cats, dogs and birds, as well as abstract art, in a variety of media, […]
Despite what pollsters might say, we are not just faceless groups of statistics divided into ethnicities, gender, age, etc. We are all individuals, and we all have personal stories to tell. How fitting that the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey’s season opening concert at Patriot’s Theater in Trenton was titled “American Stories.” It was a […]
American Repertory Ballet launched its 2024-2025 season with “Wonderment,” the most stylistically diverse program I’ve ever seen this versatile little company tackle. Presented at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, October 18 through 20, the quadruple bill — curated by ARB Artist in Residence Ethan Stiefel — requires four radically different performance styles, all impressively […]
“Economist” and “award-winning novelist” are not usually descriptors used for the same person, but Varun Gauri is an exception to that rule. The Princeton University lecturer in public and international affairs published his first novel, “For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus,” on October 8. He discusses his book in conversation with novelist Laura Spence-Ash […]
Princeton-based photographic artist Robin Resch presents her latest exhibition, “Nature Eternal,” at Songbird Capital, located at 14 Nassau Street. The show features a collection of landscape photography that draws viewers into the profound relationship between nature’s strength and our shared ephemerality. The exhibition runs through November, offering visitors an immersive visual experience. At the heart […]
Business leaders, community members, faculty, and students gather at The College of New Jersey in Ewing on Wednesday, October 30, for the 14th annual Women’s Leadership Summit hosted by the college’s School of Business. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the college’s Education Building at 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing. Registration, via […]
In the fast-growing and ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence, it can take some real brains to distinguish realistic and potentially useful applications of AI from exaggerated claims about AI capabilities that do not work as promised or do more harm than good. In Princeton, those brains are Princeton University computer science professor Arvind Narayanan and […]