A reception takes place Friday, July 12, at 6:30 p.m. for an indoor art exhibition at Hamilton’s Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) curated by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and the Trenton Community A-Team (TCAT). Titled Philotechnic Transformation, the exhibition spotlights the positive effect that creating art can have on people’s lives. Each piece represents […]
The Mercer County Board of Elections is launching a summer campaign to recruit new Election Board Workers ahead of the November General Election, offering residents the opportunity to earn up to $300. Over the coming weeks, the Mercer County Board of Elections will be raising awareness of the opportunity for county residents to become Election […]
Call for Cooks Princeton chefs — from amateurs to professionals — are invited to participate in the Princeton Community Chili Cook-Off, hosted by the Arts Council of Princeton in partnership with the Historical Society of Princeton on Sunday, September 22, from noon to 3 p.m. Registration is now open at www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. The event, being held […]
The following stories were originally published in the July 10, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Sourland Sounds: Meet the Matt O’Ree Band Between the Lines Opportunities: Calls for Creatives Survival Guide Election Board Launches Recruitment Efforts Preview of the Arts Stories Princeton Summer Theater Review: ‘The Last Five Years’A-Team Artists Featured at […]
Monuments, by their nature, are meant to convey a certain permanence: a lasting tribute to a person or event from the recent or distant past. “Slow Motion,” the exhibition currently on view at Hamilton’s Grounds For Sculpture, calls that connotation into question. “Slow Motion,” guest curated by the Philadelphia-based Monument Lab, considers the life cycles […]
Le Dôme Café in Paris, Els Quatre Gats in Barcelona, and Café de la Rotonde in New York have more than just coffee in common. These cafes were common gathering spaces of the greatest artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Creatives like Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Henri Matisse gathered with like-minded artists to […]
Rick Van Noy, an English professor at Radford University in Virginia, hosts a book reading and signing event at the Discovery Center at Point Breeze in Bordentown on Saturday, July 6, at 2 p.m. The free event is open to all; registration is suggested by emailing info@drgreenway.org or calling 609-924-4646. A signed copy of the […]
Ann Hood and Laura Spence-Ash are the featured authors at this year’s Summer Reading Soirée hosted by Princeton Public Library on Wednesday, July 10. The event will be held at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The authors discuss their recent novels during the annual gathering of area book […]
Call for 4-H Exhibitors Mercer County Executive Dan Benson and Mercer County 4H invite residents to showcase their creative talents and skills at this year’s Mercer County 4-H Fair at Howell Farm in Hopewell. There are many “Open Division” categories to public entries for both youth and adults. Entrants do not need to be 4-H […]
Changing of the Guard at Capital Harmony Works The board of the Trenton-based non-profit Capital Harmony Works, which operates the Trenton Children’s Chorus, Music for the Very Young, and Trenton Music Makers, sent the following note to supporter announcing the appointment of an interim executive director. We have some transition news that we would like […]