As construction continues on the Princeton University Art Museum’s new facility, the university has announced six new acquisitions that will be incorporated into the new museum’s architecture and surroundings. Four are works commissioned to adorn spaces in and around the new museum: An installation by Chicago-based American artist Nick Cave will welcome visitors to the […]
Dancing better than ever, American Repertory Ballet brought its amusing, hour-long “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, May 10 through 12. Based on the eponymous Shakespearean comedy, and choreographed by company artistic director Ethan Stiefel, the guaranteed-to-please-everyone ballet employs an array of classical, vernacular, and clowning movements to tell its tale […]
The Johnson Center for Learning & Impact is hosting the fourth annual Isles Virtual Forum, “Cultivating Equity for Thriving Communities,” a free event held May 20 through 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. via Zoom. Free registration is available online. Visit www.isles.org. Trenton-based nonprofit Isles developed the virtual forum in 2021 to create an […]
Editor’s note: In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, nonprofit Attitudes in Reverse hosts an event on Saturday, May 18, to raise awareness of mental health and the positive impact that dogs can have on those suffering with issues like depression. While intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter and […]
Arm In Arm’s mobile food pantry will be at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch Library on Monday afternoons in May from 2 to 4 p.m. No registration is required. Arm In Arm staff will register participants upon arrival. For more information about the food pantry, visit arminarm.org. Arm In Arm has been active in Mercer County […]
Editor’s note: U.S. 1 staff past and present were saddened to learn of the death on April 22 of Elaine Strauss, who spent more than 25 years as a freelance writer for U.S. 1 covering primarily classical music. She spent her final years in California, a move she chronicled in a November 21, 2018, story […]
The following stories were originally published in the May 15, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories PPPL Builds for a Future of Fusion & Innovation Between the Lines In Memoriam: Elaine Strauss Survival Guide Isles Forum Focuses on Cultivating Resilient CommunitiesDepression, Suicide Risk Can Intensify in SpringFood for Those in Need Preview of […]
Six large cartons of clothing buttons had special meaning to long-time West Windsor resident Aron Arias. His father, Larry (Leb) Arias, a Holocaust survivor, had collected them over many years of working in the garment industry. Some of the buttons from the Arias Collection will be featured at the New Jersey State Button Society show […]
Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetry, host their monthly Second Sunday Poetry Reading on May 12 at 4 p.m. featuring two regionally based poets. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center followed by a limited open mic for […]
New Jersey’s official tall ship, oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, is coming to South Riverwalk Park in Trenton, on Saturday, May 11. The historic wooden, traditionally-rigged tall ship will offer two public sails departing from South Riverwalk Park. The two-hour trips are a way to experience the Delaware River and spend time with family and friends. […]