Aptly titled “Classic Beauty,” the sumptuous program presented by American Repertory Ballet at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center from March 8 through 10, struck me as a brilliantly conceived hybrid. It’s not an entire full-evening story ballet, of the ilk that can run close to three hours and grow tiresome in its detailed telling of […]

Matcha, the finely ground powder of specially grown, uniquely flavored green tea leaves that are at the heart of “chanoyu” — the traditional Japanese tea ceremony — is now available at Ooika, a cozy tea house on Lawrenceville’s Main Street dedicated to offering high-quality matcha in its many forms. Ooika opened its doors on February […]

As with most Chris Bohjalian novels, the author’s world premiere play at New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse, “The Club,” is a page-turner. In a crisp, attention-grabbing 80 minutes, Bohjalian covers acres of ground that show that for all the significant changes and tangible societal progress wrought in recent decades, some attitudes, situations, and issues have […]

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 March 10 at 4 p.m. featuring two New Jersey-based poets. The readings take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center followed by a limited open mic for […]