- Stay Connected
Follow Town Topics Online
In the Month of His Birth, A Little Touch of Shakespeare in the Night
Shakespeare, he’s in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells …. —Bob Dylan You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames, that old river poet who never, ever…
Princeton University Student Filmmakers Explore Housing Problems in Trenton
For the course “Documentary Film and the City,” Princeton University Urban Studies students have a ready-made laboratory less than 15 miles away: Trenton. The capital city is a gold mine…
The Westminster Opera Theater Presents Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann”
With the growth of performing opportunities at Westminster Choir College over the past years, one thing which has been missing is a proper hall in which to present non-choral performances.…
42:Jackie Robinson Biopic Recounts Breaking Baseball’s Color Barrier
From its formation in the late 19th century until well into the 1940s, major league baseball operated in accordance with an unwritten rule that the sport was to remain strictly…
Waiting for the Glass Family: A J.D. Salinger Experience on His Double Anniversary Year
It’s the first day of March and I’m at the new hospital lying on a gurney, unsedated and edgy, nothing to do, no TV I can watch old movies on,…
PDS Presents Works by Caldecott Winner David Wiesner at Anne Reid ’72 Gallery
As a boy growing up in Bridgewater, New Jersey, David Wiesner was known to his classmates as “the kid who could draw.” In high school, he made silent movies and…
Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” A Tragicomic Potpourri, Presents Death, Transformation, and Rebirth at McCarter
The first half feels like an abbreviated Othello — raging jealousy replete with tragic overtones and dire events. The world is stark, cold, male-dominated, and hostile. That’s the “winter” part.…
The Brentano String Quartet Presents Variety of Chamber Music in Richardson
As part of its residency at Princeton University, the Brentano String Quartet presents a public concert each semester. This semester’s performance paired light and airy music with the beautiful early…
The Sapphires: Australian Quartet Entertained the Troops in Vietnam War
As young children, the McCrae sisters, Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), were forming a promising singing group with their cousin Kay (Shari Sebbens). But the…
Reflections on the Crown Jewel of Manhattan’s Literary Hotels
We went to the Algonquin for lunch …. We sat in a big round booth built into the wall that felt cozy like a clubhouse. —Margaret Salinger I can’t…
