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  • The White Album

    Hamilton music veteran Ernie White plays the Yankee Doodle Tap Room in Princeton Dec. 7. By: Matt Smith ALT="image"> COLOR="black"> COLOR="black"> "It’s a great unit," says Ernie White of his band. "I really enjoy the group environment. I enjoy the solo shows, too, but it gets lonely up there." The Ernie White Band performs at…

  • ‘The Sound of Music’

    Bucks County Playhouse serves up its annual offering of this popular chestnut. By: Stuart Duncan    This is the time of year when casting at Bucks County Playhouse takes on a bit of the surreal. All summer, two companies have crisscrossed from the theater in the Poconos to the venerable old space on the banks of…

  • Be-bop-vel-u-Bop

    A Jazz Nativity visits the War Memorial in Trenton. By: Daniel Shearer    For nearly 20 years, an impressive group of jazz musicians has maintained a Christmas tradition. The idea started as a benefit concert for St. Peter’s Church at 54th and Lexington in Manhattan, eventually attracting the attention of legendary jazzmen Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton…

  • Woman creates Eden at home

    By: Carl Reader    DELAWARE — What’s an Eden without its creatures?    Not much.    In Sergeantsville, a piece of Eden exists on the grounds around Nancy Washo’s home, an Eden replete with creatures of the earth and air that most of us only glimpse.    Since 1968, Ms. Washo has worked to help restore a depleted landscape…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 11/29

    From the Nov. 29 edition of the Register-News By: Horse and wagon rides    The Downtown Business Association announces the holiday horse and wagon rides will be held on Dec. 1, 15 and 22. Tickets are on sale at the Artful Deposit Gallery in Bordentown. Call 298-6970 for times and prices. Florence Township Club    The annual…

  • Coldwell Banker to host benefit for Gildas Club

    The Princeton Junction Office of Coldwell Banker will host a silent auction and cocktail party on Sunday, Dec. 2, to benefit Gilda’s Club. The event will be held at the Princeton Junction office of Coldwell Banker.    Tickets for the benefit event are $15 each, according to Alice Schoemann, manager, Coldwell Banker. To purchase tickets, call…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 11/29

    From the Nov. 29 issue of the Register-News By: Patriotic Ball was a success To the editor:     The Bordentown Veterans Memorial Committee recently sponsored its second annual Patriotic Ball.    Once again it was not only a financial success but an artistic success as well.    This was due largely to the hospitality and excellent service…

  • Springfield man’s creative pursuits are just ‘ducky"

    William Ethington’s hobby recognized in magazine By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — The Delaware River area has long been known for the magnificent craftsmanship of its duck decoy carvers.    Collectors immediately recognize the hollow, two-piece decoy design, often depicting ducks in a "content," or resting mode that is the hallmark of a classic Delaware River piece.…

  • ‘Catholic School Girls’

    The South Street Players have fun with this story of four girls’ adventures in parochial school. By: Stuart Duncan    There must be something in the experience of growing up Catholic and female in a parochial school that makes playwrights want to write about it. Hence we have bittersweet musicals such as Do Patent Leather Shoes…