Arts & Entertainment

PISCATAWAY, NJ – A team of Piscataway teachers and administrators beat alumni softball and baseball players, 11-5 in a ball game played as part of Piscataway’s tribute to Jackie Robinson, who 75 years ago, made his debut as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, breaking the color barrier.

Saturday’s commemoration began with youth action at the Little League Complex ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway Township will commemorate the 75th anniversary of when Jackie Robinson played in his first major league baseball game, the first player to break the color barrier that prevented blacks from professional play.

This Saturday, township residents are invited to stop by the Green Acres Athletic Fields on Sidney Road for a ceremony honoring Robinson for his ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A single-owner collection of action figures and Super Heroes accumulated over a 20-year period will be sold online Thursday, May 12 by Bodnar's Auction.

Bidding opens at 11 a.m. at  www.bodnarsauction.com

Joe Bodnar, owner of central New Jersey's largest auction house visited the consignor's home just before Christmas last year; he recalls ...

NEW JERSEY: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FROM TAPinto! Commemorations to honor mothers and motherhood have been happening for centuries and can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans who paid homage to their mother goddesses. Today, tributes to mothers occur all around the world at different times of the year, but the American version of Mother's Day was started in May, 1908 by a woman ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Piscataway High School's annual PWay 5K Race/Walk makes a return after the COVID-19 hiatus today.

It's not too late to join the action. On-site registration is now through race time, 9:00 a.m.

Stop by the PHS Bus Loop by the Patton Building for fitness demonstrations, vendors and more. 

Proceeds will benefit graduation activities for PHS ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Third Floor - a band so named because the four members assembled their guitars and drums on the third floor of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center to rehearse - were rocking the crowd on the College Avenue lawn.

Students swayed, a woman waved and two kids who taken a front row seat were nodding their heads to the music.

It seemed fitting that the band closed ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Rutgers Day is back as an in-person event April 30 after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the largest events in the state, this celebration of everything Rutgers is set for Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Busch Campus in Piscataway and the College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in New Brunswick.

The free event, which ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Arts Institute of Middlesex County has been approved for a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Share Your Foodways project. Middlesex County Arts Institute’s project is among 1,248 projects across America totaling $28,840,000 to receive this first round of funding in the Grants for Arts Projects category this ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Mark Conover had an obsession with New Jersey milk bottles, cataloging and researching the history of each bottle and the dairy farms that were once prevalent in the Garden State,

He passed away in February, 2021, leaving behind a collection of 4,500 milk bottles and related items displayed on custom-built shelves in the basement of his Long Branch home, arranged ...

NEW JERSEY - With chocolate bunnies being the start of many baskets today, other than knowing that everyone bites the ears first because they taste best, what do we really know about rabbits, bunnies, and hares.

Regarding the chocolate variety, more than 90 million are produced annually. We're partial to Lindt golden bunny, and always bring one back home when we visit the factory ...