Central Jersey Entertainment News

Local music, restaurants and arts stories from The Times of Trenton

• Horoscope reading dictates O'Mara's future
When Jason O'Mara was a struggling actor in Lon don he improvised a recipe that saw him though the lean times.

• Kinnear recognizes
Greg Kinnear didn't want to play a simple hero. So he chose to play Bob Kearns.

• JL Ivy Restaurant and Bar
Most privately owned res taurants are a reflection of the owners' tastes, either in decor or the dishes they serve.

• Glover leads 'Bare Soundz'
Tony Award-winning tap dancer Savion Glover will present "Bare Soundz" with fellow hoofers Marshall Davis Jr. and Maurice Chestnut 8 p.m. Thursday at McCarter Theatre in Princeton.

• Taking hold of the reins again
In "Appaloosa," a community lives under threats of violence from a man they can't capture or control. So they bring in tough- talking hired guns, and when the fellows say they're going to need a lot of draconian new laws, the town fathers push them through.

• Back by popular demand

• Jordin Sparks, Jesse McCartney top arena bill
Jordin Sparks, winner on the sixth season of "American Idol," and multiplatinum recording artist Jesse McCartney will be the headliners at 94.5's PST Fest 2008 7 p.m. at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton.

• Magma Pizza creates pizzas
When you're hungry, waiting 15 to 20 minutes can seem like an hour. Magma Pizza, one of the latest en tries in the Mercer County pizza scene, has the solution to the problem.

• New children's series starts with familiar sound
The new Montgomery Performing Arts Center in Montgomery High School will inaugurate a "Morning Children's Series" 10 a.m. tomorrow with a performance by the local family music group Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band.

• PSO opener basks in 'Splendor of Romance'
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra will begin its 29th season 4 p.m. Sunday with a program titled "Basking in the Splendor of Romance" in Alexander Hall's Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.

• Salute! Festival celebrates all things Italian

• TCNJ faculty create a stimulating 'Environment'

• 'You Never Can Tell' with Actors' NET