Have you even made your own butter?

No?

You should attend the Big To Do at John Hart Farms in Hopewell Township.

It’s from 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM and it literally has every single thing: 

Music (The Brodegas, The Brummy Brothers and Manifested)
Farmers markets (with produce, meat, dairy, baked goods and other delicious things)
Animal petting
A workshop for making butter (!!!!!!!)
Hay mazes
Pony rides
“Tough Udder Farmhand Competition“ 
Some seminars
Local food
and raffles

Guys. PONY RIDES. And HAY MAZES. And INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS!

The seminar topics range from crop yields, special needs education, local wine and cheese, and “Chicken Chat”.

Go check it out! Tell us how it was!

Love,

Byrd

WPRB friends!

Every year, Princeton the university comes together with Princeton the town and we have a giant celebration of food and games and more food.  There will be music and performances and art and student organizations and WPRB PRINCETON ONE OH THREE POINT THREE.

There might be iguanas but also maybe not.

Come check out our table on Sunday, April 28th from 1-6PM for free buttons and pins, plus the opportunity to purchase yourself some sweet, sweet merch of the the WPRB variety.

We’re also doing something new this year that is unquestionably awesome. Stop by our table for a chance to record a WPRB station ID. Especially if you have an adorable child or generally just a voice for radio.
Come find us! We like you! We want to communiverse!

Slash apparently there will be five stages which is a lot of stages so it’s definitely worth it.

This goat loves the earth.

Earth Day is coming up, and since the environment is the BEST, you should be celebrating.

How? The Perfect Christmas Tree Farm is having a free two-day Earth adventure.

Check out the drum circles with Dave Miller & Dr. Ken, and Red Reyne band at 1 PM on Sunday.

Also, you get to garden, hang out with farm animals, plant seeds and make seed balls, learn what vermiculture is, and watch the move “Mad City Chickens.”

Quality.

Some true things: Art is pretty great. Also, wine.

The Art Council of Princeton is hosting Pinot to Picasso — Vintage 2013, which will feature both.

There are two options, one of which is free and one of which is a hundred dollars. Also, it’s “Junque” themed.

Free option (does not involve wine): The Pinot/Picasso event is going to be an art raffle adventure, so the art is on preview exhibit at the
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
April 17-24 

Many dollars option (does involve wine): There will be an art exhibition, but also worldly wine tasting, local beer and, once you’ve consumed sufficient quantities of said wine/beer, dancing.
Friday, April 26^th from 6:30-10:30 pm at the
Forrestal Center, One Research Way, Princeton.

Buy tickets here!

-Byrd

Sparks’ “21 Albums, 21 Nights” Spectacular at Carling Academy, Islington, London in 2008.

This town is big enough for the two of them! Brothers Ron & Russell Mael, the duo that fronts four-decades old seminal avant-pop group Sparks, rarely make an appearance on the East Coast.

When I say rarely, I mean fans are lucky to see them play once in a decade (or two).

So mark your calendars, because the “Two Hands, One Mouth” Tour is bringing them here, TWICE.

On Wednesday, April 24th, The Brothers Mael will grace the stage of The Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, followed by a April 25th performance at Highline Ballroom in NYC.

Photo credits Lizbot

This tour has the music stripped down to the bare essentials: No backing band, just Russell’s soaring voice & Ron with his beloved keyboard, “Ronald”, and his disarming and just a little disturbing wit. Stare long enough into his signature German-accountant spectacles, and he’ll have you eating frozen pizzas and wearing Dacron ties for the remainder of your puny existence. All Hail The Brothers Mael!

Tune in this week to WPRB for chances to win tickets to see Sparks live, including today on ::Doubleplusgood:: from 7-9 PM with Lizbot !

Thanks to Lizbot for this awesome blog post. 

This Saturday, from 10pm to 3am, WPRB is heading over to QXTs Nightclub in Newark to check out Vince Clark, former member of Depeche Mode.

We want to see you there, and WPRB’s DJ TM5 / Pete DeFillipo will be giving out swag and showing videos!

To get appropriately pumped, check out this clip of Clark talking about early drum sampling in the 2009 BBC production Synth Britannia, a documentary series about ‘post-punk musicians’ who brought synth into popular culture.

It’s going to be great you guys!

photo credit G. Veltri

If the members of Zongo Junction had to describe themselves in four words, they would choose dance, drums, Zongo Junction, psychedelic, hyphen, dub, and party.

The eleven man Brooklyn-based afrobeat band, which preformed in 75 different venues all over the country last year, came to play an amazing set at the Terrace F. Club this Saturday and let us conduct a highly enjoyable (thanks to them) and wildly unprofessional (thanks to me) interview.

Let me walk you through the members:

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