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Vol. LXII, No. 32
 
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, August 6

1 p.m.: Senior Resource Center screening of The Jane Austen Book Club; Suzanne Patterson Building. Free.

7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quartet; Fedora Cafe, Lawrenceville.

7 p.m.: The Wizard of Oz; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville.

7:30 p.m.: Screening of Beatles film Let it Be with commentary by film historian Bruce Lawton; Princeton Public Library. Free.

Thursday, August 7

Noon: Mercer County Music in the Park concert with Bradford Hayes; Millyard Park, Trenton.

6 p.m.: Vocalist-guitarist K.J. Denhart; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard. Free.

7 p.m.: Jesus Christ Superstar; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Also Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Voices Chorale Summer Sing, Haydn’s St. Theresa Mass; Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell.

8 to 9:30 p.m.: Larry Tritel and Guy DeRosa; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: Blithe Spirit; Princeton Summer Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University. Also Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Friday, August 8

Dusk: Mercer County Movies in the Park, Cheaper by the Dozen; Rosedale Park, Princeton.

7 p.m.: Mark Cosgrove and the Good Medicine Band; Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7:15 p.m.; Progressive Film Festival screening of Maxed Out; Princeton Unitarian Church. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Courtyard Concert with Natural Breakdown jam band; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

8 p.m.: Leader of the Pack; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Rodney Laney and John Kensil; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, August 9

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 8th Annual Butterfly Festival; Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Stringzville jazz/bossa nova band; Halo Pub, 9 Hulfish Street.

6:30 p.m.: Upper Princeton Swing Collective; Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, Hopewell.

7 p.m.: West Windsor Arts Council “Voices from Around the World” concert with Eco del Sur, African singer Samite, and Pakistani vocalist Sabir Hossain; Nassau Park Pavilion, Nassau Park, West Windsor. Free.

8 p.m.: Singer-songwriter John Hiatt & the Ageless Beauties; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Eryn Shewell Band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Sunday, August 10

1 to 4 p.m.: Music & Motion Dance Productions presentation of Continents: A Global Voyage; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton. Free with park admission.

Monday, August 11

7 p.m.: The Wizard of Oz; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Also Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.

7 p.m.: Bradford Hayes Jazz Quartet; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Delaware Valley Poets Rachel Bunting and Jim Whelden; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Tuesday, August 12

11 a.m.: Windrows University lecture, “Building and Expanding the Panama Canal,” by Prof. James Meigs; Princeton Windrows, 2000 Windrow Drive. Free. To attend, call (800) 708-7007.

12:15 p.m.: Windrows University lecture, “Songs from Isaiah: Adventures in Rhyme and Meter,” by Rev. Richard S. Armstrong, former Professor of Practical Theology at Princeton University; Princeton Windrows, 2000 Windrow Drive. Free. To attend, call (800) 708-7007.

5:30 p.m.: Township Housing Board; Township Municipal Complex.

Wednesday, August 13

1 p.m.: Senior Resource Center screening of The Bucket List; Suzanne Patterson Building. Free.

6 to 9 p.m.: Western singer Jet Weston; Fedora Café, Lawrenceville. Free.

Thursday, August 14

6 p.m.: Monday Blues Big Band; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard. Free.

8 to 9:30 p.m.: Cailin Callahan; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, August 15

6:30 p.m.: Darla Rich Duo; Positano Mediterranean Grill, Plainsboro.

7 p.m.: Kate and Dennis Varley; Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7 p.m.: A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail, Kelsey Theatre; Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

7:15 p.m.; Progressive Film Festival screening of No End in Sight; Princeton Unitarian Church. Free.

8 p.m.: Marvin Harold Cheiten’s The Star; Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Leader of the Pack; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Lowell Sanders; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

9 p.m.: Late Night Series (live music, poetry, spoken word, drama, dance, comedy, film/video); Studio Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Free.

Saturday, August 16

6:30 p.m.: Darla Rich Quintet; Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, Hopewell.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Larry Tritel and Guy DeRosa folk jazz; Halo Pub, 9 Hulfish Street.

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Rainbow Fresh; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

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