Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXII, No. 33
 
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Other News

(Photo by Ellen Gilbert)

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? Children of all ages and their families attended last Thursday’s reading event with Township Committeeman Lance Liverman (back to camera) at Mary Moss Park. Other guest readers will appear at the program which continues at the same location at 4:30 p.m. on the remaining three Thursdays in August.

Red Umbrella Reading Program Is Fun for Kids — and Grown-Ups

Ellen Gilbert

Sitting under a red umbrella and reading to youngsters at the Mary Moss Park on John Street last week, Township Committeeman Lance Liverman proved to be a man of many talents.

Arts Council Hosts Inaugural Theater Event with Eight Plays

Dilshanie Perera

“I came here to meet the love of my life,” said Jack, played by Jeffrey Alan Davis. “And you are her.” The intimate moment was interrupted by a voiceover correcting his grammar, saying, “You are she.

Matt Landau Finds Success Far Away from Nassau Street

Ellen Gilbert

“Matt Landau appears very much at home in Panama,” began a recent article in U.S. News & World Report about expatriates working abroad. “One might even be tempted to call him an old hand,” continued the piece, “were he not, at age 25, so confoundingly young.”

McCarter Director Talks Theater to Seniors at Monroe Village

Ellen Gilbert

As she finished a reading from George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Emily Mann expressed the hope that many of those in the audience in the Keifer Auditorium at Monroe Village on Monday afternoon would be attending the McCarter Theatre production of the play she will directing early next year. Judging from the wide-ranging discussion led by the McCarter’s artistic director with residents of the senior living facility, it seemed likely that they would indeed attend the play, which will run from January 9 through Februrary 15, 2009.

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