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Vol. LXII, No. 49
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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Vol. LXII, No. 49
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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9:30 a.m.: Lecture, “The World of Gustav Mahler,” by Mahler scholar Gilbert Kaplan; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.
11:30 a.m.: Rehearsal of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, with Westminster Symphonic Choir; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Holiday Open House; Drumthwacket, 354 Stockton Street. Reservations required; call (609) 683-0057.
2 and 8 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Friday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School talk by Elizabeth Pisani, epidemiologist and reporter, “The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University. Free.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: “Tea 101: An Introduction to Selecting, Brewing, and Tasting Premium Teas”; Whole Earth Center Café, 360 Nassau Street. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Talk by New York Times op-ed art director Jerelle Kraus, “All the Art That’s Fit to Print”; McCormick Hall 101, Princeton University.
7:30 p.m.: Talk by William Chapman Sharpe, author of New York Nocturne: The City After Dark in Literature, Painting and Photography, 1850-1950; Princeton Public Library.
8:30 p.m.: Debate, “Can there be morality without God?,” between Princeton University ethics professor Peter Singer and author Dinesh D’Souza; Richardson Auditorium.
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion, “Emerge: International Development”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University. Free.
8 p.m.: Bob DeVos Quartet; Solley Theatre, Paul Robeson Center, 102 Witherspoon Street.
7 p.m.: ’Twas the Night Before Christmas; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.; Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.: John Knight and Keith Anthony; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.: Screening of Sydney Pollack’s Sketches of Frank Gehry; Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street. Free.
8 p.m.: Sixth annual Cool Yule jazz concert; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
8 p.m.: “Cryptic Brilliance” concert of music by Edward T. Cone; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.
8 p.m.: Plaid Tidings; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Mozart’s opera Il Re Pastore (The Shepherd King); The Playhouse, Westminster Choir College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: “An Ella Christmas” with vocalist Sue Giles, pianist Mike Eckroth, bassist Morrie Louden; Looking Glass Pond, 800 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Program in Theater and Dance presentation of senior thesis production Flammentangel Kabarett; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Also Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: Actors’ NET of Bucks County production of Edward Albee’s Seascape; The Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.
10 p.m.: Late Night Series (poetry, spoken word, drama, dance, live music, comedy, video); Studio Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Free.
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Princeton HealthCare System’s 6th annual Conference for Women, with keynote speaker Goldie Hawn; Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: New Jersey Audubon Society’s Winter Open House; Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, Cranbury.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Family Program featuring scavenger hunt and a self-guided art project, Hey Monet! How’s the Weather Today?; Princeton University Art Museum. Free.
10 a.m. and noon: Children’s “Milk and Cookies” series for children 3 to 8, with Julie Pasqual in Holiday Stories from Around the World; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Free.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Holiday Bazaar; Elm Court, 300 Elm Road.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Holiday Party with Santa and Snowy; Holiday Party Room, Princeton Shopping Center.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Holiday Open House; 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington.
2 and 6 p.m.: Princeton Skating Club 75th Anniversary Ice Show; Princeton Day School Rink.
4:30 p.m.: Holiday Concert with South Brunswick High School Concert Choir; Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4565 Route 27, Kingston. Free.
6 to 8 p.m.: Opening reception for Arts Council of Princeton’s annual holiday sale Sauce for the Goose; Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.
7 p.m.: Salon 33 Pot Luck Dinner and Concert, “A Window to the East,” with flutist Reza Najfar and pianist Erich Faltermeier; Looking Glass Pond, 800 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction.
7 p.m.: Winter Wonder Jam 2008 with Gavin DeGraw, Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles, and Matt Nathanson; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.
7:30 p.m.: Handel’s Messiah with Boheme Opera Chorus and Orchestra and Greater Trenton Choral Society; Immaculate Conception Church, 540 Chestnut Avenue, Trenton.
8 p.m.: Chin-Yun Chorus; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.
8 p.m.: University Concert Jazz Ensemble and Pat Metheny Ensemble, The Music of Pat Metheny; Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: Student comedy Jello Baby; Studio Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Free. Also Sunday at 6 p.m.
8:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society California Mix Dance; Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
2 p.m.: “Titans of Song: A Musical Tribute to Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson”; Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.
2 p.m.: Princeton Brass Band Holiday Concert; Yvonne Theater, Rider University Fine Arts Building, Lawrenceville.
2 to 5 p.m.: Crossroads Nursery Annual Craft Fair and Silent Auction; Crossroads Nursery School, 225 Olden Lane.
3 p.m.: Rider University Choir and Rider Chapel Choir winter concert, Joy & Peace!; Gill Chapel, Rider University, 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville.
3 p.m.: Princeton University Glee Club, conducted by Richard Tang Yuk; Richardson Auditorium.
3 to 5 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street’s Holidays in the Village celebration; Weeden Park.
4 p.m.: Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs Sing-in of Handel’s Messiah, with orchestra and soloists; Unitarian Church, Route 206 and Cherry Hill Road.
4 p.m.: Third Annual Firoozeh Khazrai Memorial Concert; Looking Glass Pond, 800 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction.
5 p.m.: New Jersey Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker; Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough.
5:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre.
7 p.m.: Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra; Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro.
7:30 p.m.: Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus Holiday Dinner Show; Cranbury Inn, 21 South Main Street, Cranbury.
Recycling
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School public lecture by Harvard University Prof. Stanley Hoffman, “Understanding the Global System”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School public lecture by Harvard University Prof. Stanley Hoffman, “Ethics and Global Policy”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
5:30 p.m.: Township Housing Board; Township Municipal Complex.
7:30 p.m.: World Cineclub Screening of 2004 French film Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers); Princeton Public Library. Free.
8 p.m.: Composers’ Ensemble; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.
8 p.m.: Mayhem Poets; Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick.
10 a.m.: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Thursday and Friday at 10 a.m., Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Holiday Open House; Drumthwacket, 354 Stockton Street. Reservations required; call (609) 683-0057.
2 and 8 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Friday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
2 to 4 p.m.: Princeton Windrows’ Holiday Open House Reception; Princeton Windrows, 2000 Windrow Drive. Free. To attend, call (800) 708-7007.
3 p.m.: Musical service of carols from around the world; Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary. Also at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Free.
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School public lecture by Dennis Ross, former Middle East Envoy under President Clinton, “Whither the Middle East?”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
4:30 p.m.: Woodrow Wilson School public lecture by Harvard University Prof. Stanley Hoffman, “U.S. Foreign Policy, Past and Future”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
5:30 p.m.: Public archaeology lecture by New York University Prof. Pamela Crabtree, “What the Anglo-Saxons Ate”; McCormick Hall 106, Princeton University. Free.
8 p.m.: Princeton University student jazz concert; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.
8 p.m.: Mercer County Community College Jazz Band Winter Concert; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Free.