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Vol. LXI, No. 50
 
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Calendar

Wednesday, December 12

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Open House; Drumthwacket. Reservations required, by calling (609) 683-0057.

2 and 8 p.m.: It’s A Wonderful Life — The Musical; 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.

7:30 p.m.: Poets Douglas Goetsch and Shanti Tangri; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Dance Performance Workshop; Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

8 p.m.: Mercer County Community College Jazz Band; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Free.

Thursday, December 13

7 p.m.: Screening of Mansour Sora’s Ndeysaan; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre. Also Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Program in Theater & Dance production of Death and the Maiden; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Friday, December 14

1 to 4 p.m.: Princeton Against Cancer Together Christmas Fundraiser; Cottage Club, 51 Prospect Avenue.

4:30 p.m.: Lecture by composer Frank Corcoran, “The Dolmens’ Lament”; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

5 to 9 p.m.: Trenton2Nite concert with Rick Fiori Trio; Trenton Marriott, 1 West Lafayette Street, Trenton. Free.

5:30 to 9 p.m.: Trenton2Nite concert with Sue Giles & Co.; Gallery 125, 125 South Warren Street, Trenton. Free.

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., and Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.

7 p.m.: Urban Central; Passage Theatre, Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Saturday at 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Holiday concert with Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra of Princeton and Trenton Children’s Chorus; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

7:30 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Movie Night; Contemporary Arts Center, Princeton Shopping Center.

7:30 p.m.: Opera New Jersey HolidayFare concert; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton. Free.

8 p.m.: Annie; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: Nobody’s Perfect; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Robert Glasper jazz trio; Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m.: The Song of Bernadette; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Hopewell Valley Chorus holiday concert; Church of St. Ann, 1253 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence Township.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Scott Bruce and Sonia King; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

8:15 p.m.: Folksinger Debra Cowan; Christ Congregation Church.

Saturday, December 15

2 p.m.: Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

3 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Annual Family Holiday Concert with New Jersey Tap Ensemble and Princeton High School Choir; Richardson Auditorium.

5 to 6:15 p.m.: Ice Skating with Santa Claus; Public Ice Skating Center, Mercer County Park, West Windsor.

7 p.m.: A cappella concert with Princeton University student groups Tigressions, Shere Khan, Tigertones, Wildcats, Roaring Twenty, Tigerlilies, Katzenjammers, and Nassoons, benefiting YWCA Princeton toy drive; Palmer Square. Free.

7 p.m.: Dick Braytenbah Trio with Tony Mennella; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

7:30 and 10 p.m.: Cabaret with Tony Award winner Faith Prince; Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m.: The Princeton Singers; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

8 p.m.: American Boychoir “Voices of Angels” concert; Princeton University Chapel.

8 p.m.: Westminster Community Orchestra, From Beethoven to Broadway; Princeton High School Performing Arts Center.

Sunday, December 16

3 p.m.: Concert by German accordionists; Princeton Public Library. Free.

3 p.m.: Westminster Faculty Recital Series with Trio Da Capo; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

4 p.m.: American Boychoir holiday concert; Richardson Auditorium.

4 p.m.: Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

4 to 4:30 p.m.: Holiday caroling by Princeton Area Homeschool Choir; Ten Thousand Villages, Princeton Shopping Center.

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Community Chorus annual Christmas concert; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

Monday, December 17

7:30 p.m.: Brandenburg Concerti performed by Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Richardson Auditorium.

Wednesday, December 19

2 and 8 p.m.: It’s A Wonderful Life — The Musical; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Environmental Commission; Township Municipal Complex.

7:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre. Also Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Mercer County Symphonic Band Winter Concert; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Free.

Thursday, December 20

3:30 p.m.: Tree Street Twirlers’ First Annual Holiday Dance/Twirl Show; Princeton Hook and Ladder Fire House, 27 North Harrison Street.

7:30 p.m.: Borough-Township Joint Recreation Board; 380 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, December 21

7 p.m.: Belle Mead Ballet Company’s The Nutcracker; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 4 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Song of Bernadette; The Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Steven Scott and Richie Redding; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert with Nowell Sing We Clear Quartet; Christ Congregation Church.

Saturday, December 22

11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet’s production of Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Sunday at 1 and 4:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Voices Chorale holiday concert; All Saints’ Episcopal Church.

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