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Vol. LXII, No. 9
 
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, February 27

4:30 p.m.: Readings by poets and non-fiction writers Mary Karr and Honor Moore; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

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

7:30 p.m.: U.S. 1 Poets Invite readings by Chris Cunningham and Jean Hollander; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, February 28

7 p.m.: Princeton Pro Musica annual meeting (public invited); Township Municipal Complex.

7 p.m.: Historical Society of Princeton panel discussion on New Jersey and U.S. crimes of the 1930s; Princeton Theological Seminary, Cooper Conference Room, Erdman Center, 20 Library Place. For reservations, call Jeanette Cafaro at (609) 921-6748.

7:30 p.m.: Book discussion/signing with Anne Lamott, author of Grace (Eventually); Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Department of Music student recital with John Travis ’08, voice; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Players production of The Flood; Matthews Acting Studio. Also Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Mary Blacklock; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, February 29

7:30 p.m.: Cole Porter’s Anything Goes; Cor Unum Theater, Stuart Country Day School. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Department of Music student recital with Kieran Ledwidge ’08, violin; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

8 p.m.: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Jazz Friday Series with David “Fathead” Newman Quartet; Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.

8 p.m.: Student Choreography; Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street. Free. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Westminster Music Theater’s Oklahoma!; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: Johnny Guitar, the Musical; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Mad 7; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 1

8:15 a.m. to noon: Education Symposium on “Life After High School” for learning disabled and special needs children, sponsored by Special Education PTO of Princeton Regional Schools; John Witherspoon Middle School.

6:30 p.m.: Dick Braytenbah Trio with Tony Mennella; Hopewell Valley Bistro.

7 p.m.: Dinner theater presentation of Murder on the Campaign Trail; Mountain View Golf Club, Ewing.

7:30 p.m.: Tchaikovsky Ballet & Orchestra, Romeo & Juliet; McCarter Theatre.

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

Sunday, March 2

2 p.m.: Folk Tale Puppets presentation of Grimm’s Snow White and Rose Red; Waldorf School of Princeton.

3 p.m.: Talk by K.K. Abraham, president of Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS, “Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: A Deadly Synergy”; Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

3 p.m.: Preview of Passage Theatre’s Solo Flights Festival with composer/pianist Vince di Mura; Princeton Public Library.

3 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

3 p.m.: Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Composers Collective; Richardson Auditorium.

5 p.m.: Talk about Italian painter Jacopo da Pontormo by Dr. Elizabeth Pilliod, Rutgers professor of art history; Dorothea’s House. Free.

Monday, March 3

7 p.m.: Readings by poets George Murray and James Richardson; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street.

7:30 p.m.: Second Chance Cinema screening of Rescue Dawn; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: Pink Martini; McCarter Theatre. SRO.

8 p.m.: New England Winds; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.

Tuesday, March 4

7 p.m.: Technology Talks series with John LeMasney of Rider University on “Using Technology to Lose Weight”; Princeton Public Library. Free.

Thursday, March 6

5:15 p.m.: YWCA Princeton’s Tribute to Women 2008; Hyatt Regency Princeton.

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

7 p.m.: Book discussion and signing, Mimi Schwartz’s Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father’s German Village; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.

7:30 p.m.: The Harlem Globetrotters; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Players production of The Flood; Matthews Acting Studio. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

Friday, March 7

8 p.m.: Dance Improv, Live; All Saints’ Church.

8 p.m.: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Johnny Guitar, the Musical; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Mad 7; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

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

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Pete George and John Delvecchio; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 8

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Blood Drive; McCaffrey’s Market, Princeton Shopping Center.

2 and 4 p.m.: Stone Soup; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

6 p.m.: Mercer County Community College’s “Dancing Under the Stars” Gala Scholarship Dinner Dance, Silent Auction; Hyatt Regency Princeton. For information, call Elaine Stout at (609) 570-3607.

7 p.m.: Princeton University Jazz Composers Collective; conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Princeton Shopping Center.

7:30 p.m.: Harlem Globetrotters; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Gypsy Dances from Rajasthan to the Nile; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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