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Vol. LXII, No. 2
 
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, January 9

7 p.m.: Latin American Task Force of Princeton’s Ask-a-Lawyer program; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, January 10

11:30 a.m.: Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon with talk on globalization by Barbara Byrne, vice chairman of Lehman Brothers; Marriott Princeton Hotel and Conference Center.

5.30 p.m.: Talk by Ted Van Dyk, author of Heroes, Hacks, and Fools; Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street.

7 p.m.: Art talk with Rachel Mackow and Barbara Osterman; Princeton Public Library. Free.

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

Friday, January 11

7 p.m.: Sideways Stories from Wayside School; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.

7 to 10 p.m.: Big Band Dance with Princeton High School’s Studio Band; PHS cafeteria.

7 p.m.: Beehive, the ‘60s Musical; Bucks County Country Club, Jamison, Pa. Also Saturday at noon and 6 p.m., Sunday at 5 p.m.

7 to 8:30 p.m.: Poetry readings by poets Yusef Komunyakaa and Doughtry Long; Gallery 125, Trenton. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Monster Truck Winter Nationals; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton. Also Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Edward Albee’s Me, Myself and I; Berlind Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Dryden Ensemble; Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Doylestown, Pa.

8 p.m.: Relatively Speaking; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Rich Ramirez and John McMenamin; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 12

11 a.m.: Princeton Environmental Film Festival screenings of Trash in the Big Apple, The Recyclergy, and Gimme Green; Princeton Public Library.

7 p.m.: Princeton Environmental Film Festival screening of King Corn; Princeton Public Library.

7 to 10 p.m.: Darla Rich Quintet; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Department of Music’s presentation of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro; Richardson Auditorium. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Rufus Wainwright; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8:30 p.m.: Eryn Shewell soul/blues band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Sunday, January 13

1 to 3 p.m.: Open House; Lewis School of Princeton, 53 Bayard Lane. For information, call (609) 924-8120.

3 p.m.: Klez Dispensers; conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Princeton Shopping Center.

3 p.m.: Princeton Rep Company’s PlayLAB staged reading, Deborah Brevoort’s Signs of Life; Princeton Public Library.

3 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital; Gill Memorial Chapel, Rider University, Lawrenceville.

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

5 p.m.: Annual Polenta Festa with music by Cajun Spice; Dorothea’s House. Free.

Monday, January 14

12:30 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center opera video series, Britten’s Peter Grimes; Suzanne Patterson Building. Free. To register, call (609) 924-7108.

Tuesday, January 15

7 p.m.: Screening of Ciao Professore; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Edward Albee’s Me, Myself and I; Berlind Theatre. Also Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, January 16

2 p.m.: Senior Resource Center’s Science Café with Rutgers Professor Emerita Edith Neimark discussing “Adventures in Thinking”; Suzanne Patterson Building. To register, call (609) 924-7108.

8 p.m.: Moiseyev Dance Company; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Rent; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Thursday at 8 p.m.

Thursday, January 17

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recital with cellist Melissa Burton Anderson and pianist Clipper Erickson; Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

7 p.m.: Community dialog, “The Energy Problem: Choices for an Uncertain Future”; Princeton Public Library.

Friday, January 18

Noon: Princeton Senior Resource Center Brown Bag luncheon with talk by realtor Paul O’Brien on “How to Sell Your House in Today’s Market”; Suzanne Patterson Building.

7 p.m.: Beehive, the ‘60s Musical; Bucks County Country Club, Jamison, Pa. Also Saturday at noon and 6 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: organ concert with Princeton University organist Eric Plutz; St. Paul Church, 214 Nassau Street. Free.

8 p.m.: Relatively Speaking; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Benefit concert for Isles Inc. with Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mark Laycock; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Goodbye Charlie; The Heritage Center, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Jeff Norris; 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 Celtic singer-songwriter Robbie O’Connell; Christ Congregation Church.

Saturday, January 19

3 p.m.: Scotland’s Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Great Britain’s Coldstream Guards Band; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

6:30 p.m.: 20th Annual Eden Family of Services Eden Dreams dinner gala; Hyatt Regency Princeton.

7 to 10 p.m.: Meg Hanson Duo; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

8:30 p.m.: CJ Vinson acoustic rock band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

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