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Vol. LXIV, No. 4
 
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Calendar

Wednesday, January 27

7 p.m.: Disney On Ice presentation, 100 Years of Magic; Sun National Bank Center (formerly Sovereign Bank Arena), 81 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton. Also Thursday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m.; and Sunday at noon and 4 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Fetch Clay, Make Man; McCarter Theatre. Also Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Readings by U.S. 1 Poets Marsha Kroll and Linda Arntzenius; Princeton Public Library. 8 p.m.: Shen Wei Dance Arts; McCarter Theatre.

Thursday, January 28

4 p.m.: Talk by Panthea Reid, author of Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles; Princeton Public Library.

6:45 p.m.: SCORE seminar on human resources with Jerry Masin; Princeton Public Library. Free.

Friday, January 29

7:15 p.m.: Reading by Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated and Eating Animals; Cor Unum Center, Stuart Country Day School.

7:30 p.m.: Pianist Radu Lupu; McCarter Theatre.

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

8 p.m.: On Borrowed Time; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8:30 p.m.: Soul Cycle band; Small World Coffee, Witherspoon Street.

Saturday, January 30

7 p.m.: Café Improv; Arts Council.

7 p.m.: “Jazz in January” concert with bassist Dave Kaczorowski, drummer Adrian Valosin, pianist Jim Desalvo; Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Branford Marsalis Quartet and vocalist Esperanza Spalding; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra “PSO Pops!” concert; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: The Parental Advisory Comedy Show 2010: The Final Year; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

Sunday, January 31

1 to 4 p.m.: Annual Wassailing Party; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence Township.

3 p.m. Dryden Ensemble; Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary.

3 p.m.: Princeton Pro Musica “Music of the Spheres” concert; Trinity Cathedral, 801 West State Street, Trenton.

3 p.m.: Staged reading of “We” with actor Fred Tumas; Princeton Public Library.

4 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir’s Concert Choir and Cantores; Richardson Auditorium.

Monday, February 1

7:30 p.m.: Discussion with interfaith group Not in Our Town, “Continuing Conversations on Race and White Privilege”; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: An Evening with Ben Vereen; McCarter Theatre.

Tuesday, February 2

2:30 p.m.: Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; Gill Memorial Chapel, Rider University.

7 p.m.: Screening of Killing Kasztner followed by discussion with its director, Gaylen Ross; Jewish Center of Princeton.

7:30 p.m.: Fetch Clay, Make Man; McCarter 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.

8 p.m.: “Dancing to Connect” modern dance performance with Mercer County Performing Arts High School students; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

Wednesday, February 3

12:30 p.m.: Book discussion/signing with Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

7:30 p.m.: Writers Talking Series talk by Bill Flanagan, author of Evening’s Empire; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, February 4

12:30 p.m.: Organ concert by Michael Britt; Princeton University Chapel.

8 p.m.: Brentano String Quartet; Richardson Auditorium.

Friday, February 5

Noon: Westminster Conservatory Gallery Concert, vocal recital with soprano Danielle Sinclair, mezzo-soprano Denise Mihalik, and pianist Kathy Shanklin; Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Opera New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presentation of Bizet’s Carmen; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Bedside Manners; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m. 8 p.m.: ScrapArtsMusic; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Saturday, February 6

3 p.m.: Talk by Dr. Theodota Chasapi, “The Roots of Love and Hate: From Conception to the First Days of Life”; Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. For reservations, call (732) 821-1144.

6 p.m.: Princeton University Art Museum’s Black and White Ball; University Art Museum. Followed at 8 p.m. by dinner and dancing at Prospect House. For information and tickets, call Jennifer Fekete-Donners at (609) 258-4057.

7:30 p.m.: Cabaret singer Daphne Alderson; Bucks County Performing Arts Center, Yardley Community Centre, 64 South Main Street, Yardley, Pa.

7:30 p.m.: William D. Carter III, Gospel, Classical, and Contemporary music; Arts Council.

7:30 p.m.: Warsaw; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society No Name Dance; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

Sunday, February 7

2 p.m.: Antiques Appraisal Day; Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton.

2:30 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra; Gill Memorial Chapel, Rider University, Lawrenceville.

3 p.m.: Opera New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presentation of Bizet’s Carmen; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Monday, February 8

9 a.m. and 1 p.m.: Free tax preparation; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Reading by Delaware Valley Poets Dan Maguire and Joseph Longino; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Tuesday, February 9

7:30 p.m.: Fetch Clay, Make Man; McCarter 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.

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