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Vol. LXIII, No. 4
 
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Calendar

Wednesday, January 28

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

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Berlind 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.

8 p.m.: Sight Unseen; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Thursday at 2 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

Thursday, January 29

2 to 4 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Angela Chang, author of The Intriguing World of Chinese Home Cooking; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.

7:30 p.m.: CANCELLED — Discussion of U.S. foreign policy with G. John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter, authors of The Crisis of American Foreign Policy; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Roby Lakatos Ensemble; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Friday, January 30

7:30 p.m.: The Spencers: Theatre Of Illusion; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Starry Winter Night: A Story Hour for Grownups, featuring Princeton area writers; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: Capital Singers of Trenton and Trenton Community Singers’ “Winter Songs III” concert; St. Paul’s Church, 214 Nassau Street.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert, “America and Beyond”; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Orson’s Shadow; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Don’t Dress for Dinner; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 31

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Annual Ice Harvesting event; Howell Living History Farm, 70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville.

11 a.m.: Catskill Puppet Theatre presentation of Lion’s Whiskers; Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton.

2 and 4 p.m.: Russian American Kids Circus; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

6 p.m.: Friends of Princeton University Art Museum annual gala; cocktails at Art Museum followed by dinner at Prospect House. For information, call (609) 258-3762.

7 p.m.: Eclipsed; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Westminster Kantorei, “The Bach Circle: Musicians who influenced J.S. Bach”; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

8 p.m. Voices Chorale concert, Sing for the Cure; Congregation Beth El, 375 Stony Hill Road, Yardley.

8:30 p.m.: Terrence McManus/Gerry Hemingway Duo; Small World Café, 14 Witherspoon Street.

9 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Argentine Tango Milonga; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Sunday, February 1

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Annual YWCA flea market; All Purpose Room, YWCA Princeton.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Fourth Annual Groundhog Day; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

2 p.m.: African American Read-In talk by actress Victoria Rowell, author of The Women Who Raised Me; Princeton Public Library.

2 to 5 p.m.: Princeton Chinese Language School celebration of Chinese New Year; Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville.

3 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra percussion ensemble performance for children, parents, and teachers; West Windsor Branch Library, 333 North Post Road.

3 p.m.: Recital by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Christian Tetzlaff; McCarter Theatre.

4 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir Winter Concert with Grace Notes and Semi-Tones ensembles; Richardson Auditorium.

Monday, February 2

Recycling

Property Taxes Due

7 p.m.: In Their Own Voices; The Room, Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m.: Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company; McCarter Theatre.

Tuesday, February 3

7 p.m.: Reading by Nina Burleigh, author of Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Berlind Theatre. Also Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Sight Unseen; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Wednesday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4

Noon to 12:30 p.m.: Recital, “The Organ and Friends,” by Janet Miller and Noel Werner; Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street.

7 p.m.: Eclipsed; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: “Wine and Wellness: Eat, Drink and Be Healthy” workshop; Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Princeton University professor Maria DiBattista, author of Imagining Virginia Woolf: An Experiment in Critical Biography; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Book discussion and signing with Adriana Trigiani, author of Very Valentine; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Thursday, February 5

4:30 p.m.: Policy address by U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; McCosh 10, Princeton University.

7 p.m.: Book talk and signing by Sandy McClure and Bob Ingle, authors of The Soprano State; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.

8 p.m.: Classical Guzheng Concert with Yang Yi, celebrating Chinese New Year; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Public Lecture by George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, on “The New Liberalism”; McCosh Hall 50, Princeton University.

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