Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXV, No. 24
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Calendar

Wednesday, June 15

1 p.m.: Art at the Updike Farmstead with a Farm Tour and Lecture, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton.

3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression; Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman.

5 to 7 p.m.: Forrestal Village Summer Concert; Princeton Forrestal Village, 206 Rockingham Row. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Jewish Community Center of Princeton Mercer Bucks 2011 Annual Meeting; Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road, Princeton Junction.

8 to 10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance with live music and no partner needed; Suzanne Patterson Center. Every Wednesday.

Thursday, June 16

7:30 to 9:15 a.m.: Business Owner Roundtable meeting; Bartolomei Pucciarelli, Main Conference Room, 2564 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: The Updike Farmstead hosts a Painting Workshop; 354 Quaker Road, Princeton.

10 a.m.: Secure@Home hosts a Meet & Greet Event for Older Adults; Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

1:30 p.m.: McCaffrey’s hosts Chef Jean Pierre and Registered Dietician Jill Kwasny, “Jean Pierre’s Summer Salads and The How’s and Why’s of Meatless Mondays”; Princeton McCaffrey’s, Princeton Shopping Center.

5:30 p.m.: Miele’s Product Cooking Presentation, 9 Independence Way, Princeton.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Summer Courtyard Concert Series; Princeton Shopping Center.

7 p.m.: Pitchapalooza Comes to BookTowne; BookTowne, 171 Main Street, Manasquan, N.J.

7 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street’s Music in the Park Concert Series with “Run To Sandy”; Weeden Park, Route 206, Lawrenceville.

7 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Presentation; Solley Theater.

Friday, June 17

6 to 11 p.m.: JaZams Summer Block Party; Palmer Square green.

8 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton presents Key of She, an all-female a capella group; Solley Theater.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society presents Swing Dance with Live Band the Boilermakers; Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

Saturday, June 18

10 a.m. to Noon: International Adoption Information Meeting sponsored by The Welcome House Adoption Program of Pearl S. Buck International; Hopewell Branch Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street Farmers’ Market; Lawrenceville Fuel’s parking lot, 16 Gordon Avenue.

Noon: Adoption Day, sponsored by SAVE; Utopia for Pets, Princeton North Shopping Center, 1225 State Road 206.

1 p.m.: The 24th Annual Alzheimer’s Association Polo Classic charity; Hillsborough Country Club.

3:30 to 5 p.m.: New Jersey Audubon’s Family Nature Program, “Life Under A Log”; New Jersey Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, Cranbury.

7 p.m.: Gospel Concert & Ice Cream Social; Westerly Road Church, 25 Westerly Road, Princeton.

8 p.m.: Organ Recital with Christopher Young on the Aeolian-Skinner Organ; Princeton University Chapel.

9 p.m. to Midnight: Central Jersey Dance Society presents Argentine Tango Dancing; Suzanne Patterson Center, Monument Drive, Princeton.

Sunday, June 19

4 to 9 p.m.: Terhune Orchards’ Firefly Festival; 330 Cold Soil Road.

Monday, June 20

Recycling

10 a.m.: Morning Book Club, March by Geraldine Brooks; Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

Tuesday, June 21

6 p.m.: Janet Evanovich launch party and signing for Smokin’ Seventeen; Princeton Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, US 1 South.

7:30 p.m.: A Concert of Choral & Organ Music with The Choir of St. Chad’s College, University of Durham, UK; All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton.

Wednesday, June 22

8 to 10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance with live music and no partner needed; Suzanne Patterson Center. Every Wednesday.

Thursday, June 23

Noon to 6 p.m.: American Red Cross open blood drive; Rider University Bart Luedeke Student Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road.

6 p.m.: Presentation and book signing with Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom; Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Summer Courtyard Concert Series with The Klez Dispensers; Princeton Shopping Center.

7 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street’s Music in the Park Concert Series with Lawrence Community Concert Band; Weeden Park, Route 206, Lawrenceville. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, June 24

3 to 7 p.m.: The Mercer County Soil Conservation District Pollinator Picnic: A family-friendly event!; Mercer County Soil Conservation District, 508 Hughes Drive, Hamilton Square. Free.

7 to 9 p.m.: Opera NJ’s “Music Under the Stars” concert; Palmer Square green.

Saturday, June 25

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed hosts “Introduction to Fly Fishing”; Pond House, 261 Wargo Road, Pennington.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street Farmers’ Market; Lawrenceville Fuel’s parking lot, 16 Gordon Avenue.

1 to 3 p.m.: Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association hosts “Whatever Floats Your Boat Geocache Event”; Buttinger Nature Center, 31 Titus Mill Road, Hopewell.

2 p.m.: Highlights Tour; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Campus.

3 to 11 p.m.: 7th Annual Mercer County Freedom Festival; Mercer County Park, West Windsor.

7 p.m.: Café Improv; Solley Theatre.

7 p.m.: The Hispanic Theological Initiative at Princeton Theological Seminary presents the 15th Annual Summer Workshop with Dr. Sammy Alfaro who will discuss his book, Divino Companero: Toward a Hispanic Pentecostal Christology; Stuart Hall, Room 6. Free.

8 p.m.: The Comedy All-Stars; Patriot’s Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

Monday, June 27

7:30 p.m.: Engaged Retirement & Encore Careers program, “Job Search Strategies for Older Workers”; Princeton Public Library.

Wednesday, June 29

5 to 7 p.m.: Forrestal Village Summer Concert; Princeton Forrestal Village, 206 Rockingham Row. Free.

8 to 10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance with live music and no partner needed; Suzanne Patterson Center. Every Wednesday.

Thursday, June 30

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Summer Courtyard Concert Series with The Blawenburg Band; Princeton Shopping Center.

7 p.m.: Lawrenceville Main Street’s Music in the Park Concert Series with “RAVE ON!”; Weeden Park, Route 206, Lawrenceville. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 1

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society’s Outdoor Dance, Salsa/Latin; Hinds Plaza. Free.

Saturday, July 2

10 a.m. to Noon: Boomers & Seniors Saturday Morning Wii Bowling League; Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

Monday, July 4

Independence Day

Noon to 3 p.m.: Independence Day Celebration; Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton.

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