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Vol. LXII, No. 25
 
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, June 18

7 p.m.: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Festival screening of Moulin Rouge; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Talking Politics book discussion with Susan Jacoby, author of The Age of American Unreason; Princeton Public Library. Free.

Thursday, June 19

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Princeton HealthCare System’s Taste of Wellness expo; Princeton Windrows, 2000 Windrow Drive. Free.

6 p.m.: The Klez Dispensers; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard. Free.

7 p.m.: Oklahoma!; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Also Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Opera New Jersey preview concert; Princeton Public Library. Free.

8 p.m.: Princeton Summer Theater production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia; Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 8 p.m.

Friday, June 20

6:30 p.m.: Karen Zumbrunn Trio; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

7 p.m.: Opera New Jersey preview concert; Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7:05 p.m.: Annual Princeton Fire Department inspection and parade; from corner of Chestnut and Nassau Streets to Witherspoon Street to Township Municipal Complex.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Vic DiBitetto and Cal Verducci; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Princeton Festival’s Mirette; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street.

8 p.m.: Twilight of the Golds; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

9 p.m.: Late Night Series (live music, poetry, spoken word, drama, dance, comedy, film/video); Studio Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Free.

Saturday, June 21

7 p.m.: Blue Curtain concert with Benevento/Russo Duo and Pete Levin; Pettoranello Gardens, Princeton Community Park North, Mountain Avenue. Free.

7 p.m.: West Windsor Arts Council concert with Princeton Girlchoir, Opera New Jersey singers, and Broadway/cabaret singer Craig Rubano; Nassau Park Pavilion, Nassau Park, Route 1.

8 p.m.: Princeton Festival’s La Boheme; McCarter Theatre.

8:30 p.m.: Bad Apples jazz band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Sunday, June 22

3 p.m.: Princeton Festival’s presentation of Concordia Chamber Players; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: West Windsor Arts Council’s Summer Solstice Poetry 7 readings by poets BJ Ward and Catherine Magia; tent behind Panera Bread, Nassau Park Pavilion.

8 p.m.: Capital Singers of Trenton and Trenton Community Singers “Sing for Joy” concert; Incarnation Church, 1545 Pennington Road, Ewing.

Monday, June 23

12:30 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center video screening of Sutherland-Horne Gala; Suzanne Patterson Building.

5 p.m.: The Backyardigans Live!; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m.

7 p.m.: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Also Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.

7 p.m.: African American Interest Book Group discussion of Lorene Cary’s The Price of a Child; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall.

7:30 p.m.: Torture Awareness Month talk by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stephen Xenakis, M.D.; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Wednesday, June 25

7 p.m.: Coalition for Peace Action screening of Body of War; Garden Theater. For tickets, call CFPA at (609) 924-5022.

7:30 p.m.: U.S. 1 Poets Eloise Bruce and Angelo Verga; Princeton Public Library.

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

8 p.m.: Lyle Lovett and his Large Band; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Thursday, June 26

Noon: Mercer County Music in the Park concert with Jeff Palmer rock band; Millyard Park, Trenton. Free.

6 p.m.: Swingadelic jazz/blues band; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard. Free.

6:45 p.m.: SCORE Business Seminar, “QuickBooks to Help Your Business Grow”; Princeton Public Library.

7 p.m.: Oklahoma!; Open Air Theater, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Also Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 p.m.

7 p.m.: Lawrence Community Concert Band; Weeden Park, Lawrenceville. Free.

8 p.m.: Singer Sarah Donner; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: Finals of Princeton Festival piano competition for pianists ages 6 to 24; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Summer Concert with the Escher Quartet; Richardson Auditorium.

Friday, June 27

7 p.m.: Lynn Randall Quartet; Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7:30 p.m.: Opera New Jersey preview concert; Palmer Square. Also Saturday at 2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Courtyard Concert with singer-guitarist Jeffrey Gaines; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

8 p.m.: Princeton Festival’s La Boheme; McCarter Theatre. Also Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: Shakespeare ’70 production of The Taming of the Shrew; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Comedian Louis C.K.; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Andrew Kennedy; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Twilight of the Golds; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 28

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Mercer County Household Chemical Waste and Electronics Waste Disposal Day; Dempster Fire School, Bakers Basin/Lawrence Station Road, Lawrence Township.

9:45 a.m.: Blues/bluegrass duet Carm and John; West Windsor Farmers Market, Princeton Junction train station.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Annual Blueberry Bash; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Free. Also Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

3 p.m.: Princeton Festival’s Mirette; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street.

5 p.m.: Gospel concert benefiting HomeFront; Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 189 South Broad Street, Trenton.

7 p.m.: Blue Curtain concert with Cabo Verdean singer Maria de Barros and Agua Dulce Dance Company; Pettoranello Gardens, Princeton Community Park North, Mountain Avenue. Free.

8 p.m.: Princeton Festival concert with organist Marilyn Keiser; Princeton University Chapel.

8:30 p.m.: Ryat and Tim Conley jazz/folk band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

10 p.m. to 1 a.m.: Blues band The Ramblin Dawgs; Tap Room, Nassau Inn, Palmer Square.

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