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Vol. LXII, No. 11
 
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, March 12

4:30 p.m.: Readings by fiction writers Amy Hempel and Jennifer Egan; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Talking Politics Book Discussion, Carl Bernstein’s A Woman in Charge; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Concert of Sacred Choral Music for Lent presented by LUX collegiate choir of The Episcopal Church at Princeton University; Princeton University Chapel. Free.

8 p.m.: Concert, “A Taste for Things Italian: Handel, London and Italy,” with John Burkhalter, recorder, and Nicholas Lockey, harpsichord; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

Thursday, March 13

10:30 a.m.: Contemporary Fiction Discussion, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: The Ten Tenors; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

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

8 p.m.: San Francisco Symphony; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

9 p.m.: Jazz pianist Anton Sword; Triumph Brewing Company, 138 Nassau Street.

Friday, March 14

10 a.m. and 1 p.m.: Pied Piper; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell, 5 South Greenwood Avenue.

4 p.m. to midnight: First Annual Princeton High School Jazz Festival; PHS Performing Arts Center.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium.

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

8 p.m.: St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre production of Carmen; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Johnny Guitar, the Musical; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Gary Delena and Jim Johnson; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Godspell; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert with folksinger-songwriters Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly; Christ Congregation Church.

9 p.m.; Searching for the Stars, Mercer County Community College, Kerney Hall on the James Kerney Campus, Trenton.

Saturday, March 15

9:30 a.m.: Talk by video producer Seth Mellman on tools needed to create digital video; Princeton Public Library.

10 a.m.: Easter Egg Hunt, Grover Park picnic area; conducted by the Princeton Knights of Columbus.

2 p.m.: Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band; Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

6:30 p.m.: Dick Braytenbah Trio with Tony Mennella; Hopewell Valley Bistro.

7:30 p.m.; Electro Music chamber Concert; Sarnoff auditorium.

8 p.m.: The Tritones a cappella trio; Kingston United Methodist Church.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium.

8:30 p.m.: Stone Cold Fever classic rock band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Sunday, March 16

3 p.m.: Film, The Golden Door; Dorothea’s House. Free.

4 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium.

Monday, March 17

Recycling

7 p.m.: Screening of Pete Seeger: The Power of Song; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Second Chance Cinema screening of Zodiac; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

Tuesday, March 18

7:30 p.m.: NAMI Mercer meeting on Individualized Education Programs; NAMI Center of Mercer County, Lawrence Commons, 3371 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

Wednesday, March 19

2 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center Science Café talk on “Centuries of Graphic Design in Science” by Dr. Ronald K. Smeltzer; Suzanne Patterson Building.

7 p.m.: Ask A Lawyer; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, March 20

7 p.m.: Film screening, Welcome to Nollywood; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Spring Street Ltd. country band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, March 21

8 p.m.: Godspell; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Johnny Guitar, the Musical; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Bob Golub and Eric Hunter; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 22

7:30 p.m.; Fred Hersch and his trio, McCarter Theatre Center’s Berlind Theatre.

8:30 p.m.: Nick Jaina folk band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Monday, March 24

7:30 p.m.: Second Chance Cinema screening of After the Wedding; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

Tuesday, March 25

8 p.m.: Composers’ Ensemble Freelance Concert; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

Wednesday, March 26

4:30 p.m.: Readings by Novelist Claire Messud and poet Edward Hirsch; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: U.S. 1 Poets Invite series with Mimi Schwartz and J.C. Todd; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Dabney C. T. Davis, retired educator, on “Women, Flintlock Muskets, and Tactics in the Revolutionary War”; Mary Jacobs Library, Rocky Hill.

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

8 p.m.: “Crossing Borders: An International Jazz Collaboration,” with Amparo from The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and Princeton’s Crossing Borders Improvisational Music Ensemble; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

Thursday, March 27

6 p.m.: New Writers’ Night with New Jersey authors Bruce Cooke of Plainsboro, Dr. Barbara Ann Ellicott, David Biddle of Pennington, W. L. Hoffman of Belle Mead,

Norma La Fleur of Princeton, and Robert A. Miller of Cranbury; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.

7 p.m.: Sesame Street Live; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton. Also Friday at 10:30 a.m., Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 5:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Momix; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Friday, March 28

8 p.m.: Jazz Friday Series with Stanley Jordan; Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.

8 p.m.: Dance Improv, Live; All Saints’ Church.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Mike Stankewicz and John Briggs; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

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