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Vol. LXII, No. 12
 
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Calendar

Wednesday, March 19

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

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

Thursday, March 20

7 p.m.: Screening of Welcome to Nollywood and discussion led by Princeton University English professor Simon Gikandian; Princeton Public Library.

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

Friday, March 21

8 p.m.: Argonautika; McCarter Theatre. Also Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 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 p.m.: Johnny Guitar, the Musical; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Saluting the Stars; The Heritage Center, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 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 Jazz Trio; 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

4:30 p.m.: Lecture and Q&A with playwright Christopher Durang; Aaron Burr Lecture Hall, Princeton University. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Argonautika; 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 and 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Screening of Flatland and book discussion; Princeton Public Library.

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

8 p.m.: Pianist Yundi Li; McCarter Theatre.

Wednesday, March 26

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

6 p.m.: Talk and book discussion with Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

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 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.: 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

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series with soprano Danielle Sinclair, mezzo-soprano Denise Mihalik; Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

6 p.m.: New Writers’ Night with New Jersey authors Bruce Cooke, Dr. Barbara Ann Ellicott, David Biddle, W. L. Hoffman, Norma La Fleur, and Robert A. Miller; 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.

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Gallery Concert Series with Franklin Strings; Rider University Art Gallery. Free.

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.

8 p.m.: Singin’ in the Rain; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Patriots Theatre at the War Memorial, Trenton.

Saturday, March 29

1:30 p.m.: Opera New Jersey “Spring Encore Opera” performance; PHS Senior Living Center, Meadow Lakes, East Windsor. Free.

6:30 p.m.: Stringzville; Hopewell Valley Bistro, Hopewell.

7:30 p.m.: Musical, Damascus Road; Mackay Campus Center, Princeton Theological Seminary. Free.

8 p.m.: Jazz pianist/composer Omar Sosa; Richardson Auditorium. Free.

8:30 p.m.: Gravity Hill Roadhouse band; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

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