Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXI, No. 20
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Calendar

Wednesday, May 16

11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: Bye Bye Birdie; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Second Chance Cinema, Three Times; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: New Jersey Opera Young Artist Program concert; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Packard; Berlind Theatre. Also 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 to 10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Thursday, May 17

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau Recital; Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: The Deacons; Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Full Monty; Academy Theatre, Bordentown. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Concertante String Ensemble; Richardson Auditorium.

Friday, May 18

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Twilight Garden Tour of Indoor Display Garden; Duke Farms, Route 206, Hillsborough. Also Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For reservations call (908) 722-3700.

6 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Actors Company, The Prince and the Pauper; The Playhouse, Westminster Choir College. Also Saturday at 3 and 6 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

7 p.m.: The Duchess and Lady Day: A Soul Connection with singer Doris Spears; Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton.

7:30 p.m.: Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight!; McCarter Theatre.

7:30 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Song Circle; conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Princeton Shopping Center.

8 p.m.: The Goodbye Girl; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; State Theatre.

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

8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert with The Sons of the Never Wrong; Christ Congregation Church.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedians Steve Shaffer and Dave Goldstein; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 19

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Rummage Sale, Trinity Church, Crescent Avenue, Rocky Hill.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Jazz Band; West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Princeton Junction train station parking lot.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Annual New Jersey Super Science Weekend; New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton. Also Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Noon to 2 p.m.: Book signing by Richard Smith, author of Then & Now Princeton; Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street.

6 p.m.: 19th annual Benefit Gala for New Brunswick’s State Theatre, with Aretha Franklin; Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center, New Brunswick.

6:30 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra fund-raising gala; Drumthwacket.

7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quartet; Hopewell Valley Bistro, Hopewell.

7:30 p.m.: The Flying Karamazov Brothers; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Cuartetango String Quartet; William Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.

8 p.m.: Blawenburg Band; Montgomery High School, Skillman. Free.

Sunday, May 20

9 a.m. to noon: YWCA Princeton Yoga Inspires program; YWCA Princeton athletic field, Paul Robeson Place. For information, call (609) 497-2100, ext. 349.

Noon to 4 p.m.: Farmers Against Hunger Walk; Mercer Park East.

1:30 p.m.: Lecture, “Holocaust Denial in the Courtroom,” by University of North Carolina Prof. Christopher R. Browning; Bart Luedeke Center Cavalla Room, Rider University. Free.

2 p.m.: Princeton Summer Theater Preview Party; Princeton Public Library. Free. 3 p.m.: Cool Women Poets; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.

3 p.m.: Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Spring Concert; West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro.

3 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra Spring Concert; Princeton High School Performing Arts Center.

4:30 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir Spring Concert; Patriots Theater, Trenton War Memorial.

Tuesday, May 22

11 a.m.: Talk by antiques appraiser Gertrude Gompers and decorator Adele Fine; Princeton Windrows. For reservations, call (800) 708-7007. Free.

6:30 to 10 p.m.: Tuesday Night Jazz with The Franklin Alison Jazz Quartet; Witherspoon Grill, Witherspoon Street.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Packard; Berlind 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 p.m.

Wednesday, May 23

11 a.m. and 8 p.m.: West Side Story; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

7 p.m.: Talk by Nancy Isenberg, author of Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.

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

8 to 10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers’ Contra Dance; Suzanne Patterson Center.

8 p.m.: Derek Trucks Band; McCarter Theatre.

Thursday, May 24

7:30 p.m.: Borough-Township Joint Recreation Board; 380 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: The Deacons; Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Full Monty; Academy Theatre, Bordentown. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

Friday, May 25

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Twilight Garden Tour of Indoor Display Garden; Duke Farms, Route 206, Hillsborough. Also Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For reservations call (908) 722-3700.

8 p.m.: The Goodbye Girl; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Damn Yankees; The Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedians Mo Alexander and Darren Dillon; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

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