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Vol. LXI, No. 40
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Calendar

Wednesday, October 3

2 and 8 p.m.: Little Shop of Horrors; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

4:30 p.m.: Screening of Our Brand is Crisis; Frist Theater 301, Princeton University.

7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quartet; Fedora Cafe, Lawrenceville.

7 p.m.: Screening of Cocalero; Frist Theater 301, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: Stick Fly; 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.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Area League of Women Voters talk by Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute, “New Jersey Politics: Where Are The Women?”; Township Municipal Complex.

Thursday, October 4

5 p.m.: Humanities Council talk and reading by Ian McEwan, author of On Chesil Beach; McCosh 50.

6 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton Artist Potluck; ConTEMPORARY Arts Center, Princeton Shopping Center.

7 p.m.: Screening of Santiago; Frist Theater 301, Princeton University.

7 p.m.: Talk by Meg Caddeau, associate dean of admission at Princeton University, on writing college admission essay; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Unapologetic with D.L. Hughley; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Princeton Regional Schools Special Education PTO; John Witherspoon Middle School.

Friday, October 5

3 p.m.: Genealogy Class on Free Genealogy Resources Online; Princeton Public Library.

3:30 p.m.: Screening of Santiago; Princeton Public Library.

7 p.m.: Screening of Fotografías; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Sugarland Change for Change with Little Big Town and Jake Owen; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

7:30 p.m.: University of Virginia a cappella group The Hullabahoos; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

8 p.m.: Falsettos; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Death of a Salesman; The Heritage Center, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

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

8 p.m.: The Rocky Horror Show; The Academy Theatre, Bordentown. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedians Randy Lubas and Dean Larit; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

10 p.m.: Late Night Series, improvisational theater; Studio Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Free.

Saturday, October 6

8 a.m. to noon: Princeton Charter School Tag Sale Fundraiser; 100 Bunn Drive. Rain or shine.

2 and 4 p.m.: Fish Face; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

2 and 8 p.m.: Lindbergh and Hauptmann: The Trial of the Century; Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

7 p.m.: Dick Braytenbah Trio with Tony Mennella; Hopewell Valley Bistro, Hopewell.

8 p.m.: Proteus 7 chamber ensemble; Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.

8 p.m.: Jazz singer Doris Spears; Lambertville Station, Lambertville.

8 p.m.: Singer-songwriter David Brahinsky; Princeton Center for Yoga & Health; Skillman.

Sunday, October 7

9 a.m.: Registration for NAMI Mercer Walk for the Mind of America; Mercer County Park; West Windsor.

9 a.m.: Registration for Alzheimer’s Association’s Memory Walk for Alzheimer’s disease; Educational Testing Service. For information, call (609) 514-1180.

1:30 p.m.: Screening of El telón de azúcar; Princeton Public Library.

3 p.m.: Steinway Society musicale with pianist Shan-shan Sun; Recital Hall, Jacobs Music, Lawrenceville.

3 p.m.: Piano recital by sisters Chiu-Ling Lin and Chiu-Tze Lin; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

3 p.m.: Alturas Duo; Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Free.

3:30 p.m.: Screening of Our Brand is Crisis; Princeton Public Library.

4 p.m.: Screening of The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends; Global Cinema Café, Carl A. Fields Center, Princeton University. Free.

5 p.m.: Lecture by Villanova Prof. Richard Juliani, author of Priest, Parish, and People — Saving the Faith in Philadelphia’s Little Italy; Dorothea’s House. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Tartuffe; McCarter Theatre.

Monday, October 8

7 p.m.: Dramatic Readings about Mental Illness; Princeton Public Library.

Tuesday, October 9

7:30 p.m.: Stick Fly; 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.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Mort Zachter, author of Dough: A Memoir; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Public lecture by Boston University Professor of Scripture Paula Fredriksen, “Sin: The Early History of an Idea”; McCosh Hall 10. Also Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, October 10

2 and 8 p.m.: Little Shop of Horrors; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

5:30 p.m.: Talk by American University in Cairo Prof. Salima Ikram on “Beloved Beasts: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies”; 010 East Pyne, Princeton University. Free.

6:45 p.m.: SCORE seminar on effective use of the Internet; Princeton Public Library. Free. To register, call (609) 393-0505. 8 p.m.: Composers’ Ensemble at Princeton, works by graduate student composers; Taplin Auditorium. Free.

Thursday, October 11

10:30 a.m.: Contemporary Fiction Discussion on Double Bind by Chris Bohajlin; Princeton Public Library.

6:30 p.m.: Darla Rich Trio; Java Moon Cafe, Lawrenceville.

7 p.m.: Bluegrass artists Tony Rice and Peter Rowan; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Fiddler Natalie MacMaster; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Friday, October 12

4:30 p.m.: Talk by Angela Gleason, Princeton University historian, on “Early Irish Law and its Legacy”; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

7 p.m.: The Emperor’s New Clothes; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.

7:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Trenton2Nite concert with funk band The Blue Method; Maxine’s II, 120 South Warren Street, Trenton.

7 p.m.: Doodlebops Live; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Tartuffe; McCarter Theatre. Also Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Blues Traveler; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Death of a Salesman; The Heritage Center, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Jazz Friday Series, “Hiromi’s Sonic Bloom”; Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.

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

8 p.m.: The Rocky Horror Show; The AcademyTheatre, Bordentown. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedian Melvin George; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 13

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Japanese Rice Paper Collage demonstration; West Windsor Farmers Market, Princeton Junction train station.

2 and 8 p.m.: Lindbergh and Hauptmann: The Trial of the Century; Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.

3 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet fundraiser, “Moving Stillness…Dance with Sculpture”; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.

7 p.m.: United Way of Greater Mercer County Fine Art and Memorabilia Fundraiser; Conant Hall, Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road.

7 p.m.: Karen Zumbrunn Trio; Hopewell Valley Bistro, Hopewell. 8 p.m.: Anúna chorus; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Key of She a cappella sextet; Cosmopolitan Club, New Hope Inn, New Hope, Pa.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble; Richardson Auditorium.

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