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Vol. LXIII, No. 40
 
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Calendar

Wednesday, October 7

6:30 p.m.: Mercer County First-Time Homebuyer Workshop; Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike at Darrah Lane, Lawrence.

7 p.m.: Talk by Susan L. Roth, author and illustrator of Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea; Princeton Public Library.

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

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; 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.: Pianist Eric Hung and mezzo-soprano Amy Hartsough, performing cabaret songs; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.

8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Thursday, October 8

12:30 p.m.: Organ concert by Paul Skevington; Princeton University Chapel.

4:30 p.m.: Talk by Joachim von Braun, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, “Land Grabbing by Foreign Investors in Developing Countries: The Causes and What to Do”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Report to the Community, Mercer Alliance’s Plan to End Homelessness, “The Next 5 Years”; Princeton Arts Council, 102 Witherspoon Street.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Public Lecture by molecular biologist Sean Carroll, “Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species”; Friend Center 101, Princeton University.

8 p.m.: Fly (play about Tuskegee Airmen); Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

Friday, October 9

10 a.m.: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Twelfth annual health fair; Mackay Campus Center, Princeton Theological Seminary.

1 to 3 p.m.: Fund-raising sale of homemade wares by Princeton Senior Resource Center Knit Wits; Suzanne Patterson Building.

6 p.m.: Launch of new journal, The Trenton Review; Gallery 125, 125 South Warren Street, Trenton.

7 to 10 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society’s “Dancing Under the Stars” Salsa/Latin night; Hinds Plaza, Princeton Public Library. Free.

7 p.m.: Jack Jonah Jazz Band, with vocalist Kelley Orcutt of Princeton High School; Cranbury Presbyterian Church Coffeehouse.

7 to 11 p.m.: Ten-acre Corn Maze; Corner-Copia Farm Market and Garden Center, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor. Also Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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

8 p.m.: Arthur Laurents’ Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Roebling: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 to 10:15 p.m.: Dance Improv; All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road.

Saturday, October 10

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Household Chemical and Electronic Waste Day; Dempster Fire Training Academy, Basin Road, Lawrence.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Hopewell Tour Des Artes self guided tour; Hopewell Train Station.

10 a.m.: Lawrenceville School Historical Campus Walking Tour; Memorial Hall, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville. Free.

Noon to 4 p.m.: Country/bluegrass music with Sailors in Rags; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road.

2 and 8 p.m.: Japan’s Imada Puppet Troupe presentation of The Magic of Japanese Puppet Theater; Frist Campus Center Theater, Princeton University.

2 p.m.: Princeton Reads Program screening of Afghan film Osama; Princeton Public Library.

4 and 8 p.m.: The Fab Faux; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

7:30 p.m.: Screening of 2008 documentary Flow: For the Love of Water; Mercer County Library, 333 North Post Road, West Windsor.

7:30 p.m.: “Bridging the World Between Classical and Jazz” concert with Diane Monroe ensemble; Bucks County Performing Arts Center, Yardley Community Centre, 64 South Main Street, Yardley, Pa.

Sunday, October 11

9 a.m.: Check-in for “Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes”; Princeton Forrestal Village.

9 a.m.: Check-in for Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk; Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road.

Noon to 5 p.m.: Witherspoon Grill’s first annual Harvest & Music Festival, with Highland Park Quartet, Carole Lynne Quartet, Matt Richards, 6th Street Quarternion; Witherspoon Plaza adjacent to Princeton Public Library. Rain or shine.

Noon to 4 p.m.: Country/bluegrass music with Heavy Traffic Bluegrass Band; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road.

2 p.m.: Gallery talk and book signing with Albert Paley; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.

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

3 p.m.: Steinway Society Musicale with pianist Thomas Purviance; Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

5 to 8 p.m.: 4th Annual Taste of Lawrenceville; Abbott Dining Hall, The Lawrenceville School.

5 p.m.: Program by actors from Sicily’s Piccolo Teatro di Catania; Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street.

Monday, October 12

Recycling

9 a.m. to noon: “Unwanted Treasures” Sale, fund-raiser to benefit Make-a-Wish Foundation; Community Park School, 372 Witherspoon Street.

Noon to 4 p.m.: Country/bluegrass music with Ed Wilson; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road.

4 p.m.: Historic Preservation Commission; Township Municipal Complex, 400 Witherspoon Street.

6:30 p.m.: Girl Scout Fall Fest and Recruitment Night; John Witherspoon Middle School, 217 Walnut Lane.

7 p.m.: Lecture and demonstration of music of the Andes by musician John Burkhalter; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Poetry reading by Delaware Valley Poets Laurie Granieri and Tammy Paolino; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Tuesday, October 13

3 p.m.: “This I Believe” program hosted by Keith Wheelock; Princeton Public Library. To register, call (609) 924-9529, ext. 220.

4:30 p.m.: Lecture by Harvard University Professor Stanley Hoffmann, “Understanding the Global System”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

7 to 9 p.m.: International Folk Dancing; Riverside School. For information, call (609) 655-0758.

7:30 p.m.: She Stoops to Conquer; 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 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; Berlind Theatre. Also Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Arthur Laurents’ Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Wednesday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 2 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 14

Noon: Talk by Afsheen Shamsi, public relations director, New Jersey chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations; Princeton Public Library.

4:30 p.m.: Lecture by Harvard University Professor Stanley Hoffmann, “Ethics and Global Policy”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Thursday, October 15

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Annual YWCA Princeton Friends’ Luncheon, Springdale Golf Club.

12:30 p.m.: Organ concert by Thomas Sheehan; Princeton University Chapel.

4:30 p.m.: Lecture by Harvard University Professor Stanley Hoffmann, “U.S. Foreign Policy, Past and Future”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

7 p.m.: Talk by Xenia Morin, Ph.D., “The Future of Food: In Search of Sustainable Food Systems”; D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place. To register, call (609) 924-4646.

7 p.m.: Talk by Henry Morse, aka The Old Time Radio Man, about the history of “The Shadow” radio broadcasts; Princeton Public Library.

7 and 10 p.m.: “Alaska on Film” screening of Nanook of the North: A Story of Life and Love in the Actual Arctic; McCormick 101, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: Book Talk by Dr. Laura H. Kahn, author of Who’s in Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises; Lewis Science Library, Room 120, Princeton University.

8 p.m.: Princeton Shakespeare Company’s updated version of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It; Whitman Theatre, Princeton University. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: No Child ...; Mount Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown. CANCELLED.

8 p.m.: Fly (play about Tuskegee Airmen); Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m.

Friday, October 16

Noon: Princeton Senior Resource Center talk by Wanda Patterson, M.D., on African American Skin Care; Suzanne Patterson Building.

7 to 11 p.m.: Ten-acre Corn Maze; Corner-Copia Farm Market and Garden Center, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor. Also Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Parenting lecture, “The Electronic Media and the 21st-Century Family,” by educational consultant Eugene Schwartz; Hagens Hall, Waldorf School of Princeton, 1062 Cherry Hill Road.

8 p.m.: Eric Mintel Jazz Quartet; Solley Theatre, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts.

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

8 p.m.: Princeton Singers; Trinity Church.

8 p.m.: Joy Behar; State Theatre, New Brunswick. CANCELLED.

8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert with Gordon Bok; Christ Congregation Church.

8:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Jersey Jumpers Swing Dance with Charleston workshop; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

9 p.m.: Screening of The Hunchback of Notre Dame with organ accompaniment; Princeton University Chapel. Free.

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