Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXI, No. 43
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Calendar

Wednesday, October 24

6:30 p.m.: Talk by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, author of Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way; Erdman Center, 20 Library Place. To register, call (609) 497-7990.

7:30 p.m.: Tartuffe; McCarter Theatre. Also 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.: Princeton Environmental Commission; Township Municipal Complex.

7:30 p.m.: Christopher Reeve Lecture with neuroscientist Dr. Wise Young, “The Hope and Hype of Stem Cell Research”; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, October 25

3:30 and 7:30 p.m.: Talk by Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook; Princeton Public Library.

7 p.m.: Multilingual Poetry Night with Princeton area poets; Princeton Public Library.

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

8 p.m.: Concert of sonatas by Bach, Schubert, and Mozart with violinist Andrew Manze and keyboardist Richard Egarr; McCarter Theatre.

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

Friday, October 26

8 p.m.: Stephanie Mills & The Whispers; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

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

8 p.m. and midnight: The Rocky Horror Show; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. and midnight.

8 p.m. Gypsy; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: The Rocky Horror Show; The Academy Theatre, Bordentown. Also Saturday at 7 and 11 p.m.

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

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedians Joe Moffa with Bob Dibuono; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 27

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Fall Flea Market; West Windsor-Plainsboro High School parking lot, Clarksville Road.

9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Montgomery Fall Festival; Montgomery High School, Skillman.

10 a.m. to noon: Fall Fun Fest with free arts and crafts, balloons, and magic; Quaker Bridge Mall, Lawrenceville.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Princeton Shopping Center's annual Fall Festival; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard.

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

2:30 to 11 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers' annual Halloween contra dance, Rum & Onions XXVIII; Princeton High School.

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

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Choir College Chapel Choir; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.

8 p.m.: Jazz singer Judy Barnett; Cosmopolitan Club, New Hope Inn, New Hope, Pa.

Sunday, October 28

Noon to 5 p.m.: Guild for Early Music Festival; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.

3 p.m.: “A Light-Hearted Afternoon of Operetta”; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

3 p.m.: Westminster Community Orchestra and Schola Cantorum concert, “Russian Pathos and the Miracles of Saint Nicolas”; Richardson Auditorium.

Monday, October 29

Recycling

7:30 p.m.: Passage Theatre Preview, The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith; Princeton Public Library.

Tuesday, October 30

5 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton annual Hometown Halloween Parade, with Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band; Albert E. Hinds Community Plaza, Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Israeli author Michal Govrin, author of Snapshots; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Tango Buenos Aires; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: The Rocky Horror Show; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. and midnight.

Wednesday, October 31

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

8 p.m.: Georgian State Dance Company; McCarter Theatre.

Thursday, November 1

Taxes Due

1 to 5:30 p.m.: “Hotter Times Ahead” conference on climate change; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith; Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: Georgian State Dance Company; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Benise: Nights of Fire music and dance production; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Friday, November 2

4 p.m.: Readings from The Tale of Peter Rabbit and other classics by Dale Schafer of the US/UK Beatrix Potter Society; Princeton Public Library.

5 to 7 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton's Day of the Dead festival; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard.

8 p.m.: Boheme Opera New Jersey, La Traviata; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Janellen Farmer and Gene Cavanaugh; Cosmopolitan Club, New Hope Inn, New Hope, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

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

Saturday, November 3

1 p.m.: Video Gaming Day; Princeton Public Library.

7 p.m.: Stringzville; Hopewell Valley Bistro, Hopewell.

8 p.m.: Pianist Ilya Yakushev, performing with Hunterdon Symphony; Hunterdon Central High School, Flemington.

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