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Vol. LXIII, No. 37
 
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Calendar

Wednesday, September 16

2 and 8 p.m.: Nunsense A-Men; 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 p.m.: Darla Rich Trio; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.

7 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Shobhan Bantwal, author of The Sari Shop Widow; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; 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.: Talk by David Kushner, author of Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb; Princeton Public Library. 8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Thursday, September 17

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Lunchtime Concert; Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

7 p.m.: Talk by Giulia Melucci, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti; Whole Foods Market, Windsor Green Shopping Center, Route 1, West Windsor. Registration required; call (609) 924-9529, ext. 218.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Mariana Cook, author of Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: David Garrett Live in Concert; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

8 p.m.: Shakespeare ’70’s A View from the Bridge; Don Evans Black Box Theater, Kendall Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Ethel Waters — His Eye is on the Sparrow; Passage Theatre, Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

Friday, September 18

3:30 p.m.: Lecture by Nicoletta Marini-Maio, author of Set the Stage! Teaching Italian Through Theater; Princeton Public Library.

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

8 p.m.: Jonathan Edwards Trio; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

8 p.m.: Comedy debut of wrestling star King Kong Bundy, joined by comedian Tommy Savitt; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency, Route 1. Also Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 19

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: HelenaMaria Duet; West Windsor Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive parking lot, Princeton Junction train station.

9:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and noon: West Windsor Arts Council presentation of traditional Indian dances; WWAC outdoor gallery space, West Windsor Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive parking lot, Princeton Junction train station.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: 33rd Annual Apple Day; Terhune Orchards. Also Sunday at 10 a.m.

2 to 5 p.m.: Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund citizenship workshop; Princeton Public Library.

6:30 p.m.: Michael Huse Modem Jazz Trio; Halo Pub, 9 Hulfish Street.

7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quintet; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

8 p.m.: Concert by nine hip-hop artists including Coolio, Salt-N-Pepa, and Naughty by Nature; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Salsa Sensation dance; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Sunday, September 20

Noon: Third Annual Delaware River Blues Fest with Johnny Winter; Stockton Inn, Route 29, Stockton.

1 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s ARTbox Derby; Greenway Meadows Park, Princeton.

2 p.m.: Folk Tale Puppet Troupe’s The Queen Bee; Waldorf School of Princeton, 1062 Cherry Hill Road. Free.

2:30 p.m.: Registration for Farm Sanctuary Walk for Farm Animals fund-raiser; Grover Park, Princeton Shopping Center.

3 p.m.: Homegrown String Band; Princeton Public Library. Free.

5 to 7 p.m. Hopewell Town Wide Pot Luck Picnic; Gazebo Park, Hopewell.

6:30 p.m.: Meeting of Minds buffet dinner and talk by Dr. John Woodall, psychiatrist, on “Four Paths to Spiritual Health”; home of Wendy & Grant Kvalheim. For directions, call (609) 683-8929.

7 to 9 p.m.: Kingston Women’s Chorus annual Open Sing; Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston.

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital, Americana Woodwinds; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.

Monday, September 21

7 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Tom Ridge, author of The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege…and How We Can Be Safe Again; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

7 p.m.: Talk by psychologist Susan Barbara Apollon and meditation teacher Yanni Maniates, authors of Intuition is Easy and Fun: The Art and Practice of Developing Your Natural Born Gift of Intuition; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Literary Fiction Book Group discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Public Lecture by Steven Berlin Johnson, author of The Ghost Map, “The Myth of the Echo Chamber: Politics in the Age of the Participatory Web”; McCosh Hall 50, Princeton University.

Tuesday, September 22

4:30 p.m.: Public lecture by Péter Balázs, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, “The European Union: From Local Player to Global Actor”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University. Tickets for the public available on a first-come, first served basis on September 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at University ticketing office, Frist Campus Center.

7 p.m.: College Essay Writing Night; Princeton Public Library.

7:15 p.m.: Talk by Jack Jacobs, retired U.S. Army Colonel and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, “If Not You, Who?”; Efros Auditorium, Peddie School, Hightstown. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; McCarter 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.: Composers Ensemble of Princeton, graduate student compositions; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.

Wednesday, September 23

4 p.m.: Policy address by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, “Building Global Peace: Turkish Regional Foreign Policy Priorities”; Richardson Auditorium.

4:30 p.m.: Althea Ward Clark reading series with Simon Armitage reading poetry and prose, Tony Hoagland reading poetry; Stewart Theater, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.

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

7:30 p.m.: Bacon Brothers; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

7:30 p.m.: Readings by U.S. 1 Poets Nancy Scott and Matt Schwartz; Princeton Public Library.

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

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