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A group of accomplished young musicians from the Princeton area will take centerstage at the Bristol Chapel this Saturday, March 10, at 3 p.m., combining their talents in support of programs for kids with cancer and programs that introduce classical music for non-traditional audiences.
Saturday's program of solo and chamber works by Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff will feature pupils of Westminster Conservatory teacher Larissa Korkina — Carl Aquino, Mark de Guzman, Julian Edgren, Saraswathi Shukla, Andrew Sun, Farshad Tahvildar-Zadeh, and Molly Zhu — together with two guest artists: cellist Sam Lavery and flutist Jake Fridkis.
Big news comes in small packages in Princeton, and the Palmer Square Kiosk is certainly no exception. When it was built 21 years ago, its placement and appearance piqued public interest, and with its renovation, a structure that was once reluctantly accepted by the town has clearly become something of an institution.
The only place downtown where a customer can pick up a newspaper, a bus ticket, a beverage, and even toothpaste, the kiosk received approval from Borough Council to expand earlier this year, and while the expansion is modest, it's sure to make things a bit easier for the customer.
Princeton Borough Council last Tuesday remained strategically noncommittal about the naming of the unnamed plaza adjacent to the Prince-ton Public Library, despite a groundswell of support from a contingent of residents encouraging Council to make the plaza a memorial to a man who is considered, by some, as the embodiment of Princeton history.
The American Boychoir School has a new president. Charles G. Bickford has taken over from Donald Edwards, who served thirteen years with the school — five as a board member, four as vice president for advancement, and four as president.
A new program for summer study of Mandarin Chinese at Princeton High School has two local language supervisors wishing they were back in high school.
Priscilla Russel, supervisor of world languages for Princeton Regional Schools and Rosanne Zeppieri, supervisor of world languages for West Windsor-Plainsboro schools, will oversee the two-week immersion camp that they describe as "as an opportunity for the two public school districts to collaborate on an exciting venture."
Joann Laveman has seen hundreds of adults come out of her bereavement support group, but when faced with the perennial question, "How do I help my kids?", the Bereavement Coordinator at the Princeton HomeCare Services Hospice Program, uses a somewhat different approach.
"Adults have to deal with the very basic issues that face us when death occurs, and it's the same for children," Ms. Laveman, a licensed clinical social worker, said. "What is death? What does that mean? For the very young children, they don't know the concept of that being forever. They keep expecting for people to return."
Art photographer Frank Magalhães was wrapping up his "I Am A Tree," show for Hopewell's Gallery 14, when an artist friend suggested he take a look at the trees in Marquand Park.