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Renowned Ballerina Returns to Princeton To Coach Dancers at PDT Summer Session
In a classroom at the Princeton Dance and Theatre Studio in Forrestal Village, six young men take their places and wait for music from the ballet Raymonda to begin. Sitting…
Carnage and Communion: Encountering Art in the Shadow of Aurora
On my way across campus to the University Art Museum, I see a single leaf drifting toward the September 11 memorial garden at Chancellor Green. I’m in a don’t-take-anything-for-granted mood,…
Vienna Piano Trio Presents Trio of Works; From Two Viennese and A French Master
Throughout music history, the city of Vienna has been a hot spot for musical performance, with Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert among its masters. Two centuries later, Vienna is still exporting…
Area Exhibits 7/25/12
Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, is showing “Water Light,” watercolors by Eric Rhinehart and Carol Sanzalone, through August 5. The artists will host a “Coffee and Conversation” August 5…
Carefree Cherub Laments Climate Change in Enchanting Tale
Six-year-old Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) is growing up in “The Bathtub,” a backwoods bayou located on the swampy side of a Louisiana levee. The self-sufficient tomboy divides her days attending to…
Fueled by Disappointment at 2011 Rowing Worlds, PU Grad Stone Bounces Back to Make Olympics
Gevvie Stone had the chance to qualify for the Olympics last year in the women’s single sculls but came up agonizingly short. With the top 9 at the 2011 World…
Arts Council Savors New Dodge Grant, Citation of Excellence, Anonymous Pledge Toward “Burn the Mortgage” Campaign
Just in time to celebrate Princeton’s Fourth ArtWalk on Thursday, August 2, the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) learned that it had received a $20,000 grant from the Geraldine R.…
Battlefield Society Fires Another Round In Fight Against Institute Housing Plan
Efforts to prevent the Institute for Advanced Study from building faculty housing on land many believe is the site of the crucial counter-attack at the Battle of Princeton escalated last…
Question of the Week: Who do you think Mitt Romney will pick for his running mate and why? (Asked at the Princeton Community Democratic Organization Picnic)
“I think Rob Portman, the Senator from Ohio would help by representing a critical midwestern swing state.” —Heather Howard, Princeton “My thought is he’s going to pick a female and…
Overcoming Injury and Relishing Underdog Role, PU Crew Alum Hendershot Achieves Olympic Dream
After helping the U.S. women’s four take gold last year at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Sara Hendershot seemed to be on course for a shot at…
