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Princeton Pro Musica Says Farewell to Ms. Slade With the Glories of Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Thirty-three years, or a third of a century, is a long time in any organization’s history. In her pre-concert remarks, Princeton Pro Musica Artistic Director Frances Fowler Slade commented that…
Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle,” Born in a Shack on Princeton Ridge
Not since Byron awoke one morning to find himself famous has there been such an example of worldwide celebrity won in a day by a book. —New York Evening World…
Area Exhibits 5/23/12
The Arts Council of Princeton at Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, presents “Transient Spaces” in remembrance of Herban Garden, Writers Block, and Quark Park through June…
International Armada Defends Earth From Aliens in Naval Showdown
Though ostensibly inspired by the Hasbro board game of the same name, Battleship is a special effects driven science fiction adventure that has more in common with blockbusters like Armageddon…
The World Premiere of “Are You There, McPhee?” Opens at McCarter; With Plays Within Plays and a Wildly Absurdist Memory Journey
At a New York City party the guests are telling stories in the opening scene of John Guare’s new play Are You There, McPhee? at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre. Edmund “Mundie”…
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Mother’s Day In Impressionistic Style
To close its 2011-12 season, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra presented musical roses — two light airy flowers and one sturdy plant with solid roots. It no doubt was very difficult…
Outside Over Here and There With Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
In May 1981, Maurice Sendak, who died at the age of 83 on May 8, confided to his journal: “I hate May, everything seems to begin and end in May.…
Area Exhibits 5/16/12
The Arts Council of Princeton at Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, presents “Transient Spaces” in remembrance of Herban Garden, Writers Block, and Quark Park through June…
Depp Does Barnabas Justice in Adaptation of a Soap Opera
Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera which originally aired on ABC-TV on weekday afternoons from 1966 to 1971. What made the program unique was its gothic storyline about Barnabas…
Metropolitan Opera Star David Daniels Fills Richardson at University Concert
The counter-tenor superstar has been undergoing a relatively recent resurgence, yet much of the 17th and 18th century operas — which audiences are familiar with — were written with this…
