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Vol. LXII, No. 16
 
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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Wednesday, April 16

7:30 p.m.: Talk by journalist Chris Hedges, author of I Don’t Believe in Atheists; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Concert by Johannesburg, South Africa’s Roedean School Girl’s Choir; Princeton High School Performing Arts Center. Free.

8 p.m.: St. Petersburg State Ballet, Carmen; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Elaine May’s Roger is Dead; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 2 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

8 p.m.: Euripides’ The Trojan Women; Spitz Studio Theater, Fine Arts Building, Rider University, Lawrenceville. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 17

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau recital with Barton & Lehrer Piano Duo; Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

4:30 p.m.: Talk by United Nations’ Anne Le More on “International Assistance to the Palestinians After Oslo: Political Guilt, Wasted Money”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: McCarter Live at the Library talk by A Seagull in the Hamptons playwright/director Emily Mann; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Ragamala Music and Dance Theater; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Cancelled.

8 p.m.: Jam band Juicy Country; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

11:30 p.m.: Jazz at Café Vivian with Princeton University Jazz Composers Collective; Frist Campus Center, Princeton University.

Friday, April 18

7 to 10 p.m.: Big Band Dance featuring Princeton High School’s Studio Band; P.H.S. cafeteria.

8 p.m.: Dryden Ensemble; Trinity Church. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Doylestown, Pa.

8 p.m.: Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater and Dance presentation of “Dance Quanta”; Berlind Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Cyrano de Bergerac; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Disney’s High School Musical; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: At First Sight; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: “Feast of Madrigals” by Westminster Kantorei; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Glee Club performing Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Student production of Macbeth; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Program in Theater & Dance Senior Thesis Dance Performance; Berlind Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert of Scottish folk music by Enoch Kent; Christ Congregation Church.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Joey Vega and Alan Marx; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Earth Day Celebration; Skating Rink, Mercer County Park, Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.

11 a.m.: Children’s concert with Disney Recording Artist Ralph Covert; McCarter Theatre.

Noon: Celebrity Charity Scrabble Tournament; Trenton Marriott Hotel.

2 and 4 p.m.: Dr. Doolittle; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

3 to 5 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s flute master class with flutist Jayn Rosenfeld; Princeton Public Library. Free.

6:30 p.m.: Darla Rich Quartet, Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

7 p.m.: New Jersey State “Guns N’ Hoses” boxing championships; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

7 p.m.: Brad Sherrill’s The Gospel of John; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

8 p.m.: Beatlemania/The Magic of the Beatles; Nicholas Music Center, Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, Douglass College, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: South Asian Dance Dimensions Competition; Richardson Auditorium.

8:30 p.m.: Jazz band Swinging Poodles; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Sunday, April 20

11 a.m.: The Odyssey Experience; McCarter Theatre.

2 to 5 p.m.: Small Miracles Foundation’s Piano-a-thon; Princeton Public Library.

4 p.m.: Talk by Dr. Ghada Karmi on “Israel’s Dilemma and the One State Solution”; Friend Center 101, Princeton University.

5 p.m.: Westminster Concert Bell Choir spring concert; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

6 p.m.: Nassau at Six concert with soprano Sungji Kim and classical guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz; Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Monday, April 21

7:30 p.m.: Second Chance Cinema’s Princeton premiere screening of Deep Water; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Pro Musica symposium on Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem; Erdman Center, 20 Library Place.

8 p.m.: Literary Fiction Book Group discussion of John O’Hara’s Butterfield 8; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.

Tuesday, April 22

4:30 p.m.: Talk by Princeton University Prof. Amaney Jamal on “Muslim Americans: Enriching or Threatening American Democracy?”; Robertson Hall Bowl 016.

8 p.m.: Elaine May’s Roger is Dead; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23

4:30 p.m.: Readings by poets James McMichael and Lucie Brock-Broido; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Environmental Commission; Room A, Township Municipal Complex.

7:30 p.m.: U.S. 1 Poets Invite series with poets Bonnie Minick and Christine E. Salvatore; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Student Recital by jazz pianist Julia Brav; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.

Thursday, April 24

7:30 p.m.: Concert by Woodwind quintet 5 Women 5; Princeton Public Library. Free.

8 p.m.: Chamber ensemble Tashi; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Pop/rock musician Eric Ginsberg; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, April 25

7:30 p.m.: “Wind-Up” dance theater performance; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Also Saturday at 3 and 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Student production of Macbeth; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: At First Sight; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: Westminster Opera Theater production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

8 and 10:30 p.m.: Jeff Capri and Preston Simpson; Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26

10 a.m.: West Windsor Township Arbor Day proclamation and celebration; Ronald Rogers Arboretum, Clarksville and Princeton-Hightstown Roads.

8 p.m.: Jazz concert with Cyrus Chestnut’s Manhattan Trinity Trio and Jason Moran & Bandwagon; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Richard Nader’s Magic Moments to Remember concert; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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