Calendar

Wednesday, April 29

4:30 p.m.: Lecture, “Obama and the Truly Disadvantaged: The Politics of Race and Class,” by Prof. Thomas J. Sugrue; Frist Campus Center, Room 302.

4:30 p.m.: Talk by Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, “China-U.S. Relations in the New Era”; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

6 p.m.: Screening of documentary film The Garden; New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 State Street, Trenton. Free.

6:30 p.m.: Seminar, “The Ins and Outs of Property Reevaluation”; Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street. Free.

8 p.m.: Grammy Award winner k.d. lang with guest Meaghan Smith; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Certificate Program in Musical Performance Recital with pianist Holger Staude; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.

8 p.m.: Sheila’s Day; Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: New Year’s Eve; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 30

4:30 p.m.: Lecture, “Post-Racial America?,” by Prof. Thomas J. Sugrue; Frist Campus Center, Room 302.

5:30 p.m.: Talk by Princeton University Associate Prof. of Sociology Devah Pager, author of Marked; Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street.

6 p.m.: Screening of documentary film The Neo African Americans; New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 State Street, Trenton. Free.

7 p.m.: “Farmers on Farming” talk on sustainable farming by Caroline Phinney of Orchard Farm Organics; Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street. Free.

8 p.m.: Instructions for Breathing; Passage Theatre, Trenton. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: Debate on organic food with Charles Benbrook, Chief Scientist for The Organic Center, and Eric Sachs of Monsanto, “Low-Input Food vs. High-Input Food”; McCosh 50, Princeton University. Free.

8 p.m.: Little Women the Musical; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Friday, May 1

Property Taxes Due

10 a.m.: Cinderella; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

4 p.m.: “Hollywood Takes On the Great Depression” screening of Frank Capra’s American Madness; Princeton Public Library. Free.

4:30 p.m.: Third annual Doll Family Lecture on Religion and Money, “Catholic Conceptions of Charity, Justice, and Philanthropy,” by Fr. J. Bryan Hehir; Lewis Library 120, Princeton University.

6 p.m.: Lecture by Mathematics Prof. Phillip Griffiths, “Science and Technology in the Developing World: The Institute’s Role”; Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study. Free.

7:30 p.m.: High School Musical; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Actors’ NET of Bucks County production of Mass Appeal; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Wait Until Dark; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium.

9 p.m.: Jim Popik & Friends band; Rat’s Restaurant Pavilion, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton. Free.

Saturday, May 2

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Sale of used clothing and household items; Princeton Friends School, 470 Quaker Road.

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Annual Unitarian Church Flea Market; 50 Cherry Hill Road.

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Annual Trinity Church Rummage Sale, 33 Mercer Street. Also Sunday from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Annual Heirloom Plant Sale; Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street.

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Electronics Waste Disposal Day; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

10 a.m. and noon: Milk & Cookies Series concert with Diane Macklin, Magnificent Folks, Animals, and Other Such Tales, for children 3 to 8; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Free, but registration required by calling (732) 246-7469, ext. 545.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Kite Day, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Also Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Sixth annual Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair; Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Free.

Noon: Concert by Princeton School of Rock students; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

7 to 11 p.m.: “Dining with the Divas,” with singers Miche Braden, Doris Spears, and Pat Tandy; Haberdashery, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

7:30 p.m.: David Bromberg Big Band with Angel Band; McCarter Theatre.

7:30 p.m.: D&R Greenway Land Trust Down-to-Earth Ball; Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place. For tickets, call (609) 924-4646.

7:30 p.m.: Benefit concert for Fagles Collections Center with rock band Rackett and four Princeton High School a cappella groups; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.

7:45 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society California Mix dance; Suzanne Patterson Center.

8 p.m.: Opera program with Westminster Conservatory Community Orchestra, Community Chorus, and faculty; Richardson Auditorium.

Sunday, May 3

3 p.m.: “Music in the Museum” classical concert with pianist Clipper Erickson; Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton.

3 p.m.: Steinway Society Scholarship Recital; Recital Hall of Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

3 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

6 p.m.: Program of female composers of Baroque period, with Westminster Conservatory Prof. Marvin Rosen; Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street. Free.

Monday, May 4

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Adult School’s Second Chance Cinema screening of Woman on the Beach; Kresge Auditorium, Princeton University.

8 p.m.: Australian Chamber Orchestra; McCarter Theatre.

Tuesday, May 5

7 p.m.: Tuesday Technology Talk with John LeMasney of Rider University, “Creating Great Graphics”; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Mercer County Community College Chorus, “It Might as Well Be Spring”; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Free.

8 p.m.: New Year’s Eve; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Wednesday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6

Noon to 12:30 p.m.: Recital by Catherine Weinfield, oboe; Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street. Free.

5 p.m.: “Hollywood Takes On the Great Depression” screening of Gold Diggers of 1933 and My Man Godfrey; Princeton Public Library. Free.

5:45 p.m.: Screening of The Soloist sponsored by NAMI Mercer and Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness; Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street. For reservations, call (609) 799-8994.

6 p.m.: Screening of documentary film Home; New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 State Street, Trenton. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by novelist Anna Elliot, author of Twilight of Avalon; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, May 7

6 p.m.: Screening of documentary film Flag Wars; New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 State Street, Trenton. Free.

7 p.m.: Alive Mind Film Series screening of The Protagonist; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7 p.m.: “Farmers on Farming” talk on sustainable farming by Charlie and Lucia Huebner of Beechtree Farm, Hopewell; Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: High School Musical; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Instructions for Breathing; Passage Theatre, Trenton. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

8 p.m.: MOMIX in Botanica; McCarter Theatre. Also Friday at 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Little Women the Musical; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Sinfonia; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Princeton University Ballet spring concert, “Debut”; Frist Campus Center Film and Performance Theater. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Friday, May 8

4:30 p.m.: Screening of documentary The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On, and discussion with Japanese filmmaker Hara Kazuo; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.

4:30 p.m.: Symposium on New South Sounds & Culture keynote address by Stanley Booth, author of The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones; McCosh Hall 50.

6 p.m.: Family Outdoor Movie and Camp-out; Princeton Family YMCA, Paul Robeson Place. Free.

7 to 9 p.m.: Dance for Special Teens Prom (for youth 12 to 21 with special needs); Suzanne Patterson Center. To register, call Princeton Recreation Department at (609) 921-9480.

8 p.m.: Wait Until Dark; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: Spring Concert by UUCP adult choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra; Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

8 to 10:15 p.m.: Dance Improv; All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road.

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