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Vol. LXIII, No. 21
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Vol. LXIII, No. 21
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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 (Photo by E.J. Greenblat)
SPIRIT OF PRINCETON: Two wars were embodied by the bugler and the drummer during the Spirit of Princeton’s Memorial Day ceremony at Borough Hall honoring the late Frank Tylus, a lead coordinator of past Memorial Day parades.
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The primary elections scheduled for next Tuesday, June 2, will allow voters in Princeton to select their choices for either Democratic or Republican nominees for Governor, General Assembly, members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, and both male and female members of the State Committee.
After much debate in a recent meeting, Borough Council voted to issue a request for proposals (RFP) that would seek an independent consultant to assess personnel management within the Police Department and also to evaluate the role of the governing body and public safety committee vis a vis the police.
A diminished materials budget may account for a drop in “gate count” numbers at the Princeton Public Library during the early part of 2009. The library accumulates both “gate count” numbers — people entering the library itself — and “door count” statistics — those who simply enter the building.
After a lovingly prepared and delivered slide show and narrative describing his great aunt Janet Erskine Stuart’s journey from mid-19th century rural England to international distinction as a religious and educational leader, The Right Honorable Earl Castle Stewart was asked by a young Stuart school student about the significance of the Stuart clan’s plaid pattern. “I don’t know,” he admitted, “but they’re jolly nice bright things to wear.”
After 74 years as a Chrysler Dealership, Belle Mead Garage, is one of nearly 800 Chrysler dealers across the country (40 in New Jersey, with a possible loss of 1500-1600 jobs) to lose their franchise.
It’s a good thing that “Selections,” the current Peg and Frank Taplin Gallery exhibit in the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, runs until July 3. For a single-room exhibition, there’s a lot to see, and viewers may well want to return more than once to contemplate the very different kinds of work on display.
Agatha Offorjebe applied to Princeton University merely to fulfill a promise to her parents.
It was a heart-to-heart talk that changed the course of Sara Hendershot’s rowing career.
Allegra Formento was thrilled to join the American University women’s lacrosse program in the fall of 2007.
What happens is, I’ll take a song I know and simply start playing it in my head. That’s the way I meditate …. I meditate on a song. I’ll be playing Bob Nolan’s “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” for instance, in my head constantly — while I’m driving a car or talking to a person or sitting around or whatever. People will think they are talking to me and I’m talking back, but I’m not. I’m listening to a song in my head. At a certain point, some words will change and I’ll start writing a song.Bob Dylan
Steeped in Yoruban myth and permeated with West African, African-American and Caribbean culture, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays, offers audiences a powerful brew of moving drama, captivating humor, and exhilarating music, movement and poetry. The world created on the McCarter Berlind stage is contemporary rural Louisiana — sometimes harsh, sometimes light, romantic and lyrical, but it is also a world of dreams and remembrance, of ritual and exploration.