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Vol. LXIII, No. 3
 
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Calendar

Wednesday, January 21

7 to 9 p.m.: Teen Summer Programs Fair; Princeton High School.

7 to 8 p.m.: Discussion of Community Resources for Older Adults and Caregivers; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Folk songwriter Arlon Bennett; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Berlind Theatre. Also Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 22

6 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton Artist Potluck; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

7:30 p.m.: Classical guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz; Princeton Public Library.

Friday, January 23

7 p.m.: Rumplestiltskin; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Cirque Éloize’s Nebbia; McCarter Theatre. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Sourland Hills Actors Guild cabaret concert, “Night & Day”; Montgomery Upper Middle School Theater, 375 Burnt Hill Road, Skillman. Also Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.: All-Bach Concert by Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, directed by Mark Laycock; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Budapest Festival Orchestra; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

8 p.m.: Orson’s Shadow; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Don’t Dress for Dinner; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 24

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Friends of the Lawrence Library Book Sale; Lawrence Branch, Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

10 a.m. to noon: Waldorf School of Princeton Open House; Waldorf School, 1062 Cherry Hill Road, Montgomery.

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Art of Chinese puppetry with master puppeteer Hua Hua Zhang; Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone Library, Princeton University. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir’s Cantores and Maryland State Boychoir; All Saints’ Church.

7:30 p.m.: Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra Winter Concert; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Parental Advisory Comedy; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

Sunday, January 25

3 p.m.: Dryden Ensemble concert, Handel’s Apollo & Dafne; Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary.

3 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital with soprano Nancy Froysland Hoerl, pianist Akiko Hosaki, and flutist Jill Crawford; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.

3 p.m.: Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey; Richardson Auditorium. Also at 7 p.m.

3 p.m.: Guitarist Ken Lelen; Princeton Public Library.

4 p.m.: Israeli/Jewish Film Festival screening of documentary Toots; The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street.

4 p.m.: Hopewell Valley Youth Chorale Winter Concert; Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street, Pennington.

Monday, January 26

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Choir College tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with Westminster Jubilee Singers and voice faculty members Elem Eley, Rochelle Ellis, and Margaret Cusack; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Book discussion and signing with James McBride, author of Song Yet Sung; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

7:30 p.m.: Wild Nights!; The Room, Berlind Theatre.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by National Public Radio journalist Stefan Fatsis, author of A Few Seconds of Panic; Princeton Public Library.

Tuesday, January 27

6:30 p.m.: Darla Rich Jazz Trio; Witherspoon Grill, 57 Witherspoon Street.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Berlind Theatre. Also Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, January 28

7:30 p.m.: Township Environmental Commission; Township Municipal Complex.

Thursday, January 29

2 to 4 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Angela Chang, author of The Intriguing World of Chinese Home Cooking; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.

7:30 p.m.: Discussion of U.S. foreign policy with G. John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter, authors of The Crisis of American Foreign Policy; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Roby Lakatos Ensemble; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Friday, January 30

7:30 p.m.: The Spencers: Theatre Of Illusion; McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Starry Winter Night: A Story Hour for Grownups, featuring Princeton area writers; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

8 p.m.: Capital Singers of Trenton and Trenton Community Singers’ “Winter Songs III” concert; St. Paul’s Church, 214 Nassau Street.

8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert, “America and Beyond”; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Orson’s Shadow; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Don’t Dress for Dinner; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 31

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Annual Ice Harvesting; Howell Living History Farm, 70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville.

2 and 4 p.m.: Russian American Kids Circus; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.

6 p.m.: Friends of Princeton University Art Museum annual gala; cocktails at Art Museum followed by dinner at Prospect House. For information, call (609) 258-3762.

7 p.m.: Eclipsed; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

8 p.m. Voices Chorale concert, Sing for the Cure; Congregation Beth El, 375 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, Pa.

8:30 p.m.: Terrence McManus/Gerry Hemingway Duo; Small World Café, 14 Witherspoon Street.

9 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Argentine Tango Milonga; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Sunday, February 1

Property Taxes Due

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Annual YWCA flea market; All Purpose Room, YWCA Princeton.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Fourth Annual Groundhog Day; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

2 to 5 p.m.: Princeton Chinese Language School celebration of Chinese New Year; Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville.

3 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra percussion ensemble performance for children, parents, and teachers; West Windsor Branch Library, 333 North Post Road, West Windsor.

4 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir Winter Concert with Grace Notes and Semi-Tones ensembles; Richardson Auditorium.

Monday, February 2

7 p.m.: In Their Own Voices; The Room, Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m.: Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company; McCarter Theatre.

Tuesday, February 3

7 p.m.: Reading by Nina Burleigh, author of Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Free.

7:30 p.m.: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Berlind Theatre. Also Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4

Noon to 12:30 p.m.: Recital, “The Organ and Friends,” by Janet Miller and Noel Werner; Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street. 7 p.m.: Eclipsed; The Room, Berlind Theatre. Also Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Princeton University professor Maria DiBattista, author of Imagining Virginia Woolf: An Experiment in Critical Biography; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, February 5

7 p.m.: Book talk and signing by Sandy McClure and Bob Ingle, authors of The Soprano State; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.

8 p.m.: Classical Guzheng Concert with Yang Yi, celebrating Chinese New Year; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

Friday, February 6

5 p.m.: Rock Band and Guitar Hero Jam; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: Write on Witherspoon Street, readings of original prose and poetry by area high school students; Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street. Free. 7:30 p.m.: Open Mic Nite; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.

8 p.m.: Man of La Mancha; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Orson’s Shadow; Heritage Center, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

8 p.m.: Don’t Dress for Dinner; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 7

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Annual Lawrenceville/Princeton Antiques Show; National Guard Armory, Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville. Also Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

7:30 p.m.: “Absolutely A Cappella!” concert with Princeton Girlchoir, University of Pennsylvania’s Off the Beat, Rutgers’ ShockWave, and NYU’s N’Harmonics; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.

8 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra annual PSO Pops! Broadway Concert, with soprano Barbara Cook; Richardson Auditorium.

8 p.m.: “Canadian Spirits II: Songs of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, and Stan Rogers,” with David Brahinsky & Friends; Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Skillman.

9 p.m. to midnight: Central Jersey Dance Society Argentine Tango Milonga; Suzanne Patterson Building.

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