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Vol. LXIII, No. 36
 
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Calendar

Wednesday, September 9

2 and 8 p.m.: Nunsense A-Men; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

4 to 9 p.m.: Multicultural Participatory Dance, benefiting Web of Compassion; Albert Hinds Plaza, Princeton Public Library. Free.

Thursday, September 10

7 p.m.: Screening of The Other Boleyn Girl; Princeton Public Library. Free.

Friday, September 11

11 a.m.: September 11 Remembrance Ceremony; Memorial Garden adjacent to Student Center, Mercer County Community College.

7 to 10 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society’s “Dancing Under the Stars” classic big band, swing, rock-‘n’-roll dance; Hinds Plaza, Princeton Public Library. Free.

7 p.m.: Summer Under the Stars concert with 6th Street Quaternion Jazz Band; Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.

7 p.m.: Alice in Wonderland; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; McCarter Theatre. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

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

Saturday, September 12

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Princeton First Aid Ladies Auxiliary second annual flea market; Princeton First Aid building, 237 North Harrison Street.

10 a.m. to noon: Open House for students of Italian; Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street.

Noon to 6 p.m.: 18th annual Jazzfeast; Palmer Square Green.

Noon to 5 p.m.: 6th Annual Family Festival with wine sampling and live music, benefiting autism research and development; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington. Also Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

3 to 5 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s Fall Open House; Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street.

6 to 10 p.m.: Low Country Barbecue and Square Dance benefiting Farmers Against Hunger; Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road.

6:30 p.m.: Folk By Association folk duet; Halo Pub, 9 Hulfish Street.

7 p.m.: Open-air concert by Rackett; Pettoranello Gardens, Princeton Community Park North Amphitheater.

8 p.m.: Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce “Comedy for a Cure” benefit for Muscular Dystrophy Research, with comedian Mike Marino; Patriots Theater, Trenton War Memorial, Trenton.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Ballroom Blitz dance; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.

Sunday, September 13

1 and 4 p.m.: Laurie Berkner Band; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

5 to 7 p.m.: Art auction benefiting D&R Greenway; Johnson Education Center. For information, visit www.drgreenway.org.

Monday, September 14 Recycling

4 p.m.: Historic Preservation Commission; Township Municipal Complex, 400 Witherspoon Street.

7:30 p.m.: Readings by Delaware Valley Poets Donna Gelagotis Lee, Deborah Ager, and Amy Lemmon; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Tuesday, September 15

7 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Foundation fund-raising talk by Philippa Gregory, author of The White Queen; Nassau Presbyterian Church. For tickets, visit www.princetonlibrary.org or call (877) 238-5596.

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; McCarter 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.

8 p.m.: Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Wednesday, September 16

2 and 8 p.m.: Nunsense A-Men; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

5 p.m.: Darla Rich Trio; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.

7 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Shobhan Bantwal, author of The Sari Shop Widow; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by David Kushner, author of Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb; Princeton Public Library.

Thursday, September 17

12:15 p.m.: Westminster Lunchtime Concert; Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.

7 p.m.: Talk by Giulia Melucci, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti; Whole Foods Market, Windsor Green Shopping Center, Route 1, West Windsor. Registration required; call (609) 924-9529, ext. 218.

7:30 p.m.: Talk by Mariana Cook, author of Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World; Princeton Public Library.

7:30 p.m.: David Garrett Live in Concert; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.

Friday, September 18

3:30 p.m.: Lecture by Nicoletta Marini-Maio, author of Set the Stage! Teaching Italian Through Theater; Princeton Public Library.

8 p.m.: Jekyll & Hyde; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

8 p.m.: Jonathan Edwards Trio; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.

Saturday, September 19

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: HelenaMaria Duet; West Windsor Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive parking lot, Princeton Junction train station.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: 33rd Annual Apple Day; Terhune Orchards. Also Sunday at 10 a.m.

2 to 5 p.m.: Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund Citizenship Workshop; Princeton Public Library.

6:30 p.m.: Michael Huse Modem Jazz Trio; Halo Pub, 9 Hulfish Street.

7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quintet; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.

8 p.m.: Concert by nine hip-hop artists including Coolio, Salt-N-Pepa, and Naughty by Nature; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Salsa Sensation dance; Suzanne Patterson Center.

Sunday, September 20

Noon: Third Annual Delaware River Blues Fest with Johnny Winter; Stockton Inn, Route 29, Stockton.

1 p.m.: Arts Council of Princeton’s ARTbox Derby; Greenway Meadows Park, Princeton.

2:30 p.m.: Registration for Farm Sanctuary Walk for Farm Animals fund-raiser; Grover Park, Princeton Shopping Center.

3 p.m.: Homegrown String Band; Princeton Public Library. Free.

7 to 9 p.m.: Kingston Women’s Chorus annual Open Sing; Kingston United Methodist Church, 9 Church Street, Kingston.

7:30 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital, Americana Woodwinds; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Free.

Monday, September 21

7 p.m.: Talk and book signing by Tom Ridge, author of The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege…and How We Can Be Safe Again; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

8 p.m.: Literary Fiction Book Group discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.

Tuesday, September 22

7:30 p.m.: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First One Hundred Years; McCarter 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.

8 p.m.: Composers Ensemble of Princeton, graduate student compositions; Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Free.

Wednesday, September 23

4:30 p.m.: Althea Ward Clark reading series with Simon Armitage reading poetry and prose, Tony Hoagland reading poetry; Stewart Theater, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.

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

7:30 p.m.: Bacon Brothers; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Thursday, September 24

6 p.m.: Lecture by Chika Okeke-Agulu, Princeton University Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology, “Life Objects: Rites of Passage in African Art”; McCosh 10, Princeton University.

8 and 10 p.m.: New Jersey Blues & Jazz Festival with Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers; Backstage Jazz Club, State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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