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District looks at adding space to high school By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer
Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane is “looking” to include the addition of more classroom and other space to Princeton High School as part of a bond referendum that would go before voters in March. Cochrane, speaking after Tuesday’s school board meeting, declined to put a dollar amount on how much construction might cost. He was firm, however, that a PHS expansion would be included in the ballot question. “We’re looking to put together an entire proposal for the referendum, which would include the high school addition,” he said. “We want to expand our cafeteria, we want to expand the number of
science rooms, we want to expand the number of just general classrooms that we have to accommodate our continued growth.” A demographic and capacity study for the district concluded the high school needed nine more classrooms and one to two “small group instruction rooms.” Cochrane said architects for the district have “some ideas” where an addition could go within the current footprint of PHS. One possible location would eat up parking spots, which already are at a premium. The upcoming referendum comes with enrollment at the high school and elsewhere in the district growing and projected to grow in the years ahead. As recently as 2011, the school system had 3,339 students, but that statistic has trended upward, such that
there were 3,671 students in 2016—and more on the way. A demographic study, released in March, forecast Princeton having around 3,800 students, with some fluctuation, through 2021. Looking further ahead, the school population is projected to top 3,920 beginning in 2023, the report showed. At the high school, enrollment is due to reach 1,656 students in 2018, and exceed 1,770 in 2025, based on the same report. “There’s going to be a big enrollment increase, we’re planning for it,” said school board member Dafna Kendal. An unknown at this point is how a Mercer County judge rules on what the town’s affordable housing requirement will be for 1999 to 2025; more residential de-
velopment would add children into the schools. A decision by Judge Mary C. Jacobson is expected in August. To add space, Princeton is considering acquiring more real estate. The district has submitted a proposal to Rider University for the campus of its Westminster Choir College, which is up for sale. Cochrane said Westminster “potentially” could be part of the referendum too. “So until we get everything figured out with Rider, we’re not going to have a complete package to put out to the community,” he said. The district, he continued, is hoping to hear back from Rider by September, the same month it would need to submit a referen-
dum plan to the state Department of Education six months in advance of a vote by the public. “The idea is to have a referendum in March of 2018,” Cochrane said. “So we’re going to start talking about our proposal in the fall.” That timetable would mean the school board would have to approve any such referendum proposal before then, with the board next meeting Aug. 29. But the leader of the school board sounded less definite about the PHS addition than Cochrane. “We’ve looked at a few different suggestions, but we haven’t come to any conclusions,” board President Patrick Sullivan said after the meeting. “You can’t say there’s going to be a high school addition, you can’t say there’s not. It’s just we don’t know yet.”
All-star appearance latest step in comeback of Ben Gross By Bob Nuse Sports Editor
Ben Gross couldn’t have asked for anything more during his junior season at Princeton University. After arm trouble limited Gross to just six inning on the mound as a senior at Princeton High School, he missed all of his freshman season and pitched just three inning as a sophomore at PU. Gross was finally healthy as a junior and turned in quite a season for the Tigers. At Princeton this past season, Gross was 3-5 with a 4.20 earned run average. He led the Tigers with 48 strikeouts. Among the highlights to his season was throwing a two-hitter over five innings and striking out eight in a game at Duke in March. Gross had made two appearances in 2016 and did not allow a run in three innings. “It was nice to not be on the bench for every single game of the season and just be watching the team,” Gross said earlier this week from North Carolina, where he is pitching in the Coastal Plain League. “I think I surpassed my goals going into the season. One of my goals in my first full season back was to kind of get my feet wet. I felt like I did more than that and had a pretty big role for the team.” Gross emerged as one of the weekend starters for the Tigers, getting nine starts on the season as Princeton went 12-28-1 overall and 7-13 in the Ivy League. For a pitcher who had basically been sidelined for three straight years, it was quite a success story. “I had shoulder surgery and missed my freshman year and then
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After missing most of the last three years with arm trouble, Princeton High graduate Ben Gross had a solid season for the Princeton University baseball team as a junior. sophomore year came back and was sort of rehabbing,” said Gross,a Cranbury resident. “I got a few innings in that year and then this year I was full back.” This summer Gross is pitching for the Holly Spring Salamanders in the Coastal Plain League. He was selected to play in the Coastal Plain League All-Star game, where he pitched a scoreless inning for the East team, striking out two batters in the inning. The East won the game, 2-1. So far this summer, Gross is 22 with a 2.08 earned run average
in six games this summer. In 17.1 innings he has allowed just nine hits and seven walks, while he has struck out 26 batters. All four of the earned runs he has surrendered this season came in his last outing. Prior to that, Gross had gone nearly 17 innings without allowing an earned run. “I’m not really sure what my official role is,” Gross said. “I come out of the bullpen. I am usually the first guy out after the starter and eat up as many inning as I can until they go to the next guy. I like the roll I am in. It’s nice
change from starting. The objective is to gain more experience and help get ready for next year. I am away from the stresses of school work and it is a great atmosphere to play in down here. I would put this up there as one of the better summer collegiate leagues. “My coaches at Princeton suggested I play in a summer baseball league and our pitching coach (Mike Russo) coached here a few years ago. He knew the GM and let him know about me. It is a lot of fun.”
Gross hopes the added experience of this summer helps him next year at Princeton, where he will likely be looked at as one of the team’s top starters. “It will be my last year, so it will be bittersweet,” Gross said. “I definitely have higher expectations for myself and the team next year. Last year was more of a get out there and see if I still have it and if I can stay healthy and see if success comes. Next year I have to go out and continue to improve and do what I can to help the team.”
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Amount of land needed for Route 1 expansion still uncertain By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer
The state said this week that it was too soon to say how much right-of-way it would need to acquire for a planned expansion of Route 1 near Princeton. Princeton University owns land that is expected to be critical for the improvement project, targeted for roughly one mile of the highway between Alexander and Mapleton roads, starting sometime in 2021.
West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said last week that most of the land for the proposed expansion — calling for one more travel lane in either direction among other things — would come mostly from university-owned property on the western side of the highway. “Princeton University does own land on either side of Route 1 in the project limits and the department has begun discussions with the university about the project and will continue to
work with them, and the other stakeholders, as the project advances,” said DOT spokesman Steve Schapiro by email Monday. For its part, the university has said there have been no meetings about how the land might be conveyed to the state, and said this week it would be happy to respond once there is a proposal to consider. In a phone interview, Mayor Hsueh said Monday that he would leave it to the state and the univer-
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The East Windsor Township Police Department initiated the following police reports through Wednesday, July 12, 2017.
A 36-year-old Somerset resident was charged with DUI, careless driving, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane after being stopped at 12:30 a.m. July 9 on Route 130 South. While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle being operated while not maintaining its lane of travel and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. The driver was given field sobriety tests, arrested and later released pending court action.
A 36-year-old Trenton woman was charged with obstructing justice, hindering apprehension and failure to wear a seatbelt after being stopped at 10:26 p.m. July 10 at Route 130 and Route 571. While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle with passengers that were not wearing seatbelts and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. While speaking with one of the passengers the officer discovered that she had provided false information as to her identity and hindered her own apprehension due to outstanding arrest warrants. The
passenger was arrested and of a call for service July 14 later released pending court involving a suspicious motor action. vehicle operating near the 300 Block of Mercer Street. The Hightstown Police The Farmingdale man was Department initiated the transported to police headfollowing police reports quarters, booked, processed, from July 13 through July and released to a friend. He was issued several motor ve17, 2017. hicle summonses with a A 30-year-old Dayton pending court date. The man was arrested July 13 by Millstone Township man South Brunswick Police De- was also transported to popartment for an active war- lice headquarters, booked, rant out of Hightstown processed, and released on a Municipal Court. He was summons complaint with a turned over to the custody of pending court date. the Hightstown Police DeA 38-year-old Middlesex partment and subsequently transported to the Mercer man and a 36-year-old PlanCounty Adult Correctional field man were arrested July 15 for possession of less than Facility, in lieu of bail. 50 grams of marijuana and A 23-year-old East possession of drug parapherWindsor man was arrested nalia, during the course of a July 14 for possession of motor vehicle stop on North less than 50 grams of mari- Main Street. Both were juana and possession of transported to police headdrug paraphernalia, during quarters, booked, processed, the course of a motor vehi- and released on a summons cle stop on Stockton Street. complain with a pending He was transported to police court date. headquarters, booked, A 23-year-old East Orprocessed, and released on a summons complaint with a ange man was arrested July 16 for possession of less than pending court date. 50 grams of marijuana and A 29-year-old Farming- possession of drug parapherdale man was arrested for nalia, during the course of a DWI and a 24-year-old motor vehicle stop on South Millstone Township man Main Street. He was transwas arrested for possession ported to police headquarof a controlled dangerous ters, booked, processed, and substance and drug para- released on a summons comphernalia, during the course plaint with a pending court date. A 22-year old North Plainfield woman was arrested July 17 for an active warrant out of Newark Municipal Court, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on South Main Street. She was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and released on her own recognizance with a pending court date.
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A reflective scene at 2:51 a.m. July 11 greeted members of East Windsor Vol. Fire Co. 2, and Mutual Aid companies, upon arrival at an overnight structure fire.
Early morning blaze destroys East Windsor home’s garage Fast work by local firefighters averted a potential disaster early July 11, when residents of a house on Imlaystown Road awoke to the smell of smoke shortly before 3 a.m. and discovered their garage was on fire. Upon arrival, members of East Windsor Vol. Fire Co. 2 and Hightstown Engine Co. 1 found a garage, that was attached to the home, fully en-
gulfed in flames and threatening the main house. Firefighters immediately attacked the blaze and prevented it from spreading. Several area Mutual Aid companies also responded to supply additional manpower and water in the hydrant-sparse area, along with members of the East Windsor Rescue Squad and medical assistance from sur-
rounding communities. While the blaze was contained to the garage, the remainder of the residence sustained heavy smoke and water damage. The fire was determined to have originated in the garage and is being categorized as nonsuspicious at this time. The incident remains under investigation and no injuries were reported.
Filing deadline nears for school board candidates By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
East Windsor Township and Hightstown Borough residents have 10 days left to file to seek one of three seats on the East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education. The deadline to file is July 31. Nominating petitions, signed by 10 registered voters in East Windsor or Hightstown, must be
turned in to the Mercer County Clerk’s Office in Trenton by 4 p.m. July 31. The school board election is Nov. 7. The terms of Peter Bussone, Jenna Drake and Erica DiRaimondo are expiring. Bussone and Drake are the Hightstown Borough representatives on the school board, and DiRaimondo is the East Windsor Township representative. The seats held by Bussone and DiRaimondo are
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three-year terms. Drake was appointed to fill a vacancy and that seat carries a oneyear term. Candidates for the school board must be able to read and write, and hold U.S. citizenship. They must have lived in the school district for at least one year, and be registered to vote. They may not have an interest in any contract or a claim against the school board.
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Next child car seat safety session set in East Windsor By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
The second in a series of four sessions to help parents ensure that their child’s car seat has been safely installed is planned for July 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the East Windsor Township Police/Municipal Court building at 80 One Mile Road. The free program, in which a nationally certified child passenger safety seat technician will check on the proper installation of the child safety seat, is being funded by a $6,000 grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic
Safety, said Mayor Janice Mironov. One session was held in June, and two more sessions - in addition to the July 22 session - are being planned. The third session will be held at the annual National Night Out on Aug. 1, and the final session is set for Sept. 14, Mayor Mironov said. All of the sessions are free for East Windsor Township residents. It takes about 10 minutes for a technician to check on the child safety seat. The goal of the program is to teach parents about how to properly secure chil-
dren in the child safety seat, which is required by state law. The technician will make sure the child safety seat has been properly installed. Under state law, children who are under 2 years old and who weigh less than 30 pounds must be in a rearfacing car seat with a fivepoint harness. Once the child reaches age 2 or exceeds 30 pounds, the car seat can be turned around to face forward. Children who are at least 2 years old must remain in a car seat with a five-point harness until they reach age 4 or 40 pounds. Then, they
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can sit in a booster seat. They have to ride in the booster seat in the back seat of the vehicle until they reach 8 years old or 57 inches tall. If the motor vehicle is a pickup truck or a sports car that lacks a rear seat, the car seat can be placed on the front seat - but the passenger-side airbag must be disabled if a baby or toddler is using a rear-facing car seat. Otherwise, a child can ride in the front seat in a car seat or booster seat. Citing sources as varied as AAA and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, Mayor Mironov
said that car crashes are the top cause of death for children under 14 years old in the United States. Properly installed child safety seats can prevent injuries and save lives, but four out of five child safety seats are not properly installed, she said, citing those sources. Children who are restrained in a child safety seat have an 80-percent lower risk of fatal injury compared to those who are not restrained. The seats reduce fatal injuries by 71 percent for infants, and by 45 percent for children ages 1-4.
“The proper use of child safety seats is one of the simplest and most effective means to protect young children passengers,” Mayor Mironov said. “This pro-active initiative is to focus publicly on the high value of using child safety seats and using them properly. Residents will be given literature offering tips on child safety in vehicles,” she said. Mayor Mironov is encouraging all residents who have child safety seats to attend one of the three remaining sessions July 22, Aug. 1 and Sept. 14.
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CAMPUS CORNER
Lehigh University conferred 1,071 bachelor’s degrees, 360 master’s degrees and 49 doctoral degrees during commencement ceremonies May 22, 2017. Among those graduating were Elizabeth Rifkin of Cranbury, with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Business Information Systems; Ian Haney of Monroe, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engi-
neering degree; and William Schwarz of Cranbury, with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and System Engineering degree. The following local students have been named to the Marist College Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester: Tyler Dulemba of Monroe Township is a member of the Class of 2017 and is majoring in accounting.
Amber Kelly of Monroe Township is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring in Communication. Emily O’Hare of Monroe Township is a member of the Class of 2019 and is majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Emily Sommer of Monroe Township is a member of the Class of 2020 and is majoring in Fashion Merchandising.
Two local students received degrees from the University of New Haven this spring: Damani Piper, of East Windsor, Bachelor of Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, Music and Sound Recording. Danielle Cardone, of Monroe township, Bachelor of Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Biology with a concentration in Premedical; and Bachelor of Sci-
ence, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, Forensic Science with a concentration in Biology.
Preschool Art Class with Mrs. Mehta from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will learn drawing and painting techniques from local art instructor Mrs. Mehta. Messy play clothes, please. Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings and smoothly get through the rest of the day. Presented by library staff member Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. ESL Writing from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers). Tween-Parent Book Club from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children in Grades 3-5 and their parents are invited to enjoy snacks and discuss this month’s book. Call the library at (609) 448-1474 for the book title.
resident Pat Casey and members of The Seeing Eye will demonstrate training techniques used with Seeing Eye dogs. In Cranbury School cafeteria. Join Beth El Synagogue members and other congregants from throughout Mercer County to watch the New York Yankees affiliate Trenton Thunder vs. Colorado Rockies Hartford Yard Goats. The night will feature live Jewish music pre-game and Glatt Kosher options provided by Majestic Catering. Tickets are $12. Contact the synagogue office to RSVP by Friday, July 21, 2017, admin@bethel.net or (609) 443-4454.
workshop led by a local Girl Scout. Shine Art for Ages 8-14 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Local art instructors, Mrs. Mehta and Mrs. Poonam, are back this summer to help children and teens ages 8-14 create works of art and stunning craft projects. Registration required at www.mcl.org.
Jatin Sejpal of Monroe Township was one of more than 200 SUNY New Paltz graduate students who earned advanced degrees and certificates during the spring 2017 semester. Jamie Elizabeth Gal-
lucci of Monroe Township graduated from Binghamton University, State University of New York, with a bachelor of arts in Classical Civilization.
Alexis Bruno, class of 2017, from Cranbury and Kendra Sullivan, class of 2019, from Cranbury, were named to the spring 2017 Dean’s List at Loyola University Maryland.
WHAT’S GOING ON Fri., July 21
Drum Circle at 10:30 a.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join musician and teacher Reed Thomas to create simple rhythms using hand held drums and various percussion instruments. No experience required and no registration is needed. Movie: The Great Wall at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Matt Damon. Rated PG-13, 103 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library. Baby & Toddler Time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For children ages birth-2.5 years & a caregiver. Join us for singing and rhyming fun followed by play time with the library’s toys. Facebook Basics from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Connect to family and friends using Facebook. Get started by setting up an account with your profile. Learn how to connect with people you know, chose your privacy settings, add photos and more. Class will be taught on classroom computers. Please register at www.mcl.org. Draw it! Figures in Action from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For ages 9-14. Learn how to draw superheroes in action poses and create realistic drawings of people. Led by a local teen volunteer.
Sat., July 22
The nonprofit Nupur Zankar Foundation is having its Socio-Cultural Dance Arts Event “Dancing With Krishna” at 5 p.m. at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, East Windsor. Nupur Zankar
was established in 1983 in India and is now in the U.S., United Kingdom and Belgium. The personal development of students goes hand-in-hand with the establishment of professional competence in the arts, something that is at the core of Shila Mehta’s approach as an educator, internationally renowned Kathak Dance artist, choreographer, educator and composer. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 973-7158944, 609-865-3186 or 732429-2948.
Sun., July 23 The Cranbury Museum’s latest exhibit, “Vinyl, A Magical History Tour,” will be featured from 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury. From Sousa through Springsteen, this exhibit provides a visual tour of notable vinyl records and their accompanying album covers through the decades. On display are more than 200 records, featuring genres that include: British Invasion, Psychedelic, Punk, Folk, Jazz, Blues and Rock. In addition to LPs, 45s and 78s are also on display. Enjoy the music, history and visual tour of this fabulous collection.
Mon., July 24 Nonfiction Book Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Please call the library at (609) 448-1330 for the book title. No registration is necessary. Estate Planning Seminar will be held at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. This informational seminar will cover New Jersey inheritance and estate taxes, New Jersey probate procedures, and a discussion on how the basic estate planning documents work. Robert Morris with Stark & Stark will present. Please call the library to register at (609) 448-1330.
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Tues., July 25 Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Build a Better World with the Swedish History Museum from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Ages 4-16. Learn exciting facts about different mammals and even get to pet a few. Which animals will show up this time-a hedgehog? A wallaby? Registration required beginning July 10 at www.mcl.org. Free Immigration Legal Clinic from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Register in person or by phone at (609) 448-1474 for a free 15-minute consultation with an immigration lawyer. Puppy Pals from The Seeing Eye at 1:30 p.m. at Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main, Cranbury. Local Legal Notices Public Notice Talkhouse, Inc/ Vine Restaurant 25 East Railroad Avenue Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Wed., July 26 Hickory Corner Book Discussion will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. The group will be discussing Ways to Disappear by Ida Norvy. New members are always welcome! Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Hightstown Reaching Heights Writer’s Group for ages 10-12 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Tweens ages 10-12 will work on creative writing & reading skills with a local Girl Scout in this fun workshop. Each participant will write their own story throughout the workshop sessions. Healthy Pet, Healthy You from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Learn how to protect yourself and your furry family members from diseases transferred from pets and first aid tips to help your sick pet until the veterinarian sees them. Presented by Dr. Beshoy Rafla from Cranbury Animal Hospital. Please register at www.mcl.org.
Thurs., July 27 Hightstown Reaching Heights Writer’s Group for ages 7-9 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 7-9 will practice reading and writing skills and write their own stories in this educational and fun
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Fri., July 28 Movie: Before I Fall at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Zoey Deutch. Rated PG-13, 98 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library. Baby & Toddler Time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For children ages birth-2.5 years and a caregiver. Join us for singing and rhyming fun followed by play time with the library’s toys. Draw it! Figures in Action from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For ages 9-14. Learn how to draw superheroes in action poses and create realistic drawings of people. Led by a local teen volunteer.
Sun., July 30 The Cranbury Museum’s latest exhibit, “Vinyl, A Magical History Tour,” will be featured from 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury.
Mon., July 31 Preschool Art Class with Mrs. Mehta from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will learn drawing & painting techniques from local art instructor Mrs. Mehta. Messy play clothes, please. Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings and smoothly get through the rest of the day. Presented by library staff member Leena, a 10-year
practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. ESL Writing from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers).
Thurs., Aug. 3
Conversational English as a Second Language from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join librarian Mary Elizabeth Allen to learn how to improve your English language speaking skills, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and fluency. Must have some basic knowledge of English. Call the library to register at (609) 4481330. Everyday English at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Learn how to improve your English language speaking skills, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and fluency. Taught by ESL instructor Stephanie Owens. Must have some basic knowledge of English. Call the library to register at (609) 4481330.
Fri., Aug. 4
Movie: The Whole Truth at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Keanu Reeves. Rated R, 93 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.
Mon., Aug. 7
Heartfulness Meditation at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Practical sessions on Heartfulness Meditation with Yogic Transmission. Experience simple yet effective guided relaxation and meditation techniques. Reduce stress, calm your mind and improve the quality of your life. This is a three-session series on Monday, Aug. 7; Wednesday, Aug. 8; and Thursday, Aug. 9. Call the library to register for the series at (609) 448-1330.
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Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion is telling the story of Cadwalader Park through artifacts and art By Anthony Stoeckert
When Cadwalader Park first opened, ice skating was part of the fun, as shown in this photograph from 1888.
t all happened at Cadwalader Park. Picnics, nature walks, weddings, concerts, theater, sports, Fourth of July fireworks, amusement rides, ice skating, peace rallies — all of those activities made Trenton’s Cadwalader Park a bustling attraction for decades. Then, of course, there were the animals, most famously monkeys and bears, but at one point early on in the park’s history, the zoo was home to a lion. Its roaring, however, disrupted the sleep of people who lived near the park. At its peak, Cadwalader Park drew thousands of visitors in a single day, a far cry from modern times. While you’ll still see picnics, the occasional runner or dog walker, and landmarks such as statues, Cadwalader Park is far from the destination it was decades ago. But it is home to the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, which is hosting an exhibit about the park and the people who made it happen. “Cadwalader Park: An Olmstead Vision,” on view through Sept. 17, tells the story of the park through art, photos, artifacts and text. It is divided into three sections. The first is about the park’s origins, particularly Edmund Hill, who had the vision for the park, and his hiring of Frederick Law Olmsted to design it. Another section on the lower floor showcases artwork about the park, both from the museum’s collection and by area artists who have painted scenes of the park. Upstairs is a gallery devoted to how the park was used in its heyday. Jack Koeppel curated the first section, which begins with a print from the museum’s collection of an open space in Trenton called The Commons. The print shows a line of houses in the background, the open space in the drawing’s forefront, and to the right the railroad and the D&R Canal. The place was known as Park Row. “It was the first group of homes [in Trenton] that were designed and created by a noted architect,” Koeppel says. “Trenton is just starting to come into its own, it’s developing. The canal made a huge difference in the building of Trenton, and obviously the railroad.” The canal, built in 1834, led to a growth in industry in Trenton. “It was the reason Roebling came and Peter Cooper and the iron industry came, because they could get the raw materials in and out very easily in large quantities,” Koeppel says. “So then Trenton started to come into its own.” With all that growth came jobs — and lots of people. An aerial view of the city from 1930 illustrates just how crowded the city was with housing. Without transportation, people had to live close to where they worked, which meant lots of people living in one small area, and with those conditions came a desire to spend free time in a place that was quiet and peaceful. Enter Edmund Hill. He planned on going to college but ended up running his father’s restaurant and bakery shop, working there for more than 30 years before selling the business in 1905. Never happy in the food service industry, Hill devoted himself to civic duty, serving as Trenton’s president of the Board of Trade, and also on the city council. He was involved in creating the Trenton Public Library, the School of Industrial Arts, and the Trenton’s Children Aid Society. He also owned the Trenton Times newspaper. Hill wanted to create a place where everyone in the city could go, relax and enjoy nature. “I’ve found in my life experience, very often great things are accomplished by the vision of one simple person, and they push and push and push, and then they bring in other people around them to share their vision,” Koeppel says in describing Hill’s efforts. Hill’s dream coincided with the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed parks in cities, most famously, Central Park in Manhattan. “That’s the vision Olmsted had on a grander scale, some relief for the people packed into these cities,” Koeppel says. Key to Hill’s dream was that Cadwalader Park would be a place for everyone. In order to achieve that, the trolley line was extended to the park, stopping at a stone gate of which there’s a picture in the exhibit. The stone gate is still at the park.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the architect behind Central Park, was hired by Edmund Hill to design a park for Trenton.
Koeppel says the goal was a park for all people, not just wealthy folks with buggies. “Also the working class, the people with less income but they still had that same desire to spend a little time in nature,” he says. “It’s something we all take for granted now but in the cities it was a huge issue.” On view in this section are two oil paintings by Frank Holmes. “Winter Woods” (1930) shows trees nestled in the snow, illustrating a scene of nature. “Summer Concert at Cadwalader Park” from 1930 shows a different season and a different side of the park. In it, a band performs on the old bandstand. The faces aren’t detailed. The band members and their instruments are blended together, indistinguishable, except for a tuba. It’s a colorful work, showing men in straw hats, and a woman holding the hand of her son (whose outfit makes him look like Little Lord Fauntleroy) and a girl in a pink dress running by. A photograph from 1888 shows people ice skating at Cadwalader. Look closely and toward the center you’ll see woman holding her hat on her hand as she skates, near her is the blur of a child skating with her. At the bottom right of the frame is man with a walrus mustache and his large dog. To the bottom left a boy poses, looking right at the camera. The upstairs section is about the use of the park, and it features many photographs from the ’50s onward. “This is the stuff that most people alive remember,” Koeppel says. Continued on Page 4
Also Inside: Bob Brown reviews ‘Spider’s Web’ by Princeton Summer Theater • A worldly night of music in Princeton
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STAGE REVIEWS By Bob Brown
Spinning a ‘Spider’s Web’ Princeton Summer Theater presents a rarely produced Agatha Christie story
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sn’t everyone an Agatha Christie fan? On stage at Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater, through July 23, “Spider’s Web” introduces us to an Agatha Christie story many of us fans don’t know. At least I didn’t. For whatever reason, this play is seldom produced. That makes Princeton Summer Theater’s staging a rare opportunity. “Spider’s Web” is a comical murder mystery that grew from conversations the British actress Margaret Lockwood had with the playwright in the early 1950s. Lockwood, whose film career was on the wane, had returned to the stage. She asked the playwright to create a lighter role for her than the heavies the actress was known for. Christie was riding high at the time. This new play The cast of ‘Spider’s Web’ at Hamilton Murrary wound up in the West End theater district with “Witness Theater. for the Prosecution” and “Mousetrap,” the longest-running production in history. In a sense, “Spider’s Web” suffered joker with a penchant for tall tales and imagined scenarios that start off, “What if . . . ?” No one can take her quite seby comparison as the least of Christie’s offspring. What we have is a mash-up of plot devices from sev- riously. Two others at the house are Miss Peake (Alex Vogeleral Christie stories. The main plot centers on a comic herosang), who tends the garden with an unnatural zeal, and ine, Clarissa Hailsham-Brown (Abby Melick). The setting Elgin (Lydia Watt), a cook/maidservant, who prepares the is an estate in the country, which Clarissa is renting with meals with her husband (he never appears). A menacing her diplomat husband, Henry (Ross Barron), and his 14visitor who approaches Clarissa in the first act is Oliver year-old daughter by a previous marriage, Pippa (Megan (Milla), a thuggish character who has married Pippa’s Raker). The girl is very fond of sweets and of Clarissa, who mother and wants the girl back home. Blackmail is mentreats her more kindly than her own mother, an apparent tioned. drug addict. Of course, what’s a Christie play without a body or two? Guests in the house include a young man, Jeremy (Peter Sure enough, one is produced by the end of Act 1, and Giovine), who is flirting with the hostess. Also present are we’re shocked to consider who the murderer is. No mystery a local justice, Sir Rowland (Christopher Damen), and his here. Or is there? Unlike other Christie whodunits, the murfriend Hugo (Pablo Milla). Both are competing in a game der and the confession occur before we’re even into Act 2. that Clarissa devised — a blind tasting of three ports to tell The rest of the play goes over the attempted cover-up which is vintage and which is not. and the alibis of everyone in the house. Police Inspector The competition takes a wicked twist, Clarissa’s way of Lord (Barron) arrives to examine the premises and questricking her guests for fun. The unmasked ports reveal the tion each guest separately. The extended interrogation is gentlemen for the wine snobs they are. She’s a practical
atypical of Christie plays and akin to Conan Doyle, although the Inspector’s method is more plodding than Sherlockian. The intersecting web of stories and relationships is indeed spidery. C. Luke Soucy directs a cast of fine actors who flesh out these distinct character types, to the extent they are fleshed out, with different accents and gestures. As Clarissa, Melick is the comic center. She’s a master of body language, her hands speaking volumes on their own. She also shrieks frightfully well — several jolts in the play will make you jump. Barron and Milla have the challenge of being two completely different characters. They’re convincing enough that I wasn’t sure they weren’t different actors. Barron affects an Irish accent for the Inspector, and is a harried Foreign Office diplomat as Henry. As Hugo, Milla is an amusing English toff, speaking like Colonel Blimp. As Oliver, he’s 180 degrees opposite, a Cockney in the rough with greased hair. (Colorful costumes by Julia Peiperl go a long way toward building the characters). Plot twists and deceptions abound. There’s more to the ebullient Miss Peake than first meets the eye. Giovine’s Jeremy is the puzzling one. We don’t know why he’s such a snoop, searching an antique desk and exploring a hidden chamber. The set by Joseph Haggerty is admirably substantial. Dark-wood paneling and English tufted-leather furniture create the perfect mood for a murder mystery. “Spider’s Web” is a different side of Agatha Christie, more amusing than we might expect. It’s a diverting treat on a summer’s evening, and well worth discovering.
“Spider’s Web” is on stage at Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University Campus, through July 23. For tickets and information, go to www.princetonsummertheater.org or call 732-997-0205.
‘The Threepenny Opera’ at Actors NET
By Anthony Stoeckert
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ctorsNET of Bucks County is finishing its 2016-17 season with a lovely production of “The Threepenny Opera.” It’s terrifically staged and well acted, but it’s the songs — and the people singing them — that make this evening well worth your time. “The Threepenny Opera” is a 1928 German musical, written by Bertolt Brecht (book and lyrics) and Kurt Weill
(music). It’s an adaptation of “The Beggar’s Opera,” written by John Gay in 1728. Elisabeth Hauptmann translated the work from English, and some say she wrote much of the book, but her work is usually uncredited. Marc Blitzstein wrote the English adaptation of this German musical based on an English opera. The show opens with its most famous song “Mack the
Knife,” sung by Nicholas Pecht, playing the character Walt Dreary. Pecht quickly sets a high bar in terms of singing. I saw the 1989 Broadway revival starring Sting, and if memory serves, Macheath sang “Mack the Life” later in the show, probably so that Sting himself could sing the signature tune. But I’ve done my best to erase the memory of that production, so I can’t be sure. As the story begins, J.J. Peachum (Steve Lobis) is running his business, which is controlling a territory where beggars beg. He is scolding Filch (Tom Smith) a young beggar who dared to ask for handouts in Peachum’s territory, so they arrange a deal where Filch hands over most of his earnings to J.J. Peachum’s business doesn’t seem all that honorable, but apparently there’s worse out there. He and Mrs. Peachum (Laurie Hardy) are horrified to learn their daughter Polly (Elizabeth Rzasa) is engaged to Macheath, also known as Mack the Knife (Blair Johnson), a thief and all-around scoundrel. Peachum has enough influence to get Mack arrested, so Mack goes on the run. He encounters former lovers, Jenny Diver (Holly Gash) and Lucy Brown (Kyla Donnelly), who is pregnant with Mack’s child. Brown is the daughter of Mack’s friend, the constable Tiger Brown (played by C. Jameson Bradley), who helps Mack avoid the police. It’s a fun premise with characters whose company we enjoy, but there are few laugh-out-loud moments; the humor is more clever than funny. It’s the lyrics that shine and they are sung wonderfully. Rzasa stands out among a group of fine singers. Her voice soars during “Pirate Jenny,” which is sung with emotion, power and clarity. Incidentally, ActorsNET has Polly sing this song as she did originally. Recent productions often feature Jenny Diver singing it in Act. 2. Donnelly is brilliant with “Barbara Song” in Act 2. Singing such lines as “Look, the moon is gonna shine till dawn/ Keep the little rowboat cruising on and on/ You stay See THREEPENNY OPERA, Page 3
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IN CONCERT By Mike Morsch
’60s Hits With Rat Pack Cool Micky Dolenz and Mark Lindsay will team up for ‘50 Summers of Love’ at the Mayo Performing Arts Center
Think Frank, Dean and Sammy. Then add in Micky and Mark. Micky and Mark? Yeah, as in Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, two groups that were prominent in the second half of the 1960s, a decade that began with Sinatra, Martin and Davis — and all their Rat Pack cool — dominating the music scene until the Beatles came along and complicated everything for a lot of American artists. Dolenz and Lindsay have come up with an idea they hope will recapture a little bit of that Rat Pack cool, a series of shows called “50 Summers of Love: A Celebration of the Sixties,” that opened last week in San Diego, California. “I’ve always wanted to do a show more like the Rat Pack, if you will, where we all come out together and stay onstage, rather that one person doing a set and then another person doing a set,” says Dolenz, hearkening back to the early 1960s when Sinatra, Martin and Davis not only performed Las Vegas shows together, but parlayed that success onto the big screen in films like “Ocean’s 11” in 1960 and “Robin and the 7 Hoods” in 1964. The “50 Summers of Love” show will make its way to the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown for one show, July 27.
Micky Dolenz will join Mark Lindsay for a show of stories and song at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. In addition to Dolenz and Lindsay singing the hits of the Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders and other artists, the show also features The Fab Four Beatles tribute band, playing a performance that includes three costume changes representing every era of the Beatles. Dolenz and Lindsay have know each other for more than 50 years, their paths having crossed several times starting in the mid- to late-1960s when their bands were
emerging and climbing the charts. Through the decades they each appeared on”Teen Idol” tours — although not at the same time — along with other teen idols like Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman. “When Micky conceived this thing, he thought it would be a good idea if we did a Rat Pack kind of thing, where we’re both together onstage most of the time together,” Lindsay says. “We help each other sing the songs, we put each other down and just generally goof off. It gives the audience a chance to see more of our personalities. It’s a more casual kind of thing and it’s going to be a lot of fun.” Dolenz says one things that makes his pairing with Lindsay an interesting dynamic is their shared sense of comedy. “Mark and I really hit it off on the comedy. He’s very, very funny and has a very clever sense of humor. It’s very similar to mine,” Dolenz says. “So when we started working together and doing things, we immediately fell into a really interesting, fun kind of chemistry. Besides the fact that he’s a great singer, we just really hit it off on the comedy end of it, which I love.” The set list for the “50 Summers of Love” show will be based around the material, not around who is singing the material, with an additional nod to the 50th anniversary of the Summer Of Love in 1967.
“The fans are going to want to hear all the hit songs anyway, and they probably don’t care in what order we do them,” Dolenz says. “But I said to the producer, ‘Let’s create a show that’s a little more like a show-show and build the set list around the material.’” After more than five decades of singing and performing, both artists are still having fun. “Knowing Mark and I, and knowing that everybody involved as bought into this format, I’m sure there are going to be some great music and some great stories being told,” says Dolenz, stressing that an artist really never knows what’s going to resonate with audiences. “One of the producers of the Monkees (TV show) once was asked why he thought the show was such a success and he said, ‘We just caught lightening in a bottle.’ So that’s what happens.” “As long as I can sing and kick ass, do a good show and the audience doesn’t walk out and I’m having fun — as long as all those things are happening — I’ll be out there,” Lindsay says
ing the pace of this long show (2 hours and 45 minutes) moving. Music is provided by David Bohn, who also takes on the role a reverend. Bohn’s keyboard is the only musical accomplishment, sometimes sounding like a circus organ, other times a piano. In the program, Doyle writes there’s no orchestra because the rights hold requires an orchestra featuring eight pieces, which ActorsNET’s stage at the Heritage Center can’t accommodate.
I’m glad about that. Bohn’s playing is terrific and it’s fun to watch him on stage. And what better for a beggar’s opera than a sole musician?
Micky Dolenz and Mark Lindsay will perform their “50 Summers of Love” show at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, July 27, 8 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.mayoarts.org or call 973-539-8008.
Threepenny Opera Continued from Page 2 perpendicular/ Oh, you can’t just let a man walk over you” with a mix of heartbreak and defiance. And then comes the treat of Donnelly and Rzasa teaming up for “Jealousy Duet.” Blair Johnson is terrific as Macheath. He is charming and sly, I wanted to believe every lie this scoundrel tells. His singing voice is terrific, interesting and charming, and is the perfect fit for the character. Gash’s work as Jenny is heartbreaking.
Her singing of “Solomon Song” is topnotch and she always carries her character’s heartbreak. The acting also is impressive. Jameson is funny as the cop who genuinely loves this scoundrel Macheath. Hardy plays the mother as strong and unshakable, but also gets her funny moments such as when she says to Polly, “You got married? You immoral girl.” Cheryl Doyle’s direction is swift, keep-
ActorsNET of Bucks County is presenting “The Threepenny Opera” at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania, through July 30; www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694.
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MUSIC By Mike Morsch
Masters of Funk in Asbury Park
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tis Redding had just finished a show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, and wanted to check out the local music scene in the spring of 1967. So he started asking people what the hottest club in town was at the time and was told there was a place called the Hippodrome that was currently featuring a young band called the Bar-Kays. Redding made his way to the Hippodrome to check out the Bar-Kays and was so impressed with the band that he sat in for a set. “He was so amazed when he sat in with us that he asked us if we would be his touring band right then,” says James Alexander, the young bassist for the Bar-Kays, which also included Ronnie Caldwell on electric organ, Phalon Jones on saxophone, Jimmy King on guitar, Carl Cunningham on drums and trumpeter Ben Cauley. “But we were underage and we had to ask our parents. We were all still in high school so our parents really didn’t want us to go on the road. My parents said no. All the parents unanimously said no.” Over the next few days, Redding persisted, even offering to hire a tutor for the young musicians on the road. But the parents held their ground. They all said the boys needed to first graduate from high school in June of 1967 before they’d even consider allowing them to join Redding as his touring band. Redding, a singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout had al-
ready established himself as the seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues by 1967. Many of his records had been produced by Stax Records, which was also based in Memphis. The Bar-Kays had already auditioned for Stax Records twice by that time, without getting a record deal. But once they graduated from high school, all the parents relented and the Bar-Kays hit the road with Redding. “The first day of the first show that we ever did with Otis Redding was at the The Bar-Kays will perform during Apollo Theater in New York,” Alexander the Masters of Funk show at Sunset says. “Prior to that, none of the guys in the Park, July 22. group had gone more than a 50-mile radius of Memphis. So the first show we go to is in the plane crashed in Lake Monona, killing Redding, King, Jones, Cunningham, the New York City. It was overwhelming. Just a few months later, on Dec. 9, 1967, band’s valet Matthew Kelly and pilot Redding and the band appeared on the Richard Fraser. Cauley, a non-swimmer, Cleveland TV show, “Upbeat.” The next was the only survivor of the crash, and he night, they were scheduled to perform at the did so by clinging to a seat cushion in the Factory nightclub near the University of frigid waters of the lake before being rescued. Wisconsin in Madison. Alexander was sitting in the airport in “The plane that we traveled on could Milwaukee when he got the news. only carry a certain amount of people. Two “The pilot suggested that he was going people always had to fly commercial beto drop everybody off in Madison, and then cause there wasn’t enough room on the come back and pick us up in Milwaukee,” plane,” Alexander says. “It could be any Alexander says. “So we were sitting waittwo people. This particular day, it happened ing for him to come pick us up and he never to be me and another gentleman. We were showed up.” the two people that took the commercial In the months after the Bar-Kays joined flight. That’s the only reason that I wasn’t Redding, the singer-songwriter had co-writon the plane.” ten, with guitarist Steve Cropper, and Despite poor weather, the Beechcraft recorded just days before his death, one of H18 plane, took off for Madison on Dec. his greatest hits, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of 10, 1967. Four miles from the destination,
the Bay.” The song was posthumously released and went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm and Blue Singles chart. After the tragedy, Cauley and Alexander re-formed the Bar-Kays and continued to perform, which the band still does to this day. Cauley died in September 2015, leaving Alexander as the sole survivor of the original group to carry on the legacy of the band. The Bar-Kays, featuring Alexander, will be on the bill for The Masters of Funk Super Fest show from noon to 9 p.m., July 22, at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. In addition to the Bar-Kays, the lineup will also feature Steve Arrington, the Mary Jane Girls, the original Lakeside and the Dazz Band. “Oh man, we’re going to be funky as ever,” Alexander says. “We’re gonna do up the funk.“ Despite the tragedy that cut short the run of the original group, Alexander said he has had a fulfilling career. “I love the band that we’re playing in now,” he says. “But even though we only played with Otis Redding for a short time, from maybe June through December, almost six months, I look back and I have fond memories of that and I just smile.”
Karl Flesch, vice president of the Trenton Historical Society. Flesch researched the park’s use by exploring old photographs and reading thousands of online newspaper articles about the park. “It was considered a resort, believe it or not,” Flesch says. “Over the course of time, it has changed because we’re more mobile.” The park was a destination not just for Trenton residents — people came from Princeton, Allentown, and Pennsylvania via
the famed “Balloon Man of Cadwalder Park.” He sold balloons in the park for decades. According to a 2008 Trentonian article posted in the exhibit, Abramowitz, with help from his family, sold balloons to kids as late as the 1980s. “He used to stand outside the front gate,” says Erin Hill, a trustee with the museum and the curator of the art section of the exhibit. “He was there for about 30 years, and it’s said that he became wealthy as the balloon man, selling balloons.” Animals, amusement rides and the Balloon Man are part of Cadwalader Park’s past, but there is a possibility for a brighter future. In July, the city announced that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection was investing $2.4 million in the park, with the money going to new playground equipment and other upgrades. Coinciding with the exhibit are tours of Cadwalader Park throughout the summer. David Bosted will lead a tour focusing on the arrangement of planting in the park, July 22, beginning at 10 a.m. On Aug. 5, Jack Bickal will lead a tour of signs,statues and buildings in the park, beginning at 10 a.m. There is a fee of $5 for each tour. Bosted also will lead a talk about Olmsted, focusing on his two designs in Mercer County, Aug. 13 at 1:3o p.m. Admission to the talk costs $10.
The Masters of Funk Super Fest will take place at Sunset Park, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Asbury Park, July 22, 9 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.asburyparksuperfest.com.
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Pictures of animals are in a display that is decorated with paper bars, so that it resembles a cage. Also on view in this section are pictures of kids on the amusement rides, wedding photos, and programs from plays and concerts. Most recent is a listing for concerts in 2005. “It was known as Trenton’s Pleasure Ground, which I thought was a very sexy idea for today, to say ‘Pleasure Ground,’ but it was Trenton’s Pleasure Ground,” says
a stop by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cadwalader. “It was a place where families had their picnics; church Sunday schools would come here to have their outings,” Flesch says. “There were school outings, when school was in session, they would come to the park. There were various fraternal organizations and organizations within the city and surrounding areas which would come to the park.” As far as the animals go, in addition to the animals Hill brought to the park, people would drop critters off. “There were geese, leopards, wolfs, ostriches, alligators, deer, eagles, snakes, groundhogs, monkeys, elk, moose, kangaroo, bears, buffalo, sheep, coyotes, swans, links, pheasants, a zebu, which is a sacred cow of India,” Flesch says. That all predates the monkey house. During the Depression, Ellarslie Mansion was converted to a home for monkeys as part of a WPA project. A 1974 article in The New York Times about the plans to convert the monkey house to the museum states that the mansion was recently home to monkeys at that time. Animals were still a part of the park until 1983, when the park’s last bear, Briar Patch died. The bear was buried behind the park’s bear pit. The section devoted to art work about Cadwalader Park showcases recent works by area artists, with much of the art for sale. “Ellarslie Cherry Trees” is a springtime scene by Robert Sakson, showing the mansion on a pleasantly cloudy day, with cherry blossom trees in all their glory. A different painting by Sakson captures the mansion on a wintry day. In one corner are different images (photos and paintings) of Manuel Abramowitz,
“Cadwalader Park — An Olmstead Vision” is on view at The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwlader Park, 299 Parkside Ave., Trenton, through Sept. 17. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. For more information, go to ellarslie.org or call 609-989-1191.
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“Spider’s Web,” Presented by Princeton Summer Theater at Hamilton Murray Theater on the campus of Princeton University. Agatha Christie mystery about a woman who tells tall tales, and discovers a dead body in her home, through July 23; www.princetonsummertheater.org. “42nd Street,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. M&M Stage Productions presents classic backstage musical featuring songs including “We’re in the Money” and “Lullaby of Broadway,” through July 23; $29, $18 seniors, $16 students/children;www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Outdoor stage on campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Station, Morristown. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy about love, acting and fairies, set in a magical forest, through July 30; shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600. “The Bungler,” Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s F.M. Kirby Shakes Theatre, Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave. Moliere’s comedy, translated by Richard Wilbur, about a clueless young lover and his servant helping him to win the heart of a beautiful gypsy girl, through July 30. $29-$69; www.shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600. “The Threepenny Opera,” Performed by ActorsNET of Bucks County at The Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Musical about the outlaw Macheath (“Mack the Knife”) who returns to town to marry the daughter of the beggar king, through July 30. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694. “Guys and Dolls,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical classic about gamblers in New York City, based on stories by Damon Runyon, through Aug. 12; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215862-2121. “Wagon Wheels West,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Musical western spoof musical in which Chuck Wagon gets stranded in the tiny town of Vinegar Bottle and has to battle his way out of a heap of big trouble, July 21 through Aug. 6. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $13 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469. “Hair,” Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre, Washington Crossing State Park, 455 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville. Rock musical set in the 1960s about political hippies in New York City, July 21-30, 7:30 p.m. www.downtownpac.com; 267-885-9857.
that made Newark a magnet for modern artists in the early 20th century, through Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609924-8144. Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. NOTE: The museum is closed during the month of August. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.
Lullaby of Kelsey M & M Stage Productions is presenting the classic backstage musical “42nd Street” at Kelsey Theatre, through July 23. In the show, a small-time gal arrives in New York City with dreams of becoming a star. Songs in the musical include “We’re In The Money” and “Lullaby of Broadway.” Kelsey Theatre is located on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-5703333. operatic careers. Operatic aria concerts are scheduled for July 21, 7:30 p.m. www.rider.edu/arts. Argus Quartet, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Program featuring music by Leos Janacek, Donald Crockett and Beethoven, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Free tickets will be available online one week before the concert through their website at www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org. Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office, 90 minutes prior to the concert; www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org.
JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Kathy Babe Robinson, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Concert titled “Both Sides Now: My Piano Bar/Cabaret Life,” featuring Broadway songs, contemporary ballads, and more, July 21, 8 p.m., $20; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027. Octavia Blues, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton. Concert by vocalist, harmonica playing rhythm guitarist, and composer, July 27, 6-8 p.m. (Bring a lawn chair.); artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777. Chely Wright, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Concert by country artist CHILDREN’S THEATER known for such songs as “Shut Up and Drive” and “Single “Amelia Earhart Forever,” Presented by Princeton White Female,” July 28, 8 p.m., $235-$45; www.therrazSummer Theater at Hamilton Murray Theater on the campus zroom.com; 888-596-1027. of Princeton University. Amelia and her plane soar through history in the adventure for young audiences. After each performance, actors will come out to meet with children, sign their programs, and talk about their characters and the Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of play, July 21-22, 27-29, 11 a.m. www.princetonsum- Princeton University, Princeton. “Great British Drawings mertheater.org. from the Ashmolean Museum,” featuring more than 100 “Beauty and the Beast,” Washington Crossing Open works from the 17th to the 20th centuries, through Sept. Air Theatre, Washington Crossing State Park, 455 Wash- 17. “Transient Effects: The Solar Eclipses and Celestial ington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville. Original mu- Landscapes of Howard Russell Butler,” July 22 through sical written and directed by Louis Palena, telling the story Oct. 15; Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. of the Beast and Belle, July 21-30. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmu11 a.m., Sun. 4 p.m., $5; www.downtownpac.com; 267-885- seum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788. 9857. Historical Society of Princeton at Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road. Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: The Architect in Princeton. The exhibition features architectural drawings by Wright from the Historical Society’s collection, telling the story of Wright’s sole Princeton clients and the CLASSICAL MUSIC The Westminster CoOPERAtive Program recitals, Frank Lloyd Wright house that could have been, through Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College Dec. 31. Hours: Wed.-Sun. noon to 4 p.m. $4; princetonof Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton. The pub- history.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princelic is invited to attend an array of free recitals, concerts and master classes featuring talented singers and accompanists ton. “Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960.” The exfrom around the world who are taking the next step in their hibit explores the unique combination of art and industry
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Plainsboro Library Gallery, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro. Exhibit of mixed media works by Monroe artist Thelma Fried, through July 26. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 609-275-2897. Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. “Digital Alchemy by Phillip McConnell,” featuring work by McConnell, a glitch artist blending different aspects of photography (landscape, portrait, urban, nature and macro) with different concepts of glitch art (VHS, aesthetic, vapor wave), through July 28. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also open July 9, 16, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org. The Uncommon Common Place, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Works by photographer Oleg Moiseyenko on view on the renovated second floor of the Princeton Public Library, through Aug. 1. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Nassau Hall to Hoagie Haven: Princeton Paintings by James McPhillips, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Featuring paintings by the artist known for his “Prince-ton” bumper stickers featuring a rendering of music legend Prince, through Aug. 1. artscouncilofprinceton.org. 2017 Mercer County Senior Art Show, Meadow Lakes Gallery, Etra Road, off Route 571, East Windsor. Exhibit sponsored by the Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage and the Office on Aging features original artworks created within the past three years, from drawings to paintings to crafts, by Mercer County residents age 60 or older, through Aug. 4; meadowlakesonline.org; 609-448-4100. SUBMISSIONS The Princeton Photography Club is accepting submissions for “ArtWalk,” a juried exhibit and sale showcasing all two-dimensional art forms. Accepted artwork will be on display at the Franklin Day Festival, Sept. 23 in Colonial Final submission date is Aug. 1. Art is limited to a maximum size of 30 inches on the longest side. It is recommended that large artwork use acrylic, rather than glass. Follow instructions and forms at www.franklintwpnj.org. For more information, call 732-422-3676.
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Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Max Dolcelli, Jeff Lawrence, July 21-22; Don Jamieson, July 29; catcharisingstar.com; 609-9878018. Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick, Carlos Mencia, July 21-22, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $32; Open Mic Night, July 26, $5; Julia Scotti, July 27, 7:30 p.m., July 2829, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $20; Matinee Sunday Night Live with Talent and Friends, July 30, 3 p.m., $25; George Lopez: The Wall Under Construction Tour, July 30-31, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $53; www.stressfactory.com; 732-5454242. Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Writer, joke book offer and radio personality best known for his work on “The Howard Stern Show,” July 22, 8 p.m., $30; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.
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PACKET PICKS July 22 Evening hayrides at Howell Farm The Mercer County Park Commission will offer evening hayrides at Howell Farm, 5 to 8 p.m. The horsedrawn rides last 20 minutes, passing through the historical farm. Visitors also can enjoy self-guided tours, picnicking and a marshmallow roast. The evening hayrides are free and offered on a firstcome, first-served basis to the first 150 visitors. Rides are for individual and family participation, with a one-ride- perperson limit. The farm will be closed during the day. Howell Farm is located on Valley Road, just off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Parking and admission are free. For more information, go to www.mercercountyparks.org or call 609-7373299.
July 23 Folk music at library Singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow will present a tribute to songwriters of the ’60s, such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Donovan, Richard and Mimi Fariña, Pete Seeger and John Hartford, beginning at 3 p.m. The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.
July 25 Fake news talk in Plainsboro The Plainsboro Library will present a program on fake news, beginning at 7 p.m. The event will feature a panel who will offer tips on identifying “fake news” and discuss President Trump’s accusing news organizations of being fake news, and how it’s affecting free press. The Plainsboro Library is located at 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. For more information, call 609-275-2897.
Sing-in of Faure’s Requiem at Westminster Westminster Choir College of Rider University will host a community sing-in of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, 7:30 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. The event is free and open to the public. Scores will be provided.
July 28 Kids talent show at Catch Princeton Catch a Rising Star will host “Catch A Lil’ Rising Star” talent show, beginning at 6 p.m. The show will be hosted by Kurt Zimmerman and is open to young performers ages 4 to 14. The winner will receive $100 and will perform at the Friars Club in New York City. The club is located at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center, Route 1 North, Princeton Junction. For more information, go to catcharisingstar.com.
LOOSE ENDS
Pam Hersh
Princeton Summer Theater is soaring The theater company’s show about Amelia Earhart is entertaining for people of all ages On July 5 2017, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart soared back into the limelight, after the History Channel aired a documentary speculating about the possibility of Earhart surviving her last flight and was captured by the Japanese. As evidence, the report touted a photo, taken after her disappearance on July 2, 1937, that purportedly showed Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on an atoll in the Marshall Islands. On July 6 2017 , Princeton Summer Theater, with serendipitous timing, launched its children’s theater production of “Amelia Earhart Forever,” written by playwright Annika Bennett, Princeton University class of 2015. On July 11, 2017, my six grandkids and I flew (figuratively) to the theater just in time to catch the curtain going up on Amelia’s adventure. By the time the show ended, I learned that Amelia Earhart loved cheesecake. I also vowed to adopt a new mission in life — to tell as many people as possible to see this play. No kids or grandkids necessary. The appeal is ageless whether you are 8 (or younger) or 80 (or older). This show about Amelia and her plane getting trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, is funny, surreal, lively, interactive and profoundly inspirational. It’s a celebration of loyalty, friendship, and self-sacrifice. The playwright, writing and winning awards since she was a junior in high school, said she especially loves the artistic freedom of writing for children. “When you’re writing for kids, you get to build a world and take pleasure in everything that makes it strange and nonsensical — so many of my fondest memories from childhood are of sitting down with a blank piece of paper and drawing a map of or writing a story about a place that could never exist,” Bennett said. “Children’s theater is a fantastic opportunity to harness that blank page.” Bennett was inspired to create her “strange and nonsensical” Amelia Earhart world by a Halloween costume. A few years ago, she and her Princeton roommate were in the throes of debating costume options for a Halloween party, when “another friend suggested Amelia Earhart and her plane, a weird enough couples costume to be perfect. I’ve been wanting to write about their adventures together ever since.” Annika has been writing kids shows for PST since 2013. “I’ve learned that kids are incredibly clever audiences — with [her play] “How Thumbelina Found Her Wings,” I soon
The cast of Princeton Summer Theater’s “Amelia Earhart Forever.” In the back row from left: Chamari White-Mink, Jake Schade, and Michelle Navis. In the front are Lydia Watt and Alex Vogelsang. found that the jokes I was writing for the parents were the ones the kids were laughing at. A lot of folks are creating really amazing content these days in the field, and kids are growing up with such an intrinsic sense of how stories can be structured and told beyond ‘happily ever after.‘ I find that really fascinating and rewarding to observe, and hope everyone who brings a kid to PST this summer, whether for this or another show in the season, does too.” Gathering over ice cream from Bent Spoon, I held a post-performance discussion group with my grandkids, whose ages range from 2 to 10. The younger ones loved the “funny” red plane, the cape man (male aviator threatened by the existence of a superstar female aviator), the “swoosh” sound of going through the Bermuda Triangle, and the clapping to trigger action on stage. The older kids appreciated the friendship and camaraderie among the different characters trapped in the Bermuda Triangle; and the oldest, who has read books about the life of Amelia Earhart and who initially felt that she was “too old” for “children’s theater,” was fascinated by the way the play dealt with the disappearance and probable death of Amelia. “The Bermuda Triangle island with the other characters was actually
Amelia’s heaven, a place that valued friendship and exploration, everything that Amelia liked,” said my granddaughter, fifth-grader Lily, who “figured out” the heaven environment from the “clue“ offered by one of the Bermuda Triangle island inhabitants, who revealed he was a 19th-century explorer. As the oldest person in my postperformance focus group, I offered the least profound comment. All I could muster was “wow!” “Wow” was also the three-letter word that came to my mind, when I spoke with PST’s artistic director, C. Luke Soucy, about the show. “Annika turned out a beautiful and compelling story,” he said. The challenge of doing the children’s show for the PST crew, Soucy said, is that the children’s production runs concurrently with main stage productions. Therefore, the Amelia Earhart children’s show that I saw at 11 a.m. was immediately followed by the 2 p.m. production of Agatha Christie’s “Spider’s Web.” “The ‘Spider’s Web’ set happens to be very complex,” Soucy said. “Therefore, we have to keep that set in place, and we perform Amelia in front of the ‘Spider’s Web’ set. This was an interesting challenge — how to make the different plays work with
the same set by simply employing stage props and engaging activity on stage that focuses attention on the actors, and not on the doors and windows in the background.” He explained that producing a children’s show is crucial to Princeton Summer Theater’s mission, which is to provide an opportunity for young actors, directors, designers, and theater administrators to work and learn and grow in a nurturing environment that inspires artistic ingenuity, while demanding the excellence of the professional theater world. “The children’s production is an investment in the next generation . . . Kids need to have experiences with the theater and grow up to appreciate it,” Soucy said. The uplifting qualities of Amelia had only one downside for me: the realization that the extraordinarily talented members of the PST team soon would fly away from the Princeton community and go onto all sorts of theatrical adventures. But Broadway is only a train ride away.
Princeton Summer Theater will perform “Amelia Earhart Forever” July 21-22 and July 27-29, with performances beginning at 11 a.m. For tickets and information, go to www.princetonsummertheater.org or call 732997-0205.
International Music at Pettoranello Gardens The Blue Curtain series brings free summer concerts to Princeton By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor Pettoranello Gardens will have a worldly feel when the Blue Curtain concert series presents a double bill featuring Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo and Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion on July 22 at 7 p.m. Machado grew up in the Venezuelan village of El Clavo and makes music rooted in her Afro-Venezuelan heritage. Through an interpreter, her manager Juan Souki, Machado says her show features “high-energy percussion” as musicians “navigate several Afro Venezuelan coastal beats, sing and response chants and interactive dance numbers.” She says that as descendants of slaves from El Clavo’s cacao plantations, the band shapes its songs around the politics and stories of their community. The group plays instruments such as tambora, tumbadora, culoepuya, cumaco, and furruco with call-and-response sections. Machado and her group have been playing together for almost 30 years throughout Venezuela and the world. The evening also will include a performance by Figueroa, a Latin jazz percussionist who has played with such legends as Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Michel Camilo, Chaka Khan, David Bowie and others. Blue Curtain was founded by Stephen Allen and Curtis Webster in 2004 as a non-profit organization presenting free music and dance concerts at the Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater during the summer. The theater is managed by the Princeton Recreation Betsayda Machado will play a concert and participate in a Q&A durDepartment, and it’s the venue that in- ing the next show in the Blue Curtain series, July 22 at Pettoranello Gardens. spired the series.
“The amphitheater itself is what inspired us to create the series simply because it is a beautiful park with hillside seating with a stage in front of a large pond,” Allen says. “ It looked like a place where plays, music and dance would add something to Princeton’s cultural experience. We never got around to doing plays but we have done a lot of music and some dance.” There are a lot of concerts in the area during the summer, and Allen says the artists, audience and the theater help Blue Curtain distinguish itself. “We try to present artists who have something special musically,” he says. “The audience walks down a path through the woods to the venue, and that is the beginning of a different kind of mood and theatrical experience. The amphitheater has a pastoral quality about it. When the sun is going down, and the music heats up and the lights kick in something magical seems to happen. One is transported from Princeton, New Jersey to someplace else, determined by chemistry of the artist and the audience. Often people wind up dancing which doesn’t happen as much in a theater.” Allen says he and Webster choose artists that they think fit a summer outdoor scene, and that they particularly like to feature musicians who can share different cultures with audiences. In addition to playing music, Machado and her fellow musicians will hold a lecture and Q&A to talk about their music and culture. Admission to the concert is free. The Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater is located at Route 206 and Mountain Avenue. For more information, email info@bluecurtain.org.
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Coming home to teach
Princeton-born Unity Phelan is an instructor at Princeton Ballet School’s Summer Intensive program By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor
The first time Unity Phelan entered the Princeton Ballet School, she was 5 years old, and while she wanted to dance, she wasn’t a little girl who dreamed of becoming a professional. Years later, after her first summer program at the School of American Ballet, she realized dancing was what she wanted to do. As she puts it, in fifth grade she was going to be a scientist, and by seventh grade, she was going to be a dancer. “My parents kind of had a heart attack at that point, because I was like, ‘I want to be a dancer, I don’t really want to go to college. I don’t want to be an academic,’” she says. “I love science but I was like, ‘I don’t want to be a scientist anymore, I want to be a ballet dancer.’” Phelan danced with the Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, until she was 14, then she studied at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, where she became an apprentice. She joined the company in 2013 and this year was promoted to soloist. For the third straight summer, she has returned to the place where her life in dance began, teaching as part of the Princeton Ballet School’s five-week “Summer Intensive,” which began in late June and continues through July 28. “It’s fun to give back,” Phelan said of returning home to teach. “I feel like I got so much from this organization and it’s really fun to come back and remember where I stood at barre and remember where I kind of grew up. I’ve been here since I was 5, I was here from 5 to 14, so it’s a lot of my life spent in these halls and these studios. I love getting to teach and, all the kids are so excited and eager to dance, so it’s fun to see that.” Members of this year’s Summer Intensive faculty also include Trinette Singleton, former
Students participating in a class at Princeton Ballet School’s “Summer Intesive” program. At right, Unity Phelan, a guest instructor in the program, talks with Douglas Martin, artistic director for American Repertory Ballet. principal dancer with The Joffrey Ballet. This also is the first summer for the school‘s new director, Pamela Levy, and Levy invited Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens, both of whom have worked with the American Ballet’s Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. “In addition to our world-class Princeton Ballet School faculty, we are pleased to add these great voices to the summer faculty, exposing our students to top talent in the dance world,” Levy said. Other dancers who are teaching at the intensive include Sterling Baca, principal dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet; Aydmara Cabrera, former principal dancer with the Cuban National Ballet and New York’s Ballet Hispanico; and Carmela Gallace, former principal dancer with the Moiseyev Dance Company and former soloist with Riverdance. Auditions for the summer intensive are held throughout the United States and Europe, with 100 students being chosen. Students in this sum-
mer’s class come from New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and from overseas including UK and Italy. The program is full-day and includes rehearsal for a final performance, to be held at McCarter Theatre, July 28. Full-time faculty includes Douglas Martin, artistic director for American Repertory Ballet; ARB’s resident choreographer Mary Barton, company teacher Kathleen Moore; workshop ballet mistress Maria Youskevitch and guest choreographer Kirk Peterson. Of Phelan dancing with New York City Ballet, Martin notes that Princeton Ballet School does not train specifically for the technique that New York City Ballet uses. “But as they know, and we know as well, a fundamental excellent arts education in classical training will allow any student who’s been trained well to then work under another stystem and pick up that style and technique,” he says.
“For the students, what’s really wonderful is for them to see this great soloist ballerina coming from this technique and it adds validity to the training. We always say good training is good training, you can do anything with it.” Martin also says the experience gives Princeton Ballet School’s dancers the chance to learn from experienced dancers who bring various points of view to the class. “We want them to experience different voices. Teachers say this all time, a kid will come in and say, ‘Oh she said with my leg turned out, I never knew that.’ It’s what we tell them to do every day,” he said with a laugh. “But Sterling Baca says it and they’re like ‘Oh I get it.’” The Summer Intensive will wrap up with a performance, “An Evening of Dance” at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind stage, July 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30, $27 in advance, and are available at arballet.org or by calling 609-921-7758.
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Sleep — like food, water and air — is a basic human need. Without it, your body cannot function properly. In fact, lack of quality sleep may not only cause you to feel tired all the time, it can also lead to serious health problems, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and depression. For individuals who struggle to get a good night’s sleep, the Sleep Center at University Medical Center of Princeton (UMCP), which is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, provides a full range of comprehensive services to diagnose and treat sleep disorders. Common sleep disorders More than 70 million Americans suffer from sleep problems such as trouble falling asleep or waking during the night, according to The National Center on Sleep Disorders. Temporary issues such as a stressful day or too much coffee can disturb sleep. However, research shows that more than half of people with sleep problems actually suffer from a chronic sleep disorder, and may not realize it. Some of the most common sleep disorders include: Sleep apnea is a disorder in which a person stops breathing for brief periods (10 seconds or more) during sleep. The most common form of sleep apnea, called obstructive sleep apnea, occurs when muscles in the back of the throat relax during sleep and tissue blocks the airway. The person will
either briefly wake up or come out of a deep sleep to re-establish breathing. These episodes can happen a few times or as many as several hundred times each night. When a person stops breathing, oxygen levels in the blood drop. Over time, this can affect the brain and heart. As a result, sleep apnea has been linked to dangerous health conditions such as heart attacks, high blood pressure and stroke. Sleep apnea can affect anyone at any age, but it is most common in heavy snorers and people who are overweight. Insomnia is the inability to obtain a sufficient amount of sleep to feel rested. It is typically characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, and may include early morning awakenings, poor quality sleep or non-refreshing sleep. Insomnia may be transient (an inability to sleep well over a period of a few nights, but less than four weeks); short term (poor sleep on most nights for four weeks to six months) or chronic (poor sleep on most nights for more than six months). Insomnia may start for one reason, and then may persist for an entirely different set of factors. Insomnia may be caused by a variety of conditions including • Stress, anxiety and depression • Underlying medical conditions such as arthritis, gastroesophageal reflux (heartburn) or other painful ailments • Poor sleep habits or a sleep environment that is
not conducive to good sleep. Insomnia may also be a side effect of some medications, misuse or overuse of sleeping pills, or use of stimulants such as caffeine or nicotine. Other sleep disorders can also cause insomnia. Insomnia is also common in perimenopausal women, especially when experiencing hot flashes or night sweats. Restless leg syndrome is a neurological condition in which a person has a strong urge to move his or her legs. This urge is often accompanied by unusual sensations in the legs such as itching, burning or prickling. These sensations usually go away with leg movement. Because symptoms are often worse in the evening and when lying down, restless leg syndrome can make it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep. Restless leg syndrome is more common in older people, but it can occur at any age. It is also believed to run in families, as the risk of
Dr. David B. Cohn having restless leg syndrome more than triples when an immediate family member also suffers from it, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Diagnosing sleep disorders A sleep study is often the first step in diagnosing a sleep disorder. Typically, studies are performed during an overnight stay at the Sleep Center at UMCP. However, home sleep studies are also available for individuals who are unable to spend the night at the Sleep Center. During a sleep study,
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