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Proposed budget shows 3-cent tax hike

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Lawrence Township property owners will see a 3-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate, under the proposed $46.8 million municipal budget for 2018 that was introduced at Township Council’s March 20 meeting.

The municipal property tax rate will increase from 52 cents per $100 of assessed value to 55 cents. This means the municipal property taxes on a house assessed at the township average of $282,093 will go up by $84 from $1,487 in 2017 to $1,571 for

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A public hearing and final action on the proposed budget has been set for Township Council’s April 17 meeting. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Township Council meeting room at the Municipal Building on Route 206.

The proposed 2018 municipal budget is $2.1 million more than last year’s budget of $44.7 million. Part of the increase $659,000 - is due to contractual obligations, such as salary increases, and the hiring of new employees.

Municipal Manager Kevin Nerwinski said the township’s financial situation continues to improve, with a “healthy surplus balance” and a decline in debt service. There was $14.4 million in the surplus fund at the end of 2017.

“Recommending a plan that involves a tax increase is certainly not an ideal circumstance in my first year as manager, nor is it taken lightly,” Nerwinski said.

But the time is right “to strengthen our staff and the important services they provide to the residents of the township,” he added.

Nerwinski said Lawrence Township has asked its employees to do a lot in the past seven or eight years, and it is time to provide them with the resources that they need. “That’s what this budget represents. It does not represent excess,” he said.

There is money in the budget for several new positions, including a records support technician who will be assigned to the Police Department’s evidence room.

This will free up a police officer to return to patrol duty. There is a new laborer position in the Department of Public Works.

The main source of money to support the budget is property taxes. The amount to be raised by property taxes is $25.7 million, which is $1.9 million more than the amount of revenue raised by property taxes for 2017.

The budget also anticipates using $5.4 million in surplus funds as a source of revenue. The township also receives $3.9 million in state aid.

Miscellaneous revenues - such as liquor licenses, fees and permits, and Municipal Court costs and fines - will generate an additional $7.8 million.

Holocaust survivors team up to tell stories

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

There are two sides to every story - the story of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp

by American soldiers on April 29, 1945, and that of the survivors who were freed by those American soldiers.

Don Greenbaum and Ernie Gross shared their stories of that day - Greenbaum, the U.S. Army soldier who participated in the liberation of the concentration camp, and Gross, who survived a year of captivity and was hours away from being killed by the Nazis at Dachau.

The two men told their stories at the 11th annual Sacks-Wilner Holocaust Education Program at Adath Israel Congregation recently. The program was established through a bequest from Dr. Arthur Sacks-Wilner and his wife, Esther Sacks-Wilner.

Greenbaum and Gross, both of whom live in the Philadelphia area, have spent the last few years retelling their stories together. A newspaper article about Greenbaum’s wartime experiences brought the two men together, and they decided to team up and speak out about the Holocaust.

“We are two guys who survived World War II, luckily. We do this because I am 93 years old and in 10 years, there will be no one left to tell our stories,” Greenbaum said. He was inspired to tell his tale after watching the TV show “20/20,” in which a guest claimed the Holocaust never happened.

Greenbaum’s story begins in 1943, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was 18 years old. During basic training, the See HOLOCAUST, Page 3A

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Egg-cellent holiday adventure

Children eagerly collect Easter eggs at the Lawrence Township Police Department’s third annual Egg Hunt March 24 at the Central Park baseball fields. All children 12 or younger were invited to participate.

Archaeological anticipation Township seeks grant to explore Princeton Pike clearing

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

A small clearing on Princeton Pike, opposite Lewisville Road, may hold the key to a better and more detailed understanding of Lawrence Township’s economic, political, religious and social development during the 1800s.

That’s why Lawrence Township officials have applied for a state grant to explore that clearing - the site of the former Princessville Inn, the Princessville Cemetery and a long-forgotten Methodist church.

The grant would pay for the costs of an archaeological dig at the site to uncover certain things that existed on the land, but that are no longer visible, Municipal Manager Kevin Nerwinski said. The includes the church and an unknown number of unmarked graves.

“We are very hopeful that we will get the grant,” Nerwinski said.

If the township is awarded the grant, the money will be used to hire an archaeologist to help explore the property. The goal is to locate the foundation of the Princessville Inn, which was destroyed by fire in 1982, as well as the foundation of the Methodist church and the unmarked graves in the Princessville Cemetery.

The Princessville Inn was built around 1808 by the Mershon family - one of the earliest settlers of Lawrence Township. The inn was a resting point for travelers who used Princeton Pike on their way between New York City and Philadelphia.

The Princessville Inn also served as the site of local political

gatherings. The Republican Party held its annual conventions at the inn from 1854 to 1895. Since a “town hall” did not exist until much later, the governing body held its annual meetings at inns and taverns across the township - including the Princessville Inn. A Methodist church also stood near the Princessville Inn. The land on which it was built was donated to the church in 1843 by William Mershon, who owned the Princessville Inn. But in the 1870s, the church was moved to Baker’s Basin - the corner of Route 1 and Franklin Corner Road - by some church members so it would be closer to their homes. The remaining

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congregants were unhappy, and it was disbanded.

Meanwhile, the Princessville Cemetery grew out of the Methodist church. Congregants began to bury their dead in the churchyard, soon after the church was built. The original section of the cemetery holds about 60 graves, many with headstones or markers.

Blacks began using the cemetery in the second half of the 1800s, but most of those graves are unmarked. The archaeological dig will attempt to locate those graves. Several black Civil War military veterans are buried in the cemetery in close proxim-

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Stream cleanup planned at Colonial Lake Park

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Although Earth Day has been officially designated as April 22, that won’t stop Lawrence Township residents from getting together a few days earlier for the annual “Clean Up the Stream Day” at Colonial Lake Park.

Stream cleaner-uppers will gather at Colonial Lake Park on Lake Drive at 9

a.m. April 14. Participants should wear long pants and boots for the cleanup, which will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. - rain or shine.

Children are invited to take part in cleaning up the area, but they must be accompanied by an adult.

“As someone who lives in the Colonial Lake neighborhood,” said Mayor Christopher Bobbitt, “I have participated in mul-

tiple clean-ups around the lake.” “it’s a great way to not only improve the appearance of the park, but a great way to meet your neighbors,” Mayor Bobbitt said.

The event is being sponsored by the Stony BrookMillstone Watershed Association. Over the past 11 years, participants in Lawrence Township and at other sites around the area have collected more than

93,000 pounds - or 46 tons - of garbage.

The stream cleanup grew out of the annual Earth Day celebration. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. Earth Day galvanized more than 20 million Americans to pay attention to the environment, launching the modern environmental movement, according to www. earthday.org.

Many groundbreak-

ing environmental laws, such as the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act, grew out of the environmental movement, according to the website.

The movement went international in 1990, involving millions of people in more than 140 countries.

Closer to home, this year’s cleanup is a great way to get outside, improve the scenic beauty of the region and to positively

tion of long-time Township Historian Dennis Waters.

Township Council appointed Brooke Hunter to fill out the remainder of Waters’ four-year term as Township Historian at its

March 20 meeting. The term will expire in December 2019.

Waters had served as Township Historian since 2006.

In addition to teaching

history at Rider University, Dr. Hunter serves on the Lawrence Historical Society’s Board of Trustees.

She is the group’s recording secretary.

Dr. Hunter has also written articles about Lawrence Township history, according to letters of support included in her application for the volunteer, unpaid position.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of CaliforniaIrvine, and master’s and doctoral degrees in history

from the University of Delaware.

Dr. Hunter began teaching at Rider University in 2002 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 2007.

She is the director of American Studies.

At Rider University, she has taught courses in World History, Native American history, American environmental history, the American Revolution, New Jersey history and the cultural history of Early America.

impact the environment, Stony

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Watershed Association officials said.

Large groups can regis-

ter with volunteer coordi-

nator Eve Niedergang by emailing her at enieder-

gang@thewatershed.org.

Walk-ins on the day of the event are also welcome.

Rider professor named new township historian

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

A Rider University history professor has been appointed to serve as the Lawrence Township Historian, following the resigna-

Brooke Hunter

Lawrence Library to host annual One-Act PlayFest this weekend

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System is hosting PlayFest, its 10th annual one-act play festival, on Saturday, April 28.

There will be two performances at 7 and 9 p.m.

Tickets are free, but seating is limited. Registration is required online starting at

9:30 am on Monday, April 9.

This free festival provides an opportunity for local playwrights and actors to showcase their talent.

Local actors will perform the staged script-in-hand readings of six one-act plays selected for performance at the library. PlayFest directors are Julie Ellen Prusinowski, Mary Ann

Wylie and Tim Moran.

For more information about the One-Act PlayFest, call 609-989-6920 or email Branch Manager James Damron at jdamron@mcl.org. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch is located at 2751 Brunswick Pike (Route 1), Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 08648.

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Holocaust Continued from Page 1A slogan at headquarters was “Kill or be killed,” he said. The young soldiers couldn’t wait to get into combat so they could kill the Nazi soldiers.

Greenbaum was assigned to an artillery unit as a forward observer. His job was to scout out the German army’s location and then to supply the coordinates so the artillery could fire at them.

“Whenever we hit them, it was like a home run. It was fantastic,” said Greenbaum, whose unit fought in France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. The soldiers were treated like heroes whenever they liberated a town, he said.

When the U.S. Army reached the German border, however, there was resistance. The fighting was tough, and many soldiers were killed, he said.

He was wounded on Nov. 9, 1944, and sent to a field hospital to recover.

As soon as he was healthy enough to fight, he was sent back into battle.

He took part in the Battle of the Bulge, between Dec. 15, 1944 and Jan. 16, 1945.

The American army moved on toward Munich and was supposed to stop at a Nazi supply camp to wipe it out.

“As we got closer to the town of Dachau, there was a pungent odor. We couldn’t identify it. As we got closer, the sky was black,” Greenbaum said.

The odor was the decaying bodies of dead Jews and other prisoners that were stacked in railroad boxcars. The black smoke came from the crematorium, where the bodies were burned.

The American soldiers had never heard of the concentration camps or the death camps, Greenbaum said. When they entered Dachau, they found thousands of inmates clad in black-and-white striped uniforms.

“We didn’t know who they were. They were scared,” Greenbaum said.

But one of the American soldiers spoke Yiddish and explained that they were American Jewish soldiers.

The prisoners hugged and kissed them, he said.

“At the time of the liberation, most of the soldiers - we were 20 or 21 years old. It was unbelievable, what we saw. For 50 years, I didn’t talk about it,” Greenbaum said, adding that his unit spent a few hours at Dachau and then moved on.

The war was winding down and coming to an end. It took about six or eight months before Greenbaum was discharged from the U.S. Army. He returned home, went to college on the G.I. Bill, married and started a family.

Gross’s story is much different.

Gross, who is 88 years old, grew up in a large family in Turt, Romania. Only four of the children, including himself, survived. His parents and the other children were killed upon arrival at the Auschwitz death camp.

Gross recalled the day that his family was rounded up by Nazi collaborators. It was the last day of the Jewish holiday of Passover in 1944, and he was baking bread for the family. There was a knock on the door and when a family member opened the door, two po-

Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum

lice officers were standing there.

The family members were told to put all of their money and jewelry on the table, Gross said. They were escorted to the synagogue, along with other Jewish families in the town. They spent three days locked up in the synagogue before being transported to a ghetto in Hungary.

The Jews were loaded onto a train that took them to Auschwitz, he said.

When they arrived, the Nazi soldiers rushed them out of the cattle cars and told them to leave their belongings behind. They were told to get into a line.

As he was standing in line, Gross said, a prisoner advised the 15-year-old boy to tell the Nazi soldiers that he was 17 years old. That’s because children who were under 17 years old were killed immediately.

The prisoner pointed out two buildings to Gross - one building that held the gas chambers, and the other one that held the crematorium where the bodies were burned. He told Gross to look up at the sky, which was filled with black smoke from the crematorium.

“That will be your par-

ents in a few hours,” Gross recalled the prisoner telling him.

Gross had seen his parents briefly before the family was separated - one line for those who were slated for death, and the other line for those who could be put to use. Gross and two of his brothers were sent to the “survivors” line and made to work.

Gross said he learned some lessons that allowed him to survive - including how to be selfish, which went against all that he had been taught by his parents.

Prisoners were given very little food. In his group, a small loaf of bread was cut into eight small pieces. Two of the prisoners were a father and his son. The father received the end piece of bread and his son received a middle piece.

The father asked his son to trade the end piece of bread for the middle piece, because he had to survive, Gross said. The son refused and said that he, too, needed to survive. The takehome lesson for Gross was that “you had to be selfish if you wanted to survive” and that meant not sharing food.

Gross also recalled picking up cigarette butts at the railroad station, where he was assigned to work.

He traded the cigarette butts for bread with the other prisoners. For each piece of bread, he said, it meant he would live a few days longer.

As the war was winding down, the Nazis took some of their prisoners by train to Dachau. The train should have arrived at Dachau on April 28, but its arrival was delayed by Allied planes that bombed the tracks.

When the train arrived at Dachau on April 29, Gross got off the train. As he was standing in line, waiting for his turn to be killed - a prospect that he knew meant he would not be hungry or tired anymore - the Nazi soldiers threw down their weapons and

fled.

The American army - including Greenbaum had arrived and liberated the Dachau concentration camp. Neither man recalled seeing the other amid the chaos that accompanied the Americans’ arrival.

After he was freed, Gross spent some time in a sanitarium, recovering from his experiences.

His brothers Abraham and Isaac and their sister, Dena, had survived. But another brother, David, had died of starvation.

After the war, Gross immigrated to New York City and then made his way to Philadelphia, where he had family members. He married twice - his first wife died and he remarried - and raised a family.

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WHAT’S GOING ON Fri., April 6

Meditation Circle from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Slow down and join Reference Librarian Ann Kerr and reduce stress using meditation. Registration is suggested. Call 609989-6920 or email Ann Kerr at lawprogs@mcl.org.

Posture & Dance Exercises from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Reference Librarian Ann Kerr will share some simple exercises to improve your posture and increase your flexibility. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email Ann Kerr at lawprogs@mcl.org.

Drum Circle: Spring Series, at 4:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Bring your own drum or use one of ours. Registration is suggested. Call 609-9896920 or email lawprogs@ mcl.org.

Mon., April 9

Movie Matinee “Victoria and Abdul” (2017) at 2 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul. With Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith, Adeel Akhtar; 112 min.

PG-13. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl. org.

Off the Page at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Try out your acting chops (or indulge your secret passion) playing one of the great characters from dramatic literature or contemporary comedy — without the threat of performing in front of a live audience.

We will “cast” and read a play aloud, around a table, as actors and production teams typically do at the first rehearsal of a play.

Registration suggested.

Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Thurs., April 12 Sorber’s Motivators Toastmasters meetings will be held on from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. at the Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, just off Route 206 near Rider University, Lawrence, NJ. For directions and information, go to: http://sorbersmotivators.toastmastersclubs. org. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communications and leadership development with over 15,900 clubs in 142 countries. For more information: www.toastmasters. org.

CookTalks Revolutionary Tea: An 18th Century Tea Experience at 11 a.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Why was tea so important in the lives of 18thcentury people? Did Great Britain lose her American Colonies over “the cup that cheers?” Through a discussion and demonstration led by costumed scholar Stacy Roth, participants can find

out more about tea lore, history, songs, and poetry in this unique session. This program is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and cosponsored by the Friends of the Lawrence Library.

Registration is suggested.

Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Poetry Circle: William Carlos Williams at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), was one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement, and a local New Jersey doctor for more than forty years. He sought to invent an entirely fresh — and singularly American — poetic, whose subject matter was centered on the everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people. Long recognized as a masterpiece of modern American poetry, his epic poetry collection Paterson is one man’s testament and vision, a humanist manifesto enacted in five books, a grammar to help us live.

Registration is suggested.

Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Sat., April 14

Celebrate Earth Day and help keep Colonial Lake clean with a stream cleanup in Lawrence from 9 to 11 a.m. at Colonial Lake Park on Lake Drive.

The event, sponsored by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and the Township of Lawrence, will be held rain or shine.

Volunteers are asked to wear long pants and boots.

Gloves will be provided.

Children must be accompanied by and adult. Register

large groups with eniedergang@thewatershed.org.

Sun., April 15

The Greater Princeton Steinway Society will present a musicale by pianist Sylvie Webb at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall at Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike (U.S. Route 1), Lawrenceville, NJ. A social hour with refreshments and conversation with the performer will follow the performance. The program will feature works

by Bach, Brahms and Granados. Webb holds a Gold Medal in piano from the Conservatoire National de St.Germain en Laye in France. Among her solo and chamber music performances, she has appeared as soloist with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, the Westminster Community Orchestra, and the Manalapan-Battleground Symphony. In 2007, she made her debut as soloist at the Grand Theater in Shanghai. On the faculty of Westminster Conservatory since 1993, she maintains a private studio in Princeton. Founded in 1989, the Steinway Society is dedicated to developing the talent of young piano students. All proceeds from the Musicale ticket sales help fund scholarship awards for aspiring young pianists. For more information, visit www.steinwaysocietyprinceton.org.

Mon., April 16

Morning Book Club, “Emma” by Jane Austen, at 10 a.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. “Emma,” first published in 1815, is a novel about youthful hubris

and the perils of misconstrued romance. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England and also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Tues., April 17

Science Fiction Book Club, “Hominids” by Robert J. Sawyer, at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. “Hominids” examines two unique species of people.

We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence.

Winner of the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Next sci-fi book title is Falling Free by James S.A. Corey.

Registration is suggested.

Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Wed., April 18

Knitting Circle from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Knitters who already know the basics are invited to drop in to socialize with other knitters and work on a project of their choice.

Experienced knitter Helene Plank will be available to assist individuals. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Melting in the Pot at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Raj Vora, author of the “Melting in the Pot” blog, will lead a discussion group to share relevant tips, strategies and information to help immigrants adjust more easily to life in the United States. Registration suggested. Call 609-9896920 or email lawprogs@ mcl.org.

Thurs., April 19

Crochet Corner from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Needle crafters who already know the basic crochet stitches are invited to drop in to socialize and work on a project of their choice. Experienced needle crafter Margaret Woo will be available to assist in-

dividuals. Registration is suggested. Call 609-9896920 or email lawprogs@ mcl.org.

Classical Indian Dance Demonstration at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Students from The Shishya School of Performing Arts, Lawrenceville, will perform classical Indian dances.

The School is a local performing arts school specializing in educating children and adults in Indian classical arts, especially dance.

Registration is suggested.

Email lawprogs@mcl.org or call 609-989-6920.

Fri., April 20

Posture & Dance Exercises from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Reference Librarian Ann Kerr will share some simple exercises to improve your posture and increase your flexibility. Registration is suggested. Call 609-989-6920 or email Ann Kerr at lawprogs@mcl.org.

Fiction Writing Workshop: The Business and Art of Self-Publishing, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Join us as self-published author and public relations expert Simone Mets shares her knowledge. Learn how to be successful-from knowing your readership, to writing and book design, marketing, and venues. Registration suggested. Call 609-9896920 or email lawprogs@ mcl.org.

Sat., April 21

Trashed Art Reception at 2 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. A reception will be held to honor the winners and the participants of the eighth annual Trashed Art Contest. The public is welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served. Registration suggested. Call 609-9896920 or email lawprogs@ mcl.org.

Adult, Child & Infant CPR from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. The Family & Friends CPR program at

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Rider to host event on ‘Securing the Homeland’

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

How does leadership and culture change influence policy for homeland security in the United States?

Greg Brown, the chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions will speak to those issues next week in his remarks “Securing the Homeland, Foundational for Successful Foreign Policy” - at Rider University.

Brown has been invited to deliver his remarks on April 10 by the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University.

The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. and will be held in the Bart Luedeke

Center.

Brown may also talk about what it has been like to lead Motorola Solutions, which is one of the leaders in the private sector that deals with cyber security and related issues, said Jim Castagnera, Rider University’s associate provost and acting director of the Rebovich Institute.

Motorola Solutions offers a wide range of services and products that assist law enforcement and government agencies with their security needs, Castagnera said. It is the worldwide leader in mission-critical communications for public safety and commercial enterprises.

The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics is dedicated to public service

and scholarly analysis of government, public policy, campaigns and elections in New Jersey.

The institute has hosted a roster of past guests to speak on homeland security, ranging from Jeh Johnson and Tom Ridge, both former U.S. secretaries of Homeland Security, to Avril Haines, the former deputy director of the CIA, and Chris Rodriguez, past director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security.

Prior registration is requested and can be completed at www.rider.edu/ brown. For more information, contact Laura Hoffman at lhoffman@rider. edu or 609-896-5000, ext.

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help the township to place interpretive signs at the Princessville Inn/Cemetery area.

The Princesville historic site could be added to the Lawrence Intermediate School’s local history tour for 4th-graders who are

studying New Jersey history.

Finally, public programs could be developed to highlight the history of blacks in Lawrence Township, many of whom lived on Lewisville Road, opposite the Princessville history site.

want to learn CPR but do not need a course completion card. Registration is required and is limited to 25. Participants who are more than 15 minutes late will need to reschedule for another CPR course. Call 609-989-6920 or email lawprogs@mcl.org.

Computer Class-

es: Excel 1, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, N.J. Learn the basics of this spreadsheet program.

See how easy it is to input and edit data. Strong mouse skills are essential.

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Grant Continued from Page 1A ity to one another. Those graves are marked. The last burials occurred in the 1920s.

If Lawrence Township is successful in obtaining the grant, it may apply for another grant that would

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Illustrations by children's author Grace Lin are on view at Princeton Day School

By Anthony Stoeckert Grace Lin's illustration "Swoosh," from her 2007 book "Lissy's Friends," is featured in an exhibit at Princeton Day School.

race Lin always has loved children’s books. When she was in elementary school, her class projects would take the form of books.

“We’d study about the Vikings and other people would make a Viking ship or a Viking hat and I’d make a book about the Vikings,” Lin says. “Or if we were studying about

By Bob Brown clouds, I’d make a book about clouds when everybody else was making cardboard dioramas with cotton balls.

I always loved books and always loved making them.”

She loved it so much, she makes books as a living. Lin has written and illustrated picture books, as well as novels for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winner “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” and “When the Sea Turned to Silver,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Lin’s art is on view in the exhibit “A Brick Road Worth Following” at the Princeton Day School’s Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery, through April 26.

The exhibit coincides with a visit Lin is making to the school as part of the “Imagine the Possibilities” artist-inresidency program.

The exhibit features illustrations from Lin’s picture books, written between 1999 and 2011, with a lot of the works being from books published since 2008. Looking at her drawings on their own, as opposed to part of a book, creates a different kind of experience, Lin says.

“For me, the art is for the books,” she says. “So the real art is the entire book because the pictures are how they all come together and make a story. Putting it in an exhibit like this was very interesting because that’s really not how I conceived it — just looking at one drawing by itself — it’s supposed to be all the art together. But laugh.

I think it's fascinating because I think One of her challenges was her it helps kids see how they could look illustrations were based on her family, at each element and see how it makes and publishers didn't have stories about a whole.

Asian-American people to complement “Some pieces of art might not work her drawings. that well as a single piece of art but “I would get lot of really nice when you put it in context with the rest postcards and nice feedback but no one of the art, it makes a beautiful story. I would ever hire me for a book for years think that will be a really great things and years,” she says. for kids to learn and look at.”

One day, she got a call from an Lin’s childhood love of books led to editor who had high praise for her her going to art school with the goal of illustrations, but that editor also told becoming a children’s book illustrator. her there wasn’t a story to match her “When I came out of art school I work. This was around 1996 or 1997. found it was really hard to get a book “The truth is back then, nobody — as all artists find,” she says with a was writing any stories that had Asian

characters,” Lin says. “The editors were seeing my work with all these Asian characters, and they couldn’t find anything that matched my art.

So the editor said to me, ‘We really like your art and I thought maybe you might have a story that goes with your art. Do you have a story?’ And I said, ‘Yes I do.’”

Actually, she didn’t, but after five years of trying to break into children’s book publishing, Lin wasn't going to turn down the opportunity. She wrote a story and reworked it several times.

“Once I tried writing, I found out how much I loved it,” she says. “How much I love writing and illustration,

creating your own content; and I find now, most people know me as an author, rather than an illustrator.”

One thing she wanted to do with her career was to make art that meant something to her.

“When you’re in art school you have very noble visions,” she says.

“What was really important to me, and still is, I was doing a lot of art that was based around my family and my family being Asian. It wasn’t so much that I was all up for becoming an AsianAmerican storyteller, I just wanted to do stories that were important to me — real-life stories of my life. Since I was Asian American, that was what came out.”

In 2016, “When the Sea Turned Silver,” Lin's novel for kids ages 9 to 12, was a National Book Award finalist.

As part of that honor, the book’s cover illustration was displayed at the White House, where she was recognized as a “Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” Lin got to visit the White House, and while she didn't get a personal audience with President Barack Obama, she did get to shake his hand.

She also got a memento — a package of chocolate kisses with the presidential seal and Obama’s signature. The kisses themselves are wrapped in blue foil with silver stars.

Her 5-year-old daughter wanted them, but Lin turned down that request.

“I have them on the highest shelf in the room in the house,” she says.

“I said, ‘Those are kisses from the president. I’ll buy you other Hershey Kisses, you can’t eat those. Those are the president’s kisses.’”

“A Brick Worth Following” is on view at the Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton, through April 26. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session and by appointment on weekends. For more information, go to www.pds.org or call 609-924-6700.

Also Inside: Palmyra Delran is ready to rock in Bordentown • The music of Cuba is coming to McCarter

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By Anthony Stoeckert

She’s All About That Rock ’N’ Roll Palmyra Delran is bringing her band to Randy Now’s Man Cave Palmyra Delran’s love of rock ’n’ roll began when she was a kid. She was born in Princeton, but her family moved to Spain when she was very young, before moving back to Jersey, in Collingswood, where she went to high school.

“We couldn’t do without the Jersey thing,” Delran says.

She had a friend who lived a few doors down, and who had five older brothers who were big music fans.

“I would go over there and they played the Stones for me and the Kinks,” Delran says. “I got my education from these brothers of my friend. A lot of my friends were into the Osmonds, and I was like, ‘I want the Stones.’”

That love of rock ’n’ roll never went away. Delran started playing instruments and writing songs. She was a member of the 1990s-era band The Friggs, has played in other bands and released her first solo release, a six-song EP “She Digs the Ride,” in 2008. She followed that up in 2013 with the album “You Are What You Absorb.”

Delran also tours and will bring her band to Randy Now’s Man Cave in Bordentown, April 14. The show will feature songs from her first two solo releases, along with some new songs and perhaps some older tunes as well.

One possibility is a Friggs song, “I Thought You Said That You Were Gonna Kill Yourself,” which she recently rerecorded for her next album, “Come Spy With Me,” which is scheduled for a release in the summer.

“It was my guys that wanted to do it,” Delran says of the new version of her old song. “We’d been playing it for a while and they were like, ‘We have to record this again.’

And I was like, ‘I don’t want to, it’s 20 years old.’ They

Palmyra Delran is set to release her third solo album this summer and is bringing her band to Bordentown. really wanted to do it, so I love my guys and we did it. It came out great, it’s a different version from the Friggs version, so we’re pretty happy with it.”

Those guys in her band are bass player Michael Lynch; guitarist Richard DevGreene; and drummer Mark Brotter.

The lineup is classic garage band, and Delran says her live concerts are all about rock ’n’ roll.

“I look at live shows as a very different thing than writing or recording,” she says. “I can have this really derpressing song and it’s fine to write it, and maybe it’s OK

to record it. But when you’re doing gigs, you want to entertain people. And in my genre, people just want to rock.”

The Rolling Stones were one of the bands that sparked her love of rock ‘n’ roll, and a song from “You Are What You Absorb” references one of the band’s founding members — Brian Jones, whose drug use led to him being fired from the band in June of 1969. He was found dead in a swimming pool less than a month later.

Delran says her song, “You’re My Brian Jones,” is a metaphor and isn’t really about Brian Jones.

“When somebody is such a difficult human being, another person gets obsessed with that person,” she says of the tune. “And even if they know they shouldn’t be with the person but they’re still obsessed, it’s a difficult situation. A lot of people have told me they’ve been the Brian Jones character and they’ve been the other character too. I like that it spans the definition of who is who.”

Among Delran’s fans is Steven Van Zandt, longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band. In 2008, Van Zandt chose her song “Baby Should Have Known Better” as his weekly “Coolest Song in the World” for his Underground Garage show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

“Oh my God, I couldn’t believe it actually because I was such a fan of his,” Delran says of the nod from Little Stevie. “I always heard he liked the Friggs, then he came up to me at one of our Friggs reunion shows and he was like, ‘Hey are you guys gonna stay together?’ I was like, ‘No, we’re just doing this reunion.’

“I told him I had a solo record coming and he said, ‘I want it.’ So I gave it to him and he dug it, and I’m grateful he’s been a champion of mine for the past however many years. He’s fantastic, he’s one of the coolest guys I’ve ever known. And not just because I work with him, he’s a fantastic dude.”

Van Zandt has a reputation for supporting young musicians, and Delran attests to that.

“His heart is so in the right place,” Delran says. “He sees no difference in big bands, little bands, he gives everybody a chance. I can’t believe somebody this cool is actually doing it; he walks it like he talks it.”

It seems like Delran is walking the walk and talking the talk as well.

“I try to,” she says. “I don’t know how to do it any other way. I’ve had a lot of people say, ‘If you do this, you’ll get really big,’ and it’s like, ‘But I don’t want to do that.’ So I’ll do what I do and whatever happens, happens.”

Palmyra Delran will perform at Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City, April 14, 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $15; www.mancavenj.com; 609-424-3766.

The Council on Science and Technology (CST) is pleased to announce its inaugural Living at the Intersection Symposium to be held April 12-13, 2018 on the Princeton University campus. The 2018 Symposium focuses on the intersection of Engineering and the Arts and is co-hosted by Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and by Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts.

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MUSIC

By Anthony Stoeckert

The Sounds of Cuba, In Princeton Two Cuban artists are playing concerts at McCarter in April McCarter Theatre is bringing the music of Cuba to Princeton.

The theater is presenting two concerts by Cuban artists this month, beginning with the Chucho Valdes Trio, April 12 at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre.

Valdes is a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader who has won six Grammys and three Latin Grammys. In 1973, he formed a group, Irakere, which combined jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban rhythms. The concert also will feature Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda and Grégoire Maret on the chromatic harmonica as an opening act.

“Chucho Valdés has been the most influential figure in the evolution of Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz since — well, I think it’s safe to say, forever,” says William W. Lockwood, McCarter’s special programming director. “His latest project is Jazz Batá, which he will play at McCarter joined

by Yelsey Heredia on bass and Dreiser Durruthy Bombale on percussion and voice. Valdes describes the repertoire of Jazz Bata as almost all new music, representing both a ‘look forward and a closing of pending business,’ since the music was originally created in 1972 and its roots stem from his legendary Afro-Cuban jazz-rock ensemble Irakere.”

On April 24, pianist Robert Fonseca will perform at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre.

“Fonseca already dominates the ‘new Cuban scene,’ and his influence extends well beyond his own music making as the artistic director of Cuba’s Jazz Plaza Festival in Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city,” Lockwood says. “‘Innovative’ is probably the best word to describe his sound, which lies at the crossroads of jazz, traditional Cuban music, and soul — all faithful to his Afro-Cuban roots. His latest CD release, ‘ABUC,’ is dedicated to the island he calls home — it’s Cuba spelled backwards, after all — and the album incorporates elements of the island’s traditions such as contradanza, mambo, danzon and bolero, all infused with the spirit of the ‘descarga jam’ and even hip-hop.”

Lockwood saw the opportunity to brings these artists to McCarter after the United States re-established diplomatic ties with the nation in 2014. In 2015, Lockwood visited Cuba, and followed that visit with a tour of Cuba with McCarter staff, donors, and patrons sampling the rich local culture, history, and artistry that had previously been offlimits to visitors from the United States.

“The arts are booming in Cuba,” Lockwood says. “So many world-class graphic artists, musicians, dance com-

panies and more are at work. They are all making important statements. I’ve been proud to curate a collection of Cuban artists here at McCarter over the past few years, with Lizst Alfonso Dance Company, The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Chucho Valdés and Roberto Fonseca only a few of the artists I’ve been able to have visit with us, and I’m committed to continuing these relationships in the future, not only here at McCarter, but through my recent Cuban Lecture Series at the Princeton Adult School, for example.”

Lockwood says he’s lucky to be able to have visited Cuba twice and can’t wait to go back.

“For those who can’t make it,” he says, “I welcome you to McCarter to see and hear a little bit for yourselves.”

The Chucho Valdes Trio will perform at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, April 12, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $48-$62. Roberto Fonseco will perform at McCarter, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $56. For more information, go to www.mccarter.org.

MOVIE TIMES Movie and times for the week of April 6-12. Schedules are subject to change.

HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): Chappaquiddick (luxury recliners) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sun. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45; Mon.-Thurs. 2:45, 5:15, 7:45. Blockers (luxury recliners) (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35,10:05; Sun. 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35; Mon.-Thurs. 2:35, 5:05, 7:35. A Quiet Place (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10; Sun. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40; Mon.-Thurs. 3, 5:20, 7:40.

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(PG) Fri.-Sat. 12, 2:35, 7:55, 10:30; Sun. 12, 2:35, 7:55; Mon.-Thurs. 2:35, 7:55.

MONTGOMERY CINEMAS (609-924-7444): Beirut (R) Wed.-Thurs. 2:15, 4:45, 7:15. Foxtrot (R) Fri.Sat. 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35; Sun.-Thurs. 2:05, 4:35, 7:05.

The Leisure Seeker (R) Fri.-Sat. 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45; Sun.-Thurs. 2, 4:35, 7:10. The Death of Stalin (R) Fri.Sat. 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Sun.-Thurs. 2:20, 4:50, 7:20.

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PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-2791999): Isle of Dogs (PG13) Fri. 4, 7, 9:25; Sat. 1, 4, 7, 9:25; Sun. 1, 4, 7; Mon.-Tues. 1:45, 4:30, 8; Wed.-Thurs.

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THINGS TO DO STAGE “Trying,” George Street Playhouse, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick. Play about Francis Biddle, Chief Judge of the Nuremberg trials, and attorney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, through April 8; www. georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717.

“A Flea in Her Ear,” Theater in the Bart Luedeke Center on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville.

Part bedroom farce, part drawing room farce — “A Flea in Her Ear” is full of suspicion, mischief, nonstop amorous chaos, mistaken identities, slamming doors and chases that will unapologetically hoist you onto tenterhooks. The production, directed by Carter Gill, will be performed by Rider University students, April 6, 7:30 p.m., April 7, 2, 7:30 p.m., April 8, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $10 seniors/ students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-896-7775.

“Spring Awakening,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Rock musical by Duncan Sheik (music) and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in 19thcentury Germany,the show is about teenagers discovering their sexuality. Presented by the theater/dance program at Mercer County Community College. Not intended for children, April 6-15. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

“Grease,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Classic musical set in the 1950s about teenagers at Rydell High School, April 6-22. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

“Bakersfield Mist,” West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Inspired by true events, Maude Gutman, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer, believes a painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered Jackson Pollock worth millions. Is it the find of the century or a clever forgery?

Presented by Pegasus Theatre Project, April 13-22; $22$26; www.pegasustheatrenj.org; 609-759-0045.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE “Jack and the Giants,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Jack sells his beloved cow for a handful of magic beans and when those beans are planted, look out! A beanstalk reaching through the clouds leads Jack to a magical land where a giant lives, April 14-28. Performances are Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $8; www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC Lawrence Brownlee, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. The tenor will perform a program of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and African-American spirituals, April 12, 8 p.m. $25-$50; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220.

Meal Time “Combo Meal,” a mixed media oil painting by Carley Hall, is on view in the “Visual Arts Student Exhibition” at the Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, through May 3. A range of Mercer’s Visual Arts programs will be represented in the show, including fine arts, advertising and graphic design, digital arts, photography and sculpture. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Wednesday hours extended until 7 p.m. An opening reception is scheduled for April 4, 5-7 p.m. For more information, go to www.mccc.edu/ gallery.

Westminster Schola Cantorum, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College, Princeton. Program including music by Mozart, Brahms, Lauridsen and Mealor. The concert will include the Jersey of “Crossing the Bar” by Anthony Bernarducci, which is a setting of the Tennyson’s poem with the same title, April 13, 8 p.m. $20, $15 seniors/students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663.

Westminster Williamson Voices, Princeton Abbey, 75 Mapleton Road, Princeton. Concert offering the world premiere of Peter Relph’s “Requiem” for a cappella choir and crotales. Also on the program is the premiere of Cortlandt Matthews’ Psalmo, a work using chant improvisation as its expressive vehicle. Works by Whitbourn, MacMillan, Lavoy and Gjiello complete the program of new compositions for choir, April 14, 8 p.m. $20, $15 seniors/ students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663.

Richardson Chamber Players, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Chamber program celebrating African-American composers Daniel Bernard Roumain, Alvin Singleton, George Walker, and Kendall Williams, April 15, 3 p.m. $15; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220.

Westminster Conservatory’s Kaleidoscope Chamber Series, Memorial Chapel on the campus of Rider University, Lawrenceville. Program of music for voice, winds and piano. The recital will feature Craig Levesque’s arrangements of works from the first two decades of the 20th century, as well as two original compositions, April 15, 3 p.m. www.rider.edu/arts; 609- 921-2663.

JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Le Cabaret Francais, The Mansion Inn, 9 So. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Cabaret hosted by Barry Peterson, with lyric books, sing-along and special performing guests, first Wednesday of each month, 7:45-10 p.m. $10 drink minimum; 215-740-7153.

Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Country music concert, March 31, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30; hopewelltheater. com.

Betsayda Machado & Parranda el Clavo, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Betsayda Machado & Parranda el Clavo bring their show of intricate African polyrhythms and percussion, call-and-response singing and close harmonies to the Hopewell Theater, April 5, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30; hopewelltheater.com.

Darla Rich Jazz, Plainsboro Library, 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. Duo consisting of jazz guitarist Rich Tarpinian and upright bassist Darla Isaacs Tarpinian will be joined by David Stier on drums and Tom Tallitsch on saxophone, to kick off a jazz series in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in Plainsboro, April 6, 7 p.m. www. plainsborolibrary.org; 609-275-2897.

Richard Thompson, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Concert by legendary singer-songwriter with special guests Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg,

April 6, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $64.50-$70.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

Patti LaBelle, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert by music legend whose hits include “If Only You Knew,” “When You Talk About Love,” “New Attitude,” “Stir It Up,” “Lady Marmalade,” and “Somebody Loves You Baby,” April 8, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $45$125; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469.

Silkroad Ensemble, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Ensemble for which Yo-Yo Ma is the artistic director. The ensemble’s members change from year to year and hail from more than 20 countries along the routes of the ancient Silk Road, April 9, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $57.50-$97.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

Black Violin, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Classically trained virtuoso violinist/violists Kev Marcus and Wil B merge classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B, April 12, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$45; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469.

Erin Hill, Bordentown Regional Middle School, 50 Dunn’s Mill Road, Bordentown. Concert by electric harp player and her band, April 15, 3 p.m. $20, $5 students; 609-298-5465.

Israband, Rutgers Hillel, 70 College Avenue, New Brunswick. Concert by Israeli cover band as part of an event honoring Israel’s 70th anniversary, April 19, 8:30 p.m. A panel discussion “New Trends in Israeli Music and Dance,” will take place before the concert, beginning at 7 p.m. The panel will feature Dr. Galeet Dardashti, assistant professor of Jewish music and musician-in-residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Dr. Dina Roginsky, a senior lecturer of modern Hebrew language and culture at Yale University. Advance registration is requested: email rsvpBildner@sas.rutgers.edu or call 848-932-2033.

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert featuring Steven Van Zandt, guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and producer who used the “soul hornsmeet-rock ‘n’ roll guitars” approach he first pioneered on Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ classic first three albums, April 29, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $55-$125; www.stnj. org; 732-246-7469.

MUSEUMS

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. “Going for the Gold: Trenton and the Olympics.” There have been 14 Olympic athletes associated with Trenton, from the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games through the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. Only two win medals: a gold and bronze.

Discover who these Olympians are. Olympic posters from 12 Olympics attended by TMS trustee Karl Flesch are on display along with other Olympic memorabilia, through April 29. “The Bigger Picture,” an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by four recognized local artists that have combined forces to make a statement that supports the relationship between larger paintings, sculpture and the timely celebration of cultural differences, through April 29. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m. Sun. 1-4 p.m. www. ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632.

Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from The Phillips Collection.

Exhibit of 38 paintings from The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., offers an analysis of the modernist still life, including rarely seen works by European and American masters such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery, and Georgia O’Keeffe, through April 29. Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” Exhibit reveals the findings at Morven from Hunter Research’s excavation of one of New Jersey’s earliest greenhouses, through June 3. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-9248144.

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 LitSee THINGS TO DO, Page 5B

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THINGS TO DO Continued from Page 4B erature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, especially for children learning how to read, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. “It’s Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America.”

Multimedia exhibit pairs the two iconic documentarians of work life, underscoring how the decade was a dramatic time of transition for the American workforce. It is not simply a look back: many of the themes that Owens and Terkel identified remain strikingly relevant, engaging visitors to consider their own perspectives about working, through July 29. Artists talk with Bill Owens, April during Art After Hours: First Tuesdays. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.

GALLERIES The Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center on the Rider campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. “Outside/Inside,” an exhibit of works by alumna Suzanne Dinger featuring local infrastructures, as well as natural settings, through April 15. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m. For more information, go to www.rider.edu/arts.

Gallery 14, 14 Mercer St., Hopewell. “Sibling Visions,” Paul and Alice Grebanier. Exhibit exploring the idea the idea that siblings have much in common. In the Goodkind Gallery: “The Klotz Throwing Factory” by Bennett Povlow. Photographs of a mill in western Maryland to give a glimpse of a blue-collar world that ended 60 years ago, through April 15. www.photogallery14. com; 609-333-8511.

Millstone River Gallery at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, 100 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro.

“Art for a Wintry Season,” mixed media exhibit featuring works by Lauren Curtis, Mary M. Michaels, Debra Pisacreta, and Mickie Rosen, through April 20. For more information, go to princetonphotoclub.org.

Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. “A Brick Road Worth Following,” featuring the work of Newbery Award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin, through April 26. Reception, April 17, noon to 1 p.m.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session; www.pds.org.

The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Annual “Visual Arts Student Exhibition” featuring works by MCCC students. A range of Mercer’s Visual Arts programs will be represented in the show, including Fine Arts, Advertising and Graphic Design, Digital Arts, Photography and Sculpture, through May 3. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.with Wednesday hours extended until 7 p.m. www.mccc.edu/gallery.

Taplin Gallery at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. “Earth, Fire, Water, Ice, Debris: Five Artists Comment on the Environment,” an exhibit of work dedicated to artists using their visual skills to bring awareness to environmental issues in the world. Helena Bienstock, Diane Burko, Anita Glesta, Susan Hockaday, and Martha Vaughn address climate change, global warming, infrastructure, and additional subjects related to environmental disturbance and destruction, through May 5. artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 65 Olden Street, Princeton University campus. “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” exhibition at World War I and its effect on education, drawing from the university srchives and the public pol-

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Black Violin will perform at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, April 12, 7 p.m.

Classically trained musicians Wil Baptiste (left) and Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester merge classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Tickets cost $25-$45; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. icy papers of Princeton University Library, through June 2018. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. during the academic year; library.princeton.edu.

The Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main St., Cranb ury. Exhibit of photos by members of the Cranbury Digital Camera Club. The photos selected by the photographers for the show depict various themes and subject matter, April 8-27. Reception, April 8, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

COMEDY Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Kate Quigley, April 6-7, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $22; Felipe Esparza, April 12, 7:30 p.m., April 13-14, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $28; Ray William Johnson featuring EpicLLOYD, April 15, 8 p.m., $25;www.stressfactory.com; 732-5454242.

Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Peaches Rodriguez, April 6-7; Vince August, April 13; Jeff Pirrami, April 14; catcharisingstar. com; 609-987-8018.

DANCE Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, April 11, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; Saturday English Country Dance, April 14, 8-11 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.); www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor. Afternoon of dancing, including square dancing, circle mixers, dance games and more, April 29, 12:15 p.m. $10, $5 children; www.bethel.net; 609-443-4454.

Friday Night Folk Dancing, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. One-hour instruction most weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-912-1272.

M R Square Dance Club, Saint Luke’s (Episcopal) Church, 1620 Prospect St. Ewing. Weekly progressive

dances. No prior experience is needed. Please be prompt.

Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; richd1squarerounddancer@msn.com; 609-844-1140.

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An Evening with David Sedaris, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Annual visit by the writer whose new book “Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002” is set to be published in May, April 7, 8 p.m. $78.50$84.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

Book Launch: U.S. 1 Worksheets, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. The U.S.1 Poets’ Cooperative launches Volume 63 of its journal that contains selected works by 142 poets, April 8, 1:15 p.m.

Readings begin at 2 p.m. Free; www.princetonlibrary.org; 609-924-9529.

New Yorker Staff Writer Evan Osnos, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus. Osnos currently focuses on North Korea and the possibility of President Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un, as well as on China and how Xi Jinping is navigating Trump administration policies, April 9, 4:30 p.m. A book sale and signing of Osnos’ book “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China” (2014 National Book Award in nonfiction) will follow the discussion. For more information, go to wws.princeton.edu.

Friends of Princeton Public Library Book Lovers Luncheon, Springdale Golf Club, 1895 Clubhouse Drive, Princeton. Featuring author Lisa See. The fundraising event features a three-course meal and a signed paperback of See’s latest novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” April 11, noon; $75. Tickets can be reserved at princetonlibrary.org/booklovers.

Mercer County Genealogy Society, Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road. Program titled “The Intersection of Genetics and Genealogy.” Anthony May will provide a guide to selecting the right DNA test, understanding your results in the context of your family tree and present examples of how those with little to no knowledge of their family history can make big discoveries, April 15, 7:30 p.m. www.bethel.net; 609-443-4454.

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PACET PICS April 6 ‘Song of Granite’ at Garden Theatre Filmmaker Pat Collins will screen and discuss his feature film, “Song of Granite,” a portrayal of the life of singer Joe Heaney, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau St., Princeton.

The film provides a portrait of the artist, covering his childhood in Connemara in the 1930s, his travels throughout the U.K. and U.S. in the 1960s, and then his reflection on his past and his legacy as an elderly man in the U.S. Admission is free. For more information, go to arts. princeton.edu.

April 7 Wine and yoga at Terhune Terhune Orchards will host a wine and yoga event, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Terhune Wine Barn.

The one-hour, all-levels yoga class will be taught by Mecquel, followed by Terhune Orchards wine. Celebrate spring with a session to increase flexibility, stress reduction and circulatory health.

Bring your own yoga mat.

Admission costs $28 and includes a glass of Terhune wine or a wine tasting flight.

To register, go to www. terhuneorchards.com or call 609-924-2310.

April 8 Holocaust Heroism program Adath Israel Congregation with the Rider University Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust / Genocide Resource Center will present a Yom HaShoah Service and Program, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Yom HaShoah is known as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day to honor and commemorate the approximately 6 million Jews who perished in the Shoah.

Lindsey Warren will be the featured speaker on the topic “From Death to Life: The Role of Theater In PostHolocaust Healing.”

Adath Israel Congregation is located at 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. For more information, go to www.adathisraelnj.org or call 609-896-4977.

April 10 Motorola CEO at Rider The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics will host Chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions, Inc. Greg Brown at Rider University.

Brown’s talk, “Securing the homeland, foundational for successful foreign policy,” will focus on how leadership and culture change serve as anchors to influence policy for homeland security.

The opening reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center with the program and Q&A session starting at 7 p.m.

Admission is free. To register, go to www.rider.edu/ brown.

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Princeton University Concerts announces 2018-19 slate The series’ 125th season will include lots of music and a residency by Gustavo Dudamel

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When Marna Seltzer became the director of Princeton University Concerts in September 2010, she envisioned a series that not only presented exciting programming exploring new areas of classical and chamber music, but also an organization that responded to its community and became a part of that community. With the announcement of its 2018-19 season last week, it would seem that Princeton University Concerts has achieved just that.

It is a season featuring new initiatives, including a residency by one of the hottest conductors around, a new series showcasing musicians from around the world, and a special event concert by Bobby McFerrin.

There also, of course, will be the concerts - the classic series, Performances Up Close Series, and two shows for kids and families.

It adds up to what seems like a banner 125th anniversary season for Princeton University Concerts, though Seltzer said there wasn’t a plan for all of these elements to come together for the milestone.

“The process has been a lot more organic, and it’s been rooted in trying to respond to the community and trying to respond to what people want, and also trying to go in new areas that create a bigger community,” Seltzer said.

“It’s incredibly satisfying to see that happen.”

One of the season’s hallmarks is PUC’s first artist-in-residence program, with Gustavo Dudamel, the Venezuelan violinist and conductor who is the conductor for Venezuela’s famed Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, and also is the music and artistic director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

“We talked about having an artist-in-residence for a long time and have explored a number of different options,” Seltzer say.

“But again, I did not go into the planning saying, ‘We want to have Gustavo Dudamel do the residence.'” Instead, in thinking about PUC’s 125th season, Seltzer looked at the group’s archives and noticed that during its first 40 or 50 years, the series was a destination for major orchestras.

PUC’s history includes Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as regular visits by the New York Philharmonic.

Seltzer considered bringing in an orchestra to perform, but then decided against it, partly because of all the orchestra concerts that happen in Princeton, and because many PUC subscribers also go to orchestra concerts in Philadelphia and New York.

“It just didn’t seem to be something that was going to distinguish us in the way I try to do with all the programs,” Seltzer said. “The next leap was to think, ‘Well if we can have any orchestra that might fit that bill, what would it be?'” That led to her reaching out to the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra several years ago. Seltzer was talking with Dudamel’s manager, and found out the conductor was interesting in engaging with the Princeton campus.

“It seemed like the idea of doing an extended residency like this, which he’s never done before, was something that was on his mind,” Seltzer said. “So the conversations went from there.”

The residency will involve three visits to the Princeton campus by Dudamel and a concert series, curated by Dudamel, coinciding with those visits. The concert feature musicians who are associated with Dudamel.

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Gustavo Dudamel will curate a series of concerts and conduct Princeton University’s orchestra and glee club as part of his residency with Princeton University Concerts.

String Quartet will perform a programming tied to the them, “Art & the Americas.” Dudamel will bring to Richardson Auditorium a string quartet consisting of principals from the orchestra.

On Jan. 7, 2019, musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform a program exploring “Art & Faith,” which will include a new work by Juri Seo, as well as music by Mozart and Arvo Part.

On April 23, 2019, Ensemble Berlin, featuring members of the Berlin Philharmonic, will perform a program that will include a new work by Steven Mackey, as well as music by Wagner and Schubert.

The final concerts of the residency will feature the Princeton University Orchestra and the Princeton University Glee Club, conducted by Dudamel.

There will be two performances of a program featuring music

by Schubert, as well as Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The first concert will take place April 26, 2019, at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.

It will be fundraiser for a new education program created and inspired by Dudamel, allowing Princeton students to continue teaching private music lessons in Trenton.

The second performance will take place April 27, 2019, at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. This free concert will include a multimedia presentation to accommodate “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Dudamel’s residency also will see him talking with seminar students, and making several visits to Trenton to work with students.

“We’ve tried to be as collaborative as we can, but we really have not done something that’s so multifaceted on campus before,” Seltzer said. “But I’ve wanted to, and this really gives us the chance to work with a lot of different partners.”

Those partners include the Princeton University Art Museum, the Center for Human Values and the Woodrow Wilson School.

“The campus-wide engagement is going to be a really special feature — for him and for us,” Seltzer said. “He’s never done anything like this before.”

The other new element for PUC’s 125th season is the Crossroads series, which grew out of the Performances Up Close intimate chamber concerts.

Crossroads aims to bring artists together from around the world to perform chamber music concerts. Seltzer said one of the

motivations behind Crossroads was to expand on the definition of chamber music.

“And to plumb all of the possibilities of the more intimate side of chamber music,” she said, adding that the concerts also will spotlight music’s ability to create conversation and tell stories.

The first Crossroads concert will take place Nov. 8 and will feature banjo player Abigail Washburn and the Chinese musician Wu Fei, who plays an instrument called a guzheng, a string instrument that has been around for 2,000 years. Fei and Washburn met during Washburn’s travels to China (Washburn speaks fluent Chinese) and found out that her bluegrass and Fei’s Chinese music have much in common.

The Crossroads series will continue Feb. 14, 2019, with a performance by vocalist/composer Gabriel Kahane of his work, “8980: Book of Travelers.” Kahane wrote the song cycle following his travels of the country by train after the 2016 election.

“It tells the story of how people were feeling the day after the election, in all different facets, it doesn’t take a particular point of view,” Seltzer said. “But it also weaves in his own history, stories his grandmother told him from a diary that she kept. He does it in a really magical way and it all comes together to create a very contemporary song cycle that I think is mostly Americana.”

The final Crossroads concert, “Avital Meets Avital,” will take place April 16, 2019. Avi Avital, mandolin player, and Omer Avital, bass player (the two are not related), will blend jazz and classical with Moroccan, North African, Israeli and Mediterranean Seltzer said Crossroads continues PUC’s presentations of concerts to demonstrate the chamber music can be more than string quartets.

“I want people to understand that that quality they love about chamber music, that they love about a string quartet, that sort of intimate one-on-one communication, exists in a lot of other music,” she said. “Having this series kind of packages what we’ve been doing in single events for the last few years.”

PUC also will continue its Performance Up Close series with three concerts featuring the Takacs String Quartet playing Schubert’s String Quartet in C Major, D. 956 (Oct. 17); as well as a group that will perform Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” (Feb. 6, 2019); and a performance of Schubert’s Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major D. 803 (Feb. 19, 2019).

The bedrock of Princeton University Concerts’ seasons is its Concert Classics Series, which will open Oct. 11 with a performance by the Jerusalem String Quartet playing music

by Strauss, Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky.

On Dec. 13, clarinet player Martin Frost and pianist Henrik Mawe will perform music for clarinet and piano.

Famed cellist Steven Isserlis will perform a program titled “Composers and Their Muses,” with pianist Connie Shih, Feb. 28, 2019.

Pianists Alexander Melnikov and Andreas Staier wil perform Schubert’s found-hand piano music, March 14, 2019.

March 28 will see a concert by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Polina Leschenko on piano. The program will feature music by Bartok, Poulenc, Ensecu and Ravel.

“People say she is the wild child of the violin,” Seltzer said of Kopatchinskaja. “She is someone who is incapable of giving a boring performance.

She plays in bare feet, she does things in a completely unexpected way.”

Continuing the series is the Takacs String Quartet (April 4); the Australian Chamber Orchestra (April 11); and the Ebene String Quartet (May 2).

PUC also will present two family concerts, “Baby Got Back,” Nov. 3, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with the Princeton Girlchoir performing “The Girl Who Love Wild Horses,” based on the story by Paul Goble.

The Richardson Chamber Players will play two concerts — Nov. 11 and Feb. 10.

Princeton University Concerts also will host two special events during this banner season — a concert by mezzosoprano Joyce Didonato on March 10, titled “Songplay,” will explore Italian Baroque and its thread to the American songbook.

The first special concert will open the season when Bobby McFerrin will perform a concert titled “Circlesongs,” Sept.

21. He will improvise shared sound with the Princeton University Glee Club and will lead the audience in a call-and-response.

“I wanted him to open the season because if I had to boil down the biggest priority for me with the series it would be creating community,” Seltzer said. “Making people feel like they belong and that they’re part of something and making sure that community is really expansive. And I feel like Bobby McFerrin embodies that. “ She notes McFerrin, throughout his career, has encouraged his audiences to sing — even the people who don’t think they can sing.

“We all have a voice and he gets everybody doing it and everybody participating and everybody’s sounding pretty great,” Seltzer said. “He’s a musical inspiration.”

And people who associate McFerrin with his hit, “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” will find out there’s much more to him.

“It was about finding someone who can stand on stage and make every single person in the audience feel joy — just unadulterated joy — for music,” Seltzer said. “He wants everyone in the world to use their voice to make music.”

Single tickets will go on sale online only, July 2. Subscriptions will go on sale in May. For more information, go to www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org or call 609-258-2800.

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A Book Lover’s Delight in Princeton

By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor

For something that’s called “A Little Literary Festival,” there’s a lot going on during Salon on Stockton.

The two-day event taking place at the Center of Theological Inquiry, April 1314, is devoted to authors who discuss their works.

“This year’s Salon theme is ‘War and Migration,’ and is part of the wider Princeton community collaboration on Migrations,” said Will Storrar, the director of the center who helped start the festival two years ago. “The highlight is that we have four working journalists who have turned to both fiction and non-fiction to explore the impact of war on displaced lives.”

Salon on Stockton: A Little Literary Festival in Princeton is a collaboration between the center and Morven Museum & Garden. The first was held in June of 2016.

“I had the idea that our two fine main buildings, CTI’s Luce Hall [named after Henry Luce, founder of Time Magazine], and Morven, the historic home of Richard Stockton, across the street from one another, would provide a marvelous setting for the present-day equivalent of an 18thcentury literary salon, where people could meet to discuss books and ideas with the authors and one another in the intimate and informal setting of a beautiful drawing room,” Storrar said. “I also thought it would be a distinctive contribution to the literary life of Princeton to bring writers from the U.K., and especially my native Scotland, as well as the United States, to offer an international program in this intimate setting of a salon.”

Lynne Olson is among the authors who are set to participate in this year’s Salon on Stockton.

The event will kickoff April 13 with a meet-the-authors reception and a panel titled “Covering War: Journalism in Conversation” with authors Neal Ascherson and Christopher Dickey. Also participating is Stanley Cloud, former Saigon and White House bureau chief for Time magazine.

April 14 will focus on the participating authors. Sally Magnusson is a Scottish au-

thor and journalist for the BBC. She and Storrar will discuss her first work of fiction, “The Sealwoman’s Gift,” about the 17th-century Icelandic slave raids by Algerian corsairs.

“It is based on a true story of abduction from Iceland to North Africa in the 17th century, which she has turned into a gripping tale of how an Icelandic woman survived by telling the sagas of her native land — and Sally’s own heritage from her Icelandic father,” Storrar said.

Christopher Dickey, Paris-based editor for The Daily Best, will discuss his book, “Our Man in Charleston,” which tells the true story of a U.K. diplomat and secret agent on the south during the United States’ civil war.

Bestselling audience Lynne Olson will talk about her latest book, “Last Hope Island,” about the governments, citizens and military who migrated to London while their countries were under Nazi occupation.

“It’s the story of the World War II part-

nership between Britain and occupied Europe,” Olson said. “What drew me to the subject that it’s been so unexplored. No other historian has looked at this in detail — how Britain, as the last European country to hold out against Hitler, provided a refuge for the leaders of a number of nations that had already been defeated, enabling them to set up governments in exile to help defeat Germany. In return, they and thousands of their compatriots made crucial contributions to Britain’s survival and the eventual Allied victory.”

Olsen has written seven history books, including six that have focused on England before and during the war.

“I’m often asked why I’ve done that,” she said. “And the answer is simple: It was such a dramatic, historic period, not only for England but for the world. It’s the story of a country’s struggle for survival against the strongest military force in history. It’s the story of the extraordinary leadership of Winston Churchill and the courage of British citizens in waging that fight. But it’s also the story of a city — one that I consider the most spectacular place in the world during that time. And that city, of course, is London.”

To end the event, British journalist and author Neal Ascherson, known as an expert on Poland and Eastern Europe, will talk about his first novel, “The Death of Fronsac,” set during World War II. After Ascherson’s talk, all of the authors will join together for a group conversation.

Storrar said CTI and Morven collaborated on the project because both organizations are educational institutions that are concerned with creative thinkers, artists and ideas.

“And so it seemed natural to offer a different kind of book event, a ‘little literary festival’ where a smaller audience — 30 to 40 people in a drawing room together, rather than a hundred or more in a lecture hall or big tent — could discuss books and ideas face to face with the international and cross-cultural panel of thinkers and authors we invite each year.”

Labyrinth Books also participates, running a Salon bookstall where signed copies of books by the authors are for sale.

Tickets cost $10 per session, $30 for an all-day pass. For tickets, go to visit www. morven.org or call 609-924-8144, ext. 133.

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LOOSE ENDS

Pam Hersh

Corner House Builds on Its Mission Helping young people and their families dealing with substance abuse and other emotional issues

Princeton native Wendy Jolley is preparing for a very eventful week. On Thursday, April 12, she will survive a traumatic car crash involving fatalities. The following night, Friday the 13th, will prove to be an even luckier, but equally memorable day.

She will be honored at the Corner House Spring Benefit at which she will receive the Marie L. Matthews award for her work as chair of the Corner House board and two decades of “amazing dedication” to the mission of Corner House, said Corner House Executive Director Gary De Blasio. By means of leadership, prevention, treatment, and outreach programs, Corner House Behavioral Health, celebrating its 45th birthday, promotes the health and well being of Princeton area young people and their families, as they confront substance abuse and other emotional issues.

The award, Jolley said, is “wonderful, but unnecessary.” The car crash is “scary, but so necessary.” It is “her baby” — perhaps an odd way to describe a car crash, but an appropriate way to describe an educational simulation of a horrific car crash. It is just one way Jolley, as chair of the Corner House Board, helps fulfill the mission of the organization. Princeton’s police department, fire department, rescue squad, along with the Mather Hodge Funeral Home and the Princeton High School technology and grounds departments will team up with Corner House and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) to deliver a powerful and non-virtual message about the dangers of drinking and/or engaging in any other distracting activity while driving.

“The crash reenactment is so real that some students watching the reenactment have gotten hysterical and freaked out,” said Jolley, who started coordinating the car crash simulation several years ago when her daughter was in high school and president of SADD. “More than 800 high school students watch this riveting event [on Walnut Lane between the high school and middle school campuses]. I still get chills even though I have lived through the crash several times.

As part of the event, John Witherspoon Middle School students write letters to their “friends” in high school to say how much the middle-school kids care about their older high school colleagues and implore them to refrain from drinking and driving. The letters get delivered to the high school homerooms the day after the crash.

The mother of four grown girls, all of whom attended Princeton schools at the same time as my kids, became involved in Corner House “just because it was the right thing to do,” she said.

“I have had a wonderful life in Princeton — both as a child growing up here and as an adult raising my own children here,” Jolley says. “I am so lucky that my own family never experienced challenges or tragedies related to drugs

Wendy Jolley is being honored during Corner House’s April 13 spring benefit. The day before, she will participate in a re-enactment to educate students about the dangers of drunk driving. or alcohol. But trained as a teacher, I value connecting with kids. And it pains me so much to see the trauma that drug and alcohol issues inflict on kids and their families.

Two families with whom we were very close went through heart-breaking experiences. I needed no personal tragedy to motivate me to get involved — I feel the pain of so many living here who have faced such difficult challenges.

In addition to her Corner House commitment toward the health and well being of children, Jolley has has led the parent-teacher organizations at the high school, middle school and Riverside Elementary School.

Her own childhood in Princeton was “idyllic.” Her 93-year-old father Wesley McCaughan still lives on Snowden Lane and currently participates in the locally renowned “ROMEOS — Retired Old Men Eating Out.” Before he became a ROMEO, he was a teacher (and later an administrator) at the Miss Fine School and Princeton Country Day School (now Princeton Day School), where his students included Robert Mueller and Christopher Reeve. Jolley’s mother, who died six years ago, was Pete Callaway’s first hire in his real estate business. Wendy met her husband, recently retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Jolley, on a blind date when she was living in New York.

The statistics reported in Corner House’s 2017 Report to the Community are sobering. In the span of two years between 2014 and 2016, client use of opiates/heroin climbed to a level of almost 22 percent from 9 percent in 2014.

Alcohol use increased to 43 percent. The 2016 prevention and treatment statistics, however, provide hope that Corner House is a crucial weapon in the battle to keep those use statistics as low as possible. Two hundred and eleven students participated in prevention leadership and outreach programs. A total of 3,900 individuals were served by various prevention activities. And Corner House provided more than 2,500 “intensive outpatient treatment episodes.”

“Corner House treatment programs serve hundreds of individuals yearly through our customized outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care,” De Blasio said in his message within the Corner House 2017 Report. “In our treatment programs, we also are seeing the impact of the current opiate epidemic sweeping the nation and our community. Our clinical team continues to adjust its approach with evidenced-based practices to meet the changing needs for each client.”

In the summer of 1972 Nancy Gryzbek and Dr. Shirley Van Ferney opened the doors of Corner House Counseling Center. Situated at the “corner” of Witherspoon and Henry Streets, the agency was started by a group of Princeton residents hoping to find a way to help the youth in their community deal with substance use and abuse issues.

Princeton Borough and Princeton Township and a grant from Mercer County originally funded Corner House. The Princeton Medical Center, concerned with the rising drug and alcohol problems in Princeton, leased the little corner house to the agency for $1 per year to serve as a “place where caring people-professional[s] and non-professionals [would] offer a variety of services to drug users and their families,” according to the agency’s website.

In 1972-1973 the entire budget for the agency was $32,500. Today, the entire budget is almost 1 million dollars needed to respond to the “escalating demands of the community,” said De Blasio, who noted that the operation is no longer in the “corner house” location, but rather in the building that once housed the municipal operations of Princeton Borough at one Monument Drive.

“Decades ago, few in Princeton wanted to believe that our community had a drug problem,” Jolley said. “It was [former Princeton Township mayor] Jim Floyd who raised the alarm bells and said unequivocally that ‘we have a drug problem in this town and we have to deal with it.”

“People may assume that my being honored means I am going away. I am going nowhere,” Jolley said. “This is no a pet charity for me, no casual commitment; I am adhering to Jim’s mandate and dealing with the problem in any way I can.”

Corner House’s “Down at the Shore” spring benefit will take place at the Boathouse at Mercer Lake, West Windsor, April 13, 6:30 p.m. For more information, go to www. cornerhousenj.org.

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HEALTH MATTERS

Dr. Shali Shah

Spring is here and so are seasonal allergies Spring is here. Time to open up the windows, get outside and breathe in that fresh air.

Or not.

For millions of Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, springtime brings with it a range of uncomfortable symptoms that can make life miserable.

Relief, however, is possible with a visit to your doctor and a treatment approach that is right for you.

Allergies on the rise Allergies are the sixthleading cause of chronic illness in the United States, affecting more than 50 million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

And that number continues to rise.

Research shows that increased temperatures associated with climate change are causing trees and plants to produce more pollen over a longer period of time.

Moreover, while springtime is prime allergy season, more than twothirds of spring allergy sufferers have symptoms all year long.

An overreaction Allergies are an overreaction of the immune system to an allergen, an otherwise harmless substance that your body perceives as an invader.

In response, your body

attacks the invader by producing antibodies that trigger cells to release histamine and other chemicals, causing an allergic reaction.

Pollen and mold are the most common causes of seasonal allergies.

Spring allergy season, when tree pollen is at its peak, starts as early as February and extends into early summer.

Pollen from grasses and weeds can trigger allergies in the late summer and early fall, and as fall progresses, mold rates rise.

People who experience allergy symptoms year round, may be reacting to indoor allergens such as dust mites and pet dander.

Itching and sneezing Allergy symptoms can range from mild to severe, and may include: • Itchy, watery eyes • Itching of the nose or roof of mouth • Sneezing • Coughing • Runny or stuffy nose • Fatigue Additionally, allergies can exacerbate asthma and also increase the risk for sinus infections.

Certain people, such as those with family history of allergies or who move to a new environment, may be more predisposed to allergies.

Effective treatments A visit to an allergist can help identify your

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allergy triggers and determine a treatment approach.

Treatment ranges from avoiding your triggers to medication to immunotherapy, commonly referred to as allergy shots.

A number of medications to control allergy symptoms, including oral antihistamines and decongestants, nasal sprays and eye drops, are available over the counter. Others may require a prescription.

In many cases, finding the medication that is right for you takes some trial and error. One that may work well for one person may cause side effects like grogginess in another.

For people with a history of seasonal allergies, allergists may recommend beginning medications to manage symptoms two weeks prior to the start of symptoms.

Avoiding allergy triggers While it’s almost im-

possible to avoid allergy triggers completely, there are strategies you can adopt to help minimize exposure and reduce symptoms, including: • Monitoring pollen levels and knowing when they’re at their highest.

During spring and summer, pollen levels are highest in the evening. In late summer and early fall, pollen levels are highest in the morning • Staying inside when pollen levels are high or on dry, windy days • Keeping windows in your home and car shut during allergy season • Wearing sunglasses to protect your eyes from allergens • Wearing a filter mask when mowing the lawn or doing chores outside during allergy season • Taking a shower, washing your hair and changing your clothes after working or playing outdoors In addition, if you are allergic to pet dander be sure to have your pet bathed and groomed regularly and do not allow your pet to sleep in your bedroom. To control dust mites, protect your mattress and pillow with allergy encasings, vacuum rugs, wash bedding in hot water weekly and install a high quality disposable air filter in your central air system.

Learn more Penn Medicine Princ-

eton Health, through its Community Education & Outreach Program, will host a discussion on managing seasonal allergies from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, at the Hamilton YMCA John K. Rafferty Branch, 1315 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Suite 100, Conference Rooms A & B, Hamilton.

To register for the free session or for more infor-

mation, g to www.princetonhcs.org/calendar or call 888-897-8979.

To find an allergist affiliated with Penn Medicine Princeton Health, go to www.princetonhcs.org or call 888-742-7496.

Shaili Shah, M.D., is board certified in allergy and immunology, and a member of the medical staff of Penn Medicine Princeton Health.

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