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Between the Lines: Rotary Club’s Flags For Heroes Display Set for RWJ Grounds

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lag sponsorships are now available for the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton’s popular Flags for Heroes display at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton.

Residents and businesses can honor their personal heroes by sponsoring a 3’x5’ American flag to be flown from Nov. 1-18 on the hospital grounds along White Horse-Hamilton Square Road and Klockner Road.

Flag sponsorships, starting at $60 for individuals and $300 for businesses, can be purchased from the Rotary Club’s website, www.RHRotary.org. The deadline for sponsorships is Thursday, October 20.

Each donor will receive a digital certificate, a keepsake flag medallion with their name, message, and hero’s name, and acknowledgement on the display banner at RWJUH/Hamilton and on the Rotary Club’s website.

Net proceeds from Flags for Heroes will be donated to non-profit organizations in Mercer County, including the Mercer County Military Action Council, which will help finance an active U.S. military member’s return to their family during military leave.

The third annual Flags for Heroes display will fill the prominent hospital field with an expected 300 flags honoring family members, teachers, veterans, active military, first responders and others who have made a mark in a person’s life. A Community Field Dedication and Veterans Day ceremony will be held on the grounds on Saturday, November 5, from 11 am to noon.

“This year’s Flags for Heroes event is especially important because our Club is celebrating its 30th anniversary of service to the community,” said Kalpana Patel, president of the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton. “We hope this patriotic flag display will help inspire those who pass by or visit.”

“We are inviting local individuals and businesses to sponsor an American flag so that we may continue our efforts to assist those in need,” said Bill Coleman, chairperson of the Rotary Club’s Flag For Heroes committee. “This is a great opportunity for people to honor their hero and to make everyone aware in a moving display.”

For more information about the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton and its charitable initiatives, email info@RHRotary.org or visit www.RHRotary.org.

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Preservation Efforts Rewarded at Annual Ceremony

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reservation New Jersey, a statewide member-supported nonprofit historic preservation organization based in Trenton, has announced the recipients of the 2022 New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards, several of which are for projects related to the Princeton region.

A celebration of the award recipients takes place Wednesday, October 12, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the 1867 Sanctuary at 101 Scotch Road, Ewing. The event includes food, drinks, music, and networking followed by the awards presen-

tation. Cost: $75. For tickets or more information, visit www.preservationnj.org.

Award winners from the Princeton region include:

The Princeton Battlefield Society, awarded a David H. Knights New Preservation Initiatives Award for its “Eyewitness of the American Revolution” project.

The Princeton Battlefield Society developed an educational initiative to relate individual experiences and reactions to the Battle of Princeton as well as to each of the Ten Crucial Days of 1776-77. Larry Kidder, historian and author, researched and wrote the 28 firstperson narratives of our Eyewitness of the American Revolution cards. Each card represents an “eyewitness” who told a unique, personal “story.”

The Princeton Battlefield Society is the officially recognized friends organization of the Princeton Battlefield State Park and hosts programs, events, and initiatives that underscore American Revolutionary War history and New Jersey’s pivotal role in the struggle.

Debra Koehler of New Brunswick-based DI Group Architecture, also awarded the David H. Knights award, for “NJ Trenton Central High School Interpretive Graphics and Artifact Installation.”

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former building stood for 83 years before being razed, starting in 2015. As part of this project, selected architecturally significant columns, capitals, pediments, mosaics, and other artifacts from the demolition of the original historic structure were salvaged, preserved, and repurposed into the design of the replacement school, along with interpretive graphic displays.

DI Group Architecture was born of a collaboration of diverse firms united in “Architecture for Change” — a belief and commitment to transformative designs that connect us, improve lives, and enrich and strengthen communities.

DIG partnered with Ernest Bock and Sons to provide design-build services to the NJ Schools Development Authority in the construction of the new Trenton Central High School.

Karen Yang of West Windsor, awarded the Dr. Doris C. Carpenter Excellence Award for the “William Penn, Native Americans & Morven” project.

The project highlights the Indigenous people of New Jersey and all those who came before the European settlers, effectively elevating their voices and shining more light on contextualizing European arrival and colonization while considering the Lenape perspective on these interactions. The upcoming

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website presenting this story will focus on William Penn and his purchases of land in New Jersey from the Lenni Lenape tribe and the subsequent New Jersey landowners of this specific plot of land. Of particular interest are the Stockton family’s property and the property upon which Morven Museum and Gardens now rests.

Jessie L. Havens of Belle Mead, awarded the Constance Greiff Writing Award.

For more than 50 years Jessie Havens has researched and studied the history of Somerset County. For 25 of those years, she wrote “Hindsight,” a weekly column in the Somerset Messenger-Gazette.

Through her numerous publications, she has shared the history of Somerville and Somerset County with a wide audience. She has been presented with proclamations from Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, and the New Jersey Legislature.

FREE UPCOMING HEALTH EDUCATION EVENTS

Celebrate Princeton Innovation

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rom fusion power to genome editing, the future of science, technology, and industry will be on display at the annual Celebrate Princeton Innovation event that honors the discoveries and entrepreneurial spirit of faculty, post-doc, and student researchers in a range of fields. The free event takes place Thursday, October 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Frick Chemistry Atrium on Washington Road. Registration via EventBrite is required. For more information, visit innovation. princeton.edu.

The program includes remarks by provost Deborah Prentice, dean for research Pablo Debenedetti, and vice dean for innovation Craig Arnold. The keynote speaker is Miquel Vila-Perelló, CEO of SpliceBio, a Barcelona-based gene therapy startup based on discoveries made at Princeton in the lab of late chemistry professor Thomas Muir.

The event also includes the opportunity to learn about the work being done by 10 researchers leading work in technology and life sciences fields. They are: Britt Adamson, assistant professor of molecular biology, “Improvements to genome editing technology by manipulating DNA repair.”

Michael Hecht, professor of chemistry; Leah Spangler, postdoctoral research associate; and Sarangan Chari, senior chemist, “Semiconductor quantum dots using artificial proteins.”

Monday, October 24, 2022 | 6 p.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting

Are you having a difficult time with lingering breathing issues and other long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection? Join DR. DIANA KOLMAN, a board certified and fellowship trained interventional pulmonologist, to discuss lung issues related to the coronavirus and treatment options available for those suffering from long COVID-19. DR. KRISTINA MCGUIRE, a licensed clinical psychologist, will discuss the psychological symptoms associated with long COVID-19, coping strategies and behavioral health treatments.

The Many Types of Arthritis

Thursday, October 27, 2022 | 10 a.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting

Arthritis is a general term referring to joint pain or joint disease that is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. But did you know that there are more than 100 different types of arthritic conditions? Join DR. SEHRIS KHAWAJA, a fellowship trained rheumatologist, for an informative lecture about the many types of joint pain conditions and how to manage them.

Peter Jaffé, professor of civil engineering, “Bioremediation of long-lasting contaminants.”

Lindy McBride, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and neuroscience, “Synthetic blends for manipulation of mosquito behavior.”

Maksim Mezhericher, research scholar, and Howard A. Stone, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, “Rapid dehydration of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.”

Felix Heide, assistant professor of computer science, “Salt-grainsized camera that produces highquality images.”

Rodney Priestley, dean of the graduate school, and Xiaohui Xu, post-doctoral research associate, “Solar-driven system for water purification.”

Xiaoxiao Shen, graduate student in politics, “An integrated and interactive chat suite for online discussions.”

Barry Rand, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, “Perovskite lasers for optical communications.”

David Gates, managing research physicist, advanced projects department head, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, “Advanced concepts for stellarator fusion energy.”

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DAY-BY-DAY EVENTS, OCTOBER 12 TO 19

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Good Causes

While many venues have re turned to hosting in-person events, others are still taking place online. Event descriptions specify if an event is being held virtually or in a hybrid format. To include your virtual or in-person event in this section email events@princeton info.com.

Wednesday October 12 Live Music

Blues Night and Jam, Cooper’s Riverview Event Complex, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609393-7300. www.coopersnj.com.

Featuring classic blues standards and blues influenced rock tunes hosted by the house band: Lance Reichert, guitar; Edison Wilson, vocals/bass; and Joe Falcey, drums. Sign up to sit in with the band starts at 7 p.m. Amps pro vided. Vocalist please bring a mic. No cover charge. 7 to 10 p.m.

On Stage

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musi cal re-imagined in an all-new pro duction. $70 to $75. 2 p.m.

The Wolves McCarter Theater 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. $45 to $60. 7:30 p.m.

Her Portmanteau, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents The ater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www. georgestreetplayhouse.org. Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Ni gerian family in America. $25 to $70. 8 p.m.

Dancing

Contra Dance, Princeton Coun try Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princ eton. www.princetoncountrydanc ers.org. Lesson followed by dance. $10. Masks required. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Literati

Reading by Jamil Jan Kochai, Lewis Center for the Arts, Wal lace Theater, Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University. arts.prince ton.edu. 2022-23 Hodder Fellow Jamil Jan Kochai reads from his latest short story collection, “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories.” His stories bring his con temporary Afghan characters to life, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan dias pora in America. Free, no ticket required. 4:30 p.m.

Benefit Galas

Taste of Hope Attitudes in Re verse, Princeton Marriott at For restal, 100 College Road East, Princeton. www.toh.ngo. Cuisine from New Jersey’s finest chefs,

Violin Debut

Elina Vähälä makes her Princeton Symphony Orchestra debut performing Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, in Richardson Auditorium.

gift auction, and cash bar. Honor ees are Larry Bailin, founder, president, and CEO, Single Throw Marketing; Ricardo Almei da, founder, Ricardo Almeida Bra zilian Jiu Jitsu Academy; and Erin Popolo, Community Student Ad vocate. Register. $125. 6 to 9 p.m.

Comedy

David Sedaris, McCarter The ater, 91 University Place, Prince ton, 609-258-2787. www.mccart er.org. Presentation by one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. $60 to $70. 7:30 p.m.

Mental Health

Self-Care Series: Mindfulness, Princeton House Behavioral Health, 609-897-8982. www. princetonhcs.org/events. Series of free events presented by Princ eton Health and Princeton House experts. Register. 7 p.m.

Wellness

Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Con nect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Pre serve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural sys tems with Priscilla Hayes. Regis ter. Pay what you can, $8 and up. 8 to 9 a.m.

Lectures

The Queer Housewives and Hus bands of New Jersey, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Program uses court cases to re think LGBTQ+ rights, marriage, and the law. Presented by Alison Lefkovitz, associate professor in the Federated History Depart ment at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers Uni versity-Newark. Register to ho peprogs@mcl.org for link to pro gram. 7 p.m.

Schools

College Admissions for Home schooled Applicants, Princeton Learning Cooperative, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, 609-8512522. www.princetonlearningco operative.org. Panel includes Robin Lancaster, an admissions officer from St. John’s College; Barbara Rapaport, a homeschool ing advisor; and Alison Snieckus, a leader in the Self-Directed Edu cation movement. Via Zoom. Register. 7 to 8 p.m.

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team navigating high pressure games and a growing under standing of their complicated world. Recommended for ages 12 and up. $45 to $60. 7:30 p.m.

Blues in My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson Passage Theater, Mill Hill Play house, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. www.passagetheatre. org. It’s 1959. Chris, a local DJ, gets word that legendary jazz and blues musician Lonnie Johnson is working a low-wage job at a Philly hotel, forgotten. Once found, Lon nie is reluctant to return to an in dustry that exploited and segre gated his work before casting him aside. Preview performance. $25 to $30. 7:30 p.m.

CASA for Children Information Session CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties, 1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22, Ewing, 609-434-0050. www. casamb.org. Information session for prospective volunteers. Noon.

Benefit Galas

Shining Lights Gala, Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County, Hilton Garden Inn, 800 Route 130, Hamilton, 609-3939922. www.icgmc.org. 14th annu al gala is “A Celebration of Lead ership and Compassion” honoring Elizabeth Solan and the Law rence Township Community Foundation. Music from Sargent DJ Entertainment, auction, raffle, fine dining, dancing, and games. Register. $75. 6 to 9 p.m.

Farm Markets

Princeton Farmers Market, Dinky Station Parking Lot, Alexan der Street, Princeton. www.princ etonfarmersmarket.com. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gardens

Thursday Night Nature, Bow man’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www. bhwp.org. Series of guest lectures via Zoom. “What Is Native? Con text Matters” with Amy Highland. Register. $15. 7 to 8 p.m.

Lectures

Classical Music

Geneva Lewis and Audrey Vardanega Princeton Universi ty Concerts, Richardson Audito rium, Princeton University. con certs.princeton.edu. The 24-yearold violinist and 27-year-old pia nist offer a program of works by Beethoven, Fazil Say, William Grant Still, and Robert Schumann. $30 to $50. 7:30 p.m.

Jazz & Blues

Yvonnivk Prene Trio, New Brunswick Jazz Project, Tavern on George, 361 George Street, New Brunswick, 732-640-0001. www.nbjp.org. 7 to 10 p.m.

On Stage

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musi cal re-imagined in an all-new pro duction. $70 to $75. 2 and 7:30 p.m.

The Wolves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. Sarah de Lappe’s drama about nine young women on a competitive high school soccer

Her Portmanteau George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents The ater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www. georgestreetplayhouse.org. Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Ni gerian family in America. $25 to $70. 8 p.m.

The Price Is Right Live State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-246-7469. www.statetheatrenj.org. Live stage presentation of the iconic game show with Emmy-winning host Todd Newton. $25 to $150. 8 p.m.

Film

Sisters with Transistors, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven. org. Screening of the 2020 docu mentary celebrating women who pioneered electronic music fol lowed by a virtual discussion with Laurie Spiegel, a composer and computer programmer who worked at Bell Labs in the 1970s. Register. $20; $10 virtual. 6:30 p.m.

18 1/2, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. www.hopewellthe ater.com. In 1974, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon’s Watergate tapes, but her

The Race to Address Flooding in Princeton Princeton Public Li brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.princetonlibrary. org. Learn how the Municipality of Princeton, Princeton University and the Watershed Institute are using history, high-tech and inno vative green infrastructure de signs to protect the town from flooding. 10 a.m. to noon.

Train Station Series, Sourland Conservancy, Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell. www.sourland.org. “Cemetery Journeys on the Sour land Mountain.” Join Cheryl Jack son of the Hopewell Valley Histori cal Society to learn about grave stone art and symbolism, along with their meaning, and some ex amples of local colonial stone carvers and local stone cutting companies. Register. 7 p.m.

Shopping News

Annual Rummage Sale, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princ eton. www.trinityprinceton.org. Apparel, accessories, and shoes; art, books, and antiques; house wares, linens, and decor. $10 en try. 1 to 5 p.m.

Socials

Mercer’s Best Toastmasters, Lawrence Community Center 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Law renceville. www.mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. Meeting for those looking to improve their presentation, public speaking, or interview skills. 6:45 p.m.

Friday October 14

Live Music

Catmoondaddy, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pen nington, 609-737-4465. Pop/rock. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Pop Music

Three Dog Night, State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-246-7469. www. statetheatrenj.org. Created in 1968 by Danny Hutton, Three Dog Night recorded the music of the best new songwriters of their time including Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Elton John, Lau ra Nyro, Paul Williams, and Hoyt Axton. $29 to $99. 8 p.m.

Art

Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.edu. Panel discussion on “Art Collect ing As an Act of Love” featuring collectors Lewis Tanner Moore, Mary Guess Flamer, Brenda and Lawrence Thompson, Joye and Scott Shepperd, Malcolm Peyton, Barbara Winchester, and James Petrucci from 4 to 5 p.m. followed by an opening reception for the exhibit featuring works by five late-20th century masters who lived within 25 miles of each other between Princeton and New Hope. 4 to 7 p.m.

Dance

Indigenous Liberation McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www. mccarter.org. A Native American and Canadian intertribal produc tion featuring songs, stories, and dances from all over Turtle Island, led by champion pow wow danc ers. $35 to $50. 8 p.m.

On Stage

Blues in My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson Passage Theater, Mill Hill Play house, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. www.passagetheatre. org. Preview performance. $25 to $30. 7:30 p.m.

Playing With Fire (After Franken stein), Actors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnet bucks.org. Barbara Field’s play picking up where Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein leaves off. $24. 8 p.m.

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musi cal re-imagined in an all-new pro duction. $70 to $75. 8 p.m.

Her Portmanteau, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents The ater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www. georgestreetplayhouse.org. Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Ni gerian family in America. $25 to $70. 8 p.m.

The Wolves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. Recommended for ages 12 and up. $45 to $60. 8 p.m.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmoun taintheatre.org. When the lowborn Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. $25. 8 p.m.

God of Carnage, Pegasus The atre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Cross wicks Street, Bordentown. www. pegasustheatrenj.org. Yasmina Reza’s award-winning comedy in which two sets of parents meet to discuss how to handle a play ground altercation between their sons. $28. 8 p.m.

Literati

An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskervillle Laby rinth Books & Princeton Public Library, 122 Nassau Street, Princeton. www.labyrinthbooks. com. Best-selling author Reza Aslan discusses his new book. Hybrid event. Register to join on line. 6 p.m.

Wellness

Nature Therapy Walk: A Shinrinyoku Experience, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www. bhwp.org. Inspired by the Japa nese practice of forest bathing and led by Shoron Lohse. Regis ter. $35. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lectures

Screening Ireland: A Life in Film with Lenny Abrahamson Fund for Irish Studies, James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton. fis.princeton.edu. Fin tan O’Toole interviews Academy Award-winning Irish film and tele vision director Lenny Abrahamson on his career in film. Free; no tick et required. 4:30 p.m.

Shopping News

Annual Rummage Sale, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princ eton. www.trinityprinceton.org. Free entry. 1 to 5 p.m.

Socials

Newcomers & Friends, YWCA Princeton, Morven Museum and Garden, Stockton Education Cen ter, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.ywcaprinceton/newcomers. Join us for a What’s It Worth? Ap praisal Program to learn what some of your antiques and trea sures may be worth. Lunch (bring your own) is until 12:35 followed by the guest speaker. Email New comersPrograms@ywcaprinceton.org for more details. Noon to 2 p.m.

Sports

Princeton Football, Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, Princeton University. www.goprinceton tigers.com. Brown. $12 to $15. 7 p.m.

Saturday October 15

Classical Music

Britten & Elgar, Princeton Sym phony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-497-0020. www.princeton symphony.org. Program includes Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst,” and Elina Vähälä makes her PSO debut performing Benjamin Brit ten’s Violin Concerto. Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” completes the program. $30 to $112. 8 p.m.

Jazz & Blues

Brian Betz, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton. www. candlelighteventsjazz.com. $20 cover and $10 minimum drink or der, free buffet. 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Live Music

Fall Music Series, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www. palmersquare.com. Rock and al ternative cover band Electric Stingray performs. Noon to 2 p.m.

Acoustic DuOver & Living the Dream, Hopewell Valley Vine yards, 46 Yard Road, Penning ton, 609-737-4465. Pop/rock. 1 to 4 and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Pop Music

Dar Williams, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. www. hopewelltheater.com. Singersongwriter performs. $50. 8 p.m.

Art

Ceramics Scavenger Hunt, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 With

erspoon Street, Princeton, 609924-8777. www.artscouncilof princeton.org. The Arts Council will hide handmade ceramic piec es around town. If you find one, it’s yours to keep. To play, follow the Arts Council on Instagram and check its stories that day for clues. 1 to 4 p.m.

Architecture

Campus Architecture Tour, Princeton University Art Muse um, Nassau Hall, Princeton Uni versity. artmuseum.princeton. edu. Join a Princeton University Art Museum docent for a guided walking tour of campus’s architec tural highlights. Tour includes stairs. Binoculars welcome. 11 a.m.

On Stage

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musi cal re-imagined in an all-new pro duction. $70 to $75. 2 and 8 p.m.

Her Portmanteau, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents The ater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www. georgestreetplayhouse.org. Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Ni gerian family in America. $25 to $70. 2 and 8 p.m.

The Wolves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. Sarah de Lappe’s drama about nine young women on a competitive high school soccer team navigating high pressure games and a growing under standing of their complicated world. Recommended for ages 12 and up. $45 to $60. 2 and 8 p.m. Blues in My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson Passage Theater, Mill Hill Play house, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. www.passagetheatre. org. It’s 1959. Chris, a local DJ, gets word that legendary jazz and blues musician Lonnie Johnson is working a low-wage job at a Philly hotel, forgotten. Once found, Lon nie is reluctant to return to an in dustry that exploited and segre gated his work before casting him aside. Opening night. $25 to $30. 7:30 p.m.

Playing With Fire (After Franken stein), Actors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnet bucks.org. Barbara Field’s play picking up where Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein leaves off. $24. 8 p.m.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmoun taintheatre.org. When the lowborn Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. $25. 8 p.m.

God of Carnage, Pegasus The atre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Cross wicks Street, Bordentown. www. pegasustheatrenj.org. Yasmina Reza’s award-winning comedy in which two sets of parents meet to discuss how to handle a play ground altercation between their sons. $28. 8 p.m.

Family Theater

The Emperor’s New Clothes Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable about the foolish emperor who thinks he knows everything about fashion. $15. 1 and 4 p.m.

Dancing

No Name Dance, Central Jersey Dance Society, Suzanne Patter son Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-945-1883. www. centraljerseydance.org. Beginner/ intermediate West Coast Swing lesson by Alan Saperstein fol lowed by open dancing to a playl ist of California Mix, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Hustle, and Latin dance music. No part ner needed. Register. $15. Proof of vaccination required. 7 to 11:30 p.m.

Literati

Cool Women Volume 7 Publica

tion Party Princeton Public Li brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.princetonlibrary. org. Reading features the 11 po ets from the poetry critique and performance group known as Cool Women in celebration of the publication of their seventh vol ume of poetry. 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Benefit Galas

Beyond Words, Princeton Public Library, Brick Farm Tavern, 130 Hopewell Rocky Hill Road, Hopewell. www.princetonlibrary. org/beyondwords. Featured speaker is author David Won drich, one of the world’s foremost authorities and most significant chronicler on the history of the cocktail. Alcoholic or non-alcohol ic tasting flights accompany an outdoor three-course dinner. Pro ceeds benefit the library. Register. $275 and up. 5 p.m.

12th Annual Soiree, United Front Against Riverblindness, Prince ton Marriott at Forrestal, 100 Col lege Road East, Plainsboro, 609902-1805. www.riverblindness. org. Nkumu Katalay, a Congolese artist, orator, instrumentalist, and social activist, and Egun Omode, a Trenton-based West-African dancers and drummers’ group, provide entertainment. Live and silent auctions. Daniel Shungu, founder of CEO of UFAR, pres ents awards to Simon Bush, Su san and Vasanth Victor, GlaxoS mithKline, and Christo Claassens. Register. $100. Virtual participa tion is also available. 7 p.m.

Comedy

Tracy Morgan, State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Bruns wick, 732-246-7469. www.state theatrenj.org. Part of the comedi an’s “No Disrespect” tour. $39 to $114. 8 p.m.

Farm Markets

Farmers Market Montgomery Friends of Open Space, Village Shopping Center, 1340 Route 206 South, Skillman, 609-915-0817. www.montgomeryfriends.org. Rain or shine. 9 a.m. to noon.

West Windsor Community Farm ers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, 877 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.wwcfm.org. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Health

A Different Kind of Psychiatry

Case Presentation Series, American College of Orgono my, 732-821-1146. www.orgono my.org. “A Picky Patient Finally Finds Love: Her Tenth Therapist Gets to the Heart of the Problem.” Free webinar with Chris Burritt DO and Susan Marcel DO. Regis ter. 4 to 5 p.m.

History

Outwater’s Militia Encampment Reenactment, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Wash ington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0623. Watch the men of Outwater’s Mili tia join together and drill in prepa ration for action against the king’s troops, and learn about the life and times of the Revolutionary War. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Trenton Museum Society offers a tour of Cadwalader Park on Saturday, October 15, in honor of the 200th birthday of its designer, Frederick Law Olmsted.

Revolutionary Encampment, West Windsor History Museum, 50 Southfield Road, West Wind sor. www.westwindsorhistory. com/1776. Live horses, musket firing demonstrations, flag cere monies, and more with the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. Free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Autumn Encampment & Market, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Routes 32 and 532, Wash ington Crossing, PA. www.wash ingtoncrossingpark.org. Colonial townspeople gather in the historic village to sell their wares, soldiers drill 18th-century military tactics, and the park’s fife and drum corps performs throughout the day. Register. $8 individuals; $20 fami ly ticket. Noon to 4 p.m.

For Families

Family Fun Fall Weekends, Ter hune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. Activ ities for kids including adventure barn, hay bale maze, pony rides, pumpkin picking & painting, pedal tractors, and exploring the farm trail. Live music, apple products, wine, and more. Timed entry tick et required. $15; children under 3 free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Princeton Canal Walkers, Turning Basin Park, Alexander Road, Princeton. 3 mile walk on the tow path, weather permitting. Free. 10 a.m.

Tour of Cadwalader Park Trenton Museum Society and Mar quand Park Foundation, 299 Parkside Plaza, Trenton. www. princetonhistory.org. Tour the last great urban park designed by the founder of American landscape design, Frederick Law Olmsted, on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Register. Free. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Shopping News

Pop-Up Children’s Used Book Sale, Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton. www.princeton library.org. Entrance is free and prices start at 50 cents. Bring your own bags or boxes. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Annual Rummage Sale, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princ eton. www.trinityprinceton.org. Apparel, accessories, and shoes; art, books, and antiques; house wares, linens, and decor. Free en try; remaining items half price. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Annual Fall Sale, Willowood Pot tery, 7 Willowood Drive, Ewing, 609-203-7141. New ceramics for sale by master potter Caryn New man. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Finding a Musical Voice with Trenton Youth Orchestra

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by Cammie Lee

shanti Ross has the kind of stage presence that arrests you with its unassuming regality. She betrays no fear, no tension, no anxiety — as a soloist in the Tren ton Arts at Princeton showcase last spring, she takes the stage without any hesitation.

With the Trenton Youth Orches tra (TYO), she performs an ar rangement of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” — a complex and virtuosic tango piece requiring tasteful, daring improvi sation. When she begins to play, tossing out trills and flourishes with silky ease, the power and beauty of her sound still the room.

Ashanti then hooks up her violin to her phone and a speaker for an improvised piece, performed in tandem with the Trenton Youth Dancers. In contrast to the heady sumptuousness of “Oblivion,” this improvisation — an original com position by Ashanti — is light and birdlike, nimbly mirroring the airy movements of the dancers.

Ashanti’s versatile playing speaks to the diverse range of musi cians and genres that inspire her, from the classical virtuosos Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Hilary Hahn, to the hip-hop artists Lil Peep and XXXTenaction, to the all-boy British choir Libera. In my conversation with her, Ashanti spoke with a resolute commitment to honing her craft and discovering her voice as a musician.

Prior to writing this article, I had a limited working knowledge of Ashanti in my role as a violin coach for TYO. One of only a handful of TYO musicians who did not also attend Trenton Central High School, the Trenton-born but Ew ing-raised young musician hovered enigmatically about the outskirts of the orchestra, yet was a permanent fixture at concerts and rehearsals.

(I later learned that Ashanti had been one of the first musicians to join TYO, a year after its founding in 2016.) As the concertmaster, she led the orchestra boldly, and as a frequent soloist, she dazzled with her technical skill and artistry. I knew that she was a talented musi cian, but I had no idea how deeply and richly she lived a life of music — and more importantly, how fer vently she had fought for the music in her life.

Ashanti is the first in her family to pursue a career as an artist. When she was six years old, her teacher mother and father began taking her and her siblings to music classes held in the basement of their church (Blessed Sacrament in Trenton). It was here that Ashanti had her first encounter with the violin. “I’ve al ways had a love for music…[but] especially when I heard the violin, the sound of it, I fell in love with it,” she said. When offered the oppor tunity to pick an instrument to learn, she recalls that she immedi ately latched onto the violin, de spite attempts from teachers and adults to deter her from choosing such a challenging instrument.

This stubborn persistence — a kind of irrepressible, insatiable passion for music — would drive Ashanti’s growth during her early years with the instrument. At first, only receiving the occasional group lesson, much of her learning occurred in the practice room through her own personal experi mentation. To learn Antonio Vival

di’s “The Four Seasons,” Ashanti studied video recordings of profes sional soloists and strove to imitate their playing. Later on, after she had switched to private lessons, she also taught herself how to play Pab lo de Sarasate’s showpiece “Zigeunerweisen.”

To seriously pursue music, Ashanti retreated to a sanctuary of discipline and solitude. “Really re alizing what you want to do with yourself in your life, you have to cut out a lot of things,” she said. “You can’t always do what every one is doing. We all have the choice to do what’s exactly the best for us, so that we can get the most out of life.”

For Ashanti, music has always been the mainstay of life — the sole source of comfort amidst a turbu lent adolescence. Music was such a necessity in her day-to-day routine that lulls in practicing were abnor malities — indications of an imbal ance in her life. “If music isn’t my main line of focus, then I’m doing something wrong,” she said. “Sometimes I’ll give myself time to just feel what I’m feeling, even if it means going a day or two without practicing. But when it becomes a constant thing, and it’s now been two weeks since I’ve practiced, then there’s something more going on.”

During a particularly difficult period while Ashanti was strug gling with depression, music pro vided her with an escape route — a way to check herself and snap out of whatever funk she was in.

“Something that I don’t think we talk about enough is the fact that yes, you do have to stay consistent with what you want, but you also have to stay consistent when you get knocked off,” she said.

Indeed, it is consistency that seems to be the prime indicator of Ashanti’s love for the violin. We often take artistic passion for grant ed, but few actually have the tenac ity to soldier through the pursuit of art in the face of continued hard ship. Artistic talent is a combina tion of both innate skill — an aes thetic sensibility — and the strength to remain devoted to one’s craft. Ashanti’s musical journey suggests that with persistence, and with gen erosity from others, it is possible to transform a passion from a hobby into a livelihood.

More recently, Ashanti has found a network of support through new mentors and audiences, both in Trenton, where she continues to perform informal gigs and con certs, as well as at Princeton Uni versity, where she routinely solos with TYO. She is a fan favorite among all audiences, having re ceived standing ovations in both locations. Online, where she regu larly posts original arrangements and compositions to YouTube and social media, Ashanti has received overwhelming praise.

Last April, Ashanti faced her most daunting gig to-date — a per formance of “Oblivion” with TYO in Princeton University’s Richard son Auditorium, opening for the superstar sibling duo, cellist Sheku and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

The performance was important for Ashanti not only because of the grand venue, but also because the Kanneh-Mason siblings are an im mense inspiration for her. Though I heard later that she had been ner vous, she played with the same stage-commanding confidence as

she had during the spring show case, and the audience — a mixture of both university members and Princeton locals— loved her. In one of the front rows, only a few feet away from the stage, I noticed one couple in particular who were enthralled by her performance. As Ashanti played, they leaned against each other lovingly, and when she bowed, they were her most enthusi astic supporters.

Last February, Ashanti audi tioned for the Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massa chusetts. She played “Zigeuner weisen,” which she had been work ing on with Dr. Anna Lim, a mem ber of the university’s music per formance faculty and the longtime faculty fellow for TYO. In May, Ashanti was accepted into Berklee, and in August, after several months of nail-biting anticipation, she was awarded a full scholarship. She will begin studying violin perfor mance next January as a freshman at Berklee.

Unlike other music conservato ries, Berklee focuses primarily on contemporary music. The college offers 14 majors across perfor mance, composition, production, sound engineering, and even music therapy. Students accepted at Berk lee may come from a classical mu sic background but also often have an interest in experimenting with hybrid genres and forms of musicmaking.

At Berklee, Ashanti will contin ue to explore her own voice and hone her technique as a musician working across both classical and contemporary genres. For her, there is not necessarily one genre of music or style of playing that is su perior. What is most important, she says, is that she has the bandwidth to freely emote in her playing — and sometimes that means trans

gressing traditional boundaries be tween genres or instruments.

Equally important, Ashanti as serts, is that music has allowed her to bond with a vast community of individuals, from fellow perform ers to audience members. “The way I connect with people through my playing feels amazing. That’s something I want to keep doing. I connect with people of all different lifestyles, lifeforms, and every thing through my music,” she said.

Yet the most important relation ship Ashanti has nurtured through music is with herself. “I am alone, right now, in a vulnerable place

where I’m transforming into a new person, but it’s all for the better,” she said. “I think you just have to constantly remind yourself that it is a good thing to be different.”

For more on the TYO, visit trentonarts.princeton.edu/saturdaymorning-arts/trenton-youth-or chestra

Cammie Lee is a culture writer, curator, and tea sommelier cur rently based in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Prince ton University in 2022, where she studied English and art history, among other things.

JOINED BY Chris Burritt, D.O. Susan Marcel, D.O.

Princeton Artist and Arts Movement

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t has been two years of full-time work,” says Princeton art ist Rhinold Ponder about the exhi bition “Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists,” opening at the Arts Council of Princeton on Friday, October 14.

Ponder, who co-curated the show with noted area artist and pro fessor Judith Brodsky, is talking about the project that conjures the past and an overlooked chapter of regional art history.

“Most people don’t know Ed wards,” says Ponder. “He was pro lific and his talents were diverse.”

He was born in 1925 in Wash ington, D.C., and died in Princeton in 1991. In between, he studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Academie Julian in Paris. Then after reading a maga zine article on a Princeton interra cial housing development, Ed wards and his wife moved to the town in 1959 to raise a family.

While employed as the creative director for the Matlin Company in Yardley, Pennsylvania, Edwards also established himself as an art ist.

According to ACP materials, “Although primarily a figurative painter, he experimented with vari ous forms of abstraction and ex plored sculpture and printmaking.

Starting with his early work, Ed wards investigated the female face and figure from a Black perspec tive. He was an avid reader in art history and world culture. His ma ny nude studies and his portraits of imaginary women show various influences ranging from Northern Renaissance painters like Jan van

Eyck to African sculpture.”

He was also known for his in volvement with the Princetonbased Studio on the Canal and helped forge a circle of artists that included Rex Goreleigh and Hugh ie Lee-Smith.

Goreleigh (1902-1986) was the Peullyn, Pennsylvania-born artist who trained in New York City, worked for the WPA, and became a director of the South Side Commu nity Art Center in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1947 he was invited to be the director of Princeton Group Arts.

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Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied at the Cleveland School of Art and participated in the WPA. After serving in the Navy, teaching at various colleges, and becoming recognized as an award-winning artist, Lee-Smith moved to New York City in 1958 and taught at the Arts Student League for 15 years. A move to Cranbury brought him in close contact with Goreleigh and his studio. Lee-Smith later served as the catalyst for the creation of the Princeton Art Association, now Artworks Trenton.

The main body of Lee-Smith’s figurative paintings depict individ uals in desolate, dream-like land scapes. In addition to being part of major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, such works can be readily found at the New Jersey State Museum. One is part of the State of New Jersey’s Public Art Collection on view at the Mary Roebling Building at 20 West State Street in Trenton.

The organization was created by a mixture of Princeton University professors and members of the re gion’s Jewish and Quaker commu nities as a racially and religiously integrated arts organization.

When PGA closed in 1955 for financial reasons, Goreleigh estab lished Studio on Canal, a center for art teaching and social integration.

Goreleigh was a figurative painter whose work often focuses on Black laborers and can be seen at the Historical Society of Prince ton on Quaker Road.

Lee-Smith (1915-1999) was born in Florida but mainly raised in

The other artists included in the exhibition are Selma Burke (19001985), the nationally known New Hope sculptor of the 1944 relief of President Franklin Delano Roos evelt and Studio on the Canal in structor, and nationally collected printmaking master and former College of Jersey instructor Wen dell T. Brooks, whose career over laps the above others and echoes their efforts and concerns.

Ponder continues that the show that started a search to document Edwards and the others started with Bucks County collector Lewis Tanner Moore.

“Moore had invited Arts Coun cil members to his house because

Judy Brodsky and Rhinold Ponder are co-cura tors of the Arts Council of Princeton’s exhibit ‘Re trieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists’ opening of Friday, October 14.

he was interested in doing an exhi bition on Edwards. We went there, and his walls were filled. The work he had was great, but it didn’t give us a sense of the breadth and depth of this guy’s work and of his tal ent,” says Ponder, a former ACP board member serving on the gal lery committee.

Soon after, Ponder and several other members began exploring the potential of an Edwards exhibition

and consulted with others, includ ing Trenton-based collector Law rence Hilton, who has ties with Ed wards, Lee-Smith, and Goreleigh.

“There were four of us who went to (Hilton’s) home, and it ended up being Judith and me and who did the show,” he says.

Ponder also says it seemed natu ral and cited Brodsky’s experience of working “with artists of color and women artists for a very long time.”

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‘I studied history and I know African Ameri can history, but to do this archival work and research makes you feel it. And to do it in the community brings it to life,’ Ponder says.

James Wilson Edwards, whose selfportrait is at top left, was part of an influential group of Black artists in the Princeton area that also included, pictured clockwise from Edwards, Wendell Brooks, Selma Burke, Hughie LeeSmith, and Rex Goreleigh.

They had also worked together when Ponder initiated the Art Against Racism Exhibition in 2020. “Judith and I had a relationship and knew how we worked,” he says.

Ponder says that the co-curator’s first challenge was putting the artist in context. “We didn’t start out with the information we needed regarding James Wilson Edwards. If we had not eventually caught up with (Edwards’ daughter) Christine, this would be a totally different exhibit.”

He says they began to see a narrative that “wasn’t just about the art, but its place in history. We saw (Goreleigh) in a different light. It was a group (of artists) that not only worked together but benefited from what they accomplished.”

While money is always a factor in producing an event, Ponder says “that was resolved with our fundraising team that helped us win the NEA grant for $40,000” for the exhibition. Other sponsors include the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art in Asbury, New Jersey, and the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission.

However, one of the most pressing considerations for the co-curators was “getting high-quality work, especially from institutions that require certain condition to be met. Those challenge were met by relationship with collectors.” Especially collectors who focused on work by art by Black Americans, like Moore, the great-grandnephew of prominent late 19th and early 20th century American artist of African ancestry, Henry Ossawa Tanner.

“That is one of the reasons that we have the Princeton Art Museum leading a symposium on diversity of collections. This exhibition shows the importance of collections — especially to artists of color,” says Ponder.

About himself, Ponder says he was born in Chicago, the first of eight children born to a Morehouse College law student, but mainly

supported by a mother who “did a variety of jobs, but she is notable because she got her children to college on $10,000 year.”

“I graduated from Dunbar High School with a major in commercial art. One of the teachers, Sherman Beck, was a founder, of AfriCOBRA — a cultural art group which is becoming somewhat renowned for their art exhibitions and their work on mural.”

Ponder says he came to Princeton in 1977, graduated in 1981, and left commercial art.

“After Princeton I went to Boston University and received a master’s in journalism and African American studies. I then went to NYU law school and hung out in the village for three years. I didn’t get back into painting until 2003 when my mother contracted cancer. Mortality hits you, and I asked, “Why don’t I do what I love to do?”

A series of decisions and acquaintances brought Ponder back to the New Brunswick/Princeton area, where he practiced law and had a life-changing experience.

“A law school friend referred a client. She was buying her first home and worked for Governor Florio. Michele Tuck and I hit it off. She was on Princeton council and we got married. We’ve been here about 26 years.”

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eflecting on the past two years of working on the exhibition, Ponder says, “I studied history and I know African American history, but to do this archival work and research makes you feel it. And to do it in the community brings it to life. And it makes me cognizant of the things I do myself, how it may affect someone in the present and how it will affect people in the future. Because these stories being researched will touch in a new way. That’s how history can be living and help you live.”

Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists, Arts Council of Princeton opens Fri-

day, October 14, with a 4 to 5 p.m. panel discussion on “Art Collecting as an Act of Love, Resistance and Preservation of History” with speakers Lewis Tanner Moore, Mary Guess Flamer, Brenda and Lawrence Thompson, Joye and Scott Shepperd, Malcom Peyton, and Barbara Winchester, and James Petrucci, and moderated by curators Judith K. Brodsky and Rhinold Ponder. An opening reception follows from 5 to 7 p.m. Both events are free.

Other programs include:

Stoneware Bas Relief Workshop, led by ACP instructor Fran Smith and using methods employed by Selma Burke. $25. Saturday, October 22, 1:30 to 5 p.m.

Black Arts Movement in the 20th Century and Three Key Figures: Paul Robeson, Ossie Davis and Alvin Ailey, featuring an interpretative dance performance by Maya Bradley and lecture by Dr. Joy Barnes, educator in science and racial literacy. Free. Saturday, November 19, 1 to 2 p.m.

Saturday Family Workshops using the exhibition as catalyst for creating and discussing art works. Free. October 22, November 12, and December 3, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Two additional exhibition symposia are set for the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art on Hulfish Gallery, 11 Hulfish Street, Princeton:

How Museums Are Diversifying Their Collections to Include Black and Brown Artists, with participants James Steward, director, Princeton University Art Museum; Maura Reilly, director, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, author of “Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating”; Brittany Webb, curator of 20th Century Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Catherine Evans, Deputy Director of Collections and Curatorial Strategies, The Newark Museum of Art; Laura Giles, curator of drawings, Princeton University Art Museum, and Rachael Z. DeLue, professor in

American art and chair, art and archaeology Department, Princeton University. Free. Thursday, November 3, 5 to 7 p.m.

Restoring the Overlooked History of Black Artists in Princeton and Trenton in the Later 20th Century Through Local Research, Preservation, and Oral History with panelists Shirley Satterfield, founder of the Witherspoon-Jackson Cultural and Historical Society, Princeton; Lawrence Hilton, collector of African American art and longtime member of the Trenton, NJ art and music community; Stephanie Schwartz, curator of collections and research, Historical Society of Princeton; Margaret O’Reilly, director, New

An untitled surrealist portrait by James Wilson Edwards.

Jersey State Museum, Trenton; Aubrey Kauffman, Trenton artist/photographer, and former president, Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA). Free. Wednesday, November 30, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. Exhibit on view through December 3, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 609-9248777 or www.artscouncilofprinceton.org

Cool Women Poets Chill Out With New Book Launch

The Cool Women poetry group will celebrate its new book, “Cool Women Volume 7: New and Selected Poems,” with a reading and music event at the Princeton Public Library on Saturday, October 15, at 2 p.m.

The group started nearly three decades ago as a writing sharing/critique group and eventually became known for its series of books and regional presentations.

Cool Women members are Gretna Wilkinson, Sharon Olson, Maxine Susman, Judy Rowe Michaels, Juditha Dowd, Lois Marie Harrod, Joyce Greenberg Lott, Betty Lies, Penelope Scambly Schott, Carolyn Foote Edelmann, and Eloise Bruce, whose poem serves as a preview:

What Can Travel

Faster than the Speed of Light?

Right, if the CERN (OPERA Project) experiment proves to be correct and neutrinos have broken the speed of light, I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV.

Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics

The newest Italian OPERA begs the question.

What a difference sixty nanoseconds can make?

In the main plot, neutrinos have traveled from Switzerland to Italy faster than the speed of light, and long-dead countryman

Galileo didn’t actually know enough, but even he rolled over in his grave and of course

Fermi, Pauli and Einstein flipped out and over.

In the cosmic aria seventy percent of the universe is dark matter, black holes. What say we get sucked into one and just before leaving our holographic image on its mouth let’s slow dance cheek to cheek on its surface,

toe to toe with our doppelgangers on the other side. At music’s end we’ll slip through the hole, faster than light, past our twins madly blowing kisses, hoping Mr. Feynman wasn’t jesting.

Come on, let’s give those neutrinos a charge and have at it after we dance the body electric and just before we plunge into the unknown, moan with the muon, gyrate with gravity’s strings and loops, finally permeate vast thicknesses without interaction and wallow in the leftovers of creation.

Even if the libretto is bogus, it’s the best sex we ever had.

The Cool Women library presentation will be followed by a book signing and light refreshments.

For more information, go to princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/7154286

Sunday October 16

Classical Music

Choral Reading of Mozart Requiem, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road, Princeton. www.musicalamateurs.org. Choral singers welcome. No auditions. Vocal scores provided. $10 admission for singers (or annual membership). Free for students and nonsinging guests. 4 p.m.

Britten & Elgar, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-497-0020. www.princetonsymphony.org. Program includes Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst,” and Elina Vähälä makes her PSO debut performing Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto. Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” completes the program. $30 to $112. 4 p.m.

Time Travel Princeton Singers, Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, Princeton. www.princetonsingers.org. Concert in conjunction with Princeton University Art Museum’s Art of Hulfish exhibit “Time’s Relentless Melt.” The program features “timeless” works of Perotin, Paul Hindemith, David Lang, Caroline Shaw, and Steven Sametz. Register. Pay what you wish. 7 p.m.

Live Music

Music Fest Sundays, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www.palmersquare.com. Performance by Black Brant, pumpkin DNA extracting experiment with the Arts Council of Princeton, and live fashion show with Palmer Square retailers. 1 to 4 p.m.

A Little Bit Off, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Bluegrass/folk. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Art Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour Princeton University Art Museum Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour

Violinist Geneva Lewis makes her Princeton University Concerts debut alongside pianist Audrey Vardanega on Thursday, October 13.

of the campus collections with an Art Museum docent and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors. Rain or shine; stair-free. 2 p.m.

On Stage

Playing With Fire (After Frankenstein), Actors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Barbara Field’s play picking up where Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein leaves off. $24. 2 p.m.

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical re-imagined in an all-new production. $70 to $75. 2 p.m.

Her Portmanteau, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents Theater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www.georgestreetplayhouse.org. Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Nigerian family in America. $25 to $70. 2 p.m.

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asmina Reza is a master of exposing modern foibles in all of their horror and humor.

Mostly humor.

In her play “Art,” having a Broadway revival later this year, Reza makes fun of a collector who spends an appreciable sum on a painting that is pure white. If you look close, the buyer says, the can vas has subtle diagonal white stripes that allegedly give it tex ture, but it appears on his wall as a solid rectangle of white.

In her 2009 Tony-winning play “God of Carnage,” the French playwright turns her attention to human nature as she depicts how a meeting to resolve a fight between two 12-year-olds on a Brooklyn playground dissolves into an esca lating series of snipes, bickers, at tacks, and full-out tantrums from the adults, the boys’ parents, who presumedly gathered to settle mat ters maturely.

Reza has a good time building the tension that erupts into verbal venom and physical assault.

Peter Bisgaier makes sure none of Reza’s good time is missed by mounting a smart, hilarious pro duction that happily inaugurates the new Bordentown home of the Pegasus Theatre, where “God of Carnage” plays through Sunday, October 23.

Bisgaier’s staging is not as knockdown-dragout as previous productions I’ve seen of “God of Carnage.” Glass isn’t smashed, pil lows aren’t thrown, hair isn’t pulled, and slaps are kept to a mini mum.

Bisgaier and his crackerjack company of four prove agitated dudgeon isn’t necessary. “God of Carnage” is just as biting and effec tive with the fireworks confined to steamy looks, bitter revelations, moments of chill, lines delivered with undisguised invective, and all attempts at cultured civilization obliterated by people acting as they will and saying what they think in a marvelously funny display of heldin thoughts and emotions bursting

The Wolves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. Recommended for ages 12 and up. $45 to $60. 2 p.m.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmoun taintheatre.org. $25. 3 p.m.

Blues in My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Play house, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. www.passagetheatre. org. $25 to $30. 3 p.m.

God of Carnage, Pegasus The atre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Cross wicks Street, Bordentown. www. pegasustheatrenj.org. $28. 3 p.m.

Family Theater

National Geographic Live: Spi nosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous with Nizar Ibrahim, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The paleontol ogist, anatomist, and National Geographic Explorer scours the deserts of North Africa for clues to life in the Cretaceous period. For ages 5 and up. $30 to $40. 3 p.m.

Faith

Great Debates in Christianity, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, 2220 Pennington Road, Ewing. www.aplcnj.org. Series led by Rev. Miles Hopgood, PhD and Vicar Wing Li, MDiv. Who among you is righteous? The Donatist Controversy. Noon.

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from internal silence to the noisy, no-holds-barred fore.

By the time “God of Carnage” is over, all pretense of discussing, let alone doing, “the right thing” is ka put as we see two pairs of usually well-behaved adults exhausted from their boisterous session of hurled insults, savage denigration, and telling what is more likely the truth than the polite words they were mouthing before mayhem took precedence.

Bisgaier and cast accomplish everything they need with tone of voice, telling expressions, and deadly glares. Pegasus’s approach works so well, you palpably sense all the carnage one character says a specific god of carnage has foisted on humankind. The atmosphere on stage becomes so intense, Bisgaier only needs to employ one act of overt violence, a woman taking what looks like a running start to hurl herself angrily at her fatuous husband, to show how out-of-hand matters have gotten in a place in tended to promote negotiation and understanding.

“God of Carnage” being a com edy, this attack elicits a great laugh. Bisgaier’s way of letting temper boil to the surface keeps all on a comic level and allows you to see how well Reza, and her translator from French, Christopher Hamp ton, know people and what they can be driven to do.

From the first time I saw “God of Carnage,” I was impressed with Reza’s send-up of “do-gooding.”

Sarcasm begins at the start of the show when the mother who ar ranged the parents’ conference, the mother whose child was injured in the impromptu playground skir mish, presents a written account of all her son told her happened and expects the parents of the boy who struck the hurtful blow to sign.

The woman also insists the of fending boy’s parents speak to him in a specific way about his “crime” and punish him for it.

Naturally, this meddling, how ever well-intentioned and even ac cepted as a possibly civilized meth

od of dealing with the fight, leads to innuendo that turns the other par ents from merely rolling eyes to be ing defensive and flinging recrimi nations about the boy who was struck.

And deserved it.

Pretty soon, you see how fights emerge, whether on playgrounds or in Cobble Hill apartments filled with valuable art books.

Add to the mix a man who can’t stay off of his cell phone, men from both couples who take a different attitude towards boys fighting than their wives do, a husband who gets fed up with being criticized and henpecked, and a woman who be comes embarrassingly nauseated by the negotiation process, and you have myriad sources of comedy that Bisgaier and company bring to their funniest effect.

The Pegasus cast is uniformly excellent, exuding timing, temper, and tone that carries the production from top to finish.

Mary Tomson is the picture of self-righteous rectitude as the mother who convenes the confer ence to restore peace on the play ground. She maintains her charac ter’s poise even when it’s clear nei ther the other couple nor her hus band wants to go into the details of the kids’ fight the way she does.

Tomson’s Veronica claims to be making a stand for maintaining a standard of civilization while her husband humors her more than ad mires her, and the other couple tire

early of her virtuousness. She is no less entertaining when her Veroni ca decides to let go, put her critical tongue to work, and ensures the dif ference of opinion the other couple is likely to express.

Jennifer Nasta Zefutie provides wonderful moments as her Annette glares more and more angrily at her husband as he interrupts the par ents’ meeting to take business calls. She perfectly handles a tough scene, one in which Annette, gets sick, by being funny while making you care about her and if she’ll be all right.

Righteous Jolly makes it fun to see his character, Veronica’s hus band, Michael, unravel from a man who backs his wife in everything to one who shows how miserable his life is and finally asserts personali ty and individuality. You can see the relief in Michael’s face when he finally tells Veronica to back off and let him enjoy his idiosyncratic pleasures, which don’t include ne gotiating with neighbors.

You can barely tell David Niko las, who plays Annette’s husband, Alan, is acting. He seems so at home is his part of a man who likes the providing the attention his law practice demands and thinks, from the beginning, that Veronica’s wanting to have a peace conference and punish his son, is a crock that deserves the constant interruptions his telephone causes.

Nikolas is especially good as ex pressing his character’s attitude through body language and a habit

The cast of ‘God of Carnage,’ at Pegasus Theater through Oc tober 23.

of staring in a sort of reverie instead of paying attention to all Veronica is spouting.

I knew Peter Bisgaier’s cast would not be flinging crockery with reckless abandon when I en tered the theater and saw Jennifer Szeto’s interesting set, a living room that has a real sofa and side tables but represents books, pic tures, shelves, and knickknacks on them by via paintings in bright red on the upstage flat that marks a wall of Veronica and Michael’s apart ment.

It was fun to see what objects Szeto included in her painting and clever the way she made room for one actual object, a copy of a book Veronica wrote about Darfur.

Chrissy Johnson dressed each character authentically. Robert Rutt’s bright lighting suits the openness the host, Veronica, would want.

God of Carnage, Pegasus The atre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Cross wicks Street, Bordentown. Through Sunday, October 23, Fri days, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $28. 609-7590045 or www.pegasustheatrenj. org

Cocktail expert David Wondrich is the speaker at Princeton Public Library’s Be yond Words benefit at Brick Farm Tavern on Saturday, October 15.

Farm Markets

Hopewell Farmers Market, Fairgrown Farm, 62 East Broad Street, Hopewell. www.facebook. com/hopewellfarmersmarket.

Fresh produce and vendors sell ing grass-fed beef, flowers, and more. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

History

Revolutionary Encampment,

West Windsor History Museum, 50 Southfield Road, West Wind sor. www.westwindsorhistory. com/1776. Live horses, musket firing demonstrations, flag cere monies, and more with the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Princeton Battlefield Tour, Princeton Battlefield Society 500 Mercer Road, Princeton. www.pbs1777.org. $5 donation. 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, 609-921-6748. www. princetonhistory.org. 90+ minute walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus to learn about historic sites in the ar ea. Register. $10. 2 p.m.

For Families

Family Fun Fall Weekends Ter hune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. Live music, apple products, wine, and more. Timed entry ticket required. $15; children under 3 free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Family Sundays: Nature Under the Microscope, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Av enue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. www.abbottmarshlands.org. Learn to use a microscope to ex amine insects, butterly wings, feathers, and seeds. Register. Free. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Shopping News

Annual Fall Sale, Willowood Pot tery, 7 Willowood Drive, Ewing, 609-203-7141. New ceramics for sale by master potter Caryn New man. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday October 17 Dancing

ScandiDance-NJ, Princeton Country Dancers, Christ Con gregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. www.princeton countrydancers.org. Lesson fol lowed by dance to live music. No partner needed. $10. Masks re quired. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Lectures

Monthly Meeting Women’s Col lege Club of Princeton, Stockton Education Center, Morven Muse um, 55 Stockton Street. www.wc cp.org. Terry Antoniewicz pres ents “A Historical Presentation in Period Costume: Mery Katherine Goddard and the Declaration of Independence.” Free. 1 to 3 p.m.

Sports for Causes

Tom Jackson Champion Golf and Tennis Tournament Hopewell Valley YMCA, Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, Trenton. www.hvymca.org. Tennis and golf tournaments followed by cocktails and dinner to benefit the Y’s youth sports programs. Regis ter. $75 and up. Noon to 8 p.m.

Tuesday October 18 On Stage

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. $70 to $75. 7:30 p.m.

Film

Supper Club: “365”, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Av enue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964.

www.hopewelltheater.com. Mem bers of Europium Dancetheater present a view of our shared ex periences. Stay after the film for a discussion with Linda Erickson, director of Europium Dancethe ater. “Supper Club” includes a dish prepared by Chef Supa DeR ose of Supa Thai Cuisine. $20 to $40. 6 p.m.

Dancing

Tuesday Night Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. www.princetonfolk dance.org. No partner necessary. $5. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Literati

Author: Laurie Lico Albanese, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.princetonlibrary.org. The au thor discusses and signs copies of the recently published “Hester: A Novel,” a reimagining of the woman who inspired the charac ter of Hester Prynne from Haw thorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” 7 p.m.

For Seniors

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road, Princeton. www. princetonsenior.org. “Current Is sues in LGBTQ Aging” presented by David Griffith. In-person or via Zoom. Register. Free. 3 p.m.

Wednesday October 19

Live Music

Blues Night and Jam Cooper’s Riverview Event Complex, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609393-7300. www.coopersnj.com. Featuring classic blues standards and blues influenced rock tunes hosted by the house band. 7 to 10 p.m.

On Stage

Evita, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA. www.bcptheater.org. $70 to $75. 2 p.m.

Her Portmanteau, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents The ater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. Mfoni so Udofia’s play about a Nigerian family in America. $25 to $70. 8 p.m.

Dancing

Contra Dance, Princeton Coun try Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princ eton. www.princetoncountrydanc ers.org. Lesson followed by dance. $10. Masks required. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Health

Blood Drive, The College of New Jersey, Brower Student Center, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, 800-933-2566. www.nybloodcen ter.org. Register. Photo ID re quired. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Wellness

Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Con nect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Pre serve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Regis ter. Pay what you can, $8 and up. 8 to 9 a.m.

Lectures

The Mysterious World of the Garden Grotto, Morven Muse um & Garden. www.morven.org. Dr. Gerald and Margaret Hull’s vir tual presentation takes attendees on a trip across the world explor ing the origins of the garden grot to. Virtual only. Register. $5. Noon.

New Jersey Arts Annual: Re emergence Artists’ Talk Series, New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton. www. nj.gov/state/museum. Free lunch time talk in the galleries featuring

Comedian Tracy Mor gan performs at the State Theater in New Brunswick on Satur day, October 15.

artists José Camacho and Matilda Forsberg. 12:15 p.m.

Artemis: Our Return to the Moon, Mercer County Library www.mcl.org. Presented by Patri cia Moore, Strategic Communica tions Specialist - NASA’s Explora tion System Development Mission Directorate. Register to hopep rogs@mcl.org for link to program. 2 p.m.

‘Stranger Stop and Cast an Eye’: An Introduction to New Jer sey’s Historic Burial Grounds, Mercer County Library. www. mcl.org. Presentation by Rich Veit examines New Jersey historic cemeteries from High Point to Cape May. Register to hopep rogs@mcl.org for link to program. 6:30 p.m.

Socials

The Sixties Memories Group, Lawrence Library, 2751 Bruns wick Pike, Lawrenceville. Join a conversation about the era of Woodstock, civil rights, the Viet nam War, and more. 2 to 4 p.m.

PRE VIEW

Hopewell Artist Goes Beyond Galleries

by Thomas Kelly

Morris Docktor is a clas sically trained portrait artist whose realistic likenesses can be seen in galleries and in public spaces around the region.

Schooled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadel phia, the Hopewell artist began with work that was very traditional.

Even as a young boy impressed by his uncle’s paintings, Docktor knew an artist career was for him, and he began training himself from those very artworks he admired.

“My uncle studied at the Phila delphia Museum College of Art,” he says. “The name has been changed twice since then to The Philadelphia College of Art, and now called The University of the Arts. He did aerial photography in the Pacific for the U.S. Army during World War II. Af ter the war he primarily earned his living as an illustrator for books and record album covers. Later in life he had a studio gallery on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York. In his senior years, he taught art in one of New York City’s high schools for gifted students.”

Regarding his own background, Docktor says, “I attended Marple Newtown high school in Broomall, Pennsylvania. My parents were born in Philadelphia. My father was a businessman who created a chain of franchised pet stores called Docktor’s Pet Centers. My mother was a housewife who after the chil dren were out of the house worked as a nurse.

“Although while in high school I had won several first-place art awards, I was not encouraged to en ter art as a career by my parents. My father wanted me to become a medi cal doctor, but being an artist was inevitable. Eventually I entered Temple University’s Tyler College of Art. The vibe I got there was of a curriculum geared towards career and teaching. I transferred to the much more serious Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There, I was in my element and in heaven. I worked to pay my tuition by paint ing murals in bars and psychedelic discos, and portrait drawing in re sort venues.”

In addition to painting, Docktor sculpts in many different media. “I enjoy working in any medium and would not like to be held down to just one or two. I like to sculpt in clay because it is so fast and I like the spontaneity. I would say that the most challenging medium is carv ing stone or wood. It is a lot more of a deliberative time-consuming task. Beneath the clinical technique, it takes a strong conviction and faith in your vision to sensitively commit to every strike of the chisel.”

An introduction to art for many in Mercer County was seeing Docktor painting live at his seasonal booth in Quakerbridge Mall that he manned for many years. Sporting his trade mark beret, he and his booth were always popular with crowds who saw a real artist at his craft.

Docktor says he “created at least 500 quick portraits in the summer time while working my way through college, so when I finished school,

Morris Docktor is known for his portraits as well as sculpture. He is pictured above with his statue of Charles Roebling in the town of Roebling.

achieving an undeniable portrait likeness quickly was as easy as breathing.

“I knew that with my speed and accuracy I could make my work af fordable. I set up a menu of prices based on medium. Basically, any one could afford a classic charcoal portrait, and the price went up ac cording to how much more of my time each medium required. At the time shopping malls were a new and very popular attraction for the pub lic. I set up a kiosk for November and December to take advantage of the crowds and people’s need for a meaningful gift. The other 10 months I worked from my home studio, by appointment. After paint ing a few murals, word of mouth spread, and I was in demand for mu rals in restaurant, corporate, and residential settings.”

Trained at the academy in both painting and sculpture, Docktor can achieve a likeness in either disci pline.

“It is very satisfying to achieve an undeniable likeness in sculpture and painting,” he says. “I received my first portrait sculpture commis sion when I was 25 years old. I found that I was fast enough to make my work affordable to the middle class. My first sculpture commis sion was of a three-year-old boy. He sat on his mother’s lap while I mod eled his likeness in clay. The bust was meant for their family resi dence.

“When it was completed, I casted it in plaster. The mother was young and could not afford bronze casting, so I put a bronze patina on it.

“At any time she could afford it, she could take it to a foundry, and it could be duplicated in bronze.”

“The major cost for my clients is

the casting of the clay to bronze. My clients with limited resources can have me cast the portrait sculpture in a resin cold cast with a bronze pa tina or in plaster with a bronze pati na. The piece can always be recast in bronze which is much more costly, later in life if they wish.”

While Docktor’s sculptures and paintings are frequently shown in area galleries and exhibitions, they also can be found on walls and spac es around the community, including the heart of Princeton. “At the res taurant Alchemist and the Barrister there are two murals of mine. One is indoors and is a scene of Albert Ein stein sitting at the bar with his vio lin, and the other on an exterior wall, is a gothic window with an alche mist and a barrister having lunch.”

Other murals pop up in unexpect ed places with sometimes unexpect ed images, like the one featuring a flying saucer attacking a 1950s-era diner. And in Roebling, there are two bronzes of Charles Roebling: one a bust and one life-size standing figure. He also has some Princetoncentric works on public display.

He was also commissioned to create portraits of commanding generals for the National Guard Museum in Sea Girt and portraits for the Stark and Stark law office in Lawrenceville.

“I have been working on a series of paintings with figures that are ex tremely minimalist,” he says about exploring different themes and ap proaches. “They are done in a white line on a dark gray background to emulate white chalk on a black board. Surrounding these abstract figures, I have painted illusions of very realistic ornate picture frames on the canvas, à la trompe l’œil, which in French translates to trick of

the eye. My intent is to contrast or nate against minimalism, and mate rialism contrasting spirit. This makes a strong dichotomy and ap pears to break artistic conventions.”

Docktor lives with his wife in Hopewell in a house, he says, “I built in 1983 and created a nursery farm on my property. The home has grass on the roof and is built into a southern facing slope. It is geother mal, passive solar, and active solar. My totally electric house has a typi cal monthly electric bill of about $10.”

He says he’s working on a home sculpture park on his Hopewell property, incorporating natural and man-made objects to beautify his own living space, which is a mark of a true artist.

“I have planted boxwood shrubs of different conformations in geo metric patterns. I have sculpted these into topiary forms and many

are the natural round, columns, and conical forms. Among the living to piary sculpture, I have placed my whimsical upcycled creations. One such creation is a bright red chair balancing on one leg and a tropical Tuscan bird balanced on top of the chair. It makes me smile and speaks of blue skies.”

“I have also built a long reflect ing pond filled with flowering wa terlily plants and a classical Greek temple that I sculpted with concrete and a copper dome. The temple re flects in the water and is a medita tive garden folly.

“My house is an earth sculpture in itself. Placing sculptures on the grass roof gives me great joy and hopefully anyone else who views them.”

To see more of Morris Docktor, look around the community or visit

Life in the Fast Lane

Management Moves

C-Change Conversations, a non-partisan organization provid ing science-based climate change information, has announced that Molly Jones has joined the CChange Conversations as the direc tor of development and outreach.

Jones will support development and outreach efforts by promoting C-Change Primer presentations throughout the country and driving the organization’s mission to facili tate ongoing conversations about climate change. Developed in con sultation with scientists, business leaders and public policy experts, the C-Change Primer is a seminar that introduces the science of cli mate change and the impact it has on our health, economy, and global security.

To date, it has been shared with over 16,000 people across 30+ states.

“We look forward to tapping her considerable skills to help educate more people about the urgency of addressing climate change and sharing her insights from success fully leading community-based cli mate action with the C-Change net work and others across the coun try,” C-Change founder and presi dent Kathleen Biggins said.

Jones has spent two decades working with multiple nonprofit organizations, including the Water shed Institute in Hopewell and Sus tainable Princeton. As executive director of Sustainable Princeton, Jones oversaw the development and implementation of the Prince ton Climate Action Plan, an initia tive that has united community ef

forts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the com munity’s resilience to the impacts of the changing climate.

More information: www.c-changeconversations.org

The Quaker-affiliated, non sectarian organization Mercer Street Friends has appointed two new leaders for their Board of Trustees, Gerald Delk and Bill Heinemann, as part of their equity work in the areas of food, families and education.

Mercer Street Friends has a mis sion to nourish minds and bodies, as well as empower families and communities by providing com prehensive programs to address poverty and the physical and emotional trauma that results for chil dren, families and the community.

Delk is the vice president of edu cation for Church Pension Group, an organization that provides fi nancial services to members of the Episcopal Church, while Heine mann, a partner of Espenshade Nonprofit Consulting, is a return ing member of the board.

“As a new trustee, Gerald, and returning trustee, Bill, are joining Mercer Street Friends at a time of growth,” Bernie Flynn, the CEO of Mercer Street Friends, notes.

“They will help steer the organiza tion during critical moments that determine the success of Mercer Street Friends’ ability to serve our neighbors in need. Their dedication to Mercer Street Friends, Trenton, and greater Mercer County will en sure that our mission remains

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strong and secure. We are thrilled to be working with Gerald and Bill and we thank them for joining the Board as we forge the future of Mercer Street Friends.”

More information: mercerstreetfriends.org

The Princeton Senior Re source Center (PSRC), a commu nity nonprofit where aging adults and their families find support, guidance, education, and social programs, has named three new members of their Board of Direc tors: Bradley A. Bartolino, The Rev. Dr. Deborah K. Blanks, and Barbara Lawrence.

Bartolino is a licensed CPA and corporate controller for a privately held contract packaging and logis tics company headquartered in Florence. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Mount St. Mary’s University in 2009 and his master of accountancy degree from Rider University in 2010.

Previously, Bartolino served on the PSRC board from 2013 through 2019, and he is also the financial secretary of his local Knights of Columbus council in Allentown.

The Reverend Dr. Deborah K. Blanks has served as pastor of Princeton’s historic Mount Pisgah AME Church since 2019. Prior to her “first” pastoral appointment to Allen AME Church in White Plains, New York, Blanks was the associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University for nearly two decades.

Her professional and vocational ministry began initially as an ac

tive-duty United States Navy chap lain stationed at commands in Vir ginia, Florida, and North Carolina. She was honorably discharged at the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Re serves.

Blanks earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Douglass College at Rutgers Uni versity; her master of divinity from Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theologi cal Center in Atlanta, Georgia; master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary; and her doctor of ministry from Drew Uni versity in Madison.

Blanks currently serves as a trustee on the board of Princeton Community Housing, a group that advocates for safe and affordable housing in Princeton, as well as a member of the military services board for Centerstone, a national

organization providing health care services to active-duty members and veterans.

Lawrence brings to PSRC her expertise as a strategic planner, nonprofit fundraising consultant, and a researcher with clients such as Trenton’s Free Public Library and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. She is also the for mer executive director at Prince ton’s Newgrange School and direc tor-at-large for the Princeton Pho tography Club, with past board ex periences at entities like the Grounds for Sculpture.

Lawrence has a bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of Vermont, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University, and is the coauthor of the third edition of “The Nonprofit Policy Sampler.”

More information: princetonsenior.org

Business Meetings

Wednesday, October 12

PU Concerts

Talking Tech

October 17

David Schuchman discusses “Using Technology to Grow Your Business” in a free, live webinar hosted by SCORE Prince ton on Monday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m. Register at princeton.score.org.

Schuchman is no stranger to the overlap between technology and business — in addi tion to overseeing his own company as an information technology professional, he is also the executive chair of the Professional Services Group (PSG) of Mercer County.

Per his SCORE Princeton biography, Schuchman has taken his more than 30 years of experience to support clients in multiple fields, as his corporate career includes work in the financial, healthcare and transporta tion industries. Schuchman is the founder of Princeton Technology Advisors, LLC, a “full service information technology consulting services firm,” according to their website.

Schuchman’s October 17 presentation covers growing a business through the prop er application of social media and online marketing tactics, which can especially ap ply to those who might be unfamiliar with the electronic elements of a modern organi zation.

“It is no longer the case that you are the first point of contact between the outside world and your company. That role is now the responsibility of your website and online social media profiles,” Schuchman says on the page for the event.

In hopes of taking promotion to a new, digitized level of success, attendees can learn to cultivate a brand that resonates with not only people, but the algorithm, too. Knowledge of these areas may reveal useful metrics on how to best optimize a presence across the platforms.

Networking, BNI Falcons, East Windsor, 877-264-0500. www.bninjpa.org. Meeting takes place online. Call the BNI Office or the chapter president to attend. 7 to 8:30 a.m.

East Windsor Economic Development

Breakfast Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Inn of East Windsor, 399 Monmouth Street, East Windsor, 609-924-1776. www.princeton mercerchamber.org. East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov provides an update on cur rent projects and preview of what is on the horizon for the East Windsor business com munity. Register. $40. 8 to 10 a.m.

Thursday, October 13

Networking, BNI Tigers Chapter, West Windsor, 609-356-5001. www.bninjpa.org. Meeting takes place online. Call the BNI Of fice or the chapter president to attend. 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Networking, BNI Top Flight, Town Diner, 431 Route 130, East Windsor, 609-4438222. www.bninjpa.org. 7 a.m.

The Changing Garden State: Urban & Suburban Farming, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tren ton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton, 609-924-1776. www.princeton mercerchamber.org. Learn about new uses of real estate including the growth of urban farming which includes hydroponics, can nabis, and a new way of thinking about ag riculture. Panel includes moderator Rebec ca Machinga of Withum; Desmond Hayes of GeoGreens; Jennifer Mazawey of Geno va Burns; and Edward Salzman of Smooth Roots. Register. $45; $35 members. 7:30 to 9:45 a.m.

Friday, October 14

Networking, BNI Driven, Robbinsville, 877264-0500. www.bninjpa.org. Meeting takes place online. Call the BNI Office or the chapter president to attend. 7 a.m.

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County, Princeton Public Li brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.psgofmercercounty.org. Bill Pigula discusses internal and external factors found in the job search process and tactics

Bradley Bartolino, above left, Deborah Blanks, and Barbara Lawrence have joined the Princeton Senior Resource Center board. Molly Jones, right, has joined CChange Conversa tions as director of de velopment and out reach.

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O FFICE RENTALS

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STORAGE

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BUSINESS SERVICES

Professional Ghostwriter: Press re leases that grab editors’ attention and robust website content that rises above the run of the mill. Have your business history written to preserve the story be hind your success. E. E. Whiting Liter ary Services. 609-462-5734 eewhit ing@live.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

Professional Ghostwriter. Capture family stories or business histories for posterity. Writing your own memoir? Let me bring your memories alive. Memori alize special events with reminiscences of family and friends printed for all to share. Obituaries and eulogies are sen sitively created. E. E. Whiting Literary Services. 609-462-5734 eewhiting@ live.com

TRANSPORTATION

A Personal Driver seeking to trans port commuters, shopping trips, etc. Modern, attractive car. References pro vided. Less than commercial taxi ser vices. E-mail to gvprinter@gmail.com or call 609-331-3370.

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Cash paid for World War II military items. 609-581-8290 or e-mail mymilit arytoys@optonline.net.

Wanted: Baseball, football, basket ball, hockey. Cards, autographs, photos, memorabilia. Highest cash prices paid! Licensed corporation, will travel. 4thelovofcards, 908-596-0976. allstar115@verizon.net.

MEN SEEKING WOMEN

Elderly gentleman seeks a woman who is more concerned about the suffer ing occurring around the world than she is about hedonistic pleasures. Box 240346

I am a 63 year old widow. Recent years have been devoted to raising my kids and to my career, but now the kids are on their own and I am mostly retired. As I look to the future, I hope to meet a woman to share my life with. My inter ests include travel, sports, restaurants, movies, concerts, the outdoors and fit ness, but I also enjoy quiet evenings at home watching a good movie. I would like to meet an active woman 50-65 with some similar interests, but most impor tantly a positive attitude and youthful outlook. Please let me know a little about you, and send a picture and your contact info, and I’ll reciprocate with the same. Thanks! Box #240906.

WOMEN SEEKING MEN

BOYFRIEND POSITION OPEN. YOU WILL BE HAPPY YOU APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION!! Though the only pay is the company of a beautiful, fun, sweet, mature woman. Am ISO attrac tive clean cut male n/s 45 to 65 years young. 5’9 to 6’1 180 to 200lbs. 4 dating possibly an ltr. I love photography, com edy shows, cooking, walks, swimming pools, movies, much more. Send recent photo, email, and phone information.

Young attractive, exceptionally cheerful, slim, DACA woman (age 25) seeks responsible, kind, non-smoking, non-drinking, drug free man (25-32) for friendship and possible marriage. I have one year of college remaining and plan to enter social work. I love children and am a Fundamentalist Christian. I prefer non-Hispanic men. Box #240891.

M EN SEEKING MEN

Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. CASH ONLY - checks/money orders will NOT be accepted.

HOW TO ORDER

Singles By Mail: To place your free ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 9 Prin cess Road, Suite M, Lawrenceville 08648 or E-mail it to class@princeton info.com. Be sure to include a physical address to which we can send respons es.

HELP WANTED

IT POSITIONS. Piscataway, NJ & various unanticipated locations through out U.S: SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS: Invlv in all phases of SDLC. Gathr rqmnts & crte tech dsgn using Visual force, SOQL, SOSL & Apex Triggers. Dsgn, code, & impl Salesforce apps us ing Java & JavaScript. Impl Salesforce Lightning Comps for users. Prfm code revu & debug. Master’s in Sci, Tech, Engg or any rltd fld is req’d. Bachelor’s w/5 yrs exp in job ofr’d or rltd occup is ok in lieu of Master’s. Any suitable combo of edu, exp, or train is ok. SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS: Invlv in all phases of SDLC. Dsgn & dvlp user intface & cust controls. Mntn stored procdrs, triggers, & user defined func & views. Crte & custmz profiles, roles, users & page lay outs. Dvlp custom led convrsn proces. Dvlp code to auto test proces. Trbshot & reslv issues. JOB #1 (494) Skills Req’d: Java, JavaScript, Agile, CSS, SQL, HT ML, REST & SOAP. JOB #2 (519) Skills req’d: C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, CSS, RESTFul API,Azure, JIRA, jQuery & Bootstrap. JOB #3 (486) Skills req’d: Ja vaScript, JIRA, MAVEN, Jenkins, AWS, Azure, XML, Python & WebLogic. For Jobs 1-3: Master’s in Sci, Tech, Engg, or any rltd fld is req’d. For all jobs: Mail CV: HR, Acequest Corp, 200 Centennial Ave, Ste 123, Piscataway, NJ 08854.

IT POSITIONS IT PROFESSIONALS

Piscataway, NJ & various unanticipated locations throughout U.S: NETWORK ENGINEERS: Dsgn, Install, Config, Ad mnstr & trbshot LAN/WAN Infrstctr & Cisco Wireless Ntwk. Dsgn ntwk arch & layout strtegs. Config & mnge VLAN’s, VTP, syslog, SMP server & WLC using Cisco prime infrstctr, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP. Impl VDC, VPC, fabric path, FCOE, OTV in prod envrmnt. Master’s in Sci, Tech, Engg or any rltd fld is req’d. SAP ADMINISTRATORS: Dsgn & archit tech func & soltns for SAP tech. Install, prepr, prfm, & impl SAP config. Mntn SAP rlse & patches. Migrt & upgrd db. Montr & trbshot issues. Skills req’d: SAP ECC, SAP R3, SAP CRM, SAP S/4 HA NA, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, Linux & So laris. Master’s in Sci, Tech, Engg or any rltd fld w/ 1 yr exp in job off’d or rltd occup is req’d. For bothjobs: Mail CV: HR, Ace quest Corp, 200 Centennial Ave, Ste 123, Piscataway, NJ 08854

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Millionaire in Toms River looking for aires in his estate! Well to be hon est an average social security man look ing for new friends to enjoy the golden years before they tarnish. Like myself I hope to find someone with values, sen sitive and creative like myself. I lost my partner after twenty years and since i am not a bar person or a computer ex pert I hope to find someone special by putting this ad in US1. I’m Italian sixe foot 185lbs and in excellent health. I will answer all written replies - no text. Box #240895

SEEKING FRIENDS

I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instru ments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609577-3337.

WANTED TO BUY

Antique Military Items: And war rel ics wanted from all wars and countries. Top prices paid. ‘Armies of the Past LTD’. 2038 Greenwood Ave., Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4, call first, or by appointment.

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Monday, October 17

Using Technology to Grow Your Business Princeton SCORE princeton.score.org. IT profes sional David Schuchman offers an interactive presentation to help you effectively get up and running on the social media platforms you need to use the most, as well as

I’m an intelligent, fully vaccinated DWM, 74, full of energy, love exercise, long walks in the park, and pickleball. Looking for female friends for platonic companionship to enjoy good conversa tion and activities with. I live in Robbins ville. Box 240859

Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we will run a reason ably worded classified ad for you at no charge. We reserve the right to edit the ads and to limit the number of times they run. Mail or Fax your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 9 Princess Road, Suite M, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. E-mail to class@princetoninfo.com. You must in clude your name, address, and phone number (for our records only).

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How to Respond: Place your note in an envelope, write the box number on the envelope, and mail it with $1 CASH per response to U.S. 1 9 Princess

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Tuesday, October 18

Business After Business, Princ eton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, Crowne Plaza Princeton Conference Center, 900 Scudders Mill Road, Plains boro, 609-924-1776. www.prince tonmercerchamber.org. Network with your Chamber friends and

Home security and home mainte nance all in one. Retired police officer available for security and home mainte nance. Power washing. Indoor/outdoor house painting. Also do lawn and gar den, siding, new construction, replace doors and windows and door locks and house sitting, personal security and driving. Call 609-937-9456 or e-mail dra203@aol.com.

guests while enjoying light fare, beer, and wine. Register. $60; $25 members. 5 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 19

Networking, BNI Falcons, East Windsor, 877-264-0500. www. bninjpa.org. Meeting takes place online. Call the BNI Office or the chapter president to attend. 7 to 8:30 a.m.

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The Saint Peter’s Breast Center has always been on the front line in the battle against breast cancer. We’re proud that for the fifth straight time, we’ve earned a full three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program of the American College of Surgeons.

Saint Peter’s breast care team of experts in multiple specialties designs a customized treatment plan for each patient using the latest technology, medications and surgical procedures available.

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To learn more about Saint Peter’s Breast Center, call 732.339.7704 or visit saintpetershcs.com/breastcenter