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To the Editor: A Proposal for a Pedestrian Thoroughfare on Witherspoon Street

MANAGING EDITOr Sara Hastings ArTS EDITOr Dan Aubrey DIrECTOr OF DIGITAL INITIATIVES Joe Emanski ADMINISTrATIVE COOrDINATOr

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rinceton business owners are ready for a pedestrian thoroughfare and a one lane solution on WitherspoonStreet. Princeton’s business community has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. We thank the town’s leadership for working with us during this difficult year and are especially grateful for the temporary arrangement on Witherspoon Street that has allowed us to keep serving our customers. between For many of us busiThe ness owners, this sumLines mer’s outdoor dining experience has been a first. While it was dictated by necessity, we have found that the move from a two-lane street to a single lane street had its problems. This was because it was not governed by an ordinance with regulations for controlling delivery of product, pickup/takeout, and garbage removal. It resulted in congestion with cars, delivery trucks, etc., and safety issues, which inhibited the public from enjoying a truly convivial alfresco dining experience. We would like to see a flexible street that allows access to personal cars, delivery, and service vehicles at set times, but also allows for enjoyable closure at other times, to make a safe outdoor space for people, for meeting, dining, and for community building. The essence of a true pedestrian thoroughfare is a proper ordinance with regulations for the clean and proper use of this street. A people-friendly street design, augmented with trees, good lighting, and tasteful decoraU.S. 1 WELCOMES letters to the editor, corrections, and criticisms of our stories and columns. E-mail your thoughts directly to our editor: hastings@princetoninfo.com.

tion, would make Witherspoon Street even more beautiful and would make a fitting approach to historic Nassau Hall. Indeed, a low-traffic Witherspoon Street can become a destination for visitors, which benefits local businesses, as has been the happy outcome of similar redesigns in Jersey City and Somerville. We strongly encourage Princeton council to adopt a people-friendly design for Witherspoon Street. Frank Armenante Owner, The Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street The House of Cupcakes (34 Witherspoon), Purinsu Ramen (32 Witherspoon), and unoccupied space (36 Witherspoon) Owned/ ontrolled by Frank Armenante & Peter Mocco Michele Moriello Owner, La Mezzaluna and Public Wine Beer & Spirits, 25 & 23 Witherspoon Street Beth Rota Owner, Elements & Mistral, 66 Witherspoon Street Helena May Owner, 300 Witherspoon Street Andrew Mangone Owner, Hinkson’s, 28 Spring Street Aubrey Haines Owner, 23 Witherspoon Street. Wendy Merkovitz Business Owner, 33 Witherspoon Street Mike Zingaro Business Owner, Mike’s Barber Shop, 33 Witherspoon Street

Hugs for Brady Celebrates Its 10 Year Anniversary

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ven in a year full of challenges that seem at times insurmountable, we are continually amazed by the courage and resiliency of the small business owners we serve in downtown Trenton.

ilies with staggering medical costs. Ten years of passion and caring. During that time Hugs for Brady has raised nearly $5 million to support research and individual families struggling financially with the costs of pediatric cancer treatment. From the costs of treatment to clothing, toys, televisions, and gaming units, Hugs for Brady believes that children undergoing treatment must be surrounded only with joy, happiness, and comfort. Hugs for Brady is celebrating its 10th anniversary of hard work and amazing accomplishments. Go to the website, hugsforbrady.org/10years. See how you can be part of this essential movement to help kids with cancer and to eradicate childhood cancers. Let’s make the next 10 years even more amazing. Sherrie Wells

Area Kiwanians Salute Joe Teti’s 50 Years of Service t’s a milestone not many of us reach: Fifty years in an organization dedicated to community service. Joseph P. Teti joined the Kiwanis Club of Trenton in 1970 and over the years has earned just about every award a grateful club could bestow. Perhaps most telling, however, is the informal title “Mr. Kiwanis” invariably used Continued on page 5

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Did you also know the store carries a wide array of sunglasses, scarves, jewelry and other accessories? Affordable, fun and funky. You’ll find it at Beauty World.

An inventive menu and friendly vibe make NJ Weedman’s Joint one of downtown Trenton’s most popular dining destinations. Who else but NJ Weedman’s Joint dishes up peanut butter and jelly wings? And, yes, they are as good as they sound!

Supporting this tight-knit community is our number one priority at Trenton Downtown Association. Yet we can’t do it alone. This holiday season we are asking everyone to join us as we Love Local for downtown Trenton. Shop local whenever you can. If shopping is out of the question this year, show your love in other ways. Just a simple post or share on social media helps. Our hope for the holidays is that every small business survives this crisis. It’s a big wish, but we can do it if we work together.

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t’s been 10 years since Sherrie Wells and husband Michael founded the Hugs for Brady Foundation, which supports children with cancer and their families. Ten years since her son Brady died from non-differentiated acute leukemia, a rare form of leukemia. Ten years of working with kids with cancer and helping their fam-

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sulting firm. She has previously served on the board of Greater Trenton in addition to work with other nonprofit initiatives. She is also part of the governor’s Advisory Council for the Restart and Recovery of the State of New Jersey. The event will open with remarks by Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora.

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Business Meetings Thursday, December 10

Best Strategies for Managing Your Financial Outlook in 2021, NJSBDC at The College of New Jersey. www.njsbdc.com. Free. Register. Noon. Growing in Trenton: A Conversation with Bernie Flynn, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Current Mercer Street Friends CEO and past New Jersey Manufacturers president and CEO Bernie Flynn in conversation with Chamber chairwoman Brenda Ross-Dulan. Opening remarks by Mayor Reed Gusciora. Register. $15. Noon.

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Wednesday, December 16

The New Nonprofit Imperatives for DEI, NonProfitConnect. www.nonprofitconnectnj.org. Second workshop in a three-part series that offers nonprofits a chance to discuss how to take advantage of this key moment in time to make changes, explore how unconscious bias shows up, and guide participants to develop a plan for their organizations to address social equity issues. Speakers include Robin Hindsman Stacia of Sage Consulting Network and Vernetta Walker of Walker & Associates Consulting. Register. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Holiday Business After Business Virtual Networking, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Festive virtual networking. Share holiday stories, participate in holiday trivia, and wear an ugly sweater or other festive attire. Register. $25; $15 members. 5 to 7 p.m.

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A Surprise Role in a Cult Classic Editor’s Note: Britain’s Prog Magazine said Blue Oyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard’s new recording “Re Imaginos,” was “Worth the Wait.” Billboard in New York City included it in its top 100 releases. And the Illinois-based Music Street Journal called it “simply stunning.” But closer to home, Robbinsville musician and past U.S. 1 graphic designer Vaughan Burton has his own thoughts on this hot recording and how — despite being quarantined in New Jersey — he became one of its contributing artists.

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myself. As much as I wanted to meet Bouchard in New York and see his studio, I — under at least the pretense of being a serious musician — didn’t want to appear too anxious, so I suggested that I could start at home then go to Manhattan should any problems arise. I immediately began thinking about ideas. I recorded the better ones on my portable, digital recorder, rehearsed the best passages, and then recorded my final parts in my “studio” (A.K.A. basement) in mid-February. Bouchard liked what I did overall but asked for a couple of minor revisions. I made have been a guitarist since 1980 and a the changes that he requested. Despite a composer since the mid-80s. My recording brief technical setback, I sent him a revised credits include numerous independent, com- mix of the song. Bouchard liked the revised mercially released compact discs. The music version and asked that I share the individual of Blue Öyster Cult — along with that of nu- tracks with him on Dropbox, which I did. merous other classic and progressive rock He then offered to share the entire album bands — has been the soundtrack of my life with me via Dropbox; so I got to hear how since the summer that I first picked up a gui- the songs changed and evolved, which was tar. fascinating. The final masters of all the songs In early February of this year, I sent an were posted on July 4. email (which included my Bouchard’s CD, titled music biography) to Al“Re Imaginos,” was reIt’s virtually impossibert Bouchard, original leased on November 6 drummer and songwriter ble these days to be and has received praise for Blue Öyster Cult. I from critics and fans noticed by a record asked if he would considalike. The disc also feacompany; and promier recording a new vertures Albert’s brother, Joe sion of a song called “The nent individuals can Bouchard (who was the Girl That Love Made bass player and occasionstill ignore you ... but I Blind,” a composition al songwriter and vocalist think it’s a little easier for Blue Öyster Cult) on that had been intended for but was ultimately omitto find that person piano and trumpet. ted from the polarizing As it turns out, I’m who just might say B.Ö.C. album from 1988, very fortunate that I de‘Yes.’ Always ask. “Imaginos.” Prior to this cided to record my parts year, the “Imaginos” vermyself, because it was sion was only available as soon after my initial cora prerelease outtake. respondence with Albert that COVID hit. Much to my surprise, Bouchard respond- Travel to New York would have been risky. ed saying that he was — by sheer coinci- Even if I had gone to Albert’s studio prior to dence — working on that very song for a the outbreak, it would have been very diffinew version of “Imaginos.” He asked to hear cult to finish the recording had any major some of my music, so I sent him a link to my obstacles arisen during the session. I may Soundcloud profile. have been able to complete the recording at Bouchard liked my music (in particular home, but who knows? the guitar solo on an original song called “I My involvement in “Re Imaginos” is a Hardly Know Me”) and invited me to par- dream come true. ticipate in the recording of his new version It’s virtually impossible these days to be of “The Girl That Love Made Blind.” noticed by a record company; and prominent Needless to say, I was excited. Bouchard individuals can still ignore you ... but I think offered me the choice of recording in his it’s a little easier to find that person who just Manhattan studio or recording the tracks might say “Yes.” Always ask.

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to describe Joe and his commitment to Kiwanis and the city it serves. Joe has served as Kiwanis District governor, multiple terms as club president, and has convinced dozens of others to join him in Kiwanis service (this writer included). How do you say “thank you” to a leader like Joe? With a service project, of course! “A TASK for Teti” invited Kiwanians throughout the area to gather supplies and assemble personal hygiene packages needed by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. On December 7, 340 completed packages were delivered to TASK, containing more than 3,400 individual items ranging from toothpaste to shaving cream to soap and washcloths. An additional 100 toothbrushes and 100 tubes of toothpaste as well as 10 hand-made blankets were also donated. Kiwanis Clubs from as far away as Phillipsburg in Warren County, Freehold Regional in Monmouth County, and Mount Laurel in Burlington County participated in the effort. More local clubs in Ewing, Hamilton, and Bordentown also participated. Trenton Kiwanians contributed and also marshalled the efforts of the other clubs. True to form, Joe and his wife, Gloria, donated a dozen of the packages themselves. Kiwanis is an international organization with more than 550,000 members who en-

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Joining Joe Teti, second from right, in delivering hygiene packages to TASK on December 7 are Trenton Kiwanians Mike McCormick and Bill Lueckel; Joe’s wife, Gloria Teti; Trenton Kiwanis president Alex Treece; and Sue Philpot of the Freehold Area Kiwanis. gage in more than 150,000 service projects each year. Joe Teti is proof of the great things each individual Kiwanian can accomplish, one child, one neighbor, and one project at a time — for 50 years and counting. Michael McCormick Trenton Kiwanis

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Glass Class Hopewell-based glass artist Jarryd Pezzillo, right, conducts a live, outdoor demonstration of glass blowing techniques for creating holiday decorations and more on Saturday, December 12, at the 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing. Event Listings: E-mail events@princetoninfo.com Events for each day are divided into two categories: socially distanced, in-person gatherings, and virtual gatherings taking place online. Visit venue websites for information about how to access the events. To include your event in this section email events@princetoninfo.com.

Wednesday December 9 In Person Art

Festival of Trees, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven. org. Annual showcase of a juried collection of trees and mantles displayed throughout the museum’s galleries in addition to outdoor displays and lights. Free with museum admission. Continues

daily through January 10, 2021. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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A Sweet and Savory Chanukah, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www. bethel.net. Learn how to make some traditional and not so traditional applesauce and potato latkes. While the latkes are sizzling, explore some fascinating Chanukah food customs from around the world with a registered dietitian. Via Zoom. Register. 8:30 p.m.

Pop Music

Lecture Performance Series, Boheme Opera NJ, Monroe Public Library. www.monroetwplibrary. org. “Unique Broadway” features music from West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Trouble in Tahiti, Yentl, and more. Free performance via Zoom. 1 p.m.

On Stage

Chasing Grace, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/ events/chasing-grace. A new musical by Elizabeth Addison, directed by DeMone Seraphin with musical direction by Nick Place. Free

online viewing. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Good Causes

2020 Excellence in Prevention Awards, Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. www.mercercouncil.org. Virtual event celebrating the prevention efforts of community partners. Honorees include Jon Adams, athletic director at Nottingham High School in Hamilton; Carol J. Feldman, founder of Shine and Inspire; Rob Fiorello of PEI Kids and the Mercer County Gang Task Force; The Peer Institute at The College of New Jersey; and Gianna Anselmo, winner of the Geetha Arulmohan Scholarship Award. Register for Zoom access. 9 a.m.

History

Art Talk: “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage”, Princeton Public Library & Historical Society of Princeton. www.princetonlibrary.org. Historical Society of Princeton curator Stephanie Schwartz offers a behind-thescenes presentation on the research and materials for the “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage” digital exhibition. Register. 7 p.m.

For Parents

Early College Just Ahead, The Learning Cooperatives. www. learningcooperatives.org. Free online discussion panel including representatives from local community colleges to talk about early college enrollment programs that allow high schoolers to start earning college credits while still in high school. Q&A follows. Register for Zoom link. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Lunchtime Gallery Series, West Windsor Arts Council & Princeton University Art Museum, 609-716-1931. www.westwindsorarts.org. Octogenarian David Hockney continues to create exciting art that incorporates cutting edge technology into his multimedia work. Anna Dombrowski, docent at PUAM, discusses a new work in the PUAM collection that features imagery of his evolving practice in a talk titled “David Hockney’s Take on the Artist in His Studio.” Register. $10; free for WWAC members. 1 p.m.

Socials

Meeting, Union Toastmasters. www.tmclub6520.org. Learn how to be a powerful presenter and achieve mastery in the art and science of public speaking in an engaging and fun environment. Email secretary@tmclub6520.org for link to join online meeting. 6 p.m. Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m. Holiday Online Trivia Night, State Theater of New Jersey. www.stnj.org/trivia. Suzie the Elf hosts a trivia challenge covering classic movies like “Frosty the Snowman” and “Miracle on 34th Street” to songs like “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” The first-place winner gets a $150 State Theater gift certificate and the second-place winner gets a State Theater swag bag. Register. Minimum $5 donation supports the theater’s community education programs. 7 p.m.

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Opportunities

Deck the Halls

Holiday Shopping Online

Morven Museum & Gardens invites individuals to submit a favorite photo of their seasonal decor for display in an online gallery. The home decor with the most votes by midnight on Thursday, December 17, wins a free, private tour inside the Festival of Trees for up to eight people from a single “pod” or family group. Email images to dlampertrudman@morven.org by Thursday, December 10. No people in the photos, please. For more information on Festival of Trees, visit www.morven.org.

The Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing offers a Virtual Holiday Marketplace fundraiser through Tuesday, December 15. The church is hosting local crafters and small businesses on the its website, where you can connect to shop for a variety of handcrafted items such as women’s fashions, jewelry, art, pottery, and more. Visit www.uucwc.org/ news/events/uucwc-virtual-holiday-marketplace.

For Seniors

Holiday Celebration, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 609-751-9699. www. princetonsenior.org. Music, an abundance of cheer, and wreaths to raffle. Ugly sweaters or other holiday accessories are welcome. Via Zoom. Register. 1 p.m.

Thursday December 10 First night of Chanukah.

An Evening of Readings & Carols Broadcast, Westminster Choir College & WWFM. www.wwfm.org. WWFM The Classical Network broadcasts archival recordings of Westminster Choir College’s Evening of Readings & Carols concerts. 8 p.m.

On Stage

It’s A Wonderful Life, Rider Theatre & 107.7 FM. www.rider.edu/about/events/itswonderful-life. The beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a 1940s-style radio broadcast. Adapted by Joe Landry and directed by T. Oliver Reid with performance by a student ensemble. 8 p.m.

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Literati

Poetry Circle: ‘Great Poems for Times of Turmoil’, Mercer County Library. www. mcl.org. Program focused on American poet Louise Glück who won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. Register to hopeprogs@ mcl.org for GoTo Meeting link. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Politics

Election 2020: What’s Next?, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Steve Kornacki, star election analyst for NBC/MSNBC, in conversation with New Jersey election expert Ingrid Reed. Free. Register. 10 percent discount available at Labyrinth Books with code “Kornacki” for purchases of his book, “The Red and the Blue,” December 9 through 17. 6:30 p.m.

Friday December 11

In Person Art

Live Holiday Glass Art Blowing Demonstration and Sale, 1867 Sanctuary Arts Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing. www.1867sanctuary.org. Hopewell glass artist Jarryd Pezzillo will conduct a live, outdoor demonstration of glass blowing techniques in creation of tree and tabletop holiday decorations and other glass pieces for gift-giving. Attendees must follow appropriate Covid precautions. A portion of the day’s sales will support Preservation New Jersey’s 1867 Sanctuary. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Film

Saturday Night at the Movies: Northanger Abbey, Mercer County Library. www.mcl. org. Borrow the featured title from the Hoopla catalog with a Mercer County Library card and watch it in the virtual company of your community. 8 p.m.

Mental Health

Even a Marine Needs to Cry, American College of Orgonomy, 732-821-1146. www.adifferentkindofpsychiatry.org. Free webinar featuring a presentation by Dale Rosin, D.O. joined by Howard Chavis, M.D. and hosted by Edward Chastka, M.D. Available via Zoom. Free. Register. 4 to 5 p.m. Continued on page 11

Fruitcakes, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www. musicmountaintheatre.org. Original comedy based on the 1979 French play “Le Pere Noel est une Ordure,” and the 1994 film “Mixed Nuts.” Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

Classical Music

Virtual

Holiday POPS!, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, 609-497-0020. www.princetonsymphony.org. Family-friendly concert featuring holiday favorites by PSO musicians, the Princeton High School Choir, and twin pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton, dances by American Repertory Ballet, and more. Register. Free. 7 p.m. Holidays with Westminster, Westminster Choir College. www.rider.edu/about/ events/holidays-westminster. Free digital holiday concert featuring Westminster’s students, alumni, choirs and friends. Performers include Westminster Chapel Choir, Jason Vodicka, conductor; Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Kathleen Ebling Shaw, conductor; Westminster Jubilee Singers, Vinroy D. Brown, conductor; Westminster Kantorei, Jay Carter, conductor; Westminster Symphonic Choir, Steve Pilkington, conductor; Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan, conductor; Westminster Williamson Voices Treble Ensemble, Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor; and more. 8 p.m.

Classical Music

Jazz & Blues

The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence, McCarter Theater. www. mccarter.org. Virtual premiere of “Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,” the final theatrical release in a four-part series honoring the noted American playwright. World premiere is a kaleidoscopic tale of ambition and madeness. Register. $15. Recording available through February 21, 2021. Christmas 2.0 Play Reading, Passage Theater. www.passagetheatre.org. Play by Donna Hoke about Angela, who just wants a happy Christmas or a more exciting life. Screening of recording followed by Zoombased holiday party. Register. $25. 7 p.m. It’s A Wonderful Life, Rider Theatre & 107.7 FM. www.rider.edu/about/events/itswonderful-life. The beloved American holi-

On Stage

Socials

Fruitcakes, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www. musicmountaintheatre.org. Original comedy based on the 1979 French play “Le Pere Noel est une Ordure,” and the 1994 film “Mixed Nuts.” Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons and drive-in viewing for 20 vehicles. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 8 p.m.

On Stage

day classic comes to life as a 1940s-style radio broadcast. Adapted by Joe Landry and directed by T. Oliver Reid with performance by a student ensemble. 8 p.m.

Holiday Music, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.plamersquare.com. Courtney’s Carolers perform. Noon to 2 p.m.

Virtual

On Stage

Annual Studio Tour “From Home”, Covered Bridge Artisans, 609-397-1535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Artists share new work with visitors via Zoom. Participating artists include porcelain potter Katherine Hackl of Swan Street Studio; painters Bill Jersey and Annelies van Dommelen, sculptors Jeanine Pennell of Bonetown Studio and Dave Cann and Constance Bassett of Moorland Studio; glass artists Karen and Geoff Caldwell of Sunflower Glass Studio; and others. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lambertville’s Music Mountain Theater presents ‘Fruitcakes,’ an original holiday comedy, live in theater and streamed at home through Sunday, December 13.

Live Music

In Person Friday with Friends, YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers, Pavilion, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. www.ywcaprinceton.org/ newcomers. Holiday luncheon. Each person is required to bring her own food and drink, to wear a mask, and practice social distancing. Registration required to newcomersmembership@ywcaprinceton.org. Noon to 2 p.m.

Art

Holiday “Jingle Jazz” Show with the Alex Otey Trio, 1867 Sanctuary Arts Center. www.1867sanctuary.org. Popular Christmas and seasonal favorites in a LIVE webcast featuring the Alex Otey Trio, a jazz vocal piano style group that performs a wide range of music, from the Swing era on through to current standards and original works. Free. 7 p.m.

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Turning the Page of 2020: The Year in Books

by Dan Aubrey

he year 2020 will go down in the books for many things — including giving many people who were quarantined at home the opportunity to catch up with their reading. The same was true at U.S. 1 where our “Off the Presses” column featured stories on works by area writers and publications off area presses. Since this is a time of the year when people purchase books as gifts for others or themselves, it seemed a good time to revisit the year in books. And let’s start with those that are all about local color. William (Larry) Kidder’s “Revolutionary Princeton 1774 – 1783: The Biography of an American Town” recreates a place and time when the world was changing. The retired Ewing-based history teacher and author of “A People Harassed and Exhausted: The Story of a New Jersey Militia Regiment in the American Revolution,” “Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783,” and “Ten Crucial Days: Washington’s Vision for Victory Unfolds” continues his personal quest to capture the region’s Revolutionary War history in words. And his newest, at 384 pages, focuses on the uncertainties and challenges that Princeton residents experienced daily. That includes a community dealing with divided loyalties, invasions, battles, and the creation of a new nation based on a revolutionary concept — a self-governing democracy. Lay reader-friendly but heavily researched, the book is spiced with community details, prominent Princeton community members such as Richard Stockton and John Witherspoon, and quick appearances by such American legends as John Adams and Paul Revere. There are also some unexpected glimpses, such as George Washington just be a human being, when the future president of the United

States and former Continental Army commander who, while staying at Rockingham in Rocky Hill, takes an excursion with one of the spirits who inflamed the American Revolution, “Common Sense” writer and Bordentown resident Thomas Paine. Kidder’s account is as follows: “During Paine’s visit, Washington suggested a scientific experiment after being told by local people that the creek running near the bottom of Rocky Hill could be set on fire.

Larry Kidder’s latest book focuses on the uncertainties and challenges that Princeton residents experienced during the American Revolution. Paine learned that in the opinion of the local people ‘on disturbing the bottom of the river, some bituminous matter arose to the surface, which took fire when the light was put to it.’ However, Paine ‘supposed that a quantity of inflammable air was let loose, which ascended through the water and took fire above the surface.’ At Washington’s suggestion, a small boat was found along with several soldiers to guide it with poles. According to Paine, ‘General Washington placed himself at one end of the scow and I at the other. Each of us had a roll

cartridge paper, which we lighted and held over the water about two or three inches from the surface when the soldiers began disturbing the bottom of the river with the poles.’ This caused air bubbles to rise fast, ‘and I saw the fire take from General Washington’s light and descend from thence to the surface of the water.’ This provided evidence that the river was set on fire by inflammable air rising out of the mud.” At the end of the book, Kidder reveals its heart and his own by reminding us about the importance of history: “In many ways, they were like us today, and understanding their struggles in the 18th century can help us understand our struggles today.” “Revolutionary Princeton 1774 – 1783: The Biography of an American Town” by William (Larry) Kidder, 2020, $19, 384 pages, Knox books. “Seeing the Sourlands” is conservator Jim Amon’s valentine to regional treasure. Published by the Sourland Conservancy, with support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the former D&R Canal Commission executive director, D&R Greenway stewardship director, and Sourlands Conservancy board members uses photographs and words to celebrate a location and invite area readers to wonder. Making a direct connection to American poet — and New Jersey

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From left: Larry Kidder’s ‘Revolutionary Princeton,’ Jim Amon’s ‘Seeing the Sourlands,’ James Betz’s ‘Ralston Heights,’ and Rider’s cookbook. resident — Walt Whitman’s state- dicament that is transformative, ment “I see nothing but miracles,” and he can’t escape,” Seeing his family fall apart beAmon writes, “Everyone wants to witness a miracle. Yet, if Walt cause of his father’s infidelity and Whitman was right, and we are ac- his own humiliation from being tually witnessing them every day, thrown out of Rutgers, Marino why aren’t we more aware of our moves from Princeton to Hopewell good fortune? There may be many and becomes entranced by the reasons, but one of them is surely nearby mansion that looks like a that we don’t know enough to rec- castle. He’s “a character stuck in a ognize a miracle when it is before rough time and feels that the weight us.” His easy-reading short essays of the world is on his shoulders. He and musings are a good way to tune is not very good at dealing with his problems. He feels entitled but the eye. “Seeing the Sourlands,”$39, feels like he’s not going anywhere. 168 pages. Available at www.sour- So when something closes on him, land.org. All proceeds benefit the he denies it. He’s already in a rough state, and it is only going to get Sourland Conservancy. worse.” “Ralston Heights” is Hopewell And so it does in this stylisticalwriter James Betz’s novel inspired ly bumpy but regionally interesting by the 19th-century Hopewell Cas- supernatural yarn. tle and its most infamous inhabit“Ralston Heights,” $19, 120 ant. pages, Farfallina Press. For purRalston may seem to be an actuchase information, go to www. al person’s name, but it is an acronym representing its founder’s for- facebook.com/RalstonHeights. “The Rider University Wommula for productive living: Regime, Activity, Light, Strength, en’s Suffrage Centennial CookTemperation, Oxygen, and Nature. book” was created to celebrate this Here’s some more background: year’s centennial of women’s sufthe Ralston’s name was coined by frage. Subtitled “Advancing the Cause the self-appointed 19th-century health pundit Webster Edgerly for Voter Engagement,” it features (1852 to 1926). One of several late recipes and contemporary political 19th century Americans who messages created in the tradition sipped from a heady cocktail of “of our courageous Foremothers.” Published by Pamela G. Mingle Darwinism, health fanaticism, idealism, and consumerism, Edgerly and Polly Dell’Omo, co-directors sold mail-order self-improvement of the Gail Bierenbaum Women’s books through his Ralston Health Leadership Council (GBWLC) at Rider UniversiClub. ty, and edited by He also concocted the pen Rider’s cookbook cel- Joan Mazzotti, vice chair of name Edmund ebrating the women’s Rider UniversiShaftesbury to suffrage centennial ty’s board of be the author of trustees, the more than 80 features recipes from 184-page book’s books designed current students as mission was “to to address a variwell as public figures honor the womety of physical en of the past as and psychologilike NJ Secretary of well as to encal issues. State Tahesha Way. courage women Although de— of all ages — void of science, to be active and the books found an international clientele of engaged citizens and to VOTE!” The coordinators say they hope 800,000 subscribers. After some unsuccessful at- the collection and personal mestempts to establish himself in vari- sages will be “an advocate for the ous locales — including his home elevation and enfranchisement of state of Massachusetts and Wash- women.” Designed to raise funds to supington, D.C. — Edgerly started purchasing farmland in Hopewell, port scholarships for women atNew Jersey, in order to create a tending Rider University, the book community based on his ideas that features recipes ranging from New ranged from perfecting personal Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha magnetism to fostering racial puri- Way to current Rider University ty through eugenics — including students. Overall, the book offers a heapcastrating non-Caucasian men. “It was sobering to find out that ing helping of light reading and a pioneer of eugenics lived so close hefty meals while serving a worthy to home, and it was too much to cause. turn my head the other way,” says Rider University Women’s SufBetz in a U.S. 1 interview (Septem- frage Centennial Cookbook, ber 16, 2020). $19.20, 184 pages, available at Betz’s story follows Trevor Ma- www.rider.edu/cookbook. rino, a young man who is “in a pre-

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Poetry Books

oted poet Paul Muldoon’s rock music infused “Sadie and the Sadists” and regional poet Steve Nolan’s searching “Base Camp” were among the books of poetry that arrived at U.S. 1 in early 2020 and provide the opportunity to present two works related to music — one a playful use of words in lyrics, the other a meditation on the creative effort.

Repeat Offender It takes one card overspent Or missing one month’s rent To put you on the street One trip to Nepal Was a clarion call That I should beat a retreat It takes one raincloud To cast a shroud Over the Fourth of July One sidelong look Was all it took For you to catch my eye Once is enough to have anything to do With guys who pretend to be tender But when it comes to loving you I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat offender That one chord thrown down At the top of ‘Brown Sugar’ gets me on my feet I raise one eyebrow When I ponder how To retweet my own tweets It takes one shot In a parking lot To get hepatitis B

“Einstein on Einstein” was written in 1946 when one of the world’s towering thinkers and most prominent New Jersey figures sat down at his desk at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and wrote, “Here I sit in order to write, at the age of 67, something like my own obituary.” And while his death would not occur for another nine years, Albert Einstein was writing a type of intellectual will — an autobiographical essay as part of the Library of Living Philosophers. That still extant series was launched in 1939 by German-born American philosophy professor Paul Schlipp, who saw Einstein as more than a physicist and invited him to participate. While Einstein initially hesitated, he had a change of heart and wrote, “I am doing this not merely because Dr. Schilpp has persuaded me to do it, but because I do, in fact, believe that it is a good thing to show those who are striving alongside of us how our own striving and searching ap-

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That one left hook Was all it took For Frazier to stop Ali Once is more than enough to eat Irish stew In South Bend after a bender But when it comes to loving you I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat offender (bridge) Last night I saw your name on a marquee On the outskirts of Lonely I hate to think of your appearance might be One time only (instrumental) It takes one idea to float A paper boat Or the Seventh Fleet One twit talking tosh Can put the kibosh On a royal meet and greet It takes one near Death experience to hear A wee small voice That one last book Was all it took To put me off James Joyce My chances of returning to Kathmandu Are slender . . . slender . . . slender But when it comes to loving you I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat . . . I’m a repeat offender

One Puff of a Smoke Signal

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, D,D,D,D, G,G,G,G, A,A,A,A; I push the zebra keys of the piano one at a time, again and again. I push the foot pedals to adjust — Paul Muldoon volume, F,F,F,F, “Sadie and the Sadists,” special edition accompanying album of same name, $10.99 B,B,B,B, 64 pages, Eyewear Publishing. I close my eyes.

pears in retrospect. After some reflection, I feel how important any such attempt is bound to be.” Subtitled “Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections,” the 217-page collection of writings was edited and developed by Hanoch Gutfreund, physicist and academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Jurgen Reen, director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Calling Einstein’s autobiographical statement “one of Einstein’s most significant but largely neglected texts,” the editors say it clearly shows “how a man of his kind thinks, as well as the challenges and tensions he encountered along his quest for a scientific worldview and not the final formulation of successful breakthroughs.” Organized in six parts, the book provides context, commentary, and background before getting to the main event: Einstein’s 26-page

“Autobiographical Note.” And it is here he provides something that academicians of all types should consider: “It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wreck and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and sense of duty.” The reading is not always easy, but it is always interesting to hear one of the region’s greatest thinkers thinking aloud. “Einstein on Einstein: Autobiographical and Scientific Reflections,”2020, $35, 217 pages, Princeton University Press. “Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control” is science and technology historian George Dyson’s new book tracing 300 years of

Recent poetry books include Paul Muldoon’s ‘Sadie and the Sadists’, left, and Steve Nolan’s ‘Base Camp,’ published by Ragged Sky Press. Black Elk walks through the room, pauses, smiles at me, speaks: “Learn the chords, Steve, Learn an introduction, listen to another instrument, there is more than one beat to a drum, one puff of a smoke signal says nothing.” — Steve Nolan “Base Camp,” $15, 104 pages, Ragged Sky Press (Princeton).

From left, ‘Einstein on Einstein,’ George Dyson’s ‘Analogia,’ Dewar MacLeod’s ‘Making the Scene in the Garden State,’ and Pete Genovese’s ‘New Jersey State of Mind.’ the interaction between people, nature, and technology and how a new age is unfolding. Author of “Baidarka the Kayak (1986), “Darwin Among the Machines” (1997), “Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957-1965” (2002), and “Turing’s Cathedral” (2012), Dyson is also known as the son of familiar Princeton figures, the late theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson and mathematician Verena Huber-Dyson. And while not completely focused on the area, the 67-year-old writer gives some credit to Princeton and New Jersey’s role in the title’s emergence and brings attention to the invisible history around us: “Nowhere in postwar America was there more electronics, and

better electronics, than in New Jersey. From RCA’s vast Camden works and Princeton laboratories to the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, it was New Jersey that led the way in electronics just as Thomas Edison, and the city named after him on the shores of the Raritan River, had led the way in delivering electric light.” “Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control,” by George Dyson, $28, 304 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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“Making the Scene in the Garden State: Popular Music in New Jersey from Edison to Springsteen and Beyond” is Dewar Mac Leod’s examination of New Jersey’s contribution to American music. A history professor at William Paterson University in Wayne, MacLeod is a California transplant who in addition to specializing in American studies and foreign policy focuses on popular culture. A musician and author of the book “Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California,” MacLeod notes early on, “My interest lies in the social history of the ways in which people produce and consume music.” And keeping with the subtitle, he organizes the book around “scenes” or “the types of historical groups of people around music.” That includes the founding of a major recording center in Camden, legendary jazz recordings in Cliffside, Bruce Springsteen and Asbury Park, and Hoboken’s independent rock scene. Even though MacLeod realizes that the task of documenting New Jersey’s various music scenes was beyond his reach at the time, his book is a fun read that captures plenty. “Making the Scene in the Garden State: Popular Music in New Jersey from Edison to Springsteen and Beyond,” $29.95 180 pages. Rutgers University Press. “New Jersey State of Mind” is NJ.com’s veteran food and features writer Peter Genovese’s newest effort. Joining his other 10 New Jersey books — including “Jersey Diners,” “Roadside New Jersey,” “The Jersey Shore Uncovered,” and “Food Lovers’ Guide to New Jersey” — his latest 156-page work is a love letter to a small state big enough to include 9,200,000 people (the nation’s most densely pop-

ulated), 39,000 miles of highway, 525 diners (another national record), and more stores than the square of the number of registered vehicles (6,628,080). “I live, breathe, and even dream New Jersey,” says the Trentonborn, Ewing-raised, Genovese at the top of this Jersey-fresh collection of stories that continue a personal objective to capture and preserve New Jersey places and people in ink — all conveyed in a chatty and detail-rich style. Just open the book to any of its 27 chapters and for an introduction to New Jersey locales ranging from a Camden “cheesesteak paradise” to a Pinelands canoe trip to the “world’s largest salad” in Hoboken. “I wanted to get away from the stereotypes of when people think about New Jersey,” he said about his intent during a U.S. 1 interview (July 8, 2020). He also shared his secret for getting the goods. “I have an easy way, and people tell me their stories. Everyone has an interesting story. We all have a story to tell. I think you start there and you have to draw them out. And tell it truthfully and compellingly.” Consider it Jersey fresh fun from a New Jersey master. “New Jersey State of Mind” by Peter Genovese, $24.95 156 pages, Rutgers University Press.

he region is fortunate to be home to two major universities with professors whose works focus on topics that challenge our views and help us see the world in new ways. Here are a few works from the region’s campuses: “Begin Again — James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” opens with the following statement: “I, Jimmy Baldwin, as a black writer, must in some way represent you. I’ll make you a pledge. If you will promise your elder brother that you will never, ever accept any of the many

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derogatory, degrading, and reductive definitions that this society has ready for you, then I, Jimmy Baldwin, promise you I shall never betray you.” That 1963 declaration made to students at Howard University by the author of the books “Notes of a Native Son” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and the plays “Amen Corner” and “Blues for Mr. Charlie,” was “an avowal of love and a declaration of his responsibility as a writer dedicated to speaking the truth,” writes Princeton University professor and Department of African American Studies chair Eddie

Pete Genovese’s ‘New Jersey State of Mind’ is Jersey fresh fun from a New Jersey master. S. Glaude Jr. in his book on Baldwin and his thoughts regarding America’s systematic racism. Glaude is a man with a keen eye on our times and says the idea of America is in trouble. And “it should be. We have told ourselves a story that secures our virtue and protects us from our vices. But today we confront the ugliness of who we are — our darker angels reign. That ugliness isn’t just Donald Trump or murderous police officers or loud racists screaming horrible things. It is the image of children in cages with mucussmeared shirts and soiled pants glaring back at us. Fourteen-yearold girls forced to take care of twoyear old children they do not even know. It is sleep-deprived babies in rooms where the lights never go off, crying for loved ones who risked everything to come here only because they believed the idea. It is Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter facedown, washed up on the banks of our boarder. Reality can be hard and heartless.” The book is obviously timely

Eddie Glaude’s ‘Begin Again,’ left, P. Carl’s ‘Becoming a Man,’ Anne Case and Angus Deaton’s ‘Deaths of Despair,’ and Mark Doty’s ‘What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life.’ reading and something Glaude says was guided by “Jimmy’s delicate hands.” “Begin Again — James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., $27, 272 pages. Crown. “Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition” is the story of P. Carl’s personal journey from his life as a girl to the man he longed to be. A distinguished fellow in American studies at Princeton University, the writer is a theater producer and dramaturg, the founder of the online journal HowlRound, and has published work in the New York Times Magazine. In his first book, the writer shares some thoughts on his journey that generate understanding and consideration: “Trans people who have chosen to change sexes often describe the desire as ‘an irresistible longing’ or ‘an irrepressible drive’ to live and be seen as the other sex. I see this drive in transmasculine men on social media. Though my guess is many identify as queer, and they are definitely out as trans, they go into funks of deadly depression when misgendered. Why does their queerness, my queerness, need the certainty of language, of specific pronouns, to feel seen? “Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition” by P. Carl, $26, 230 pages, Simon & Schuster. “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism” is Princeton University economists Anne Case and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton’s investigation of the rise of mortality rates among of white Americans between the ages of 25 to 64 and its place in a larger and more disturbing social trend. As the married couple note in their book’s preface, “This book documents despair and death, it critiques aspects of capitalism, and it questions how globalization and technical change are working in America today. Yet we remain optimistic. We believe in capitalism, and we continue to believe that globalization and technical change can be managed to the general benefit. Capitalism does not have to work as it does in America today. It does not need to be abolished, but it should be redirected to work in the public interest. “Free market competition can do many things, but there are also many areas where it cannot work well, including the provisions of healthcare, the exorbitant cost of which is doing immense harm to the health and wellbeing of America. If governments are unwilling to

exercise compulsion over health insurance and to take the power to control costs — as other rich countries have done — tragedies are inevitable. Deaths of despair have much to do with the failure — the unique failure — of America to learn this lesson.” The book was important when it arrived off the presses in the early spring, but with a new president taking office during a deadly pandemic this book has plenty of insight to share to shape the future. “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism,” by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, $27.95, 320 pages, Princeton University Press. “What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life” is National Book Award-winning poet and Rutgers University creative writing professor Mark Doty’s meditation on the major American poet’s influence on world literature and on his own life. “Of the many poets I love, none has haunted me as Walt Whitman has,” writes Doty early in the book that merges literary criticism with personal memoir — including the New York City-based Doty’s visit to the Walt Whitman house and museum in Camden. Whitman’s influence on literature has been so pervasive that it is easily not recognized, but Doty’s work refocuses our attention to the appearance of “a book with no author’s name on the cover or title page, with a densely printed rather florid preface followed by twelve poems. Were they poems? No consistent meter, no comfortable and familiar pattern of rhyme. Not to mention the fact the book’s opening salvo is a dizzying sixty-fivepage text, the sheer rock-wall of it divided only by stanza breaks. The sweeping lines, colloquial and Biblical at once, seem meant to carry us from earth to — well, not heaven exactly, but the earth seen in radical illumination. ‘I believe a leaf of grass,’ he writes, ‘is no less than the journey-work of the stars.’ He mocks religion while proclaiming the world holy. He loves being incarnate, relishing sheer physicality — to walk, to feel the movement of atmosphere on one’s skin — and the thrilling energies of eros, the firefighter’s fine muscles moving under their clothes. His feints and silences are so transparent they reveal at least as much as they conceal.” A fine meditation on what made the voice of Whitman so strong. “What is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life,” Mark Doty, $24.95, 280 pages, W.W. Norton & Company.

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Off the Presses: ‘Violence Against Women in Politics’

by Dan Aubrey

he release of Rutgers University professor Mona Lena Krook’s new book, “Violence against Women in Politics,” comes at a ripe moment. Over the past four years the president of the United States delighted his supporters by using the phrase “nasty women” for women who did not conform to his views, launched the chant “lock her up,” first against his opponent Hillary Clinton and then others, encouraged Michigan citizens to rise up against its female governor while she was instituting measures to control a deadly pandemic, and cryptically told the Proud Boys — an FBI-labeled “extremist group with white nationalist ties” as well as reported misogynist leanings — to “stand by.” Yet despite Trump’s labeling her as a “monster,” “communist,” and “angry,” Kamala Harris was elected as the first female vice president of the United States. The above dichotomy reflects a reality that while some female politicians are making strides at the ballot box others are stopped before they get on the campaign trail by what Krook may refer to as “normalized injustices.” Focusing mainly on violence against female politicians and leaving violence against male politicians to others, Krook’s book is a heavily researched international overview of the situation of women attempting to become leaders in a democracy. To do so she divides the book into four sections: “The first traces how the concept of violence against women in politics emerged on the global stage through the collective theorizing of many different actors. “The second develops a theoretical framework for understanding what violence against women in politics is — and, in particular, how

it is distinct from other forms of violence experienced in the political sphere. “The third identifies five forms of violence against women in politics. Four of these — physical, psychological, sexual, and economic — are widely recognized among both activist and research communities. The book also theorizes a fifth type, semiotic violence, which emerged inductively in the course of the research. “(And) the fourth and final section issues a call to action, outlining what activists and scholars

Krook’s book is a heavily researched international overview of the situation of women attempting to become leaders in a democracy. might do to tackle and raise awareness of violence against women in politics.” Krook’s main premise is that the use of force to achieve political ends is a threat to democracy and “is illegitimate.” And since the opposite of force is reason and choice, the book frequently focuses on the use of language (something obviously attractive to a writer) and how it affects the idea of politics and the persona of a politician. “Metaphors to describe politics often invoke images of war. For some theorists, engaging in war and politics involves identical skill sets. As Machiavelli writes in his influential political treatise, ‘The Prince’: “A prince . . . must have no other object or thought, nor acquire skill in anything, except war, its organization, and its discipline. The art of war is all that is required of a

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ruler.’” With the addition of politics as sport metaphor, Krook points to the idea that “both sets of metaphors are destructive in that they imply that negotiation and compromise are forbidden, requiring that opponents fight it out until the bitter end.” While women politicians have been the target of physical violence, Krook says it is “generally less common than other acts” and says studies “suggest that psychological violence is the most widespread form of violence against women in politics.” The reason is “psychological violence inflicts trauma on individuals’ mental state or emotional well-being. It seeks to disempower targets by degrading, demoralizing, or shaming them — often through efforts to instill fear, cause stress, or harm their credibility. Its varied forms comprise, but are not limited to, death threats, rape threats, intimidation, threats against family members, verbal abuse, bullying, rumor campaigns, illegal interrogation, surveillance, social ostracism, and blackmail.” The above is also used on others who participate in the democratic process. Journalists, who Krook says “are not often viewed as political actors” nevertheless “play a key role in political life, and violence against them also poses crucial threats to both democracy and human rights.” She also reports that “female journalists also often face sexualized hate speech online. Analyzing 70 million comments left on the Guardian website since 2006, editors discovered that, among the 10 most abused writers, eight were women and two were black men — despite the fact that the vast majority of its opinion writers were white men. The findings confirmed ‘what female journalists have long suspected: that articles written by

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The latest from Rutgers’ Mona Lena Krook is ‘Violence Against Women in Politics.’ women attract more abuse and dismissive trolling than those written by men, regardless of what the article is about.’” As noted earlier, Krook includes the theorized idea of semiotic violence and writes, “Semiotics is the study of signs. Drawing on the philosophy of language and philosophy of art and aesthetics, semiotic analysis ‘reads’ words and images as ‘texts’ to gain insight into the interpretive frameworks filtering and guiding human perceptions of the world.” She then continues, “As a general concept, semiotic violence entails drawing on and reinforcing inequalities by using words and images — and in some cases, body language — to injure, discipline, and subjugate members of marginalized groups. In the current context, it refers specifically to the use of semiotic resources to deny women’s political rights. A defining feature of semiotic violence is its public signification: while perpetrated against individuals, it

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seeks to send a message that the person’s group is unworthy, aiming to affect how the public at large views members of that group. Such acts may gain further resonance by tapping semiotic resources for denigrating other groups, creating intersectional manifestations of violence.” Krook continues at length about the concept frequently demonstrated by Donald Trump and makes a strong argument. However, because of the subjective nature of interpretation, the idea best serves as a guide. It also is in keeping with a book designed to “provide initial concepts and frameworks” for better understanding this problem for women in politics and “to begin, rather than end, a broader global conversation on violence against women in politics. Violence Against Women in Politics, Mona Lena Krook, $27.95, 336 Pages, Oxford University Press.

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ow does a strong Princ- al company Lambert calls the eBay eton-based company celebrate 40 of music — saw online income rise years of success in 2020? from around 1 percent of their preSimple: close the shop, fire the COVID income to 7 percent. staff, rack up debt, and then try to That effort, along with a PPE figure out how to pay the bills. grant from the State of New Jersey That’s the way Princeton Record Economic Development AssociaExchange owner Jon Lambert tion, enabled Lambert to bring staff commemorated the anniversary of back when the state allowed nonone of the region’s most lively and essential businesses to re-open culturally connected shops – with their doors. 13 full-time and three part-time “They’re all back,” Lambert employees. says about the staff. “Everyone was “Ironies abounded,” says Lam- enthusiastic about coming back.” bert in a recent After saying, masked inter“Last thing I view in a open‘What makes us a wanted to do is windowed side to fire someone destination is the viroom in the oneduring a pannyl,’ Lambert says. story boxy demic,” Lambuilding on Tu‘(It) is fun to see the bert adds, “If it lane Street. wasn’t for the packaging and read He says he incredible the liner notes. It’s had a “grand knowledge of plan” to celemore fun to have a the staff and brate on March their sacrifice physical artifact. 20, the same day we wouldn’t be That’s what’s sexy “when COVID here. It takes a took hold and right now.’ strong team, and sales went down I thank them for to nothing. On their dedication. Friday night I bought champagne. Our turnover is incredibly slow. I On Saturday, I let everyone go.” have nine people who have been That is except for two people de- here over nine years.” veloping the shop’s online presLambert says the need for such ence. commitment and knowledge may “We ramped up our online be missed by the community in sales,” he says. “That enabled me general. to pay health insurance when I fur“It is a big operation. There is a loughed everyone and helped pay lot of product here,” he says of the critical bills. We’re primarily a approximately 150,000 titles in the brick and mortar store, but we’re store’s 4,500-square-foot display keeping our online up and running areas and back rooms. just in case.” And with the store at 75 percent In this case, the team, using their back to where it had been before site along with Discogs — a nation- the March closure and 25 shopping

capacity, he says, “We buy and sell roughly an average of 40,000 titles a month. We buy an average of 20 collections a day.” He says current sales have been helped by the resurgence in vinyl records. And while the store always lived up to is name by selling vinyl record, LP sales have increased and now lead. For example, Lambert says, “10 years ago, we were generally 60 percent CDs, 30 percent LPs, and 10 percent DVDs. A few years ago LPs took 60 percent.” Some of that change is related to selling rarities, vinyl recordings that command upwards of $2,000, and being part of an inventory

Jon Lambert attended Princeton High School and began working in record shops as a teenager. In 1988 he became a clerk at Princeton Record Exchange, and in 2015, when PREX founder Barry Weisfeld retired, he arranged for Lambert to become its new owner. lot of rare albums. Soul/funk and (heavy) metal are also popular.” He says that the vintage rock records with groups such as AC/DC make it “almost like the ’80s all over again,” he says, quickly adding, “I started managing records stores in the ’80s in the Quaker Bridge Mall.” Lambert says he was born in

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Community News Service has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Sales Representative. The right candidate will be a highly organized, collaborative and creative closer who thrives in a deadline driven sales environment. He or she will have the ability to: • Build genuine customer relationships by actively listening to their needs • Design unique print and digital strategies to promote business growth • Use his or her passion to succeed to generate new sales The position requires: • Motivated, friendly, dependable and trustworthy personality • Valid driver’s license & clean driving record • Ability to close sales and meet revenue projections • Proficiency with technology • MUST LOVE SALES! (Media sales a plus) Interested in joining a leading media company that provides the opportunity for personal and professional growth? Please send resume to: Thomas Fritts: Director of Advertising Community News Service tfritts@communitynews.org

DOWNTOWNER Advance Current Ex press Hopewell

Mercer County Acquires Hopewell Golf Club

he Mercer County Park Commission has acquired the Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club, putting an end to years of struggles for the 186-acre facility. The club, which had been under new management since 2016 (U.S. 1, June 8, 2016), had closed in 2019. The property, which had been in foreclosure, was purchased by the county for $1.9 million. It will be the fifth county-operated golf course, joining Mountain View Golf Course in Ewing and Princeton Country Club and Mercer Oaks East and West in West Windsor. The county anticipates reopening the facility to the public in the spring of 2021 following maintenance work on the 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, and buildings.

PU’s Rouse Nominated to Chair Economic Council

Robbinsville

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Benefits include: Salary, Bonus, 401K, Health Contribution

ecilia Rouse, an economist and the current dean of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, was nominated last week to serve as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors for the incoming Biden administration. A labor economist, Rouse has been a member of the Princeton faculty since 1992 but has also advised past presidents. She was a special assistant to the president while working at the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration, and she served as a member of Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University. Her position in the Biden administration

gives her responsibility for developing advice on domestic and international economic policy. Of particular immediate concern will be rebuilding the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We need to be positioned for the Cecilia economy of the fuRouse. ture so that everyone is able to partake in the growth we hope to have,” Rouse said in a statement issued by the university. “To that end, I am honored to have a chance to return to public service to help lead that charge.”

Deaths MaryAnn M. Ricigliano, 73, on December 2. She worked as an events coordinator for the Mercer County Park Commission for 25 years. Christina M. Swol, 66, on December 3. She started work at the construction firm Joseph Jingoli & Sons, which was founded by her grandfather, and later worked as a legal assistant at law firm Fox & Rothschild. John Anthony Guido, 75, on December 2. He was a Coast Guard veteran and worked for 42 years for the state Office of Information Technology, where he was a facilities manager. Wayne F. Simmons Sr., 79, on December 1. During a 30-year career he worked for Oxford Chemical in Trenton and as a Colorist for Ferro Industries in New Brunswick. Robert J. Fischer, 83, on November 28. He worked for Liedtka Trucking in Hamilton and in retirement spent 18 years as a school bus driver for George Dapper Inc.

Summer Fiction All Year Long Short Stories & Poems from the readers of U.S. 1

U .S. 1 Newspaper extends its annual invitation to all writers and poets to present original short fiction, short plays, or poetry.

This is an opportunity to have your work published in hard-copy form and to be recognized in public for your effort. To participate, submit your previously unpublished short story, play, or poem as soon as possible. Please: No more than two stories or five poems per writer. Work will be considered for publication on a rolling basis. Please submit work by e-mail to fiction@princetoninfo.com. Authors retain all rights. Preference will be given to central New Jersey writers whose work addresses a theme or place relevant to the greater Princeton business community. Submissions from children are not encouraged.

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DECEMber 9, 2020

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U.S. 1 Classifieds How to order

Fax or E-Mail: That’s all it takes to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Fax your ad to 609-844-0180 or E-Mail class@princetoninfo.com. We will confirm your insertion and the price. It won’t be much: Our classifieds are just 50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40 cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16 consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents per word. Questions? Call us at 609-396-1511 ext. 105.

OFFICE RENTALS 1 day/month/year or longer. Princeton Route 1. Flexible office space to support your business. Private or virtual offices, conference rooms, high speed internet, friendly staffed reception. Easy access 24/7. Ample parking. Call Mayette 609-514-5100. www.princeton-office.com. Ewing/Mercer County OFFICE 3,000 SF. 201-488-4000 or 609-8837900. One large office-1500 SqFt and two small offices for sublet: One 500 SqFt and one 1000 SqFt space. Quiet setting in office park along Rte 206 in Skillman with ample parking. Call Meadow Run Properties at 908-281-5374.

RETAIL SPACE Princeton, NJ Central Business District Retail/Service Business Stores for Lease - Weinberg Management, Broker - For Confidential Conversation Text: 609-731-1630 Email: WMC@collegetown.com

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

MUSIC SERVICES Brass Instrument Teacher: Professional musician, University of the Arts graduate. Instruction on Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Baritone/Euphonium, Improvisation/Music Theory. 609-2408290. Frank.rein@yahoo.com

MERCHANDISE MART Computer problem? Or need a used computer in good condition $80? Call 609-275-6930.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609577-3337.

WANTED TO BUY Cash paid for SELMER Saxophones and other vintage models. 609-581-8290, E-mail: lenny3619@ gmail.com Cash paid for World War II military items. 609-581-8290 or e-mail lenny3619@optonline.net.

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men seeking men A very attractive, clean, healthy, fit, athletic, young 61 Bi- white male. Looking to meet same discreet, sensual white or latin male. For discreet concerns, please respond with day time phone number for contact. Box #240815 I jumped off the curb yesterday to end the feeling of being alone due to Covid, but it did not help!! If this isolation is getting to you and you need a hug, conversation, or a pen pal, then write to this mature, six foot Italian in good shape with a sense of humor. What are you doing to keep your fantasies alive? Puzzles, t.v., cooking, or a couch potato? Hope to get a good response from all you animals in Neverland. Box #240813

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