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Lesko named Princeton planning director

The Municipality of Princeton has named Justin Lesko as its planning director. Lesko, who had been serving as acting planning director since May 2021, has been directing the creation of Princeton’s updated Master Plan, as well as several other long-term planning projects.

Lesko served as Princeton’s senior planner since the summer of 2020. As the first person to hold that position, he worked on long-range planning including the new municipal master plan and GIS mapping, and day-to-day operations of the department including Planning Board assistance, Site Plan Review Advisory Board coordination, and interdepartmental work on projects like the Witherspoon Street re-design.

“I am extremely honored to have been selected for this position,” said Lesko, who holds AICP certification from the American Planning Association and is a licensed professional planner in New Jersey. “I’ve called Central Jersey home for most of my life, and look forward to continuing on in Princeton. I very much look forward to working with Mayor Freda, Council, and the Planning Board during this exciting

time in Princeton.”

Lesko previously worked for the City of Tuscaloosa, first as planner then zoning administrator. He oversaw the Tuscaloosa Planning and Zoning Board and worked on Framework Tuscaloosa, the city’s first master plan, which was recognized by the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association with its Outstanding Planning Award for a Comprehensive Plan in October 2021.

Lesko received a master of city and regional planning degree from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, with a concentration in community development and Housing and a joint certificate from Bloustein and the Rutgers Business School in real estate development and redevelopment. In between his undergraduate and graduate school education, Lesko served two terms with AmeriCorps, first as a tutor, mentor and afterschool program coordinator at a school in North Philadelphia with City Year, then as an AmeriCorps VISTA Leader with NJ Campus Compact out of the Bonner Foundation on Mercer Street.

He currently resides on Witherspoon Street with his rescue dog, Polly, and enjoys playing tennis with the Princeton Tennis Program in his spare time.

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Zoning Board updates

The Zoning board heard five applications at its meeting on January 25.

Lincoln Court (10-14 & 16-18 Vandeventer Avenue), RB Homes, Inc., applicant and owner. This was the continuation from November of the application to create a new apartment building behind the former Triumph Brewery. The application had been updated to reflect changes suggested by the board, including a slight reduction in the building size and alterations to the placement of windows. The major site plan application and associated variances were approved with conditions.

90 Brooks Bend, Jagdish Talreja, owner and applicant. A c(2) variance was requested to permit the construction of a front entry single car garage in exception to the required 16-foot setback. The application was approved.

PSRC announces spring Evergreen Forum courses

‘Highlights in the History of Philosophy,” “The French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon,” and “Holding Hands with the Brothers Grimm,” are just a few of the new courses that will be offered for the spring 2023 session of the Evergreen Forum, a program of the Princeton Senior Resource Center. Starting in February, the program will offer 24 courses for adults that focus on science, literature, art, history, social studies, and culture.

Returning instructors this spring in-

338 Nassau Street, 338 Nassau Street, LLC, owner and applicant. Modification of approved site plan with variances to permit a roof addition on an existing air chiller/generator enclosure in exception to ordinance requirements. The application was approved.

222 Snowden Farms Lane, Peter and Magdalena Furniss/owners and applicant. A c(1) variance was requested to permit construction of a new single- family dwelling on a lot in exception to the required lot area. The application was approved.

37 Wiggins Street, Units 1, 2 and 3, Application of 37W Condominiums, LLC, seeking classification for Minor Site Development with Variances. The applicatn presented changes it had made based on feedback given by the Historic Preservation Commission, then was continued to the February 22 meeting.

clude: Stan Katz who will be teaching “America in the 1960s,” and Ryanne Domingues who will teach “Theatre Production: From Page to Stage.”

Registration is first-come, first-served at www.princetonsenior.org. Electronic brochures are available online on the PSRC website.

Most classes begin the week of February 27 and meet once a week for two hours.

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Princeton University Library exhibit pays tribute to Toni Morrison

By Rebekah Schroeder

Author Toni Morrison is a literary icon who left an indelible mark on the world of writing and, in her time as a professor at Princeton University, donated a number of her papers to the library’s permanent special collections. Nearly a decade after the initial acquisition, more of Morrison’s archival materials are turning the page with a series of events and a new exhibition.

“Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory,” which will run from February 22 to June 4 in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery of Firestone Library, serves as an “anchor” for other programming in coordination with commissions and content from the McCarter Theatre, Princeton University Concerts, the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art@Bainbridge gallery, and more.

While information on the public tours is still to come, “Sites of Memory” will be open to the public from Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and then on Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 6 p.m.

Starting with her first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” in 1970, Morrison enraptured audiences with works prominently featuring Black women and girls, prioritizing their experiences through the lens of a decisively feminist view. In addition to being known for fiction, she also authored several nonfiction and children’s books, the latter of which she co-wrote with her son, Slade.

Morrison grew to be a notable public speaker, essayist, and occasional playwright. Her many accolades, which include receiving the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for “Beloved,” arguably one of her most famous works; the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama; and the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature — which she was the first African American woman to win — are rightfully celebrated.

The figure at the center of “Sites of Memory,” who started teaching in Princeton University’s creative writing program starting in 1989, shifted from her designation as the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities to emeritus status in 2006.

During those 17 years, Morrison would be a transformative force in the fields of performing arts and African American studies. Curator Autumn Womack, an assistant professor of English and African American studies at Princeton, has been part of efforts to marry knowledge of Morrison’s popular contributions with many of those that had never been shown to the public prior to this.

“There is not a corner of Princeton University, Black creative life, and cultural production that Toni Morrison has not impacted,” Womack said in a PUL press

release from January 24. “This initiative, we hope, will begin to bring to the surface new aspects of that wide impact.”

Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, and adopted the nickname “Toni” after converting to Catholicism. She would get her bachelor’s in English from Howard University and a master’s in American literature from Cornell University, teaching at various institutions but spending about 16 years as an editor for Penguin Random House, the first female Black editor in Penguin Random House history, according to the publisher.

Morrison and her colleague Nell Painter were also “the first female African American faculty and among the first of any women to teach at Princeton,” as is explained on the university’s page for the Department of African American Studies.

Morrison founded the Princeton Atelier in 1994, a seminar program that pairs students with artists to workshop projects together. In recognition of her impact, the AAS major has moved to its new home in the aptly named Morrison Hall.

“The Bluest Eye” was followed by “Sula” (1973), “Song of Solomon” (1977), and “Tar Baby” (1981), while the concept for “Beloved” came from a newspaper clipping Morrison found about the real-life case of Margaret Garner. Garner, an enslaved woman, had attempted to escape from a plantation with her family when they were about to be apprehended.

Garner killed her youngest daughter to prevent her from growing up in the conditions from which the group tried to flee. The book, which drew from elements of

“the central theme of Morrison’s novels is the Black American experience; in an unjust society, her characters struggle to find themselves and their cultural identity. Her use of fantasy, her sinuous poetic style, and her rich interweaving of the mythic gave her stories great strength and texture.”

Morrison bequeathed some of her papers to Princeton University’s Permanent Library Collections in 2014; two years after the acquisition, these resources were made open to the public. The author and Nobel laureate died at the age of 88 on August 5, 2019.

According to the PUL, the “Toni Morrison Papers” are about “200 linear feet of research materials, manuscript drafts, correspondence, photographs, and other ephemera” that span the years 1908 to 2017, but primarily from 1970 to 2015, according to the online finding guide.

val items that have been divided into six categories: “Beginnings”; “Writing Time”; “Thereness-ness,” a section of Morrison’s rare architectural drawings and maps; “Wonderings and Wanderings”; “Genealogies of Black Feminism,” detailing the movement through the 1960s and ’70s via letters between Morrison and other Black women; and “Speculative Futures,” a focus on the author’s “unfinished projects and unrealized possibilities that only live in the collection,” according to the PUL.

the true story, was made into a 1998 film adaptation starring Oprah Winfrey. Morrison also wrote the libretto, or text, of the 2005 opera “Margaret Garner.”

Morrison’s other works, “Jazz” (1992), “Paradise” (1998), “Love” (2003), “A Mercy” (2008), “Home “(2012), and “God Help the Child” (2015), tackle family conflict, war, racism, abuse, and other topics interwoven with Morrison’s distinct writing style.

In their biography of Morrison, the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica state that

Womack has worked with a group to examine about 400 boxes from Morrison’s collection and credited help from Jennifer Garcon, a librarian for modern and contemporary special collections, Rene Boatman, a technical administrative assistant for the library of special collections, and English department graduate students Kierra Duncan and Andrew Schlager.

The title of the exhibit comes from Morrison’s speech, “The Site of Memory,” which appeared in the 1995 publication “Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir.” It will feature 100 original archi-

Additional files for the exhibit draw from Morrison’s time as an author, editor, academic, and instructor, while her research materials, galley copies, outlines, and proofs show the creative process behind how this literary figure built her best books. After taking extensive notes on yellow legal notepads or in the margins of day planners, marking her thoughts, Morrison was able to transform these handwritten musings into beloved bestsellers.

Another item of note, Garner’s newspaper account, accompanies an image from photographer James Van Der Zee’s 1978 book, “The Harlem Book of the Dead,” which inspired “Jazz.”

The programming to expect, in order of

See MORRISON, Page 9

The late Nobel and Pulitzer Prizewinning author and Princeton faculty member Toni Morrison, above, is being celebrated with a series of exhibits, lectures, and other events at Princeton University. Exhibit curator Autumn Womack is pictured at right.

Morrison photo by Sameer A. KhanFotobuddy. Womack photo by Brandon Johnson.

‘There is not a corner of Princeton University, Black creative life, and cultural production that Toni Morrison has not impacted,’ curator Autumn Womack said.

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BI-MONTHLY NEWS FROM CAPITAL HEALTH

Health Regional Medical Center

Nationally Recognized as a Leader for Social Responsibility, Patient Safety

Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) recently earned recognition from the Lown Institute as one of the most socially responsible hospitals in America. In the Lown Hospital Index, a report by the Institute that evaluates more than 3,600 hospitals across the nation, RMC received an A grade and ranked 4th out of 61 hospitals in New Jersey based on several key metrics that measure social responsibility. Among those metrics, RMC ranked number one in New Jersey for patient safety and racial inclusivity, number three for health equity, and number five for overall inclusivity. The report also ranked RMC among the top 100 hospitals nationally for health equity, patient safety, and racial inclusivity.

“Capital Health Regional Medical Center has been a leader in providing high-quality, equitable care to the people of Trenton and surrounding areas for more than 130 years,” said Dr. Eric Schwartz, vice president of Community Health and Transformation and executive director of Capital Health’s Institute for Urban Care. “This ranking by the Lown Institute validates the hard work of our staff and reaffirms our commitment to community health in Mercer, Bucks, and Burlington counties.”

“America needs socially responsible hospitals,” said Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute. “That’s why it’s so important to lift up these high-performing hospitals as examples for others to follow.”

The Lown Institute, founded in 1973 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Bernard Lown (developer of the defibrillator and cardioverter) is an independent, nonpartisan organization that conducts research to help bridge the gap between existing public policy solutions

and improved access to care for all Americans. The Lown Hospital Index is the first ranking to assess the social responsibility of U.S. hospitals by applying unique measures such as racial inclusivity, avoidance of overuse (how well hospitals avoid unnecessary tests and procedures), and pay equity (how well hospital staff are paid compared to executives), among others. Data sources include Medicare claims, CMS patient safety data and hospital cost reports, among others.

Capital Health Regional Medical Center has a long history of serving central New Jersey and Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The hospital includes a state designated comprehensive stroke center (part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences), the Level II Bristol Myers Squibb Trauma Center (one of only 10 designated trauma centers in New Jersey), and Mercer County’s designated Emergency Mental Health Services Center. RMC also provides inpatient and outpatient radiology services, dialysis, and numerous other medical services. To learn more, visit capitalhealth.org.

DON’T DELAY: Call 911 If You Suspect a Stroke

“When it comes to treating stroke, we always say ‘time is brain,’ which means that the sooner we can treat you, the better chance we have at a successful outcome,” said DR. DUSTIN ROCHESTIE, director of the Stroke Program at Capital Health. “At Capital Health, we have safety procedures in place to protect you from infection, while making sure you get the immediate, lifesaving stroke care that you need.”

The Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at the Capital Institute for Neurosciences is a major referral center for the treatment of all types of neurovascular diseases, including cerebral aneurysms, strokes, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistul as (AVFs), cavernous malformations, carotid artery and vertebral artery atherosclerotic disease, intracranial stenosis as well as Moyamoya disease.

The only Joint Commission certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region, located at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Trenton, continues to provide safe emergency stroke and neurovascular services 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week during the current health crisis.

“As soon as you call 911, our prehospital alert system allows our team in the hospital to prepare for your arrival, saving valuable time to treatment,” said Dr. Rochestie. “Your call could also activate our Mobile Stroke Unit, which can be co-dispatched with basic and advanced life support service to provide safe, immediate care at your location before you even arrive at the hospital.”

Controllable Risk Factors for Stroke

There are steps you can take right away to lower your risk. Get started by talking to your primary care doctor to learn about stroke screenings and how you can treat or manage controllable risk factors such as:

High blood pressure

… High cholesterol

Heart/blood

vessel disease

… Cigarette smoking

Visit capitalneuro.org to learn more.

IF YOU SUSPECT A STROKE, B - E F - A - S - T

— Balance

Is the person experiencing a sudden loss of balance?

— Eyes

Has the person lost vision in one or both eyes?

— Face Drooping

Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?

— Arm Weakness

Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

— Speech Difficulty

Physical inactivity/ obesity/poor diet

… Diabetes mellitus

Atrial fibrillation

… Sickle cell disease

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF A STROKE, CALL 911.

Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence repeated correctly?

— Time to call 911

If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 911 immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.

AMERICAN HEART MONTH

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS EXPERIENCING THE SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK, CALL 911.

This puts you in contact with a trained dispatcher who will tell you what to do and sends an ambulance to your location. When the ambulance arrives, treatment begins in your home and the emergency department is prepared for your arrival at the hospital. Because your symptoms may get worse, driving yourself is a bad idea.

The Chest Pain Center at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell is accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and the American College of Cardiology. This means the Center meets high standards for diagnosing and treating cardiac emergencies, such as heart attacks.

When someone is having a heart attack, time to treatment is critical. Capital Health’s pre-hospital alert system allows ambulance patients to be tested in their homes and mobilizes an interventional team at the hospital if there is evidence of a heart attack, saving time for an initial EKG test or faster bedside blood tests for troponin, a protein that enters the blood stream during a heart attack.

If you or a loved one is having a severe heart attack caused by prolonged restricted blood flow due to a clot or ruptured plaque, Capital Health’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab is ready to provide an emergency stent placement.

After you or your loved one has recovered, your last step is preventing another heart attack or heart-related illness. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, offers a team of physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists and registered dietitians who provide individually prescribed education and exercise.

All program candidates are interviewed prior to entering the Cardiac Rehabilitation program, which allows a team to develop and implement a personalized care plan. Participants include those who have experienced:

Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) within the past 12 months

Coronary artery bypass surgery

Current, stable chest pain (angina pectoris)

Heart valve repair or replacement

Angioplasty or stenting to open blocked coronary arteries

Heart or heart-lung transplant surgery

Stable, chronic heart failure

Talk to your doctor about participating in cardiac rehabilitation. Visit capitalhealth.org/cardiacrehab for more information.

DO MEN & WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACK?

YES

SYMPTOM MEN WOMEN

Chest Pain

Shortness of breath

Sweating

Crushing, center of chest

With or before pain, may occur

With cold, clammy skin, may occur

Arm Pain Pain, numbness

Back, Neck, Jaw Pain May occur

Stomach Pain May occur

Indigestion May occur

Pressure, tightness, ache, stomach pain, sweating

With or before pain, common

Similar to men

Similar to men

More common than in men

Extend to abdomen or only abdomen

2x’s more likely than men

Anxiety May occur Mistaken for panic

Fatigue May occur

Dizzy/ Lightheaded May occur

Flu-like symptoms

More common than in men

If you or someone you know is experiencing these signs and symptoms, call 911.

KNOW THE SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HAVING ONE

Capital Health – East Trenton Opens Offering Emergency Department Services and Continued Outpatient Medical Clinic Services

On December 21, Capital Health assumed responsibility for health care services previously provided by St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey. That campus, which now operates an Emergency Department and some outpatient services, has been renamed Capital Health – East Trenton and no longer operates as an acute care hospital.

“Without this transition, Trenton would have lost desperately needed health care services, including emergency services, behavioral health, and cardiac surgery. This would have been

KEY INFORMATION FOR YOU TO KNOW SERVICES

The Emergency Department remains open 24/7 in the same location. Patients needing hospital admission will be transferred appropriately for the care they need.

The Outpatient Primary Care Clinic, located next to the Emergency Department, remains open in the same location. Specialty Care Clinic Services are available at various locations.

The CARES child wellness program remains open in the same location.

The LIFE program is now called Capital Health LIFE and remains open in its Bordentown location. Assisted Living Program patients continue to receive care as they did prior to the transition.

Some primary care physicians, specialists, and surgeons who were previously with St. Francis Medical Associates have transitioned to Capital Health Medical Group practices. Visit capitalmedicalgroup.org to find your physician’s new location and phone number. If your physician did not move to Capital Health, visit capitalhealth.org to find the physician you need and complete contact information.

… Cancer Center services, including infusions, are available at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Visit capitalhealthcancer.org to learn more, or call 609.537.6363. For infusion appointments at Capital Health, call 609.537.7226.

Patients receiving care as part of the Infectious Disease, HIV and Lyme’s disease programs can be seen at Capital Health –Infectious Disease Specialists, located at 40 Fuld Street, Suite 305 in Trenton. Call 609.394.6338 to make an appointment.

devastating to the residents. I want to thank everyone who partnered with us to make sure key services did not leave Trenton,” said Al Maghazehe, President and CEO of Capital Health. “We are committed to continuing to provide critical medical services in the city of Trenton and working closely with members of the community, local officials, and other key stakeholders.”

Learn more about the services Capital Health offers at www.capitalhealth.org.

Sleep services are available at Capital Health – Hamilton, located at 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road. Call 609.584.5150 to schedule an appointment.

… The Behavioral Health Inpatient Program is at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.

… Wound Care patients can call Capital Health’s Center for Wound Management and Hyperbaric Medicine at 609.537.7457.

… Outpatient diagnostic testing services are available at other Capital Health locations, including Capital Health Regional Medical Center. Call 609.394.6695 to schedule an appointment.

TRANSPORTATION

Shuttles from the Hamilton Avenue campus to Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) leave every hour, on the hour, beginning at 6 a.m. with the last shuttle leaving at 8 p.m. for RMC. All shuttles depart from the turnaround in front of the old Main Lobby on Chambers Street at the new Capital Health – East Trenton location. Return shuttles run every half hour from 6:30 a.m., with the last departure for Capital Health – East Trenton at 8:30 p.m. This can be used by patients or visitors.

MEDICAL RECORDS

If you need a copy of your medical records for services you received at St. Francis Medical Center before December 21, 2022, call 609.394.4460 or visit Capital Health’s website for other options.

MAIN NUMBERS

Capital Health – East Trenton: 609.599.5000

Capital Health Regional Medical Center: 609.394.6000

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell: 609.303.4000

Love in the Air and in Print

Read how regional poets, both early and contemporary, have written of romance throughout the ages, page 2.

Love Poems of the Past and Present

By Rebekah Schroeder and Dan Aubrey

When a poet’s rhymes come from romance, each line penned by a writer eager to spin a sentimental song about their feelings or commit a lover’s visage to verse, the piece can live on past its era of origin.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, so does an event honoring a trailblazing local figure whose sense of activism and homeland pride was an amorous endeavor in itself.

Frances “Fanny” Isabelle Parnell (1848–1882), an Irish poet who expressed her nationalistic pride through writing and political action, came to Bordentown, where her mother’s ancestral home was, in 1874.

Dubbed the “Patriot Poet,” Parnell later passed away at this Mercer County family estate, but her literary devotion lives on in the Bordentown Poetry Project.

In recognition of Parnell’s contributions, as well as those of five noted regional and state writers—Ellen Foos, Luray Gross, Roberta Clipper, and Todd Evans—the FP Poetry Project will host a free February presentation and limited open reading

at Bordentown’s Old City Hall on Sunday, February 5, at 2 p.m.

Dan Aubrey, a Bordentown-based writer, U.S. 1 Newspaper Editor, and arts coordinator, will host.

The initiative is organized by the Bordentown Old City Hall Restoration Committee’s “Cultural Vision” project, which was formed last year as a subcommittee of the volunteer group dedicated to rehabilitating the building at 11 Crosswicks Street.

So why not get equally lost in the words of yearning from yore? The long legacy of love poems published by the area’s earlier contributors, which evoke everlasting tenderness, are a fitting match to Bordentown’s more modern compositions.

Editor’s Note: A number of these older poems ran in a previous issue of Community News Service’s weekly Princeton metro area paper, U.S. 1, in February 2020 as “A Vintage Literary Bouquet for Valentine’s Day” by Dan Aubrey.

Annis Boudinot Stockton, also a poet and patriot, was one of the first women in her craft to be published in America. Stockon, who came from familial wealth of

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her own, married lawyer Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

The well-connected couple called a property in Princeton, Morven, their home. William Penn, Richard’s grandfather, had given him the land, and Annis decided to name the mansion after the Gaelic word for “big hill.”

Morven served as the state’s first governor’s mansion before it was historically preserved in honor of its many cultural and artistic contributions.

Annis expressed her feelings in verse as she awaited her husband’s return—first from his general travels, but especially following his imprisonment by British forces during the Revolutionary War.

Despite the two’s eventual reunion, Richard died only a few years after his release.

The Disappointment! (1756)

An Ode to Mr. Stockton

I see my kind protector come To soothe my throbbing heart to rest.

He breaks that cloud’s o’erspreading gloom

And chases midnight from my breast.

No tis not him a shadowy sprite. So like my lover met my eyes

Some angel left the fields of light Touch’d with compassion at my sighs.

No more he joins the Social band

Around my cheerful fire side

Where friendships fascinating wand

Once made his hours serenely glide. Tis not for me that voice to hearWhence sprightly wit and manly sense

Can floe to charm the brow of care And wisdom’s choicest gifts dispense.

But he shall live within my heart — His image all my Joy supply And when death hurls the fatal dart I’ll bear it with me to the sky. Yes see the blessed hour arrives

Ev’n now the peaceful clime I view When gentle love and virtue thrives And souls their lapsed powers renew.

No disappointment enters there — The tender heart no absence pain —

For love refin’d is angels’ fare — For love eternal ever reigns.

Ellen Foos is a Princeton-based poet and the founder of Ragged Sky Press, a publication that “has historically focused on mature voices, overlooked poets, and women’s perspectives” since 1992. She is also a past editor for the Princeton University Press.

Evening Out (for Blossom Dearie)

We’re out to celebrate, me and Stan, in our modest way. Sure, other day-trippers are doing the same, having a little fun too, we’ll try not to spoil the scene.

Once we lived here, drank the water, bought cheese on the Avenue. Now to catch a little romance we overpay, wedge our way in, sport last year’s couture. We may hold hands and when the piano plays lean back, adjust our chairs. If we miss the revolution or get to it late someone please hold the door.

Henry Van Dyke was a theologian who graduated from Princeton University— where he would later teach English—and the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1873 and 1877, respectively.

A Presbyterian minister by trade, Van Dyke also wrote poems and short stories. He began his career by reading his works “aloud to his congregation in New York as sermons,” according to his Britannica biography.

While these pieces share a similar theme, the first is written as a sonnet.

Love (1902)

Let me but love my love without disguise,

Nor wear a mask of fashion old or new,

Nor wait to speak till I can hear a clue,

Nor play a part to shine in others’ eyes,

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Nor bow my knees to what my heart denies;

But what I am, to that let me be true, And let me worship where my love is due, And so through love and worship let me rise.

For love is but the heart’s immortal thirst

To be completely known and all forgiven, Even as sinful souls that enter Heaven:

So take me, dear, and understand my worst,

And freely pardon it, because confessed,

And let me find in loving thee, my best.

Love in a Look

Let me but feel thy look’s embrace, Transparent, pure, and warm, And I’ll not ask to touch thy face, Or fold thee with mine arm.

For in thine eyes a girl doth rise, Arrayed in candid bliss, And draws me to her with a charm More close than any kiss.

A loving-cup of golden wine, Songs of a silver brook, And fragrant breaths of eglantine, Are mingled in thy look. More fair they are than any star, Thy topaz eyes divine — And deep within their trysting-nook Thy spirit blends with mine.

Luray Gross currently resides in Bucks County, where she was named the 2002 Poet Laureate.

A graduate of Trenton State College, now the College of New Jersey, she went on to become a Geraldine R. Dodge poet and the recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship.

The Love Poem I Haven’t Written for Paul

After all this time, the love poem

I haven’t written for you had nearly given up hope, not realizing it didn’t need to be constrained or controlled, could swoon or soar if it felt like it.

Though it’s been terribly timid, lately it’s been practicing a quiet whistle, rather like the hum in the ears of a fifth-grade girl coasting her bike down

a hill that’s barely a hill, just enough slope to keep her upright

without pedaling. There’s no breeze except the breeze her moving body teaches the air as she passes through it.

This poem wants that girl to know she owns something no one else does,

Both Henry Van Dyke, left, and Philip Freneau, right, attended Princeton University and had an interest in theology.

Luray

wants her to feel the ache, only enough to be sure.

The poem might start singing at any moment, quietly as first, trying this word and that, a phrase or two, just something to get a rhythm going. It might be hard to hear, but if you stay still and lean in, I’m sure you’ll hear it call out your name.

Francis Hopkinson, known as Bordentown’s own Founding Father, signed the Declaration of Independence just as Richard Stockton did.

As “America’s first poet-composer,” the humorous harpsichordist worked in law and on his lyrical abilities.

When not working as a judge, Hopkinson wrote original secular songs, which the subsequent poem became, as well as satirical pieces.

Give Me Thy Heart

(1789)

Give me thy heart as I give mine, Our hands in mutual bonds will join, Propitious may our union prove, What’s life without the joys of love?

Should care knock rudely at our gate, Admittance to obtain, Cupid shall at the casement wait, And bid him call again!

Give me thy heart as I give mine Our hands in mutual bonds will join, Propitious may our union prove, What’s life without the joys of love?

Roberta Clipper’s poetry and fiction have been published nationally.

The Bordentown resident is a former professor at Rider University, where she retired from the English department in 2021 after serving as chair and instructor.

Ode on an American Email

“More happy love! more happy, happy love!

For ever warm and still to be en -

joyed, For ever panting and for ever young.”

— John Keats

Letters typed four hundred miles away spatter the white screen like the sunflower seeds he throws across the snow for hungry birds. You are a woman, clearly, he types back, who lies about her age. How could she be older than the long-haired girl who sat beside him in his Montreal Peugeot trying to stop him from behaving as her elder, the teacher she has told him she has now herself become?

Oh for the belief in a religion that bears us once again to the moments when we did not act. Then might he be a boy, his beard mere shadow on his icon of a face, his heart unbroken, and hers the one inscribed with past betrayals, propriety that would not let her love.

It might be her car then, her hand, the back of his neck, and she the one who says, “It’s time for you to go.” But he said it. And she went.

How innocent they were, discussing Keats’ unravished bride, the boy who longs for consummation,

and the luck they had to stay in love because they had no chance of falling out of it. Let us grow new memories on memories we do not know we have. Let us pray for an incarnation in which both of us are still nineteen, our hearts intact, and our hands not yet touched enough to not yet touch.

Philip Freneau, a sea captain with a proclivity for poetry and politics, was the staunchly Jeffersonian editor of the “National Gazette.” His narrative style earned him the moniker “poet of the American Revolution.”

Freneau, an alumnus of Princeton University, spent a significant amount of time at sea on trade voyages. He likely wrote this poem lamenting the waves of separation between him and his wife, Eleanor Forman.

According to “The Poems of Philip Fre-

neau,” a free eBook by Project Gutenberg, “To Cynthia” first appeared in print with two variations before the author settled on this final version.

Before opting for “Jersey,” Freneau’s initial line spoke of “Monmouth’s,” the county where he lived, and then “Morven’s vale” as a homage to the Stocktons’ famous Princeton estate.

To Cynthia (1789)

Through Jersey groves, a wandering stream

That still its wonted music keeps, Inspires no more my evening dream, Where Cynthia, in retirement, sleeps.

Sweet murmuring stream! how blest art thou

To kiss the bank where she resides, Where Nature decks the beechen bough

That trembles o’er your shallow tides.

The cypress-tree on Hermit’s height,

Where Love his soft addresses paid By Luna’s pale reflected light — No longer charms me to its shade! To me, alas! so far removed, What raptures, once, that scenery gave,

Ere wandering yet from all I loved, I sought a deeper, drearier wave. Your absent charms my thoughts employ:

I sigh to think how sweet you sung, And half adore the painted toy That near my careless heart you hung.

Now, fettered fast in icy fields, In vain we loose the sleeping sail; The frozen wave no longer yields, And useless blows the favouring gale.

Yet, still in hopes of vernal showers, And breezes, moist with morning dew, I pass the lingering, lazy hours, Reflecting on the spring — and you.

Todd Evans is a Trenton-born poet and arts event coordinator. He founded the Don Evans Players Theater Group as a tribute to his late father, Don Evans, a playwright who taught at numerous area institutions—Princeton High School, Princeton University, Rutgers University, but most notably, the College of New Jersey, where he served as the chair of the African American studies department.

Todd’s pen name, “Son of Black,” honors Don’s legacy, as well as how his father smoked Captain Black pipe tobacco.

by son of Black

(for HER lest we NEVER forget)

Princeton poet Ellen Foos, left, and Trenton’s own Todd Evans, right, will also be taking their talents to Bordentown in recognition of Fanny Parnell.

uplift HER, submit to HER, commit to HER, acknowledge HER, appreciate HER, love HER, pray with HER, pray for HER, trust HER, and maybe just maybe you will keep HER, in your heart and you in HER”S do this try your best, and never forget give no less for a relationship...is always a work in progress

Consider yourself a new secret admirer of these poets? Take a cue from Fanny Parnell—be bold by showing your affection the first weekend of February in Bordentown, then keep the momentum through Valentine’s Day and beyond.

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date, is as follows:

• PUL’s “They’ve Got Game: The Children’s Books of Toni & Slade Morrison,” Cotsen Children’s Library, with additional family programming to come, February 22 to June 4.

• Princeton University Art Museum’s “Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers,” Art @ Bainbridge, February 25 to July 9.

• “Sites of Memory: Practice, Performance, Perception” symposium, March 23 to 25.

• McCarter Theatre’s commissions from performance artists Daniel Alexander Jones and Mame Diarra Samantha Speis, March 24 and 25, 8 p.m.

• Princeton University Concerts’ commission from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, April 12.

• Toni Morrison spring 2023 lecture series with scholar Farrah Jasmine Griffith, a friend of Morrison.

• Future undergraduate courses centered on the author’s work.

Womack added in the PUL release that “in imagining this initiative — from exhibition to symposium to partner projects — I wanted to show the importance of the archive to understanding Morrison’s work and practice. But I also wanted to show how this archive in particular is a site that opens up new lines of inquiry and inspires new kinds of collaboration.”

Library materials continue that in Saar’s “Cycle of Creativity,” the mixed-media artist “pairs writings and other notes from the writer’s archive with sculptures, prints, and textiles by Saar to explore their joint dedication to voicing the spiritual practices, artistic techniques, and historical truths of the many cultures that inform Black American experience.”

According to the description on the Art@Bainbridge website, Saar has identified three themes that she shares with Morrison, “musicality, labor, and ancestry,” as common threads to weave into her productions.

Jones and Speis, through their own reflections on Morrison’s influence, will communicate how her work can be

translated “beyond the field of literature” for McCarter Theatre. Tickets for their two shows will go on sale sometime in February.

Salvant is a MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist whose two shows, the first of which is already sold out as of press time, feature the composer and singer’s vocals with Sullivan Fortner on piano.

The three-day symposium is funded through a grant from the Humanities Council Magic Project and organized by Womack and Kinohi Nishikawa, an associate professor of English and African American Studies. Throughout the program, more than 30 scholars, writers, and artists will explore the archive together with the hope of engaging in nuanced, intellectual discussions about the significance and applications of Morrison’s creative practices.

This way, the symposium website states, the programming “emphasizes how the Morrison Papers [are] very much a living archive — a site of collaboration, innovation, and experimentation.”

PUL’s exhibition of English literature, “In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison,” features four centuries of content and is expected to open in the fall. Morrison’s “previously unseen work” will be keeping Shakespeare’s first folio company.

The combination is fitting because while Morrison’s first play, “Dreaming Emmett,” is about the 1955 murder of Black teenager Emmett Till by two white men in the Jim Crow-era South, her second, “Desdemona,” is a musical reimagination of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” from the perspective of the character’s ill-fated and oftforgotten wife.

Besides her ongoing appreciation at Princeton events, Morrison will be featured in a commemorative stamp by the United States Postal Service. She has already left an international imprint, opening dialogues through her characterizations that celebrate Black life in America, especially the experiences of women, and by sharing her perspectives in her writings and with the world.

Of the published lines that would become bound in books, each of them inflected with captivating wisdom, there is a likely origin lurking somewhere in Morrison’s papers. Upon their emergence from the margins at the end of February, the words of Toni Morrison will go on

The archive includes first editions of Morrison’s novels, photographed at left by Don Skemer of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Above, ‘The Bluest Eye’ handwritten manuscript page and other Morrison papers that are part of the Special Collections at Princeton University Library.

display in a comprehensive collection about the author, whose influence has undeniably shaped Princeton. More information: library.princeton.edu.

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Princeton High School Emerging Artist Showcase 2023, Gourgaud Gallery, 23A North Main Street, Cranbury. www.cranburyartscouncil.org. First day for exhibition featuring recent artwork from the upper-level studio courses from Princeton High School: 2D II, 2D III, 3D II, 3D III, Art of Craft and Studio IV. These emerging artists are beginning to explore advanced conceptual notions of design, identity, place, and more using a variety of media, including printmaking, painting, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture. On view through February 26. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Washitales, Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University. arts.princeton.edu.

“Washitales” presents the work of renowned visual artist Kyoko Ibe in conjunction with the Lewis Center’s theatrical presentation of “Felon: An American Washi Tale” by Reginald Dwayne Betts. On view through March 5. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Between Two Knees, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mc-

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carter.org. An outrageously funny and wickedly subversive intergenerational tale of familial love, loss, and connection. Through February 12. 7:30 p.m.

Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Lesson followed by dance. $15. Continues weekly on Wednesdays. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Joyce DiDonato: EDEN, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton.edu. The mezzo-soprano offers a theatrical program that spans four centuries of music exploring our relationship with the natural world with the Il Pomo d’Oro orchestra conducted by Zefira Valova. $40 to $75. 7:30 p.m.

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Art from the Archives, Princeton University Art Museum, Special Collections C-10H Large Classroom, Firestone Library. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Conversation between Mitra Abbaspour, curator of modern and contemporary

art, and Princeton University librarians Molly Dotson and Deborah Schlein. The trio present exceptional objects from their collections to reveal the riches of these resources. Reception to follow. Hybrid event. Register. 5:30 p.m.

Author: Nate Schweber, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The author discusses his recent book, “This America of Ours: Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the Forgotten Fight to Save the Wild.” 7 p.m.

Drawing Animals from the Collections: Watercolor Pencils - Drawing a Lion, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and inspired by a ceramic “fu dog” or guardian lion sculpture, created by a Chinese artist in the 20th century. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

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National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’

national parks. The Coronado National Memorial is found at the boundary between the United States and Mexico. Learn about how it’s influenced by its neighbor to the south. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

The Quiet Girls of Early Ireland, Fund for Irish Studies, James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. fis.princeton.edu. Dr. Geraldine Parsons of the University of Glasgow lectures on women’s roles in, and in the shaping of, some medieval Irish literature. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Friday Night Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Lesson followed by open dancing. No partner necessary. $5. Continues weekly on Fridays. 8 p.m.

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Storytime with Jeff, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. A morning of story and song with Jeff Trainor of JaZams welcomes families to sing, dance, read, and enjoy some free fun. For ages infant to age 8 with an adult. Continues

weekly on Saturdays. 10 to 10:30 a.m.

B.D. Lenz, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Jazz, funk, Latin, and rock music. Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Sean Shibe, Edward T. Cone Concert Series, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study. www.ias.edu/air. Classical guitar. Free ticket required. Livestream also available. 8 p.m.

Brahms & Beethoven, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-497-0020. www. princetonsymphony.org. Piano virtuoso Inon Barnatan performs Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program are Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Rossen Milanov conducts. $30 and up. Also February 5, 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

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A Fresh Look at Pirkei Avot, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Second in a series of three Zoom-based sessions led by Joe Rosenstein addressing the only tractate of the Mishnah that teaches no laws and tells no stories. The second session focuses on the major innovations in Judaism that took place in the first two centuries of the common era, as reflected in Pirkei Avot. Register. 9:30 a.m.

Anna Magdalena Bach: Her Story, Dryden Ensemble, Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel. www.drydenensemble.org. A reading by

Jane McKinley from her poem sequence based on the life of Bach’s second wife accompanied by the music of Bach performed by Lisa Terry and Webb Wiggins. $25. 3 p.m.

Conservatory Faculty Recital, Westminster Campus, Bristol Chapel, 101 Walnut Lane. www.rider.edu/about/events/arts-at-rider. Ikumi Hiraiwa and Megan Register perform music for solo piano and piano four hands by Brahms and Fauré. Free. 3 p.m.

Open Acoustic Jam Session, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. At this inclusive and open jam for local musicians, chord charts and lyrics for songs are provided. Simply bring your acoustic guitar, uke, violin, resonator or your voice to join the fun. 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Open House with Artist Katelyn Liepins, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Drop-in to meet artist Katelyn Liepin whose exhibition “In Between Doodles” is on display in the library’s Technology Center and on the walls of the second floor. 4 p.m.

Sarah Aroeste – Ladino Culture from Yesterday to Today: A Musical Journey, Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. www. thejewishcenter.org. Presenting international singer, musician, and composer Sarah Aroeste, who got her start in Princeton and has headlined music festivals all over the world. Her music is

often referred to as Ladino rock. She also shares stories of the history of Sephardic Jews. Register. $18; $25 at the door. 4 p.m.

Dining and Lovemaking in Pompeii, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street. www.dorotheashouse.org. University of Pennsylvania professor of archaeology Brian Rose presents an overview of attitudes toward food and sex in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Participants are encouraged to bring refreshments to share at a post-lecture reception. Free. 5 to 7 p.m.

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A Fresh Look at Pirkei Avot, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Third in a series of three Zoom-based sessions led by Joe Rosenstein addressing the only tractate of the Mishnah that teaches no laws and tells no stories. In the third session, read and discuss a selection of the 88 ethical instructions Joe has extracted from Pirkei Avot. Register. 9:30 a.m.

National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’ national parks. Explore Joshua Tree National Park’s unique desert landscape. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

C.K. Williams Reading Series, Lewis Center for the Arts, Drapkin Studio, Princeton University. arts.princeton.edu. A reading by Pushcart Prize-winning fiction writer and National Book

Pianist Inon Barnatan joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in concerts on February 4 and 5.

Foundation “5 under 35” honoree Dantiel W. Moniz. Eight creative writing seniors also read from their work. Free. 5 p.m.

Continuing Conversations on Race, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Doctoral candidate Kristal C. Langford, lecturer of Black studies and psychology at William Paterson University, discusses the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. Via Zoom. Register. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. “Put it There” shares tips on how to organize your home and be more productive. Via Zoom or in person. Register. Free. 3 p.m. See EVENTS, Page 12

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Tuesday Night Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane. www.princetonfolkdance.org. No partner necessary. $5. Continues weekly on Tuesdays. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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Live Music Meditation: Fred Hersch, Piano, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts. princeton.edu. With meditation instruction by Matthew Weiner. Free. 12:30 p.m.

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Swing Dance Club: Monthly Social Dance, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.edu. Intermediate Lindy Hop lesson, beginner East Coast swing lesson, then social dance with the Princeton University Swing Dance Club. Masks and proof of vaccination required. $5. 6:15 to 9 p.m.

“Murdoch Mysteries”: The Movies, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. In this three-part series, a police inspector in 1890s Canada uses deduction and the latest scientific methods to solve crimes, much to the chagrin of his superiors. Tea and cookies served. 3 p.m.

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Art Talk: Terrance Cummings, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. The artist discusses the inspiration and technique behind the works on display in the Reading Room as part of the exhibit “Manifesting Love: Prints and Poetry.” Reception to follow. 7 to 8 p.m.

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Jewish Doubt, Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. www.thejewishcenter.org.

Ayala Fader, author of “Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age,” talks with Leora Batnitzky about Fader’s research in ultra-Orthodox communities, focused on Jewish men and women who secretly explored the outside world, in person and online. Register. 7 p.m.

Panel Presentation: Jill Knapp and Neta Bahcall, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Astrophysicists Jill Knapp and Neta Bahcall discuss their contributions to the anthology “The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words” with science writer Liz Fuller-Wright. 7 p.m.

Fred Hersch, Piano, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton.edu. A conversation/concert exploring music’s role through illness, with Clemency Burton-Hill, host. Part of the Healing With Music series. $40. 7:30 p.m.

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The Ballad of Fred Hersch (Film), Princeton University Concerts, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. concerts.princeton. edu. Documentary screening and talk-back. $14. 7:30 and 9 p.m.

Drawing Animals from the Collections: Watercolor Pencils - Rendering Sea Creatures, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and inspired by a ceramic red-figure fish plate made in the fourth century BCE. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

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Princeton Winter Farmers Market, Dinky Station Parking Lot, Alexander Street. www. princetonfarmersmarket.com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. Also February 23. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Men & Women in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior. org. Dr. Martin Braddock, Sherwood Observatory, Notinghamshire, UK, present son the opportunities and challenges of space travel. Via Zoom. Register. Free. 11 a.m.

EVENTS, continued from page 11 Jazz pianist Fred Hersch is part of a series of Princeton University Concerts events on February 8 and 9.

National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’ national parks. Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

Danielle Ponder, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The singer-songwriter and former public defender shares the mix of powerful vocals behind her debut album, “Some of Us Are Brave,” released last September. $25 to $45. 8 p.m.

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Open House | You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography, Princeton University Art Museum, Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Celebrate the opening of You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography, curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, chief curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. On view through May 7. 1 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University. www.goprincetontigers.com. Dartmouth. $12 to $15. 1 p.m.

Where Color Meets Memory, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.edu. Opening reception for the exhibit featuring the work of Dolores Poacelli and Katie Truk. On view through March 11. 3 to 5 p.m.

Princeton Sketchbook Club Library Opening Celebration, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. In September 2022, the Arts Council announced a community-wide project that would supply blank 5x8” sketchbooks to anyone interested in participating in a new artistic endeavor, the Princeton Sketchbook Club. The full sketchbook library opens for public perusal with a free reception. 3 to 5 p.m.

English Country Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Lesson followed by dance. $15. Masks required. 7:30 to 11 p.m.

For the Love of It, Program in Jazz Studies, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place. www.mccarter.org. Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Camille Thurman joins Princeton’s Jazz Vocal Collective, under the direction of Dr. Trineice RobinsonMartin, in the celebration of life, love, and culture through diverse musical styles and composers. $15 to $25. 8 p.m.

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Super Bowl Sunday Flea Market, Princeton Elks Lodge, 354 Route 518 Skillman, 609-921-8972. Items for sale include furniture, kitchen, antiques, bric-a-brac, art, linen, jewelry, garden, toys, etc. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Choral Reading of Beethoven’s Mass In C, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road. www.musicalamateurs.org. Choral singers welcome. No auditions. Vocal scores provided. $10 admission for singers (or annual membership). Free for students and non-singing guests. 4 p.m.

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National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’ national parks. Dive into the history of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

Film: “High on the Hog”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The first season

of “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America” will be screened Feb. 13, 20 and 27. Tastings from local chefs will precede each screening. Register. 6 to 8 p.m.

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FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. One-hour Mental Health First Aid session introduces tools and techniques to safely and responsibly identify individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis and connect them to appropriate care. Register. Free. 3 p.m.

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Behind the Bookstore, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Coffee and a quick tour behind the scenes to learn how the Friends and Foundation volunteers run the bookstore and whether you might be interested in volunteering, too. 10 a.m. to noon.

Westminster Conservatory at Nassau, Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. www.rider.edu/ about/events/arts-at-rider. Erik Allesee performs a free lunchtime piano recital. 12:15 p.m.

“Murdoch Mysteries”: The Movies, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. In this three-part series, a police inspector in 1890s Canada uses deduction and the latest scientific methods to solve crimes, much to the chagrin of his superiors. Tea and cookies will be served. 3 p.m.

Curator Talk: Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Pilar Tompkins Rivas is curator of “You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography,” on view at Art on Hulfish. Her talk focuses on questions of visibility and belonging in the context of Latinx photography in the United States. Via Zoom. Register. 5:30 p.m.

Story & Verse: Open Mic, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Enjoy an evening of community-created entertainment in the form of storytelling and poetic open mic. All are welcome to tell a wellprepared story or perform their poetry. Performers should bring their own work, inspired by this month’s theme, “Bad Romance.” Register. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.

Alexi Kenney, Violin, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton.edu. A program of four acts and played mostly without pause, interspersing pieces for solo violin and violin/electronics by J.S. Bach and composers of our time including Samuel Adams, Du Yun, and Angélica Negrón. $25 to $40. 7:30 p.m.

Drawing Animals from the Collections: Watercolor Pencils - Depicting a Jaguar, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and inspired by a ceramic stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a jaguar, created by a Mochica artist on what is now the northern coast of Peru. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

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National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’ national parks. Explore Haleakala National Park in Hawaii. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

Transition to Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. Group facilitated by Paul Knight addresses the many kinds of issues that can arise during the transition to retirement. Hybrid program. Register. Free. 2:30 p.m.

Celebrate Mardi Gras, Princeton Public Library, 65 Wither-

spoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Area musicians perform during the “My Big, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Party,” a multimedia celebration of the music and spirit of New Orleans. 7 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Hockey, Baker Rink, Princeton University. www.goprincetontigers.com. Brown. $12 to $15. 7 p.m.

Moira Smiley, Princeton Folk Music Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. www.princetonfolk.org. Nationally touring singer/composer. Masks and proof of vaccination required. Livestream available. $25. 8 p.m.

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Mountain Lakes Guided Bird Walk, Princeton Public Library, 57 Mountain Avenue. www.princetonlibrary.org. See wintering birds during a guided bird walk through the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Preserve. The walk is geared toward adults. Register. 9 to 10 a.m.

“Wuthering Heights” Community Read-Aloud, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary. org. In advance of the presentation “Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights” at McCarter Theatre, theater and literary lovers are invited to participate in a community reading of Emily Brontë’s magnum opus. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Darla Rich, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Jazz. Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Hockey, Baker Rink, Princeton University. www.goprincetontigers.com. Yale. $12 to $15. 7 p.m.

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Guided Bird and Plant Walk - Herrontown Woods, Princeton Public Library, Herrontown Woods/Veblen House. www. princetonlibrary.org. Fairfax Hunter, John L. Clark, and Steve Hiltner co-lead a guided bird and plant walk of Herrontown Woods as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The Creation of a Frankenstein Opera, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Composer and pianist Greg Kallor talks about the process of adapting Mary Shelley’s“Frankenstein” into an opera. 3 to 4 p.m.

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An opening for the Princeton Sketchbook Club takes place February 11 at the Arts Council.

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Monthly Meeting, Women’s College Club of Princeton, Stockton Education Center, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street. www.wccp. org. Presentation by Shirley Satterfield on “The Other Side of King’s Highway” African American history of Princeton. Free. 1 to 3 p.m.

Tour & Info, Princeton Learning Cooperative, 16 All Saints Road, 609-851-2522. www. princetonlearningcooperative.org. Register via EventBrite. 2 to 3 p.m.

ScandiDance-NJ, Princeton Country Dancers, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Lesson followed by dance to live music. No partner needed. $10. Masks required. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. What is Hands-Only CPR? What do you do if you or a loved one is having a heart attack? Via Zoom or in person. Register. Free. 3 p.m.

Mitsuko Uchida, Piano, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton.edu. Performance of Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas. $40 to $60. 7:30 p.m.

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Walking Tour of Black History in Bahia, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. Virtual guided walking tour of Salvador in Bahia, considered the most African City and Pelourinho is the heart of Black History. Register. Attend online or in-person. $5. 3 p.m.

2023 Grand Homes & Gardens Speaker Series - Manitoga, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. In this first program of the 2023 series, examine designer Russel Wright’s trendsetting mid-century aesthetic through the lens of his iconic home, Manitoga. Hybrid event. Register. $10 to $30. 6:30 p.m.

Author: Korey Garibaldi in discussion with Kinohi Nishikawa, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Garibaldi discusses his book “Impermanent Blackness: The Making and Unmaking of Interracial Literary Culture in Modern America” with Kinohi Nishikawa. 7 p.m.

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Pups & Cups, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. Socializing and pet therapy with a certified therapy dog. Free. Register. 3 to 4 p.m.

Sarah Lee Elson, Class of 1984, International Artist-in-Residence Talk: Wendy Red Star, Princeton University Art Museum,

Friend Center Room 101, William Street. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Conversation with multimedia artist Wendy Red Star, a Portland, Oregon-based artist raised on the Apsáalooke reservation. Reception follows. Register for Zoom livestream. 5:30 p.m.

Author: Patrick McDonnell, Princeton Public Library & Labyrinth Books, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The Mutt’s cartoonist discusses his new book, written in collaboration with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “Hear to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet.” Hybrid event. Register for livestream. 6 p.m.

Wuthering Heights, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. org. Continues through March 12. 7:30 p.m.

Drawing Animals from the Collections: Watercolor Pencils - Sketching Cranes, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom . Register. Free. 8 p.m.

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National Parks Series, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Zoom-based explorations of the United States’ national parks. Discover the role Black homesteaders played in shaping Nebraska’s geography. Register. $5. 2 p.m.

History of Science Lecture Series, Institute for Advanced Study, Dilworth Room, Einstein Drive. www.ias.edu. “The Social Studies are Better Than the Natural Sciences,” a discussion led by Steven Shapin. Register. 5:30 p.m.

Corner House Open Mic, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University. www.goprincetontigers.com. Harvard. $12 to $15. 6 p.m.

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Chinese Flower Festival, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. This festival for the whole family showcases performances followed by hands-on activities including Chinese calligraphy and other Chinese arts. 2 to 3 p.m.

Open House | Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers, Princeton University Art Museum, Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join exhibition curator Mitra Abbaspour to celebrate the opening of Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers and learn about the art on view through July 9. 1 to 4 p.m.

Conservatory Faculty Recital, Westminster Campus, Bristol Chapel, 101 Walnut Lane. www.rider.edu/about/events/arts-at-rider. Members of Westminster Conservatory’s Department of Winds, Brass, and Percussion perform solo and chamber music. Free. 3 p.m.

Rob Lanter, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Jazz and Latin music. Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Cafe Improv, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. Local music, poetry, comedy. $2. 7 to 10 p.m.

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Book Brunch: Christie Tate in Conversation with Megan McCafferty, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. The Chicagobased writer discusses her new memoir, “B.F.F.,” about the transformative power of friendship, with author Megan McCafferty. Book signing to follow. Register. 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Meet the Curator Tour of Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609924-8144. www.morven.org. Take a tour of “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey” with one of the exhibition’s curators, Jesse Gordon Simons. Register. $15. 2 p.m.

Film and Discussion: “Hello, Bookstore”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. A screening of the award-winning documentary, a tribute to the love of reading and the importance of independent bookstores, will be followed by a discussion with local bookstore owners. 3 to 5 p.m.

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FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. Death Midwives seem like a new idea, but they are as old as death itself. With recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, these ideas are coming back. Death Midwives can be a part of the death transition process before, during, and after and can help with the grieving and healing process. Register. Free. 3 p.m.

Author: Ashoka Mody, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The author and economic historian at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs discusses his recently published book that examines India from its founding in 1947 to the present day. 7 p.m.

Mitsuko Uchida performs February 21 in Richardson Auditorium.

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