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What’s Next for McCarter? Michael Rosenberg’s vision for the theater starts with community. Page 11
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Meet the Candidates
A Festival with Room to Grow
Three Democrats are on the primary ballot seeking to fill two open spots on Princeton Council. One Independent is also in the race. Page 8
The Princeton Festival has come a long way since its founding in 2005. But it has the potential to be so much more. Page 14
House & Home Area real estate experts weigh in with timely advice on buying, selling, and maintaining a home. Special Section
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LEADING OFF Princeton Community TV fights for its future
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Programs such as Spanda Yoga, which helped me to modify yoga for my personal limitations. I watch Backstory with Joan Goldstein. A particularly interesting guest on her show was John Leland, who spoke optimistically about how to age well. I like to check out the movie review show, Popcorn, with community reviewers instead of written reviews. I would miss all these programs if funding were to be cut. Not only does PCTV produce these shows, it offers courses and resources to educate people interested in honing their technical skills. My husband is a good example of such a volunteer, starting out as a camera man, who improved with guidance and practice. He was soon directing shows and going on to shoot and edit his own documentaries — one about Princeton — after taking a course. If we were to lose PCTV, there is no local alternative.
or years the arrangement worked well: Verizon and Comcast, Princeton’s two cable providers, pay about $300,000 per year in franchise fees to the town, which in turns uses that money in part to fund Princeton Community Television. PCTV, in turn, serves as a 24/7 community resource broadcasting municipal meetings and home-grown programming. But in April the Princeton Council stopped negotiations with PCTV and cut off funding from cable franchise fees, leaving the station vulnerable to closing. The Council reasoned that outlets like YouTube have made the TV station obsolete. But PCTV’s supportSally Jenkins ers feel otherwise. Their statements apWilliam Patterson Court pear below.
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have followed the development of “TV30” for many years, since it started out from a small office in the Arts Council of Princeton to its current facilities with a modern studio, equipment, classes, and dozens of talented, dedicated people who create the outstanding programs covering topics important to our community.
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his is a crucial time for small independent producers, journalists, commentators, curators, and community conscious folks with a message to have a forum within the community. When national systems of communication are under attack from all sorts of interests, Princeton Community TV is a safe and trusted vehicle of expression for so many (many who are seniors). With the loud noise of social media
and big commercial entities, smaller community vehicles seem to some less important. Community sharing of information and events is even more important now because so much media is focused in one direction. Princeton Community TV serves not only as a vehicle of expression and learning but also as a record keeper of community development and growth. It also offers insight into how to solve some of the big problems facing the community. Programs on suicide prevention, solving the opioid crisis, health care and health maintenance, environmental protection, personal crisis management, and a host of other important topics are not widely pursued by other communication vehicles. Each producer not only creates a program but often represents a sizeable constituency that helps carry the information further. Incubator programs are increasingly popular. They are a way to grow and nurture innovative ideas. For many of our producers at Princeton Community TV, the station is an incubator of ideas and a hands-on learning for many who do not have access to the mainstream media.
thinkers, mob rule threatens democratic society. Socrates knew that it would be easy for people seeking office to appeal to the mob’s desires and give easy answers to complex problems. Does any of this sound familiar? In our system of government, every citizen is entitled to vote, and education is the only weapon we have against demagoguery. However, in New Jersey education is one of the most segregated institutions. Affluence, aka District Factor Groups, determine knowledge. Inside each penitentiary-like school district, curriculum, teachers’ knowledge, and lesson plans are held captive. PCTV gives education a chance to be free. On my show, I have the capacity to share the knowledge of teachers from everywhere. As an example, the moment a video about space exploration that features national experts on missions to Mars are aired, children everywhere get access to the knowledge that is otherwise held within the confines of Princeton. In January, 2017, we saw the effects of unequal education, where knowledge is held captive amongst the affluent. Please allow Princeton Community TV and Phyllis Haynes myself to continue to free knowledge so future generations of not just New JerPCTV Volunteer seyans but Americans have the ability to have a question. Is it every Ameri- think about issues rationally and deeply before they step into a voting booth. can’s birthright to vote? Socrates didn’t think so. In the mind Aggie Sung of one of history’s greatest teachers and Producer, PCTV
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hat will $5 million buy you? Right now in Princeton it could by the Pyne Mansion — the home at 211 Winant Road currently being marketed by Jud Henderson of Callaway Henderson for $4.95 million. And while the seven-digit price tag gets you a five-bedroom, nine-bathroom, 12,000-square-foot home on 1.1 acres, it also comes with a history that is a veritable who’s who of famous Princetonians and noteworthy architects. Let’s start at the beginning. The home was built in 1897 for Albertina Taylor Pyne, the widow of National City Bank president Percy Rivington Pyne. If the last name sounds familiar, it should: her son, Moses Taylor Pyne, was one of the great benefactors of both Princeton, the town, and Princeton University. His estate, Drumthwacket, is now the governor’s mansion, and in addition to multiple campus buildings he also lent his name to Lower Pyne, the distinctive building at 92 Nassau Street that now houses Hamilton Jewelers. Pyne also contributed to the establishment of many of the university’s
undergraduate eating clubs. Two of those clubs, Cap & Gown and Campus, were constructed by Raleigh Gilderseeve, who was also enlisted to construct the Pyne Mansion. Albertina Pyne came to Princeton to be closer to her children, Moses and daughter Albertina. With her husband, Archibald Douglas Russell, the younger Albertina created a nearby estate called Edgerstoune that is now the Hun School of Princeton and a subdivision of 56 homes known as the Russell Estates. That home cost more than $1.5 million to build — almost $45 million in today’s dollars.
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ikewise, little expense was spared in the construction of the Pyne Mansion. The floors and walls are 18 inches thick, and the roof was finished with Ludowici tiles, the same company that produced tiles for the Plaza Hotel and New York Life buildings. But Albertina Taylor Pyne was not destined to enjoy her mansion for long. She died suddenly in 1900, at age 67, and the house was used by various descendants, a French artist named Andre Girard, and assorted members of the Saudi royal family. Ultimately it fell
211 Winant Road is on the market for $4.95 million. Much of the home has a loft-like feel: the 1,000-square-foot kitchen, right, opens into dining and family areas.
into disrepair and was abandoned. In 1985 the mansion was sold for $100,000 to Sally Roberts, who promised to renovate it. But renovations stalled, and the house was condemned in the mid-1990s. It was rezoned as a multiple-dwelling unit in hopes that it would be easier to sell, but that turned out to be unnecessary: current owners John and Carrie Pallat were looking for a unique home, and they found everything they wanted in the Pyne Mansion.
The Pallats hired architect David Abelow of New York City-based Abelow Sherman Architects — his other clients include U2 frontman Bono — who combined old-world materials like Venetian plaster walls and new touches like recycled aircraft tire floors to create a unique blend of wood, metal, glass, and stone. See PYNE, Page 6
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Restoration specialist Chuck DiSantos of New York City-based Walter D. Melvin Architects spent 18 months redoing the roof, retaining the Ludowici tiles, and making the building structurally sound. The rear loggia, looking out to the back yard, has an iron canopy inspired by the Paris Metro that was designed and constructed by M. Cohen and Sons in Philadelphia and transported to Princeton in one piece. It is covered with glass formerly used in the greenhouse at the Brooklyn Museum. The blend of past and present also includes some decidedly modern touches:
Architect David Abelow used a blend of wood, metal, stone, and glass to reinvent the one-of-a-kind Pyne Mansion. The Carnegie Steel beams are original to the house. The elaborate staircase was created by M. Cohen and Sons.
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happy compromise has been reached for a property on Ridgeview Road that was the subject of not one but three contentious Zoning Board meetings starting last November. The owner of the lot at 394 Ridgeview Road — a nonconforming three-acre lot in an area zoned for fouracre lots — sought variances to build a 5,000-square-foot home on the property. Such a variance had been granted before, in 2003, but construction never started, and the variance expired. The 2018 application brought vociferous opposition from neighbors citing environmental concerns and issues with light pollution (see The Echo, January 2019). Efforts to acquire a fourth acre from a neighboring property were unsuccessful, and the application went nowhere. But in April all parties returned to the Zoning Board with an agreement in hand. A consortium consisting of Friends of Princeton Open Space, the Ridgeview Conservancy, and the Watershed Institute was granted a ninemonth window during which to raise the funds to purchase the property from the owner. If the money was not raised by then, he could build a smaller-scale home: 3,900 square feet, with 5,780 square feet of impervious surface, and a driveway arranged such that headlights will not shine on the adjoining property at 376 Ridgeview. Under these terms, the vote was a unanimous “yes” from the Zoning Board.
Zoning Board updates
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he following applications were approved with conditions at the May 22 Zoning Board meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 26. 210 South Harrison Street. David and Rachel Mostafavi, owner and applicant. C1 / C2 variances to permit construction of a covered front porch and a two-story addition in exception to the required front yard setback. 155 John Street. Gilbert and Sara Collins, owner; Gilbert Collins, applicant. D4 variance for floor area ratio and C2 variance to permit the expansion of the second floor and the attic in exception to the required smaller/combined side yard setbacks and height to setbacks. 40 Princeton Avenue. Spencer and Abigail Reynolds, owner and applicant. C2 variance to permit the construction of a secondary residence in exception to the required accessory structure and impervious coverage requirements. 23 Sergeant Street. Patrick Savard, owner and applicant. C1 variance to place an air conditioning condenser in the front yard.
Recent transactions
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he following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price. 182 Snowden Lane. Seller: 182 Snowden LLC. Buyer: Martina Deignan. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,585,000. 521 Brickhouse Road. Seller: Guoliang Han and Binbin Hu. Buyer: Huilin Luo. Condo in Washington Oaks. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $423,888. 3 Ober Road. Seller: Richard and Christine Taylor. Buyer: Jixin Dai and Yi Liu. Two-story Cape Cod. 4 bedrooms, 4 baths. $1,500,000 (-$180,000). 121 Sycamore Road. Seller: Roslyn Dayan. Buyer: Thomas and Kwihwan Seung. Ranch in Riverside. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $112,000. 640 State Road. Seller: Peter and Florence Sharpless. Buyer: Princes Property LLC. Two-story Cape Cod. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $250,000 (-$225,000. $65,000 in concessions for replacement of a septic system). 42 Gulick Road. Seller: Barbara Geiseler Kurtz. Buyer: William and Denise Hare. Ranch in Littlebrook area. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $575,000 (-$50,000). 145 Valley Road. Seller: Bart Talloen and Anne DeWaele. Buyer: Yuncui and Zhenle Dai. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $685,000 (-$64,000). 162 Jefferson Road. Seller: Stewart Levy. Buyer: Abigail Weidel. Twostory Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,250,000 (-$45,000). 57 Elm Road. Seller: Leslie Campbell. Buyer: None recorded. Twostory Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $1,105,000 (-$94,000. $2,500 in concession for inspection credits). 149 Randall Road. Seller: Aastha Real Estate Investments. Buyer: Christopher Milkosky and Pritee Dalvi. Twostory Colonial in Littlebrook. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $755,000 (-$94,000). 24 Bayard Lane. Seller: Suss 24bayard LLC and Howard 24bayard. Buyer: Scott and Kelly Harrison. Threeplus-story Victorian 7 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $950,000 (-$249,000). 142 Hodge Road. Seller: James and Kathleen Bagley. Buyer: John Wachter III and Abigail Wachter. Three-plusstory Colonial in the Western section. 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, 5 half baths. $2,075,000 (-$420,000). 68 Birch Avenue. Seller: Betty Sellers Estate. Buyer: Krishnendu and Susmita Datta. Two-story Cape Cod in Abbot Commons. 4 bedrooms, 1 bath. $425,000 (-$49,000).
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Meet the council candidates
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hree Democrats will appear on the ballot in the June 4 primary election for Princeton Council. Michelle Pirone Lambros, Mia Sacks, and incumbent Tim Quinn are competing for two spots in the Democratic column for the November election. Incumbent Jenny Crumiller did not seek re-election. No Republicans entered the race. Adam Bierman, who ran as a Democrat last year, chose to forego the Princeton Community Democratic Organization’s endorsement process and run as an independent. His name does not appear on the primary ballot, and his response to the issues will be printed in advance of the fall general election. The Echo asked each candidate competing in the primary to answer the questions at right about their backgrounds, experience, and priorities for the town. Their answers are presented below, alphabetically by last name.
Michelle Pirone Lambros Background & Family: I am a second-generation Italian American. My great-grandparents and grandparents emigrated from Italy and were the stone masons and gardeners who built Princeton University. They settled in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. I was born in Princeton. I have an M.A. in international affairs from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. and a B.A. in political science from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. I am a small business owner and entrepreneur. I have built multiple small businesses, several overseas, including national festivals involving hundreds of vendors and which required collaborating across government and private sectors; new product launches in Mexico; and a retail store in Florida. I’ve raised six-figure sponsorships, negotiated infrastructure contracts, built extensive promotional campaigns and have had profit and loss responsibility for multi-million-dollar budgets. I am experienced in devising solutions that bring together multiple stakeholders and finding common ground between competing agendas. Most recently, I produced the first-ever Princeton Restaurant Week. My husband, George Lambros, is the COO of World Water & Solar Technologies located in Princeton. We have been married for 25 years and have three sons. Costas, a junior at Boston
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Michele Pirone Lambros, left, Tim Quinn, and Mia Sacks.
University, and Elias and Andreas, who attend Princeton High School. Community Involvement: I have served on Princeton’s Zoning Board and as a board member of the Princeton Merchants Association. I have also been an active board member of the PCDO and served as Nominating Committee Chair. I am on the Friends of the Arts Council committee, and I am active in the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Princeton Italian American Sportsmen’s Club. There are many intersecting issues motivating me to be involved in the community and run for Council, but the three main themes are: 1. The escalating lack of affordability that is driving middle-income homeowners out of Princeton. I’ve watched my extended family being driven out of Princeton, and I am concerned about the pervasive negative consequences to our community of losing our middle class and the contributions middle class families make to our community. We must preserve our economic diversity. 2. Supporting and growing our local economy and small business community.
Negotiating a better, fairer deal for Princeton with the university is a key component of providing our residents with property tax relief. 3. A robust and thriving local economy and downtown business district is vital to Princeton’s future and prosperity, and our downtown provides our community with the quality of life and character that we all cherish. As a successful small business owner and entrepreneur, I have the skills and experience necessary to understand the complexities of building and supporting a local economy that enhances the community. We can attract more investment and grow our local economy: • Become business-friendly with less
Questions for the candidates: Background: Please tell us where you are from originally, your academic and professional background, your age, and when and why you moved to Princeton. Family: Please identify your spouse or significant other and their occupation or employer. If you have children please give their ages and what school they attend. Community Involvement: What activities or organizations have you been involved in that relate to the local community? What caused you to first get involved? Why are you running for council? Parking: Many residents and business owners have expressed concerns about the new parking meters downtown. Do you think the new system is working? If not, what changes should be made? Housing: There’s been talk about changing zoning rules to allow, for example, accessory dwelling units. Do you think there is a need for more housing accessible to middle- and low-income families? If so, how should Princeton address that need? Other issues: Please identify any other issues that are of particular concern to you, or that you feel are of greatest importance to the community. regulations on new business build outs and expansions • Streamline signage regulations and way-finding solutions • Invest in our Streetscape project and promotion and outreach of Princeton businesses • Create a “welcome kit” for new businesses on how-to’s of navigating our permitting processes. • Comprehensive solutions to our parking crisis. Successful government requires the same level of management and negotiation skills, the same dedication to collaboration and creativity, as successful business, and I am the only candidate with those skills and experience. 3. Creative solutions to holding down property taxes. Our property taxes price out older residents, municipal employees, teachers, and young families. There is currently only one state-level program in place to freeze tax assessments for seniors, and it is very limited. Here are my ideas: • Maximize relationships and innovate shared services with school district • Create new municipal revenue streams such as ratables for Air Bnbs • Increase income through revitalizing business growth • Increase the university’s contribution through renegotiation of the voluntary payment and finding strategic ways to partner with the university and its growth plans • Learn from best practices in other university towns and find applicable solutions for Princeton Negotiating a better, fairer deal for Princeton with the university is a key component of providing our residents with property tax relief. My skill set as an experienced entrepreneur will provide Princeton with the leadership and
expertise it needs as we enter into these crucial negotiations. Parking: Small businesses are the backbone of our local economy. It is impossible to put a value on the convenience and character that our downtown provides our community. I believe improving our approach to parking will encourage entrepreneurship as well as encourage our residents to patronize our local businesses: • Streamline parking meter rates, reducing rates for first two hours • Find real solutions to address the shortage of parking for residents, shoppers and employees in the downtown • Encourage expansion of the FreeB bus through private funding and better coordination with Tiger Transit • Private funding for bike racks to encourage more biking, less parking, in the downtown Housing: We must make sure that Princeton continues to provide the opportunities to build a better life for present and future generations as it did for my family two generations ago. We must find a path to increasing our inventory of housing to serve seniors, young families, service, and blue-collar workers who no longer can afford Princeton. Here are my ideas: • Re-zoning to allow for more density through duplexes on single family lots • Gaining better control on tear downs and more stringent requirements pre-tear down • Loosen regulations on homeowners who want to improve their properties to age in place • Greater municipal investment in affordable housing to meet our obligation, and mix with developer 20 percent set-asides • Overall smart growth solutions for a bikable/walkable Princeton.
Other Issues: Improve services for the underserved population: • Princeton needs an urgent care center. No one should have to take a bus with a sick child to the hospital. • Laundromats in the Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood • Improve public transportation so that people without cars can get around town • Create a community center to serve the needs of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood I am the only candidate talking about housing affordability and preserving our middle class; how we can address the needs of our underserved population and negotiate a better deal for our community with the university; and who recognizes the importance of supporting our business community and growing our local economy. If elected, I will establish weekly hours to meet with constituents. I will work hard to represent the best interests of our residents and our community and make sure your government is responsive, accountable, and transparent.
Tim Quinn Background: I grew up in a working class suburb of Philadelphia. I’m 61 years old. I attended Bucks County Community College and received a bachelor’s degree in English with a journalism minor from Trenton State College. I moved to Princeton from Trenton in 1990 because I wanted to live in walkable town with a bookstore and a movie theater, neither of which Trenton had at the time. I met my wife in Princeton. We fell in love with each other and with the community and we decided to stay here. My first chapter was as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in New Jersey, including the Trenton Times. My second chapter was building from scratch the marketing department at the Princeton Public Library. My third chapter is as an elected official. Family: My wife, Mary Chemris, teaches seventh-grade math at Montgomery Upper Middle School. Our son, George, attended the Jewish Center Nursery School, Riverside School, the American Boychoir School, Princeton High School, Princeton Learning Cooperative, and the University of the Arts and is taking courses at Mercer County Community College while deciding on next academic steps. Community involvement: There have been two constants in my life: the Democratic Party and service to others. For the past 28 years, I’ve been involved with Anchor House, a shelter for homeless and abused kids in Trenton. I’ve completed the 500-mile weeklong Ride for Runaways 27 times, and I’m in my 20th year on the on the Ride Committee. I also serve on the Anchor House Foundation Board.
I started my community service in Princeton as publicity director of the Riverside PTO and served as co-president. I was twice elected to the Princeton Board of Education and served on all board committees and as vice president and president. While president, I led the search that resulted in the hiring of Superintendent Steve Cochrane. When the municipality consolidated
I’ve worked on issues relating to affordability, neighborhood character, zoning, sustainability, equity, and transportation. in 2013, I volunteered to serve as the first BOE representative to the Planning Board and stayed on the Planning Board when my BOE term ended. On the Planning Board, I chaired the Zoning Amendment Review Committee and was selected to serve on the Neighborhood Character Initiative ad hoc group, which successfully resulted in the first round of new zoning regulations modeling form-based code. I was elected to Council in 2016 and have served as the Mayor’s Designee to the Planning Board. I’ve worked on issues relating to affordability, neighborhood character, zoning, sustainability, equity, and transportation. I initiated the effort to study shared services with Princeton Public Schools. I want to continue work on all of these issues and, as new fire commissioner, on the transition of our fire department to a combination department. Parking: The upgrade of our antiquated parking system was necessary; multiple meters were failing every day, requiring untold worker hours to keep them online. Staff did due diligence on the meter selection and we engaged top national consultants to guide us through a two-year study and implementation process. When I joined Council in 2017, the process was already under way. The municipality conducted a massive public engagement effort around the changes, including dozens of meetings and focus groups. The new meters offer more functionality than the old ones by accepting credit cards and payment by app, as well as coins. Unfortunately, even though the meters are used in scores of other cities around the country, the technology was balky out of the box. Staff worked hard to correct the operational shortcomings and we now have a fully functioning 21st century parking system providing us with a wealth of usage data to inform future decisions. Our Citizens Finance Advisory Committee did a deep dive into all
costs involved with Princeton’s parking system, from hardware and software to enforcement and credit card fees. Based on that information and what we’d learned from the consultants, Council set meter zones and rates with the expectation we would revisit those rates and make any necessary adjustments. Working closely with the merchant community, we plan to implement several changes and improvements: expanding parking limits in the central core to three hours and establishing a flat $1.75/hour rate across the whole three-hour zone. We also negotiated a better contract with Passport, the app provider, which will enable us to lower the transaction fees to 25 cents, or 20 cents for those using the wallet feature. We also plan to redouble our communication and education efforts though an updated parking map, workshops and videos on using the app, and special parking ambassadors who will be on the street offering help. Housing: Princeton needs both more subsidized affordable housing units as well as “attainable housing,” marketrate homes, condos, and apartments that are moderately priced. Princeton has a long, proud history of building affordable housing, and we will continue with that legacy as we implement our affordable housing plan. Meanwhile, Council is studying whether to change the zoning ordinances regarding accessory dwelling
units, granny flats, and duplexes. We will be working with our consultant and seeking additional information from groups like New Jersey Future and AARP, two top proponents of what is called “missing middle housing.” I hope this investigation will tell us if it will be successful in Princeton, as it has been for other communities.
Mia Sacks Background & Family: I am a third generation Princetonian who attended Miss Mason’s School, Community Park, and John Witherspoon Middle School. I graduated from Princeton High School in 1983 and went on to get a B.A. in political science from Barnard College and an M.A. in political science from Columbia University. Subsequently I worked for more than two decades In New York and around the world in human rights and public health. My work as policy advocate for Human Rights Watch and as part of the senior communications team at the national ACLU taught me to operate effectively at the intersection of law and public policy. As a program officer for public health at the Soros Foundation, I was responsible for the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of public health projects disbursing more than $30 million annually in former Soviet bloc countries. See COUNCIL, Page 10
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many activities and organizations with which I have been involved. Current: Princeton Planning Board (Zoning Amendment Review, Subdivision, and Masterplan Subcommittees); Sustainable Princeton board and executive committee; Resiliency Working Group, Climate Action Plan; Vice Chair, Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee; Municipal and Princeton Public Schools’ Green Teams; Elected County Rep, District 13, second term; Steering Committee, Princeton Progressive Action Group; Steering Committee (and Founder), Princeton High School Alumni Association Recent past: Princeton Environmental Commission; PEC liaison to Board of Health; Bicycle Advisory Committee; Complete Streets Traffic Calming Committee; Chair, Princeton Green Schools Coalition; Public Schools Strategic Plan Steering Committee and Every Child Known Task Force
strongly favor a 10-minute initial grace period for all meters on Nassau, WithI moved back to Princeton 10 years erspoon, and in front of Wawa. The ago to be closer to family and to conmunicipality should use a significant tinue our long tradition of community portion of revenue generated from the involvement. I have a son in middle meters toward downtown maintenance school, and my husband works in New and streetscape improvement projects. York for an organization that provides Housing: As part of the Princeton ethics and regulatory compliance trainProgressive Action Group, I have been I believe that decisions ing to corporate employees. deeply involved the last few years in Community Involvement: I am made in the next advocating for middle income housing running for Council because I believe as well as for changing zoning to allow few years will set the that decisions made in the next few for accessory dwelling units (ADUs). years will set the foundation for life in foundation for life in Th e income from these units can help Princeton over the next 50 years. I feel residents stay in their homes longer Princeton over the next a responsibility to be involved in this by off setting rising taxes and provide process and believe that I am uniquely 50 years. funds for property maintenance and qualified to participate effectively. improvement. In the last decade I have served on resourcesWhere wouldTeachers benefit Champion merchants Other Issues: I support convening a numerous municipal, school and comeconomically and reduce traffi c conpublic process for the comprehensive munity boards and commissions. I’ve “the Gifts of Learning Differently, gestion. There is insufficient spaceofhere review and update of our Master Plan learned from the ground up how our the Value of Thinking Outside the Box™ to go into detail about the problematic to reflect a consolidated, united Princemunicipality functions, and the chalimplementation that plagued our town ton. The updated policies of our Master lenges it faces. Here are just a few of the for the Day last year. However, I applaud “A Leading Research-based, College Preparatory School Since 1973” Plan will provide a much-needed guide the successful efforts of merchants who for municipal decision makers as we WhereWhere Teachers Champion spent an enormous amount of time and navigate the impact of growth in PrincTeachers Champion Where Teachers Champion “the Gifts of Learning Differently, Where Teachers Champion “the Gifts of Learning Differently, effort working together with municipal eton and the communities around us. Where Teachers Champion “the Gifts of Learning Differently, Gifts of Differently, the Value of“the Thinking Outside of the the Value of Thinking Outside of Box™ the Box™ “the Gifts of Learning Learning Differently, officials to reach sensible compromise Additionally, I propose the inclusion the of Outside the Value of Thinking Outside the Box™ the Value Valueof of Thinking Thinking Outside of of the the Box™ Box™ solutions. of a new element to our Master Plan “A Leading Research-based, College Preparatory Day School Since 1973” A Leading Research-based, College Preparatory Day Day School Since 1973” Long term success will hinge upon focused on economic development. “A Leading Research-based, College Preparatory School Since 1973” “A Leading Research-based, College Preparatory Day School Since 1973” the ability of the employee permit Genuine, lasting economic health for ed, College Preparatory Day School Since 1973” parking task force to find workable so- our town requires planning for and ballutions. In the meantime, residents and ancing the needs of all sectors: housing, Where Where Where Where Where Teachers Where Teachers Teachers Teachers Teachers Teachers Champion Champion Champion Champion Champion Champion “the “the “the Gifts “the “the Gifts Gifts “the Gifts of Gifts of Learning of Gifts Learning of of Learning Learning Learning of Learning Differently, Differently, Differently, Differently, Differently, Differently,merchants alike would benefit most transportation and schools, as well as thethe the Value the the Value Value Value the Value of of Thinking Value ofThinking of of Thinking Thinking Thinking of Thinking Outside Outside Outside Outside Outside ofOutside of the ofthe of of the Box™ the the Box™ of Box™ Box™ the Box™ Box™ from the long-awaited app service our central business district. Where Teachers Champion to identify available parking spots. I COUNCIL, continued from page 9
Parking: Parking policies are at the heart of a thriving business district. The Nygard Parking Study demonstrated persuasively that better management of our parking system and more effective utilization of existing parking
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Michael S. Rosenberg, McCarter Theater’s new managing director, is an expert in finance and management, but his true passion is for the performing arts.
open-hearted, beautiful, and smart. It breaks your heart and gives you hope.” Rosenberg is a nationally respected arts leader whose long career has taken him from New York City to California and back East again to Princeton when McCarter hired him in spring, 2018.
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While living and working on the West Coast, he kept a house in Maplewood, Essex County, so maybe he suspected he’d be back on this side of the country someday. With expert skills in management and finance, as well as a passion for
performing arts, Rosenberg is a new breed of managing director. You could describe him as a true theater lover who happens to also be good at handling finances. He’s highly focused on turning McCarter into more than “just a place to see a show,” and his approach is to create engagement. “I love the performing arts, and I see the arts district as a form of town square,” Rosenberg says. “We want to think about how open McCarter is to the range of community, with activities for families as well as for date nights.” “We can also (present works) that are educational and thoughtful, especially in this time in our country, when we’re engaged in conversations about where our nation is headed,” he adds. “A community center has to be a place to host those kinds of conversations.” One such unusual and enlightening event might include the recent visit from “The New Yorker Radio Hour,” which saw New Yorker editor David Remnick sit down with author and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Caro for a live taping of the podcast and radio program. Speaking of tete-a-tetes, Rosenberg See ROSENBERG, Page 12
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also wants to spark after-performance exchanges, as well as innovative performances in the newly remodeled, more spacious balcony bar. “You will see more experimentation,” he says, mentioning a pop-up performance of Dorothy Parker stories this past March in the upstairs space, where things were set up like a Speakeasy, with drinks served in coffee cups and whatnot. He’s struck by the innovation in the Princeton-Route 1 business community, and sees things in common between this innovation and the theater. “You need diverse points of view, and you have to listen to the ‘oddball’” he says. “The process of putting a play together is not unlike discovering a new (pharmaceutical).” Drawing in more young people, and getting them to develop a habit of coming to the theater is another part of his vision for McCarter. When Questlove, virtuoso drummer/composer/producer/author/ educator and founding member of The Roots visited McCarter in February, Rosenberg was struck by the very young and diverse audience, captivated as the iconic musician took a break from music and spoke as a writer and poet. (Questlove was interviewed by Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers professor of African-American Studies at
Michael Rosenberg, left, with artistic director Emily Mann and special programming director Bill Lockwood at McCarter’s 2018 gala. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski.
Princeton University.) Of course, McCarter is not just for theater, and Rosenberg welcomes all the outstanding dance, as well as pop, rock, jazz and classical perfumers in the McCarter Presents lineup — not to mention beloved stars like Joan Baez, who played to a capacity crowd on April 30. Although he’s happy to be back East, it’s been a bit of an adjustment coming from seaside San Diego, where Rosen-
berg had been managing director of the La Jolla Playhouse since 2009.
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n addition to being a part of a robust creative community in La Jolla, Rosenberg led the Playhouse team to increases in subscription, ticket, and philanthropic income, and is looking forward to rousing those in the region who might not have discovered McCarter yet. He reflects that subscrib-
ers and supporters here are already some of the most dedicated in the country. “The subscriber renewal rate is in the top 5 or 10 percent,” he says. “That’s partly because of the diversity of the community, but also the fact that it’s so easy to go to McCarter. It’s easier to see a play here than to take a train to New York.” “It’s a super easy night out, and now you have a great bar and restaurant across the street — the Dinky Bar and Cargot,” Rosenberg says, noting other nearby restaurants and bistros such as Jammin’ Crepes on Nassau Street. Growing up across the country and around the world, Rosenberg and his family followed his father, an Air Force fighter pilot, to various bases including those in California, Virginia, Texas, even the Philippines. This military family was steeped in the arts, however, and Rosenberg says both his mom and dad loved music and theater, and were dedicated to exposing their children to lots of mind-expanding creative experiences. He got the theater bug when his high school put on “Pippin,” but hadn’t settled on theater as his life’s profession when he started college at James Madison University in Virginia. “I thought, ‘I’ll need a real major, let me try business,’ but after two weeks I thought ‘this is terrible!’” Rosenberg says. Leaving business studies behind,
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he did indeed major in theater, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. Those years at James Madison were the launch pad for his long career in theater, truly transformational, Rosenberg says. “For one thing, I was part of the black box theater, which had once been a turkey hatchery,” he says. “It was all student-directed, student-designed and student-run, and it was a great way to try things and understand what it means to be a producer.” Rosenberg was also fortunate to be offered an internship in his sophomore year within the General Management firm Weiler/Miller/Carrellas. “That was really ‘it’ for me,” he says. “My mom had been a payroll accountant, so I guess I inherited some of those skills. I was young to be doing an internship, working and living in New York City.” “The summer I was there we did two shows, both works by Eugene O’Neill, which starred Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst,” he adds. “Also, this was the 1980s, and we were still in the Cold War, but one of the producers brought over a theater company from (the former) Leningrad in Russia. That was daring and fun.” “I was hooked after that summer internship,” Rosenberg says, “and once I got back to school, it really focused me to find the best and fastest way to get
my degree and then get back to New York.” Another stroke of luck from this internship was meeting prolific playwright and screenwriter Douglas Cart-
Kaufman, Moss Hart and Irving Berlin. Actress and 2018 New York state gubernatorial primary candidate Cynthia Nixon was also one of the company’s founders. Rosenberg was with Drama Dept for about 14 years, until he took the position in San Diego. During his time at La Jolla, RosenMcCarter can present berg helped develop and produce new work by Ayad Akhtar, Trey Anastasio, works that are Quiara Alegría Hudes, John Leguiza‘educational and mo, Herbert Siguenza, Basil Twist, Wright, and the Flaming Lips. thoughtful, especially in Doug He’s mused about inviting his friends this time in our country, from the San Diego theater community to perform at McCarter, but that’s still when we’re engaged down the road a ways. Rosenberg lives in Maplewood with in conversations about his wife, who is a K-8 Supervisor of where our nation is Math and Science for one of the public school systems within Essex County. headed. A community “She has a real job,” he says with a center has to be a place chuckle. The couple has a 13-year old son. to host those kinds of Interestingly, Rosenberg’s first paying job in theater was in the early 1990s conversations.’ in Atlantic City, where he managed an immersive theatre show at the Claridge er Beane, who would turn out to be an Hotel. excellent partner in theatrical endeav“Coming back to New Jersey really is ors. a homecoming,” he says. Their friendship led to the founding aving replaced McCarter’s longof the theater company Drama Dept time managing director Timothy in the mid-1990s, with visions of doing new takes on works by such past Shields, Rosenberg is part of the ongomasters as Ring Lardner, George S. ing changing of the guard at McCarter.
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You probably have heard that playwright and director Emily Mann, who has served as the artistic director and resident playwright of the McCarter Theatre Center since 1990, will retire from the position following the upcoming 2019-2020 season. She has overseen more than 160 productions at McCarter, including more than 40 world premieres, and has created a home for theater legends as well as upcoming artists. During her tenure, among myriad awards, McCarter won the 2013 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, and Mann herself was twice nominated for Tony Awards as a playwright and director. “So, these will be enormous shoes to fill,” Rosenberg says. “We hope people will be part of the celebrations around Emily, celebrating her impact not only on Princeton but on American theater (overall). But then, what’s next? What will McCarter look like in the future? For one, we’d like to do more experimental things, like the Dorothy Parker event.” “At this time of so many changes at McCarter, you think you might know us, but put us on your radar and take another look,” Rosenberg says. “There will be many very interesting and different things going on.” McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton. 609-258-2787. www. mccarter.org
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What’s next for Princeton Festival? By Richard K. Rein
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rom its modest beginnings in 2005, when it took the stage after the demise of the Opera Festival of New Jersey, the Princeton Festival has come a long way. Beginning with two ticketed shows and five performances that year, the festival has grown to an extended run of nine ticketed events and more than 30 performances of work including opera, musical theater, and jazz and baroque music. The initial audience reach of 1,600 now has grown to 4,000. This year’s offerings run from June 7 to 30 and include a modern operatic masterpiece (“Nixon in China”); a musical (“She Loves Me”); choral music by Bach and Vivaldi with Baroque orchestra; a jazz concert with the prophetically named vocalist Jazzmeia Horn; a piano recital by 2017 Van Cliburn Competition winner Rachel Cheung; and much more in an eclectic array of performers and places. For the full schedule visit princetonfestival.org. Yet it’s also obvious that it could be much more than that. As festival board member Benedikt von Schroder, an angel investor and mentor to business start-ups, said at an arts roundtable in March, out-of-state visitors make up about 18 percent of the audience. “We’d like to see this be much higher. We would like to make it a truly Princeton event with other arts organizations here participating.” Von Schroder, the incoming chairman of the Princeton Festival Board, was exposed to opera as a child in Hamburg, Germany. His mother took him to opera there, and — during vacations in Bavaria — would take him to the Salzburg Festival. “I always loved it,” he says. His family moved to Princeton in 2007 so that one of the kids could enroll at the Cambridge School. He commuted for five years between Princeton and Frankfurt, where his investment banking job was based, and finally moved here fulltime in 2012. He learned about the Princeton Festival when he happened upon the organization’s booth at Communiversity. “There are already a lot of things going on with the festival,” von Schroder says. “We want to explore how to make it a bigger platform, with others contributing, as well. Our vision has Spoleto as a role model.” He is referring to Spoleto USA in Charleston, South Carolina, which offers a dazzling array of events over a 17day period. This year’s festival, which runs through June 9, is expected to attract around 80,000 people. Notwithstanding the fact that Charleston’s population is 110,000, compared to Princeton’s 31,000, people
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Incoming Princeton Festival board chair Benedikt von Schroder, left, and general and artistic director Richard Tang Yuk. Photo by Pia Ruggles.
here see some possibilities for a Spoleto the festival in the first place. Spoleto USA North. To that end the Princeton USA was conceived as a counterpart to Festival invited Joe Riley, the retired the Festival dei Due Mondi (The Fesmayor of Charleston, to spend a few tival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy, days in Princeton to share the secret founded in 1958 by Pulitzer Prize-winsauce for a cultural program of that ning composer Gian Carlo Menotti. magnitude. It took some selling, Riley In 1977, when the Italian organizsaid. “In the beginning people asked ers searched for an American city that why are we getting involved with an would offer the charm of Spoleto, Italy, Italian arts festival. What will it do for and also its wealth of theaters, churchus?” es, and other perBut in the formance spaces, 1970s, Riley said, they settled on Here in central New Charleston was Charleston. As “down at the heels. Jersey, the Princeton Menotti said of We believed the Charleston at the new festival would Festival already has time: “It’s intimate, give us some en- stretched far beyond so you can walk ergy.” from one theater “We had to its ‘opera festival’ to the next. It has sell it,” Riley said. Old World charm origins by offering “The percentage in architecture and of people inter- more than a dozen gardens. Yet it’s a ested in opera was community big very small” and events in what it enough to support some arts groups calls ‘education the large number believed in the of visitors to the beginning that the and community festival.” new festival would Spoleto USA alengagement.’ siphon away monmost went under ey from them. “We in 1993, when the did everything we could to make the composer and festival founder Gian festival appear to belong to everyone.” Carlo Menotti fell into a dispute with A fringe festival, with no-cost and low- festival officials. At that time Menotti cost events, was added to the program decreed that anyone who continued to to get more kids involved. “We had work with Spoleto in Charleston would events in churches, parks, on the steps not be invited to participate in the to the Customs House, and other pub- original Spoleto festival in Italy. Only lic spaces,” Riley says. “We wanted the one artistic leader challenged Menotti community to feel that the festival is and chose Charleston over Italy. That theirs.” was Joseph Flummerfeldt, conductor Spoleto USA North? It may sound of the Westminster Choir in Princeton, far-fetched, but there are already some who was director of choral activities for connections between the two towns. 37 years at Spoleto USA until retiring And Princeton, while smaller than in 2013. As reported in the New York Charleston, should keep in mind that Times obituary after the death of Flumsmallness was one of the things that merfeldt at age 82 in March of this year, made Charleston attractive as a site for the decision to support the American
festival was critical. “It is impossible to overemphasize how important that decision was to the preservation of Spoleto Festival U.S.A.,” Nigel Redden, the general director of the American festival, told the Times. The Westminster-Charleston connection continues with the Westminster Choir, conducted by Joe Miller, performing on five occasions this year in Charleston through Friday, June 7. Here in central New Jersey, the Princeton Festival already has stretched far beyond its “opera festival” origins by offering more than a dozen events in what it calls “education and community engagement.” For opera lovers and those seeking to learn more about opera there is a two-hour opera workshop scheduled at three different locations: Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Turning Point United Methodist Church, 15 South Broad Street, in Trenton; Tuesday, June 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike; and Wednesday, June 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. On Sunday, June 23, at 1:30 p.m. there is a backstage tour and discussion with the set designer at McCarter Theater, in advance of the 3 p.m. production of “Nixon in China.” Stacy Wolf, professor of theater at Princeton and director of the university’s program in musical theater will speak on women in musical theater Tuesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. at the public library. On Wednesday, June 12, at 7 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, John Burkhalter, an expert in early music, will discuss Chinese emperors’ fascination with Western music and musical instruments in the Baroque era. To pre-register go to PrincetonFestival.org or call 908-458-8430. Stephen Allen, a music professor at Rider University, will discuss the music of John Adams’s opera “Nixon in China,” and the rich experience in sound it provides even though it is described as “minimalist.” Allen will speak Tuesday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. Lecturer Marianne Grey, a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum, will speak on “Ping Pong Democracy,” the historical and social context of China, circa 1972, and the genesis of “Nixon in China,” on Thursday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library and Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Library. The Chinese poet Xue Di offers a multimedia bilingual poetry reading on Friday, June 21, at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. For some theatrical nostalgia, “The
Shop Around the Corner,” the movie starring Jimmy Stewart that was the basis for the musical, “She Loves Me,” will be screened Tuesday, June 25, at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. When you think of a festival you think of a cluster of events that reverberate through the community. As von Schroder says, a festival should also attract visitors for more than one day. Events scheduled on a Tuesday and then a Friday and a Sunday do not encourage those overnight stays. “We need to find ways to come together, to coordinate our performing calendars with other organizations, so that people can craft a whole package of events,” he says. Beyond coordinating calendars there is the more ambitious idea of artistic organizations collaborating on specific productions. It has been done. In 2016 the Princeton Festival and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra worked with the Garden Theater and Notre Dame University’s female vocal quartet to present the multimedia “Voices of Light” oratorio about Joan of Arc. And beyond all the events there is the potential for serendipity. The people sitting next to you at Richardson Auditorium might show up later at a restaurant on Witherspoon Street. Princeton, like Charleston, has a concentration of big and small performing spaces within walking distance of each other: McCarter (the big and small theaters), the new Lewis Center for the Arts, Richardson Hall, Taplin Auditorium, the theater at 185 Nassau Street, the Arts Council, Westminster Choir College, Nassau Presbyterian Church, and the community room at the Princeton Public Library, where, if weather cooperates, an event could also take place outdoors at Hinds Plaza. And if the town can handle an infusion of 25,000 visitors for Princeton Reunions it ought to be able to handle a smaller number for an arts festival (though another hotel at the site of the old Borough Hall — a project being given consideration — might be a welcome addition). The other good news is that the Princeton Festival and McCarter are
Clockwise from above: The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra performs at Princeton Theological Seminary Wednesday, June 26; pianist Rachel Cheung in Taplin Auditorium Saturday, June 22; and Jazzmeia Horn in Taplin Auditorium on Sunday, June 16.
already coordinating their ticket sales through the McCarter box office. But what if — possibly a big if — all the arts organizations in town were able to coordinate their offerings and ticket sales. You might discover that Princeton is already well on its way to a month-long festival of artistic offering that might entice someone to come to town and even stay a few days — increasing the level of out-of-state visitors from its current level of 18 percent.
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magine this: You take an old-fashioned print calendar, with enough space for each day to write in some reminders and upcoming events. You pencil in all the Princeton Festival events. Then you add in what’s happening elsewhere in town. Among the June events that could be overlaid on that calendar: Jazz in June at McCarter: Friday, June 7, Grammy winner Cecile McLo-
Princeton, like Charleston, has a concentration of big and small performing spaces within walking distance of each other. rin Salvant with Fred Hersch, piano; Saturday, June 8, Christian McBride & Tip City, with Emmet Cohen, piano, and Dan Wilson, guitar; Friday, June 14, Bill Frisell Trio with Tony Sherr, bass, and Kenny Wollensen, drums; Saturday, June 15, the Bill Charlap Trio with Peter Washington, bass, and Kenny Washington, drums; and Saturday, June 22, the Vijay Iyer Sextet, led by the Harvard professor and MacArthur Award winner Iyer. Elsewhere around town you can
pencil into your calendar the La Fiocco Period Instrument Ensemble at Christ Congregation on Saturday, June 1; LaShir, the Jewish Community Choir of Princeton at Hillman Hall on the Westminster Choir College campus Sunday, June 2; the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium on Friday, June 7; and the Kinnara Ensemble at All Saints’ Church on Sunday, June 8. Also cabaret singer Katie Welsh performing the music of Richard Rodgers at the Arts Council of Princeton on Saturday, June 15. The Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts, which used to be about the only thing stirring in town after the university students cleared out on the first Tuesday of the month, returns for its 52nd season Thursday, June 20, at Richardson Auditorium, with the Horszowski Piano Trio, playing pieces by Franz Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich; Thursday, June 27, with the PUBLIQuartet, performing music by Caroline Shaw (the Pulitzer Prize winning Princeton University music alumna), John Corigliano, Shelley Washington, and Dvorak. Do not overlook an artist’s opening and reception on Saturday, June 1, at the Arts Council of Princeton. And the Princeton University Art Museum offers its gallery highlights tour Saturday and Sunday. Travel a little farther afield to the Hopewell Theater, where Carbon Leaf presents rock, folk, Celtic, bluegrass, and Americana music on Thursday, June 6. Or spend an evening with Sarah Dash on Sunday, June 15, presenting a tribute to Aretha Franklin. Add to all these the June events in Trenton: Jazz events at the Candlelight Lounge on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday afternoons; the Capital Singers of Trenton presenting opera and
musical theater at the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday, June 2; tours of the public art at the state capitol complex Friday afternoons throughout the month; and the Loeffler Trio at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Thursday, June 6, at 12:15 p.m. Imagine that: The opera crowd venturing forth from Princeton and ending up one Saturday afternoon at the Candlelight Lounge in Trenton (less than 12 miles and several light years from Nassau Street). That would not only be a festival; it would also be an adventure. Impossible? Maybe, but as former Mayor Joe Riley says, “you have to sell it.” Editor’s note: Richard K. Rein, the editorial director of the Princeton Echo, is retiring with this issue. He will continue his interest in — and writing about — urban and suburban planning through his involvement in the private nonprofit, Princeton Future, and through his research for a forthcoming biography of William H. Whyte. Rein will share his work in progress through a forthcoming blog. For details on that send him an e-mail: rein@ princetoninfo.com. For matters regarding the Princeton Echo e-mail editor Sara Hastings: hastings@princetoninfo.com. “Working with the Princeton community,” Rein says, “has been occasionally challenging, often fun, and always stimulating. Thanks for that.”
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Garden Tours, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Tour of what’s in bloom. $10. Register. Weekly through October 4. 11 a.m. Princeton Jazz Ensemble Band Dance & International Food Night, Princeton Jazz Cafe, Princeton High School Cafeteria, Walnut Lane. $10. Food tastings $1 to $3. 7 p.m.
Concert Under the Stars, Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, 609-921-6748 ext. 106. www. princetonhistory.org. The Gerry Rosenthal Trio and ‘80s tribute band the Breakfast Club perform. Local food and drinks served. $160 and up. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Concordia Chamber Players, Princeton Festival, Miller Chapel, 64 Mercer Street, 609-258-2787. Works for violin, cello, and piano by Beethoven, Kodaly, and Mendelssohn. $35 to $45. 7:30 p.m.
Kinnara Ensemble, All Saints Episcopal Church, 16 All Saints Road. www.kinnaraensemble.org. “Gravity and Longevity” featuring works by White, Debussy, Stanford, and Gibbons. $25. Register. 7 p.m.
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6/13 • Talking Baseball at Morven
6/14 • The Bill Frisell Trio at McCarter Theater’s Jazz in June
tival.org. Finals of the 12th annual piano com- Monday June 10 petition for musicians ages 6 to 25 judged by Poets at the Library, Princeton Public Westminster Conservatory faculty. RecepLibrary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924tion follows. $25. 3 p.m. 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Poets GretWalking Princeton’s Campus, Princ- na Wilkinson and Sharon Olson read from eton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, their works, followed by an open mic session. 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Free. 7 p.m. Explore Princeton University’s historic camMeetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni- pus on a walking tour with photographer Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.pflagprincversity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. Wiebke Martens and historian Jennifer Jang, eton.org. Support group for families and org. Christian McBride and Tip City perform. authors of “Discovering Princeton.” Register. friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender Tour starts at the library. 4 p.m. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m. and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peer-faciliAs You Like It, Shakespeare in Commu- tated discussion and information sharing in Sunday June 9 nity Park, Community Park North Amphi- a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting. Piano Competition Finals, Princeton theater, Mountain Avenue, 609-924-9529. 7 p.m. Festival, Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir The Hudson Shakespeare Company performs College, 101 Walnut Lane. www.princetonfes- his pastoral comedy. 6 p.m. Tuesday June 11 She Loves Me, Princeton Festival, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609-258-2787. Musical romantic comedy about two Budapest shop employees who clash at work, unaware that secretly they are pen-pal soulmates. $50 to $100. Meet the artists reception follows performance. Through June 30. 8 p.m.
20th Century Music: John Adams, Princeton Festival, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonfestival.org. Rider University music professor Stephen Arthur Allen investigates how the music of John Adams’ opera, while described as “minimalist,” actually allows the audience a rich experience in sound. Free. 7 p.m.
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Thursday June 13 Contemporary Fiction Book Group, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. “A Place for Us” by Fatima Farheen Mirza. 10:30 a.m. Mercer Oak Award Reception, Princeton Battlefield Society, Nassau Inn, 10 Palmer Square. www.theprincetonbattlefieldsociety.org. Reception honoring Peter J. Travers, plus a silent auction. $100. Register. 6:30 p.m. Black Voices Book Group, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin. 7 p.m. Ping Pong Diplomacy, Princeton Festi-
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Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni- ball historian and co-curator of Morven’s versity Place, 609-258-2787. The Bill Frisell baseball exhibition. $15. 2 p.m. Trio performs. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m. Teen Book Bash, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Saturday June 15 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Five authors Talking Baseball, Morven Museum and Historic Stony Brook: Gateway to discuss and sign copies of their newest books Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven. org. Mets World Series champion Art Sham- Princeton History, Updike Farmstead, 354 followed by a teens-only party with the ausky and journalist Bob Ryan share baseball Quaker Road, 609-921-6748 ext. 102. www. thors after library hours. Panel includes Claire highlights and insights. Journalist Bill Glovin princetonhistory.org. Learn about the lives of Legrand, Kheryn Callender, Alex London, Princeton’s early settlers while hiking along a Mark Oshiro, and Swati Teerdhala. Registramoderates. $20. 7:30 p.m. portion of the trail George Washington took tion required for after party. 4:30 p.m. from Trenton to the Princeton Battlefield. $5. Friday June 14 Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 UniRegister. 1 p.m. Dancing under the Stars, Princeton versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. Inside Early New Jersey Base Ball with org. The Bill Charlap Trio performs. $25 and Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609924-9529. Members of Central Jersey Dance Historian John Zinn, Morven Museum and up. Register. 8 p.m. demonstrate basic steps and lead and eve- Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven. org. Discussion and Q&A with vintage basening of dancing. Free. Also June 28. 7 p.m. See EVENTS, Page 20 val, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Lecturer Marianne Grey reviews and illustrates events that led to Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China. Free. 7 p.m.
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The Shop Around the Corner, Princeton Festival, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Screening of the 1940 romantic comedy based on the 1937 Hungarian play “Parfumerie.” 7 p.m.
Father’s Day. Jazzmeia Horn, Princeton Festival, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall 609-258-2787. www. princetonfestival.org. Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist performs. $50 to $60. Reception follows performance. 7 p.m.
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Tea, Tour, Talk: The Stocktons and the War at the Jersey Shore, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-9248144. www.morven.org. Docent Joe Wroblewski presents. $27. Register. 2 p.m. Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra, Princeton Festival, Miller Chapel, 64 Mercer Street, 609-258-2787. www.princetonfestival.org. Works by Baroque composers on period instruments. $35 to $40. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday June 27 Summer Courtyard Concert Series, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton Shopping Center, 609-924-8777. Blawenburg Band with brass/Americana. 6 to 8 p.m. Twilight Walking Tours, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www. morven.org. Explore architecture, gardens, and buildings. $10. 7 p.m. PUBLIQuartet, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-570-8404. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Saturday June 29 Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Seven Types of Ambiguity, Princeton University Art Museum First day for exhibit of prints by the mid-century artist known for her innovative abstract paintings. On view through October 20. 10 a.m. Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Princeton Festival, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, 609-258-2787. Music by Bach and Vivaldi. $35 to $40. Meet the artists reception follows. 7 p.m.
Sunday June 30 Fred Miller Lecture in Song: Heaven, I’m in Heaven, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Covering music from Tin Pan Alley to American pop’s mid-20th-century heyday. 3 p.m.
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Nationally Recognized Trauma Care for More Than 20 Years Capital Health Reverified as Level II Trauma Center The Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) has been recertified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This achievement is the eighth verification for Capital Health since the first in 1998. The Center, also designated as a Level II Trauma Center by the New Jersey Department of Health, is one of only 10 designated trauma centers in New Jersey and the regional referral center for injured patients in Mercer County and adjacent parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex counties as well as nearby areas of Pennsylvania. “The ACS is the largest association of surgeons in the world and an important advocate for all surgical patients,” said DR. DOMINICK EBOLI, director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. “After a successful review of our performance and resources by nationally recognized trauma experts, this recertification shows the residents of our community that when they need us most, Capital Health meets the highest standards for treating severely injured patients.”
The Full Spectrum of Care According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Care provided in a trauma center decreases the chance of death following injury by 25 percent compared to care in general hospitals. In addition to providing the necessary resources for trauma care, ACS level II verification also means that centers like the BristolMyers Squibb Trauma Center address the needs of injured patients across the entire spectrum of care, providing patients at Capital Health Regional Medical Center with access to important injury prevention programs, prehospital care and transportation, acute hospital care, rehabilitation, and research. “Through programs and resources not available in most general hospitals—including 24hour immediate access to trauma surgeons and other specialists—we are able to provide comprehensive care that begins at the time of injury and continues through rehabilitation,” said DR. DENNIS QUINLAN, associate medical director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center. To learn more about the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, visit capitalhealth.org/trauma.
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UNDERSTANDING BRAIN TUMOR SYMPTOMS signs to guide you to the right plan for care Brain tumors, while relatively rare, do not discriminate, affecting men, women, and children across all age groups and ethnicities. And because the brain is the critical organ that controls all others, it’s important to recognize the signs that may suggest a brain tumor and discuss them with your health care team. “The many parts of the brain control different body functions, so symptoms will vary depending on tumor location, type, and size,” said DR. NAVID REDJAL, director of Neurosurgical Oncology at the Capital Health Center for Neuro-Oncology. “However, there are some common symptoms to watch for which, if ongoing, may indicate the presence of a brain tumor. Anyone experiencing one or more of them over an extended period of time should see their doctor to get an accurate diagnosis.”
COMMON BRAIN TUMOR SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: Headaches: A persistent, progressive pain that is different from a migraine, does not respond to over-the-counter pain medication (like aspirin or ibuprofen), gets worse when lying down, and may be accompanied by vomiting or changes in vision. Seizures: In some cases, a seizure may be the first indication that a person has a brain tumor. Focal Progressive Symptoms: Localized symptoms—such as hearing problems, difficulty walking or speaking, or feeling clumsy—can often help identify the location of the tumor. Mass Effect: Occurs when a brain tumor presses on surrounding normal tissue, causing nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, vision problems, headaches, and behavior changes. Sudden Personality Changes/Cognitive Changes/Memory Loss: A tumor may cause disruptions in normal brain function that lead to changes in a patient’s behavior and ability to reason, remember, and learn. “At the Center for Neuro-Oncology, our advanced technological resources and multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment are just as important as the compassionate and individualized care we provide,” said Dr. Redjal. “If a person experiences new symptoms or changes to existing ones, talking to your doctor is an important first step.” The Center for Neuro-Oncology, part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences and Capital Health Cancer Center, is a referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer involving the brain and spine. The Center is housed in stateof-the-art facilities where patients have access to an experienced and caring team of physicians, nurses and staff who work closely with referring physicians to facilitate rapid and thorough evaluations and recommendations for patients and their families. In addition to providing advanced, neuro-oncologic and neuroscience care, the Center participates in clinical trials to help fight and find cures for cancer.
To learn more about Capital Health’s Center for Neuro-Oncology, visit capitalneuro.org.
Governor Murphy Signs Mental Health Parity Legislation at CAPITAL HEALTH In April, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy visited Capital Health Regional Medical Center to sign legislation (A2031/ S1339) that will enhance enforcement of mental health parity laws by improving transparency and accountability related to the insurance coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for New Jersey residents. He was joined by Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate Leader Tom Kean, Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride, New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson, and mental health advocates for the official signing. 22 Princeton Echo | Health Headlines by Capital Health
TAKE CHARGE of controllable factors to reduce your stroke risk On average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds in the United States. Every four minutes, someone dies of stroke. These are sobering statistics from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, but there is some good news too. Approximately 80 percent of strokes are preventable, so it is important to understand stroke risk factors, particularly those factors that are in your control. There’s nothing you can do to change factors like your age, gender, race, family history, or previous incidences of stroke or heart attack, but if any of them increase your risk of stroke, they can be good motivation to learn about what you can do to address controllable risk factors.
The only Joint Commission certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region, located at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Trenton, provides emergency stroke and neurovascular services 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. RMC was recognized as the best hospital for neurology and neurosurgery in the region in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2018-19.
If You Think It’s a Stroke, Call 9-1-1 When a 911 call is received for symptoms that suggest a patient is having a stroke, Capital Health’s Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) can be co-dispatched with basic and advanced life support services. Capital Health’s innovative MSU Commit to a Healthier Lifestyle brings time-critical stroke care to patients at their home, There are steps you can take right away to lower your risk. or wherever the MSU goes to assess them. If the patient Get started by talking to your primary care doctor to learn is experiencing an acute ischemic stroke, our specialized about stroke screenings and how you can treat or manage team can initiate intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to help break up the clot while he or she is controllable risk factors such as: taken to the hospital for additional care. This saves time • High blood pressure and, more importantly, lives. • High cholesterol To learn more about our Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center, part of the Capital Institute for Neurosciences, • Heart/blood vessel disease visit capitalneuro.org. • Cigarette smoking • Physical inactivity/obesity/poor diet • Diabetes mellitus • Atrial fibrillation • Sickle cell disease “Regular exercise and an improved diet, for example Mediterranean diet, will help you maintain a healthy weight and reduce stress, all of which help lower your stroke risk,” said DR. CHRISTIAN SCHUMACHER, medical director of the Capital Health Stroke Program and a board certified stroke neurologist at Capital Health. “Making sure you receive adequate treatment for high blood pressure or high cholesterol if you know you have it, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol intake also make a difference, and if you are taking medications to treat a condition that increases your risk of stroke, make sure you take it as prescribed.” Nationally Recognized Care at Capital Health Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center 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 fistulas (AVFs), cavernous malformations, carotid artery and vertebral artery atherosclerotic disease, intracranial stenosis as well as Moyamoya disease.
IF YOU SUSPECT A STROKE, B-E F-A-S-T B — Balance
Is the person experiencing a sudden loss of balance?
E — Eyes
Has the person lost vision in one or both eyes?
F — Face Drooping
Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?
A — Arm Weakness
Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
S — Speech Difficulty
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?
T — Time to call 9-1-1
If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get the person to the hospital immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.
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Celebrating Our Magnet Nurses at Nurses’ Day Ceremonies During National Nurses’ Week, Capital Health celebrated its nursing staff for their hard work and dedication to patients and our community at-large. Their hard work also contributed toward our hospitals earning Magnet® four consecutive times, a testament to our continued dedication to high quality nursing practice. Receiving Magnet® Recognition four times is a great achievement for Capital Health, as it continues to proudly belong to the global community of Magnet-recognized organizations. Visit capitalhealth.org/magnet to learn more.
EXCELLENCE IN NURSING PRACTICE AWARD RECIPIENTS
HOPEWELL Christine Brooks, RN — Emergency Room Adam Caponi, BSN, RN — 4M Melissa Chichilitti BSN, RN, CCRN — Nurse Manager – Intensive Care Unit Courtney Flesch, RN — Pediatric Unit Shannon Foster, RN — Assistant Nurse Manager – 6M India Henderson, BSN, RN — 5M Laura Moran, BSN, RN, DCE — Diabetes Educator Robin Redondo, RNC-OB — Labor and Delivery Janice Schenck, RN, CPEN — Pediatric Emergency Room Debbie Schuster, RN — Operating Room Kristen Stuenckel, BSN, RN, CCRN — Nurse Educator – Intensive Care Unit 4M — Excellence in Nursing Team Award
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NAVIGATING PROSTATE CANCER Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | 6 p.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 One in six American men and their loved ones will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, but thanks to greater awareness and improved detection and treatment options, more lives are being saved. Join DR. TIMOTHY CHEN, medical director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery at the Capital Health Cancer Center, and DR. BRAD ROGERS from Capital Health – Urology Specialists for a discussion of prostate cancer symptoms, screening techniques, CyberKnife® Radiosurgery, and other courses of treatment that are available to you at Capital Health. Our evening includes light dinner, a tour of our CyberKnife® suite and a raffle drawing for Trenton Thunder tickets.
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more than just serving food. On the one hand, he ric Wimmer, wearing a starched white shirt would seek to fill what he saw was a culinary void in with the words “Chef Eric” on it, asks if a guest the local restaurant scene but at the same time emat his new restaurant in the Princeton Shop- ploy as many young people with Down syndrome “as ping Center wants something to drink. we can.” “My story,” he begins to say through a French acFinanced privately, the restaurant needed to find a cent in explaining how he, a retired executive in the home. Hunting for local locations, Wimmer eventucosmetics industry, and others opened a nonprofit ally settled on the Shopping Center, in a spot that had restaurant that hires adults with been home to Camillo’s Italian developmental and intellectual restaurant. disabilities. Perhaps not surprisThe Blue Bears Special Meals ingly, the journey that Wimmer, eric Wimmer was opened its doors May 13, featur65, took to become a restaurateur inspired to fill a ing a breakfast and lunch menu started over dinner. with an international flavor. He and his wife, Marie, 59, culinary void and Think baguettes with butter and are among the many families jam for breakfast — “the way we originally from France who call employ as many young eat it in France,” Wimmer said. Princeton and the surrounding people with down “But we have dishes here from area home. They have lived in Morocco, we have dishes here syndrome as possible. Princeton for 25 years. from Vietnam — everything that Within the French community we like cooking, that we like the in Central Jersey, the Wimmers taste of,” he said. “What drives us are friends of a couple with 10 children, including is the taste and the health of what we’re cooking.” four who are adopted and have Down syndrome. The menu changes daily, but lunches, which inThe two couples had dinner one night in the fall of clude a “from the land,” “from the sea,” and vegetarian 2017, during which Wimmer learned how one of the option, are $10.50 to $17 and come with one or two Down syndrome children had aged out of any school additional courses — soup, salad, or dessert. Sweet district programs for him and needed something to and savory treats range from $2 for a cream puff to occupy his time. $8 for a slice of quiche plus a green salad. Take-out “And it was a trigger,” said Wimmer, who saw a options range up to $120 for a large “dinner from the way to realize a long-held dream he and his wife had sea.”
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n 2005 eight-year-old Alexandra Ruddy stood atop a milk crate in her mother Lisa’s new restaurant, Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company, proudly ringing up sales. Now 23, she’s back home in Princeton with a degree from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, two years’ experience with a prominent New York catering company, and a passion for bringing her family’s popular catering services to a sophisticated new level, offering onsite catering for area events. The company’s bright red catering truck is a familiar presence at area offices, events, and games, where Princeton Soup & Sandwich provides box lunches for visiting teams. Now Alexandra is experimenting with ways to turn the restaurant’s fresh, natural offerings into contemporary cocktail fare, and test runs at private parties have proved highly successful. Mini versions of the restaurant’s sandwiches and salads include Shrimp Po’boys, Chicken on Homemade Waffles, Turkey Burger Sliders, and Hot Dogs, Cheddar Cheese and Sauerkraut Wrapped in Pastry. Garnishes include homemade strawberry jam, cranberry and fig bourbon spreads, mayonnaises, and sauces made in-house. Lobster roll filling appears on edible cracker spoons and a Kale Caesar Salad fills home-baked Parmesan Cheese Cups. Catering menus include the high-quality
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“It’s very exciting,” she said of opening the restaurant. “Our tag line is come visit us with a full heart and an empty stomach.” In all, the restaurant also has one other chef, a dishwasher, and two women who handle the register and back office responsibilities. On a recent morning, Wimmer had an orientation for the first group of special needs employees, who will handle tasks such as food preparation, shelving, bussing tables, and packaging food for carry-out customers, when they start their jobs in June. Wearing black aprons and beanies, they followed him along a tour of where they will be working. He stressed safety and showed them the operations behind the counter. “This is the place where everything will be prepped,” he told them at one point. The goal, he said during the interview, is to give them skills they can use during their time at the restaurant and beyond when they move on to another job. At the Blue Bears, the aim is to employ eight to 12 specials need adults, all paid at the state hourly minimum wage. Alison Seber, 25, will be among them. Having graduated from Montgomery High School in 2013, she has work experience. This will be her first time working in a restaurant, an opportunity that she said she is excited about.
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Boar’s Head meat and cheeses found at the restaurant. Alexandra is sampling food from area farms and the family is looking to buy a new kitchen. The Ruddys had already put their singular stamp on the tiny, 585-squarefoot space next to the Nassau Inn, serving 2,000 people per week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Lisa Ruddy refers to her “A-Plus customer base of regulars, tourists, downtown workers, and shoppers.” A diverse, discriminating group, they are drawn to the freshly made, soups, salads, and sandwiches that include classics like Turkey Club and Italian Wedding Soup and newer innovations such as Baked Goat Cheese Salad, Deluxe Grill Cheese with Havarti, Italian Mama with Prosciutto, and the restaurant’s famous World’s Best Lobster Bisque.
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he Ruddys remain true to their core business — delicious soups, like everything else in the restaurant, made from scratch. With a repertoire of 30-plus soups, clients can choose from 10 different offerings each day including several vegan and gluten-free choices. Guests can grab and go, eat inside or enjoy outdoor dining. They also offer delivery and curb-side pickup. Lisa is vegetarian, and like her customers, wants to know what’s in her food. “People are much better educated about food, now,” she notes. “They ask questions
Once Seber and the others are on the job, Wimmer will be their supervisor. But they will have job coaches, either from their home school district or the organizations they get services from, on site for as long as it takes for them to know their work duties. He said the role of the job coach is “to be sure that the job that is assigned to the kid is done, that the kid knows, understands, and does it properly.” Seber already has been getting ready for the work she will have to do as a restaurant employee. She said she has started practicing by cutting vegetables at home. “She’s actually better than me,” said Pat Connett, her job coach, of Seber’s cutting ability.
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Alexandra, left, and Lisa Ruddy outside of Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company on Palmer Square East. and demand complete transparency. Because we work so closely together, all our team knows exactly what goes into each dish.” The team has watched customer tastes evolve and concerns about allergens, hormones, sustainability, and “clean” eating grow. “Vegetarians have become vegans and an incredible number of customers are gluten-free,” says Lisa Ruddy. “They are committed to this way of eating and we are here to back that commitment with fresh, natural food, prepared daily.” Princeton Soup & Sandwich Company, 30 Palmer Square East. 609-4970008. www.princetonsoupandsandwich. com
towards them getting gainful employment when they leave our program,” said Mary Ann Mansfield, a district employee who will be a job coach for one of the employees at Blue Bears. “So what we do is we actually train them and teach them how to work in the community. So when they leave us they have a resume of different jobs that they’ve done already.” Blue Bears is breaking into what is a crowded restaurant market in Princeton. Wimmer wants the restaurant to be a success. Last year, he attended the International Culinary Center, in New York, to learn culinary techniques. “We want people to come to see us because they like the food,” he said. “The restaurant is to bring something to the community in terms of food.” The menu at Blue Bears has something for every taste, liked sauteed shrimp, baked chicken, carrot soup, and peach tart. Marie Wimmer said there is no processed food at the restaurant, with everything starting from scratch. “Really, what we want to bring here is homemade … something fresh every day,” she said. “We really think … that what we are bringing (to Princeton) is different from all that’s offered here.” The Blue Bears Special Meals, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner pick-up until 5 p.m. 609-454-3049. www.bluebears.org.
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Princeton Shopping Center Summer Concert Series: Thursdays 6 to 8 p.m. starting June 27. Designed around the historic Nassau Inn, Palmer Square is the epicenter for unique and stylish shops, from national brands to exclusive boutiques. Special events and sidewalk sales add to the excitement. Just say Spa-aah for a makeover, facial, massage, mani-pedi, or hairstyling in one of the downtown salons. Many of Princeton’s favorite restaurants are set on Palmer Square and adjacent Nassau and Witherspoon streets. Just minutes away from downtown is the Princeton Shopping Center, where more shops, restaurants, and health and beauty options await. On July 11 at 4 p.m. the PMA will host the Annual Waiters Race at the Princeton Shopping Center where more than 60 wait staff from area restaurants will compete. Princeton’s diverse dining scene reflects its international demographic and sophisticated palate. Restaurants span Asian, Middle Eastern, Italian, Mexican and innovative new American. In an era of greater concern for wellness and sustainability, these restaurants creatively meet the changing demands of consumers. “From our leading destination restaurants to casual sandwich shops, there are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and other options,” says Jack Morrison, President of the PMA. Princeton’s location close to Central New Jersey’s many farms and its legendary seashore, gives local chefs a wide choice of fresh vegetables and seafood. “We have the best of coast and country,” he asserts. For home cooks, those same ingredients abound at farmers markets, along with artisanal cheeses, organic produce, grass-fed beef, and come mid-summer, the beloved Jersey Tomatoes. In March, Princeton’s first Restaurant Week drew thousands of diners to downtown restaurants, an increase of about 5 percent. “It’s definitely something we will do again next year.” Princeton is a paradise for history buffs and Morven Museum & Garden & Historical Society of Princeton will be offering their weekly walking tours throughout the summer. On June 22 they’re partnering to provide a vintage baseball game. The Paul Robeson Center for the Arts will have continuous artwork on display with weekly artists’ talks, painting and musical events. The annual Cafe Improv, a local favorite, will be held June 22. Princeton Department of Recreation sponsors the Community Night Out on August 6 and provides musical performances at the pool and at Community Park North Amphitheater. Look for more events and information about Princeton’s merchants at www.princetonmerchants.org.
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Pure Dawn By Pia de Jong
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owena Xiaoqing He is a Chinese historian and guest researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study. I meet the small, modest woman over lunch. “I have a lot on my mind,” she says, eating her salad. “I have to prepare for the coming weeks, the many lectures I give throughout the country.” For Rowena, who chooses her words carefully, everything is about June 4. That very day, 30 years ago, student protests in Tiananmen Square were forcefully suppressed by the government, a horror many of us witnessed live on television. Since then Rowena’s goal has been to not let the world forget what happened. In the beginning, when she started out as a researcher, she kept a low profile. But in 2014 she became known to a wider audience with her acclaimed book, “Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China.” The book was named one of the top five China books of 2014 by the Asia Society’s China File. How brave this woman must be, more or less on her own, taking on powerful China. She works tirelessly and allows herself no time for things other than work. I ask her where her
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urge comes from to keep confronting the world with what happened in 1989 at the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing. “I was 18 at the time and idealistic,” she says. “My friends and I expected a lot from the protests. We wanted democracy, freedom. But by the end of the day, many of us were dead. We were in shock. We could not believe that the
How brave this woman must be, more or less on her own, taking on powerful China. government had fired shorts on unarmed civilians. They were youth who only wanted the best for their country. “The next day at school I wore a black wristband, a symbol of mourning. My teacher took me aside. ‘If you don’t take that off now,’ he told me, ‘no one will protect you from now on.’ That day I was told the meaning of my Chinese name: pure dawn. That day my life started again. “ She tells it all with a smile, while I tear up. Thirty years ago, that June 4, I was
glued to the television in horror. I held my breath for that young man on the square in front of the tanks. Somewhere in the crowd stood Rowena, watching helplessly. When Rowena studied history in Canada and America, she discovered that the government in China denies or falsifies what happened that day. In 2010, at Harvard, she taught a class on the student uprising. “There were Chinese students in my class who had never heard of Tiananmen,” she says, “and others simply did not believe what I told them.” She received a lot of criticism but was also voted teacher of the year. “Why do you smile when you tell me such painful things,” I ask, “while you are often about to cry?” “I can only pretend to be cheerful,” she says. “For two generations we were not allowed to show our emotions. I got used to it, and now I can’t change it anymore. “ The lunch conversation takes a completely different turn. We suddenly talk about young children. How important the first years are. How children need
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the love and attention of their parents in order to flourish. Suddenly Rowena says: “But if that is the case, then I should never have been here. When I was just born my parents were sent to a prison camp. It was in the middle of the Cultural Revolution. I did not see them the first four years. I grew up as an orphan. “ A moment later she walks off with her travel suitcase. A woman with a mission. And a smile. Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her bestselling memoir, “Charlotte,” was published in 2017 in the U.S. She can be contacted at pdejong@ ias.edu..
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28 STONE CLIFF ROAD ETTL FARM EXPANDED CARMEL, 7 BEDROOMS, 6.5 BATHS, WALK-OUT FINISHED BASEMENT, MULTIPLE GUEST/ OFFICE USES
28 WARREN COURT WASHINGTON OAKS COLONIAL, 4 BEDROOMS, 2.1 BATHS, FIREPLACE, DOUBLE STAIRCASE, 9 -FOOT CEILINGS, WITH 2 -STORY ROOMS
348 MT. LUCAS ROAD LOCATED ON 3.21 ACRES, 4 BEDROOMS, 3 BATHS, 3-CAR DETACHED ACE & FABULOUS 600 SQ.FT SQ. Q FT STUDIO ABOVE Q. GARAGE W/ WORK SPACE
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