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this year, but we think you’ll love the easy flexibility our new option full of optimism for bright days will offer. Details and more inforahead and a return to normalcy. mation will be out next month. 2) Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Dan Aubrey’s run down of music, art, and other cultural happenings Gate: Our live season will be enthis summer starts on page 6 and hanced by a virtual reading series, a runs nearly 6,000 words — show- collaboration with Pulitzer Prizecasing a broad array of events, ma- winning playwright Paula Vogel. ny being held in person, at what is We will stream powerful, overtypically a slower time of year for looked plays by BIPOC, female, LGBTQIA+, and disabled artists. the cultural calendar. U.S. 1’s weekly calendar of On June 3 we will celebrate this events has also hit a milestone this new partnership by re-releasing the week, as for the first time since it online play Bulrusher written and began compiling a calendar of the directed by Eisa Davis. Click for largely virtual pandemic-era background on Bard at the Gate, events, there are more events oc- and complimentary streaming accurring in person than via Zoom cess to Bulrusher. 3) Virtual Gala 2021 — Artist and the other online platforms that Sneak Peek: On Friday, have become ubiquitous 11 at 7 p.m., catch this past year. Between June an exclusive glimpse at Many of the venues the artists who will perThe featured in this preview form live on our stages issue are also looking Lines in the reopening season. forward to a more norTickets start at $100 for mal fall season with renewed optimism. One such exam- a delightful night of escape, celeple is McCarter Theater, which re- bration, and community. More: cently sent the following update to Celebrate McCarter. Thank you for your continued its supporters: support and encouragement as McCarter gets ready to welcome you e have a lot to share with back. Soon, we will be together you over the next few months as we again. Until then, stay tuned for proget ready to open our doors. Right now, we wanted to let you gramming and ticketing updates know about three important things: and come say hello at our free, live 1) Reopening Plans: We will re- outdoor concerts in Palmer Square, open this September with your Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. through health and safety top of mind! Fa- June 20! vorite McCarter artists — across Sarah Rasmussen music, dance, theater, and spoken Artistic Director word — will be returning, as will Another regional venue that has groundbreaking original work. patiently awaited a return to in-perSubscribers and McCarter Members will have early access to tick- son programming is Hopewell ets starting in late July. We’ll be Theater, which announced its fall putting YOU in control of your reopening last week.

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Hopewell Theater is thrilled to announce that we are REOPENING! This past week, Governor Murphy lifted capacity restrictions and six foot social distancing between patrons in New Jersey. With that, Hopewell Theater is now able to reopen its doors and sell shows at full capacity, which is what we need for those shows to be financially viable. Our grand reopening will be the week of September 7, 2021 — the anniversary of our first opening, four years ago, in 2017. To celebrate our anniversary and our reemergence from the long pandemic shutdown, we will hold a special event performance that week — headliner to be announced — for our dedicated members, press, and special local guests. On September 15, the selectively eclectic programming our patrons have come to expect at HT will resume! Get ready for an array of live music, live performance, comedy shows, and film screenings to go on sale in the coming month for the Fall season.

Before I close, we want to let you, our patrons, know how moved we’ve been throughout this closure by your enthusiasm for us to reopen safely. We received over two hundred kind comments on our reopening survey letting us know how much you value our theater and inperson live shows. Knowing that kept us going. We also want to thank you for helping us advocate for and spread awareness of the plight of shuttered indie venues during our campaign for Federal and State venue relief funds. Not all venues made it through to the other side, but your loyalty is one of the reasons why HT and many other venues can return this fall — the government heard your support for venues and answered with relief dollars. The pandemic affected the entire world as we once knew it, from billions of individuals to the whole of society itself. The decline of performing arts during the pandemic was not just a loss to the economy and community, but to the cultural nourishment of each and every one of us. It showed us how much we need each other and need to be together, in person, over creative entertainment. The reopening of the state is a boon for the arts industry, the communities tied together by their local performing arts centers, and the people who have come to miss the unforgettable experiences theaters provide. With the State reopening and the promised but not-yet-delivered State and Federal venue relief grants, our theaters will fully recover, together. We look forward to welcoming you at HT this Fall, your place to meet friends and get inspired, newly reopened! Sara Scully Executive Director & Co-Founder, Hopewell Theater

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Survival Guide Monday, June 7, to Saturday, June 12

Isles to Host Its First Virtual Forum on Urban Issues

sles, the Trenton-based community development and environmental nonprofit, is hosting its first-ever virtual forum from Monday through Saturday, June 7 through 12. The free event explores community development topics such as urban agriculture, lead safety, youth-violence prevention, healthy housing, and green jobs in a series of webinars, panels, and workshops. The event is part of the nonprofit’s “40 Years of Impact” celebra-

tion marking four decades since the organization’s founding in 1981. “Over four decades, we’ve tested different approaches to family selfreliance and healthy communities, learning what works, trying new things, and sharing with others,” Isles CEO Sean Jackson said. “This forum is a way we can bring together folks from around the country to tackle a range of topics critical to fostering healthy, sustainable communities.” The forum’s schedule is broken down into daily themes. The topic for Monday, June 7, is “Sustainable Cities.” Sessions include “Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, and the City: What’s an Organization to Do?,” presented by Isles founder Marty Johnson; “Advancing Equitable & Clean Transportation for All”; and “Urban Agriculture and Climate Change.” On Tuesday, June 8, attention turns to urban placemaking. Events include an update on the redevelopment of Donnelly Homes and the surrounding North Trenton Neighborhood; discussion of a regionwide housing coalition established by Isles and Trenton Health Team; and information on the Social Profit Center at Mill One. Also on Tuesday is a panel titled “Creative Arts and Economic De-

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velopment: Sparking and Sustaining Downtown Trenton,” with participants including Lauren Otis of Artworks Trenton, C. Ryanne Domingues of Passage Theater, and artist Leon Rainbow as well as Meaghan Singletary of the Trenton Downtown Association. Wednesday, June 9, is all about lead safety. Sessions feature a discussion of tenant and homeowner protections with regard to lead hazards in the home, including pending new state lead safe legislation; and two sessions focused on information and initiatives for preventing lead poisoning in children. Thursday, June 10, is titled “Building the Future” and includes an Isles Youth Institute open house; panels on New Jersey YouthBuild and violence prevention; and a discussion on “Challenges and Lessons in Developing Anti-Racist Organizations.” Friday, June 11, returns to topics in public health, specifically regarding safety at home. Sessions include “Healthy Housing/Healthy Families”; “Opportunities for Future Focused Green Jobs for New Jersey”; and “8 Keys to a Healthy Home.” Housing remains front and center on the forum’s final day, with Saturday, June 12, dedicated to a “Welcome Home Fair” for firsttime home buyers. Those looking to purchase their first home can learn about down payment and closing cost assistance; the professionals involved in making a home purchase; and credit and how to access your credit report. Additionally participants can make an appointment with a housing counselor through Isles, which is HUD certified. All events are free and open to the public. Register individually for each session you wish to attend by visiting www.isles.org/forum.

Business Meetings Wednesday, June 2

Food Business Basics Workshop, Food Innovation Center at Rutgers. bit.ly/3hl3f4y. Presentations on product development to commercialization, sales strategy, food safety, developing your business plan, an entrepreneurial success story, and a virtual tour of the FIC South. Second day of two-day conference. Register. $300. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, June 3

The Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks is committed to fighting hate and bigotry against all people, including our own. When Anti-Semites in our community and around the world physically attack and verbally abuse people because they are Jewish, we must raise our collective voices and take action. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Stand with us and speak out against hate. Sign on to this effort at ActAgainstAntiSemitism@jewishpmb.org

Virtual Monthly Membership Luncheon, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Network with your peers over lunch. Register. $25; $15 members. Noon.

Friday, June 4

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org. Career coach Marty Latman offers guidance on strategies for networking that will help you get past the application to the interview stage. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

Tuesday, June 8

Succession Planning: Who’s Next?-Proactively Navigating Successful Transitions, NonProfitConnect, 609-921-8893. www.nonprofitconnectnj.org. Second in a two-part virtual session for nonprofit board members and executive directors covers practices and emerging trends around executive succession planning and board leadership cultivation and considers how to identify a diverse pool of candidates. Led by Susan Meier. Register. Free. Noon to 1:30 p.m. JobSeekers. sites.google.com/ site/njjobseekers. Virtual meeting for those seeking employment. Visit website for GoTo Meeting link. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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In Person: Live Music

Event Listings: E-mail events@princetoninfo.com

Christine Havrilla, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. New funkadelic/folk/pop/rock. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday Night Wine & Music Series, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars.com. Live music with Ralph James. Reservations required. Food available for purchase. 6 to 9 p.m.

Events for each day are divided into two categories: socially distanced, in-person gatherings, and virtual gatherings taking place online. Visit venue websites for information about how to access the events. To include your event in this section email events@princetoninfo.com.

In Person: Pop Music

Broadway Spotlight Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Tony nominee Melissa Errico performs. Register. $40. 8 p.m.

Wednesday June 2 In Person: Art Art Speaks, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-4377. www.smallworldcoffee.com. First day for gallery show of paintings and photographs by Art+10’s area artists covering a broad range of subjects using narrative and abstract art forms. On view through July 5.

In Person: Wellness Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems with Priscilla Hayes. Register. Pay what you can, $8 and up. 8 to 9 a.m.

In Person: Sports

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Syracuse Mets. $12. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Dreaming/Undreaming: Creating an Interdisciplinary Event, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Carmen-Helena Téllez and her artistic team discuss the challenges and adventures of creating a new inter-artistic event with the interdisciplinary collective Kosmologia. The new art-music video Dreaming/Undreaming was inspired by two tales of the masterful Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges – the “Library of Babel” and “The Aleph.” Free. Register for Zoom stream. 7 p.m.

Thursday June 3 In Person: Classical Music The Crossing’s The Forest, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bhwp.org. Choral work experienced via a 1/3-mile self-paced walk through

In Person: Sports

Journey On Princeton Boychoir presets its spring concert via YouTube on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Register through the Annenberg Center. $35. 6:30 p.m.

In Person: Live Music

The Beagles, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.palmersquare. com. “Beagles Do Beatles” free Beatles tribute concert. Rain date June 10. 6 to 8 p.m.

In Person: Pop Music

Broadway Spotlight Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Tony nominee Melissa Errico performs. Register. $40. 7:30 p.m.

In Person: Art

Art Exhibit, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. www. plainsborolibrary.org. First day for exhibition of work by Monroebased artist Evie Sutkowski. On view through June 30. 10 a.m.

In Person: Farm Markets Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue Lot, Princeton. www.princetonfarmersmarket. com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

Eyes on Eagles Panel Discussion, Mercer County Park Commission. www.mercercountyparks.org. Naturalists share up to date information on the eagles while you get a close-up look at the nest through our virtual spotting scope. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

In Person: Sports

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Syracuse Mets. $12. 7 p.m.

Literati

Lectures

Virtual Poetry Circle, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Many people were inspired by Amanda Gorman’s poetry reciting at President Joe Biden’s Inauguration. Attend to learn more occasional poems from Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, W. H. Auden, Carl Sandberg, Stanley Kunitz, and Bob Dylan. Email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program. 7 p.m. Virtual Storytelling Workshop, West Windsor Arts Center. www.westwindsorarts.org/event/ storytelling-workshop. Maureen Connolly, West Windsor Arts board member and professor at TCNJ, teaches the basics of how to tell a great story. Ages 21+. Register. 7 to 8 p.m.

The Challenge of Voter Decision Making, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www.princeton.com/ groups/55plus. Meeting and presentation via Zoom with David P. Redlawsk, professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. Free; $3 donation requested. 10 a.m. Virtual Presentation and Q&A, Congregation Beth Chaim. www.bethchaim.org. “A Proud Heritage: The African American Presence and Contribution in the Sourland Mountain Region & Surrounding Area,” presented by Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, authors of “If These Stones Could Talk” and co-founders of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum. Register to receive Zoom link. $18 suggested contribution. 6:30 p.m. Delaware River Lecture Series, D&R Greenway Land Trust, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway. org. “Activism and Kayaking” presented by Tracy Carluccio of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. She speaks about the history of river protection, including efforts to protect the river from pollution. Cie Stroud shares kayaking techniques in preparation for kayaking on the Crosswicks Creek. Register. Free. 7 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Information Session, CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties. www. casamb.org. Information on the non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children that have been removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect and placed in the foster care system. Register by email to jduffy@casamercer. org. 11 a.m.

Health

Navigating Resources for Children & Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mercer County Library. www.mcl. org. Representatives from Autism Family Services of New Jersey, Caregivers of New Jersey, and Programs & Services to discuss the available care the Family Resource Network organization can provide for your child or adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program. 1 p.m.

Friday June 4 In Person: Classical Music The Crossing’s The Forest, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bhwp.org. Choral work experienced via a 1/3-mile self-paced walk through Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Register through the Annenberg Center. $35. 6:30 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Syracuse Mets. $12. 7 p.m.

Classical Music

Concordia Chamber Players, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Ensemble under the direction of cellist Michelle Djokic presents a commissioned video featuring favorite chamber works and more unusual selections. Register. 7 p.m.

On Stage

Four Weddings and an Elvis, Somerset Valley Players. www. svptheatre.org. Virtual production of Nancy Frick’s comedy. Register. $12 per device. 8 p.m.

Saturday June 5 In Person: Classical Music The Crossing’s The Forest, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bhwp.org. Choral work experienced via a 1/3-mile self-paced walk through Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Register through the Annenberg Center. $35. 4 p.m.

In Person: Live Music

Silent Q, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. Rock/pop. 1 to 4 p.m. Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music by the Fabulous Benson Boys, wines by the glass, and light fare. 1 to 4 p.m. Bob & Dave, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-3716000. www.workingdogwinerynj. com. Wine available for purchase by the bottle. 21+ only. 1 to 5 p.m. Continued on page 10

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The Curtain Rises on a Summer of New Beginnings

Theaters

by Dan Aubrey

t’s been a difficult season for cultural organizations and event planners to figure out what was possible and with many continuing to protect audiences by going remote and others cautiously planning live events with an eye toward social distancing, the basic message is that show goes on. So let’s take a look at the 2021 pandemic-style summer happenings in the region and start with music.

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he 17th Princeton Festival runs June 2 through 20, but not as coordinators hoped. “After some intense planning and careful discussion,” PF organizers decided to go digital and present events live streamed from Morven’s “gorgeous new Stockton Education Center.” That includes the opening Friday, June 4, 7 p.m., presentation by one of the festival’s annual presenters, the Concordia Chamber Players. Under the artistic direction of cellist Michelle Djokic, Concordia brings together instrumentalists that perform at arts festivals such as Marlboro and Mostly Mozart and in 2021 perform a specially commissioned video of featuring chamber music favorites and unusual works. The festival schedule continues as follows: The 15th Annual International Piano Competition (prerecorded video) follows on Sunday, June 6, at 3 p.m. This year’s event, for the first time, features pianists of all ages, thanks to a new Open Class category for artists age 26 and older. The 2021 competition will be adjudicated by three outstanding concert artists. Tuesday and Thursday, June 8 and 10, 7 p.m., Baroque Chamber Series: “Sacred and Profane,” a livestream of two different concerts presented at the Morven Museum and Garden’s Stockton Education Center. Sundays, June 13 and June 20, 7 p.m. , Opera by Twilight, livestream of two different concerts of arias, duets, and trios from popular operas by Mozart, Verdi, Richard Strauss, and more, presented in both concerts at the Morven Museum. Both livestream and in-person viewing options are available for the events at Morven. Thursday, June 17, 7 p.m., “Kosmologia: Dreaming and Undreaming” (prerecorded video), a Princeton Festival commission of an original interdisciplinary art video from Chicago-based Kosmologia, an artists’ collective that develops works intersecting music with other arts and new technologies. Kosmologia’s presentations include singers, instrumentalists, composers, video and sound designers, digital graphic artists, and dancers to explore vivid experiences of our community and our time. To find out more, go to www. princetonfestival.org.

he Princeton University Carillon at the Princeton University Graduate School will again host live Sunday summer concerts for the surrounding community starting on July 4. Coordinated by Princeton University carillonneur Lisa Lonie, the 1 p.m. concerts continue through September 5 and are held rain or shine. Admission is free. The 2021 “Tuning the Sky” series feature the following carillon artists:

Kosmologia, top, participates in the Princeton Festival. The Ulysses Quartet, above, kicks off Princeton University’s Summer Chamber Concert series. Errin Duane Brooks, right, sings in Boheme Opera’s ‘Three Tenors’ program. July 4: Carlo van Ulft, past faculty member of the Royal Carillon School in Belgium and director/ carillonist of the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon in Springfield, Illinois. July 11: Frank DellaPenna, master carillonneur, graduate of the French Carillon School in Tourcoing, France, and creator of the Cast In Bronze traveling carillon concerts. July 18: Joey Brink, Joey Brink carillonneur at the University of Chicago July 25: The Treblemakers, featuring Lisa Lonie and Philadelphiabased carilloneur Janet Tebbel. August 1: Roy Kroezen of Carillonneur Centralia Carillon in Illinois. August 8: Jim Fackenthal, carillonneur for the Naperville Park District and St. Chrysostom’s Church in Chicago August 15: Linda Dzuris, Clemson University carillonnuer. August 22: Lisa Lonie, Princeton University. August 29: Princeton Carillon Studio Members September 5: Alicia Ding (New Colleague Recitalist) Visitors are invited to attend concerts on the south lawn of the Graduate School but must maintain social distance. Cleveland Tower, Princeton University, 88 College Road West. Free. Rain or shine. 609-258-7989 or www.princeton.edu.

he Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts once again will livestream its annual offerings, starting with the Wednesday, June 23, presentation by the Ulysses Quartet. The series continues on Monday, July 19, with the Horszowski Trio and the Tuesday,

August 10, Dorian Wind Quintet performance. Tickets are free. For more information, go to www. princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org.

cCarter Theater moves toward reopening with two June projects. First is the wrapping up of the live Sunday concerts in Palmer Square with the June 6 presentation of the Moroccan Sheepherders, an Edison cover band, followed on June 13 by Random Test Reggae from Asbury Park, and on June 20 Ritmo Caliente, a Freehold Latin band. Performances run from 4 to 6 p.m. and are free. The second is the launch of the Bard at the Gate project featuring virtual readings of new works to address “the lack of representation of diverse voices within the American theatrical canon.” The project was founded by established American playwright Paula Vogel, who co-curates it with Nicole A. Watson, McCarter’s recently appointed associate artistic director. To celebrate this new partnership, Brooklyn-based performer and playwright Eisa Davis’ Pulitzer Prizenominated “Bulrusher” will be available for streaming June 3 through 9 with the June 3, 8 p.m., presentation followed by an interactive Q&A with Davis and Vogel, moderated by Watson. The streamed event is free. For more information on McCarter events, visit www.mccarter.org.

Passage Theatre, Trenton’s W estminster Choir Col- only nonprofit professional theater, lege’s CoOPERAtive 2021 also is set to present its offerings digitally from July 4 through 24. Designed to provide three weeks of intensive training for young opera singers, the program features workshops and performances. Presentations are still shaping up at press time, so for more information, visit www. rider.edu/academics/collegesschools/westminster-college-arts/ westminster-continuing-education/cooperative-program.

oheme Opera of New Jersey’s Saturday, June 26, digital presentation of “Three Tenors: The Next Generation” continues the 32-year-old company’s commitment to developing artists and maintains its presence in the region. Guest tenors who participated in the performance recorded live at the Church of Saint Ann in Lawrenceville have appeared on international or national stages — as well as with Boheme. They are John Easterlin, who premiered the role of Andy Warhol in Philip Glass’s “The Perfect American” in Madrid; Errin Duane Brooks, Mingo in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019 production of “Porgy and Bess”; and Montclair’s Jeremy Brauer, who has appeared with the Sarasota Opera and Brazilian Opera Company. They will be accompanied by pianist and Boheme Opera co-founder Sandra Milstein Pucciatti. The presentation featuring stage music ranging from Puccini to Richard Rodgers is set for 7 p.m. For more information and tickets, go to www.bohemeopera.org.

presents a public reading of “The OK Trenton Project” on June 19. The work was inspired by a 2017 event in which 16 students participating in a Trenton summer camp project led by HomeFront and supported by Grounds For Sculpture created a sculpture of a hand from discarded materials, only to find their “Helping Hands” censored by the City of Trenton and Trenton Police Department because of its potential resemblance to a gang sign. The incident caused a community outcry over police censorship and other issues related to class and race. With assistance from a 2019 MAP Fund project grant, Passage Theater assembled an artistic team that began a two-year play development process that resulted in a digital draft reading in February, 2021. Participating in the artistic team are Passage performers; current and past Passage staff; local artists including writer and director Richard Bradford; Passage artistic director C. Ryanne Domingues; regional sculptor Bruce Lindsay; representatives of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City, which developed “Laramie Project”; screen and Passage stage performer Johanna Tolentino; and former Passage associate director and resident playwright David Lee White. The MAP Fund was launched in 1988 by the Rockefeller Foundation to support the development and production of original live performance projects that “embody a spirit of deep inquiry, particularly those that question, disrupt, and

Asbury Park-based Random Test Reggae, top, performs on Sunday, June 20, as part of McCarter’s series of concerts in Palmer Square. The sculpture of the ‘OK’ symbol, above, was the impetus for Passage Theater’s ‘The OK Trenton Project,’ which has a public reading on Saturday, June 19. complicate notions of social and cultural hierarchies.” Now an independent organization, its lead supporters are the New Jersey-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City. Passage is always in the midst of a “Don’t Make Us Have a Gala” non-event fundraising campaign in lieu of the annual benefit during the pandemic. Passage Theater performs at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. For more information, call 609-392-0766 or visit www.passagetheatre.org.

ristol Riverside Theater in Pennsylvania has moved its summer theater-music events to Bristol Township’s new outdoor amphitheater and is offering two musical events. First is its annual Best-ofBroadway and musical theater type of productions with the following offerings on Fridays through Sundays: June 18 and 19, 8 p.m., and June 20, 3 p.m. “Broadway Memories!” featuring Broadway music from “My Fair Lady” to “Wicked.” July 16 and 17, 8 p.m., and July 18, 3 p.m., “Totally Awesome 80s,” with nods to the music of Madonna, Tina Turner, Foreigner, and others. August 13 and 14, 8 p.m., and August 15, 3 p.m., “And Broadway Ahead,” music from currently

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Museums & Galleries

At Morven Museum and Garden, “In Nature’s Realm: The

Top is Take 6, the Grammy Award-winning acapella group that performs Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12, in Bristol Riverside Theater’s summer outdoor home at Bristol Township’s amphitheater. Above, ‘Sex and the City’ author Candace Bushnell presents the world premiere of ‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ at Bucks County Playhouse from June 22 to July 18. dimmed Broadway productions, including “Come From Away,” “Moulin Rouge,” and “Company.” Then there’s the popular music series featuring guest artists. The 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday evening series is as follows: June 11 and 12, Take 6, a 10 Grammy Award-winning acapella group featuring Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea, and Khristian Dentley, performing music made famous by Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Brian Wilson, and more. July 30 and 31, “70’s Flashback,” a musical time capsule with sounds ranging from tunes by Carol King and Three Dog Night to Led Zeppelin. August 27 and 28, “The Doo Wop Project,” a musical journey of street corner harmony-inspired popular songs featuring performers from the Broadway hits “Jersey Boys,” “Motown: The Musical,” and “A Bronx Tale.” Bristol Riverside Theater, 215785-0100 or www.brtstage.org.

ucks County Playhouse in New Hope will present an in-house summer production of “Is There Still Sex in the City?” — a world premiere performed and written by Candace Bushnell, the New York Times best-selling author and creator of “Sex and the City” — from June 22 through July 18 Staged by BCP associate artistic director and Broadway choreographer Lorin Latarro, the production traces Bushnell’s arrival in New York City alone with $20 in her pocket, to working her way up the ladder, to secrets behind the creation of “Sex and the City” and finding herself single again in her 50s. The theater also has an ongoing Broadway Spotlight concert series,

with the remainder of the schedule as follows: Tony-nominee Melissa Errico celebrates the “Ladies of the Playhouse” in a special night of song reflecting Bucks County Playhouse’s history on Thursday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, June 4, at 8 p.m. Doylestown native and star of the international tour of “Bat Out of Hell” Andrew Polec presents “Legacy of Love” on Saturday, June 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 6, at 2 p.m. Star of the Broadway musical, “Anastasia,” Yardley’s own Christy Altomare returns to Bucks County for her solo concert debut on Thursday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday, June 11, at 8 p.m. Bill Stritch, the musical director and pianist for Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett and many others presents a lively concert of great standards, “jazzy” tunes, and Broadway favorites on Saturday, June 12, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 13, at 2 p.m. Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, Pennsylvania. 215-862-2121 or www.bcptheater.org.

usic Mountain Theater in Lambertville continues its current season with a combination of intheater and livestreamed events with “Murder at Cheltenham Manor, the Play.” Running June 11 through 27, the stage work that includes audience participation was adapted by Music Mountain artistic director Louis Palena from an original YouTube whodunit series. Performances are set for Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. Music Mountain Theater, 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. 609-3973337 or www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh” continues through the end of 2021. The New Brunswick-born Hardenbergh (1856-1915), the greatgreat-grandson of Queens College’s (now Rutgers) first president, Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, was a self-taught artist and ornithologist. Morven notes point out the painter’s “early love of wildlife became a lifelong passion for the study of birds. Splitting his time between New Brunswick and the Jersey Shore, Hardenbergh collected and preserved shore birds, sending important specimens to the Biology Department at Princeton University. Intertwined with his interest in the young field of ornithology was his development as an artist. “At the age of 18, Hardenbergh’s paintings were exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia where he was praised as ‘a careful and accurate ornithologist and prominent artist.’ His works were scientifically accurate and popular.” The exhibit includes commercial work, porcelain designs, multi-colored prints, charts, and more. Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $8 to $10. 609-924-8144 or www. morven.org.

he Princeton University Art Museum is closed for the pandemic and as part of the preparation for the construction of a new building, but it is bringing its collections to town through an ongoing project called Art for the Streets. Highquality reproductions of artworks from the museum’s globe-spanning collections can be viewed on glass windows and doorways of empty storefronts in Palmer Square and, more recently, the Princeton Shopping Center. As museum officials say, “Residents can encounter reproductions of diverse works from across the

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Museum’s collections, including a beaded African tunic, an Edo-period Japanese print, a sculpture of a Maya god, and a painting by Edouard Manet, among others. Each reproduction is accompanied by a QR code linking it to additional information.” artmuseum.princeton. edu.

he Zimmerli Museum in New Brunswick is presenting the virtual exhibition “Communism Through the Lens: Everyday Life Captured by Women Photographers.” The program uses images from the museum’s Dodge collection of Soviet-era art and is on view through October 17. The Zimmerli remains closed to the public, with all in-person programs and events suspended, until further notice. Visit zimmerli.rutgers.edu.

he Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwalder Park presents its annual juried exhibition of work by established and emerging artists, “The Ellarslie Open,” from June 26 through October 3. This year’s juror is William R. Valerio, director and CEO of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. A free outdoor public opening and reception is set for Sunday, June 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. At press time, advanced timed entry signup required; and details subject to change. A curator’s talk and related programming are in the works, so check the website for more details — and a virtual exhibition. Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m., Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Free. 609-989-3632 or www.ellarslie.org.

rounds For Sculpture (GFS) is offering several exhibitions and a public event. “Rebirth: Kang Muxiang” features six large-scale sculptures by the Taiwanese artist outdoors in the gardens. GFS materials describe them as “massive yet graceful em-

William Valerio of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia is the juror for this year’s Ellarslie Open. bryonic forms made from steel elevator cables from Taipei 101, one of the world’s tallest buildings. The works range in size, with the largest standing nearly 10 feet tall and weighing several thousand pounds.” It’s on view through August 9. “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020,” is a survey of the widely exhibited American artist that GFS says starts with “Beasley’s earliest breakthrough works from the 1960s made of scrap iron, which caught the attention of MoMA, making Beasley one of the youngest artists to have work acquired for its collection. “The retrospective also features the sculptor’s cast aluminum works of the 1970s; cast acrylic sculptures of the 1970s and 80s, for which he is renowned; and stainless steel and bronze works of the 1990s to the present day. Marking Beasley’s latest venture into twodimensional media, the exhibition also features four monumental paper-on-canvas collages, the creation of which was aided by the use of virtual reality as a tool for drawContinued on following page

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Events

Other Happenings

A 60-year retrospective of American sculptor Bruce Beasley, above, and a celebration of the life of founder J. Seward Johnson are on Grounds For Sculpture’s schedule this summer.

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ing in space.” Through January 9, 2022. And “That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family,” the continuation of an exhibition focusing on the Johnson family and how late artist J. Seward Johnson’s creation of the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, first in Princeton and then in Hamilton, led to the establishment of Grounds For Sculpture. Through December 31. The event, “Remembering Seward Johnson, Celebrating a Groundbreaking and Truly Creative Life,” is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. The noted area sculptor and GFS founder died at the start of the pandemic, and the long-belated event provides an opportunity for friends, coworkers, and the public to remember Johnson during two days of visual art, live music, poetry readings, dance performances, drum circles, atelier demos, new self-guided tours, and sing-alongs, the latter being a regular Johnsonled GFS activity. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Timed entry tickets are required for admission to the grounds, located at 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton. Visit www.groundsforsculpture.org.

he Arts Council of Princeton presents “Leslie Kuenne: A Life in Art,” through June 19. The exhibition uses the late artist’s paintings, pen and ink drawings, and photography to honor “a deeply dedicated member of the Princeton community” who “studied painting and drawing at the Arts Council for many years and participated in several shows.” According to ACP materials, “Leslie took great comfort and solace in making art and the Arts Council was so fortunate to have her as a student, member, board member, and friend.” Also offered is “Taking Pause,” on view through October 16 in Dohm Alley off Nassau Street. ACP artist-in-residence Robin Resch’s photography project and exhibit “asks people to reflect on what in their lives feels most essential.” For more information, go to www.artscouncilofprinceton. org.

The Old Barracks Museum recently reopened for visitors to

see this historic building that dates

back to 1758, when it was used as winter British quarters during the French and Indian Wars, and later becoming historically important for its role in the Revolutionary War’s crucial Battle of Trenton in 1776. Visitors can meet 18th-century tradespeople who showcase Colonial-era skills, see the bunks where soldiers slept, tour the Officers’ House, see a medical room, experience the thrill of a musket firing, and visit the Quartermaster’s Shop for souvenirs as well as items from local artisans. The Old Barracks is located at Barracks Street in downtown Trenton and open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets range from $8 to $10, with children under five admitted free. Pandemic related protocols will be observed and hours are subject to change. More information at www.barracks.org.

he Trent House Museum, at the historic home of Trenton’s namesake, William Trent, reopens from its pandemic-related closure on Sunday, June 6, with a free welcome back program featuring new exhibits in the museum, visitor center, and garden where visitors will find plants used by the Lenapes, colonists, and slaves. Also on view that day is a deed of property ownership of Trenton’s first English settler, Mahlon Stacey. Other summer events include “Archaeology and Ancient Technology — Celebrating New Jersey’s Indigenous People” on Saturday, June 26, from noon to 3 p.m. The free program includes demonstrators showing how stone tools, pottery, and wampum were made and used by New Jersey’s first residents. Presenters include experts involved with studies of the archaeologically important Abbott Farm Historic District in Trenton and Hamilton, including representation from the New Jersey State Museum, Friends of the Abbott Marshland, Tulpehaking Nature Center, and Hunter Research, the Trentonbased archaeology and cultural management firm. And “Celebrating the 240th Anniversary of the March to Yorktown and the Encampment of Washington’s and Rochambeau’s Armies in Trenton” is the Saturday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. celebration of the Trent House’s role in the Revolutionary battle and features re-enactors and demonstrations. Visit www.williamtrenthouse.org.

aste Trenton, the popular Trenton restaurant crawl, returns Friday through Sunday, June 11 through 13. The nonprofit effort begun in 2016 introduces city residents and visitors to the vast culinary and eating options available in many corners of the city. What began as a day-long event with just a dozen restaurants in the Chambersburg region evolved to three days and 40 establishments across the city in June, 2019. The format is a follows: Guests or “food tourists” purchase wristbands ($7 per day; $10 for entire weekend) from Taste Trenton and receive a guide (online this year) that describes participating restaurants (address, contact information, website, type of cuisine, alcohol license status). For their part, restaurants offer a tasting menu of their specialties that guests can sample for a reduced price ($2 to $5). This year’s event coincides (on Saturday) with the Mill Hill Garden Tour and includes participation from the city’s expanding menu of restaurants with Latino, Caribbean, and barbeque fare. For more information, visit www.tastetrenton. com.

uneteenth Weekend — celebrating the historic day marking the end of slavery — is set for Mill Hill Park in Trenton from Friday, June 18, through Sunday, June 20. Coordinated by the African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County, the event includes a Friday night kickoff celebration at the Trenton War Memorial; a Saturday of Mill Hill Park events, including youth art activities, adult and youth poetry/storytelling, community stage presentations, bike ride registration, and West African dance and drumming. Look out for Saturday performances featuring Showtyme and DA Traffic, 12:15 p.m.; Grace Little Band, 1:15 p.m.; DJ/OG Band, 2:15; James White Band, 3 p.m.; DJ Presentations, 4:30 p.m.; Brooke Alford, Violinist and Band, 5 p.m.; Gerard Veasey, 6 p.m.; and Marcus Johnson and Band, 7 p.m. And if that isn’t enough, there’s also Sunday’s gospel concert at Mill Hill Park. For more information, visit www.taacf.com.

rt All Night, Trenton’s major 24-hour arts event, returns in a virtual format on Saturday, June 19, at 3 p.m. for a solid day of visual viewing, musical performances, artist workshops, and more. Produced by Artworks Trenton, organizers of the highly popular and attended signature project hoped to be able to create an inperson event, but they once again decided to go virtual to address public health concerns. The digital event maintains the spirit of the project and includes music, film, lectures, workshops, and an art exhibition open to all artists who want to participate. For more information, visit www.artallnighttrenton.org.

apital City Farm’s “The Future is Open Ended” is currently blooming in Trenton and will continue through the summer. Developed in partnership with the Alliance for Watershed Education (AWE) of the Delaware River, D&R Greenway, Mercer County, and the City of Trenton, the AWE commissioned Seattle-based envi-

Above, progress on Capital City Farm’s ‘The Future is Open Ended’ project. Showtyme, right, is among the performers participating in Trenton’s Juneteenth celebration. ronmental artist Sarah Kavage to create outdoor sculptures at several of its watershed sites and bring attention to social justice issues. The Trenton location was selected in part because of the district’s connection to the historically destructive practices of “redlining” urban neighborhoods because of race or ethnicity. The project uses a straw bale garden planted as a gathering place where Trenton street artist Leon Rainbow will coordinate a series of summer events starting in June. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/ CapitalCityFarmTNJ.

The Jersey Fresh Jam hip hop festival returns live to Terra-

Cycle Inc. in Trenton on Saturday, August 28, from noon to 6 p.m. Launched in 2005 by a group of Trenton artists, the project — a partnership developed by artist Leon Rainbow and TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky — attracts street artists from around the region, state, nation, and beyond. Just like its produce campaign-inspired name, the family friendly event always stays fresh. The Jersey Fresh Jam, TerraCycle Complex, 121 New York Avenue, Trenton. Free. www.jerseyfreshjam.com.

nd — for something new — there’s the “Stepping into Tomorrow” art project emerging in front of the Trenton Transit Center this June. Trenton was selected for a $25,000 award from Bloomberg Philanthropies as part of its Asphalt Art Initiative, designed to fund visual art interventions on roadways, pedestrian spaces, and public infrastructure in small and mediumsized U.S. cities. Trenton was one of 16 cities — out of 210 applicants nationwide — looking to use art to improve street safety, revitalize public spac-

es, and engage their communities. The overall goal of the project involving the city and Artworks Trenton is to improve resident, commuter, and visitor safety as well as promote more individuals walking and biking to their selected destinations instead of driving. For more information, go to www. artworkstrenton.org.

Garden Tours

istoric Roebling has announced the return of its annual garden tour on Saturday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Self-guided tours start at the Roebling Museum and include a map. A guided tour departs from the museum at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15. “When the Roebling steel plant was open and homes in the company town were owned by the company, many of the workers and their families grew gardens with flowers as well as food,” says Lynne Calamia, Roebling Museum executive director. “The Roebling Company would sponsor competitions to encourage residents to tend to their gardens and keep their properties looking well‐cared‐for. For us, continuing this tradition with our Garden Tour builds pride in our community and gives residents a chance to show off their green thumbs.” For information: www.roeblingmuseum.org or 609499‐7200.

he 30th annual Mill Hill Garden Tour in Trenton’s historic Mill Hill district takes place Saturday, June 12, from noon to 5 p.m.,

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rain or shine. The tour is run and organized by the Old Mill Hill Society and the residents of the Mill Hill community. The neighborhood, composed primarily of 19thcentury row houses, welcomes guests in person to experience this memorable self-guided walking tour. Thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces combine nature and city living while adding residents’ own style. In past years hundreds of guests from throughout the region have attended. Guests can expect to tour approximately 15 gardens. The annual Garden Tour raises funds to support historic preservation in the neighborhood. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online, where there is also information on parking and transit. Tour participants can also find more information and updates about special features for this year’s tour on Facebook: www. facebook.com/MillHillTours and Instagram: @millhillhouseandgardentours. www.trentonmillhill. org/events.

he City of Bordentown’s Annual Garden Tour is set for Saturday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s popular Bordentown Historical Society sponsored event features 20 gardens, plein air artists, a landscape architect-led presentation on using native trees and plants, and a children’s art event. Find out more at www.bordentownhistory.org.

opewell Public Library’s Hidden Gardens of Hopewell Tour is also set for Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. The self-guided tour includes five gardens and three rain gardens, many of which are within walking distance of the library. Tour highlights include an 11-acre farm, a large one-acre garden exclusively of native plants, several “in-town” gardens, as well as a small courtyard garden behind a townhouse. Tickets for the tour cost $25 and include a map. Proceeds benefit the library. To register visit www. re d l i b r a r y. o r g / e v e n t s . html#Garden-Tour.

Café & Restaurant Arts & Music

mall World Coffee in Princeton continues to support community visual artists by hosting monthly shows at its two locations. And while monthly receptions and openings may not be part of the current picture, visitors can sample the art and grab a beverage. Here’s what’s brewing: The summer schedule at the café’s 14 Witherspoon Street location

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Above, the scene at a past rendition of TerraCycle’s Jersey Fresh Jam, which returns in person in August. Above right, Jazz at the Candlelight Lounge, which has returned to its regular Saturday afternoon schedule. And right, the 1911 Smoke House, one of several hosts of First Friday festivities in downtown Trenton. is: June 2 through July 6, “Art Speaks” featuring work by the Art +10 collective; July 7 through August 3, Romanian-born, Hamilton based abstract artist Adriana Groza; and August 4 through September 7, Princeton’s bright palette watercolorist Elina Lorenz. At 254 Nassau Street: June 2 through July 6, figurative artist and Small World supervisor Sarah Stryker; and July 7 through August 3, Princeton-area artist Colin Padulo. For more information, visit www.smallworldcoffee.com/artshows.

rt openings and a street festival held on the first Friday of the month are part of several Trenton restaurant summer reopening activities. The 1911 Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant once again is cooking up First Friday street festivals on Front Street between Warren and Barrack streets and providing thematic gatherings featuring music, food, beverages, vendors, and whatever else they can add to their already flavorful menu. Check it out on Friday, June 4, from 5 to 10 p.m. at 11 West Front Street, Trenton. 609-695-1911 or www.1911bbq.com. Trenton Social Restaurant is back to hosting its First Friday art openings that launch a month-long exhibition of established and emerging artists mainly from the Greater Trenton area. This month is the work of sneaker artist Dez FlyKickz, June 4 through 30 (see related story on page 12). Coming up on July 2 is an exhibition of photos by noted area street artist Leon Rainbow. 7 p.m. to closing. 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. 609989-7777 or www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. And the Mill Hill Saloon has also restarted its first Friday openings for exhibitions featuring works by regional artists. Summing up the coordinator’s attitude, the saloon’s website says, “We are all about local art, local music, and cool people mixing” and “respect the fact that the bar is in pandemic mode and hold true to safety of all patrons. In other words: wear a mask and practice social distancing. 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. 300 South Broad Street, Trenton. 609-9891600 or www.facebook.com/millhillsaloon.

he Candlelight Lounge in Trenton has reopened its doors and resumed its real deal Saturday afternoon jazz offerings after several months being closed for the pandemic — something that hit both jazz musicians and Candlelight owner E. C. Bradley hard. Noted as one of the last old jazz joints, the Candlelight attempted to find ways to set up jazz streaming to help the musicians and the lounge but didn’t find the support. Although discouraged and unsure of what COVID-19 was going to do to his business, Bradley had begun making Facebook postings in April saying he was wanting to hear some live jazz. And then the doors reopened in May for socially distanced presentations by strong jazz pros from the tristate area. Here is the current list of quartet-driven presentations: June 5, Carl Bartlett Junior; June 12 Andre Mucherson; June 19, Winard Harper: June 26 Monette Sudler; July 3, Rob Landham; July 10, Mike Bond; and July 17, Jerry Weldon. Jazz at the Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, Saturdays, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., $15 cover, food served with show. Masks, social distancing, and temperature check at entrance required. For more information and schedule, visit www.jazztrenton.com.

Screens and Streams

rinceton Garden Theater is slowly reopening its doors and offering in-theater film screenings as well as continuing to stream first run new films. The nonprofit company recently says it plans to offer two shows a day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This first phase is tentative and subject to change. Updates will be shared via email, social media, and on its website. While still a schedule in still in progress, the following offerings have been announced: The Outdoor Cinema Series presentation of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” June 10, 7:30 p.m., at Cherry Brook Farm in Lawrence. $8 to $12, with the dairy farm’s own cheese plates available for snacking. The Cinema 101 Series streamed presentation of the sharp-witted 1940 Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell newspaper comedy “His Girl Friday,” accompanied by a

film discussion by Turner Classics Movie writer, Hannah Jack. Free film, $5 registration for discussion. And look at the changing stream premiere including, “Punk the Capital,” a documentary examining 1070s Washington, DC, punk rock movement , and “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” a biography of the innovative and off-beat 1960s era pop star famous for his falsetto rendition of vintage ditties. More information at www.princetongardentheatre.org.

cme Screening Room in Lambertville is currently engaged in planning its next indoor screenings while continuing its Friday and Saturday night drive-in series that features both preshow entertainment and a feature film. The schedule includes the June 5 showing of “Whiplash”; June 11, the family night showing of Disney’s “Raya”; June 12, “Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound”; and June 19, “The Graduate.” Prices range depending on event, $25 to $35 per carload and $10 to $15 for an individual. While the center is located at 204 North Union Street, Lambertville, outdoor screenings are behind Thai Tida restaurant and Robust Wealth. More information at www.acmescreeningroom.org.

he New Jersey International Film Festival will celebrate its 26th season by streaming from Friday, June 4, through Sunday, June 13. Produced by the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, the juried event features more than 20 screenings of new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals, and cutting-edge documentaries. watch.eventive.org/newjerseyinternationalfilmfestival2021.

Digital Doings

House of Robot, the Wrightmulti-media production

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company that released “The Analog Trenton” vinyl and CD recording, is presenting livestreamed performances of mainly Trenton region musicians through the end of July. Available for free viewing on YouTube and Facebook starting at 8 p.m., the schedule is: June 4, Alpha Rabbit from Trenton; June 11, SHE, Trenton; June 25, Erin Fox, Philadelphia; July 2, The Cryptkeeper Five, Trenton; July 9, Stephen Scarafile, Hamilton; July 16,True Will, Hamilton; July 23, Honah Lee, Trenton; and July 30, Love? Said the Commander, Blackwood. Also look for the company’s collaboration with Cap City Ent’s hip hop and DJ live stream events on June 26 and August 21, 9 to 11 p.m., and the live streaming from the annual Jersey Fresh Jam Live hip hop and graffiti festival at TerraCycle on Saturday, August 28, 1 to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.houseofrobot. com.

nd while we’re at it, let’s not forget: Trenton Thunder baseball is back in the stadium — after a 2020 COVID shutout — to host the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons and be part of the newly formed MLB Draft League. The change was made last fall after the New York Yankees abruptly ended their long affiliation with Trenton. The minor league Buffalo Bisons is a Triple-A East affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. The team usually plays its home games at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York. However, the Blue Jays are using it during the pandemic. The 2021 Thunder schedule runs between now — with home games ending on September 12 — and includes the following visiting teams: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Rochester Red Wings, Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Railroaders, Syracuse Mets, and Worchester Red Sox. Please note that during the pandemic the Trenton Thunder is currently using MLB and New Jersey Department of Health safety guidelines that may affect seating. Tickets generally average $15. For more information, go to www.milb.com/trenton.

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Cicadian Rhythm: The Love Song of J. Alfred Proof-Gone

And would it have been worth while, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, If one savant should say: “That is not it at all. That is not what I meant, at all.”

Let us go, then, you and I When vague contemplation leaks out to the sky From our brains whose every memory is a fable. Let us lose ourselves in half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights remembering that song Or fragments from some tedious argument by insidious intent Leading us to the consequence of some unasked question. Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” I’m too gone to be explizit.

No, I am no Prince Hamlet, nor attendant, Nor partisan of populists who start a scene or two Nor populist himself, full of rising sentence At times almost ridiculous. almost, at times, the Fool. And yet for seventeen months or so In the room the women come and go Spaced too far to see Michelangelo.

For seventeen months or so In the room the women come and go Spaced too far to see Michelangelo. And indeed there will be time For the Covid mist that slides along the street. Rubbing its back along the window panes There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face you’ll send by Zoom to others that you meet; There will be time to murder and create So CNN can cover it till late. And CDC can change and long debate. Time for you and time for me And time for a hundred indecisions. In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions that a health czar can reverse. But I have known them all already, known them all, Have known the mornings, evenings, afternoons. I have spent my mealtimes washing coffee spoons. I know the voices coming from a dying fall That say the victim’s fate’s the Covid room.

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Modern Rewind Duo, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. Rock music. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

In Person: Pop Music

Broadway Spotlight Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Andrew Polec, Doylestown native and star of the international tour of “Bat Out of Hell” performs his new concert “Legacy of Love.” Register. $40. 8 p.m.

In Person: On Stage

The Romantics, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. www.kelseytheater.org. Performative collage outdoor performance in which audience members come upon dance, poetry, and theatrical scenes as they meander through campus. Register. $8 to $10. 2 and 6 p.m.

In Person: Comedy

Wine & Comedy Night, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars.com. Comedy hosted by Helene Angley featuring Julia Scotti and Vince Valentine. Reservations required. $25. Food available for purchase. 7 to 10 p.m.

In Person: Film

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “Whiplash.” Live preshow entertainment. Register. $25 to $40 per car. 8 p.m.

In Person: Art

ings, dance performances, drum circle, atelier demos, new selfguided tours, sing-alongs, and more. Register. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In Person: Fairs & Festivals

NJ Renaissance Faire, Liberty Lake Day Camp, 1195 FlorenceColumbus Road, Bordentown. www.njrenfaire.com. Enjoy a family friendly, plague-safe “Masquerade Party” at the behest of the Duke and Duchess of Crossford. Festivities include jousting contests, sword fighting, fire breathing, aerialists, comedy, music, food and drink, and an eclectic merchant village. Advance ticket purchase required. $25 for single day. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 119th Birthday Celebration, Trenton Public Library, 120 Acadmey Street, Trenton. www. trentonlib.org. Outdoor celebration includes a history exhibit, art projects for patrons, games, obstacle courses, prizes, and refreshments 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Person: Farm Markets

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, 877 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.wwcfm.org. Seventeen farms, 20 artisan food makers, and a knife sharpener. Face masks required. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In Person: Gardens

Garden Tour, Roebling Museum, 100 Second Avenue, Roebling. www.roeblingmuseum.org. Take a self-guided tour starting at the museum, or view gardens with a guide at 1 p.m. Register. $15. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In Person: For Families

Princeton Community Pride Picnic, Princeton Family YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Family-friendly event to celebrate Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ community with music, art, activities for kids, and more. Register. Free. Bring a picnic; dessert and snakcs available for purchase from bent spoon, Milk & Cookies, Tico’s Juice Truck, and Deputy Dawg. 5 p.m.

I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear these stupid masks till they grow mold. Shall I sit on my behind? Do I dare my cell-phone reach? I shall wear these once-white sneakers and climb upon a beech. I have heard cicadas singing each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have seen them crawling treeward in great waves Dragging their white bodies from the waves blown back When the great whirring blows the billions of them, white and black. We have lingered snapshot-seventeens of years (to forget the paltry seventeen of months) By dreams of tree-girls wreathed in red and brown Till all the ‘tween time floods in and we drown. — Michael H. Brill Michael H. Brill, a Ph.D. in physics, has been a poet and color scientist in the Route 1 corridor for more than 25 years. For the past seven of those years he has been the director of research at Datacolor in Lawrenceville. Mostly he sits at the same kitchen table each day, having actually come to prefer working from home. You may remember his poem “Exorcism,” which appeared in the Summer Fiction Issue in 2002.

In Person: Outdoor Action Trail Maintenance Day, Washington Crossing State Park, 335 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Volunteer to come out for the morning and undertake seasonal maintenance on park trails. Bring a pair of work gloves and any vegetation cutting tools you might have such as lopping shears, hand snips, bow saw, etc. Tools onsite can be borrowed. Register. Adults only. Park entry fee waived for volunteers. 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday Morning Walking Club, Lawrence Hopewell Trail, Village Park, Bergen Street, Lawrenceville. www.lhtrail.org. 2.7 mile roundtrip walk through Mercer Meadows to the Pole Farm in celebration of National Trails Day. Masks welcome but not required. 9:30 a.m.

In Person: Shopping News

Pop-Up Kids’ Book Sale, Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton. www.bmandwbooks.com. Sale featuring more than 6,000 gently used books for babies to teens. Most are priced at $1 to $2. Masks required. Visits limited to 30 minutes. Free entry. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Person: Sports

Old Time Baseball Game, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609-737-3299. www. howellfarm.org. Howell Farm’s Bulls and Hogs play by 19th-century town ball rules, and invite visitors to step up to the plate as “Striker” and face off against the “Thrower.” The Referee charges fines of up to 5 cents for breaking the rules. At 11 a.m. watch the Flemington Neshanocks face off against the Elizabeth Resolutes. At 1:30 p.m. join Howell Farm’s Hogs and Bulls for a game on the farmhouse lawn. Register. 10 a.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Syracuse Mets. $12. 6:30 p.m.

Classical Music Journey On, Princeton Boychoir, Westrick Music Academy. www.westrickmusic.org. YouTube premiere of the spring concert performed by all three PBC choirs and conducted by Fred Meads. Free; $10 suggested donation. 7 p.m.

On Stage

Four Weddings and an Elvis, Somerset Valley Players. www. svptheatre.org. Virtual production of Nancy Frick’s comedy. Register. $12 per device. 8 p.m.

Gardens

Knowing Native Plants: A Focus on Ferns, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bhwp.org. Ed Lignowski, PhD, teaches you to identify many native ferns. He highlights their evolutionary history and unusual reproductive habits, as well as their natural habitats and usefulness in native plant gardens. Register. Via Zoom. $25. 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday June 6 In Person: Classical Music The Crossing’s The Forest, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bhwp.org. Choral work experienced via a 1/3-mile self-paced walk through Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Register through the Annenberg Center. $35. 6:30 p.m.

In Person: Live Music

Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music by Bob O’Connell, wines by the glass, and light fare. 1 to 4 p.m. Ashley Pettet, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Mercer County College presents ‘The Romantics,’ an interactive on-campus theater experience, on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. Vocal jazz standards. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Chris Swatt, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-3716000. www.workingdogwinerynj. com. Free live music. Wine available for purchase by the bottle. 21+ only. 2 to 5 p.m. Moroccan Sheepherders, McCarter Theatre, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.mccarter.org/ palmersquare. Classic covers and originals in genres from tribal ambient trance to blue-eyed bluesrock. Free. 4 to 6 p.m.

In Person: Jazz & Blues

Jazz Brunch, LiLLiPiES, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton. www.lillipies.com. Purchase a baked treat and some coffee and enjoy a free concert by the Liam Sutcliffe Combo outdoors in the courtyard. 11 a.m.

In Person: Pop Music

Broadway Spotlight Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Andrew Polec performs his concert “Legacy of Love.” Register. $40. 2 p.m.

JUNE 2, 2021

In Person: On Stage

Classical Music

Happy Birthday Beethoven, Westminster Conservatory. www.rider.edu. Westminster Conservatory faculty members Inessa Gleyzerova and Miriam Eley perform piano masterworks in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. View on Facebook Live. 1 p.m. 15th Annual International Piano Competition, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Pre-reocrded video of the finals featuring pianists from young children to adults, judged by a three experienced concert pianists. Register. 3 p.m. Journey On, Princeton Boychoir, Westrick Music Academy. www.westrickmusic.org. YouTube encore of the spring concert performed by all three PBC choirs and conducted by Fred Meads. Free; $10 suggested donation. 4 p.m.

In Person: Art

Remembering Seward Johnson, Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton. www. groundsforsculpture.org. Memorial weekend to celebrate and honor the extraordinary life of Grounds For Sculpture’s founder includes live music, poetry readings, dance performances, drum circle, atelier demos, new selfguided tours, sing-alongs, and more. Register. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In Person: Fairs & Festivals

In Person: Farm Markets Hopewell Farmers Market, Fairgrown Farm, 62 East Broad Street, Hopewell. www.facebook. com/hopewellfarmersmarket. Fresh produce and vendors selling grass-fed beef, flowers, and more. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Person: History

Welcome Back Program, Trent House Museum, 15 Market Street, Trenton. www.williamtrenthouse.org. See new exhibits in the museum, visitor center, and garden exploring the history of the many people whose lives were connected with this historic site. Presentation of a deed signed in 1677 by the first English resident of the area, Mahlon Stacy. The deed will remain on view at the Trent House through the summer before being donated to the Trenton Free Public Library for its Trentoniana Collection. Museum resumes regular opening scheduled on Wednesday, June 9; masks required. 2 p.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

Hike the Rockhopper Trail, Washington Crossing State Park, 335 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. The Rock Hopper Trail in West Amwell is an outlier of Washington Crossing State Park. It contains mature hardwood forests, agricultural fields and interesting rock outcrops. The terrain is gently rolling, wet in places, and rugged. Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water. The hike will be 2-4 miles in length. Meet at the parking lot by Neiderer’s Pond in Washington Crossing State Park. Register. For pre-teens to adults. Free. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

In Person: Shopping News

In Person: Sports

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Syracuse Mets. $12. 1 p.m.

Kids Stuff

Virtual Musical Theater Camp Sample Session, Westminster Conservatory. www.rider.edu. Attend a free 60-minute sample session of the virtual musical theater camps for primary and middle school students. Register. 1 p.m.

Lectures

NJ Healthcare Disparities and Access Inequality during Covid-19, Stand CNJ. bit. ly/3bMqWiD. Join us as we learn how Central New Jersey is addressing issues of inequality, access, and other barriers to healthcare, including the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, and how we can advocate to direct resources to communities most in need of healthcare. Speakers include Senator Vin Gopal, NJ LD 11, Dr. Rachael Evans, Henry J. Austin Health Center, and Dr. Ashgan Elshinawy, St. Peters Hospital and Penn Medicine. Register for online discussion. Free. 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Monday June 7 Lectures Profound Harmony and Invention: Music of the Baroque, Princeton Festival & Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. John Burkhalter, artistic director of The Practitioners of Musick, delivers a lecture on the Baroque period with a focus on Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. Register for Zoom access. Free. 7 p.m.

Tuesday June 8 In Person: Health Blood Drive, Montgomery EMS, Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman Road, Skillman, 201-251-3703. https://donor. cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/ drive_schedule/53202. By appointment at www.vitalant.org. Donors must wear a mask and weigh at least 110 pounds. Bring photo ID. Donors will learn if they have COVID-19 antibodies. Email giveblood@mems47.org for more information. Noon to 7 p.m.

In Person: Kids Stuff

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Andrew Polec sings his ‘Legacy of Love’ concert at Bucks County Playhouse on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.

Classical Music Baroque Chamber Series: Sacred and Profane, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival. org. Livestreamed concert from Morven’s education center. 7 p.m.

Literati

On Juneteenth, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary. org. Author and historian Annette Gordon-Reed discusses her newest book about the origins of Juneteenth and its importance to American history with educator and racial literacy consultant Joy Barnes Johnson. Register for Zoom presentation. 7 p.m.

Singles

Terrific Tuesday Social, Professional and Business Social Network. www.pbsninfo.com. Happy hour for the 55 to 75 age group. Via Zoom. Register on EventBrite. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday June 9 In Person: Wellness Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems with Priscilla Hayes. Register. Pay what you can, $8 and up. 8 to 9 a.m.

In Person: Kids Stuff

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n the sneaker culture to reintroduce a sneaker is a big deal,” says artist Dez FlyKickz in her Trenton studio as she prepares for her first solo exhibition at Trenton Social, the city restaurant with a gallery space used for monthly shows and openings. For Dez, her official business name using a portion of her birth name and a reference for kicking up in motion, “reintroduce” means using sneakers as a medium to create three-dimensional relief-like planes of work. “Red Air Jordans,” the Trentonborn and raised artist says about her choice of footwear to transform into artwork. “Any sneaker Michael Jordan wears is a big deal for sneaker lovers and people like that.” As for why she sees sneakers as a source of art and inspiration, Dez says, “Why not? I’m taking art and making it into a masterpiece. I create art inspired by sneakers, but my concept varies. Sneakers is pretty much the muse in what I do.” The subject is also personal. “As a kid it was how me and my parents bonded — especially my father, who took me to out to look for sneakers when I was young, especially Saturdays. Those beautiful moments stuck with me, and I wanted to incorporate them in my art.” For Dez, who wasn’t a sports player so much as a manager, “Sneakers are nostalgic. If you asked your parents for tennis shoes your favorite athletes use, you could conquer the world. Some of my favorite experiences, I was wearing my favorite Nikes. When I graduated from High school I wore Nikes. It takes me to moments that shaped my life and who I am.” She says it was 2009 when she stared creating art on sneakers by painting them. “I got the idea from watching others,” she says. Then there was her breakthrough innovation. “I remember (the film character) Edward Scissorhands cutting things up and making them beautiful. I said, ‘I could do that.’” However, she continues, “I had never seen it done. There were no tutorials, so I said it shouldn’t be more difficult than cutting papers. I told myself that. I wasn’t as good as I am now, but you have to keep practicing. “When I stared creating the designs, people would say, ‘how does that happen?’ I didn’t have an answer. I said I dreamt about it. People are amazed that I can shape sneakers in different shapes. It’s not that easy. I have to plan how I can execute a design to the best of my ability.” Although she can decide on what sneaker to use, she says, “You can’t plan the cuts. I plan out the patterns on which way that I want the sneakers to curve. I plan like an architect, a designer, and what is going to make it pop. I also work like it’s a puzzle.” Currently she says she only uses

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Dez FlyKickz, right, in her Trenton studio. Above is her work ‘Dunk Hi,’ made from Nike Dunk High sneakers and acrylics. Nikes and Air Jordans in her work, but she is also a fan of the Nike Air Force One, calling it “the easiest sneaker to cut.” She says she gets her materials, new (roughly ranging from $100 upwards into the thousands) and old, by going on a “kind of hunt. I am a sneaker hunter. I go to thrift stores. I have also have people give me sneakers. When I feature sneakers that were donated I take a percentage for community-related projects.” One of those projects was FlyKickz CareBags. She says it started after traveling to sneaker conventions and accumulating a collection of hotel toiletries that she realized could be used to create bags of hygiene products for people in need. She also decided to add snacks and began handing them out in 2018. During that first year, she says more than 500 items were collected, and contributions were received from Toronto, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Miami, Los Angeles, and more. She says she distributed the Carebags with a “very special man,” her father, at the Trenton Train Station and outside downtown shelters. She continued and grew the project in 2019, then morphed it in 2020 to provide arts and craft supplies for Trenton children “no longer in a traditional classroom and in need of creating more ways to creatively express themselves during the pandemic.” As Dez writes on her website, “In less than 15 days with the help of over 21 contributors on her social media (we) collected over 1,300 art and craft supplies, raised $1,600 in monetary contributions and purchases creating 40 Carebags to safely hand deliver to each child” — mainly done on social

media platforms. Additionally, the artist serves as a weekly Meals on Wheels deliverer to routes in Trenton and Ewing. About her artwork clients and her subject matter, Dez says, “Initially they were sneaker lovers. Now it has morphed into people who like art. Recently, I created a Darth Vader piece, Also DC comics and Batman Catwoman pieces. It is beyond sneaker lovers. It is people who want to support me, and that

‘I just have to remind myself while I’m doing it that I love what I do. It can be challenging. Supplies can be extremely expensive. I make do with what I have, and it I’m ecstatic how it all turns out.’ means a lot. “This is my first solo exhibition,” she says about the Trenton show opening on Friday, June 4. “I’ve exhibited at sneaker conventions and was hired to display work, but I never had anything this extensive to show my body of work.” A 2003 Trenton Central High School graduate, Dez says she spent a year at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City before deciding to get an online associate’s degree and travel to experience different places, “just life,” she says. She says her path was informed by the influence and support of her

parents, both State of New Jersey employees. “My mother would draw all my book report covers. It was gift that came to her. My father is an artist in the way he dresses and the way he articulates himself” — providing words that made her feel “that anything is possible.” Continuing on her family, Dez says, “The support that really mattered to me was from my parents. I remember my mother picking me up from the airport. I told my mother that I wanted to paint sneakers. My mother said that I was always into Fly Kicks (a popular brand of sneaker). My father advised me that there were going to be challenges and as long as I was willing to conquer those challenges, everything else was going to fall into place.” She says her development in art was not in taking classes or training but by being “inquisitive and figuring things out — taking things apart. I’ve been painting and creating as long as I can remember.” The impetus for creating fulltime came after attending a number of “sneaker events and trade shows. I wanted to be involved. I didn’t see any females and wanted to be in it. It was a catalyst to teach myself to do different things. “Early on I was unaccepted because I was a female, and sneakers were a male thing. They didn’t know that I was a woman because I used the name FlyKickz. So it was surprise for many to know I was a woman.” About her current full-time endeavor, Dez says, “It is never work as long as you love what you do. And I always was able to balance a jam-packed day. Art is therapeutic. Some people watch TV, but I do it

by creating art. I’ve been artistically FlyKickz for over 10 years.” She says she deals with the art business’ ups and downs by reminding herself that “you have to know why you’re doing. There are some days when sales are amazing, and you pay bills. Then there are some days I ask, ‘How am I going to pay my bills?’ You have to figure out what is important. You can’t be the type of artist that says ‘I am money driven’ because that takes time.” As proof Dez notes that her online artwork — including sneaker designs on painted panels, paintings, prints — selling between $100 and $3,100 are being purchased by buyers in North Carolina, New York City, Chicago, Toronto, and the tri-state area. There are also lower priced accessories and promotional items. “Over the past few months people have bought two or three pieces from me. Even if it is a promotional piece that I’m rolling out I appreciate that. And I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to work with Footlocker in Philadelphia. We created a sneaker customizing workshop for youth there.” Assessing her current career development, she says, “I just have to remind myself while I’m doing it that I love what I do. It can be challenging. Supplies can be extremely expensive. I make do with what I have, and it I’m ecstatic how it all turns out. I’ve turned into an optimist these last few years, to know that everything works itself out.” Dez FlyKickz, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. Opening Friday, June 4, 7 p.m. to close. On view through June 30. 609-989-7777 or www.facebook. com/trentonsocial.

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&R Greenway Land Trust has announced the permanent preservation of its 316th property since its 1989 founding, less than a half mile from where the land trust first purchased land for preservation. This multigenerational half acre, made up of scenic woodland along Hopewell-Wertsville Road, is the second parcel of land preserved by the Marino family with D&R Greenway. Donated by the Marino siblings, preservation of this roadside woodland ensures continuation of the rural character of the area. During its first decade, the Marino family was among the earliest preservationists with D&R Greenway. Their initial preserved property contributed to the core of the land trust’s Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve that now protects over 3,000 acres within New Jersey’s largest contiguous forest. “This property had been owned for 100 years by three generations of Marinos. Many family memories are associated with the property,” Gary Marino said in a statement. “We are so happy that the land will be preserved in its natural state by D&R Greenway for many generations to come.” This sparsely populated area known as the Sourlands includes parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Mercer counties. Groundwater recharge and healthy Sourlands streams that flow into the Delaware & Raritan Canal and the Millstone River protect drinking water for more than 1.2 million New Jerseyans. The new preserve, which D&R Greenway CEO & President Linda J. Mead refers to as “a piece of heaven,” also connects to the Hunterdon Sourlands Preserve. Among the fascinating aspects of this latest preservation success, says Mead, is that “The first property protected by D&R Greenway was also the very first acquisition in New Jersey completed with the new, at the time, NJ Green Acres nonprofit grant funds. This acquisition brings us full circle, occurring in the same year that we are cele-

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PRINCETON $2,599,000 Martha ‘Jane’ Weber 609.462.1563 MLS# NJME301188

PRINCETON $3,225,000 Amy G Worthington 609.647.8910 MLS# NJME306788

BORDENTOWN CITY $750,000 Grant Wagner, David M Schure 609.331.0573 MLS# NJBL398912

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP $1,595,000 Susan McKeon Paterson 609.468.9017 MLS# NJME312956

PRINCETON $2,875,000 Great Road MLS# NJME310986

PRINCETON $3,999,000 Norman T Callaway, Jr 609.647.2001 MLS# NJME308590

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $799,000 Valerie Smith 609.658.0394 MLS# NJSO114714

PRINCETON $1,950,000 Owen ‘Jones’ Toland 609.731.5953 MLS# NJME307516

NEW HOPE BOROUGH $2,895,000 Sarah Strong Drake 908.229.4260 MLS# PABU500760

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $6,250,000 Norman T ‘Pete’ Callaway 609.558.5900 MLS# NJME296518

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $2,195,000 Kimberly A Rizk 609.203.4807 MLS# NJME310008

PRINCETON $2,950,000 Barbara Blackwell 609.915.5000 MLS# NJME310544

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $7,750,000 Norman T Callaway, Jr 609.647.2001 MLS# NJME307788

introducing

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP $259,900 Kim E Schneider Sohmer 908.421.6390 MLS# 3712547

ROBBINSVILLE TOWNSHIP $699,900 Danielle Spilatore 609.658.3880 MLS# NJME313244

introducing

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $325,000 Michelle Blane 908.963.9046 MLS# NJSO114736

WESTWINDSOR TOWNSHIP 725,000 Janet Stefandl 201.805.7402 MLS# NJME313066

introducing

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP $329,900 Deborah T Carter 908.303.4320 MLS# 3713666

introducing

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP $350,000 Danielle Spilatore 609.658.3880 MLS# NJME312894

newly priced

Age Restricted PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP $446,000 Catherine ‘Kate’ Stinson 609.439.9343 MLS# NJMX124558

PRINCETON $898,000 Susan L ‘Suzy’ DiMeglio 609.915.5645 MLS# NJME308498

CallawayHenderson.com 4 NASSAU STREET | PRINCETON, NJ 08542 | 609.921.1050 Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Subject To Errors, Omissions, Prior Sale Or Withdrawal Without Notice.

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SPACE FOR LEASE RETAIL • OFFICE • MEDICAL

MANORS CORNER SHOPPING CENTER

• Individual roof mounted central A/C units with gas fired hot air heating & separately metered utilities • Tenants include Investors Bank, Udo’s Bagels, MASA 8 Sushi, Farmers Insurance & more • 139 on-site parking spaces available with handicap accessibility • Minutes from Routes 1, 206 & Interstate 295 • Close proximity to hotels, restaurants, banking, shopping & entertainment

160 Lawrenceville-Pennington Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

SPACE AVAILABLE:

1009 & 1910 sf (+/-)

Retail • Office • Medical

PRINCESS ROAD OFFICE PARK

• Private bathroom, kitchenette & separate utilities for each suite • High-speed internet access available • 336 Parking spaces available with handicap accessibility • Two building complex totaling 47,094 sf (+/-) • On-site Day Care • 9 Acres of professionally landscaped & managed medical/office • Close proximity to hotels & restaurants in the Princeton & Trenton areas

4 Princess Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

SPACE AVAILABLE:

Office • Medical

MONTGOMERY PROFESSIONAL CENTER

1008, 1390 up to 2973 sf (+/-)

• Built to suit tenant spaces • Pre-built dental space available • Private entrance, bathroom, kitchenette & separate utilities for each suite • High-speed internet access available • 1/2 Mile from Princeton Airport & Route 206 • 210 Parking spaces with handicap accessibility • Close proximity to restaurants, banking, shopping, entertainment, hotels & more • On-site Montessori Day Care

Route 518 & Vreeland Dr. Skillman, NJ • Somerset County

SPACE AVAILABLE:

Office • Medical

741, 1250 up to 3442 sf (+/-)

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