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for Artists & ArtisANs: Arts Council seeks vendors

TheArts Council of Princeton is accepting applications for vendors to sell their art and crafts at the Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market on Saturday, November 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Paul Robeson Place in downtown Princeton.

Now in its 29th year, Sauce for the Goose is an established destination for unique, high-quality handmade gifts.

Shop directly from local artisans and crafters working in ceramics, textiles, jewelry, apparel, home decor, and more.

Vendor applications are available online. The deadline to apply is Thursday, August 31, at 11:59 p.m. Visit www. artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Vendors will receive notification of acceptance status by Friday, September 8.

Artists are responsible for staffing their booth for the entirety of the sale. There is no rain date.

Artists will be assigned 10’ x 10’ spaces and are responsible for their own display, including providing your own table, tent, display stands, racks for cards, jewelry, etc. Artists must provide bags and/or wrapping materials.

It is the artists’ responsibility to have a change fund to handle both cash sales and a mobile device to accept credit cards. Please note that cellphone reception in Princeton can be unreliable.

There is a $25 non-refundable application fee and $170 booth fee for vendors.

Upon submitting your application, you will be redirected to a secure payment site to complete the $25 application fee. Your application will be considered incomplete if payment is failed to be made. If accepted, you will receive instructions to complete further requirements. Proceeds support ACP community programming.

CALLs for VoLUNteers & DoNAtioNs: Princeton Learning Cooperative seeks volunteers

Princeton Learning Cooperative is looking for interesting, dedicated people willing to share their knowledge and skills with the teens attending school there. Generally a one-hour-a-week commitment, PLC volunteers tutor one-onone, lead small-group classes, or offer a one-time workshop on various topics. Volunteers can teach remotely if the sub-

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ject does not require hands-on work. Topics include creative and academic writing; math (all levels); public speaking; architecture; chemistry; advanced topics in evolution; flight and flying machines; hands-on science; nature and nature journaling; physiology and anatomy; reverse engineering; zoology; ancient history; anthropology, linguistics; ethical philosophy; classical Western philosophy; Jungian psychology; social psychology; world history; Mandarin Chinese; advanced German; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Norwegian/Swedish; CAD (especially Blender); computer science; digital art; drawing and painting; smartphone photography; theater; fabric art (sewing, knitting, costume making); entrepreneurship; and finance and investment.

Visit www.princetonlearningcooperative.org.

Backpack supplies drive continues to August 4

Princeton Human Services seeks donors for its 14th annual Backpack and School Supplies Drive. The drive benefits Princeton children who are in need of school items.

For the past 13 years, the Princeton

trAffiC ALert: Washington Road bridge replacement underway

The Washington Road Bridge over the D&R Canal in Princeton and West Windsor closed on July 26 for a bridge replacement project. The road is closed between Faculty Road and Tiger Lane, with local access maintained between Route 1 and Tiger Lane. Work is expected to be complete this fall. Detours in place direct motorists via Harrison Street or Alexander Road.

Human Services Commission, Princeton University, municipal employees, local businesses, organizations, and residents have donated school items that have benefited many Princeton children. The items are distributed to children from low-income families who attend the Princeton Public Schools and are entering kindergarten through sixth grade.

To participate, drop off donations at the Princeton Human Services office at One Monument Drive by Friday, August 4. See AROUND TOWN, Page 4

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NoNprofit News: YWCA Princeton announces new leaders in three roles

tion of acting CEO including previous positions at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart and most recently the Princeton Nursery School.

“I am thrilled to lead this amazing staff working to strengthen our programs and the services we provide to the community towards a mission driven future of YWCA Princeton,” Wong said.

Part of that future includes the promotion of Melissa White-McMahon to chief development officer. WhiteMcMahon has been on staff with YWCA Princeton since 2018 starting as the program and services coordinator at the Breast Cancer Resource Center.

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Princeton has announced Rosanda “Rose” Wong as acting chief executive officer, Melissa White-McMahon as chief development officer, and welcomes Nikki Jones as board president.

Rose Wong succeeds Tay Walker, who served as CEO for three years. During her tenure, she oversaw the renovation of the Burke Foundation Early Childhood Center at YWCA Princeton and sustained the organization through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rose Wong joined YWCA Princeton in January, 2022, as chief operations officer and was promoted to chief finance operating officer in December. In this position, she was able to focus on pay equity across all departments, bring the organization together, and expanded each of the YW’s programs including launching a dedicated advocacy department. Wong brings more than 30 years of education and nonprofit experience to the posi-

She became director of the BCRC in March of 2020, where she led survivors and thrivers through the isolation of the pandemic by offering support groups and programs online and built upon the foundation of the BCRC’s founding leaders’ mission to create an environment of support and compassion for people and their families living with, through, and beyond a diagnosis of breast cancer.

In her new position, she will strengthen community support by continuing to work with existing community partners and introducing new ones to the essential programs YWCA Princeton offers.

Also new in her role is YWCA Princeton board president Nikki Jones. She is currently the chief people and DE&I officer at the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.

“Nikki’s professionalism and experience in diversity, equity, and belonging make her an ideal fit for board president,” Wong said. “I am excited to work so closely with her to guide our organization through a strategic plan process and create more opportunities to support those we serve.”

RWJUH Hamilton August Healthy Living / Community Education Programs

RAISED BED, FLAT BREAD

Fri., August 4; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Spend your ‘Pizza Friday’ celebrating fresh produce that grows right here in New Jersey! Get hands-on by personalizing your own nutritious flat-tastic masterpiece for take-out! All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Fee: $5 per person. Taryn Krietzman, RDN

THE AARP DRIVING COURSE

Tue., August 8; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Be a safer, better driver. Bring your NJ or PA driver’s license. Fee: $20 for AARP members presenting a valid AARP card; $25 for nonmembers. Cash or check only to AARP.

OVER THE COUNTER HEARING AIDS-FAQ-WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Tues., August 8; 10-11 a.m.

Get the facts on the latest in over-thecounter hearing aids. Learn the facts and get your questions answered by Dr. Lorraine Sgarlato, Au.D. A.B.A. a clinical audiologist with over 40 years of experience in the field of hearing science.

DANCE IT OUT!

Tues., August 8; 6 to 7 p.m. When in doubt, dance it out! Have fun and de-stress with this interactive program. No experience required, all ages welcome.

CREATE YOUR OWN VISION BOARD WORKSHOP

Wed., August 9, 6 to 8 p.m.

What is your deepest desire for what you would like to be, do or have? Come create your own vision board to help bring your dreams to life. Please bring scissors, all other materials provided.

OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING

Thurs., August 10; 10 a.m.-noon

Ultrasound of heel and personalized information. Appointment required.

ASK THE DIETITIAN

Mon., August 14; 3 – 6 p.m.

Do you have a question about diet and nutrition? Join a community education dietitian for a one-on-one Q&A. Registration is required. Taryn Krietzman,

RDN

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION?

Mon, August 14; 6-7:30 p.m.

The practice of focused concentration, known as meditation, brings yourself back to the moment over and over again. Explore the benefits of meditation in this informational session with optional demonstration. Matt Masiello, CCH, founder of Esteem Hypnocounseling, will guide the group through this practice.

PREDIABETES 101

Tue. August 15; 11 to 12 p.m. What you need to know and do if you have been diagnosed with prediabetes.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? **VIRTUAL**

Tue., August 15th 2023; 12 - 1 p.m.

All things seasonal, all the time! Learn what wonderful fruits and vegetable are up to this time of year and how to make them shine!

Taryn Krietzman, RDN

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS

Wed., August 16; 1 to 2 p.m. Learn how to rest your body and quiet your mind with the simple (although not always easy) practice of meditation. No experience necessary.

TAKE HOME COLORECTAL SCREEN KIT AND LECTURE

Wed., August 16; 5 to 6 p.m. Learn how to use a simple take-home test to screen for colorectal cancer and take part in a lecture about how to reduce your risk. Registration required.

DESTROY THE CLOTS: INTERVENTIONS FOR DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Wed., August 16; 6 to7:30 p.m. Lasanta Horana, MD, Emergency Department Chair and a Medical Staff Officer at RWJUH Hamilton will discuss the importance of timely interventions when faced with “blood clots”

HEALTHRYTHMS® DRUMMING CIRCLE

Wed, August 16; 7 to 8 p.m. Join our drumming circle and help drum your cares away. This evidence-based program is shown to reduce blood pressure, calm stress and increase the fun in your life. Drums provided. Fee: $15. Mauri Tyler, CTRS, CMP

COLOR ME HOOPY! FUN AND FITNESS WITH HOOLA HOOPS!

Tues, August 22; 1 to 2:00 p.m. Yes, you can hoola-hoop. It’s much easier to find your rhythm and flow using a “grown up” size hoop. Learn skills and techniques and have a lot of fun. Hoops provided. Fee $15. Angela Ritter, certified Hoop Love Coach and Hoola-Fit instructor.

MEET LOCAL WRITER JESSICA WILSON, AUTHOR OF HEALING JOURNEY’S.

Tues., August 22; 6 to7 p.m. Join Jessica Wilson, author of “Healing Journeys” for a book talk on toxic relationships, where we’ll delve into the different types of abuse and explore what constitutes a toxic relationship. I’ll share strategies to guide you through these challenging situations and empower you on your healing journey.

FEELING BURNED OUT AT WORK?

Tue., August 22; 6 to 7 p.m. Job burnout can affect your physical and mental health. Learn about signs of burnout and what you can do about it.

PICTURE THIS: CRAFTY CREATIONS

Thurs., August 31; 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring your favorite summertime memories and a creative spark. Craft the night away with family and friends as the summer dwindles down. Fee: $5 per person

*All programs require registration and are held at the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd., Hamilton, NJ, unless otherwise noted.

SUPPORT GROUPS

To learn more about these groups visit www.rwjbh.org/HamiltonPrograms

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP

Wed., August 2; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

GRIEF & LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

Thu., August 3, August 17; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

CARING FOR LOVED ONES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Mon., August 7, August 21 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

ADULT CHILDREN CARING FOR PARENTS

Mon., August 7, August 21st 5:30 to 7 p.m.

LETTING GO OF CLUTTER

Tue., August 8; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP

Wed., August 16; 6 to 7 p.m.

MANAGING STRESS AND DIABETES

Wed., August 23; 3 to 4 p.m.

WISE WOMEN DISCUSSION GROUP

Thu., August 24; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Better Health Programs/Complimentary Membership at 65+ Years Old

LET’S TALK, A SENIOR SOCIAL GROUP

Wed., August 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30; 10 to 11 a.m.

Please join us for our ongoing program “Let’s Talk, a Senior Social Group,” gathering in a collaborative setting to exchange thoughts, feelings and experiences amongst peers. This is a safe-zone designed to be welcoming and understanding of all attendees while exploring this season of our lives – the ups and the challenges. This group is a partnership between RWJUH Hamilton and PyschHealth Associates here in Hamilton. This is a weekly program. Please feel free to attend one or all.

OVER THE COUNTER HEARING AIDSFAQ-WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Scan the QR code to register and become a member or call 609-584-5900 or email bhprogram@rwjbh.org to learn more

Tues., August 8; 10-11 a.m.

Get the facts on the latest in over-the-counter hearing aids. Learn the facts and get your questions answered by Dr. Lorraine Sgarlato, Au.D. A.B.A. a clinical audiologist with over 40 years of experience in the field of hearing science.

SOCRATES CAFÉ,

Wed., August 9; 2 to 3 p.m. “Socrates Café” is about discussing a topic, sharing our thoughts, our beliefs, our ideas, and experiences. An unofficial mantra describes that we (people) learn more when we question, and question with others. This is a “safe zone” to share where all views are accepted. Come with an open mind, respect for one another, and a willingness to see where it takes us.

TAI CHI CLASS

Thu., August 10 & 24; 1 to 2 p.m.

Tai Chi is recommended for seniors because it improves balance, strengthens muscles in the legs and increases flexibility and stability in the ankles. It can help reduce falls and back pain. Beginner’s welcome.

GAME TIME

Thurs., August 10; 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Join us for game time, snacks and some wholesome fun. A variety of board games will be available or you are welcome to bring your own

YOGA CLASSES

Tue., August 15 & 29; 10 to 11 a.m.

Krystal Loughlin, certified RYT, will be leading this gentle yoga class using traditional postures and breathing techniques offering modification of the poses for your body so that you can confidently participate. Beginner’s welcome.

MEDITATION CLASSES,

Tue., August 15 and 29; 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Krystal Loughlin will lead this meditation class focusing on reducing stress and bringing inner peace. See how you can easily learn to practice meditation whenever you need it most. Beginner’s welcome.

TECHNOLOGY CLASS

Wed., August 16; Noon to 1 p.m.

Frustrated navigating online registration for Better Health Programs? Can’t figure out how to text your grandkids. Back to help us with our technology challenges are our friends from “Camp Fire NJ, Teens on Fire.” Whether you have questions about your

mobile device, a laptop, or iPad, bring your device and learn how to complete simple tasks.

PREDIABETES 101

Tue. August 15; 11 to 12 p.m.

What you need to know and do if you have been diagnosed with prediabetes.

ANTIQUES ON THE ROAD

Thu., August 17; 2 to 3:30 p.m

We ask all attendees to arrive promptly at 2 p.m. and be ready for a fun and informative program. Each attendee can bring only ONE item to have appraised. Together we will learn some history about our treasures and find out what’s hot and what’s not in the antique and collectables market. Thomas Petrino will lead this program. He has been a full-time Personal Property Appraiser and is Certified by the Appraisers Guild of America. He also serves as acting appraiser for the NJ Treasury, consults with banks, attorneys and insurance companies to authenticate and appraise estates.

or call 609-584-5900 to learn more

reading: What’s old

By Dan Aubrey

‘Tabula Rasa’

by John McPhee

The publication of acclaimed Princeton writer John McPhee’s new book “Tabula Rasa” is a literary and community event.

When he was awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for “a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author,” “The Annals of the Former World,” McPhee was cited for creating a book that was “as clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed.”

The award committee notes on its website that McPhee’s “writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. The same year he published his first book, ‘A Sense of Where You Are,’ with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and soon followed with ‘The Headmaster’ (1966), ‘Oranges’(1967),’The Pine Barrens’(1968), ‘A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles’ (collection, 1969),’The Crofter and the Laird’ (1969),

‘Levels of the Game’ (1970), ‘Encounters with the Archdruid’(1972),’The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed’(1973), ‘The Curve of Binding Energy’(1974),’Pieces of the Frame’ (collection, 1975), and ‘The Survival of the Bark Canoe’ (1975). Both ‘Encounters with the Archdruid’ and ‘The Curve of Binding Energy’ were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science.”

The citation continues with numerous other books including “The John McPhee Reader” and “The Second John McPhee Reader.” But it stops at 1997 — way before he added to his yield of 44 books. That includes “The First Fish” (2002), “Uncommon Carriers” (2006), and “Silk Parachute” (2010). Over the past several years, he has released a series of books that feature thoughts on writing, “Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process” (2017), or essays, “The Patch” (2018).

With a title elastic enough to suggest both a clean page and a fresh look, “Tabula Rasa” (scraped tablet) is a collection of 50 short works where the writer uses his well-honed craft to examine our shared world — and to relook at his own efforts.

for two Princeton personalities

That McPhee has deep Princeton connections is evident in the following short bio that Princetonarea writer Richard D. Smith wrote for his 2014 book, “Legendary Locals of Princeton”:

“McPhee, born in 1931, is a Princeton native who ‘grew up right in the middle of town’ and, from kindergarten through eighth grade, attended public grammar school at 185 Nassau Street.

“His Ohio-born physician father, Harry, was an early specialist in what is now called sports medicine. In 1928, he came from lowa State to Princeton University, where he worked with athletes and trainers and later, served as an Olympic and Pan American Games team doctor.

“Perhaps not surprisingly, John developed an international outlook and became an active basketball and tennis player at Princeton High School. As an adult, he became an avid cyclist and fly-fisher. He caddied locally at the Springdale Golf Course. An after-school job working with Princeton University biological specimens

boosted his interest in natural history.

“Matriculating from Princeton High School in 1948, he studied for a year at Deerfield Academy and then graduated from Princeton in 1953.

“The university’s capacious Firestone Library eventually decided him on estab-

See MCPHEE, Page 8

John McPhee. Photo by Yolanda Whitman.

‘Animal Liberation Now’

by Peter Singer

Editor’s note: The following extract, titled “We are Gambling with the Future of our Planet for the Sake of Hamburgers,” is from the Princeton University professor of bioethics’ newly republished book and recently appeared in the online publication The Conversation. The topic deals with the timely issue of climate change.

Iwasn’taware of climate change until the 1980s — hardly anyone was — and even when we recognised the dire threat that burning fossil fuels posed, it took time for the role of animal production in warming the planet to be understood.

Today, though, the fact that eating plants will reduce your greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most important and influential reasons for cutting down on animal products and, for those willing to go all the way, becoming vegan.

A few years ago, eating locally — eating only food produced within a defined radius of your home — became the thing for environmentally conscious people to do, to such an extent that “locavore” became the Oxford English Dictionary’s “word of the year” for 2007.

If you enjoy getting to know and support your local farmers, of course, eating locally makes sense. But if your aim is, as many local eaters said, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, you would do much better by thinking about what you are eating, rather than where it comes from. That’s because transport makes up only a tiny share of the greenhouse gas emissions from the production and distribution of food.

With beef, for example, transport is only 0.5% of total emissions. So if you eat local beef you will still be responsible for 99.5% of the greenhouse gas emissions your food would have caused if you had eaten beef transported a long distance. On the other hand, if you choose peas you will be responsible for only about 2% of the greenhouse gas emissions from producing a similar quantity of local beef.

And although beef is the worst food for emitting greenhouse gases, a broader study of the carbon footprints of food across the European Union showed that meat, dairy and eggs accounted for 83% of emissions, and transport for only 6%.

More generally, plant foods typically have far lower greenhouse gas emissions than any animal foods, whether we are comparing equivalent quantities of calories or of protein. Beef, for example, emits 192 times as much carbon dioxide equivalent per gram of protein as nuts, and while these are at the extremes of the protein foods, eggs, the animal food with the lowest emissions per gram of protein, still has, per gram of protein, more than twice the emissions of tofu.

Animal foods do even more poorly when compared with plant foods in terms of calories produced. Beef emits 520 times as much per calorie as nuts, and eggs, again the best-performing animal product, emit five times as much per calorie as potatoes.

Favourable as these figures are to plant foods, they leave out something that tilts the balance even more strongly against animal foods in the effort to avoid catastrophic climate change: the “carbon opportunity cost” of the vast area of land used for grazing animals and the smaller, but still very large, area used to grow crops that are then fed — wastefully, as we have seen — to confined animals.

itable to clear the forest than to preserve it for the indigenous people living there, establish an ecotourism industry, protect the area’s biodiversity, or keep the carbon locked up in the forest. We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers.

Joseph Poore, of the University of Oxford, led a study that consolidated a huge amount of environmental data on 38,700 farms and 1,600 food processors in 119 countries and covered 40 different food products. Poore summarised the upshot of all this research thus:

“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use. It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car, as these only cut greenhouse gas emissions.”

Poore doesn’t see “sustainable” animal agriculture as the solution:

“Really it is animal products that are responsible for so much of this. Avoiding consumption of animal products delivers far better environmental benefits than trying to purchase sustainable meat and dairy.”

Doing so would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution, save water and energy, free vast tracts of land for reforestation, and eliminate the most significant incentive for clearing the Amazon and other forests.

Because we use this land for animals we eat, it cannot be used to restore native ecosystems, including forests, which would safely remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. One study has found that a shift to plant-based eating would free up so much land for this purpose that seizing the opportunity would give us a 66 percent probability of achieving something that most observers believe we have missed our chance of achieving: limiting warming to 1.5ºC.

Another study has suggested that a rapid phaseout of animal agriculture would enable us to stabilise greenhouse gases for the next 30 years and offset more than two-thirds of all carbon dioxide emissions this century. According to the authors of this study:

“The magnitude and rapidity of these potential effects should place the reduction or elimination of animal agriculture at the forefront of strategies for averting disastrous climate change.”

Climate change is undoubtedly the biggest environmental issue facing us today, but it is not the only one. If we look at environmental issues more broadly, we find further reasons for preferring a plantbased diet.

The clearing and burning of the Amazon rainforest means not only the release of carbon from the trees and other vegetation into the atmosphere, but also the likely extinction of many plant and animal species that are still unrecorded.

This destruction is driven largely by the prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat, which makes it more prof-

Those who claim to care about the wellbeing of human beings and the preservation of our climate and our environment should become vegans for those reasons alone.

Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer, 368 pages, $35, Penguin Random House. For more from The Conversation, visit www.theconversation.com

The fact that eating plants will reduce your greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most important and influential reasons for cutting down on animal products.

lishing a professional base in his hometown. He says, ‘I knew if I ever got to do the work I wanted, this would be the resource.’ Skilled at making even arcane subjects accessible, McPhee often unfolds his topics through the engaging stories of their central participants, with a renowned ability to organize a chaos of information and anecdotes into a flowing narrative. He credits this skill to the late Olive McKee, a legendary Princeton High School English teacher who staunchly schooled her students in sentence and story outlining.”

When McPhee’s “Draft No. 4” appeared, Rich Rein, a Princeton University graduate and now author of the critically acclaimed “American Urbanist,” noted in the Echo’s sister paper, U.S. 1: “For as long as I have lived in Princeton John McPhee has been the leading literary lion in town. When I returned to Princeton to live, not study, in 1972, the town was crowded with big-time writers — they had their own table at the Annex restaurant, in the basement space at Tulane and Nassau streets. There were people like Fletcher Knebel, co-author of the bestselling book (and later movie) ‘Seven Days in May’; Jerry Goodman, who wrote the big books on finance under the pseudonym Adam Smith; and Brock Brower, novelist and a prolific writer for Esquire, Life, Harper’s, and the New York Times magazine, among others. There was even a big-time editor in town, Alan Williams of Viking, who had just discovered ‘The Day of the Jackal’ by Frederick Forsyth.

“In this crowded field McPhee stood out. I was never a writer substantial enough to earn a place at the writers’ table at the Annex, but McPhee certainly was. Even though his office at the time was just a staircase or two away from the Annex, he rarely hung out there.”

That may be because McPhee was either too busy writing, teaching, fishing, or he preferred to be alone and reflect.

For myself, I know that McPhee has been a steady shadow on writing in the region.

I figuratively met him around 1970, when I was working at a summer camp in the New Jersey Pinelands and read his “The Pine Barrens.” Since then he and his succession of works have become part of my personal landscape.

And since most of his thoughts on what mattered to me and readers — writing and explorations or the world — were easily found on a page or reveled during his public talks, I saw no reason to interview him. However, I would be interested in

with Thornton Wilder.” We walked seven blocks south and one over to the Century Association, where Wilder had arrived before us. Baker may have been counting on me to be some sort of buffer. I was about thirty but I felt thirteen, and I was moon-, star-, and awestruck in the presence of the author of ‘Our Town,’ ‘The Skin of Our Teeth,’ and ‘The Bridge of San Luis Rey.’ I had read and seen those and more, and had watched my older brother as Doc Gibbs in a Princeton High School production of ‘Our Town.’ I knew stories of Wilder as a young teacher at the Lawrenceville School, five miles from Princeton, pacing in the dead of night on the third floor of Davis House above students quartered below.

“What is that?”

“Mr. Wilder. He’s writing something.”

finding out what fishing on the Delaware River has taught him and how it may have affected his writing.

Otherwise, I am content to read his work in which I sometimes found some small connection, like the following example from “Tabula Rasa,” “Thornton Wilder at the Century.”

While McPhee describes meeting the celebrated author who taught and lived at the Lawrenceville School and saw his landmark American play “Our Town” premiere at McCarter Theater in Princeton, he also shows his imperfection by sharing something that all writers who conduct interviews will do at some point: make a blunder.

At Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine, my editor’s name was Alfred Thornton Baker, and he was related in some way to the playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Spontaneously, one morning at the office, Baker appeared at the edge of my cubicle, and said, “You need a little glamour in your life — come have lunch

About halfway through the Century lunch, Baker asked Wilder the question writers hear four million times in a lifespan if they die young: “What are you working on?”

Wilder said he was not actually writing a new play or novel but was fully engaged in a related project. He was cataloguing the plays of Lope de Vega.

Lope de Vega wrote some eighteen hundred full-length plays. Four hundred and thirty-one survive. How long would it take to read four hundred and thirty-one plays? How long would it take to summarize each in descriptive detail and fulfill the additional requirements of cataloguing? So far having said nothing, I was thinking these things. How long would it take the Jet Propulsion Lab to get something crawling on a moon of Neptune? Wilder was sixty-six, but to me he appeared and sounded geriatric. He was an old man with a cataloguing project that would take him at least a dozen years. Callowly, I asked him, “Why would anyone want to do that?”

Wilder’s eyes seemed to condense. Burn. His face turned furious. He said, “Young man, do not ever question the purpose of scholarship.” I went catatonic for the duration. To the end, Wilder remained cold. My blunder was as naïve as it was irrepa-

rable. Nonetheless, at that time in my life I thought the question deserved an answer. And I couldn’t imagine what it might be.

I can now. I am eighty-eight years old at this writing and I know that those four hundred and thirty-one plays were serving to extend Thornton Wilder’s life. Reading them and cataloguing them was something to do, and do, and do. It beat dying. It was a project meant not to end. I could use one of my own. And why not? With the same ulterior motive, I could undertake to describe in capsule form the many writing projects that I have conceived and seriously planned across the years but have never written.

By the way, did you ever write about Extremadura?

No, but I’m thinking about it.

At current velocities, it takes twelve years to get to the moons of Neptune. On that day at the Century Association, Thornton Wilder had twelve years to live.

Tabula Rasa, John McPhee, 184 pages, $28, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Please note that the book is also going by the name “Tabula Rasa, Volume I,” so, stay tuned.

Storytelling and Voice Sound Loud at Grounds for Sculpture

BY REBEKAH SCHROEDER

If you concentrate on a story, staying mindful of its nature as a living, breathing vessel for keeping traditions alive or unpacking trauma, then you might be able to hear when the speaker, once given the chance to share without judgment and forge interpersonal connections, exhales in relief. The words used still have meaning but no longer bear their heavy weight alone, newly empowered by a mutual sense of community and revitalized by human interaction.

Everyone has the right to express themselves in their own syntax, but only a few people have the opportunity to amplify that point of view with complete control over the language used.

Reaching that loud volume, like any tale worth telling, is always better with company.

The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton presents this platform to members of New Jersey’s Indian diasporic community for “Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits,” a living exhibit that opened on the ground floor of the Domestic Arts Building on April 23, 2023, and runs

through January 7, 2024.

This project, along with “Spiral Q: The Parade” on the upper level, are the first to debut in GFS’ new “Perspectives” series, which draws from the creative practices of the artists at its helm as well as the accounts of the people who bring it to life.

Madhusmita “Madhu” Bora, a folk and traditional artist, journalist, educator, writer, and dancer, organized the exhibit in partnership with co-curators Kathleen Ogilvie Greene, the chief audience officer at GFS, and Quentin Williams, the founder and CEO of Dragon Tree Media Group, to ensure personal autonomy and authenticity.

The 15 subjects actively participated in and led the process of chronicling their lived experiences, doing so through video interviews, photography, and by choosing objects that held significance to them.

This range of deep, emotive stories maintains the vulnerabilities that make them unique without being exploited, and the exhibit leaders hope to bridge the conversational gap between individuals of different backgrounds and demonstrate the importance of dialogue.

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“Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits,” on display in the Domestic Arts Building at the Grouds for Sculpture, left, is co-curated by artist Madhusmita “Madhu” Bora, a journalist and dancer, right, and runs through January 7, 2024. Installation view courtesy of Bruce M. White. Bora, pictured at the storytelling retreat, courtesy of Monica Herndon.

page on the GFS website, groundsforsculpture.org/exhibitions/local-voices-memories-stoaries-and-portraits, linking to the YouTube videos and audio-only interview segments for each storyteller.

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share their stories as a look at the Indian community in New Jersey, described as “the largest ethnic group among the Asian diaspora” in the state.

According to the Indian American Impact Project, an organization that was founded to promote the voices of Indian Americans and South Asian Americans in politics, “nearly 5% of New Jersey’s population is South Asian, more than any other state in the nation.”

The website continues that “over 1 million Asians live in New Jersey, with Indian Americans making up the largest ethnic group,” particularly concentrated in Middlesex County—Edison and Iselin’s Oak Tree Road, known as “Little India,” is a bustling shopping district at the cultural center of the community.

According to a May 2022 Washington Post analysis of Census Bureau data from 2020 in “An American life: How Asian migrants built unique communities,” Mercer County itself recorded a 48.2% growth of Asian American and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, populations since 2010.

The four storytellers from the Mercer County area are Shazard Mohammed, Hamilton/Ewing; Shivani Patel, Princeton Junction/West Windsor; Yogesh Sharma, Lawrenceville; and Shoba Panoli, Pennington.

“My whole intention was to uplift and celebrate the diverse tapestry of India,” Bora said in an interview, noting that she worked alongside the GFS team, especially Greene, to identify demographic “lenses” such as age, language, religion, economic status, immigration, ability, region, caste, and sexual orientation to incorporate a wide spectrum of storytellers.

Each subject was then liberated from these labels, symbolically unchecking the boxes, as the exhibit materials explain, and prompted to recount a story that affected their life.

“Local Voices” expanded as Bora began to see the emerging pattern of personal agency in each narrative, creating a colorful mosaic of people with roots across India and the globe who collectively followed at least seven religions and spoke more than 10 languages.

After seven months of planning, the group gathered at the Grounds for Sculpture for an all-day retreat in February that included storytelling workshops and training, as well as individual photography sessions in which the subjects “were asked to arrive in clothing [that] made them feel powerful and celebrated,” according to the GFS exhibit page.

The speakers then collaborated with female BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) photographers to envision portraits capturing their most authentic selves, selecting which image would be on display.

At the end of the retreat, many of the storytellers left behind objects of significance and scheduled their respective video sessions.

Although the subjects spoke for hours at a time with Bora and photojournalist Danese Kenon, the managing editor of visuals for the Philadelphia Inquirer, the exhibit could only feature a single three- to five-minute story from each person.

Bora disclosed that the full versions would be preserved in a personal copy for the participants as well as in the archives of the exhibit partner, the South Asian American Digital Archive, or SAADA, to document the comprehensive oral histories.

“Local Voices” is a “living exhibit” focused on cultivating relationships over the program itself, but the theme of art with a pulse is familiar to Bora and a natural extension of her own craft.

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She lived in places like Washington, D.C., Iowa, and Indiana, even settling in Cape May for a three-year period where she wrote for the Press of Atlantic City.

But in 2008, Bora relocated from Florida to Philadelphia, where she has resided ever since.

While she would continue to freelance, Bora decided to experiment with her artistic inclinations and co-founded the Sattriya Dance Company with her sister-inlaw, Prerona Bhuyan, in 2009.

Sattriya is a living dance tradition that originated in the Hindu monasteries of Assam over 500 years ago.

Although the art form had been traditionally practiced by celibate monks, the Indian government recognized Sattriya as a major Indian classical dance in 2000, which led to more women “embracing” the art form, Bora said.

Now, Bora is currently an adjunct instructor at Lincoln University and has since returned to the newsroom as the managing editor of suburban coverage for WHYY, a Philadelphia public radio station.

in this world. As a trained journalist, I’m always curious about the world around me. I was raised in a household of storytellers and disruptors,” she added.

“I grew up with my grandparents in a very rural Indian town, surrounded by art and culture and discussions of politics. Both my grandfathers were freedom fighters, and so I was raised in this atmosphere where culture and stories were always part of my education in this world.”

“Then, as an immigrant living in diaspora, I’m always thinking about what it is like to be an immigrant, how important our stories are, how important identity is, [and] how important stories are in terms of also passing our experiences and wisdom to the next generation and connecting us to our habitat. Stories connect us in very, very deep ways as humans.”

“When somebody’s sharing a story with you, it has a very spiritual overtone, because it’s something very sacred that somebody’s trusting you with their vulnerabilities and their experiences,” Bora said.

“Especially when people who do not have a chance to tell their story are invited to share their story. They are transformed, and we are transformed from listening to their experiences.”

The response has been “overwhelming” from both local and Indian media, according to Bora, with the exhibit having attracted about 500 or so attendees on opening night alone.

Bora said that because of her initial focus on the practical, behind-the-scenes aspects of the project, she rarely had the time to consider the tremendous “impact and outcome” the stories might carry.

But seeing the subjects take “collective ownership” over their stories and embrace the empowerment that comes with that, she added, deeply impacted her as well.

Now, Bora noted that she takes comfort in knowing there is this extended family of people to support each other, and the resilience she has personally learned from them has been invaluable.

Originally from the Northeastern Indian state of Assam, Bora finished her undergraduate and a master’s degree at two institutions in New Delhi before continuing her studies at the Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Illinois, where she graduated with another master’s degree.

Bora has worked in newsrooms around the country, tackling business and technology at papers from the Philadelphia

“As a practitioner of this art form, I am drawn to stories. I’m also deeply aware of what it means to not be represented in mainstream art tapestries; it is so specific and nuanced. I guess it makes me a lot more sensitive to folks who are in the margins, because I feel like I operate from the margins, too, with my art form. My journalism is a sense of inquiry and curiosity, and that training of being objective, listening to people, and asking questions is what informed and drove this project,” she explained.

“Everything I do informs how I move

“To be on this journey with them, in sharing their joy and their sorrow and their trauma and then how they overcame so many of life’s hurdles, I was on all those journeys with them, and so it’s been really, really beautiful,” she said.

“It’s important to tell your story. It’s very crucial for each one of us to record the stories of our families, of our elderly people, [and] of our own stories. Stories are magical; stories are transformative; stories help form community and allow us to really be better people,” she said, adding that everyone should tell and claim their stories, as well as place that same value on actively listening to what others share.

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At its core, Bora emphasized, “Local Voices” is a “connective project.”

The 15 subjects first met at the museum retreat in February, where they took part in a series of workshops and individual photography sessions. Photo by Monica Herndon, above, from left to right: Kiran Rajagopalan, Farzana Rahman, Asha Lata Devi, and Shoba Panoli.

At its core, Bora emphasized, “Local Voices” is a “connective project.”

“It is owned by the community; it is driven by the community; and again, it’s an offering that speaks to love, loss, and resilience that connects us all as humanity,” she said. ***

Shazard Mohammed Ewing/Hamilton

Born in the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Shazard Mohammed, better known by his nicknames “Todd” or “Toddy,” immigrated with his family from the town of San Juan to the Mercer County area in

Mohammed lives in Ewing but owns Roti Plus Caribbean Restaurant at 1147 South Olden Avenue in Hamilton, which he opened in 2021 after helping his uncle, Ramesh Hayban—the then-owner of Trenton’s Hot on D Spot, now under new ownership and the name of Annie’s Hot on D-Spot Roti Shop—run the Trinidadian restaurant.

In his “Local Voices” interview, Mohammed explained that he had never previously traveled outside his country before deciding to take “a page out of history” and follow in the footsteps of his “forefathers who left India to come to Trinidad to become something better and make a better life for their family. They had a 90-day journey, and I was only getting on a plane for five hours.”

As a high school dropout, Mohammed shared that he was unsure about his future in America, but after landing on a Wednes-

day, by that Monday, he “started working at a factory for eight bucks an hour.”

“By the time I left in 2009, I was making almost triple digits,” he said, but the “pressure” of the workplace began to weigh on him, with the “insults” negatively affecting his state of mind.

“Being called ‘highly paid morons’ and having to do dirty work that no one else wanted to do, I felt like I was in slavery. It was taking away from my mental health, so I decided this [was] no longer going to work for me, so I left that and had no idea what I was going to do to support my family.”

After learning through reading his trusty Home Depot books and watching videos, Mohammed took up a job as a handyman, eventually becoming a self-taught licensed contractor in the construction business.

Mohammed then expanded on the troubles of his economic situation, which included veering into the restaurant industry after making an ultimately ill-fated agreement with a family member and having to pick up the pieces himself when it fell apart.

Without this person in the picture, Mohammed “was a housing inspector for hotels and multiple dwellings,” forced to “juggle both jobs, working full-time, and coming to the restaurant afterwards,” he said, starting to get visibly upset from speaking about the toll it took on him.

“There [were] days I drove home and didn’t even know how I got home. It was just all muscle memory,” he continued, breaking again with emotion. “I told my

wife, ‘I have to choose. Either we sell the business or I give up the state job.’”

In the end, Mohammed had to forfeit his retirement plan with the state and continue investing in the business, but as Bora said in her interview for Six09, he was able to create “a place that’s home away from home for so many people,” not just the local Trinbagonian population.

“At times I want to quit. I want to give up, but then I see people come in sometimes— and I’m a humanist, and I also struggle with depression—and some days I see sadness walking in the door, and I just say a few kind words, I serve them with a smile, I ask them how their day [is] going, how’s their family, is everything okay, and by the time they leave, most of them [have] a smile on their face,” Mohammed said.

“That brings joy to me to know that I’m not just running a business; I’m running a business where someone can feel safe when they come in here.”

Some speakers in “Local Voices” were asked additional questions, such as the meaning of their names and why they chose their objects.

Shazard, for example, means “prince” in Arabic, a suggestion from his mother’s best friend, who assumed a grandmotherly role for Mohammed and remarked that he “looked like a prince” at birth.

Meanwhile, his nickname, “Toddy,” came from his older brother, who gave him the title after a young Shazard would ask for a milkshake of the same name.

“Coming to America, people just started calling me Todd. Because I was intimidated

Shazard “Todd” Mohammed, left, the owner of Roti Plus Caribbean Restaurant in Hamilton, and Shivani Patel, right, from West Windsor’s Princeton Junction district, shared what resilience means to them. Photos by Sahar Coston-Hardy and Erica Lee.

or shy to let people know my true name, which is Shazard Mohammed, after 9/11, I just carried the name Todd, so most people thought I was American when they [spoke] to me over the phone, not knowing that I was of an immigrant culture,” he said.

Mohammed’s object is a hoodie with the coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago, which bears the motto “Together we aspire, together we achieve.”

When people ask what it means to him, Mohammed says that he encourages them, again, to be humanists and to tackle greater challenges as a community.

“I take that to heart, because my interpretation of it is, ‘If we unite, we can conquer; if we come together as people, we can overcome any obstacles in our way,’ so I do wear that hoodie with pride,” he said.

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Shivani Patel, also known as “Shivu,” was born in New Jersey and spoke about her experiences as a young person with autism and epilepsy, as well as the difficulty of managing both conditions while grieving the death of her beloved “late dada” or “dadaji,” which means paternal grandfather.

“When he died, it was so tragic, and it was so sad,” Patel said, adding that it also felt “humiliating” for her because her grandmother “knew nothing” about her autism.

Without his comforting presence, Patel found it “really hard to understand everything after losing dadaji and being with only her” during visits to her grandparents’ house in London.

“But after losing him, I have learned— thank God—how to control myself, etc., how to even control my own medical issues when having a super moment, like [an] unspeakable, un-breathable type of episode

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Mohammed chose to display a sweatshirt with the coat of arms of his home country, Trinidad and Tobago, because he follows the “humanist” motto of the nation he immigrated from in 2000: “Together we aspire, together we achieve.”

The red khartal, a wooden clapper consisting of blocks and jingles, above, is an ancient musical instrument that resonates with Patel.

of high blood pressure issue when something doesn’t make me feel like, ‘Okay, I’m not comfortable in this position. I need to run away,’ or ‘I need to scream my head off, and I’m about to feel like I’m going to faint.’”

“Thanks to God and Grandpa, remembering all that and praying all that, I know how to handle those issues, because Dada used to tell me when I was younger that, ‘If you don’t calm down, you’re going to have a heart attack or a seizure, try to calm down,’ and I would manage it, I would calm down,” Patel explained, adding that in the time since his passing, she has worked on remembering the techniques he taught her to cope with stressful situations.

To Six09, Bora described Patel as “a beautiful spirit” who arrived at the retreat in “her full, glorious self,” eager to embody that strength for others.

Patel’s object is the khartal, a two-piece percussion instrument from Rajasthan, India, where a pair of “wooden blocks with small dimples are held in each hand,” then “clapped together when devotional and folk songs are performed,” she said.

The sound comes from the meeting of the cymbals, typically brass plates, adorning the two parts.

Yogesh Sharma

Lawrenceville

Yogesh Sharma founded Lawrenceville’s Radha Krishna Temple, “one of the oldest Hindu religious and cultural centers in Central New Jersey,” in 2002, according to its website.

Located at 357 Lawrence Station Road, the temple provides “Hindu and Vedic services, poojas, and ceremonies,” having expanded from one room to four buildings as the years progressed.

Sharma details that while she started the sacred space to assist priests and others in need, the temple only came to be because another living being close to her needed help—after neighborhood complaints about her dog’s barking reached the courtroom, a judge ordered its euthanization.

“I started going to another temple to pray for his life,” she recalled. “There, I met a priest who was in trouble in that temple. He asked me to help him out, and after a few days, he asked me to start a new temple where he [could] get his green card or visa, but I said, ‘Well, we don’t know anything about the temple, and so therefore we cannot do it,’” she explained.

“But he tried to convince me that, no, he will ‘take care of everything’ and ‘it will be a great thing for [the community].’”

Sharma shared that she and her husband did not have the background to run a temple, but the priest insisted, beginning a pattern of broken promises from people she assumed to be “very honest and honorable people” due to their religious backgrounds.

Although they were initially shocked to encounter the opposite, the Sharmas built the place of worship together and recruited those of the faith who kept their word.

In addition to having grown the Radha Krishna Temple from these uncertain beginnings, Bora commented that Sharma “is just a force of nature and has also overcome so many challenges in her life.”

“My dog was saved with my prayers, and [the] community is very happy with that

little temple,” Sharma reflected, noting that now, “We are like one big, huge family. We all love each other in that temple and try to do the best for the community.”

Sharma stated that in the future, she hopes to bring in even more priests, particularly Indian women—a new addition for most temples—as part of her mission to keep growing the community at Radha Krishna.

Sharma’s objects are “a silk sari and figurines of Rama and Sita,” the latter being two figures from the Sanskrit epic poem “Ramayana” who are incarnations of the Hindu gods Vishnu and Lakshmi

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Both Yogesh Sharma of Lawrenceville, above, the founder of the Radha Krishna Temple, and Shoba Panoli of Pennington, opposite page right, reflected on the transformative power of religion and love. Speaker photos by Roshni Khatari and Erica Lee.

Sharma loaned GFS a pair of figurines depicting Rama and Sita, the avatars of Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi, above, while Panoli chose her prayer book and photo card of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, a “central figure” in her Baha’i faith and the son of its founder, Bahá’u’lláh, pictured on the following page.

The tale is a classic testament to the triumph of light over darkness, or good over evil, as conveyed through holiday legend.

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In her interview, Shoba Panoli introduces herself as “a Malaysian American of Sri Lankan and Indian heritage” who dreamed of settling down in Australia like her aunts but would end up in the United States as the result of an unexpected romance.

“But life sometimes has surprising twists, and you end up in a different place,” she said, sharing how their paths first crossed. “One day I was bored, and I was surfing the web, trying to look up the place that my dad was visiting in India. As I was reading up on Kerala, I stumbled upon a chat room, and there were only a handful of individuals in that room.”

“A guy said hello to me, and we started a small conversation, and he was attracted to my Sri Lankan Malayali background, and he found that a bit unique since he hasn’t met anyone with that background; little did I know that this would be the guy that I would one day get married to.”

Even when Panoli moved to Switzerland, she “continued chatting every day” with him, exchanging “hundreds of emails” that the two never deleted and still treasure

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today.

“After finally chatting for about two years, we decided to meet face-to-face, so I flew to New York to meet him, and as the plane was touching down, I was feeling very nervous, and I was thinking to myself, ‘What if everything that he’s told me was a big lie?’ ‘What if he was a fake?’” Panoli said. This worry escalated as she spent over an hour searching for his face among the airport crowd, unable to find the man she was supposed to meet until Panoli spotted him—dressed in the exact outfit he had described to her—and immediately recognized her future husband.

“I was in the United States for only a week, and he took me places; we saw a lot of things, and he took me to the top of the Empire State Building and asked me to

marry him,” she remembered fondly.

“I believe this was fate. If my dad wasn’t visiting India, I wouldn’t have gone online that day trying to look up the place that he was visiting, and we’ve been married for 23 years and have two wonderful boys.”

Panoli, characterized by Bora as a mother with “a very tender, sweet family,” received her name, meaning “light,” from her great-grandfather.

Panoli’s object is a prayer book and photo card of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, an important figure to her as a lifelong member of the Baha’i Faith.

“‘Abdu’l-Bahá is the master of the Baha’i faith, and he showed us how a Baha’i should live his life. I always carry that picture with me to remind myself of how a Baha’i should act,” Panoli explained in the audio interview.

Panoli added that prayer has always been an “important component” of her life, connecting her with God and guidance, and she has had this book for at least 15 to 20 years, which contains prayers for a variety of purposes and applications.

On the exhibit page for “Local Voices,” Panoli said that the following quote from the founder of the Baha’i Faith, Bahá’u’lláh, is always an inspiration for her:

“Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone; let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.”

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“Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits” runs through January 7, 2024, in the Domestic Arts Building at the Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton.

For more information, call 609-586-0616 or visit www.groundsforsculpture.org

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“Building a foundation for a lifetime love of learning”

St. George Preschool

A Safe Place for Growth

At St. George Preschool, we believe that each child has an innate drive for exploring, discovering, communicating, and learning. Our purpose is to provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment for children to develop this innate drive to the fullest, and become life-long learners. Our goal is to help each child develop his/her individual interests, creativity and potential at their own pace by providing a wide variety of fun and ageappropriate activities and materials. In addition to the developmental goals in the areas of math, language, science, cognitive skills, motor skills, etc., stipulated by the state, the school aims to promote learning skills for life.

At the same time, we aim to enhance the child’s social, moral, cultural and spiritual growth through group interactions, uplifting stories, cultural events and gentle guidance. Since “a healthy mind is in a healthy body” as the Ancient Greeks said, we provide a huge indoors gym and a beautiful play ground with regular physical activities.

We offer high quality academic English programs for Preschool (3 years and potty trained) and Pre-K (must be 4 years old by October 1 of school year). Early morning care, after care, and enrichment programs are also available. We are part of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church and state

licensed by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. Our experienced staff has a passion building a foundation for a life-long love of learning. We are truly a family and we treat your children as such. For more information regarding

our program, please visit our website.

Saint George Preschool, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton. 609-586-2223. Contact director Angela Gering at director@stgeorgepreschool.org. See ad, page 11

Classes are designed for all ages to build confidence, artistry, discipline, and foster students’ love of dance. Our world class faculty is dedicated to helping each student reach their full potential, with spacious studios, new state-of-the-art dance floors, and live music. The perfect environment to learn and grow!

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Capital Health Regional Medical Center Earns

National Awards for Excellence in Stroke Care

Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) recently received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

The American Heart Association also awarded Capital Health Regional Medical Center its Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between a patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.

Capital Health Regional Medical Center earned these awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients also receive education on managing their health and have a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.

“For many years now, our community has come to rely on Capital Health to provide the most advanced stroke care possible,” said Dr. Dustin Rochestie, director of the Stroke Program and director of Neurology and Neuro Critical Care at Capital Institute for Neurosciences. “By meeting and exceeding the standards established by the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines initiative at RMC—which is home to Capital Institute for Neurosciences and our Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center—we demonstrate our ongoing commitment to ensuring more stroke patients in Central New Jersey and Lower Bucks County can experience longer, healthier lives.”

Additionally, Capital Health Regional Medical Center received the Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. Hospitals that qualify for this recognition ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke.

Stroke is a time-sensitive emergency. If you suspect you or a loved one is experiencing a stroke, B-E F-A-S-T to know the signs of a stroke and call 911 immediately.

— Balance

Is the person experiencing a sudden loss of balance? B

E—

Eyes

Has the person lost vision in one or both eyes?

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Face Drooping

Does one side of the face droop, or is it numb?

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

T— Time to call 911

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

UNDERSTANDING CLINICAL TRIALS

In the medical field, researchers are constantly looking for new information to prevent and cure diseases, treat symptoms, and provide a better quality of life to those who are suffering. One way of gathering this information is through conducting clinical trials.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell is now an NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) affiliate site. As a participating site, Capital Health Cancer Center now offers residents in the greater Mercer and Bucks County region access to new and innovative NCI-sponsored clinical trials in the cancer prevention and control, screening, care delivery, and treatment areas. DR. CATALDO DORIA, medical director of Capital Health Cancer Center, leads a team that is dedicated to working with patient volunteers in order to achieve the best outcomes of the studies.

“I think the best way that we achieve the goal is to be one hundred percent honest with the patient and to describe the important details,” said Dr. Doria. “One session might not be enough. One single conversation might not be enough. Sometimes you have to give the patient the time to digest the information. You have to be in the position of giving the patient some materials that he or she can read. And then sometimes you have to follow up with another phone call or with another visit.”

People participate in clinical trials for different reasons. Patients with cancer may want to have access to the latest drugs or treatments. By doing so, they receive added care and attention by the physician and care team. Others may want to help researchers and help patients with the same disease in the future.

After a promising drug has been tested in the lab, it needs to be tested in a clinical trial. As an NCORP participating site, Capital

Health Cancer Center’s team of providers and researchers help patients gain access to clinical trials across a broad range of cancer care benchmarks, including symptom management, prevention, screening, surveillance, care delivery and quality of life.

When participants volunteer for a study, they are informed about the risks and benefits of the study. To best understand the potential risks, it’s important for participants to have a conversation with the researchers or points of contact in the study. These professionals are always open to communicating and begin by sharing what is known as clinical trial protocol, which includes:

The goal of the study

… Who qualifies to take part in the trial

… Details about tests, procedures, and treatments

The expected length of the trial

… What information will be gathered

In addition to the clinical trial protocol, it’s crucial for volunteers to always ask questions so they have a full understanding of the study and can determine if it is a good fit for them.

To learn more about open clinical trials at Capital Health Cancer Center, visit capitalhealthcancer.org/ncorp to sign-up for email updates or call 609.537.6363 to schedule a consultation with a Cancer Center physician.

Gynecologic (GYN) Cancer Support Group

Second Tuesday of Every Month |

10 − 11 a.m. |

Location: Zoom Meeting

Our newest support group is designed specifically for women diagnosed with gynecologic cancers (ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar, vaginal). Our support group offers a safe space to share experiences, learn from one another and obtain the social support needed to develop a healthy sense of well-being. This group is open to all from diagnosis to survivorship regardless of where you are receiving your treatment. Meetings will be held virtually via Zoom.

There is no cost to participate, but pre-registration is required. To register, scan the QR code or visit capitalhealth.org/events.

@capitalhealthnj

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CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER – HOPEWELL REDESIGNATED AS A BABY-FRIENDLY

ONE OF 13 BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITALS IN NEW JERSEY

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell in Pennington, New Jersey has again achieved the international Baby-Friendly designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA, the organization responsible for bestowing this certification in the United States.

Being Baby-Friendly means Capital Health meets the highest standards of care for breastfeeding parents and their babies. These standards are built on the “Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding,” a set of evidence-based practices recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for optimal infant feeding support in the precious first days of a newborn’s life.

“I would like to congratulate our entire team for their extraordinary commitment to our patient community. This third Baby-Friendly® designation ranks us among a select group of facilities that demonstrate an abiding commitment to ensuring every parent feels confident and comfortable feeding their new baby,” said Alexandra Nelson, divisional director of Maternal Child Health Services, Capital Health.

“From the prenatal setting, to inpatient care, and into our pediatric clinic, our teams are wholly committed to providing excellent clinical care grounded in compassion and responsiveness to each family’s unique goals,” said Melanie Miller, manager of Lactation Services at Capital Health. “We are proud to have maintained this designation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and to have grown our services to include expanded in-house lactation support and increased access to human donor milk.”

The positive health effects of breastfeeding are well documented and widely recognized by health authorities throughout the world. According to the Surgeon General’s 2011 Call to Action to Support

HOSPITAL

Breastfeeding, “breast milk is uniquely suited to the human infant’s nutritional needs and is a live substance with unparalleled immunological and anti-inflammatory properties that protect against a host of illnesses and diseases for both mothers and children.” Maternity Services at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell is the most comprehensive maternity program in the area. From routine deliveries to high-risk needs, services at the Josephine Plumeri Birthing Center provide a full range of prenatal, obstetrical, postpartum, and neonatal care options so newborns have the greatest chance for a healthy start. In addition, the Regional Perinatal Center at Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell provides neonatal care, including Mercer County’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for at-risk births. To learn more, visit capitalhealth.org/maternity.

FREE UPCOMING CHILDBIRTH AND PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES

For more information, or to register, visit capitalhealth.org/childbirth.

NEW PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell

One Capital Way

Pennington, NJ 08534

August 7, 2023 | 1:15 p.m.

August 14, 2023 | 1:15 p.m.

BABY CARE BASICS CLASS

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell

One Capital Way

Pennington, NJ 08534

August 8, 2023 | 6 p.m.

August 22, 2023 | 6 p.m.

September 12, 2023 | 6 p.m.

UNDERSTANDING BIRTH ONE-DAY CONDENSED

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell

One Capital Way

Pennington, NJ 08534

August 12, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.

August 26, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.

September 9, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.

UNDERSTANDING BREASTFEEDING CLASS

Zoom

August 7, 2023 | 6 p.m.

August 16, 2023 | 6 p.m.

August 21, 2023 | 6 p.m.

FIND A CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP PRIMARY CARE OFFICE NEAR YOU

1. Capital Health Primary Care – Bordentown 100 K Johnson Boulevard N., Suite 101, Bordentown, NJ 08505 609.298.2005 | capitalhealth.org/bordentown

2. Capital Health Primary Care – Browns Mills 6 Earlin Avenue, Suite 290, Browns Mills, NJ 08015 609.303.4560 | capitalhealth.org/brownsmills

3. Capital Health Primary Care – Brunswick Avenue 832 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08638 609.815.7400 | capitalhealth.org/brunswickavenue

4. Capital Health Primary Care – Columbus 23203 Columbus Road, Suite I, Columbus, NJ 08022 609.303.4450 | capitalhealth.org/columbus

5. Capital Health Primary Care – East Windsor 557 US Highway 130 North, East Windsor, NJ 08520 609.303.4480 | capitalhealth.org/eastwindsor

6. Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing 51 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628 609.883.5454 | capitalhealth.org/ewing

7. Capital Health Primary Care – Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Suite 103, Hamilton, NJ 08619 609.587.6661 | capitalhealth.org/hamilton 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Suite 218, Hamilton, NJ 08619 609.689.5760

8. Capital Health Primary Care – Hopewell Two Capital Way, Suite 359, Pennington, NJ 08534 609.303.4440 | capitalhealth.org/primarycarehopewell

9. Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville 133 Franklin Corner Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609.815.7270 | capitalhealth.org/lawrenceville

10. Capital Health Primary Care – Levittown 4533 New Falls Road, Levittown, PA 19056 267.540.8220 | capitalhealth.org/levittown

11. Capital Health Primary Care – Mountain View 850 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 309, Ewing, NJ 08628 609.656.8844 | capitalhealth.org/mountainview

12. Capital Health Primary Care – Newtown 3 Penns Trail Road, Newtown, PA 18940 215.504.1761 | capitalhealth.org/primarycarenewtown

13. Capital Health Primary Care – Nottingham 1700 Nottingham Way, Suite 18, Hamilton, NJ 08619 609.303.4870 | capitalhealth.org/nottingham

14. Capital Health Primary Care – Princeton 300 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 609.303.4600 | capitalhealth.org/princeton

15. Capital Health Primary Care – Quakerbridge 4056 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 101, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 609.528.9150 | capitalhealth.org/quakerbridge

16. Capital Health Primary Care – Robbinsville 2330 Route 33, Suite 107, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 609.303.4400 | capitalhealth.org/robbinsville

17. Capital Health Primary Care – Washington Crossing 1240 General Washington Memorial Boulevard, Suite 3 Washington Crossing, PA 18977 267.573.0670 | capitalhealth.org/washingtoncrossing

18. Capital Health Primary Care – West Windsor 352 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Suite A6 West Windsor, NJ 08550 609.537.7400 | capitalhealth.org/westwindsor

19. Capital Health Primary Care – Yardley 1690 Big Oak Road, Yardley, PA 19067 215.736.9362 | capitalhealth.org/yardley

Tuesday augusT 1

Princeton Community Night Out, Community Park Pool Lot, 400 Witherspoon Street. Annual event for families hosted by the Princeton Police department, the Princeton Recreation department and other community organizations. 5 to 8 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Dirty Dancing. $13.50. 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday augusT 2

Princeton Student Film Festival, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. Festival features 10 short works by high school and college students from the Princeton area and throughout the United States and abroad. Genres include animation, dramatic feature, documentary, personal narrative, and thrillers. 6 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. In a Lonely Place. $13.50. 7 p.m.

ThuRsday augusT 3

Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarmer-

smarket.com. Local organic produce, pastureraised meat and eggs, fresh baked bread, empanadas, pickles, fresh flowers, and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dueling Piano Nights, Palmer Square Green. www.palmersquare.com. All-request, show stopping, singalong performance by the Flying Ivories. Bring chairs or a blanket. 6 to 8 p.m.

Summer Courtyard Concert Series, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com. Michelle Lordi and the Matthew Parrish Trio perform. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.

Annual Picnic and Family Movie Night, Princeton University Art Museum, Little Hall Courtyard, Princeton University. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Barbecue fare, live music, and family-friendly activities. Bring a blanket and stay until sunset for family movie night featuring “March of the Penguins” (2005). 6 p.m.

All About Bees with Maidenhead Honey Bees, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven.org. Bees are essential to supporting our ecosystem, including the many plants that grow in Morven’s gardens. Learn about these important pollinators, how they help cultivate and sustain the planet, and what it takes to maintain a hive of bees at home. Program led by Maurice Cosby of Maidenhead Honey Bees features a demonstration hive where attendees can safely observe the live bees. Register. $10. 6 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. The Sting. $13.50. 7 p.m.

FRiday augusT 4

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Chimera Productions, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Sam Steiner’s precision wordplay is a constant balancing act between political parable and classic love story with a dash of the absurd to keep you on your toes. This witty drama is an insightful look into our modern lives and how a single word — or five — can change everything. Support the production company on IndieGoGo. 8 p.m.

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

Movie Nights on the Green, Palmer Square Green. www.palmersquare.com. Screening of “Luca.” 8:15 p.m.

saTuRday augusT 5

YART Sale, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Ceramics, jewelry, textiles, printmaking, and affordable art supplies at a flea market-style fair. Peruse 30+ vendors selling seconds, misprints, discontinued designs, and one-of-a-kind items at studio clean-out prices. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking

Tour: Residential Colleges Neighborhood, Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin. 5 p.m.

Justin Lee & Raul Abbad, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Traditional Peruvian music and jazz standards. 7 p.m.

sunday augusT 6

Outdoor Yoga, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Avenue at Route 206. www. fopos.org/events-programs. All-levels donationbased outdoor yoga class led Alisha Fowler. Suggested contribution of $10+. 10 a.m.

Summer Carillon Concerts, Princeton University Carillon, 88 College Road West, 609258-7989. Lynnli Wang of New York, New York. Free. 1 p.m.

Princeton History Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Battle Monument, 1 Monument Drive. www.princetonhistory.org. Walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Nassau Hall, University Chapel and Palmer Square. $10. Register. 2 to 4 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour, Princeton University Art Museum,

Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum docent and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors. Rain or shine; stairfree. 5 p.m.

Oppenheimer Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetonhistory.org. Tour traverses the Princeton University campus (including locations where “Oppenheimer” was filmed) while sharing stories about the local academics recruited to work on the Manhattan Project. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Monday augusT 7

Building Chess Programs in Libraries, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Impact Chess gives a presentation that covers why chess is a good fit for libraries and how the game benefits children in their cognitive development and critical thinking skills. 7 to 8 p.m.

Continuing Conversations on Race, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Amy Torres of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice gives a presentation. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday augusT 8

Volunteer Session, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Avenue at Route 206. www.fopos.org/events-programs. Volunteers work with FOPOS’ Stewardship team to perform riparian restoration, including invasive species removal, specimen planting, protecting young saplings, and more. Register. 2 to 4 p.m.

Joint Effort Safe Streets: Albert Hinds Day, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Community discussion on “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and The Future of Princeton and Mercer County. Can We Have An Authentic Conversation?” Presentation by Barbara Lawrence, VP of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access & Belonging, University of New Haven. Fireside chats on business, led by Phil Woolfolk, VP, African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ, and government, led by the Honorable Dan Benson, NJ Assemblyman. Panel includes Princeton-area business and government officials. 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Lecture: “Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Stewart Prager and other speakers will discuss the importance of nuclear threat reduction and the need for nuclear disarmament. Songs of peace performed by The Solidarity Singers of NJ. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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

Wednesday augusT 9

Joint Effort Safe Streets: Romus Broadway Day, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

“I remember yesterday, when ...” reflections on growing up in the Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood. Cynthia “Chip” Fisher memorial art exhibit, remarks by Mayor Mark Freda, County Commissioner Sam Frisby, and Councilman Leighton Newlin, and community panel discussion. 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Poetry Workshop, D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place. www.drgreenway. org. Participantsuse the art of the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, “Migration: Movement for Survival,” for inspiration to write ekphrastic poems (that is, poems inspired by works of art). Led by Dave Worrell. Register. 6 to 8 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Charade. $13.50. 7 p.m.

ThuRsday augusT 10

Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com. Local organic produce, pastureraised meat and eggs, fresh baked bread, empanadas, pickles, fresh flowers, and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dueling Piano Nights, Palmer Square Green. www.palmersquare.com. All-request, show stopping, singalong performance by the Flying Ivories. Bring chairs or a blanket. 6 to 8 p.m.

Summer Courtyard Concert Series, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com. The Amazin Grace & GLB perform. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.

Yoga in the Garden, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven.org.

All-levels donation-based Vinyasa class open to all. Register. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Apocalypse Now: Final Cut. $13.50. 7 p.m.

FRiday augusT 11

Dancing Under the Stars, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Members of Central Jersey Dance demonstrate basic steps and lead others in an evening of dancing to recorded music of all kinds on Hinds Plaza, weather permitting; or Community Room. 7 p.m.

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

saTuRday augusT 12

Volunteer Session, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Avenue at Route 206. www.fopos.org/events-programs. Volunteers work with FOPOS’ Stewardship team to perform riparian restoration, including invasive species removal, specimen planting, protecting young saplings, and more. Register. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking

Tour: Residential Colleges Neighborhood, Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin. 5 p.m.

Matt Davis & Kyle Knuppel, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. 7 p.m.

sunday augusT 13

Summer Carillon Concerts, Princeton Uni-

versity Carillon, 88 College Road West, 609258-7989. Princeton University carillonneur Lisa Lonie of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Free. 1 p.m.

Princeton History Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Battle Monument, 1 Monument Drive. www.princetonhistory.org. Walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Nassau Hall, University Chapel and Palmer Square. $10. Register. 2 to 4 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking

Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum docent and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors. Rain or shine; stairfree. 5 p.m.

Oppenheimer Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetonhistory.org.

Tour traverses the Princeton University campus (including locations where “Oppenheimer” was filmed) while sharing stories about the local academics recruited to work on the Manhattan Project. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Monday augusT 14

Movie: “Somewhere in Queens”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. When his son’s chance at a basketball scholarship is jeopardized, Leo risks everything, including ties with his overbearing Italian-American family, to give him a shot at a different life. 3 p.m.

Tuesday augusT 15

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

Wednesday augusT 16

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Morocco. $13.50. 7 p.m.

Art Talk: Gwenn Seemel, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The artist discusses the inspiration and technique behind “Everything’s Fine: Surreal Paintings about Mental Health,” an exhibit of her works on view in the Reading Room. Reception to follow. 7 to 8 p.m.

ThuRsday augusT 17

Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com. Local organic produce, pastureraised meat and eggs, fresh baked bread, empa-

nadas, pickles, fresh flowers, and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dueling Piano Nights, Palmer Square Green. www.palmersquare.com. All-request, show stopping, singalong performance by the Flying Ivories. Bring chairs or a blanket. 6 to 8 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Battle of the Bonds. $13.50. 6:30 and 9:15 p.m.

Story & Verse: Open Mic, Arts Council of Princeton, Pettoranello Gardens amphitheater, Community Park North, 20 Mountain Avenue. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Enjoy an evening of community-created entertainment in the form of storytelling and poetic open mic. All are welcome to tell a well-prepared story or perform their poetry. Performers should bring their own work of their choice. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.

FRiday augusT 18

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

saTuRday augusT 19

Forest Art Walk, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Avenue at Route 206. www.fopos.org/events-programs. Join Land Steward Intern Tina Kulick on a walk through John Witherspoon Woods at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve and spend time appreciating our local environment by stopping along the way and drawing the natural wonders we encounter. Bring your favorite art supplies and mediums for artistic exploration. Geared towards ages 16 and over. Register. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Sing Along with Sarah, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven. org. Music and movement fun including singing, instruments, dance, and crafts and food for the whole family. Register. $15. 11 a.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking

Tour: Residential Colleges Neighborhood, Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin. 5 p.m.

Blas Vasco, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. 7 p.m.

sunday augusT 20

Outdoor Yoga, Friends of Princeton Open Space, Mountain Avenue at Route 206. www. fopos.org/events-programs. All-levels donation-

based outdoor yoga class led Alisha Fowler. Suggested contribution of $10+. 10 a.m.

Book Brunch with Ken Jaworowski, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The author discusses his first novel, “Small Town Sins.” Doors open at 10:45 a.m. for coffee and pastries. The talk begins at 11 a.m. followed by a book signing. 10:45 a.m. to noon.

Summer Carillon Concerts, Princeton University Carillon, 88 College Road West, 609258-7989. Princeton Carillon Studio Members. Free. 1 p.m.

Princeton History Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Battle Monument, 1 Monument Drive. www.princetonhistory.org. Walk around downtown Princeton and the University campus as you learn about historic sites in the area, including Nassau Hall, University Chapel and Palmer Square. $10. Register. 2 to 4 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum docent and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors. Rain or shine; stairfree. 5 p.m.

Tuesday augusT 22

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

Wednesday augusT 23

Movie: “Book Club”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. In this 2018 comedy, four longtime friends and book club members decide to chase their dreams after reading the provocative bestseller “Fifty Shades of Grey.” 3 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Rope. $13.50. 7 p.m.

Author Lee McIntyre, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Lee McIntyre discusses “On Disinformation,” his recently published book that examines the roots of disinformation, and explores what can be done to combat this growing problem. Virtual on Zoom. Register. 7 p.m.

ThuRsday augusT 24

Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. National Lampoon’s Vacation. $13.50. 7 p.m.

McCarter Live at the Library, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. McCarter Theatre Center Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson is joined by members of her creative team to explore McCarter’s upcoming production of “Bulrusher,” a play by Eisa Davis. 7 p.m.

FRiday augusT 25

Dancing Under the Stars, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Members of Central Jersey Dance demonstrate basic steps and lead others in an evening of dancing to recorded music of all kinds on Hinds Plaza, weather permitting; or Community Room. 7 p.m.

Friday Night Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. Lesson followed by open dancing. No partner necessary. $5. 8 p.m.

Parking Lot Pop-Up: Outdoor Dance Party, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon

Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. DJ provides danceable tunes for this open-air celebration of community appropriate for all ages. $5. 8 to 9:30 p.m.

saTuRday augusT 26

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour: Residential Colleges Neighborhood, Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin. 5 p.m.

Caruso, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Ambient loop guitarist. 7 p.m.

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

sunday augusT 27

Summer Carillon Concerts, Princeton University Carillon, 88 College Road West, 609258-7989. New Colleague Recital featuring Noah Kravitz of Princeton. Free. 1 p.m.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum docent and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors. Rain or shine; stairfree. 5 p.m.

Tuesday augusT 29

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

Wednesday augusT 30

Movie: “Book Club: The Next Chapter”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. In this sequel to the 2018 comedy, a close-knit group of friends in a book club embark on a luxury excursion to Italy. 3 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. Safety Last! $13.50. 7 p.m.

ThuRsday augusT 31

Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hollywood Summer Nights, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street, 609-2791999. www.thegardentheatre.com. My Fair Lady. $13.50. 7 p.m.

The Arts Council of Princeton’s Story & Verse open mic night takes place Thursday, August 17, at the Pettoranello Gardens amphitheater.