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A storefront sits vacant as Council debates a liquor license transfer; a landmark agreement for open space, and more.

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The Newcomer Academy is Mercer County Technical School District’s hope to showcase a nation built on success.

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From concerts and exhibits to new books and lectures, venues — and Zoom screens — will be full this month.

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REAL ESTATE NEWS & NOTES Land preserved, land in limbo

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r i g h t Map showing Province Line Woods, also known as the Lanwin Parcel, in the context of neighboring developed and open space.

According to the Princeton Master Plan, “This 152.7 acre parcel contains wetlands, woodlands, and other environmentally

hile the fate of a 90-acre parcel abutting Herrontown and Mt. Lucas roads is still in the hands of the sensitive features which should be preserved.

Princeton Board, another It is one of thePlanning few remaining undeveloped tracts in the Township” 153-acre parcel is set to be permanently preserved.

Both parcels are owned by Lanwin Developmemt Corporation, led by Bryce Thompson V, the son of longtime Princeton real estate mogul Bryce Th12ompson IV, who died in 2019.

The 90-acre parcel, known as Thompson woods, was acquired by the elder Thompson in the 1950s and later sold to his children. For the past several years Lanwin has sought approval for a plan to develop 30 houses on roughly 18.5 acres of the tract, leaving much of the parcel as open space. (The Echo, September 2019). The plan, which has met with much opposition from owners of neighboring properties, is scheduled to next be discussed at the December 2 Planning Board meeting.

What is moving forward is the preservation of another Lanwin property, a 153-acre parcel along Cherry Valley and Province Line roads along Princeton’s borders with Hopewell and Montgomery townships. Princeton Council voted unanimously at its October 25 meeting to introduce an ordinance that would authorize the issuance of bonds to fund the $8.9 million purchase of the property.

The cost of the acquisition is expected to be paid in part by a $1.25 million grant from the state Green Acres Program, $2.5 million of Mercer County open space funding, and nearly $3 million in funding from private nonprofits. A public hearing on the ordinance will be held during the November 8 Council meeting.

Compromise reached for Prospect properties

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rinceton University has reached an agreement with the town of Princeton to preserve the Prospect Avenue streetscape as part of its plans to construct new facilities for its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Program in Environmental Studies.

When university representatives presented their plans to the Planning Board earlier this year, they were adamant that three historic Victorian homes on Prospect Avenue would need to be razed in order to move the former Court Club building at 91 Prospect Avenue across the street and accommodate new construction. (The Echo, July 2021).

But under an agreement reached in late October, the homes will be saved, and the 91 Prospect building will be moved across the street alongside them. The largest of the three homes, 110 Prospect Avenue, will be moved behind the buildings at 114 and 116 Prospect, and the Court Club building will occupy the lot where 110 once stood.

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The university’s revised application was unanimously approved at the October 21 Planning Board meeting.

A liquor license in the balance

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routine application for a place-toplace liquor license transfer turned into a fraught discussion at the October 25 Princeton Council meeting.

Claridge Wine & Liquor Co., which has operated for years at Princeton Shopping Center, has applied to move to 102 Nassau Street, the prime downtown location long occupied by Landau’s woolens shop. The liquor store’s shopping center location has suffered in recent years due to the addition of liquor sales at McCaffrey’s supermarket.

The two hours of discussion on the application were punctuated by confusion among council members as to the

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exact grounds on which they are legally allowed to evaluate the application.

Because the liquor store is a permitted use for that space, and any retail operation in that space might have delivery and parking needs, a decision needed to hinge on health and safety concerns specific to a liquor store.

“At the end of the day your decision does have to be grounded in facts,” attorney Trishka Cecil advised council.

“It can’t just be conjecture or fears of bad things that might happen. There does have be a basis because however any of you may feel individually as a group you are an entity, you are a governmental entity, and you have to ask yourself whether there’s a reasonable way for a government to behave in this situation.”

A chorus of neighboring business owners joined the meeting to express their concerns about the application, including traffic hazards created by delivery trucks and parking issues created by shoppers seeking to make only a brief stop at the store. Other concerns were raised about sales of cigarettes and vaping products at the location.

But others, including PJ’s Pancakes proprietor John Procaccini, neighbors at the Shopping Center, and longtime customers expressed their support for the move. Another impassioned plea for approval came from Stanley Dohm, the owner of 102 Nassau Street, who submitted a letter explaining the difficulties of finding the “right” tenant for the space and citing the numerous financial difficulties landlords have faced during the pandemic.

Dohm also noted that he rejected many potential food businesses due to the potential for odors and litter as well as a number of retailers specializing in hemp or marijuana-based products.

“I find an ongoing liquor store that is not a startup to be preferable to any of the food merchants. Liquor is only for outside consumption; no drinking or late hours is allowed,” he wrote.

Council members ultimately declined to vote on the transfer at the

Mayor Mark Freda, left, led the ceremonial groundbreaking at Princeton Community Village along with PCH and PCV staff and residents.

meeting, opting instead to table the discussion. The debate will continue at the Monday, November 8, Council meeting.

PCH holds groundbreaking

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rinceton Community Housing held a ceremonial groundbreaking on October 15 for 25 new affordable homes and additional enhancements at Princeton Community Village The new homes will supplement the 466 affordable rentals currently managed by PCH in Princeton.

When completed, the new three-story building will have a mix of one-, two, and three-bedroom apartments for very low, low, and moderate-income households. The building will include a covered porch and a new neighborhood pavilion for socializing, as well as new walkways to provide easy access to the existing Ted Vial Clubhouse.

Additional neighborhood enhancements will include improvements to the clubhouse, electric vehicle charging stations, bicycle racks, a package pickup center, underground stormwater management, and an abundance of native landscaping including trees, shrubs, and rain garden plants.

The building is designed to meet or exceed Enterprise Green energy efficiency standards and includes allelectric heating/cooling and capacity for future installation of rooftop solar panels.

Funding for the new building and neighborhood enhancements is provided by NJHMFA, Princeton, and through PCH’s ongoing capital campaign.

Zoning Board updates The Zoning Board heard five applications at its October 27 meeting.

269 South Harrison Street, Molly T. Pyle, owner and applicant. C1 and

c2 variances are requested to permit the development parking spaces within the front and side setbacks in exception to ordinance requirements. The application, which was continued from a prior meeting, was approved subject to a review of plans for drainage and landscaping.

338 Nassau Street, 338 Nassau Street, LLC, owner & applicant. Modification of approved site plan with variances to relocate air conditioners and install a generator/trash enclosure in exception to ordinance requirements.

The application, also continued from a prior meeting, was approved.

35-37 South Harrison Street, Brooke Brown, owner and applicant.

C (1) / (2) variance request to permit construction of a second residential unit creating a two-family dwelling in exception to the required bulk requirements. The application was approved.

211 Winant Drive, 21 Brearly Road, Freeman Butler LLC, owners and applicants. Application is made for a minor subdivision to permit a lot line adjustment with a variance for floor area ratio and for impervious coverage to permit construction of a swimming pool and a pool house in exception to ordinance requirements. The application was approved.

7 Hamilton Avenue, 7 Hamilton LLC, owners and applicants. C1/C2 to permit the construction of a single family home on a lot that does not meet the required lot width of frontage.

The applicant is also seeking an appeal from the Zoning Officer’s interpretation regarding the permitted width of a garage.

The application was carried to the next meeting on Wednesday, November 10, the submission of a site plan with more information on the proposed project.

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County’s Newcomer Academy looks to become a national model

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he first of its kind in New Jersey and a countywide initiative, the Newcomer Academy is Mercer County Technical School’s (MCTS) hope to showcase a nation built on success.

Launched in September, the facility at the Arthur R. Sypek Center in Pennington offers workforceready training and career technical education for high school students new to the United States. They cater directly to English language learners (ELL) and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE), aiming to help them adopt English as a second language (ESL).

Dr. James Fazzone is the interim superintendent for the Newcomer Academy. He was principal of MCTS for two years before taking on his current position. He said that there had been a discussion about a newcomer’s academy even before then, the idea spearheaded by Executive County Superintendent Yasmin E. Hernández and superintendents across the county — the school’s full name is the Hernández Newcomer SLIFE Academy. “[Students from other countries] want to have the educational offerings that everyone has. But some hurdles they go through could be either through language, or culture, or that they were never really involved in formal education before,” Fazzone said, the academy designed for those with a background of incomplete, or minimal, schooling.

Through faculty coordination, the Sypek Center became the host for the program, MCTS involving attendees with their pre-existing technical experiences like culinary arts or science.

Originally, there were plans for a new, sprawling facility, but both funding and getting it ready in time did not seem like the perfect fit, Fazzone said. They came up with the idea to host it through the MCTS district under the academy approach, a decision made over a series of monthly meetings.

MCTS worked with all of the Mercer County districts in search of prospective students, starting with 13, a “comprehensive yet humble” approach, Fazzone said. For the freshman year currently in progress, they are looking to accept 15 pupils in total, coming from areas like Trenton, Hamilton, and Hopewell.

“We’re extremely successful so far, so we have to make sure we have enough seats for everybody, too,” Fazzone said, saying that he thinks that the Newcomer Academy will only get better as time passes.

For the process, guidance counselors and bilingual supervisors from sending school districts recommend students for the program via an online application.

According to Fazzone, they then receive a sampling of the career technical programs, with a high concentration on culinary and horticulture. The former will focus on microbiology in the kitchen, while the latter is about environmental science through gardening and turf management programs.

Additionally, MCTS is including STEM courses, such as a computer-assisted drawing class, in their roster. Once they explore their options, students can choose a concentration in one of the programs for a future career pathway.

On September 28, a ribbon cutting ceremony was the start of welcoming the students into their new academic environment. Back in 2019, Hernández was approached to be involved because of her previous experience in starting a similar program at Newark public schools.

In her speech from that day, Hernández talked about the historical occasion, expanding on her 31

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Executive County Superintendent Yasmin E. Hernández and James Fazzone, interim superintendent.

years of being an educator with a career-long mission to advocate for bilingual students. The matter was personal, especially given her personal background as the child of Cuban immigrants.

“Our work as educators never ends. We are constantly striving to raise the bar to provide excellence and equity for all students,” she maintained.

During an October interview, Hernández continued to build on that sentiment.

“This is groundbreaking for bilingual and vocational school education, [and] the first time that they’re merging to create such an academy. These students with SLIFE, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to be fully educated and address their needs, would end up probably dropping out of school, so it is also a dropout prevention academy.”

“We have less than 1 percent of ELL represented across the state of New Jersey in our vocational schools,” Hernández said. “That’s why this is also very important.”

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nother option available for those entering the school is a five year program to let students spread their wings. While formative assessments and customized learning arrangements help monitor the achievement levels of each individual, the key is to give them time for adjustment.

“We’re differentiating instruction based on their needs,” Fazzone explained of the ongoing process.

“We want to help them in every way that we can, whether that’s language, instruction ... making sure they have a skill, and any cultural things as well.”

This current group will be sophomores next year while the incoming freshmen start from the beginning, with the eventual seniors able to stay past the typical high school terms if deemed necessary for their development.

Scott Engle is the chef instructor at MCTS and has been working there for 23 years. There are currently seven classes actively running, covering cooking and preparation basics like knife skills. For the students from the Newcomer Academy and other freshmen, they will be getting their ServSafe food handling certifications, which helps train them in maintaining standards and safety in the kitchen.

“We wanted to integrate them into the school, and

get them an opportunity to look around and see what types of opportunities were here,” Engle said, his class a means of conveying to them “how that pathogenic growth works” when it applies to the culinary world.

He explained the importance of learning biology, as well as sanitizing and cleaning procedures. “We show them some things, then make a few products, maybe give them an idea of how fast something that isn’t good for you can spread through your food if you’re not cautious, but the result is something good.”

And often, tasty — the class made yogurt and Engle intended to show them how to make yeast-raised donuts the following day. His desire is for those who choose that track to attend college or triumphantly embark on their careers, as MCTS has connections to restaurants, industries, and business partners.

Engle stated that at the completion of their schooling, students are fully prepared for acclimating to the workplace, although if they do choose to continue with higher education, their success rates excel past county averages for even just the regular culinary program. This is expected to be replicated in the Newcomer Academy, showing the importance of what makes an employee, as well as chef, worth hiring.

“I would hope that along with the biology skills, [and] a little bit of culinary education that they’re exposed to, that they would develop those skills that make them valuable in the workplace,” Engle said.

“You come in our course, you have value as a person, but as an employee, you’re kind of starting from scratch, so the idea is to build value in them so that when they go work, that the people that are in charge, the owners, or the chefs or whatever can see, that these students are gonna generate income, they’re gonna generate money coming in, and they’re gonna be consistent, they’re gonna be there, they’re gonna be professional, and they’re looking to be taught, and that’s really what we hope for.”

In senior year, students can go to Mercer County College, with some able to get half or more of their associates degree completed by the time they graduate from high school. They earn credit through an extensive curriculum that starts with fundamental MCTS courses.

The horticulture and turf management program provides hands-on experience riding equipment, pruning trees, and making floral arrangements in participation with FFA, the Future Farmers of America organization.

“While this is a new program and we’re using all the modern technologies, career offerings, teaching and learning tactics, newcomer’s academies, I think, have been around since our founding fathers,” Fazzone said. He explained that when his parents came through Ellis Island from their Irish and Sicilian backgrounds, the same principles applied.

“There are language barriers that we all have and have had, at least if not us, our ancestors have,” he continued. “We’re just making a version of that for students who are coming to this country now, and we want to offer them everything we possibly can so that they can achieve their highest levels of learning and achievement.”

Of the takeaways for the students, Fazzone kept it simple.

“We want them to have a job, have a skill, earn money and be good citizens.”

Mercer County Technical Schools is holding an inperson information session Tuesday, November 9, at 6 p.m. at Assunpink Center, 1085 Old Trenton Road, Trenton; and a virtual information session on Tuesday, November 30, at 6 p.m. Visit www.mcts.edu.

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‘Ways of Hearing,’ and a way to welcome audiences back

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rinceton University Concerts is returning to the Richardson Auditorium stage. Indoor, live performances as part of the Princeton University Concerts series resume with the three-part Performances Up Close series taking place this month.

The shows, each scheduled for four performances on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, November 2 through 17, feature limited-capacity audiences seated on stage — up close with the two featured performers each week.

But while concert-going was on a pandemicinduced pause, the new Princeton University Press publication “Ways of Hearing” proves that concert hall silence did not pause sound thinking about music.

Edited by three noted Princeton figures — City University of New York music professor and Scheide Professor of Music History Emeritus at Princeton University Scott Burnham, Princeton University Concerts director Marna Seltzer, and Labyrinth Books co-owner Dorothea Von Moltke — the book hits many notes and tones, best explained by Burnham in the book’s introduction, “A Convocation of Keen Spirits and Vivid Voices”:

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ays of Hearing” addresses music in many of its individual and collective guises. It began as a way to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Princeton University concerts, an organization long recognized as an innovative presenter of classical music performances.

The book’s curators, Marna Seltzer, Dorothea von Moltke, and myself, first encountered each other in the context of Princeton University Concerts: Mar-

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The initial idea was to commission essays by musicians and musical thinkers who would pay tribute to the experience of concert music. But we soon decided to extend the scope of the volume well beyond classical music, to include a greater variety of music and a more broadly illustrious group of contributors.

“Ways of Hearing” now includes musicians in bracingly different genres, poets, writers, scholars, and architect, a film director who is also a writer, a music critic, a dance critic, a visual artist, a physicist, and a Supreme Court Justice.

We challenged these remarkable souls to write about a specific piece of concert music, a quality or genre of music, or a way of being with music that has meant much to them. And we offered them the option of doing so through an interview, an essay, a poem, or even some sort of nonverbal creative expression.

What we received has been extraordinary. As the contributors concentrate their attention on their chosen piece of music, or more broadly on the role of music in their life, they open themselves up to the reader.

When the novelist Richard Powers, for example, in the midst of his medication on music’s pride of place among the joys and griefs of his life, pauses and says, “But here’s something I’ve never tried to tell anyone,” we realize the depth of self that music has inspired him to reveal. It is likewise revelatory to experience the searching honesty of the musicians Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, as they reflect together on how Alban Berg’s setting of a Theodor Storm poem, as performed by Jessye Norman, sheds light on their own musical and personal collaborations, as well as those of far-flung poets, composers, and performers across the centuries. To listen in on violinist Arnold Steinhardt, known for his emotional nuance and complexity with the bow, as he thinks about Beethoven’s “Grosse Fuge” — saying that “music is often beautiful and civilized, and this is not beautiful, and it’s not civilized . . . there’s beauty in the world, but there’s also torment and strife, and this is it” — is both to know that this piece is for our times and to know Steinhardt as an intellectually complex and nuanced interpreter.

When the scholar and critic Daphne Brooks show us how an “extended black feminist sonic monologue” composed and performed by the remarkable young singer Cecile McLorin Salvant can also be heard as a sonic analogue to the “loud dreaming” alive through the lifework of the later Toni Morrison, she opens up a vividly-felt connection to one of the greatest voices of our age. To fellow poet Nathaniel Mackey’s improvisatory lyric is to find ourselves in the very mind of jazz. Or when Laurie Anderson and Edgar Choueiri together imagine protocols for a coming age of spatial music, we find ourselves on the horizon of a future in which music will be heard to gain exciting new dimensions. And when we learn that the first bench Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat on was a piano bench, or that she has issued a definitive opinion on the sexiest duet in all of opera, we are all ears.

The music chosen by our contributors spans many epochs and cultures: from chamber music by Beethoven and Schubert to that of Messiaen, Reich, and Part; from vocal music by Handel to a song by Berg; from mainstream operas of the 19th century to an avant-garde opera from the late 1980s; from an anthem for a social movement to a captivating mix of bluegrass banjo and Chinese guzheng, feminist songs of Black sisterhood, and stirring jazz improvisations.

The prevailing trends of this musical mix are revealing as well. As perennial giants of Western concert

music, Bach and Beethoven get their usual share of attention, while jazz remains the essential record of a particularly African American genius. We take special note of the number of contributions addressing song and opera. Perhaps this is no surprise, given the human urge to merge language and music is so many striking ways.

These writing also teach us of the many roles music can play in lives well lived. We will encounter music as a spur to one’s work and thought: as a social practice: as a form of storytelling; as a soundtrack for motherhood; as a gathering place for lost friends and role models; as the sound of identity a potent form of loyalty to our better selves; as a form of courtship; as an indispensable means of healing and well-being; as electrifying self-discovery or the awakening of previously unsuspected selves; as a way to fill glorious spaces; as an inspiration for visual art; as a call to social change, or even to revolution; as a profoundly unsettling enigma; as a source of awe, joy, love. And we will learn what it feels like to perform classical music, jazz, and bluegrass, how it feels in the body, in the soul, and among friends.

The medium deployed in “Ways of Hearing “is almost exclusively language, with one stunning exception: the visual essay by Carrie Mae Weems, which exhorts us to “hear” in her images the lament that is also both a promise and a plea contained in the soul lyric by Sam Cooke: “It’s been so long, it’s been so long, a little too long/A change has gotta come.”

These testimonies have been arranged in an attempt to distribute the different genres of presentation artfully throughout the volume, while also allowing thematic connections both obvious and subtle to resonate between immediate neighbors. Reading these contributions in order will thus impart something like the overall experience of a guided tour, while browsing in accordance with one’s own predilections will create other journeys, other rewards.

Ways of Hearing: Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces, 204 pages, $19.95, Princeton University Press.

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Attend a harvest dinner This time of year has its own unique menu filled with colorful foods from the harvest. Sit back and enjoy a delicious, autumnal meal prepared by professional chefs at a local harvest dinner.

On Sunday, Nov. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m., We Make: Autism at Work will host its second annual Harvest Fun-Raiser, a family-style meal and wine tasting fundraising event at the We Make facility at 109 Route 31 North in Pennington.

We Make is a workspace for individuals with autism that provides a safe environment for learning valuable skills. At We Make, employees “assemble and package small parts that will be used in vinyl fencing and railing products sold at leading home improvement stores,” according to the website, wemake. works.

“All funds go back to We Make programs,” says executive director Muhammad Siddiqu. In addition to the workspace, We Make offers a variety

of programs including yoga, art therapy and music therapy. Siddiqu calls the Harvest Fun-Raiser “a great day to learn about our mission and hear from our parents and supporters on how we serve the community in a unique, neverseen-before model.”

Last year the event was held virtually and sold out; it featured celebrity chef Kwame Onuwachi. This year’s goal is $70,000, and funds raised will go to facility expansion, expanding program offerings, staff infrastructure and hopefully, Siddiqu says, more We Make workspaces. Individual tickets are $75 and can be purchased at www.eventbrite. com/e/we-makes-2nd-annual-har vestfun-raiser-tickets-176714145767. * * * On Friday, Nov. 12, the Greater Philadelphia Y will host its 11th annual NJ Wine and Food Classic from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Westin Mount Laurel, 555 Fellowship Road, Mount Laurel Township. Proceeds for the event benefit the Greater Philadelphia Y Annual Campaign.

According to philaymca.org, “As a nonprofit, the Y uses these funds to support a wide breadth of community programs, and this year we are focused on Building Stronger Kids.” General tickets are $100 and can be purchased at www. philaymca.org/nj-food-wine#reserve. * * *

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Whitesbog Preservation Trust, a historic farm and village in Brown Mills, will also host its Harvest Dinner on Nov. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. Proceeds for the event, located at 120 West Whites Bog Road, will benefit the preservation and farm programs. The Italian harvest dinner, accompanied by live music, will

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Supporting local farmers is essential to their vitality and offers delicious local flavor as well as benefits to the environment. Why not purchase your turkey (and its trimmings) from a farm within the community this year?

At Double Brook Farm in Hopewell, says owner Robin McConaughy, they’ve been raising heritage turkeys since 2008.

“We started with a small flock of 50 birds and have grown our operation to almost 2,500 birds a year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus year-round birds for the cafe at Brick Farm Market,” she says. “We sell exclusively at Brick Farm Market and a couple of wholesale vendors.” Brick Farm Market, also owned by the McConaughys, is located at 65 East Broad Street in Hopewell.

McConaughy and her husband, Jon, started Double Brook Farm in 2004.

In addition to the farm and the market, they also own and operate Red Barn Milk Co. “We raise turkeys, chickens, sheep, cattle, pigs and goats on pasture in approximately 800 acres in the Hopewell Valley.”

Double Brook Farm also sells “everything needed for a full Thanksgiving feast: sides, appetizers, breads, pies, cakes, cookies, cheese, charcuterie, gravy, cranberry sauce and grocery items such as sausage, bacon, butter, breadcrumbs and more,” says McConaughy.

Turkey orders will be available for pickup the Sunday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Be sure to order your turkey early, as demand has doubled over the last two years “and we will

likely sell out a little earlier than usual.”

Turkeys, sold fresh, can be purchased through the online order form at holiday.brickfarmmarket.com. * * * DiPaola Turkey Farm in Hamilton, which has been in business for 70 years, offers whole turkeys, ground turkey, ground breast, turkey London broil, turkey boneless thighs, and a variety of other meat options. Online orders for whole turkeys can be placed on their website, dipaolaturkeyfarm.com. * * * At Lee Turkey Farm in East Windsor, they’ve been raising turkeys for 80 years, 3,000 per year. According to their website, their turkeys are fed “a natural feed mix with a corn and soybean base that we make ourselves.” They also sell farmfresh fruits and vegetables. Visit leeturkeyfarm.com for more information. * * * At Griggstown Farm in Franklin Township, established in 1975, you can purchase a full Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, soups and gravies, pies and bread. Visit their website, griggstownfarm.com, for more information, or the store at 484 Bunker Hill Road.

Give back to the community

As Thanksgiving approaches, so does a reminder to be grateful for our blessings and perhaps a desire to give back and help those in need. Here are two opportunities to donate and/or volunteer locally.

This year, National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is from Nov. 13 through 21. Homefront, at 1880 Princeton Avenue in Lawrenceville, is offering a variety of ways to get involved and make a difference within the community. Events for the week include a tour of Sewing Space, a virtual “welcome to Homefront” orientation, a diaper resource center service opportunity, an expert panel discussion, a virtual lunch and learn with Homefront CEO Connie Mercer and COO Sarah Steward, and a Thanksgiving drive, which is collecting laundry baskets or boxes with lids filled with items such as canned vegetables and fruits, stuffing mix, mashed potatoes, dessert items and more. For those who want to donate monetarily, it costs $62 to sponsor a Thanksgiving basket and $136 to provide food for the week of Thanksgiving.

Suki Wasserman, Homefront’s community engagement coordinator, says, “This past year, because of wonderful support from the community, HomeFront has been able to meet the greatly increased level of need in our area. Over 560 individuals, a majority of them children, stayed in our emergency shelters or lived in the affordable and transitional housing we manage. Over 770,000 meals were provided to families through our food pantries, Family Campus, motel meal delivery or other programming.

HomeFront also continues to provide case management, education, job assistance, and children’s programs needed to help families break the cycle of poverty.”

Homefront accepts year-round donations of food, diapers, clothing, furniture and more, and offers other ways to volunteer. Visit homefrontnj.org for more information. * * * Mount Carmel Guild in Trenton, a food pantry that offers community support to the underserved in Mercer County, is also running a Thanksgiving food drive and requests items such as cranberry sauce, canned vegetables, evaporated milk, yams and grocery store gift cards, and turkeys are accepted as well. The dropoff location is at 73 North Clinton Avenue in Trenton, and drop-off hours vary.

“Thanksgiving is always a time when most people count their blessings and reflect on what they have to give,” says Rosemary Kimball, director of external affairs. “It is in the spirit of giving that our donors collect and package items for Thanksgiving.” The greatest need this year is turkeys. “In the past we have purchased an average of 400 turkeys to distribute to needy families, and this year there is a shortage of 10 to15 pound turkeys due to the pandemic,” says Kimball.

“We are hoping to be able to provide 650 families with Thanksgiving meals this year.”

For more information, please visit mtcarmelguild. org or call 609-392-5159, extension 100. Like Homefront, Mount Carmel Guild also offers year-round ways to volunteer and donate.

Hopewell Valley will host a 5k turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning at 424 Federal City Road in Pennington. Top overall male, female, turkey costume, and in each age group will receive a prize. Prices vary depending when tickets are purchased; more information can be found at raceroster.com/events/2021/51816/ hopewell-valley-turkey-trot-2021. * * * The 9th annual Mercer County Turkey Trot is a virtual event that will be held from Saturday through Sunday, Nov. 20 to 28. Participants may complete a 5k race or a one-mile fun walk; tickets are $30. For more information, visit mercercountyturkeytrot.com.

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After enjoying a hearty harvest dinner (or before the Thanksgiving meal), you can run off the calories at a local turkey trot.

Trinity Turkey Trot will take place on Thanksgiving Day at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street in Princeton.

It is a 5k, and all ages are welcome; there is also a virtual option. Tickets are $30; register at trinityturkeytrot.org. * * *

Rest up for the holidays at a bed and breakfast or hotel with local flair to experience the community in a different way.

The Inn at Glencairn, located in Lawrenceville, is a renovated 1736 Georgian manor that features a luxurious farm-to-table breakfast: innatglencairn.com. * * * The Peacock Inn, in Princeton, is a colonial-style mansion transformed into a boutique hotel that boasts

Double Brook Farm sells fresh turkeys, while Mount Carmel Guild distributes Thanksgiving food to those in need. an elegant afternoon tea in the garden: peacockinn. com. * * * The Ocean Park Inn in Ocean Grove is a quaint and cozy bed-and-breakfast right next to the ocean: theoceanparkinn.com.

Enjoy the fall colors Finally, intentionally enjoy the autumnal foliage with a scenic fall walk.

Although taking a stroll through your own neighborhood suffices, consider the Delaware River Scenic Byway for walking, biking, fishing, horseback riding and more. Spanning 11 towns from Frenchtown to Trenton, the byway is lined with nature, restaurants, shopping, and historic sites. Visit delawareriverscenicbyway.org for a map and more information.

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By Susan Van Dongen If owning and running the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market has been Joseph Kuzemka’s full-time job for a while, owning and running the new Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store will now be his other full-time job.

Teaming up with his long-time life partner, Meaghan Callahan Singletary of the Trenton Downtown Association (TDA), Out of Step is a natural evolution from the TPRFM. The couple plans to take advantage of the relationships they’ve forged throughout the years with small businesses, artists, craftspeople, and makers from around the city of Trenton, the state of New Jersey, and even around the country, to offer all kinds of unusual wares, from handmade housewares, to repurposed art and custom clothes, to specialty foods.

While the pandemic did not close down the TPRFM, the quieter times gave Kuzemka space to re-evaluate his business model. But long before 2020, he and Singletary had sensed that TPRFM fans would relish a brick-andmortar store.

“We knew for a while that this (store) was probably something that was going to happen,” he says.

As of this interview, construction was ongoing at Out of Step, which will be housed in part of the old Amish Country Store within the Trenton Farmers Market in Lawrence. And while Kuzemka had originally hoped the “godate” would be October 29, material and inventory hold ups have pushed the opening to November 12.

“We’ve been in flux because construction took much longer than we anticipated, because of various material shortages,” he says. “(Meaghan and I) started working on the store in June and we did not wrap until late September. There wasn’t that much to do, but things were harder to get because of the pandemic.”

“We’re working with Chris Cirkus (market manager of the Trenton Farmers Market), and we’ve (divided the former Amish store) into two spaces of equal size,” he says. “We’ll take the back, and the other store will be just on the other side of us. Our hours will be standard Trenton Farmers Market hours, but we’re looking to expand on that for the holidays.”

For Out of Step, Kuzemka says he and Singletary are picking “the best of the best” from their numerous contacts at the TPRFM, from around the United States and into Canada.

“We also did a lot of research and found new artists and makers from all over the country,” he says, but notes, “there will be a very strong focus on locally made food, pre-packaged and

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Partners Meaghan Callahan Singletary and Joseph Kuzemka are opening Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store, a bricks-and-mortar shop for the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, in the Trenton Farmers Market. Opening day is set for Friday, November 12. shelf-stable foods such as locally made sauces, jams and jellies, pickles, vegan mayo, jerky, coffee and tea, peanut butter -- things that complement the fact that we’re in a farmers market.”

Out of Step will also offer refillable home items, such as hand sanitizer and hand soap, bath and body products, housewares and home décor, cooking/ kitchen-related items, repurposed/ recycled art, select custom t-shirts and hoodies created by local artists, original artwork and sculpture by local and regional artists, vintage curios, handmade jewelry, and what Kuzemka calls “oddities and curious goods.”

A small portion of the store will be dedicated to both local and nationally recognized music, with a carefully curated selection of new and used vinyl records and cassettes, VHS tapes, and more.

One of the more famous vendors at

Out of Step will be Misfits guitarist Acey Slade, a coffee aficionado and longtime presence at the TPRFM who will offer up his Newark-based Cat Fight Coffee.

Kuzemka borrowed the name Out of Step from a song by Minor Threat, “the founding fathers of hardcore (punk),” Kuzemka says.

And yes, the brick-and-mortar store will have a similar vibe to the TPRFM. But like the flea market, Out of Step will be more than the concept of a “punk store,” which brings to mind a market selling only recordings, art, and clothing related to punk rock.

“Out of Step has the same feel as the flea market, and that’s what I love about it,” Kuzemka says. “Yes, there will still be punk rock related stuff being sold, but the thing about the flea market is that it’s become a haven for makers and artists and craftspersons. All these misfits found a home with us.”

“TPRFM started out with punk rock, but became something more,” he says.

“It’s much more on a global scale, with all these non-corporate businesses, things that deserve support.”

Kuzemka reflects that the flea market served as an incubator of sorts for thousands of small business from dozens of states by providing many home-based businesses with a retail outlet that regularly attracted thousands of eager shoppers per day.

Out of Step will give Kuzemka and Singletary a chance to work with some of the same do-it-yourselfers. They hope this new brick-and-mortar location will serve as an inspiration for even more creative types to, in turn, make the leap into creating their own brands and businesses.

“It can be done,” Kuzemka says. “The TPRFM and Out of Step are both concrete proof of that.”

Singletary has more than a decade of experience in high-end retail management and merchandising in major retail markets. Out of Step supports her belief in watching out for and nurturing selfstarters and small businesses.

“After leaving the retail industry many years ago, it’s exciting to come back to a project that has so much potential,” she says. “It’s important to prioritize small businesses, watch them grow their brand, and all the while offer something different, fresh, and fun to the Trenton Farmers Market.”

It’s a bold move to open a physical store in the online age, but Kuzemka and Singletary are confident Out of Step will have plenty of foot traffic. This will be the kind of place, much like the TPRFM, where browsing and shopping is a multi-sensory experience, a place to touch, feel and smell, to listen to music, see friends, and do some great people watching.

“We hear all the time, ‘can you have a flea market every weekend or month?’ and that’s not possible,” Kuzemka says.

“Instead of waiting for the flea market, here’s a location where you can shop five days of the week.” * * * Kuzemka is a founding member of Art All Night and helped get annual the event off the ground in 2007. He’s been running AAN since 2011.

In addition, he was the event runner for the Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series for a couple of years, saying, “Much of that was due to the TDA and my partnership with Meaghan, who is an employee there.”

TPRFM is Kuzemka’s best-known endeavor, though, successful enough for the Huffington Post to name it as one of the best flea markets in the United States in 2014.

The Trenton native, whose parents are both retired from the New Jersey

Network, says he is still attending Mercer County Community College, majoring in advertising design.

The current Hamilton resident deflects too much focus on himself, however, and notes “my partner Meaghan has dedicated just as much work to opening (Out of Step) as I have.

She’s a native Trentonian, a successful Black woman, and very involved in her community.”

The much-illustrated man (Kuzemka is known for his ink), who is in his mid40s, says he’d been visiting flea markets in Columbus and Englishtown since his youth, but first imagined Trenton’s own punk rock flea market when exploring such an event in Philadelphia.

“As I got older, there was a punk rock flea market in Philadelphia, and that inspired me,” Kuzemka says. “It disappeared though, and we started up (in Trenton) and became a phenomenon.

Now the Philadelphia flea market is up and running again.”

He absorbed the vibe at the Philadelphia flea market and realized that the Trenton area was primed to launch something similar, especially with the capital city’s location between New York and Philadelphia, crisscrossed by major transportation routes. The city was rife with original art, music, and craftspersons/makers, which would fold in perfectly with a multi-faceted, somewhat rebellious flea market.

He’d had quite a bit of experience in marketing and graphic design, and said to himself, “let’s do this, and do it just a

bit differently.”

Incidentally, the TPRFM is and will still be running and thriving. Although numerous events were cancelled, it never went away completely during the pandemic and recently moved from the Historic Roebling Wire Works to the Cure Arena.

Kuzemka is planning to expand the TPRFM even more.

“Next year, we’ll be adding pop culture guests, people who will sign autographs, take selfies etc., along with the food trucks,” he says. “We’re also be having live music, a live barber (on the premises), live tattooing, and more.”

Kuzemka and Singletary invested between $60,000 and $70,000 of their own funds to launch Out of Step. They feel they’ve invested their hearts as well.

“It’s just us putting our money into this, because we believe in this, we want to get if off the ground and make it grow,” Kuzemka says. “Meg and I are really looking forward to bringing something different to the Farmers Market, which is in the process of growing. We hope to inject some new life into it, be part of its transformation.”

Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store opens Friday, November 12, at 9 a.m. Hours will be similar to those of the Trenton Farmers Market: Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Located at the North End of the Trenton Farmers Market, 960 Spruce Street, Lawrence. www.outofstepnj.com.

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Vinny Minerva may be known as a long-time restaurateur in the Greater Trenton area, but he became a pizzaiola years ago in his native Brooklyn.

Minerva, who has owned and operated Marcello’s in Bordentown since 2004, has honored his hometown with his new restaurant, Slice of Brooklyn, which opened in Hamilton on Sept. 9 in the former location of Vito’s Pizza.

Slice of Brooklyn features woodfired pizza, house-made pasta and a variety of other familiar Italian-American specialties on the menu.

Minerva first learned how to make pizza in famed Brooklyn spots such as Pino’s Pizza, on Bath Avenue, and J&V Pizza on 18th Avenue.

As to what differentiates a Brooklyn pizza from a Trenton pizza, Minerva says the label has as much to do with him as it does with the pies.

“With Slice of Brooklyn, I’m saying that I’m from Brooklyn and I’m making a Brooklyn tomato pie,” Minerva says. “You could say I’m a big slice of Brooklyn.”

Marcello’s pizzas are made in a coalfired oven. Slice of Brooklyn’s custombuilt oven is wood burning.

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Pizzas can be ordered round or square. The “Old-Fashioned Brooklyn” pizza sticks with a simple formula of cheese, San Marzano tomato sauce, basil and olive oil.

But there are a number of other specialty pies on the menu for nontraditionalists, including a Cuban pie (porchetta, ham, dijon sauce, pickles), a Hot Honey pie (cheese, tomato, salami, garlic) a Ranch pie (cheese, chicken, bacon, tomatoes and ranch dressing) as well as a cheesesteak pizza, a BBQ chicken pizza and more.

Minerva says another highlight on the menu is the house-made pastas.

Shapes can vary on a daily basis and include pappardelle, spaghetti, gnocchi, fiorelli, paqueri and others.

Customization is encouraged on Slice of Brooklyn’s pasta bowls. Customers can choose their pasta shape, sauce (marinara, vodka, Alfredo, pesto, aioli , cheese, puttanesca, cacio e pepe), and protein (meatball, sausage, chicken, pancetta, eggplant, shrimp, porchetta). Other toppings include sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, roasted red peppers and broccoli rabe. Bowls start at $9.

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Minerva says that opening Slice of Brooklyn was possible because of a number of staff members at Marcello’s who shared his vision for the new restaurant. Jorge Saldana, Ivan Saldana, Alvaro Juarez, Ethan Cuevas, Janina Mae Crisostomo, Rosendo Gonzalez and “Chino” are all among the group who have joined him at the new venue.

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Monday November 1 Reforestation As a Natural Climate Solution, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton. edu. Presented by Susan Cook-Patton, senior forest restoration scientist on the Natural Climate Solutions Science Team at the Nature Conservancy. Via Zoom. Register. Free. 12:15 p.m.

Princeton Gargoyles and Grotesques, Historical Society of Princeton. www. princetonhistory.org. Virtual program on the gargoyles that can be found perched on Princeton University’s gothic towers and arches. Most feature decorative designs that are historic, symbolic, or just fun. Register. $10 or pay what you can. 7 p.m.

Understanding the Abolition Movement, Princeton Public Library. www. princetonlibrary.org. As part of Continuing Conversations on Race, organizer and abolitionist Micah Herskind gives a presentation featuring small group discussions. Via Zoom.

Register. 7 p.m.

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Princeton Senior Resource Center. www. princetonsenior.org. Virtual presentation on the Richmond, Virginia-based Pocahontas Project, focusing on the history of Native Americans in Virginia, from thousands of years before the time of Powhatan and Pocahontas, through present day. Register. $10. 3 p.m.

At left, Chris Hedges with a class he taught in a New Jersey prison. His book on the experience is the subject of a Wednesday, November 3, talk at Labyrinth Books. Above, pianist Shai Wosner joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in concert at McCarter Theater on Thursday, November 4.

Cradling a Tiny Flame, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Comic artist, illustrator and writer Sharon Rudahl discusses the legacy of Paul Robeson, social Performances Up Close, Princeton Unimovement, radicality and the need for an versity Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, imagination with PHS senior Taylor-Faith Princeton University. concerts.princeton.

McKie. Via Zoom. Register. 6 to 7 p.m. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program featuring Conrad Tao on piano and tap dancer Thursday November 4 Caleb Teicher. On-stage seating limited to 45 Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

Avenue Lot. www.princetonfarmersmarIndigenous Influences on Día de los ket.com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, Muertos in Mexico, Arts Council of Prince- baked goods, and artisanal products. Face ton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscoun- coverings and social distancing required. 10 cilofprinceton.org. Presentation with visiting a.m. to 2 p.m. art historian, Trent Barnes, whose research Behind the Scenes at Riverdale, Princexplores the art and architecture of Teotieton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary. huacan. Barnes is a PhD postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Latin American Studies at org. Nancy Silberkleit of Archie Comic PubliPrinceton University. Register. Free. 7 to 9 cations shares how the Riverdale Series has evolved from Archie Comics. Via Zoom. Regp.m. ister. 4 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday November 3

Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www. labyrinthbooks.com. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has taught courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history since 2013 in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University at East Jersey State Prison and other New Jersey prisons.

He is joined for this event by Boris Franklin and Russ Owen, two of his former students at East Jersey State. Free ticket required for live event. Livestream also available. Register. 6 p.m.

Performances Up Close, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program featuring Conrad Tao on piano and tap dancer Caleb Teicher. On-stage seating limited to 45 patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

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private school can’t teach him how to navigate the risks faced by young Black men on the streets. Part of the Bard at the Gate watch party series. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Wosner Plays Mozart, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-497-0020. www.princetonsymphony.org. Rossen Milanov conducts with guest performer Shai Wosner on piano. $25 to $90. 7:30 p.m.

Virtual Art Making: Shading with Pastel, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Register.

Free. 8 p.m.

Friday November 5

Irish Futures, Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton University. fis.princeton.edu. PreArtist Conversation: Lois Dodd and Eve sented by Brendan O’Leary based on a book Aschheim, Princeton University Art Mu- he is currently writing. Introduced by Fintan seum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. The paint- O’Toole. Zoom webinar. Register. Free. 4:30 er Lois Dodd, known for making landscape p.m. new by finding poignant moments of beauty Perspectives on Preservation: Capturin the everyday, in conversation with Eve Asing the Mountain Lakes Preserve from Up chheim, artist and lecturer in visual arts. RegClose and On High, Friends of Princeton ister for Zoom presentation. 5:30 p.m.

Open Space, Small World Coffee, 14 WithEsme Weijun Wang, Princeton Univer- erspoon Street. www.fopos.org. Opening sity Public Lectures, Richardson Auditori- reception for a group show of photographs um. lectures.princeton.edu. “The Stigmatized taken at Princeton’s Billy Johnson Mountain Schizophrenias,” presented by the author of Lakes Nature Preserve in the winter of 2020. a blog inspired by her diagnosis of late-stage Jazz guitar performance by Ilan Eisenzweig.

Lyme disease as well as schizoaffective disor- On view through December 6. 5 to 7 p.m. der. Free. Ticket required. 6 p.m.

The Moth, McCarter Theatre, 91 UniScreening: Play Reading of “How to versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.

Raise a Freeman”, Princeton Public Li- org. True stories — told live and without brary & McCarter Theater, 65 Witherspoon notes — that celebrate the ability of personal Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. This dark storytelling to illuminate both the diversity comedy by Zakiyyah Alexander follows a and commonality of the human experience. middle class couple who realize their son’s 8 p.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org.

“Financial Planning for LGBTQ+ Couples” presented by Christina A. Nash. Via Zoom.

Register. Free. 11:45 a.m.

Saturday November 6 Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company, 116 Nassau Street. www.princetontourcompany.com.

Scenic three-mile stroll to learn the chronological history of Princeton University while seeing all the essential sites on Princeton campus.

Outside the gates, see the homes and hangouts of Albert Einstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, TS Eliot, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Robert Wood Johnson, and more. Register.

For all ages. $35. 1 to 3 p.m.

Saturday November 13

Day of the Dead Community Celebration, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton. org. Strolling mariachis, sugar skull decorating, folk arts and crafts, food, and a performance by Grupo de Danza Folkorica La Sagrada Familia. Free. 3 to 5 p.m.

An opening reception takes place Friday, November 5, for ‘Perspectives on Benya Stewart, Small World Coffee, 14 Preservation: Capturing the Mountain Lakes Preserve from Up Close and On Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee. High,’ a photography exhibit by Friends of Princeton Open Space on view at com. Americana singer-songwriter. Free. 6 Small World Coffee through December 6. p.m.

Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www. to this volume, devoted to European RenaisEdward T. Cone Concert Series, Wolfen- princetonsenior.org. Virtual presentation by sance and Baroque art, offer insights into sohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, Ein- Michelle (Macuar) Sparck, a member of the their research. Register. 5:30 p.m. stein Drive. www.ias.edu/air. Composer and Qissunamiut Tribe of Chevak, Alaska, and a LLL Presents: Personal Limits, Labypianist Michael Harrison’s deep training in career veteran in the political and Tribal non- rinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497both Western and Indian classical musics has profit world. Register. $10. 3 p.m.

1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. To launch led him to become a pioneer in the world of just intonation. The piano is normally tuned so that the intervals between each note are equal, which is physically not natural; just intonation seeks to return tuning to its natural roots, in which musical intervals reflect their origins in perfect mathematical proportions.

Register. Free. Livestream available. 8 p.m.

Shake & Holla, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Foot-stomping Mississippi “hill country” blues and the funky, syncopated sounds of New Orleans brass. 8 p.m.

Sunday November 7

Death of a Traveller: A Counter Investigation, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks. com. Institute for Advanced Study sociologist Didier Fassin reinvestigates the killing of a 37-year-old man by a special unit of the French police in his new book. 6 p.m.

Performances Up Close, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program featuring Alexi Kenney on violin and Bridget Kibbey on harp. On-stage seating limited to 45 patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

Swingin’ Sinatra, Nassau Inn, 10 Palmer Wednesday November 10 Square East. Live music, breakfast buffet, and Performances Up Close, Princeton Unia chat with Sinatra scholars. Email sand3737@ versity Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, gmail.com or text 917-596-2393 for ticket in- Princeton University. concerts.princeton. formation. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program U.S. 1 Worksheets Launch, Princeton featuring Alexi Kenney on violin and Bridget Public Library. A virtual gathering to mark Kibbey on harp. On-stage seating limited to the publication of the 66th volume of “U.S. 1 45 patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

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National Geographic Live: Secrets of the Whales, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.

Dive deep into the groundbreaking science of whale families — and their startlingly human parallels — through the awe-inspiring work of celebrated National Geographic Explorer and photographer Brian Skerry. 3 p.m.

Thursday November 11 Veterans’ Day. Bank and postal holiday.

Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Purchase handmade gifts directly from local artisans and crafters working in ceramics, textiles, jewelry, fine art, and more. Rain date November 14. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2021 Book Sale, Friends of Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Thousands of books in a broad range of categories for readers of all ages. Rare and collectible items including first editions, limited editions, outof-print editions, signed copies and other treasures are available. Also gently used hardbacks, softcovers, trade books, academic books, and more. Most books are priced between $1 and $3. 25 shoppers allowed at a time; masks required. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company, 116 Nassau Street.

Scenic her new book, “Magical Habits,” Princeton www.princetontourcompany.com.

English and American studies professor three-mile stroll to learn the chronological Monica Huerta hosts a virtual conversation history of Princeton University while seeing series about contemporary experiments in all the essential sites on Princeton campus. personal writing. Session #2 is a conversation Outside the gates, see the homes and hangwith Lili Loofbourow, a staff writer at Slate. outs of Albert Einstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, TS Eliot, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Virtual event. Register. 6 p.m.

Robert Wood Johnson, and more. Register.

Virtual Art Making: Drawing a LandFor all ages. $35. 1 to 3 p.m. scape with Pastel, Princeton University Princeton Football, Powers Field at Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artist- Princeton Stadium, Princeton University. instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and www.goprincetontigers.com. Yale. $12 to $15. inspired by the work of Robert S. Duncanson. 1 p.m.

Register. Free. 8 p.m.

Jane Austen: Working Woman, Princ-

eton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary. org. Liz Philosophos Cooper, president of the 2021 Book Sale, Friends of Princeton Jane Austen Society of North America, gives Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. an illustrated, virtual talk. Via Zoom. Register. www.princetonlibrary.org. Thousands of 2 to 3 p.m. books in a broad range of categories for Love? Said the Commander, Small readers of all ages. Rare and collectible items World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www. including first editions, limited editions, outsmallworldcoffee.com. Indie rock. Free. 6 of-print editions, signed copies and other p.m. treasures are available. Also gently used Kelli O’Hara, McCarter Theatre, 91 Unihardbacks, softcovers, trade books, academic books, and more. Most books are priced be- versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. tween $1 and $3. 25 shoppers allowed at a org. The Tony Award-winning and Grammy time; masks required. $20 admission for first and Emmy-nominated star of stage and screen performs. 8 p.m.

25; $5 thereafter. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday November 12

Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue Lot. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, Princeton Poetry Festival, Lewis Center baked goods, and artisanal products. 10 a.m. for the Arts, Berlind Theater at McCarter, 91 to 2 p.m.

University Place. arts.princeton.edu. ReadPanel Discussion: Celebrating the Re- ings, panel discussions and a lecture, orgacord, Princeton University Art Museum, nized by Paul Muldoon. The international Faculty Recital, Westminster Choir Col- Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Labora- roster of poets features Reginald Dwayne lege, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921- tory. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Join in per- Betts, Victoria Chang, Laura Kasischke, and 2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Flutist Katherine son or online to celebrate the newest volume Patricia Smith from the U.S.; Sasha Dugdale of the Record of the Princeton University Art and Daljit Nagra from the U.K.; Javier Zamora McClure. Free. 3 p.m.

Museum. Now in its 79th year, the Record from El Salvador; and Polina Barskova from Tuesday November 9 publishes research based on the Museum’s Russia. Register. Free ticket required. 10:30 Native American History Month Series, collections. Three authors who contributed a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Sunday November 14 2021 Book Sale, Friends of Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. www. princetonlibrary.org. Thousands of books in a broad range of categories for readers of all ages. Rare and collectible items including first editions, limited editions, out-of-print editions, signed copies and other treasures are available. Also gently used hardbacks, softcovers, trade books, academic books,

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Performances Up Close, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program featuring Avi Avital on mandolin and Milos on guitar. On-stage seating limited to 45 patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

and more. Most books are priced between $1 and $3. 25 shoppers allowed at a time; masks required. Free admission. 1 to 5 p.m.

Professor Victor Brombert, Friends of Princeton University Library. princeton. zoom.us/j/92590809981. Professor Victor Brombert, professor of Romance languages and literatures and comparative literature, emeritus, is a renowned scholar of 19th and 20th century European literature and the author of 15 books, including a memoir, “Trains of Thought.” Perhaps lesser known is Professor Brombert’s participation in a secret American intelligence unit in World War II called The Ritchie Boys, a group largely responsible for most of the combat intelligence gathered on the Western Front. He will talk about this experience, his remarkable life, and the broader topic of the “metaphors of survival.” Landon Jones, a longtime member of the Friends, an author, and a former editor at People, Life, Time, and Money magazines, moderates the program. Via Zoom. Register.

Free. 3 to 5 p.m.

Monday November 15 Monthly Meeting, Women’s College Club of Princeton, Stockton Education Center, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street. www.wccp.org. William Hart speaks on “War of the Worlds.” Free. 1 p.m.

Art Talk, Princeton Public Library. www. princetonlibrary.org. Liz Cutler discusses her

Introduction to SOGIE Terms, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org.

Stacy Robustelli, HiTOPS Director of Education, discusses the changing concepts and understanding around sexual orientation, gender identity and expression to help adults create safe communities. Via Crowdcast.

Register. 7 p.m.

Wednesday November 17 History of Thanksgiving, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. “Another Crossing: Artists Revisit the Mayflower Voyage,” a virtual presentation from the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. $10. Register.

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The Farce this Time: Contemporary Race-Reductionism and Lost Cause Ideology, Princeton University Public Lectures, McCosh 50, Princeton University. lectures.

Native American History Month Series, princeton.edu. Talk by Adolph Reed Jr., proPrinceton Senior Resource Center. www. fessor emeritus of political science at the Uniprincetonsenior.org. Virtual presentation on versity of Pennsylvania. Free. 5 p.m.

“Contemporary Happenings in American InPushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial dian Culture and Art” by the Heard Museum Marketing, and the Untold Story of the in Phoenix, Arizona. Register. $10. 3 p.m.

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Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Keith Wailoo, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton, discusses his newest book in conversation with Ruha Benjamin, professor of African American studies. In-person or livestream attendance options. Register. 6 p.m.

Virtual Art Making: Creating a Composite Animal in Pastel, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artistinstructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom and inspired by a pair of painted tomb guardians from the Tang Dynasty. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

Performances Up Close, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. concerts.princeton. edu. Hour-long, informal, intimate program featuring Avi Avital on mandolin and Milos on guitar. On-stage seating limited to 45 patrons. Register. $40. 6 and 9 p.m.

Friday November 19

Cocktails for a Cause, Dress for Success Central New Jersey, Jasna Polana, 4519 Province Line Road. centralnj.dressforsuccess.org. Featuring keynote speaker Jackie Goldscheider from “Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Special honorees Scott Kent Avi Avital, on mandolin, pictured above, joins Milos on guitar for Princeton of Wawa, community citizen of the year, and University Concerts’ Performances Up Close on Tuesday and Wednesday, Investors Bank, community impact award. November 16 and 17.

Register. $200. 6 to 8 p.m. comes anyone to tell a well-prepared story or well Health System in New York, executive Author: Catherine Grace Katz, Princ- perform their poetry inspired by this month’s vice chair in the Department of Medicine at eton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary. theme: “Walk the Line.” Performers must North Shore University Hospital and Long Isorg. The author and historian is interviewed present their own work and are invited to land Jewish Medical Center, and an associate

by Kate Andersen Brower about her book interpret the theme as broadly as they wish. professor of medicine at the Zucker School “The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roo- Masks are required. Register. Seating is lim- of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, who has sevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and ited. 7:30 to 9 p.m. been heavily integrated into the COVD reWar.” Via Crowdcast. Register. 7 to 8 p.m. sponse since December, 2019. Via Zoom.

Great Minds Salon: COVID — Where Story & Verse: Walk the Line, Arts Have We Been and What is Up Next, Jew- Free. Register. 8 p.m.

Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon ish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishThursday November 18 Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. center.org. Presented by David Hirshwerk, Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Story telling and poetic open mic event wel- an infectious diseases specialist in the North-

Women in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-924-7108. www.princetonsenior.org.

Presentation about Women in Princeton’s History given by Eve Mandel from Princeton’s Historical Society. Register. Free. 10 a.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org.

“Speculation or Science - How Do You Determine Your Investment Decisions?” presented

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Joe Jencks, Princeton Folk Music Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. www.princetonfolk.org. Traditional American folk music with a bit of an Irish accent. $25. 8 p.m.

History of Thanksgiving, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. “Fact or Fiction? Investigating the First Thanksgiving,” a virtual presentation from the Plimoth Patuxet Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. $10. Register. Noon.

Dessa, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.

Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations. 8 p.m.

Thursday November 25 Thanksgiving. Bank and postal holiday.

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Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company, 116 Nassau Street. www.princetontourcompany.com.

Scenic three-mile stroll to learn the chronological history of Princeton University while seeing all the essential sites on Princeton campus.

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Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company, 116 Nassau Street. www.princetontourcompany.com.

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For all ages. $35. 1 to 3 p.m.

Fear of Dancing, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee. com. Rock music. Free. 6 p.m.

Caruso, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com.

American loop guitarist. Free. 6 p.m.

Cafe Improv, Arts Council of Princeton, Joe Jencks performs American folk tunes with an Irish twist at the Princeton 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. Folk Music Society concert on Friday, November 19. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Local muorg. Performance by the Tennessee-born, Sunday November 21 sic, poetry, comedy. $2. 7 p.m.

Brooklyn-raised singer-songwriter. $30 to Valerie June, McCarter Theater, 91 UniFrank Romano, Friends of Princeton $45. 8 p.m. versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.

University Library. libcal.princeton.edu/ event/8281733. In the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts, more than 6,000 books and many thousands of ephemera samples are housed in a unique library. Frank Romano, president of the Museum of Printing and a rare book collector for 60 years, joins the Princeton Bibliophiles & Collectors to introduce the Museum of Printing and discuss this rare book collection. Presentation held virtually via Zoom. Register. Free. 3 to 5 p.m.

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Fred Miller: Lecture in Song, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org.

Pianist/singer/narrator Fred Miller presents “It Wasn’t All Noise,” a musical and anecdotal overview of the most singable rock/ pop songs of the ‘50s & ‘60s. Via Crowdcast.

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Tuesday November 30 Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, in the heart of Colombia. He appears in con-

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Lament for an Afghan boy

By Pia de Jong

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Illustration by Charlotte Dijkgraaf

Only to find more houses broken More families shattered In fear.

But old enough to know It does not make sense Hanging on to an airplane To borrow its wings.

Their freshy torn wounds Bleed into the roads Where dust covers the droplets.

I close my eyes To not see him fall And imagine

Amidst the desperation Of lives halted And futures destroyed

Him landing softly on a soccer field Where he scores a winning goal For a cheering crowd.

The world watches a boy trying to escape his Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. country, She can be contacted at pdejong@ias.edu.

A kid still,

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