2019 Communiversity

CENTRAL JERSEY’S GUIDE TO THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT April 26th – May 5th 2019

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COMMUNIVERSITY

by Andrew Harrison

Here are the ways to get to and through Communiversity C

ommuniversity, an arts festival designed for hands-on fun, art, music and food, is expected to have estimated crowd of 40,000 people descend into downtown Princeton. This can make getting to and around the festival tricky for those who attend the popular event that will be on center stage this Sunday, April 28, in Princeton. Arts Council of Princeton officials who organize the spring event said there are multiple ways people can get to the event with parking being at a premium. “From the Princeton Shopping Center we run a shuttle to the festival. Local residents and people should walk to the event,” said Jim Levine, Executive Director of the Arts Council. “We also have two bike valets, where people can store their bikes safely. We encourage those who are in town to bike if they can.” The festival will have two bike valet areas. One will be in the HiTops parking lot on N. Tulane St. and the other at

4 Mercer Rd at Nassau St, officials said. According to Levine, the Communiversity shuttle will transport people from the shopping center to the festival entrance at the corner of Wiggins Street and Witherspoon Street from 12:306:30 p.m. The Chambers Street Garage located on Chambers Street and Kinney Garage on Hulfish Street will be open for parking as well for people driving in, officials said. People will be able to also easily navigate through the festival this year by using an app that was developed by a Princeton High School junior, Caleb Dubow. Caleb said not only will the app help people navigate to different booths throughout Communiversity, it will also have the location information of public transportation, parking, and bathrooms. “We have a sidebar included in the app that has a tab for restrooms, we have one for transportation, as well as, parking and children activities. We jus

have a lot of special features that I think will be very helpful,” he said. The 2019 Communiversity ArtsFest App can be downloaded from the App Store or on Google Play, according to officials. “The arts festival has been organized by the Princeton Arts Council for 49 years, with the focus being on art,” said Levine. He said the festival began in 1970. “In 1970, the Arts Council decided to have an art people party in front of Nassau Hall at Princeton University,” he said. “It has grown since then. In the mid 80s, the name was changed to Communiversity. At that time, that is when students of Princeton University became involved with organizing events on campus and the arts council organizing events in the middle of town for the day long festival.” For more information about the event and parking, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-924-8777.

INDEX Ways to and through Communiversity Bob Jenkins’s Art as Meditation Local Feel in Princeton More Eco-Friendly Art Education Live Entertainment Communiversity Sponsors Participating Vendors Communiversity ArtsFest Map Performance Schedule Kid’s Activities Interactive Art Crossword Puzzle

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COMMUNIVERSITY by Andrew Harrison

For Bob Jenkins, art is not work, it’s his meditation S

ince 1993, Bob Jenkins has helped shape children and student’s growth in the sculpting arts at the Arts Council of Princeton. At the age of 88, the Princeton resident continues in that same effort today. “Art is a form of expression to me. I like to express myself when it comes to mediums like paper mache. I get true satisfaction from art,” he said. “It is meditation to me more so than work. Sometimes people do this for the money, in my case I just like to create.” He said he always wanted to be a painter, but being color blind restrict-

ed him from doing the medium professionally. “I can paint, but I cannot see color the way others would see color. My deficiencies in color are with the greens and reds. So I decided to become a sculptor instead,” Jenkins said. “I studied that medium at the Art Student League for about five years and the National Academy of the Fine Arts for two years in New York City.” He said with sculpting he had learned to work with stone and clay, as well as, with other materials. “Most recently I have been working with paper mache, because I do not have the facilities for clay and

stone. Right now I would say paper mache is my principal medium in sculpture today,” Jenkins said. When Jenkins was in his youth he had not yet discovered his love for sculpting and the arts. “When I was in my elementary school day I used to draw and paint a lot. By the time I entered high school I had joined the after school arts clubs for painting and drawing,” he said. “My father then asked me one day what I was preparing to do in the future for a career, I said be an artist. He said you cannot make money in art why not steer toward a trade.” During high school, he transferred from Manasquan High School to attend high school in Bordentown, where he learned the trades of carpentry and printing. After Bordentown, life took another turn. Jenkins found himself drafted into the Korea War. “Anything that had to do with art was put on the back burner, because I had to concentrate on the work I had to do as a part of the armed forces. I spent four years in the Air Force,” he said. By 1955 in the years after his service, Jenkins would move to New York, where he believed there would be more job opportunities available with carpentry and printing. While in New York he found his way back to the arts. “By 1970, I applied for a job for a design position at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the time they did not have a position open for me. I took a job at the Met as a guard instead and during this time I am all around this art, which brought back to my old art influences. I applied then to take drawing classes at the National Acad-

emy of Fine Arts, a school for the fine arts. I would work at the Met at night and go to arts school in the morning.” Jenkins handed in his retirement papers after 20 years as a special officer in 1991. He then moved to Princeton with his wife, and two years later, he began helping instruct students and children in the art exchange program at the Arts Council. The ArtsExchange program is a program that provides weekly, yearround arts instruction to more than 75 children, ages 5-18, whose families are currently living in difficult situations, according to Arts Council officials. “I started out as a volunteer. Then they found out I had this experience with painting and sculpting they used me as a substitute when it came to the arts and crafts,” Jenkins said. “It gave me an opportunity to teach children 3-D arts crafts that worked with clay and paper mache.” He said they would have students do two-week projects for the classes. “The best part of being with this program is being a teacher and teacher helper. When the students finish their projects they are always excited,” he said. Jim Levine, Interim Executive Director of the Arts Council of Princeton, said Jenkins is a true gentleman. “Bob is just a positive presence every time he is in the building. He is just a positive experience each time that you meet him,” he said. “Staff loves him. It is clear too that the youth in the classes he teaches respect and enjoy him. We appreciate everything he does for the ArtsExchange program and the students who are involved in it.”

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COMMUNIVERSITY by Andrew Harrison

Communiversity will showcase a local feel in Princeton V

isitors who attend the Communiversity ArtsFest will be able to experience not only art, but a local feel to the activities, food and performances that will take place during the annual festival. Communiversity is a hands-on art festival with fun, art, music and food that represents the local communities in the Princeton area. On April 28, the festival will be staged from 1-6 p.m. and occur in Princeton at Palmer Square, Nassau Street, Witherspoon Street and the Princeton University campus. “The original name of Communiversity was the Art People Party,” said Jim Levine, Interim Executive Director of the Arts Council of Princeton. “Over the years we may have strayed a little bit from the origins and made it more of a town gown festival. For the past couple years, we have been trying to bring the festival back to its

roots of being an arts festival.” There is an emphasis by the Arts Council to make certain local organizations and artists are showcased at the annual event. “We select and accept as many local businesses, organizations, vendors, artists, and performances. Over 85% of the 200 booths in the festival are of people and organizations within five miles of Princeton,” Levine said. He said for 2019, 79 non-profits will have booths at the festival. And he reported that 78 of those non-profits are from Princeton. “Our mission is to build community through the arts and non-profits are an important part of the community. This is a chance for them to come out and show the people of Princeton and the surrounding area, all the good things their non-profits are doing,” Levine said. He said the Arts Council really wants to give attendees the flavor of all of the things that happen in Princeton. There are 40 performance acts set to take the stages in downtown for live entertainment during the festival, most of whom are local acts, according to Melissa Kuscin, Program and Marketing Manager at the Arts Council of Princeton. “This arts festival features a lot of local artists in addition to food and music. We have always had a presence with art projects for the public,” said Maria Evans, Artistic Director of the Arts Council of Princeton. “This year like many years in the past we will be on Palmer Square with some art-making booths.” Levine said the festival is also a great opportunity for the Arts Council to showcase the variety of the things that they do. “We will have children’s art making, adult art making, we will have artists, ceramics, and our doors at the Paul Robeson Center will be open to see exhibits,” he said. “People will get to see what the Arts Council does and in general will get to see the vibrancy of the art community in Princeton.”

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Levine said he believes they are building back to the roots of the festival to focus on the arts. “In the past when you see the variety of booths, vendors and art being created it achieves one of goals that people have a good time. We are working very hard on making sure people enjoy themselves on the day, but also have a chance to create some art,” Levine said. “Whether it is food vendors, merchants, artists or non-profits, this festival gives people a chance to learn about all that goes on in this community.” He said people like to have a chance to make art. “The interactive art demonstrations are fun for all ages and that is part of the enjoyment of coming to Communiversity. It is a chance to do some hands-on art and engage in the arts,” Levine said. “This festival is not just about looking at art being created or having been created, but about getting people’s hands dirty.” He said there are two top things he wants people to takeaway from Communiversity. “One is local. This event predominately features local artists, local vendors, local food, and local musicians,” Levine said. “Number two is that it is an arts festival. There is a lot of art to see being made, there is a lot of art to make yourself and lots of art to buy. You get to see artists showcase and sell their work.” He said he also believes it is important that the Arts Council bring people together with their festival. “This is a well run event that gets a lot of support from the municipal government, the students of Princeton and volunteers. It is gratifying when you have all these people coming together and creating a good time for 40,000 people.”

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COMMUNIVERSITY

by Andrew Harrison

Art education is key to the mission of the Arts Council of Princeton T he Arts Council of Princeton is more than the Communiversity, its annual arts festival. The Arts Council of Princeton is an organization dedicated to art education. The organization offers a range of courses and classes designed to introduce or enhance people’s art knowledge and skills. Classes are offered for those who have beginners, intermediate, or advanced art skills and people do not have to just be adults to take classes. There are classes for children and teens. “We definitely have a lot of beginner courses, while also trying to encourage more intermediate and advanced adults and students,” said Erin Armington, education coordinator for the council. “A lot of our instructors will have a beginners and an intermediate and advanced course of different types of art mediums. This allows people to progress with the same instructors they started with.” She said the Arts Council has an even mix between beginners, intermediate, and advanced adults taking program classes. “We get a lot of people who maybe have not done painting in years, but want to get back into it. So often we get people who have taken class courses before, but need a refresher,” Armington said. “Once they start it all starts to come back. We also get people who are experiencing a class for the first time. They do not really have knowledge about topics like drawing and painting. We try to nurture that as well.” She said it is important that the adults who take the classes, have a range of different art mediums to participate in. “We definitely have a lot of drawing and painting classes, because I think a lot of people are drawn to art through those mediums. We also have a lot of mediums that are not well known or as popular as a part of our art education,” Armington said. “One of those classes are our textile classes, which is not as well known in our art medium arsenal. We are still trying to

expand our textile offerings. Drawing and Painting will always be something we are known for, but our art education encompasses a little bit of everything when it comes to art mediums.” Other program class offerings include sewing, acoustic painting and acrylic painting, according to Arts Council officials. “Drawing, painting and ceramics are the art classes we see most people participating in. We have a full functioning kiln, which is a furnace, and nine pottery wheels in our ceramics studio, which is rare. So, our ceramics program is pretty strong here,” Armington said. “We get mostly repeating students who come back semester after semester. Drawing, painting, and ceramics are definitely the media people come back again and again for.” For people who have an interest in poetry, the Arts Council has a class for the art medium, according to officials. “For Literary Arts we have an ‘Arts Everyday’ writing class. That class has been going on for years and is another example where one of our instructors gets the same participants semester after semester,” she said. “For the moment we just have one writing class, but we are definitely open to having more.” Most classes take place at the Arts Council’s Paul Robeson Center in Princeton. “I would say we have three to four studios, and often time use other rooms as studios. We have a lot of room here. We have great partnerships with local organizations in the area that helps us as well with having classes take place. One of those partnerships is with Morven Museum and Garden in Princeton,” Armington said. She said the Arts Council art education is not only for adults. They offer a summer camp and classes for children and teens. “We separate our summer camp into two age groups. So, 5-9 year olds are who we consider our young ones here. For them they are just beginning to get into art and not sure what their passion is,” Armington

said. “For them we try to offer a variety of art mediums in the course of a day. They are exploring drawing, painting, ceramics, and paper mache just to name a few. They will do these each in the course of a week, it is very project based.” “For the older children from 10-16, we call them art studios. Children at that age often have a clear sense of what their art passion is. For them the camp is more intensive, in the sense that they will be doing drawing and painting for the whole morning, a full 3 hours, then in the afternoon they are doing ceramics for another three hours for example,” she said. “They always have professional art instructors to help them guide them along and focus on getting them deeper into that art medium. We have a digital art studio here so a lot of the classes we provide through the camp are digital based. The real goal for the 1016 group is to have a more intensive focus on certain types of mediums.”

Armington said the Arts Council wants to encourage children to have fun, try something new and learn. Outside of classes and a summer camp, the Arts Council has in their art education arsenal art workshops. “Workshops are for people who may not be able to commit to full class. In a class you create more of a community, because you meet with each other every week. Workshops though are also really fun,” she said. “Usually the workshops are a one-day opportunity to try something new and get your toes wet. It is a nice way to kind of start something out.” Armington said the mission for art education is to have fun and experience different art mediums with others. “We want to create a community through the arts whether it is adults or children taking our classes. We really try to uphold that through our classes and camp.”

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COMMUNIVERSITY

by Andrew Harrison

Live entertainment to take center stage at Communiversity

ne of the hallmarks of the Communiversity ArtsFest is live entertainment. And during the festival, non-stop music and performances will be on display for the expected crowd of 40,000 visitors on April 28. Communiversity ArtsFest is an arts festival that will take place at Palmer Square, Nassau Street, Witherspoon Street and the Princeton University campus from 1-6 p.m. on that last Sunday of April. Live music and dance performances this year will consist of returning favorites and new additions to the lineup, according to officials. “We are welcoming back a lot of Communiversity favorites. Our lineup this year is about 75% returning bands. We are also excited about the newcomers this year as

well,” said Melissa Kuscin, program and marketing manager at the Arts Council of Princeton. There are 40 performance acts set to take the stages in downtown. Some of the returning favorites include The Shaxe, which performs danceable jam rock in the spirit of The Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers. The band has played live in the tri-state area for roughly 26 years and at Communiversity for two decades, according to Kuscin. “They are super fun. They always close out the day’s performances on the main stage. People know to expect them. They are a highlight,” she said. Another returning performance is Essie, which performs high energy with powerful vocals. The group centers around rock and

soul vibes with shredding guitar solos and virtuosic singing, according to Kuscin. “They are a new act on the main stage, but a returner. Last year was there first year at Communiversity and Essie has been playing in the local area at a lot of local spots in Princeton and New Hope. We are bringing them up to the big leagues,” she said. The event will see the return of Lisa Botalico Fiesta Flamenca. According to Kuscin, Lisa Botalico and Arts Council of Princeton Flamenco Dance students perform flamenco and regional dances from Spain. Easha & Shravya the sister duo will be returning to Communiversity as well, according to festival officials. “Easha & Shravya are a Princetonbased duo playing pop/rock covers and

originals,” she said. “In addition to performing at Communiversity three times, the pair were finalists at the World Cafe Live Yearly Showcase in Philadelphia, and are currently staff writers at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, the hub for singer-songwriters.” Kuscin said the duo is just fantastic. “They played last year at the Palmer Square stage. Palmer Square is typically where we like to highlight students and high school bands. This year we are putting them on the Washington Road stage,” she said. “We are going to be throwing them into the big leagues too. They are just beautiful vocalists.” Some of the new additions to the lineup include, Green Knuckle Material a pop

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Continued from Page 21B rock/ rap group with dynamic vocalists and a big band sound sporting horns, keys, percussion, all on top of a rock and roll foundation. Another new act is The Dirtee Blondes. The Dirtee Blondes are a Princeton-based rock group made up of local high-schoolers, bringing energetic and fun performances from punchy garage rock to punked-out jams, according to Kuscin. Then there is Switch Mob, which is America’s band. A melting pot of musicians (Hispanic, Black, female, suburban white dudes) who have created a special sound, said Kuscin. All of the performances will take place on seven stages. “There are five stages in downtown and two stages on the Princeton University campus. When we talk about the event as a whole it is seven stages,” Kuscin said. “On the campus stages, Stanhope stage near Stanhope Hall, consists of student bands and singers and the East Pines arch at East

Pyne Hall, is all ‘a capella’ student groups from Princeton University.” She said everyone preforming on the campus stages is a university student, due to it being student programming. “In town the main stage is a what we call the town gown stage, and is located on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon Street, another stage is on Palmer Square green, third is on the corner of Nassau and Washington Road, then there is the corner of Nassau and Chambers Street, the fifth stage in downtown for the first time is located on Hinds Plaza,” Kuscin said. She said there will be performances are all day. “The first band starts at 1 p.m. and the last band ends at 6. The only breaks in performances are the 10 minutes in between each act. This is really all day. Performances never overlap, when there is a break at one stage, there is no break happening at another stage, there is always music or dance throughout the day.”

She said she estimates close to 60 acts applied to be able to preform at the event. “This was the most applicants that I have ever faced, in recent years looking to preform at Communiversity. You just don’t get the volume of people that attend from anywhere else. This just a different scope of audience that makes preforming so appealing.” She said Communiversity is all about

the arts. “At the heart of this event we are thinking about and celebrating and loving the arts. The fact that we are able to highlight preforming artists is just another aspect of that,” Kuscin said. “We really want to celebrate why we love music and dance. We want to share that with our community with as many performances as we can.”

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COMMUNIVERSITY

by Andrew Harrison

Art-making at Communiversity will involve interactive projects O

utside of live entertainment, the Communiversity ArtsFest offers the visitors interactive art-making experiences for people of all ages. One of those experiences for those who attend the event is Nana’s MakeA-Mess. Nana’s Make-A-Mess is a booth that is free for anyone who wants to participate in the project, according to Maria Evans, artistic director of the Arts Council of Princeton. “It is supported by a local family that grew up here in Princeton. They dedicate it to their grandmother Nana, who was an art teacher,” she said. “There is a different project each year. This year we are going to be making what we fondly call Trash Hats. We will make hats out of paper, then the children can embellish them with some recycled objects that the Arts Council has been collecting. They can paint them and wear them. That will be a fun project for parents to bring their children to.” Evans said the booth has been a fixture at Communiversity for about 15 years. “Art-making is sort of a nice reprieve from the packed streets of Nassau and Witherspoon. People can come down to Palmer Square and spend some time with their children just making art,” she said. The interactive demonstrations take place on April 28 from 1-6 p.m. in downtown Princeton. “This arts festival features a lot of local artists in addition to food and music. We have always had a presence with art projects for the public,” Evans said. “This year like many years in the past we will be on Palmer Square with some art-making booths.” She said out of the 200 booths at Communiversity there will be approximately 75 dedicated to art-making or

art-selling. “We will have another booth that is for a clay project. We do a lot of clay at the Arts Council. We are going to be featuring materials we use in our summer camps,” Evans said. “We will have clay, some watercolors going on, we are possibly making recycled paper flowers.” She said there will be a lot of artist’s demonstrations happening on Palmer Square. “Some of our art instructors will be sharing with our public every 25-30

minutes on the hour their art-making processes. That will definitely be interesting for people to watch,” Evans said. For 20 years’ art-making at Communiversity has featured a chalk drawing exhibit, according to the Arts Council officials. “Local high school students enter and do a very large chalk drawing right on the street. That is always really fun to watch. It will take place on Palmer Square East, right by Tiger Park,” she said.

Evans said the interactive art projects do not stop there. “We will have an interactive art project at the Arts Council information booth. We have not work out all the details on that project just yet. It will be an art project the public can participate in,” she said. Evans said one tradition involving art-making has been continuing from year to year. “We have on the front steps of the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, our ceramic department working on a

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wheel, clay demonstrations, and probably selling a lot of their pieces they create. They will be doing a clay sculpture there as well, and a demonstration on color pencil drawing,” she said. For 2019, there will be a new aspect of interactive art at Communiversity, according to Arts Council officials. “This is the first year we are doing anything with poetry,” Evans said. “We will be doing a literary project this time around. We are doing what’s called 10 word poems. So, people come up to the table, with a person there ready to help them. They then come up with 10 words or less of poetry describing the day. We will then hang the poems on a banner that will stretch across Palmer Square.” She said the banner will only be up during Communiversity, on April 28. One of the goals for Communiversity is to always have a lot of art activities throughout the day, Arts Council officials said. “We have a lot of our instructors and then people who live in the community sign up for our Communiversity Paint-Out. It is artmaking set up among the festival, where painting transpires the day of. It is another experience for people to watch. By the end of the day the artists have a painting of Communiversity.” She said they will display the painting afterwards in the Arts Council of Princeton’s building. “To have these interactive art demonstrations is really important. They feature what the Arts Council is all about,” Evans said. “We just have so many things that we do in the community. We have textile classes, clay classes and drawing, painting, and summer camps. Communiversity allows people to see what can be done.” For more information about Communiversity, visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

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speare’s The Tempest and the 1956 sci-fi classic film “Forbidden Planet,” this funfilled, jiving-in-the-aisles musical finds a spaceship, helmed by Captain Tempest, making an emergency landing on the uncharted planet D’Illyria. Performances will be held on April 26, 27 and May 3, 4 at 8 p.m.; April 28 and May 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 general; $18 seniors; $16 students, veterans and alumni. “Silent Witnesses,” Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., Middletown. The Middletown Arts Center presents the powerful and compassionate one-woman play, “Silent Witnesses,” written and performed See THINGS TO DO, Page 41B

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Continued from Page 39B by acclaimed actress Stephanie Satie on Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. Satie gives voice to four extraordinary women who are child survivors of the Holocaust during World War II. Tickets are $20 and are available online at www. middletownarts.org or by calling 732-706-4100. “Italian Bred: One Woman Show with Candice Guardino and Supper Club,” Hopewell Theater, 5 S Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. In this fresh and hilariously heartwarming new family comedy about growing up in New York, Candice slips in and out of her family impersonations. The stories in “Italian Bred” are derived from Candice’s real childhood experiences. Friday, April 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at hopewelltheater. com. “Benny & Joon,” Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn. The East Coast premiere of “Benny & Joon” with book by Kirsten Guenther, music by Nolan Gasser, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, based on the MetroGoldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Barry Berman and Leslie McNeil. “Benny & Joon” begins performances through May 5. Ticket prices start at $34 and are available by visiting papermill.org, or call 973-376-4343.

“Bread and Puppet Theater’s Diagonal Man: Theory & Practice,” Hopewell Theater, 5 S Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. The Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side. It is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country. Thursday, May 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at hopewelltheater. com. “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” The Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pa. The Heritage Center stage is transformed into a courtroom in Purgatory as ActorsNET presents Stephen Adly Guirgis’ thought-provoking and darkly comic stage play, “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” Running weekends through May 12. Set in a courtroom in Purgatory, the play puts Judas – the disciple alleged to have betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver – on trial to decide his eternal fate. Debated by assorted saints and sinners is whether Judas deserves an eternity in hell for his deeds. Tickets are $20 for adults; $17 for seniors; $15 for WHYY members and students. To reserve tickets call 215-295-3694 or email actorsnet@aol.com.

“Morir Sonyando,” Passage Theatre Company, 205 E. Front St., Trenton. Genesis left her past behind long ago. But her mother’s release from prison forces them both to confront long-buried pain– and to wonder if they can ever become a family again. Erlina Ortiz’s play lovingly illuminates the blood ties that breakand bind people. Running from May 2-19. Tickets range from $20-38. To purchase tickets call 609-392-0766 or visit www.passagetheatre.

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Friday, April 26, 2019

Pam Hersh

Longtime Princeton professor retires, but keeps on teaching O

n Thursday, April 18, at a Princeton University reception, I learned the following: the words “mentor” and “mensch” might be etymologically related; no one has the heart or guts to eat cookies in the shape of a Chicago Cubs baseball and in the image of the Cubs’ greatest New Jersey fan; and brilliant scholars who lecture for a living still can have trouble finding the right words. The cookie-eating and speaking diffi-

culty were due to Princeton University’s renowned mensch/mentor Stan Katz, who is retiring after four decades from his teaching position at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. “So many words of praise, so little time to say them,” complained one of the attendees at the reception honoring Professor Katz. I stood among the attendees and wondered what words best describe Stan,

whose presence and impact have been so “omnipresent” on campus, in the words of PU President Christopher Eisgruber. The first words of his bio are: “Stanley Nider Katz, born April 23, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois (thus the unbreakable bond between Stan and the ”Cubbies”), is an American historian specializing in American legal and constitutional history, and the history of philanthropy.” This sentence is followed by a very long list of honors,

including the National Humanities Medal National, bestowed on him by President Barak Obama in 2011. The official write-ups, however, fail to convey the enormity of Stan’s mentoring influence on students of all shapes, sizes, religions, ethnicities, ages and interests. He particularly treasured his role as an Academic-Athletic Fellow or a faculty member committed to supporting the student-

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Loose Ends Continued from Page 42B athlete experience and to reinforcing the overall educational mission of Princeton University. His influence went beyond Princeton U students, because Stan connected with everyone – including Pam Hersh, a nonstudent, non-faculty/non-staff member and a non-Chicago Cubs fan. Into what category did I fall? How did I merit inclusion in Stan’s circle of the influenced? The answer was just one word – friend. Stan, more than anything, was a friend and a lasting one. Twenty-five years ago, when I was working at Princeton University, I reached out to Stan for academic advice about the Princeton U Community Auditing Program I was organizing. Before I knew it, I was inducted into the Stan “friends” category. He managed to overlook (but not forgive) my flawed love of the Yankees and, long after I left my job at Princeton University, Stan never said no to a phone call, email or breakfast coffee that featured me angsting over some world or

professional crisis. Even though I would like to think I was special, in fact, Stan had a bevy of individuals who continually sought out his words of wisdom virtually or in reality. I figured there had to be at least 12 clones of Stan, answering emails and phone calls, and showing up for coffee dates. Stan was more than a friend who put forth empathetic nods; he always turned conversations into teaching moments, never pedantic or supercilious, just genuinely instructive. And that goes to the one word Stan has used over and over again to describe himself – teacher. “It has been 57 years since I got my PhD, and I am so fortunate that I knew right from the beginning of my career that all I ever wanted to do was teach,” said Stan, genuinely sad he only had two more classes left in his teaching career at Princeton University. “The future of the country is in the hands of our students. I have always felt that it was my responsibility to prepare

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Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber, left, with professor Stan Katz at his retirement party on April 18. students to be participating citizens in our society,” he said. Stan often talked about several of his former students, who hold prominent jobs in national, state and local government, and other professions impor-

tant to the survival of a democratic society. “Teaching is the gift that keeps giving. I love teaching, always have loved it. I enjoy writing, researching and publishing … but teaching is the best interaction…. I learn as much as the students,” he said. Teaching agrees with Stan who, at the age of 85, looks the same as he did when I first met him decades ago. Stan reassured me he has no intention of disappearing from the Princeton community, where he has been very active in supporting the health and well being of the ultimate community teaching and learning vehicle, the Princeton Public Library. He will be researching, writing, blogging (histphil.org), doing special lectures and, perhaps, continue teaching a course (as he has done in past years) for the adult learning program the Evergreen Forum of the Princeton Senior Resource Center. Teaching may be the gift that keeps on giving to him, but Stan is the gift that keeps on giving to everyone else.

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org. “Skylight,” McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton. On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Performances begin May 3 and will run through June 2. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now online at mccarter.org, or by phone at 609-258-2787. “Dial M for Murder,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. A timeless masterpiece of nail-biting suspense, Tony believes he has plotted the perfect crime. When the tables are turned, however, Tony will stop at nothing to make sure his plans succeed. The play that inspired Hitchcock’s film runs

May 17 – June 15. For tickets and information, visit BucksCountyPlayhouse.org or call 215-862-2121. “Mamma Mia!” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. On the eve of her wedding, Sophie invites three men from her mother’s past to try to discover the identity of her father. Told through the music of ABBA, it features 22 of their greatest hits, such hits as “Voulez Vous,” “Take a Chance on Me,” and “Dancing Queen” — growing into a finale you simply can’t resist. Runs from June 28 through Aug. 3. For tickets and information, visit BucksCountyPlayhouse.org or call 215-862-2121. “Always . . . Patsy Cline,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Based on a true-story, this is a showcase for 27 songs. Runs from Aug. 9 through Sept. 7. For tickets and information, visit BucksCountyPlayhouse.org or call 215-862-2121.

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