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Home for the Holidays Pages 25-29 Turkey Bowl Marks 25 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bon Appetit Dismisses Closure Rumors . . . . . . 10 Being Human Festival Ventures Beyond Talks and Lectures . . . . . . . . 11 "Walking Without a Map, Expecting Turbulence and Surprise" . . . . . . . . 14 Princeton University Glee Club Teams Up with Ensemble Basiani . . . . . 15 Tiger Field Hockey Loses in NCAA Championship Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PU Football Beats Penn in Finale, But Falls Short of Ivy Repeat . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mariah Keopple Helps PU Women’s Hockey to 9-2 Start . . . . . . . . . 33 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .22, 23 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 21 Classified Ads . . . . . . 36 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 38 Performing Arts . . . . . 16 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 7 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 40 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Attorney General’s Report Considers the Future Of Westminster Site On November 19, the Office of the Attorney General issued an opinion that Rider University may have the legal right to move Westminster Choir College, with which it merged in 1991, from Princeton to Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. Two days later, Rider President Gregory Dell’Omo sent an email to the Rider/Westminster community. “We are pleased that the attorney general agrees with our legal position as to the legality of the move, and we continue to move forward with our efforts to complete the relocation by the fall semester of 2020,” he wrote. Not so fast, say members of the Westminster Foundation, the American Association of University Professors, the Westminster Alumni Council, and the attorney representing plaintiffs in suits against Rider aimed at stopping the move. While the report does not prohibit Rider’s ability to relocate the music school, it lays out the potential consequences should Rider not continue to use the 22-acre site for the purpose dictated by the original land trust from the 1930s — serving the Presbyterian church through music. Donated by Sophia Strong Taylor, the property would be transferred to Princeton Theological Seminary should the Choir College cease to exist, according to the trust. Dell’Omo has said that proceeds from a sale of the campus would help pay for Rider’s plan to consolidate the two campuses. Attorney Bruce Afran, who represents the plaintiffs in the suits against Rider, said the attorney general never gave any approval or said that Rider has the right to move the school. “In fact, they said the opposite, that it is a subject of contract law under Rider’s 1991 merger agreement with Westminster, and that it needs to be resolved,” he said. “This means the attorney general is recognizing that the plaintiffs have a right to challenge the move.” The attorney general’s report said the office will continue to monitor the impact of the proposed move. “In fact, they said they take no position and note that it is a matter to be resolved under the contract,” Afran said. “It doesn’t help Rider in any way. In fact, it makes it hard, because it says that the 1935 trust still governs the land and the buildings, and that if Continued on Page 8
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W-J Development Corporation Moves Forward Originally established in 1975 with a mission ”to preserve and maintain the quality of life and the integrity of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood,” the Witherspoon-Jackson Development Corporation (WJDC) has been an increasingly active force in the community over the past three years since its revival in 2016 after a long period of dormancy. In its annual Report to the Neighborhood on Saturday, November 23 at the First Baptist Church, WJDC President Yina Moore reviewed the organization’s accomplishments during the past three years before a gathering of about 40 in the basement community room. With the help of $1.25M granted and paid out in installments from Princeton University as part of a 2016 property tax lawsuit settlement, the WJDC has been able to fulfill its charge of “aiding and facilitating housing and related needs of economically disadvantaged residents” in the W-J district. Moore cited the WJDC’s focus on housing assistance (property taxes, mortgage and rental payments, and other expenses), neighborhood restorations (repairs, maintenance, renovations, and other improvements), and economic development (zoning, planning, mentoring, and further
business development). She went on to point out unusual challenges facing the 14-member board of directors, the 25-member advisory board, and the community, including rapidly growing land values and taxes, gentrification, under-employment and diminishing wealth, and systemic racism and redlining faced by longtime residents. Among the initiatives set in motion by the WJDC in 2019 were the launching of a visioning study for the neighborhood to participate in determining its future course; purchasing a neighborhood house in need of repairs that WJDC will sell at an affordable, discounted price
to a qualified buyer; identifying eligible Homestead Rebate recipients who qualify as longtime W-J residents for this year’s WJDC Property Tax Relief Program; identifying at-risk properties facing tax sale for intervention by WJDC; and working with neighborhood homeowners to identify and fund necessary repairs on their homes. In addition, Moore reported that the WJDC supported the establishment of a two-week Entrepreneurship Summer Camp for 11 Princeton High School students who live in or are connected to the W-J neighborhood. The camp was administered by Princeton Public Schools and Continued on Page 7
“OptOutside” on Black Friday; “Shrink Your Footprint” on Dec. 4
Local residents will have opportunities to stand up for the environment at two events in the coming week: “OptOutside,” sponsored by Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) at the Mountain Lakes House on Black Friday, November 29, from 2-4 p.m., and Sustainable Princeton’s “Shrink Your Footprint: On the Go” program offering practical suggestions to help reduce carbon emissions by exploring transportation options at the Princeton
Public Library (PPL) on December 4 at 7 p.m. “Friends of Princeton Open Space truly believes in the values that inspired REI [the Seattle-based Recreational Equipment, Inc.] to start OptOutside Friday, an initiative which encourages people to enjoy spending time in nature with their family and the community the day after Thanksgiving, rather than focusing on a Continued on Page 9
100 YEARS OF CARE: A Teddy Bear Clinic, where children could bring their favorite stuffed toy for a checkup, was just one of the many activities at a community celebration at Princeton Medical Center on Sunday to mark the 100-year anniversary of Penn Medicine Princeton Health . The original Princeton Hospital first opened on November 24, 1919 . Participants share what the hospital has meant to them or the community in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)
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ictly for capital improvements and the development of new educational offerings. Furthermore, Rider stated that its ability to make principal and https://www.facebook.com/westminsterfoun/ ents related to the bond offering was in no way contingent upon the sale of Westminster Choir College. Indeed, Rider has recently sent a handsome donors that celebrates its best year ever of fundraising.
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ster Foundation, Princeton, NJ, Inc, concludes that those who care about the Choir College cannot support the Beijing Kaiwen proposal. However, Princeton’s Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946 lternative is clear: a Rider administration and board of trustees that cherishes Rider University’s affiliation with Westminster Choir College, instead *The Westminster NJ, Inc. is an hands. independent not Rider affiliated with Rider University or Westminster Choir College. stminster’s assets andFoundation, tossing itsPrinceton, future into unsafe It isorganization, not too lateand foristhe administration and trustees to change course and again DONALD open C. STUART, 1946-1981 DAN D. COYLE, 1946-1973 Founding Editors/Publishers Westminster Choir College, which has provided inestimable benefits to Rider, the local communities, and the world of music education, choral music, DONALD C. STUART III, Editor/Publisher, 1981-2001 nce. In 1991, an affiliation was established between Rider College and Westminster Choir College. In a short time, both institutions benefited substantially from the partnership. Westminster quickly regained its stability as enrollment returned to historical levels, and the quality of its programs in music education and perfor-
SMITH manceFrank’s were strengthened by excellent additions to its faculty this affiliation, College was able to become Rider University, olly O’Neil enthusiastic support on these pagesand ofadministration. the proposedThrough deal with BKET, Rider the Westminster Foundation cordially invites her andLYNN her ADAMS Publisher which provided it with an additional level of prestige and stature in the world of higher education. Rider became widely known through this association as its the Rider Board of Trustees to the next WestminsterFoundation Foundation open public forum, along with members of the The Westminster is pleased to senior announce a Rider administration, and name then appeared with Westminster’s in the Choir College’s numerous performances in the U.S. and abroad, including concerts with the world’s finest orchesMELISSA BILYEU ston, who directs BKET’s U.S. acquisition for Westminster. tras and conductors, and through Westminster’ssubsidiary many commercial recordings, several of which have received Grammy nominations. Furthermore, establishment
The Westminster Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Inc. Princeton Television 30) Rider’swith plan Rider to sellCommunity Westminster to aWestminster Chinese(TV governmentis not affiliated University or Choir College. e broadcast of: controlled for-profit corporation was defeated. stminster Foundation, Princeton, NJ, Inc. • www.westminsterfoundationprinceton.org Rider’s current administration and trustees have presented plans that would reap tens of millions of dollars for Rider through the sale of Westminster assets. The www.westminsterfoundationprinceton.org lawsuits filed by individuals and the Princeton Theological Seminary are not hyperbolic attacks nor groundless scare tactics, but actions based upon the terms and of the Westminster College of the Arts in 2007 has added substantially to Rider’s student body at its Lawrenceville campus, bringing Rider significant tuition dollars each year.
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23 acres in Princeton. The announcement brought considerable interest from several parties anxious to participate in this apparent land-grab opportunity. Rider’s plan soon shifted to severing all ties to Westminster, by offering several options including a new affiliation with Westminster which gave Rider the prospect of pocketing an even heftier sum of $40,000,000 by essentially selling Westminster’s $19M endowment as an accompaniment to the sale of the campus.
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An affiliation that requires a direct payment is unprecedented in the academic not-for-profit world. At no time did Rider offer any college, university, conservatory, orchestra or other not-for-profit in the U.S. or abroad the opportunity to simply affiliate with Westminster without a direct payment, as Rider had done in 1991. Although Rider offered the opportunity to take Westminster’s programs to another location, thus allowing Rider to sell Westminster’s campus, Rider always demanded a substantial direct payment for any institution wishing to affiliate with Westminster while keeping the Choir College on its Princeton campus.
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In mid-February 2018, Rider announced the signing of a “Term Sheet” with BKET. The Westminster Foundation, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the New Jersey Attorney General’s office have repeatedly asked to see it, but it has never been revealed. Mystery also surrounds the “Purchase and Sale Agreement” which Rider announced in June 2018, and the “Commitment Letter” which was announced early last fall.
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Rider has been completely secretive regarding the terms of the proposed transaction with Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology (BKET), thus it is impossible for anyone who truly cares about the future of Westminster Choir College to support this deal. How soon might BKET be allowed to close the school and sell its campus? It might be seven years, five, two or perhaps one: only Rider and BKET know as the language of the signed agreements have been kept from the public eye as well as the eyes of New Jersey’s Attorney General’s office and licensing and accrediting officials.
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The absence of transparency regarding the contents of these important documents should also cause anyone who cares about Westminster to withhold support for proposed move to Rider University’s Lawrenceville campus, future of Westminster Choir College this transaction. Fears that BKET could close Westminster’s campus, sell the property, and hijackthe the endowment, or transform Westminster into something other than is a choir are stoked by Rider’s refusal to allow those care about to see theto terms and conditions to which Ridersharing has commitat acollege, critical juncture. The meeting willwho focus on Westminster’s discussingfuture answers these questions and ted Westminster’s future. Furthermore, the structure of the deal is based upon the creation of a questionably structured not-for-profit U.S. subsidiary of BKET, a vitalcompany information withofthe community. for-profit under the control the Chinese Government.
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Although we have received numerous offers of voluntary assistance in the management and operation of an independent Westminster, it has been impossible for The Westminster Foundation is an independent organization made up of supporters, alumni, faculty, the Foundation to make much progress toward that goal. Rider would never release Westminster’s endowment or its illegitimate title to the campus, so that leaves donors, andand friends of Westminster Choir College. Our stated purpose ismight to preserve thethelegacy and Rider’s administration trustees with another viable alternative to the sham BKET “Solution on the Table.” They want to consider possibilities that embracing Westminster Choir College could bring to RiderChoir University. Rider hasina venerable history New that dates from the and closingto days of the Civilefforts War. Nevertheensure the future of Westminster College Princeton, Jersey, oppose by less, Westminster Choir College is the only Rider division that has ever achieved worldwide acclaim. Westminster’s name and renown have greatly benefited the Rider College University toprogram, sell, relocate close Westminster of the Arts and continueor to do so. Westminster Choir College.
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Rider claims that its financial difficulties are the basis for seeking to divorce Westminster. However, in the 2018 filing memorandum for Rider’s $42M bond issue, Forsolid, those unable to attend, theupon meeting will beIt live-streamed Rider averred that its finances were and that Westminster was no burden Rider’s operations. stated that the money at being raised was not for operations, but strictly for capital improvements and the development of new educational offerings. Furthermore, Rider stated that its ability to make principal and https://www.facebook.com/westminsterfoun/ interest payments related to the bond offering was in no way contingent upon the sale of Westminster Choir College. Indeed, Rider has recently sent a handsome publication to donors that celebrates its best year ever of fundraising.
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The Westminster Foundation, Princeton, NJ, Inc, concludes that those who care about the Choir College cannot support the Beijing Kaiwen proposal. However, a wonderful alternative is clear: a Rider administration and board of trustees that cherishes Rider University’s affiliation with Westminster Choir College, instead of raiding Westminster’s assets and tossing its future into unsafe hands. It is not too late for the Rider administration and trustees to change course and again open their arms to Westminster Choir College, which has provided inestimable benefits to Rider, the local communities, and the world of music education, choral music, and performance.
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In light of Molly O’Neil Frank’s enthusiastic support on these pages of the proposed deal with BKET, the Westminster Foundation cordially invites her and her colleagues on the Rider Board of Trustees to the next Westminster Foundation open public forum, along with senior members of the Rider administration, and Larry Livingston, who directs BKET’s U.S. acquisition subsidiary for Westminster.
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TOPICS Of the Town The Bowl was becoming a tradition, at one point draw ing some 50 or 60 players to the Battlefield to get some pre-feast exercise, rain or shine. The popular event moved to Marquand Park i n 20 03, a nd has been held there ever since. This year marks the 25th anniversary. The founders never dreamed that their informal Thanksgiving gathering would become an annual holiday ritual. “What started out to be a get-together of friends and fathers from school, and some neighbors, has now grown into a second game where kids in their 20s and 30s play,” said Tony DiMeglio, one of the originals. “We have a lot of fun playing, and we eat a lot, too, even though we’re all going home to Thanksgiving dinner.” Yes, they eat. Af ter a 10 a.m. breakfast spread of donuts, coffee, lox a n d b a g e l s, a n d m or e, the exertions begin. The or iginal founders are in one game, their now-grown sons, and some daughters, are in another, and a third f ield is for t heir you ng children. Breaking for lunch is a highlight. JD “Sausage King” Walker, one of the fou nders, br ings a g r ill to the park to prepare his homemade kielbasas. “Then we play another half, where we hopefully work off some of what we’ve consumed,” said DiMeglio, 72, a broker with Callaway H e n d e r s o n S o t h e b y ’s International Realty and a resident of Princeton for 33 years. “We try to be careful.” DiMeglio and other members formed the P r i n c e t o n G e n t l e m a n’s Society in 2006, with a goal of making donations to local nonprofits part of the annual tradition. The group, who also play on Super Bowl Sunday, have given funds to organizations including Christine’s Hope for Kids,
Princeton High School Boys’ L acrosse, t he Pr inceton Recreat ion D epar t ment, and t he Marquand Park Foundation. The latter two are this year’s recipients. “ We’r e p r o u d o f t h e foundation,” said Jeff DuFour, 65, who joined in 2003 and is managing partner of the public accounting and business advisory firm Tillit Associates. “We want to give back to the community.” The move from the Bat tlef ield to Marquand Park came because of documentation requirements from the New Jersey State Park Service. “We played there for many years until the state thought it was in total disregard for the
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A TOUCH FOOTBALL TRADITION: The Princeton Gentleman’s Society will celebrate its 25th anniversary the usual way — playing football and eating homemade kielbasas at Marquand Park on Thanksgiving Day. Many in this group from 2007 are expected to turn out for this year’s event.
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men who had died and been buried there, and we shouldn’t be playing football t h e r e ,” s a i d D i M e g l i o. Du Four added, “We got supported at Marquand by the Princeton Recreation Department. They’ve been very gracious.” The children who were small when the group started are now in their early 30s, some with children of their own. With three generations of Turkey Bowl players, a third field was set up last year for the smallest contenders. The annual MVP player gets his or her name on the ball. “You could be MVP for many reasons — because you’re good, or because you got your head cracked open,” said DuFour. “Along with that comes the responsibility of throwing a party the week before the event each year.” The event has become a tradition because it is open to anyone interested in a gentlemanly game of football. “It’s about playing the game, and getting a chance to see people you’ve k n ow n for ye ar s,” s a i d DiMeglio. “We have this great relationship with each other, and of supporting the town. People show up from all over because it became an infectious thing. So new people get introduced. We don’t know if anything like this exists anywhere else in Princeton.” The Turkey Bowl will be held starting at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, rain, snow, or shine. Contributions to the foundation are welcome. —Anne Levin
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“As an employee of nearly 35 years, the hospital has meant everything to me personally and professionally. We have provided for the last 100 years, and I’ve been a part of it for nearly one third of those. Penn Medicine Princeton Health has been a conduit of care and compassion for members of our community each and every day.” —Geralyn Karpiscak, director of patient relations, Millstone Township
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Shrink Your Footprint: On the Go Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM Princeton Public Library, Community Room There are many options to get around while reducing your carbon footprint. Switching to them is easier than you think. Learn about what’s happening in Princeton so you can move around in a climate-friendly way. This program is the second of four in Sustainable Princeton's 2019-20 Great Ideas series focused on practical, actionable, and evidence-based steps to reduce the footprint of our daily lives. Please visit sustainableprinceton.org to learn more. Thank you to our generous sponsor NRG Energy, Inc. and our partner Princeton Public Library.
On Monday, December 2, “Communities of Light” candles will line the streets of central New Jersey as a symbol of hope for those impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. The candles come from luminary kits purchased through Womanspace to provide support services for those affected. Kits are available for $10 at several retail locations. There will be public municipal lightings, including one in Princeton, and several schools are participating. Womanspace, founded in 1977, provides an array of emergency and follow-up services to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. To purchase a kit or get m ore i n for m at ion, v i s it www.womanspace.org.
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Chuck: “The hospital means a lot to my daughter and I because my wife had surgery here about four months ago. The hospital is super clean and the nursing staff is phenomenal. The procedure went well and everything worked out great. Overall, it was nothing but a great experience.” —Jillian and Chuck Knehr, South Brunswick
“Growing up in the community, the hospital has always been an important part. When I got the opportunity to work here in behavioral health, I knew it provided the best care and had high quality services. I knew this is where I wanted to have my career.” —Jodi Pultorak, executive director of outpatient services, Allentown
“This hospital for me has meant growth and family. I started here as a patient transporter while I was in nursing school. When I graduated from nursing school, I did my residency here. This was my first nursing job, and I was able to work my way through the ranks and ended up working in the ICU, which was one of my dreams. Afterwards, I became the stroke coordinator through the hospital succession program. For me, it’s been a great place to learn and grow. I’ve met a lot of great mentors, and this has really become my second family.” —Philip Tran, stroke program coordinator, Mount Laurel
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featured field trips, presentations by local business owners, and a culminating product pitch competition. In look ing a he ad, t he WJ DC, Moore stated, is looking to create a W- J Neighborhood Energy Initiat ive in par t nership with a private technology c o m p a n y, b a n k s, a n d battery and other equ ipment suppliers, in a s s o c i at i on w it h p u bl i c utilities and investors in order to provide low-cost, self- generated electric service; revenues for solar power generators ; State Renewable Energy Credits for homeowners ; surplus energy revenues ; batter y storage transfer payments; and battery standby power during outages. In further activity, led by advisor y board members Shirley Satterfield of the W-J Historical and Cultural Society and Lori Rabon of Palmer Square, Inc., the WJDC is coordinating the redesign and replacement of the Paul Robeson fence. Following Moore’s report and a question-and-answer period, participants gathered in groups to discuss opportunities in visioning a master plan for the W-J neighborhood that will help to fulfill the organization’s mission “to preser ve, restore, and sustain the historic character, diversity, and quality of life of the neighborhood.” In a s tatement is sued earlier this year, Moore noted that the WJDC is “concerned about the financial
s t abi l it y, e nv iron m e nt a l health, and wellness of a neighborhood for which limited incomes, deferred maintenance, and outdated b u i l d i n g s y s te m s o f te n pr e s e nt i n s u r m ou nt abl e challenges to many of its residents. T he WJ DC is particularly interested in sustaining the ownership, residency, and vitality of longtime WitherspoonJackson families that have been pushed out by rising property taxes, predatory lending, and the market forces of gentrification.” The question-anda ns wer s e s s ion fo cu s e d on issues of transparency, f idu ciar y re sp ons ibi l it y, a nd t he nee d for more discussion and community involvement. The possibility of additional contributions to the neighborhood from Princeton University was raised. Also, eligible W-J residents were urged to apply for the New Jersey Homestead Rebate, since the rebate is used as a qualification for additional funds from Princeton University and the WJDC. “ I t’s o u r j o b to h e l p individual households through economic h a r d s h i p,” M o or e s a i d . “We want to have residents who are invested in the neighborhood.” S he cont i nu e d, “ We have a very hardworking, experienced, diverse board. We are also happy to hear ideas from outside the board, f rom t he neighborhood, and the whole community, especially from others from all over who are confronting some of the challenges we are confronting.” —Donald Gilpin
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On November 21, at 7:17 a.m., a resident of Albert Way reported that on November 20, at 3:30 p.m., someone posing as an “officer” called them and convinced them to pay $3,000 over the phone via gift card codes to avoid being arrested. The victim realized it was a scam after they gave the caller the codes. On November 21, at 9:05 a.m., a resident of Edgehill Street reported that, sometime between November 20, at 9:30 p.m. and November 21, at 7:30 a.m., someone shattered their garage window with a blunt object. On November 20, at 6:07 p.m., a v ictim repor ted t hat somet ime bet ween November 17 at 11:30 p.m. and November 19 at 8 p.m., someone stole their wallet from their residence on North Stanworth Drive. The credit cards were used to make $430 worth of unauthorized purchases and the value of the wallet and contents is $680. On November 18, at 4:49 p.m., a complainant reported they became aware that someone forged and cashed three checks against their checking account in the total amount of $7,799.52. On November 16, at 1:44 a.m., a 22-year-old male from Princeton was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct, subsequent to a report of a fight in progress on Nassau Street. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.
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the liturgical music mission stops at the Westminster campus, the property will have to go back to the Seminary.” A November 11 message to the Rider community from Provost DonnaJean Fredeen said renovation plans to add on to Rider’s Gill Chapel, to accommodate Westminster st udents, are ready for submission to the Lawrence Township Planning Office for approval. “The project will create a full performing and rehearsal space in the main chapel, as well as 13 new large and small practice rooms, an expanded lobby, and worship spaces,” she wrote, adding that professional architects, engineers, and consultants are in on the project. Some Westminster faculty, alumni, and students say those and other proposed changes are not sufficient, and the move will mean the end of the music school. Westminster Foundation President Constance Fee, Foundation Vice President P. Randolph Hill, and Westminster student Jordan Klotz will appear on Princeton Community TV 30’s Back Story with Joan Goldstein to discuss the situation on Wednesday, November 27 at 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, December 1 at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, December 4 at 8:30 p.m.; and Sunday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m. “A s w e c o n t i n u e t o navigate these challenging and complex issues, it is important to remind ourselves of the fact that the primary obstacle to a move of the campus is the lawsuits, which remain in place, and our most valuable asset is our
unwavering resolve to stay the course and to not be swayed by psychological tactics and PR,” Fee wrote in a recent post on the Westminster Foundation’s Facebook page. “Bear in mind that the goal has always been to break our spirit and convince us that this threatened elimination of Westminster Choir College by moving it to inadequate facilities in Lawrenceville is inevitable. Speaking on behalf of the Westminster Foundation and the plaintiffs in both the McMorris and student complaints, I can assure you that it is not.” —Anne Levin
PMA Plans Holiday Programming
The Princeton Merchants A s s o ciat ion ( PM A ) a n d community partners have spearheaded an initiative to enhance the shopping, dining, and strolling experience in Princeton throughout the holiday season. Carolers from var ious community organizations, visits from Santa, holiday wreaths, Palmer Square’s new ice skating rink, and the Christmas tree on the square are among the attractions b e i n g pr om ote d , a lon g with shopping and dining opportunities. The PMA has invested in additional holiday lighting. Palmer Square’s skating rink, open from November 30 through February 29 on weekend afternoons and Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, is located behind the Nassau Inn. Holiday music will be performed in Palmer Square, Hinds Plaza, and Landau’s, through December. Performers include the
Princeton High School Choir, Einstein’s Alley Musician’s Collaborative, Princeton Pro Musica, and several others. December 7 and 8 are Princeton’s first-ever Holiday M a r ke t D ay s , w i t h 18 participating shops. Shoppers can pick up a Holiday Market Card and get it stamped at par ticipating shops through the weekend. The completed card can be given to a participating retailer to be entered for a prize drawing. Throughout the Holiday M a r ke t D ay s w e e ke n d , there will be several Santa appearances. On Saturday, December 7, Santa will be serving cookies at the Princeton Shopping Center from 12-2 p.m., while on Sunday, December 8, Santa will be available for selfies in Hinds Plaza from 2-5 p.m. Santa will also be strolling t hrough Palmer S quare throughout the weekend. T h e P r i n c e t o n To u r Company’s wintertime trolley tours, McCarter Theatre’s A Christmas Carol, and activities at Morven Museum & Garden are among the additional attractions. Palmer Square will offer a wreath-making workshop at 11 Hulfish Street on December 7. Palmer Square will also host gingerbread decorating on December 14. The Cranbury Station Gallery offers a paint party to complete a seasonal masterpiece on December 12. Palmer Square will also host a Hanukkah celebration on December 19. Free street parking will be available downtown Monday through Friday after 6 p.m. and Sundays all day until the New Year. Visit w w w.pr inceton merchants.org/holidays for more information.
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consumer culture that creates so much needless waste,” said FOPOS President Wendy Mager. The Princeton OptOutside free event features a naturethemed art activity, music, cider and snacks, and a walk on the trails in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. “We encourage everyone to visit the Mountain Lakes House on Friday to socialize, enjoy music and a nature art activity, and then go for a soul-refreshing walk in the Mountain Lakes Preserve,” Mager added. “Outside, folks will see what FOPOS is doing to care for this special park and restore the forest for ourselves and our fellow creatures.” Attendees are requested to pre-register at eventbrite.com (search “OptOutside in Princeton”). November 29 is also the kickoff to the FOPOS Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest, with visitors encouraged to take their best shot of the Mountain Lakes Preserve. Contact photos@fopos.org for contest rules and further information. A photography exhibition at the Mountain Lakes House, “The Beauty of Nature,” highlights work by Princeton Academy student and previous winner of FOPOS’ annual photography contest Sam Wang, who will be donating proceeds from the sale of his photos to FOPOS. Sustainable Princeton Forum The Sustainable Princeton event on December 4 in the PPL will feature a trio of
industry experts highlighting ways to get around while reducing your carbon footprint. “We need to rethink the way we do things,” said Princeton Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton, the lead-off panelist. “Change is good. It’s going to happen, so be a part of it.” Stockton will be joined by Dosier Hammond, chair of the Public Transit Advisory Committee (PTAC) and cochair of the Transportation Communications Task Force (TCTF), and Princeton High School (PHS) science teacher Joy Barnes-Johnson. Stockton said that she will be talking about “what we as a municipality are doing about alternative transportation, bike share, car share, and complete streets.” She added that additional bike and pedestrian facilities are in the works, and she encouraged everyone to get involved. “Start with walking instead of driving to the grocery store if you can,” she said. Hammond is looking forward to continuing to inform Princeton residents about the public transportation infrastructure in town. “The Alexander Road bridge closing early this month gives residents an idea why they should look at public transportation,” he said. A Transit Princeton brochure recently published by TCTF urges travelers, “It’s more important than ever to take advantage of transportation alternatives. Taking the freeB or Tiger Transit to the Dinky can get you quickly to Northeast Corridor trains and US-1 locations,” the brochure states. “Public transit is healthy for residents and for the environment,” Hammond said. “Also
it cuts out the stress of traffic and parking, and reduces wear and tear on your car.” He pointed out that since PTAC revised the freeB schedule last year, there are more trips around town and a lot more people are taking advantage of it. “Ridership has increased by 20 percent,” he said. The new Transit Princeton brochure, which describes all the public transit routes in Princeton with a map showing where they all go, will be available at the December 4 meeting. It will also be available at the two municipal buildings, at the Dinky station, and at the PPL, and it will be mailed out to Princeton households in the next month. Further initiatives, Hammond mentioned, will include new, more useful and informative signage for all public transit stops and additional information later this fall and next year to encourage walking, biking, and public transit, “for the sake of health and the environment and to relieve traffic and parking frustrations.” PPS Combats Climate Change Barnes-Johnson, who will moderate the proceedings, commented on the growing role of youth in the climate change discussions, and cited a number of initiatives at Princeton Public Schools (PPS). Climate change is a major theme in this year’s Biology I curriculum at PHS, she said. Teachers are inviting speakers into their classrooms, and students are designing relevant experiments. History teacher Kim Groome led PHS’ participation in the 24-hour Climate Reality Project, inviting a LEED engineer to speak to
classes; while Paula Jakowlew has invited students to design compost experiments; James Smirk and facilities coordinators at PHS are collecting data and leading communications efforts to promote more responsible practices in the building; and some chemistry students are learning about Sustainable Development Goals and the World Economic Forum risk report. English, social studies, and science teachers have collaborated, as part of the district professional development program, to design educational programs to address “a planet in peril,” with the goal of hosting a community-wide youth agency symposium in May 2020. —Donald Gilpin
Two Chances This Year free, and it is recommended To See River Crossing that visitors arrive before 1 The public has two opportunities this year to view the annual reenactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware at Washington Crossing Historic Park, on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. The first is on Sunday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The actual crossing is at approximately 1 p.m. On this day, special Colonial-era activities and demonstrations throughout the historic village will provide families with a full day of learning. The 67th annual Christmas Day crossing will take place from 12-3 p.m. on December 25 (the actual crossing is at approximately 1 p.m.). The Christmas Day crossing is
p.m. to ensure a good place along the viewing line. The cost to attend the December 8 crossing is $8 for adults, $4 for children 5-11, and free for those under 5. The family rate is $20 for two adults and two children. Proceeds from this reenactment support future programs in the park. River crossings are contingent upon safe conditions for participants. However, even if conditions do not allow for crossing, ceremonies, speeches, and commemorative activities still occur. Washington Crossing Historic Park is located at the intersection of Routes 532 and 32 (River Road) in Bucks County, Pa. Visit WashingtonCrossingPark.org.
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Bon Appétit Owner Sees Bright Future Amidst Flurry of Social Media Rumors Bon Appétit may be in a transition mode, with the prospect of a new owner join ing force s w it h current ow ner B i l l L e t t ier, but social media warnings of “destined to close” and cries of decline seem unwarranted. E arlier this week, Bon Appétit, a Pr inceton in stitution for more than 50 years, became the topic of a Facebook post claiming “bare shelves and none of the usual piles of holiday chocolates and food gifts,” e mploye e s w ar n e d of a “new buyer or closure,” and “the owner for a decade has not invested in the space, which is in disrepair.” Numerous Bon Appétit fans and a few detractors weighed in in response. “Go -to place for holiday treats,” “hear tbreaking,” “one of the few places I cou l d f i n d m apl e s u ga r candy,” and “part of moder n Pr inceton histor y” were among the comments, along with some criticisms of items lacking freshness. At the store in its prime corner location in the Princeton Shopping Center at lunchtime on Monday, there were dozens of customers ordering various foods to take out or eat in the cafe area. Others were making holiday orders. The shelves were reasonably stocked with a variety of gourmet items, a few looking like holiday attractions. Not exactly full or overflowing, and there were a few empty spaces,
but far from “bare.” “Don’t worry,” said Lettier expressing his optimism for Bon Appétit’s future in a phone conversation late Monday afternoon. “We’re here in full force. Come on in. We look forward to seeing you.” Let tier, who said he is not on Facebook, explained that Bon Appétit’s lease had expired in July this year but that the landlord, Edens, a real estate firm based in Boston, had been very helpful in working towards a new agreement. One of Lettier’s proposals was to give up space where the cafe tables are located in order to reduce the rent, but the current plan is to keep the Bon Appétit store as is. A conference call is scheduled for Monday with Lettier, the landlord, and a prospective new partner, “a well established Princeton individual” who is an active buyer and wants to become a partner. Lettier looks forward to an extended lease, a partner, and new, favorable terms. “I’m very excited about the oppor tunit y,” Lettier said. “It w ill be nice to have a par tner, par ticu larly helpful with support. We’re both optimistic about future prospects.” L et tier added t hat t he trucks with holiday products would be arriving Tuesday, and by early Tuesday afternoon, as shoppers again filled the store, the shelves were mostly well
stocked, and piles of boxes were in the process of being unpacked. “Catering orders are at an all-time high,” Lettier said. “We have a tremendous number of turkey orders.” Lettier did mention the challenges to food retailers of the winter season with its uncertainties of weather and threats of closures. He pointed out that he is re-thinking plans for his Bon Appétit kiosk, which opened last spring at Carnevale Pla z a on Nas s au Street. “We’re rev isiting the food offerings, concentrating more on hot foods, soups, and deliveries,” he said. “The walk-up doesn’t work as well in the winter.” The Bon Appétit Cafe in Forrestal Village, Lettier claims, is doing well after eight years, but Lettier’s Bon Appétit New town in Pennsylvania was recently taken over by Vault Brewing Company, which Lettier claimed was a better fit for the location. —Donald Gilpin
Holiday Tea Party “With Governors’ Girls”
Celebrating the holidays at Morven Museum & Garden in years gone by is the topic of a special event on Thursday, December 12 at 1 p.m. Afternoon tea with some of the “Governors’ Girls” will bring participants together with some of the daughters of New Jersey Governors Hughes and Cahill. The daughters will take part in a discussion, with a four-course tea catered by Perfect Blend. Richard Hughes was governor from 1973 to 1979, wh i le Wi llia m T. C a h i ll served from 1970 to 1974. A tour of Morven’s Festival of Trees will follow. Tickets, which are $35 for Friends of Morven and $45 for others, will include museum admission. Visit morven.org to register or get additional information.
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The Hunterdon Land Trust’s winter Farmers Market begins a new season on Sunday, December 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street in Flemington. The market runs the first and third Sundays of the month from December to mid-May, and is held in the farm’s wagon house. Additional dates are December 15, January 5 and 19, February 2 and 16, March 1 and 15, April 5 and 19, and May 3. More than a dozen local farmers and vendors will par-
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Last year, Princeton was Crown credits the project tal Humanities,” a lecture the first University in the coordinator, Ruby Shao, a and workshop at Princeton United States to host Being University alumnus whose Public Library on December Human, an international fes- background is in humanities 18. It details the work done tival of the humanities based and journalism, with shap- by students who traveled to in the U.K. The month-long ing this year’s festival. “She Greece to explore the subseries of workshops, inter- looked at all of the propos- ject. “They used 3-D modelactive exhibits, panels, and als that came in, and had ing and virtual reality, and performances was so well conversations with those created a way for those of received by the local com- involved,” Crown said. “She us who can’t go to Greece to munit y that it has been helped think them through. see these sights,” she said. brought back this fall, in a The proposals were all really “You can put on goggles and longer and more compre- great, so it wasn’t hard to be there. They’ll talk about hensive version. choose. It was really more the work they’ve done in a To: ___________________________ 908.359.8388 The festival has been un- of a question of looking for hands-on way, where people Route 206 • Belle Mead From: _________________________ Date & Time: ______________________ derway since October. Fac- projects presenting the work can actually hold and touch Princeton humanities re- what they’ve created.” Here is a proof youratad,of scheduled to run ___________________. ulty, students, andofstaff the University have been searchers. 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Greenway on December 7. learn about the archaeolEvents continue through De- “We’ll do some reading of ogy,” Crown said. “We have cember 18 (visit humanities. poetry, talk about relation- a very diverse population princeton.edu/being-human ships between humans and participating in events, from for a full schedule). the natural world, take a young children to people “This year, we have more walk, and write some po- from senior centers. These than tripled our events, and ems,” she said. She is also are events that are appealit is incredibly exciting,” said excited about the final event, ing across age groups and Executive Director Kathleen “Illuminating Incarceration across walks of life.” —Anne Levin Crown. “There was just so in Antiquity Through Digimuch interest last year. 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Urging “Everyone Living Here” To Help Save Native Pollinators
To the Editor: You have the key to unlock the tool chest to rejuvenate and save the most basic foundation needed to support human life. “And what is that?” you ask. It is the vast and quickly diminishing community of native pollinators of bees, birds, butterflies, beetles, flies, and small mammals that work together to supply 85 percent of the main global crops that feed people — fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and oils. This hardworking group also provides the food for many other animals, besides us, in the worldwide ecosystem. If they go, we go. And you can do something right now where you live to help them regenerate! You can accomplish this, and it does not depend on the size of your yard, your balcony, your community garden, an empty urban lot, or on large corporate campuses. Plant and they will find you! You will discover the incredible beauty of the plants that are native to wherever you live and the knock-your-socks-off intricate and colorful patterns that our native pollinators are dressed in. Not even our most outstanding clothing designers can match the delicacy of detail on display. Take a section of whatever your outdoor space includes and create an oasis for pollinators by planting the native plants for your area that include flowers, shrubs, small trees, and large shade trees. Plan it in an arc of seasonal blooming that provides food and shelter for them in the spring, summer, and fall. So, not difficult to start but you do need a plan so that you are not just sticking plants here and there randomly. Throwing them into the ground with some fertilizer is not sufficient. Soil type, sun or shade, moist or dry conditions, and other considerations that they are used to are important factors. You can still have some lawn while implementing better practices for it. What are the factors that are causing the pollinator decimation? Vast lawns of grass and gardens of exotic invasive plant species that are barren of pollinator support and are saturated with salt-based synthetic fertilizers that work in concert with the applied pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides to kill the vital life of the soil food web. Because these plants are perennials, their root systems grow deeper every year and thereby sequester more carbon (the connection with climate change that also includes the expansion of greening our planet). Just as when you go on a trip, you need to have places to stop and get food, drink, and rest. That is what we need
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Spare No Expense To Safeguard Our Democracy
It was recently discovered by the Mercer County Board of Elections that more than 300 vote-by-mail ballots from Princeton had not been counted in the recent election. There were more than 250 vote-by-mail ballots from Trenton that had not been counted; as well as smaller numbers (32 or fewer) from East Windsor, Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, Pennington, and Robbinsville. According to a Board of Elections Commissioner Anthony Francioso, who presided at the meeting, the uncounted ballots were locked and secured in the Board of Elections vault with the ballots that had been counted and the ballots that had been rejected. On Monday, November 25, I and others attended a public meeting at the Board of Elections to witness the counting and scanning of the uncounted ballots, including the 362 from Princeton. The results, available on the website of the Mercer County Clerk, did not change the outcome of the election. My understanding is that an alert Mercer County employee noticed the discrepancy in the total number of voteby-mail ballots received and the official results that were posted. The Board of Elections began an investigation and located the uncounted ballots in the vault. The vault
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Labyrinth and Record Exchange Present Friend, Author of Cobain Labyrinth Books and the Princeton Record Exchange are host ing a pres entation and conversation with rock legend Kurt Cobain’s manager and close friend, Danny Goldberg, author of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain ( Ecco $28.99). The event will be held at Labyrinth on Tuesday, December 3 at 6 p.m. “One of the only books to come out of the singer’s inner circle,” according to the Washington Post, Serving the Servant “conveys the frustration, the to-the-bone grief, that comes from losing a loved one who was fundamentally unknowable in the first place. It’s the closest thing we have to a survivor’s account.” Rolling Stone calls it “a fascinating portrait of the life, music, and inner workings of Cobain.” In early 1991, when music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a new band from the underground music scene in Seattle, he had no idea that the band’s leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture
icon. Serving the Servants draws on Goldberg’s own memories of Cobain, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt’s close family, friends, and former band mates. Danny Goldberg is president and owner of Gold Village Entertainment, an artist management company; former CEO and founder of Gold Mountain Entertainment; former chairman and CEO of both Mercury Records and Artemis Records; former CEO of Air America; and frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Huffington Post, Dissent, Billboard, and many other outlets. He is the author of In Search of the Lost Chord, Bumping into Geniuses, and How the Left Lost Teen Spirit.
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to supply in order to rejuvenate, revivify, and restore our has two keys, one held by a Democrat and one held by a vital and generous native pollinator co-existors! Republican. Both parties have to be present in order to JUDITH K. ROBINSON open the vault. Dunwald Lane, Hopewell I was told that the vault was built before voting by mail became a common practice, and thus it is small for the number of ballots that are stored there. Even though there was no fraud involved, this incident shows that we must be even more vigilant in making sure To the Editor: our elections are secure especially since we have a crucial On Thursday evening, the National Symphony Orchestra presidential election next year and election-tampering by of Ukraine offered a wonderful music performance to a Russia has been documented by our national intelligence very appreciative McCarter Theatre audience. It was a agencies. very wonderful evening with the Orchestra presumably Before then, Mercer County should make sure that sysbeing paid for their performance and with the audience tems are in place to track all ballots cast; that facilities, showing their appreciation through their loud and extended such as the vault, are adequate (there are always many applause. It was a wonderful example of a quid pro quo more voters in a presidential election year); and that we with presumably all parties, both audience and members of have new voting machines that allow for a voter-marked pathe Orchestra, receiving their just rewards. The difference per ballot so we can verify the election results if necessary. between this quid pro quo and that receiving national Governor Murphy must make funding (currently frozen) attention is worth noting since the benefits provided by available for the extra expense incurred by New Jersey the Orchestra were not targeted at a single member of the counties to provide the large number of vote-by-mail balaudience but to the audience at large. lots required by a recent state voting law — otherwise, the May we have many more such quid pro quos. law will be declared unconstitutional. JOEL S. GREENBERG The right to vote is the heart and soul of our democracy, Parkside Drive, Princeton and we in New Jersey and the nation should spare no expense in safeguarding it. SCOTIA W. MACRAE Chair, Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee Evelyn Place, Princeton To the Editor:
“Walking Without a Map, Expecting Turbulence and Surprise” University League Nursery School. From Westminster Looming To screen out the screeching of the train wheels, I’d pull out my CD player and plug Surely it’s only a coincidence that there I push him all the way downtown in a in earphones, to listen to the only mu- we happened to be living around the recently-repaired still rattling jingle-jangle sic that I could tolerate during these corner from the Choir College the year the stroller, look for an anniversary present, years: Beethoven’s late quartets. household gods of rock gave way to the stop by the Record Exchange, then the —Elaine Pagels, classics and I found myself at the Record epic journey to the Shopping Center, “like from Why Religion? Exchange, home of the oracles of sound, pushing a mule team over the Andes,” Ben snoozing in the stroller, until we get to our or all the time I spend consulting, trading LPs by the Grateful Dead and the place under the cherry tree at the Center, Jefferson Airplane for elegant Deutsche exploring, exploiting the oracles warm enough by then for a picnic snack on of the internet, as often as not I Grammophon packagings of Schubert, the grass, then homeward, the last stretch Mozart, Vivaldi, and Beethoven. Now that I find what I’m looking for, in material across the Westminster campus and the think of it, the first album I borrowed from form, among the oracles shelved at the library’s collection contained choral sound of singing, always, always, as if the the Princeton Public Library. works by Schubert, including Standchen, singing never stopped. After dinner, the Sometimes the oracle offers more the serenade for female voices that marked music of Beethoven fills the family room than I counted on, as happened recentmy hushed, late-night entry into the Shu- with the record I bought for our anniverly when I opened a copy of Why Relisary, Symphony No. 9 — “Ode to Joy.” bertian universe. gion? A Personal Story (Ecco 2018) The fall to winter entries could all be No getting around it, some enchanted to the passage where Elaine Pagels headed “Schubert plays on,” or Mozart, virus carried by way of Walnut Lane to recalls the aftermath of her six-yearor Beethoven. In early March we celebrate old son’s death, a time “when profes- Hickory Court from the Westminster cam- Vivaldi’s birthday (known affectionately sions of faith in God sounded only like pus had invaded my immune system. The unintelligible noise, heard from the bottom of the sea.” Looking through the window of the train bound from Penn Station to Princeton, where she had accepted a teaching position at the University, she sees “lots dense with weeds and paper, cans, tricycles left in the rain, plastic wading pools,” and “swing sets, some with ropes dangling loosely, the seats down.” The imagery of backyards haunted by the playthings of absent children frames the questions that follow: “Why did this happen? Why to this child? Why to any child, any person?” It’s at this point that the author looks to Beethoven’s late quartets, her preferred remedy for discord in “body and mind ... separate islands To: ___________________________ of feeling, sharp with pain, interFrom: _________________________ Date & Time: ______________________ spersed with patches where feeling had numbed, wholly blocked. ... Since Here is a proof of your ad, scheduled to run ___________________. my arteries felt tangled and separate, Please checkfacts it thoroughly and pay special attention to the following: in danger of disintegrating, I felt that are there — the forest I couldn’t see as Baldy in our house), an excuse to buy only the strands of that music could mark (Your check will tell us okay) of melody in the works for mandolin; in late March, for the trees, theit’s elephant help weave them together again, per- room, the orchestral quid pro quo, the Hayden’s birthday it’s the piano trios; by then, as the journal notes, “Every day haps could bring, for moments, a seminfinitely musical I was in without � Phone number � Fax loop number � Address � Expiration Date blance of integration and order.” even knowing it — facts scribbled on the since January 31, 1980, has been a variaStanding book in hand on the library’s pages of the Flying Eagle journal (Made in tion on Schubert’s birthday,” which was second floor study area, reading and China) I kept between 1979 and 1980 — celebrated with a little cake from the Vilrereading that raw, visceral account of which was around the time, give or take lage Bakery in Lawrenceville, inscribed in the healing power of music, I decided a year or two, that a New Jersey Transit Gothic letters of chocolate icing, “Happy to take the book home, already sensing train brought Elaine Pagels to Princeton Birthday Franz Schubert,” above a yellow the theme it was leading me to, as if with the oracle Beethoven’s late quartets songbird in yellow icing, I imagined to be the title had changed from Why Reli- weaving her spirit into a semblance of the handiwork of the unseen Vienna-born genius baker. gion? to Why Beethoven? or, more to “integration and order.” Fire and Fury the point, Why Music? The oracle had For a start there’s the cloudy/sunny day given me an answer I needed but didn’t in early October when I’m walking across According to a journal entry from March know I was looking for. Isn’t this what the grounds of the Choir College on my 1980, I bolted my dinner and rushed into way to pick up our three-year-old son at the night to see the Guarneri Quartet perbooks and libraries are all about?
form Schubert’s Death and the Maiden at Alexander. I had no ticket. It was pure spur-of-the-minute frenzy. I got in free thanks to a Princeton professor who gave me an orchestra ticket because his wife couldn’t make it. The highlight of the night proved to be the group dynamics inspired by the Bartok quartet. It was as if the four men at once comrades and combatants slashing away, all fire and fury, practially surging out of their seats with the force of their playing, knees and elbows practically touching, as if they were playing through, into one another, the bows dueling, flashing in the light like swords. This was chamber music? Further Offerings In her introduction to Why Religion?, Elaine Pagels says she never imagined she’d be able to write about what happened “when the death of our young child, followed soon after by the shocking death of my husband, shattered my life.” Twenty-five years later, to write the book is “to look into that darkness” with the realization “that no one escapes terrible loss.” She reinforces this understanding, one of the memoir’s defining sentiments, by referring to the “experiences that precipitate us into new relationships with ourselves and with others. For that, and for you, I offer this writing.” pening the book at random that day at the library, the first thing that caught my eye, even before the Beethoven passage, was printed in italics: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” The passage is from the Gospel of Thomas, one of the early Christian texts Pagels had access to as a divinity student at Harvard and eventually wrote about in her landmark work, The Gnostic Gospels. “What I love about souces like the Gospel of Thomas,” she writes, “is that they open up far more than a single path .... While urging us to seek a deep connection with reality, they encourage us to walk without a map, expecting turbulence and surprise.” She ends that chapter with another offering from the same source: “Recognize what is before your eyes and the mysteries will be revealed to you.” —Stuart Mitchner
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When we engage with literature, we often do so silently. Reading aloud is something we do all too rarely. But there is a case to be made for returning to the realm of the embodied voice—and what better time to make it than right now, when we are reaching out toward a more expansive, global literature? This lecture is sponsored by the Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study
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deally, the mission of any university might sound vocally rough compared includes expanding the horizons of to the more blended choral palettes of its students, and the members of the Western choruses. The sound carried well Princeton University Glee Club have been from the ensemble’s position in front of achieving that goal well in recent years. the Chancel at the Chapel, with chords Under the leadership of Gabriel Crouch, sometimes taking time in this vocal style the Glee Club has collaborated with to settle in the space. ensembles from far corners of the world, A number of the pieces ended with the including South Africa and the former singers arriving at a unison note or open Eastern European countries. fifth interval, following long streams of Last week, the 90-member Glee Club choral sound over a bass drone. The hosted a visit from the all-male Ensemble E n s e mbl e i n c or p or ate d t r a d it i on a l Basiani, touring the United States from the Georgian “yodeling” into several pieces Organ, strings, and trumpet former Soviet region of Georgia, introducing over a foundation of low tenors and basses. audiences to the rich polyphonic tradition Most impressive was a trio of singers of this area. In a Princeton University performing an improvisatory western Concerts program last Monday night, Georgian banquet song comprised of the 12-member Ensemble Basiani, led by just one line of text — “Peace to us and director Zurab Tskrialashvili, entertained victory!” The three singers seemed to be the audience at the Princeton University lost in their own musical conversations, Chapel with a wide variety of a cappella with impeccable tuning among the voices. sacred and secular choral works from seven A common genre of piece performed was centuries of musical history. the “work song,” often led by a tenor in T he cou nt r y of G eorg ia, ne s t le d a “call and response” style, with a sharp between the Caucasus Mountains and the vocal edge to match the text — in one Black Sea, and at the junction of Asia, case a tribute to the worker’s iron sickle. Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, Ensemble Basiani performed two pieces has a history dating back as far as the with the University Glee Club, led by 12th centur y B.C. T he diversit y of Crouch. In a setting of the text “Thou countries and cultures surrounding the art the mystical paradise” from the Great region can be heard in Georgian vocal Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, To: ___________________________ music, which also dates back centuries. and a setting of a traditional Georgian folk Ensemble Basiani, founded in 2000 in the song, the full-throated sound of Ensemble From: _________________________ Date & Time: ______________________ Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, has made Basiani might have seemed tempting for a mission reviving the traditional songs to college-age voices to emulate, but could Here is a of proof of your ad, scheduled run ___________________. and sacred hymns of Georgian musical be vocally stressful in voices so young. Please check it thoroughly and pay special attention to the following: life. For almost 20 years, the 12-member The tenors and basses of the Glee Club c h o r ucheck s h a s mark b r o uwill g h t tell to usa uit’s d i eokay) n c e s well handled the singing demands in both (Your admission $5, students free worldwide the unique polyphonic choral pieces, with the overall effect softened for more information: 609-258-3654 or prose@princeton.edu style which evolved in Georgia, secluded by the addition of women’s voices. The � Phone number � Fax number � Address � Expiration Date from the more familiar Western European sopranos in particular added a sparkly composers and music. sound which rose well in the Chapel. ny collaboration between choruses The sacred hymns Ensemble Basiani results in multiple benefits, performed last Monday night sounded including fellowsh ip, lear n ing closely related to the richly harmonic choral works composed for the vast diverse musical styles, and collecting new cathedrals of Moscow and St. Petersburg. repertoire. Both Ensemble Basiani and The works were varied in text and liturgical the Princeton University Glee Club can purpose, but maintained a similar vocal now claim new friends on both sides of character among themselves. Ensemble the world, and their collaboration enabled Basiani opened the program with a a Princeton audience to hear a taste of double-chorus Christmas carol, sung a well-hidden part of the musical world. with a raw, Arabic-like choral tone which —Nancy Plum
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NATURE’S LAST GASPS: In the documentary film “Soundtracker,” part of a series at Hopewell Theater, an Emmy-winning sound recordist tries to capture the vanishing sounds of nature. a sound recordist trying to e n t i t l e d T h e M u s i c of Films, Speakers, in “The Art of Living Well” record the vanishing sounds Christmas Past, will consist of
Hopewell Theater’s ongoing “The Art of Living Well” series features films, speakers, and interactive discussions exploring ways to cultivate serenity, meaning, and a deeper connection to one’s self and the world, through February. Hopewell Theater is at 5 South Greenwood Avenue in Hopewell Borough. Highlights include the film The River and the Wall, which is focused on the immigration debate; Mystery of Picasso, about the painter’s creative process; All the Time in the World, about a family that lived a simpler life in the Yukon for nine months; and Soundtracker, the story of
of nature. Also in the series are live events, “Pecha Kucha: H o p e w e l l ,” i n f o r m a l gatherings where creative people get together and share ideas, works, thoughts, and holiday snaps. For a schedule and additional information, visit hopewelltheater.com.
Music of Christmas Past At St. Michael’s Trenton
The next recital in the new lunchtime series at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 140 North Warren Street, Trenton will take place at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 5. The program,
vocal and instrumental music for the Christmas season from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. The performers are faculty members of Pr inceton’s Westminster Conservatory. Events in the series are free of charge and last approximately 45 minutes. The performers on December 5 will be Danielle Sinclair, voice; Melissa Bohl, oboe and early instruments; and Timothy Urban, voice and early instruments. The program includes carols such as “ The Wexford Carol,” “There is No Rose of Such Virtue,” “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” and instrumental music by Michael Praetorius
and Tilman Susato. Early instruments in use will include r e c or d e r s, k r u m m h or n , psaltery, and hurdy-gurdy. Sinclair has performed with orchestras throughout the country in works ranging from Bach’s Magnificat and St. John Passion to Respighi’s Lauda per la Natività del Signore and Orff’s Carmina Burana. She has appeared in numerous operatic roles including Musetta in La Bohème, Despina in Così fan tutte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Mabel in Pirates of Penzance. In 1990 she won Seattle’s 200+1 Vocal Competition, and in 1995 she won the prestigious Opera at Florham Guild Competition. She has been a frequent artist in Westminster Conservatory’s concert and recital series, and performs often with the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs. In addition to a PhD degree in musicology, Urban holds graduate degrees in early music performance practice, voice and recorder performance, and music theory. While a Fulbright scholar in Hungary, he performed throughout Hungary and Austria with the choir Ars Nova. Urban has sung with the associate choruses of Tri-Cities Opera, Syracuse Opera, and New York City Opera. He has been heard in concerts and recitals in Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and has recorded programs for Hong Kong Radio. In addition to teaching voice and recorder at Westminster Conservatory, he gives lectures for Westminster Conservatory Opera Outings and for the Princeton Festival. He is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University and Westminster Choir College. Bohl is the principal oboist of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Orchestra of St. Peter-by-the- Sea, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, and the American Repertory Ballet Orchestra. She plays oboe and English horn with the Plainfield Symphony and performs regularly with many other area musical organizations, including the Garden State Symphonic Band and the Central Jersey Symphonic Orchestra. At Westminster Conservatory she teaches oboe and is head of the woodwind, brass, and p ercu s s ion depar t m ent. She also coordinates three faculty performance series at Westminster Conservatory: the Kaleidoscope Chamber Series, the noontime series Westminster Conservatory at Nassau, and Music at St. Michael’s. She is the artistic director and chair of the Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts Committee.
FAMILY FAVORITE: Alex Mitnick brings his band, Alex & The Kaleidoscope, to the Arts Council of Princeton December 15. The “Holiday Family Jam” is from 3-4:30 p.m. at 102 Witherspoon Street. Tickets are $15. Visit artscouncilofprinceton.org to purchase. Gay People Princeton, a separate organization for the community, emerged out of it, forging a way for the future. This event spotlights a new archive of materials that captures the history of Gay People Princeton. Cosponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton, Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, and filmmaker and early member of the Gay Alliance of Princeton, Frank Mahood, this event spotlights a new archive of materials that captures the history of Gay People Princeton. Seating is limited. To r e g i s te r, v i s i t h t t p s : // princetonhistory.org/events/ gay-people-princeton-documentary-film-premiere/.
College will offer free concerts. Both are in Kelsey Theatre on the campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road in West Windsor. On Monday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m., the MCCC Chamber Ensemble w ill present its winter concert. Directed by Jean Mauro, the group will present pieces by J.S Bach, Fred Loesser, Cab Calloway, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and more. The MCCC Jazz Band, directed by new Music Department coordinator Scott Hornick, will perform works by Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Bob Marley, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, and more. Performing alongside jazz students will be professionals from the tri-state jazz scene. Kelsey Theatre is wheelchair Free Holiday Concerts accessible and free parking is At Community College available next to the theater. To celebrate the holiday For more information, contact season, two musical ensembles the Music Department at at Mercer County Community (609) 570-3735.
“Gay People Princeton” To Be Locally Screened
The premiere of Gay People Princeton, a documentary tracing the history of the community’s first gay rights organization, will be screened Friday, December 13 at 7 p.m. at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, 21 Wiggins Street. The film features interviews, original images, and recollections of early members. Founded in 1972 by undergraduates, the Gay Alliance of Princeton gathered together Princeton University s t u de nt s, worker s, a n d faculty; local townsfolk; and greater community members to come out and declare their identity. After two years,
NAUGHTY OR NICE: A musical adaptation of Clement Moore’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas” comes to Kelsey Theatre on the Mercer County Community Campus in West Windsor for five shows, December 6-8. Kids can have their picture taken with Santa after the show, and audiences are encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys to help support Toys for Tots at HomeFront. Tickets are $10-$12. Visit kelseytheatre.org for details.
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Holidays at Westminster box office in the Marion McCarter Managing Director Spans a Week of Events Buckelew Cullen Center on Michael S. Rosenberg said,
The Holidays at Westminster festival of holiday music begins with a performance by jazz pianist Phil Orr on Sunday, December 8 at 3 p.m. in the Robert L. Annis Playhouse on the Westminster Choir College campus. “Phil Orr and More: Jingle Bell Jazz” features Orr, joined by Michael O’Brien on bass, and Sean Dixon on drums. They will perform traditional favorites such as “Jingle Bells,” “Carol of the Drums,” and “All I Want for Christmas is You,” plus other holiday favorites in swing, post-bop, Brazilian, Afro-Latin, New Orleans, and even klezmerinfused jazz styles. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. The festival will continue with three performances of “An Evening of Readings and Carols,” a concert of holiday music for choir, organ, and brass presented in Princeton University Chapel. Three of Westminster’s choirs, a choir composed of Westminster Choir College alumni, the Solid Brass ensemble, and organist Ken Cowan are on the program. Performances are Friday, December 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, December 14 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $40 to $70. On Sunday, December 15 at 4 p.m., the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw, will present a program titled “Love Came Down at Christmas” in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus, on Walnut Lane. Their program will feature original works, transcriptions of light classics and Christmas carols, performed on the world’s largest range of handbells and choirchime instruments. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 students/seniors. Visit www.rider.edu/arts, or call (609) 921-2663 or purchase in person at the
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McCarter Plans Musical Premiering in Summer
Musical theater returns to McCarter Theatre Center with the 2021 arrival of Bhangin’ It, a large-scale, new musical that will premiere in June 2021, following a production at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. Bhangin’ It is a celebration of the traditions we inherit from yesterday and those we create for tomorrow. Intercollegiate Bhangra, a competitive “dance-off” of traditional Punjabi folk styles, is a high stakes game. Mary, a biracial college student, thinks she’s got all the right moves on the Bengal Tigers Bhangra team. But to teammate Preeti, Mary is just not “Indian enough.” When Mary is abruptly booted off the Tigers, she and her roommate Sunita put together a team whose only criteria for joining is a desire to dance. With Nationals coming up, can this eclectic, ragtag group whip themselves into shape to take on the competition? Bhangin’ It reinforces McCarter’s dedication to developing and debuting original work that resonates with contemporary audiences. The show features a book written by 2018-2019 La Jolla Playhouse artists-in-residence Mike Lew and Bridgewater, N.J., native Rehana Lew Mirza, with music and lyrics by S am Willmot t. A my Anders Corcoran, who has helped develop new musicals including the pre-Broadway, Bro adw ay, a n d c u r re nt national tours of Escape to Margaritaville, will direct. Bhangin’ It was developed through the Jerome Robbins Foundation and Project Springboard, and was the winner of the 2019 Richard Rodgers Award. About this new endeavor,
“As we look to the future for McCarter, I am thrilled to combine creative forces with these exciting young artists and our comrades at La Jolla Playhouse, to create something very special. This story is filled with youthful energy, fun, and fantastic dance from start to finish. We can’t wait to see it come to life on our stages.” Casting, ticketing information, exact dates, and additional projects for the 2020-2021 Season will be announced at a later date. Current McCarter subscribers and members will have first access to the best seats at the best prices.
Princeton Dance Festival At Berlind Theatre
Princeton Dance Festival, presented by the Lew is Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance, is December 5 at 8:30 p.m., December 7 at 2 and 7 p.m., and December 8 at 2 p.m. at McCarter Theatre Center’s Berlind Theatre. Repertory works by Zvi G otheiner and Hofesh Shechter, and the premieres of new dances by Rebecca Lazier, Cameron McKinney, Christopher Ralph, and Netta Yerushalmy will be performed by Princeton students. This year’s Festival celebrates 50 years of dance at Princeton. Originally from Israel, Gotheiner works in both New York and Jerusalem and is the founder of ZviDance. The dancers will perform an excerpt from his ballet Lapse, which was originally created for Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre. In addition to creating for his company, Schechter has staged and choreographed works on international dance companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Theater, Bathsheva Ensemble, Candoco Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater 1, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet, and Royal Ballet
HOLIDAY POPS: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s annual holiday concert includes holiday favorites performed by the orchestra, the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, and the Princeton High School Choir. Conductor Nell Flanders leads both performances, at Richardson Auditorium December 14 at 3 and 6 p.m. Visit princetonsymphony.org for tickets.
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Flanders. In 2016, he received a Tony Award nomination for his choreography for the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Lazier is a senior lecturer in and associate director of the Program in Dance and is currently serving as acting director of the program. McKinney, a fall 2019 visiting lecturer in dance at Princeton, has received commissions from the Joffrey Ballet School, The Ailey School, and SUNY Brockport, among others. He is a 2019-20 U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission Creative Artist Fellow, a 2018 Asian Cultural Council Grantee, and a 201718 Alvin Ailey Foundation New Directions Lab Choreography Fellow. Through his company, Kizuna Dance, McKinney has taught and presented work in 15 states and four countries. Throughout his career, Ralph has danced with a wide range of choreographers and companies including The Metropolitan Opera, Aszure Barton, Gregory Dolbashian, Janis Brenner, Loni Landon, Rebecca Lazier, Doug Varone, Patrick Corbin, and Sonya Tayeh. He teaches contemporar y dance at Peridance Capezio Center, Broadway Dance Center, New York University, and at Princeton. Netta Yerushalmy is a New York City-based awardwinning choreographer and performer. Her work often uses expansive dancing, framed by conceptual maneuvers and complex choreographic structures. Tickets are $12 in advance of show dates, $10 for students, and $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office, available through online at mccarter.org, or by calling (609) 258-2787.
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“CITYSCAPE”: Leon Rainbow, whose work is shown here, has brought a group of premier graffiti artists together to showcase their work in “Urban Architecture,” on view at Princeton Day School’s Anne Reid ‘72 Art Gallery December 2 through January 9. An opening reception is December 12 from 5-7 p.m. New York to Washington, year collaboration. “Aerosol “Urban Architecture” At Princeton Day School D.C., to Florida. Rainbow is a process that takes years
Making the dean’s list multiple times at Mercer County Community College while studying with retired professor and renow ned painter Mel Leipzig, California native Leon Rainbow has always been hungry to learn. A firm believer in education, he has taught at Princeton’s Young Achievers, Ter raCycle, and at countless workshops from
says, “I encourage my students to make the most of their educational experiences. The more education and skills you possess, the more valuable you will be.” While Rainbow has created designs for clients from Louis Vuitton to Infiniti and Blackberry, his heart and soul reside with a community of premier graffiti artists with whom he has had a 20-
to learn,” Rainbow explains. “I would challenge anyone who underestimates it to try and use a spray paint to create work. To get can control is challenging for anyone.” To celebrate this community of painters, Rainbow has brought them together to showcase their work at P r i nce ton Day S cho ol ’s A nne Reid ‘72 Ar t Gallery in an exhibition titled
“Urban Architecture.” It will be on view from December 2 to January 9, with an opening reception on December 12 from 5-7 p.m. Jon Conner (Lank) is an ar tist and designer who teaches drawing and design at Mercer County Community College; a member of the mural group S.A.G.E. Collective, he has been creating public art and mural projects up and down the East Coast for 15 years. Dave Orante, another mural painter, is a senior graphic designer at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Kelsi Kosinski is a painter who graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Radek Selski is a graffiti artist whose paintings have been installed in the Drumthwacket Gardens. Elan Wonder is a founding member of the graffiti group Fresh Collective. Dean Ras Innocenzi studied with Mel Leipzig and has also worked extensively on murals at Trenton’s TerraCycle. Graffiti artists Brendon Lopez, Mek, and Sophie Ban, who is currently exhibiting in the Drumthwacket Gardens, round out the group in the exhibition. Princeton Day School is at 650 Great Road, Princeton. The gallery is open to the public when school is in session; the reception is free and is also open to the public.
The Center’s unique curricWinter Classes, Workshops ulum of children’s art classes At Contemporary Art Center The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster has announced its winter schedule of art classes and workshops which begins January 7 and runs through March. There are 43 classes and workshops for adults and 14 classes for children ages 5 through teens. Classes are offered for artists with all levels of expertise in a variety of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, watercolor, drawing, and ceramics. New classes this winter include iPad Drawing, Relief Printing, and Abstract Expression. In iPad Drawing w ith Jeremie Duval, students will learn the many techniques of creating contemporary digital works of art on an iPad. This course is available in both beginner and advanced levels. Relief Printing with Michael McFadden will allow students to explore the different processes of printmaking. Each class will focus on a different process such as rubbings, monoprints, rubber stamps, and linoleum blocks. Abstract Expression with Nancy Shill will allow students to be play f ul and nonjudgmental while finding their unique expression. A variety of media will be used, such as acrylic paint and collage, to convey emotions through nonrepresentational means. Winter art workshops provide special one-day opportunities for local artists and include Watercolor Pouring, Using Negative Space in Watercolor, Animal Portraiture, and Pysanky — Polish Egg Painting.
allows young artists to enroll in either overview classes that explore a broad range of media and techniques, or indepth classes designed to deepen and develop skills in a single medium. New classes for teens offered this semester include Scientific Exploration in Art and Drawing from a Model. In Scientific Exploration in Art with Joseph Castronova, students will investigate the intersection of science and art. Watercolor, ink, charcoal, collage, and other techniques will be used to build on observations from the world around us. Teens can explore the craft of representational figure drawing in Drawing from a Model with Pauline Vargas. Using vine charcoal and charcoal pencils, students will learn how to capture likeness, proportion, and gesture. Classes are offered Monday evenings for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other special needs beginning January 27. Students will explore a variety of ar t projects specifically geared to their interest and ability both in two- and three-dimensional approaches. The Center is located at 2020 Burnt Mills Road in Bedminster. For more information or to register for a class, visit www.ccabedminster.org or call (908) 2342345.
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Local master potter Caryn Newman opens her studio to the public on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment, for the annual sale of new ceramics. New man creates f unctional pieces in stoneware and porcelain clays. “Bowls of all sizes are my specialty and my favorite,” says Newman. She also makes cups, vases, and large ser ving pieces to enhance ever y meal. Her major pieces are a strong interior design feature and focal point in any home décor. Willowood Potter y was selected for the juried Trenton City Museum’s Ellarslie Open 36 show and HomeFront’s ArtJam in Palmer Square, Princeton this year. Her studio is at 7 Willowood Drive, Ewing, open for the sale weekend and by appointment. For more information, call (609) 2037141 or visit www.willowood pottery.com.
G ourgaud G aller y, lo cated at Cranbur y Town Hall (Old School Building), 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, presents a group show of paintings by artists who participated in the 2019 plein air Art in The Park series, sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council. “Cranbury Art in the Park” is on view December 8-27, with an artist reception on Sunday, December 8 from 1-3 p.m. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. All art that is sold gives a 20 percent donation to the Cranbury Arts Council in order to continue in its mission to promote and support the arts through its programs, classes, exhibits, summer art and technology camp, and winter theater camp. Gourgaud Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (closed on December 24 and 25). For more information, visit www. cranburyartscouncil.org.
eton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. $4 admission Wednesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www. princetonhistory.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Impressionism to Modernism: The Lenfest Collection of American Art” through January 5 and “Harry LeithRoss: Scenes from Country Life” through February 9. www.michenerartmuseum. org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Dreaming of Utopia: Roos evelt, New Jers ey” through May 10. www.morven.org. Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street, has “The Shapes of Water: Photography by Tasha O’Neill” through January 5. www.nassauclub.org.
New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, has “Preserving the Pinelands: Albert Horner’s Portraits of a National Treasure” through June 28. www.statemuseum.nj.gov. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has “States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing” through February 2 and “The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century” through February 16. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, has “The Power of Faces” through November 30. www.princetonlibrary.org. We st W indsor A r ts C e n te r, 952 A l e x a n d e r Road, has “Of f t he Wall 2019 : A n Affordable Ar t Sale” t hrough December 2 0. w w w.w e s t w i n d s o r ar ts.org.
Area Exhibits A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Quietude” through December 1. www.lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Prince ton , 102 Wit herspoon Street, has “The Beauty That Surrounds Us: Celebrating Princeton” through Novemb er 30 a nd “A n nual Members Exhibition” through December 20. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone Library, Princeton University, has “First Impres sions : T he Print Trade in Children’s Books” through January 3. D & R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, has “Nature in Black and White” through December 20 and “Portraits of Preservation” December 6 through February 28. An opening reception is December 6, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. www.drgreenway.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City M u s e u m i n C ad w a lad e r
PAINTING FOR A PURPOSE: On November 12, the nonprofit Enable, Inc. held its second annual Painting for a Purpose fundraiser to help support the programs and services it provides for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including individuals with autism spectrum disorder. More than 30 painters explored their creativity to paint “Winters Glow,” led by art instructor Kathie Maguire Morolda of the Cranbury Art Gallery. For more about Enable, visit www.enablenj.org or call (609) 987-5003.
Where holiday magic happens. COVERED BRIDGE ARTISANS 25TH ANNUAL STUDIO TOUR: Held this year on November 29, 30, and December 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, this is a free self-guided outing in the scenic Delaware River Valley of lower Hunterdon and Bucks counties, featuring eight professional artist studios in the Lambertville, Stockton, Sergeantsville, and New Hope areas, and 13 additional artists at the Events Center in Sergeantsville, behind the Firehouse. For a printable map, GPS links, and more information visit www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. (Art by Teri Nalbone)
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Wednesday, November 27 6 : 4 5 p . m . : M e r c e r ’s Best Toastmasters meet at Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville. mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. Thursday, November 28 11 a.m.: Annual Princeton Community Thanksgiving Day Service at Princeton University Chapel. Friday, November 29 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Covered Bridge Artisans 25th Annual Studio Tour. A self-guided tour through the Delaware River Valley visiting artists in their studios. Through December 1. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. 2-4 p.m. OptOutside at Mou ntain L akes instead of Black Friday shopping. Nature-themed activities, music, snacks, nature walks, sponsored by Friends of P r i n c e ton O p e n S p ac e. Free. fopos.org. 2 and 7:30 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet performs The Nutcracker, with guest artists Unity Phelan and Adrian Danchig-War ing of New York City Ballet, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. mccarter.org. 5 - 6 p.m.: A nnual tree lighting in Palmer Square. Performances by Princeton H igh S cho ol Choir a nd School of Rock Princeton. Sunday, December 1 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Hunterdon Land Trust’s Winter Farmers’ Market at Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street, Flemington. In the farm’s wagon house. www.hunterdonlandtrust.org. 1- 4 p.m. : Bill F lemer performs live music in the wine barn at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Light fare. Free. Families welcome. terhuneorchards.com.
4 : 30 p.m. : Workshop : “Q ueer L et ters : Wr it ing Stories About Identities, Families, Gender, Culture, and Com mu nit ies,” par t of the Being Human Festival at Princeton Public Library. Register at princetonlibrary.org. 6 p.m.: Open Archive : “Memorializing Princeton’s History,” at Princeton Public Librar y, 65 Witherspoon Street, in the Discover y Center. princetonlibrary.org. 7 p.m.: Author Roger V. Moseley presents “Morality: A N a t u r a l H i s to r y,” a t Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Free. princetonlibrary.org. Wednesday, December 4 7-8:30 p.m.: “Shrink Your Footprint: On the Go,” panel discussion at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Free. Presented by Sustainable Princeton. 7-8 p.m.: The Hopewell Va l l e y H i s t o r y P r o j e c t presents Douglas Di xon introducing a new volunteer effor t to build a digital collection on local heritage. At Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell. HPL@redlibrary.org. 7:30 p.m.: Annual Harp E x t r av a g a n z a fe a t u r i n g Elaine Christy’s Princeton University harp students, at University Chapel. Free. Thursday, December 5 10 a.m. : T he 55 - Plus Club meets at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Princeton University professor Scott Burnham lectures “On the B e aut if u l Blue Da nub e : The Life and Times of the Viennese Waltz.” Free, with $4 donation suggested. 12:15 p.m.: Music at St. Michael’s Church, 140 North War ren Street, Trenton, pres ents West m inster Conser vator y members Melissa Bohl, oboe; Danielle Sinclair, voice; and Timothy Urba n, voice a n d e arly
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instruments; in “The Music of Christmas Past.” Free. 7:15 p.m . : H a n u k k a h Cooking Demonstration by Susie Fishbein at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street. Author of the Kosher by Design cookbook series ; b ook s w i ll b e avai lable for sale. $ 36 members ; $54 non-members. info @ thejewishcenter.org. 8 : 3 0 p.m . : P r i n c e to n Dance Festival at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place. Princeton University students perform works by Hofesh Schechter, Z v i G o t h e i n e r, N e t t a Yer ushalmy, and others. $10-$17. mccarter.org. Friday, December 6 9:45 a.m.: Piano Teachers For u m meets at Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Greg Sikora will present “A Conversation of All Things Piano.” www. pianoteachersforum.org 12-5 p.m.: Annual Greens Sale and Open House at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. 7 p.m. : Histor ian Jim Davidson presents “When the Circus Came to Town,” about the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, at Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Junction Road, Flemington. $15. eventbrite. com or (908) 268-6638. 7 p.m.: Screening of Me, My Selfie and I followed by a talk with artist Ryan Gander at James Stewart Film T heater, Pr inceton Un ive r s it y, 185 Nas s au Street. Free. Saturday, December 7 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Annual St. Nicholas Bazaar, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Crafts from local artisans, g r e e n e r y, g i n g e r b r e a d houses, cookies and other baked goods. 10 a.m.: Holiday Wreath Decorating Workshop at Terhu ne O rchard s, 330 Cold Soil Road. Pam
Mount shows how to make a colonial Williamsburgs t yle w reat h w it h f resh fruit, holly, pine cones, and more. $45. Register at shop. terhuneorchards.com. 12 -2 p.m . : C o o k i e s w ith Santa at Princeton Shopping Center. Parade, music, raffle, photo ops, more. Free, rain or shine. Register at eventbrite.com (search “Cookies with Santa in Princeton”) 12-5 p.m.: Annual Mill Hill Holiday House Tour in Trenton. “Secret City” opens 15-20 homes in this historic district, decorated for t he holidays. B eg in at Ar t works, 19 Everet t Alley. $20 in advance; $25 the day of the tour. Visit trentonmillhill.org. 12-5 p.m.: Annual Greens Sale and Open House at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. 12-5 p.m.: Annual holiday boutique at Ellarslie, Trenton’s Cit y Mus eu m,
Cadwalader Park. w w w. ellarslie.org. 2 p.m.: The Practitioners of Musick present “Caledonia: A Scots Musical Enter tainment” at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. $10, w ith light refreshments. williamtrenthouse.org. 2 p.m . : A Chr i s tma s Carol Read-Aloud at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. All reading levels welcome. Sign up at princetonlibrary.org. 2 and 7 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place. Princeton University students perform works by Hofesh Schechter, Z v i G o t h e i n e r, N e t t a Yer ushalmy, and others. $10-$17. mccarter.org. 4 p.m.: Princeton Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, Walnut Lane. $18-$35. princetonyouthballet.org.
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December 5, 2019 Lewis Library 120
Ethics, Ritual, and Two Objects at Princeton
A defixio or magical binding tablet from Antioch opens up questions about emotions, ritual, and ethics in antiquity. This lecture argues that small, so-called “magical” texts from antiquity should be read alongside contemporaneous philosophical disputes about the passions—philosophical disputes that are connected with the question of how to live as an ethical person.
Laura Nasrallah
Laura Nasrallah is the Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and Yale University’s Department of Religious Studies.
Curse tablet, 3rd–4th century A.D. - Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
She is author of Archaeology and the Letters of Paul; Christian Responses to Roman Art and Architecture: The Second-Century Church Amid the Spaces of Empire; and An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity. She is co-editor, with Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, of Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christian Studies; with Charalambos Bakirtzis and Steven J. Friesen, of From Roman to Early Christian Thessalonikē: Studies in Religion and Archaeology; and with AnneMarie Luijendijk and Charalambos Bakirtzis, of the forthcoming From Roman to Early Christian Cyprus: Studies in Religion and Archaeology.
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Titus Kaphar (American, born 1976), Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund. © Titus Kaphar
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3 p.m.: Fred Miller presents “Sentimental Journey: WWII and the Big Bands,” at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Free. princetonlibrary.org. 3 : 30 - 5 p.m . : H ol i d ay O p e n H o u s e a n d Tr e e L i g h t i n g , L o c k t e n d e r ’s House on the D&R Canal, K ings ton. Music by t he Kingston Women’s Chorus. Refreshments served. Free. 5 p.m.: Handbell concert at Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau Street at Vandeventer Avenue. Free. Led by Hyosang Park. www. princetonumc.org. 5 p.m.: “Life in Pompeii,” lecture by Princeton University professor Caroline C h e u n g, a t D o r o t h e a’s House, 120 John Street. Free. Bring refreshments to share. Monday, December 2 7 p.m.: Shamilton!, by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier, at Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College, Princeton University campus. Comedy inspired by Hamilton. Free but tickets required. tickets. princeton.edu. 7 p.m.: Continuing Convers at ions on R ace, “Prison Abolition and the Long Freedom Struggle,” presented by Ruha Benjamin at Princeton Public Library, 65 Wit herspoon St reet. princetonlibrary.org. 7:30 p.m.: The Coryell’s Ferr y Stamp Club meets at the Deats Building, 124 Main Street, Flemington. P h i l ate l i c s h o w o n t h e American Revolution, followed by an auction. (215) 598-7534 or (908 ) 806-7883. Tuesday, December 3 11:30 a.m.: Toastmasters meet at Mercer Count y Library, 42 RobbinsvilleAllentown Road, Robbinsville. G u e s t s welcom e. ( 609 ) 259-2150 or https://4139. toastmastersclubs.org.
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Musical at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre. Also November 30 at 2 and 8 p.m. and December 1 at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 30 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.: Santa v is it s K a le’s Ch r is t mas Shop. Don’t forget your camera! Also December 7, 8, and 14 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and December 15 from 2–5 p.m. At Kale’s Nursery & Landscape, 133 Carter Road, Princeton. 10:30 a.m.: Winter Wonderland Daily Tours at Fonthill Castle begin. Various dates and times through
December 31. Tours and times at mercermuseum. org. 11 a.m.: Wintertime Holiday Trolley Tours begin with Princeton Tour Company. Every Saturday and Sunday through December 29. Visit www.princetontourcompany.com. Sunday, December 1 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Hunterdon Land Trust’s Winter Farmers’ Market at Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street, Flemington. In the farm’s wagon house. www.hunterdonlandtrust.org. 5 p.m.: Handbell concert at Princeton United
Methodist Church, Nassau Street at Vandeventer Avenue. Free. Led by Hyosang Park. www.princetonumc. org. Wednesday, December 4 7:30 p.m.: Harp Extravaganza at the Princeton University Chapel. Thursday, December 5 12 :15 p.m. : Music at St. Michael’s Church, 140 North Warren Street, Trenton, presents Westminster Conservatory members Melissa Bohl, oboe; Danielle Sinclair, voice; and Timothy Urban, voice and early instruments, in “The Music of Christmas Past.” Free. 7:15 p.m. : Hanu k ka h
Cooking Demonstration by Susie Fishbein at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street. Author of the Kosher by Design cookbook series; books will be available for sale. $36 members; $54 non-members. info@thejewishcenter.org. 8 : 30 p.m. : P r i nce ton Dance Festival at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place. Princeton University students perform works by Hofesh Schechter, Zvi Gotheiner, Netta Yerushalmy, and others. $10-$17. mccarter.org. Friday, December 6 10 a.m.–8 p.m.: Christmas Cane Holiday Art Show
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at Cane Farm Furniture, 99 Kingwood Stockton Road, Rosemont. Opening reception 5 p.m. Friday. Show c ont i n u e s S at u r d ay 10 a.m.– 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 12-5 p.m.: Annual Greens Sale and Open House at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. 5 –8 p.m.: Winter Wonderland 20 -Minute Walk Through the Mansion, at Kuser Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton. Also December 7. 6 p.m.: Tree Lighting at the Kuser Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton. 6 :30 – 8 p.m.: Holiday Jam & Toy Dr ive 2019 with Princeton University. S t u d e n t p e r for m a n c e s, pictures with Santa, and drop of your toy donations for the YWCA St. Nicholas Project. On the Green at Palmer Square. 7 p.m.: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre. Also December 7 and 8 at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, December 7 9 a.m.–2 p.m.: Sinterklaas 2019 Holiday Bazaar. At Blawenburg Church, 424 Route 518, Blawenburg. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Annual St. Nicholas Bazaar, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Crafts from local artisans, g r e e n e r y, g i n g e r b r e a d houses, cookies, and other baked goods. 10 a.m.: Holiday Wreath Decorating Workshop at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Pam Mount shows how to make a colonial Williamsburg style wreath with fresh fruit, holly, pine cones, and more. $45. Register at shop.terhuneorchards.com. 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.: McCarter Wreath Decorating Workshop. Wreaths are available to decorate and donate to Deck McCarter’s
Halls at no charge or to purchase and decorate for yourself. Inside 11 Hulfish Street storefront. Free to attend, but registration is required. 11 a.m.: A Charlie Brown Christmas at Music Mountain Theatre, 1483 Route 179, L amber t v ille. A lso December 14 and 21. 12-2 p.m.: Cookies with Santa at Princeton Shopping Center. Parade, music, raffle, photo ops, more. Free, rain or shine. Register at eventbrite.com (search “Cookies w ith Santa in Princeton”). 12-5 p.m.: Annual Mill Hill Holiday House Tour in Trenton. “Secret City” opens 15-20 homes in this historic district, decorated for the holidays. Begin at Artworks, 19 Everett Alley. $20 in advance; $25 the day of the tour. Visit trentonmillhill.org. 12-5 p.m.: Annual Greens Sale and Open House at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. 12-5 p.m.: Annual holiday boutique at Ellarslie, Trenton’s Cit y Museum, Cadwalader Park. www.ellarslie.org. 2 p.m.: A Christmas Carol Read-Aloud at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. All reading levels welcome. Sign up at princetonlibrary.org. 4 p.m.: Princeton Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Princeton High School Performing Ar ts Center, Walnut Lane. $18$35. princetonyouthballet. org. Sunday, December 8 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: On the Pennsylvania side of Washington Crossing, special Colonial-era activities and demonstrations throughout the historic village. Reenact ment of Wash ing ton Continued on Page 28
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crossing the Delaware is at 1 p.m. (repeated on December 25). $8 for adults, $4 for children 5-11, free under 5. Family rate is $20 for two adults and two children. WashingtonCrossingPark.org. 12 p.m.: Princeton Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Princeton High School Per for ming Ar ts Center, Walnut Lane. $18$35. princetonyouthballet. org.
12-5 p.m.: Annual holiday boutique at Ellarslie, Trenton’s Cit y Museum, Cadwalader Park. www.ellarslie.org. 2:30 p.m.: Advent Concert at Princeton University Chapel. 4 p.m.: The Capital Singers of Trenton per for m “Winter Songs XIII: Moods of Christmas,” at Sacred Heart Church, 343 South Broad S t re e t, Trenton. www.capitalsingers.org or (609) 434-2781. 4–8 p.m.: Christmas at
the Mansion, Kuser Farm Mansion, 45-minute tours. 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton. Also December 11, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; December 11, 12, and 13 from 6-9 p.m.; December 14 from 4-8 p.m.; and December 15 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 4 :30 -7:30 p.m : Visits with Santa at the Kuser Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton. Also December 11 from 6-9 p.m. Monday, December 9 5 p.m.: The Princeton University Glee Club per-
forms Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms at Richardson Auditorium. $5-$15. music. princeton.edu. 7:30 p.m.: MCCC Chamber Ensemble performs its winter concert at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Works by Bach, L o e s s er, Joh n L en non, Paul McCartney, and more. Free. (609) 570-3735. 7:30 p.m.: Messiah Sing at the Princeton University Chapel.
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Wednesday, December 11 1 p.m.: Annual holiday party at Princeton Senior Resource Center, Suzanne Pat ter s on B u i ld i ng, 45 Stockton Street. $5. princetonsenior.org or ( 609 ) 924-7108. 3 : 30 p.m. : P r i nce ton Theological Seminary presents Carols of Many Nations. Three identical services – 3:30, 6:30, and 8:30 p.m. at Miller Chapel, 64 Mercer Street. 7:30 p.m.: MCCC Jazz Band performs a winter concert at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. Works by Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Bob Marley, and more. Free. (609) 5703735. 7:30 p.m.: Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols at the Princeton University Chapel. Friday, December 13 7 p.m.: The Nutcracker at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre. Narrated and abridged version. Also December 14 and 15 at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, December 14 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Gingerbread Decorating and Skating with Santa. Nassau Inn, Palmer Square. Tickets are required. 3 and 6 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops conducted by Nell Flanders. With the Princeton High School Choir and the NJ Tap Ensemble. Music by Tchaikovsky, Victor Herbert, Irving Berlin, Strauss, and more. $45$60 (50 percent discount for youth). princetonsymphony.org. 6 p.m.: The Princeton Singers perform Christmas music and readings by candlelight at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Guest readers include Emily Mann and Christopher Coucill. $20- $40. princetonsingers.org. 7 p.m.: The Jersey Harmony Chor us p er for m s an a cappella concert at Griggstow n Reformed Church, 1065 Canal Road. Tickets are $15 - $18 in advance; $18-$20 at the door. (732) 236-6803 or jerseyharmonytickets@ gmail.com. Sunday, December 15 9 a.m.–12 p.m.: Breakfas t w it h S a nt a at t he Nassau Inn. Reservations are required. Brunch with Santa begins at 12 p.m. 9:15 a.m.: Pre-Hanukkah celebration at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road (Route 206), Lawrenceville. Music, games, and traditional foods for all ages. www. adathisraelnj.org. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Hunterdon Land Trust’s Winter Farmers Market at Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street, Flemington. In the farm’s wagon house. www.hunterdonlandtrust.org. Tuesday, December 17 7: 30 p.m. : P r i n ce ton Longest Night Service for those who are hurting and mour ning, at Pr inceton United Methodist Church, Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue. Free. www. princetonumc.org. Thursday, December 19 6-7 p.m.: Hanukkah celebration in front of Mediterra Restaurant, Palmer Square, with The Jewish
Center. Food, music, menorah lighting, and more. 7 p.m.: Historian Mike Jesberger discusses the military movements of the Continental Army led by George Washington in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area in the winter of 1776 during the American Revolution, and also how Christmas was celebrated in the colonial period. At the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Reg ist rat ion suggested. Call (609) 883-8294, email lawprogs@mcl.org, or visit www.mcl.org. Friday, December 20 8 p.m.: Big Band Holiday Concert at Music Mountain Theatre. A festive evening of song and dance combining quintessential holiday music, played live by a 17-piece big band, and performed by some of your favorite MMT personalities. Also December 21 at 8 p.m. and December 21 and 22 at 3 p.m. 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Saturday, December 21 2 p.m.: Rhythm ’N Sound p er for m old ie s, clas s ic rock, Motown, and more in a holiday concert at the Lawrence branch of Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Free. Register at lawprogs@mcl.org. or www.mcl.org. 2 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet presents The Nutcracker at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton. arb.org. 4 p.m.: Voices Chorale performs “Out of Darkness into Light” at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.voiceschoralenj.org. 7: 30 p.m. : P r i n ce ton Symphonic Brass performs carols, Christmas classics, Hanukkah music, and more at the Hillman Performance Center, Westminster Choir C o l l e g e, Wa l n u t L a n e. www.psbrass.com/tickets. Sunday, December 22 5 p.m. : Ch a n c el a n d Youth Choirs led by Hyosang Park and Tom Shelton, w ith organist Yang-Hee Song and instr umentalists, at Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue. www.princetonumc. org. Tuesday, December 24 11 a.m.: Santa flies into P r i n c e to n A i r p o r t , of f Route 206 in Montgomery Township. From 10 a.m., the Princeton Airport Flying Tigers will serve cookies and cocoa; at 10 :30 a.m. folksinger Pat McKinley entertains. For information about gifts and how and when to drop them off, call (609) 921-3100 or visit princetonairport.com. 8 p.m.: Christmas Eve Worship S er v ice at t he Princeton University Chapel. Wednesday, December 25 11 a.m.: Christmas Day Worship S er v ice at t he Princeton University Chapel. 12-3 p.m.: Reenactment of Washing ton crossing the Delaware at Washington Crossing Historic Park, Pennsylvania side. Actual crossing at 1 p.m. WashingtonCrossingPark.org. Saturday, December 28 Continued on Next Page
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9 a.m.: “Experience the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777” starting at Updike Farm, Quaker Road. The Princeton Battlefield Society presents local historian William L. Kidder before a recreation of the battle by reenactors following at Princeton Battlefield State Park. To register,
visit www.pbs1777.org. 1 p.m.: Hogmanay at the William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. Celebration of Trent’s Scottish heritage. Free. Tuesday, December 31 8 p.m. The Capital Philharmonic New Year’s Eve concert is at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton. capitalphilharmonic.org.
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whose squad ended the season at 16-5. “In the first half I felt like we closed a lot of lanes with Matson. In the second half, they had their way with us in the midfield. We couldn’t come back from that.” In order to earn the spot in the final, Princeton had to overcome a 1-0 deficit to defeat Virginia 2-1 in the semis. “We didn’t have a great start to that game, we had to make some adjustments in that first quarter,” said Tagliente, who has guided the Tigers to three Final Fours in her four years at the helm of the program. “Hannah [Davey] connected with Ali [McCarthy] on that equalizing goal; that was fantastic.” Sophomore striker McCarthy helped set up the winning goal as she hustled to get the ball to junior star Tornetta, who banged it home with 4:50 left in the third quarter. “Ali made a great play on the ball that Julianna scored,” recalled Tagliente. “It was going out of bounds and she knocked it back up to the stroke mark and Julianna got the game winner there.” From there, the Tigers were able to hold off the Cavaliers. “I think defensively we did a nice job in the back and through the
midfield,” said Tagliente. “It took us a little bit of time to organize our front line pressure. Once we got connected collectively, I think we did a great job.” It was a great moment for the Tiger players as the program advanced to its first NCAA final since winning the 2012 national title. “It was very emotional, the seniors had been twice and got knocked out in the semis,” said Tagliente. “I think overall it was very exciting and very emotional. If you look at the pictures of the celebration, I think they say it all.” Looking back on the team’s late surge, Tagliente pointed to the team’s 5-4 overtime win at Duke on October 6 which saw the Ti g e r s o v e r c o m e a 4 - 1 deficit at a critical moment in the campaign. “We had high expectations in the beginning; we fell short in a couple of games and then had some big wins,” said Tagliente. “That Duke game was a big turning point and we went on a long winning streak. It really was a process. People kind of wrote us off with that first stretch of games with the UConn, Maryland and UNC losses.” Tagliente, though, never lost faith in her players. “I think we are quite a good team, it took us some time
to get on track and find a way,” said Tagliente. “This team peaked at the right time. People may say we exceeded expectations. I think we finished right where I thought we would. I was really pleased. A lot of times you have teams that underachieve and don’t quite get there.” The keys to success for the squad came down to intangibles according to Tagliente. “Their competitiveness, their resilience and their, never give up attitude,” said Tagliente, when asked what qualities made the 2019 team special. “They just weren’t satisfied with those close games with Maryland and UConn early on, they wanted better. You sensed that they were going to keep at it with the competitiveness and the internal leadership. It was driving the team forward to where we ended.” Princeton’s quartet of seniors, goalie Grace Baylis, defender Carlotta von Gierke, striker Taylor Nolan and midfielder Krista Hoffman, provided leadership and a positive tone. “I am going to miss them a lot, they all had varying roles; Grace and Lottie started almost every game and then you had Krista and Taylor coming off the bench,” said Tagliente. “They had pivotal roles in the minutes they played. They are such a nice group of kids, they are a pleasure to have around. They were really loved within the team
FINAL HIT: Princeton University field hockey player Hannah Davey gets ready for a big hit in a game this season. Sophomore Davey had an assist to help Princeton defeat Virginia 2-1 in the NCAA semis on Friday. Two days later, Davey and the Tigers fell 6-1 in the NCAA final to undefeated and defending national champion North Carolina. Davey was later named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team along with teammates Julianna Tornetta and Emma Street. The Tigers ended the fall with a 16-5 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) and really respected. They were great teammates and really selfless players.” With Princeton welcoming back six All-Ivy League performers in junior Clara Roth, freshman Sammy Popper, and junior MaryKate Neff along with Tornetta, McCarthy, and Davey, the Tigers are poised for another great run. “We are pretty happy with what we have got returning; we only lose two starters and
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It was a raw, chilly afternoon last Saturday in Philadelphia as the Princeton Universit y football team faced Penn at venerable Franklin Field in the season finale. Notwithstanding temperatures hovering in the low 40s and a brisk breeze whipping through the ancient cement structure opened in 1895, Princeton ended the day with a warm feeling as it pulled away to a 28-7 win over the Quakers before a bundled-up crowd of 7,898. “In our league it is just so tight, it is the little things that matter,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace, w h o s e te a m s napp e d a two-game losing streak and ended the fall at 8-2 overall and 5-2 Ivy League, finishing just behind Dartmouth (9-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy) and Yale (9-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy), who tied for league title. “That is what we look like, at times it might be a little ugly and everything else. But we didn’t turn the ball over, we fought through some things, and we did really well in certain situational football.” T h e T ig er s d i d re a l ly well in the running game, pounding the Quakers into submission, gaining 283 yards on 48 carries with junior Collin Eaddy leading the way w ith 172 yards rushing and two touchdowns and senior Ryan Quigley gaining 92 with one TD. “We really got going early in that; it was effective, it was working,” said Surace. “We stayed with it, which is sometimes hard to do.” Even when t he Tigers couldn’t find holes, they kept pressing ahead. “They ran hard a couple of times when there wasn’t much there,” added Surace. “Collin, Quigs and even Kevin [Davidson] on that one run where he spun out of it and got an extra three yard. The word of the week was ‘finish.’ It was not just how we finished the season, it was how we finished the play.” Eaddy enjoyed finishing the season with such a big game. “The thing for me was that O-line got going today,” said Eaddy, a 5’11, 210-pound native of Raleigh, N.C, who ended the fall as Princeton’s leading rusher with 799 yards and leading scorer with 12 touchdowns. “When they start rolling, I don’t feel like we can be stopped and that showed today.” When things weren’t rolling dow nhill, the Tigers were content with grinding things out. “We were really efficient, that was a big thing,” said Eaddy. “It may not be a touchdown every run we have but if we can get effective runs, we can move the chains. We did that well today so I was really happy with the offense played today.”
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Sparked by Baur’s Return to Full Strength, Tiger Women’s Hoops Produces 5-1 Start Taylor Baur is making up for lost time with the Princeton University women’s basketball team. The senior forward posted her second career doubledouble with 12 points and 10 rebounds to go along with three blocks, two steals and two assists in the Tigers’ 52- 40 w in over v isiting Monmouth on Sunday as Princeton improved to 5-1. “I know at the end of last season we all were talking about our goals and set our sights high,” said Baur, who is a co-captain of the Tigers along with classmate and good friend Bella Alarie. “We all worked really hard during the offseason. With the coaching transition we just came in and got to work. We were all on the same page. It’s really translated into these first couple games we’ve had and we’ve come out really strong.” B au r has b e en s na ke bitten over her first three years. She tore her ACL and missed all of her freshman season, returned to the team as a sophomore with limited time behind several stronger players, and then last year broke her foot in the first game of the year and missed more time upon her return due to a sprained ankle. “I think it’s taught me a lot,” said Baur, a 6’2 native of St. Louis. “As a senior, I feel like I’ve seen every angle of being injured, with not having what it takes to be on the court. I wasn’t ready (sophomore year). Then this year being
able to play, it helps us be able to relate to younger players who are all in different situations. Every time I get to step on the court, this is my last year and I’ve already had a lot of it limited. So playing like it’s my last time is really important to me.” Giving the Tigers another inside presence at both ends of the floor to go with Alarie, keeping Baur on the court is a priority for Princeton. “She’s really important,” said Princeton head coach Carla Berube. “She’s not a only talented basketball player, she’s also a great leader. To have her on the court, leading by example every day in practice, it just shows the younger players how hard you have to work and how that work breeds success. I love having her out there every day and, of course, we do have a really deep bench, but to have her and have her as an option has a lot to do with our success so far this year.” For the first time this year, the Tigers had to bounce back from a loss. Princeton dropped a 77-75 overtime decision at Iowa last Wednesday. “It’s kind of cliché, but you can learn a lot about the grit of your team, the character of your team,” said Berube. “We never got down on ourselves. We kept fighting. When Iowa would make their runs, we would come back with our own. I also think Iowa exposed some things we’ve been harping on in practice. We need to get better on
the defensive end. Also that experience, that atmosphere and environment, it felt very ‘NCAA tournament.’ You’re in a huge arena. You’re in a different region. There are a lot of fans against you. It feels like nobody is on your side and you have to stick together and execute your game plan. I think the team really stuck together and they were able to execute some things we wanted to do.” There was also the intangible of taking a long trip together, and that time has helped Berube to get a better handle on the makeup of her team. She saw encouraging examples on and off the court. Princeton made the Iowa game exciting with Julia Cunningham’s 3-pointer sending the game into overtime, but the Tigers could not ride the momentum to a win. “That was a heartbreaking loss,” said Baur, who had seven rebounds, four points, four assists and two blocks at Iowa. “It’s always tough to watch the film on something like that and seeing it again. We definitely got back to work in the gym, worked on our defense and really wanted to come out and bounce back from that loss and get back on the right track. That was super important for us.” In the win over Monmouth, Baur provided the Tigers with a lift as they pulled away from the Hawks in the fourth quarter. Princeton held a 41-37 lead going into the final quarter when Baur
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scored four of her 12 points, including the first points of the quarter. Defensively, she had a pair of blocks to finish the game and help Princeton hold Monmouth to three points in the fourth quarter. “I was hoping we would get to 50, but we just barely got to 50 points,” said Berube. “Such a scoring drought was a little scary. I thought our defense wasn’t great in the first half; we allowed them some easy looks at the basket. They got some offensive boards, some things in transition. We talked about it at halftime, how we wanted to guard some things. It got a lot better in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter. I was pleased with the effort. I thought we worked really hard.” Junior Carlie Littlefield had 12 points and eight rebounds in the win while Alarie finished with seven points, nine rebounds, four assists, three steals and a pair of blocks. Junior McKenna Haire bolstered the offense with nine points off the bench. The key for the Tigers was their defensive improvement since their loss to Iowa. “Our big focus, one is always communication,” said Baur. “It’s making sure we’re talking on every single play so everyone knows what’s going on. But also making sure we’re in help defense and really knowing what we’re doing on screens, switching high on their shooters and keeping our hands up and owning the battle of the boards. It’s important for us.” On an afternoon when the Tigers had trouble solving Monmouth’s zone defense, it was their own defensive prowess that delivered the win. “My philosophy is you can be in any game offensively if you can defend,” said Berube. “If you can take away what your opponent wants to do and make them score in ways they’re not comfortable scoring. We didn’t do a good job in that category against Iowa. We made strides in the last couple practices before our Monmouth game so I was pleased with that.” Princeton also increased its offensive chances by pulling down 20 offensive rebounds with Baur grabbing eight of them. “We were struggling to shoot across the board, all of us, so going to the offensive glass hard and getting as many possessions on offense was really important,” said Baur. “When you get an offensive board, it sort of deflates the defense a bit. It gets you motivated and that’s super impor tant in the game. Everyone was crashing the boards hard. I think there was one possession where we had six offensive boards. Even though we’re not making them, those are big plays to get another shot.” Those momentum changing plays proved critical for Princeton to get the win. Baur feels that’s the sort of impact she can make in games, and she’s been able to show her value early in the season. “It’s great to see her healthy and able to practice every day,” said Berube. “She’s that workhorse that you love having on your team. She loves the physicality in the post. She’s a great post defender. She’s a great post rebounder. She’s going to
TAYLOR MADE: Princeton University women’s basketball player Taylor Baur displays some defensive intensity in a game earlier this season. Last Sunday in a 52-40 win over visiting Monmouth, senior forward and co-captain Baur posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds and added three blocks, two assists, and two steals. The Tigers, now 5-1, host St. Francis-Brooklyn on December 1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) make open looks. She finds Bella really well. They work really well together with the high-low action. She does the dirty work. She’s a great screener. You love having her on the floor. She gives her all-out effort all the time. I’m pleased with her and the work she’s put in. She’s done an awesome job. She did a good job on Iowa’s post player. It’s great having her out there.” Baur is posting careerbest statistics so far. She is averaging 8.8 points per game after scoring at 4.9 points per game clip last year. She’s snaring 6.5 rebounds per game. She already has eight blocks after having a career-high 13 last season. “Defensively I’ve learned so much,” said Baur. “I feel like you get away with a lot of stuff in high school. I’ve learned so many different things defensively. I’ve found my voice on the defensive end communicating. Offensively, I definitely have worked on my post moves and I feel like it’s paying off. And my mid-range (jump shot), I worked on a lot. I’ve grown a lot since coming in as a freshman and I think it’s been awesome.” Baur has developed into a strong leader as well for the Tigers. She and Alarie are the only seniors on the roster and they are pushing their younger teammates. “It’s such an honor to be a leader on this team, especially with my best friend, Bella,” said Baur. “We have really high hopes on the court. Off the court it’s like this is our family. It means so much
to us. We want to do the program right and do all of our teammates right. They’re our best friends. This means a lot more than just wins on the court to us.” Princeton will return to the court on December 1 when it hosts St. FrancisBrooklyn. Later in the month, Baur is looking forward to a Homecoming trip to Missouri. The Tigers play at Missouri on December 18 and then come to her hometown when they play at St. Louis on December 20. “It’s about 10 minutes from my house,” said Baur. “We’ll have a team dinner at my house in between games. That’ll be fun. I get two games in the area.” Baur is looking for as many games as possible. She can apply for another year with another school because she missed her freshman season due to her knee injury. She’s started strong in making the most of her final year with Princeton, and is working to make sure the Tigers bring their momentum into next month. “ I t ’s a l w a y s d e fe n s e , defense, defense,” said Baur. “We can always improve on that. If you stop a team defensively, that fuels your offense and deflates them. That’s a huge component of what we’ll be working on over the next couple weeks and definitely getting up shots after the last game. Once we put the two together, it’s a recipe for success. That’ll be awesome.” —Justin Feil
With Keopple Emerging as Top Defender, PU Women’s Hockey Stifles No. 5 Clarkson
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up scoring. They worked so hard for that goal.” Morey acknowledged that it wasn’t easy to finish off the Golden Knights. “We are star ting on a penalty kill and you know they are going to press and press,” said Morey. “We have to not get too emotional or not get too panicky. We start to get tired in the third, you don’t have quite the jump. The mistakes start to happen, there is some fatigue and nerves. It is only a two-goal lead and then all of a sudden it is a one-goal lead and they start gripping their sticks a little tight and start making decisions they wouldn’t make earlier in the game.” Having Fillier, a member of the Canadian national program, gives Princeton a jump on the competition. “She is next level; she is one of those special players who comes through maybe once a decade,” said Fillier. “I think if anybody hasn’t seen her play yet, they better get down to Baker Rink before she graduates.” T h e t e a m’s t o p l i n e , which includes sophomore Connors and senior Carly Bullock along with Fillier, showed how special it is over the weekend. “They were on the ice a lot, it is not sustainable but we needed to do that against a top five team in the country,” said Morey, who got another big game from the trio a day later in a 6-2 win over St. Lawrence as Bullock had two goals and an assist with Fillier and Connors each tallying a goal and an assist. “They were also unselfish tonight, they didn’t care who got the goal, who got the assist, or who got anything. They also tried to play defensively as much as offensively which was really big. I thought Maggie Connors really focused on playing more physical, she had a couple of big back checks.” The Tigers also came up big on the blue line against Clarkson.
“I t hought defensively we did really well because t h e y a r e t h r e a t e n i n g ,” s a i d M o r e y. “ T h e y a r e an ext remely dangerous of fensive team and t hat one line is incredible. It is hard because you are really focusing on that and you have to change the way you are playing. I thought that was our best game defensively. I thought our defense had good gaps, they kept it simple.” Keopple is emerging as a very good player for the Princeton defensive unit. “It is her second year so she is really starting to get a lot more poise,” said Morey, whose team ended the weekend at 9-2 overall and 7-2 ECAC Hockey. “She used to press plays a lot last year but now her decision-making is better. She has a lot more confidence in her game; when she keeps it simple she will play really well.” In Morey’s view, pulling out the win over Clarkson, which has won three NCAA titles in the last six years, was a confidence builder for her squad. “Clarkson historically is always that one you circle on the calendar because they are such a great team,” said Morey, whose team hosts a pro women’s squad for an exhibition game on December 1 and then resumes ECACH action by hosting Cornell on December 6 and Colgate on December 7. “I think we also got lucky. They are banged up so their roster is a little short. The girls always look forward to playing the Clarkson game. It was a really big win for us, I am really happy for them.” Keopple, for her part, is happy with how things are going for the Tigers. “C o m i n g of f t h e l a s t w e e k e n d ’s s w e e p a n d coming in and winning this game, we have momentum,” said Keopple. “We are just going to continue to play our systems; play them hard and do what we know how to do and not change up too much.” —Bill Alden
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KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE: Princeton University women’s hockey player Mariah Keopple (No. 2) battles for the puck in recent action. Last Friday, sophomore defenseman Keopple had an assist on the winning goal as eighth-ranked Princeton edged No. 5 Clarkson 2-1 at Hobey Baker Rink. A day later, Keopple and the Tigers defeated St. Lawrence 6-2 to improve to 9-2 overall and 7-2 ECAC Hockey. Princeton hosts a pro women’s squad for an exhibition game on December 1 and then resumes ECACH action by hosting Cornell on December 6 and Colgate on December 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Tigers ended the season with Tigers dropped to 1-4-3 overall and 0-4-2 ECAC Hockey. a 16-15 record. Princeton is next in action PU Cross Country Runners this weekend when it heads Compete at NCAAs A p a i r o f P r i n c e t o n across the Atlantic to take University cross countr y part in the Friendship Four runners competed at the tou r n a m e nt i n B e lfa s t, NCAA championships last Northern Ireland. The Tigers Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. face Colgate on November 29 and then either Northeastern Senior Conor Lundy closed or the University of New out his Princeton cross Hampshire the next day. country career by taking 70th in the men’s race, PU Women’s Squash coming at 31:41.0 over the Defeats Drexel 10,000-meter course. Junior Completing a 3-0 weekend, Melia Chittenden finished the Princeton University 120th in the women’s race, women’s squash team defeated clocking a time of 21:23.4 Drexel 7-2 last Sunday. over the 6,000-meter course. Princeton topped Virginia 9-0 on Friday and Stanford 6-3 Tiger Men’s Hoops on Saturday before earning the Loses to Indiana Ryan Langborg had a win over the Dragons. Against Drexel, the Tigers breakout game in a losing cause as the Princeton University showed their quality through men’s basketball team fell 79- the lineup, winning all seven 54 at Indiana last Wednesday matches from the No. 3 and No. 9 spots. in Bloomington, Ind. Princeton, now 4-0, is next Freshman Langborg came off the bench to score a in action when it hosts St. career-high 13 points as the Lawrence on December 7. Tigers dropped to 0-4. Tiger Men’s Squash P r i nce ton, wh ich was Tops Drexel, Now 3-0 slated to host Arizona State Youssef Ibrahim provided on November 26, plays at a highlight as the Princeton Bucknell on November 30. Universit y men’s squash Princeton Men’s Hockey team defeated Drexel 7-2 last Sunday. Falls 5-1 at Cornell Sophomore Ibrahim pulled Getting outscored 4 - 0 on the second period, the out a 3-1 (9-11, 11-6, 16-14, Princeton University men’s 13-11) win at No. 1 over Lucas hockey team fell 5-1 at No. 2 Rousselet. Cornell last Saturday evening. The Tigers, now 3-0, will Jake Paganelli notched look to keep in the winning a third period goal for t rack as t hey hos t St. Princeton’s lone tally as the Lawrence on December 7.
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PDS Girls Tennis Ended Fall on High Note, Winning Two Flights at Prep B Tournament Will Asch knew that his Princeton Day School girls’ tennis team faced an uphill battle as they competed in the state Prep B tournament in late October to culminate the season. “There were some incredibly good singles players in the Prep B this year, two on Ranney and two on Gill St. Bernard’s; certainly all four of them would have been among the best in Mercer Count y,” said PDS head coach Asch. “There wasn’t really much of a chance at first or second singles for anybody else.” But making the most of its chances in the other flights, PDS got state titles at third singles from freshman Neha Khandkar and at first doubles from juniors Hayden Masia and Hannah Van Dusen.
As a result, PDS took second in the team standings behind champion Gill St. Bernard’s. In reflecting on the performance at the Prep B competition, Asch wasn’t surprised that his first doubles team came through with a title. “They started off the year in and out but at mid-season, they really blossomed into a great team,” said Asch. “A lot of the teams were playing them back on the court because they are both great hitters and then they started to angle their volleys away. Hannah is really incredible at the net and Hayden really started to hit great groundstrokes. She started to push the other girls back and Hannah would volley.” It hasn’t taken long for
Khandkar to blossom into something special for the Panthers. “Neha is incredible, first of all, she is a real team player, she likes to train with her teammates,” said Asch. “She will hit with anybody, that is really nice. She has the all around game and she has a head for the game. She loves to play, she is a very good athlete and moves really well.” In assessing the fall, Asch liked the way his players competed against the good competition they faced. “We play such a tough schedule, we had above a .500 record at 7-5,” said Asch. “We lost to Pingry, Moorestown Friends, Lawrenceville, Haddonfield, and Blair. These are really great teams. We had some nice wins. We had a win over Peddie at the end of the year; it is always fun to beat a big school that is a rival.” Asch believes the Panthers are looking at a fun season in 2020. “We have some very good players who might be challenging next year,” said Asch, who had sophomore Robyn Karchere-Sun at first singles this year and freshman Amy Zhou at second singles. “We have a good team. As far as Prep B goes there were unusually strong teams this year and Mercer County is always tough to compete in, there are always a lot of good players. We actually have one of our deeper teams that we have ever had, going down like 12 or 13 places. The girls really enjoy playing with each other.” —Bill Alden
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Making Strides with New Faces Stepping Up, PDS Cross Country Excited About Prospects Things looked bleak for the Princeton Day School boys’ cross country team as it convened for its 2019 campaign. “We lost two of our top three runners that were supposed to come back and I was thinking this was going to be a disaster,” said PDS head coach John Woodside. But with some veterans making progress and some newcomers stepping up, the Panthers made strides through the fall and culminated the season by finishing a strong fourth at the state Prep B championship meet at Blair Academy earlier this month. “We showed very well, it was the best we had done there in a while,” said Woodside, whose team had 102 points in taking fourth with Newark Academy winning the meet with a score of 28. “We almost equaled what they did six years ago. It was a great end of the season. I always tell the kids at the beginning of the season that the Prep B is our season.” Junior Gunnar Clingman did very well at the Prep B meet, taking second individually, clocking a time of 16:53 over the 5,000-meter course. “Gunnar has been real good for our team for three years now and he has been getting better,” said Woodside. “I didn’t really know how good he could be, we kept pushing t he envelope a little. We talked about the race beforehand and Gunnar really wanted to go out and try to stay with the leader. I was a little worried that might be going out on the edge and I said give it a go. You know what, he did it; he was with the kid [Charlie Koenig of Montclair Kimberley Academy] the whole way, he looked really good.” PDS got some good performances across the board
at the competition as sophomore William Sun took 19th in 18:59 with freshman Jason Wu finishing 25th in 19:14, freshman Bram Silva taking 27th in 19:25, and junior Ben Bigdelle placing 29th in 19:26. “Will Sun, who had an abbreviated season a year ago, had a full season; I knew he was talented and he really showed it and really came through for us,” said Woodside. “Wu and Silva were in our top five pretty much all year. Ben played JV soccer for two years. He got into running because his brother runs and he liked it and came out.” Woodside liked guiding his group of improving runners. “We have got guys that just came out of the woodwork and we made the most out of it,” said Woodside. “It was a really exciting season. It took us a couple or three years to get the ship turned around. We are moving in the right direction right now. We are really going to have some good teams coming up here, not just next year. We are looking at a great run.” W hile the girls’ squad lacks depth in numbers as it didn’t always have the five finishers needed for a team score this fall, it is also moving in the right direction, taking fifth at the Prep B meet. “I am so proud of the girls, I am really ecstatic to have enough girls to have a team,” said Woodside, whose girls had a score of 115 in taking fifth with Villa Walsh Academy winning the meet at 41. “We had six girls and one of them got a season-ending injury in the middle of September, that hurt us.” Recovering from a case of bronchitis that hampered her in late October, sophomore Meghan Rentner took fifth individually at the Prep
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TOP GUN: Princeton Day School boys’ cross country star Gunnar Clingman heads to the finish line in a race earlier this fall. Junior Clingman placed second individually in the state Prep B championship meet to help PDS take fourth in the team standings. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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In t he early stages of the 2019 season, the Hun School boys’ soccer team didn’t look like it was destined to do any damage in postseason play. The Raiders suffered three straight losses in the first two weeks of the season, getting outscored 10-5 in those setbacks. Undeterred by the shaky start, Hun regrouped and ended up advancing to the Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals and the state Prep A semis. “It is the first time we won a county game and a state game in the same year a while,” said Hun head coach Pat Quirk, whose team ended 2019 with a final record of 6-10-3. “It was good for the younger guys to see what it takes to win in those tournaments.” Two of the squad’s older guys, senior Brian Spencer and junior Amar Anand came through in a dramatic 3-2 overtime win against Blair in the opening round of the Prep A tourney. “It was a back and forth game; it was a battle,” recalled Quirk. “We finished well in OT, Brian got the game winning goal. He played in the back a lot but when we needed to push forward, he was a guy who always wanted to be forward and wanted to be up there because he thought he could score. Amar scored the tying goal to put us in OT.” Junior goalie Alex Donahue, who was in his first season as a starter for the Raiders, came up big in the win over Blair, making 13 saves. “Alex was great for us all year, he kept us in a lot of games,” said Quirk of Donahue, who earned All-Prep A first team honors. In the Prep A semis, Donahue came up big in a losing
cause as Hun gave perennial powerhouse and eventual champion St. Benedict’s a battle before succumbing 2-0. “The defense played very well, we limited their shots but they still had quite a few,” said Quirk. “Alex made a lot of very good saves. We went into that game w ith a really good game plan of what we were going to do defensively, knowing that we would be playing a lot of defense against them. The kids really bought into that and stuck to the game plan.” While Quirk was encouraged by how his players rose to the occasion down the stretch, he acknowledged that Raiders should have had won more games this fall. “We had some good wins, beating Blair in the regular season and PDS,” said Quirk, whose team edged Hopewell Valley on penalty kicks in the first round of the MCT after the teams had played to a scoreless draw through regulation and overtime. “I don’t think we lived up to our full potential unfortunately but a lot of younger guys got some minutes and a really good learning experience.” Quirk credited seniors Jake Marcin, Brian Spencer, Tishe Olaleye, Gibson Campbell, Luke McManimon, and Chris Antar with getting a lot out of their potential. “Jake and Brian playing center back for us, controlled the back line,” said Quirk, who saw Olaleye earn All-Prep A first team honors while Spencer was an honorable mention selection. “Tishe was good in the center mid position and Gibson was always getting dangerous, whether he was cutting in to shoot or get-
ALEX THE GREAT: Hun School boys’ soccer goalie Alex Donahue sends the ball up the field in a game this fall. Junior Donahue emerged as a star for Hun, earning All-Prep A first team honors. The Raiders advanced to the Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals and the state Prep A semis on the way to posting a 6-10-3 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
ting out wide. Luke was a workhorse who raised the level of play. Chris was a guy that started and came off the bench. He gave us a lot of energy.” With a core of returners featuring Donahue, Anand, Jack Tarzy, Aden Spektor,
Lucas Mazzoni, and John Balian, Hun should be a dangerous team going forward. “Alex is huge piece to return; Amar is key, whether he is playing at center mid or in more of an attacking role,” added Quirk. “Jack played all over the place again this year. Aden was new for us, he played a little bit last year and he
stepped into some nice roles. Mazzoni earned a starting spot as an outside back, I think he is going to be phenomenal in the back for the next two years. Balian also earned his starting spot as an outside back so returning two outside backs is good.” In Quirk’s view, those players need to focus on coming together as one unit and increasing their work rate to
do good things next year. “When we won, we were playing as a team, really controlling the ball and sharing it,” said Quirk. “When we lost, there were guys trying to do too much on their own. I think they saw what the intensity has to be during practice and how good practices need to be to get results in games.” —Bill Alden
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Keeping Focused on Sharpening Skills, Hun Field Hockey Showed Improvement W hen t he Hu n S chool field hockey team started this fall by losing its first nine games, it would have been understandable if its players had simply thrown in the towel on the season. Instead, the Raiders didn’t stop grinding, sharpening their skills and earning three wins over the last few weeks of the season. “They kept getting better,” said Hun head coach Tracey Arndt, who was in her first season guiding the program. “I was really proud of them that they continued to work hard no matter what with the setbacks and adversity they had.” Displaying that progress, the Raiders gave secondseeded Lawrence a battle in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament, falling 2- 0 after having lost to the Cardinals 6-0 two weeks earlier in a regular season contest. “We didn’t put a whole half together against Lawrence the first time, our fitness level and stamina wasn’t there to last through the game,”said Arndt. “Their effort at practice increased which allowed them to have more stamina to follow through because that was a battle the whole time.” Hun produced a stellar effort in its home finale, edging Peddie 1-0 in overtime as senior Emma Caforio notched the winning goal on an assist by Catherine Argiriou.
“The Peddie game was great, I t hink it showed them that they are worthy of being on the field with some of these great teams and that their hard work has paid off,” said Arndt. “It was extra special to do it on Senior Day. We had a senior pass to a senior who passed to a senior, who put it in. That was very cool.” Ar ndt credited her se niors Gabby Samano, Emily Albanese, Caforio, and Argiriou with holding things together for the program as it dealt with change. “All of them were helpful in the beginning, even in the spring, connecting with me and really trying to keep a lot of traditions that they really enjoyed about Hun field hockey alive and well,” said Arndt. “They stayed super posit i ve t h r o u g h t h e w h o l e thing. It would have been very easy for them to get down but they stayed super supportive of me and what I was trying to accomplish. They were really a great connection between myself and the team.” The squad’s core of returners should benefit from the example set by those seniors. “They all have another year under their belts; a lot of them probably weren’t ready to play varsity roles or in varsity games,” said A r ndt, who has a go o d foundation in place with junior Allison Rho, junior Renee Nearing, sophomore
m ore t ha n f ield ho cke y skills, it is teaching them life skills that w ill allow them to grow.” Looking ahead, Arndt, beNicki Schaefer, sophomore lieves the program can grow Ashley Jones, and sopho- into something special. more Lexi Thomas. “T hey worked t hrough “Because of our situation and injuries, many of them stepped in and said ‘I can do this, I am pretty good at this and I like it and I want to continue getting better,’ so all of those were great things to hear.” The younger players got better in a number of ways over the course of the season. “I think one area where they improved was their t e c h n i c a l s k i l l s ,” s a i d Arndt. “They got quicker with their sticks, they had better decision making. Something else that improved was just their confidence. T hey were afraid to fail when they were at the beginning of the season and they challenged themselves and stepped out of their comfort zones.” For Ar ndt, who had guided the Princeton Day School field hockey pro gram from 2012-14, being back on the field and molding a team was a challenge she embraced. “There is something so rewarding about see ing the improvement and these a-ha moments that the players are hav ing,” said Arndt. “It is fun developing the relat ionships w it h t hese young females ; hopefully they learned as much from me as I learned from them. The goal is to teach them
frustration and the adversit y ; t hey le ar ne d more about themselves than they realized so that was great,” said Arndt. “We said from the beginning that we knew we had a lot of new players and a lot
of transition. We couldn’t set goals of winning this league. It was fun to see them connect. We still have a lot to work on but I am proud of the way that Hun field hockey is going.” —Bill Alden
STICKING WITH IT: Hun School field hockey player Catherine Argiriou dribbles the ball in a game this fall. Senior Argiriou provided leadership and production for Hun as it showed improvement down the stretch. After starting 0-9, the Raiders ended up with a 3-15 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Captain Warren G. Leback Captain Warren G. Leback of Skillman, NJ, passed away on November 21, 2019 at the age of 95. Warren had a 65-year career in the maritime industry starting at the age of 18 as a cadet midshipman on the liberty ship Joseph McKenna during World War II. Warren was the son of the late Captain Vernon and June Leback of Astoria, Oregon. He and his twin brother, Calvin, were born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1924, and were nicknamed Pat and Mike, respectively. Warren was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Jewel Leback, his twin brother, Captain Calvin C. Leback, his sister, Mary Leback Shook, and his sonin-law, Simon Sitwell. He is survived by his children: Warren Thomas Leback and his wife Chloe, Christine Leback Sitwell, and Karen Frances Leb ack. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Todd Leback and his wife Lisa Grové, Emily Leback Achin and her husband John, Peter Leback, and Sergey Sitwell. His surviving great-grandchildren are Miles, Maude, Henry, Clover, and Violet. Warren met his wife, Jewel, during World War II in San Francisco where she
was serving in the United States Coast Guard as a S PA R . T h e y were m ar ried in New Paris, Indiana, in 1947, and began their 67-year marriage in New York City. They also lived in Barranquilla and Cartagena, Colombia; Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, Chatham, Princeton, and Skillman, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; Houston, Texas; and Washington, DC. Warren was an active member of numerous maritime organizations including serving as National President of the United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and National President of the Council of American Master Mariners. He also served as deacon of the Wyckoff Reformed Church and elder of the Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ. After graduating from Astoria High School in January 1942, Warren completed training at the Cadet Basic Training School on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in June, 1942, and reported for duty on the McKenna, which was operated by Grace Line. He spent seven months at sea. During his first voyage, his ship brought back from Pearl Harbor the stern section of the destroyer USS Cassin, which had been bombed on December 7, 1941. On a second voyage, the McKenna delivered military supplies to the American troops on Guadalcanal; on this voyage, he was awarded a Merchant Marine Combat medal. After being discharged from the McKenna, Warren reported to the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, to complete his studies and graduated in Januar y, 1944. He then he returned to Grace Line to sail in the South Pacific Theater. In 1947, Warren received his Master’s (Captain’s ) License, which he maintained until his death. Warren worked for Grace Line until 1960 serving as third, second, and chief mate on several vessels and Master of the passenger car-
go ship Santa Monica. He also held managerial positions in Barranquilla and Cartagena, Colombia; and in New York City. Warren subsequently held positions with Central Gulf Steamship Corporation, Sea-Land Service, Inc., Interstate Oil Transport Company, El Paso LNG Company, and Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc. He was appointed Deputy Maritime Administrator in the Department of Transportation by President Ronald Reagan. He later served President George H. W. Bush as Maritime Administrator. He retired as President of First American Bulk Carrier Corporation. Warren received the U.S. Mercha nt Mar i ne Ac ad emy’s Outstanding Professional Achievement Award in 1964, the Alumnus of the Year Award in 1978, the Distinguished Service Award in 1984, and the Meritorious Alumni Service Award in 1989. In 1997, he was elected to the Academy’s Hall of Distinguished Graduates. A classroom in Bowditch Hall at the Academy is named in his honor. In 1991, he was honored with the Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award by the United Seamen’s Service. He received Honorary Doctorates from the Maine Maritime Academy and the Mas s achus et t s Mar it ime Academy. A memorial service will be held in Princeton at a later date. Warren’s wish was for donations to be made to United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Kings Points, NY, or American Merchant Marine Museum at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, in his memory. Warren’s ashes will be buried with his wife’s ashes in the cemetery at New Paris, Indiana, and spread over the Columbia River bar in Oregon.
his brother John’s wedding on St. John, USVI, and became so enchanted with the islands he remained there for ten years. He formed a financial service company to write business plans for lo c a l e nt repre n e u r s and event ually acquired and developed several local construction services companies. In 2002, he moved to New York where he joined the investment and merchant banking firm Dominick & Dominick in the wealth management division. Joe transitioned to the hedge fund industry as a Chief Financial Officer for Orin Kramer’s Boston Provident LP and later became a founding partner and CFO of Halogen Asset Management. In 2014 Joe moved to Boston and served as CFO for Three Bays Capital until May of 2019. Joe loved hockey and played in adult leagues located in New York and later in Boston. He was also a passionate windsurfer and avid sailor. He sailed his first vessel Alba throughout the Caribbean as far south as Venezuela and eventually back home to New England. With almost 30 years of open ocean sailing experience, Joe earned a U.S. Coast Guard 100 ton Master Captain’s license. He was also an accomplished offshore navigator racing for a decade aboard Tribe, a 62’ Gunboat catamaran, with his father and brothers, most recently winning second place in the NewportBermuda Race. Joe leaves behind his father and mother, Joseph and Sandy of Winter Park, FL; his beloved brothers,
ment he was sharing with you. The passion of his presence will be missed as he rests right where he always wanted to be … at sea. Services will be held on Saturday, December 7 at 10 a.m. at St Catherine of Siena (4 Riverside Avenue, R i ve r s i d e, C o n n e c t i c u t ) directly followed by a reception at Stamford Yacht Club (97 Ocean Drive West, Stamford, CT).
Gregory (Kristine) of Stamford, CT, and John ( Day) of Winter Park, FL; three nieces, Annie, Gracie, Sydney, and nephew, Griffin; his longtime girlfriend, Ceci Cleary; as well as many uncles, aunts, and cousins who grieve his passing. A conversation with Joe was always warm and engaging. He always left one with a clear sense that nothing mattered more to him in the world than the very mo-
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Joseph Francis Gigliotti November 21, 1970 – November 21, 2019
Joseph Francis Gigliotti, 49, of Boston, Massachusetts, was lost at sea on November 21, 2019, after being washed overboard during the offshore passage of his sailing vessel Volare from Newport, RI, to Antigua. Joe was raised in Princeton, New Jersey, attended Princeton Day School, and later Portsmouth Abbey School in Middletown, R hode Island. He was a Dean’s list st udent who played lacrosse and was Captain of Portsmouth Abbey’s varsity hockey team. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a BS in Economics and English and was a brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Following his University graduation, Joe attended
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James Wilson Clark passed away on August 6, 2019 at the age of 95. He was married to his wife Margaret Custis Archer Clark for 62 years. He is suvived by his three daughters, Margaret Custis Clark, Susan Clark Randaccio, Archer Griffith; his brother, John Hunter Clark, 92; and his five grandchildren, Ted and Casey Trozinski, and James, Lauren, and Alexander Randaccio. His integrity and his commitment to service and to the nation were an inspiration to many, and he was beloved for his wonderful nature and his sense of humor. His presence in our lives will be deeply missed. Jim Clark was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 21, 1923 the oldest of three boys. He attended Oberlin College, where his college career was interrupted by the U.S. entry into World War II. Eager to enlist, he joined the U.S Army Infantry, first serving in the U.S. training troops, and later in combat in France and Germany. As part of Patton’s 3rd Army, Company I, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, he moved through France and into Germany in the spring of 1945 as part of the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns, liberating Buchenwald, and pushing toward Berlin. On April 13, 1945 while securing a bridge in Gera, Germany, he was wounded in the chest and arm. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for heroic and meritorious achievement in combat. He left his commission as a First Lieutenant, and after a long rehabilitation, he returned to Oberlin where he completed his degree in History in 1948. He earned his Master’s in Public Affairs as a member of the first Master’s class at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1950, and he moved to Washington D.C. committed to public service, to shaping the life of the nation, and to addressing the challenges of a world he had experienced so personally at a young age. In his 20-year career serving five U.S. presidents in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, he was responsible for financial management, planning, development and coordination of policy proposals, and administrative oversight for a variety of national priorities, including the FCC, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Merchant Marine, the Airforce, and Defense R&D programs. He served for five years as Director of International Programs responsible for all U.S. economic and military programs overseas, including U.S. foreign aid and oversight of the intelli-
tread before us, the majesty of the great ideas of history, and most frequently, his appreciation and gratitude for the people he loved. This appreciation of life’s gifts is his enduring gift to us. A memorial celebration of his life will be held in Princeton, N.J., on December 21, at 1 p.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Memorial Contributions may be made in his honor to the following causes which he held dear: T he Wounded War r ior Project, Honor and Memorial Donation, James W. Clark, https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate, or P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517. James W. Clark 50 Memorial Fund to further the development of future leaders committed to good governance in domestic and international affairs, directed to students at the Woodrow Wilson School. By mail : Princeton University, Alumni and Donor Records, Attn. Helen Hardy, P.O. Box 5357, Princeton, NJ 08543-5357. Online: https://makeagift. princeton.edu/MainSite/ MakeAGift. (Click on the “in honor/memory of” box, and indicate in the “special instructions and comments field” that the gift is for the James W. Clark 50 Memorial Fund). Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.
Dudley Allen Eppel Dudley Allen Eppel, of Vero Beach, FL, and West Tisbury, MA, passed peacefully on November 21, 2019, with Nancy, his cherished wife of 63 years, and their four children by his side. Born in Newark, NJ, on July 20, 1929, Dudley grew up in South Orange and Maplewood. He was a 1947 graduate of Columbia High School, where he was known as “Deadly Duds,” for his “leadership on the basketball court and play behind the baseball plate.” As captain of the Varsity basketball team, he was known as a “hard worker who never quit” — a truism for how he lived his life. Dudley received many athletic awards, also contr ibuting to his baseball team’s win of the NJ Sectional State Championship in 1946. He was recruited for a post-graduate year at Carteret Prep School in West Orange where he played Varsity Basketball.
Dudley graduated from Rutgers University in 1954, where he was a Business Administration major and member of Chi Psi Fraternity. He continued to play basketball and also played semi-pro summer baseball for the Farmington Flyers (ME). His college career was interrupted by his service in the Air Force from which he received an honorable discharge to support his family when his father passed. Dudley had an illustrious career on Wall Street having led four block trading desks over 42 years at leading firms, including Blyth & Co., Weeden & Company, Loeb R hodes, and Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette (DLJ). He retired as Managing Director of DLJ’s Institutional Equities Division in 1995. At his retirement party in Boston, he was presented with a certificate of recognition from Mayor Thomas M. Menino. According to his peers, he was known as a patient mentor and excellent practitioner of the art and science of block trading. His colleagues recognized him as Dudley “Warbucks” Eppel, with a cigar in one hand and a phone in the other, retiring as the “oldest living block trader on Wall Street.” He provided commentary on the financial markets for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Institutional Investor, CNBC, and other news outlets. Dudley was a loving father and raised his family in Princeton, NJ, where they resided for 45 years. With a passion for the beach, Dudley and his family spent many summers on the Jersey shore and later in Martha’s Vineyard, beginning in 1972. He shared his love of the ocean with his children, teaching them to body surf and enjoy a competitive surfside game of backgammon, making for beautiful memories. He also loved the mountains of Colorado and spent family ski vacations in Vail and Aspen. He had a special affection for the horse-drawn sleigh to the Pine Creek Cookhouse in Ashcroft. Dudley shared his love of the Big Apple with his family, exposing them to Broadway musicals and sporting events. He was a loyal fan of many teams, including the (now San Francisco) Giants, the Knicks, the Rangers, and the New York Giants. Dudley had a keen interest in befriending many and was a mentor to people of all ages and backgrounds. He was an avid golfer and over his lifetime was a member of the Bedens Brook Club (Skillman, NJ), Rolling Rock Club (Ligonier, PA), Edgartown Yacht Club, the Vineyard Golf Club (Edgartown, MA), and the John’s Island and Red Stick Golf clubs (Vero Beach, FL). He is survived by his wife, Nancy; his children Cheryl and her husband John Segar of Watertown, MA, Lynne of West Tisbury, MA, Dudley,
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Jr. ( Lee ) of Vero Beach, FL, and Meredith and her husband Chris Jylkka of Weston, MA; and his four grandchildren: Anna Lee and Charles Allen Segar, and Lila Grace and Alexander Dudley Jylkka. His family, colleagues, and many friends deeply mourn his loss and celebrate his generous and loving spirit. He was predeceased by his mother Mildred Nauman Eppel, his father William Eppel, his sister Dianne Schryber, and his brother William Eppel. A celebration of Dudley’s life will take place on Martha’s Vineyard in July 2020. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in his memory to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org/ help-support) or the West Tisbury Public Library Foundation (www.wtlibraryfoundation.org/donate-2).
Margaret McGurty Keenan Margaret McGurty Keenan died on November 16 surrounded by family. Born November 8, 1935, in Pittsburgh, Margaret moved to Princeton in 1964 with her husband Patr ick Joseph Keenan, Sr. Together they raised their four children, Patrick, Sean, Kate, and Elizabeth, at 17 Random Road. Margaret earned a B.A. from Carlow University (formerly Mount Mercy College) in Pittsburgh and a Master’s in Education from Rutgers
University. She wrote short stories and essays, including Incident at Ponte Tressa. She served as an editor for the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) from 1978-1987, a position she truly loved for the breadth and depth of the content and her intelligent, witty, and slightly irreverent colleagues. She wrote and edited in Newark at the University of Medicine and Dentistry Alumni Magazine from 19871997. She produced feature articles covering the university’s research and clinical treatment programs, such as AIDS clinical trials and therapies, autoimmune disorders, health risks associated with electromagnetic fields, use of computers in medicine, growing antibiotic resistance, and a firsthand report on a liver transplant, for which she observed the entire 12-hour surgery. She read broadly and voraciously; she and Patrick traveled the world, often with friends; and she continued to expand her fund of knowledge and circle of friends until her death. Margaret’s combined kindness, wisdom, and equanimity, reached many people. She is treasured by her husband Patrick, to whom she was married for 60 years; her children and their spouses; her grandchildren; her sister Suzanne; many, many nieces and nephews; and, of course, the Bridge and Book Groups. An open house to celebrate Margaret’s life and share memories will be held at the Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, on Sunday, December 15th from 2-4 p.m. If you would like to make a donation honoring Margaret’s life, please consider the Scleroderma Foundation (www.scleroderma.org) or an organization meaningful to you.
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gence and national security services. In 1970, continuing a long career specializing in strategic planning, program review, and management, he was named D irector of Strategic Planning and Product Development for Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Holding Company. While there, he shaped the future of the bank, expanding both international operations, as well as domestic banking services. He served on the Chase Monetary Mission Team developing international ties for U.S. businesses in OPEC Countries, and he expanded national consu mer f inancial s ervices, launching the bank’s new initiative, Chase Home Mortgage Corp. in 1978. He continued to serve the nation while in the private sector, serving on the Board of the Asia Foundation and as Staff Director of the Murphy Commission, the President’s Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. In 1982, he returned to Princeton University as Deputy Director at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory where he served for eight years managing t he administrative operations of the largest nuclear fusion research laboratory in the U.S. Following his retirement from the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, Jim joined Mathtech, Inc. as a Senior Associate where he led a team overseeing U.S. Agency for International Development financed projects in the energy sector in Pakistan. A firm believer in community service, Jim served the communities where he lived in numerous ways. In Washington D.C, in the 1950s and 60s, he organized and directed the Youth Recreation Program under the auspices of the YWCA serving the neighborhoods of South East Washington. In Princeton, he was active in Nassau Presbyterian Church, serving as everything from Sunday School teacher, to program and financial manager. He was a founding member of the Pr inceton Adult School, where he ser ved on the Board and taught several classes. Committed to the next generation of public servants, Jim also served on the Board of the Robertson Foundation for the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton for over a decade. A life of significant accomplishment was marked by a commitment to building personal relationships both close to home and abroad. Our lives were filled with his friends and with many who sought his wisdom, counsel, humor, and love. The cousins and young people who shared our home, the lifelong friends from across the nation and the globe, from Germany to Pakistan, were a tribute to his spirit. He will be most remembered for the love and joy he brought to his family. Not a day went by where he did not express heartfelt appreciation for both the simple and the grand of what this world has to offer — the clouds in the sky, the night stars, the twinkling lights of Christmas, the drama of a Nantucket sleighride, the mysteries of particle physics, the lives of those who
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PRINCETON-Seeking tenant who will be in residence only part-time for studio apartment on Princeton estate. Big windows with views over magnificent gardens, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, full bath with tub & shower. Separate entrance, parking. Possible use as an office or art studio. (609) 924-5245. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom apartment is available January 2020, in a quiet residential area in downtown Princeton. Short walk to Princeton U, Palmer Square & Public Library. $1,950/ month including heat & water. Offstreet parking. No smoking or pets. (609) 758-9712. Please leave a message. Your call will be returned within 24 hours. 11-27 VERY EXPERIENCED CHRISTMAS PARTY PIANIST, AND IN HOME MUSIC LESSONS, any age, level. Daily progress, music you like/request. Piano, acting, singing, winds, strings, drums. Oberlin graduate. (609) 213-1471. 11-27-2t ATLANTIC CITY, NJ TIMESHARE FOR SALE: 1 BR, 1 bath, kitchen, apt. sleeps up to 4 guests. Deeded. High peak season week, exchangeable with Worldwide Resorts via Interval Services. On boardwalk with spectacular views from suite off ocean, marina & casinos. Price $3,800. Call or leave message at (609) 509-0544. 11-20-3t CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE with 5+ years experience working in Princeton & Pennington. Available for full-time employment. Can do day or nighttime. Call Gladys at (609) 775-3007. 11-27-2t HOUSECLEANING AVAILABLE by Polish lady. Please call Monika for a free estimate. (609) 540-2874. 11-20-4t CLEANING-EXTENSIVE GENERAL HOME & OFFICE: Move in, move out cleaning. Free estimates. Years of experience, references available. Call Cande Villegas, (609) 310-2048. 11-27-3t HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified with 20 years experience. Please call Cindy, (609) 227-9873. 11-27-3t PRINCETON HOME FOR RENT: Location, Location & Lots of Light! Warm, cute 2-bedroom cottage on a private road. Available Dec. 1, $2,250/mo. (646) 784-1768. 11-13-5t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Private, quiet suite with 4 offices with approx. 950 sq. ft. on ground floor. $1,700 per month rent; utilities included. We can build to suit your business. Email recruitingwr@ gmail.com 11-20-4t PROFESSIONAL OFFICE: Newly renovated, waiting area, kitchenette, ground floor, ample parking. Internet & phone line included. Available for immediate sublease. Looking for tenant to compliment mental health practice in Princeton. Call Stephen (201) 232-2766. 11-27-3t 6 BEDROOM RUSTIC COUNTRY HOME: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, Skillman, $3,010 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonrentals. homestead.com or (609) 333-6932. 11-13-6t HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 11-13-8t CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reliable, experienced & educated. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 11-20-8t BUYERS • APPRAISERS • AUCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop. On-site silver repairs & polishing. Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation. Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362. 10-02-20 TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf
GREEN–PLANET PAINTING: Commercial, Residential & Custom Paint, Interior & Exterior, Drywall Repairs, Light Carpentry, Deck Staining, Green Paint options, Paper Removal, Power Washing, 15 Years of Experience. FULLY INSURED, FREE ESTIMATES. CALL: (609) 356-4378; perez@green-planetpainting.com 04-03-20 I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 09-04-20
JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-22-20 J.O. PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. 20 years experience. Call (609) 305-7822. 08-14-20
BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20 AWARD WINNING HOME FURNISHINGS Custom made pillows, cushions. Window treatments, table linens and bedding. Fabrics and hardware. Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com 05-01-20
MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; www.farringtonsmusic.com 07-31-20 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 07-10-20
STOCKTON REAL ESTATE… A Princeton Tradition Experience ✦ Honesty ✦ Integrity 32 Chambers Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (800) 763-1416 ✦ (609) 924-1416
Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area ASSOCIATE RESEARCH DEVELOPER
(#6490): Master’s deg in education, cognitive or learning sci, edu psych, or rel + 1 yr exp. Conduct research to improve K12 teaching and learning. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 11-27
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
(PRINCETON, NJ): Plan, prepare & manage all aspects of all planning cycles (Latest Outlooks / LOs, LF1, LF2, TGT, & Strategic Plan) for US & Canada. Resume to: Sandoz, Inc. Attn: Bona Kwak, 1 Health Plaza East Hanover, NJ 07936. Ref job #SY025325 11-27
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST LEAD
(#6484): Master’s deg (or forgn equiv) in Comp Info Systs, Engnrng, Comp Sci, or rel + 3 yrs exp (or bach + 5). Use XML & schemas; web svcs; SQL queries; analysis of user reqs, procedures & probs to act as key liaison btwn business units & IT Depts for business reqs collection, cost estimate & RFP dvlpmt in support of IT rojs. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 11-27
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Seeks qualified applicants for the following position:
TEACHER OF FRENCH
Leave-of-absence position - Immediate start
WITH OUR THANKS
All of us at Stockton Real Estate would like to express our sincere thanks for your continued loyalty. We wish to extend our warmest appreciation and our very best wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving. www.stockton-realtor.com
The Top Spot for Real Estate Advertising Town Topics is the most comprehensive and preferred weekly Real Estate resource in the greater Central New Jersey and Bucks County areas. Every Wednesday, Town Topics reaches every home in Princeton and all high traffic business areas in town, as well as the communities of Lawrenceville, Pennington, Hopewell, Skilllman, Rocky Hill, and Montgomery. We ARE the area’s only community newspaper and most trusted resource since 1946! Call to reserve your space today! (609) 924-2200, ext 27
Gorgeous 2 bed 2.5 bath home for sale in Hillsborough Recently renovated Hillsborough N.J. townhome with fully finished basement, brand new AC/Furnace and hot water heater. Gas unit and large master bedroom with en suite. Attached garage for convenient parking! Open and contemporary floor plan, hardwood floors throughout, remodeled bathrooms, and kitchen with stainless steel appliances. $290,000
FSBO: Contact Vincent at 908.616.0821 for more information
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Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, copies of NJ certification and college transcripts to: Head of School, Princeton Charter School, 100 Bunn Drive, Princeton, NJ, 08540 or pcsoffice@princetoncharter. org. Deadline for application is Dec 6, 2019. Must be a resident of New Jersey or willing to relocate. Princeton Charter School is an equal opportunity employer.
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The Top Spot for Real Estate Advertising Town Topics is the most comprehensive and preferred weekly Real Estate resource in the greater Central New Jersey and Bucks County areas. Every Wednesday, Town Topics reaches every home in Princeton and all high traffic business areas in town, as well as the communities of Lawrenceville, Pennington, Hopewell, Skilllman, Rocky Hill, and Montgomery. We ARE the area’s only community newspaper and most trusted resource since 1946! Call to reserve your space today! (609) 924-2200, ext 27
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