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Volume LXXI, Number 3 Leticia Fraga Making Another Run for Princeton Council . . . . . 7 Thoughts on the Absurd With Kafka and Camus as Friday Approaches . . . 14 Bedlam’s Unconventional Hamlet Opens at McCarter Berlind . . . . 19 PU Opera Theater Presents Scenes from Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Stephens Stars as PU Men’s Hoops Posts Weekend Sweep . . . . . 26 Herring Writing Final Chapter to Sister Act for PHS Girls’ Hockey . . . 30

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Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast Draws a Large Crowd This year for the first time, Princeton University designated Martin Luther King Day a school holiday. That gave students and faculty the day off on Monday, January 16, and many of them joined members of the local community to remember the late civil rights activist at a special prayer breakfast in the University’s Carl A. Fields Center. For more than two decades, the University held events in memory of Dr. King at Richardson Auditorium. The prayer breakfast was a first for the school, Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee said in his introduction of the featured speaker, Princeton Councilman Lance Liverman. The standing-room-only event was also attended by Council members Jo Butler, Heather Howard, and Tim Quinn. Mr. Liverman’s talk, which earned him a standing ovation, was followed by a performance by members of the choir from First Baptist Church, led by the Rev. Donald Locklear, the church’s Minister of Music. Mr. Liverman’s focus was community. “The word means different things to different people,” he said, but “we are one community. We have more in common than we actually realize.” Born and raised in Princeton aside from a few years in Trenton, Mr. Liverman attended Princeton public schools, as have his two daughters. His father, who died when he was three, was the first African American lighting technician at McCarter Theatre, Mr. Liverman told the crowd. Though Mr. Liverman lived on Witherspoon Street across from Community Park School, he was bused to Littlebrook School to help keep the schools integrated. “I believe to truly build a great community starts in the very early years,” he said. Children must be taught early to intervene if they witness bullying, even if it is uncomfortable. “You can’t stand by and be silent.” Referring to Dr. King, Mr. Liverman read portions of his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered during the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. He also touched on current events, including the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the recent presidential election. “This past election left many of us feeling fearful, and fearful is the word,” he said.

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Charter School Controversy Intensifies

Despite impassioned appeals on both sides, along with expressed commitments to work together, Princeton Charter School (PCS) and Princeton Public Schools (PPS) remain entrenched in their opposition over the question of a PCS expansion. Princeton Charter School’s board voted unanimously last Wednesday to support their application to the State Department of Education for expansion, and Princeton Public Schools continued their efforts to block that move. A flurry of letters to local media (see this week’s Mailbox), to representatives in Trenton, and to New Jersey Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington, who in the next two months will be deciding on the PCS application, illuminate the conflict, with PCS seeking approval to expand its enrollment by 76 students, and PPS claiming that the cost to the District would have a “devastating impact” on the public schools. PCS and PPS do seem to have found a small piece of common ground on a second part of the PCS proposal, to implement a weighted admissions lottery to increase the economic diversity of the school.

In his appeal to the Charter School Board last Wednesday, PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane, accompanied by a contingent of supporters, asked PCS to “do the right thing for the children of this community” and withdraw its proposal. “Your proposal to expand enrollment may have been well-intentioned,” he said, “but it will have a devastating impact on the Princeton Public Schools for years to come.” The $1.2 million that the District would

be obligated to give PCS, he argued, would force the schools to cut personnel and programs. “Sadly,” he added, “many of the cuts we will have to make will come from the high school. Your expansion proposal will hurt the very school to which you send most of your students.” Mr. Cochrane went on to express his hope that PCS and PPS could come together, “that we can find creative ways to Continued on Page 8

Library Program on Circular Economy Takes Sustainability a Step Further Advocating the benefits of recycling to residents of Princeton can be like preaching to the choir. But there is more to creating a truly sustainable community than even the most dedicated recyclers may be aware. An event at Princeton Public Library Thursday, January 19, will explore a concept that takes recycling to the next level. “Beyond Recycling: Building the Circular Economy in New Jersey,” co-sponsored

by Sustainable Princeton, examines a growing business movement that uses a life-cycle approach to keep materials and resources in use as long as possible to avoid pollution and reduce waste. That means that products are designed, from the very beginning, with materials that can be repurposed and used in other products rather than tossed into the landfill. “There seems to be a lot of emphasis

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PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE HARMED Loss of $1.16 million annually • This loss comes on top of the current annual charter school payment of over $5 million. • This loss consumes nearly all of the public school district’s maximum allowed 2% budget increase. • The school district has no way to recoup or offset this loss.

A $1.16 million loss is substantial for Princeton Public Schools • Would result in deep cuts to programs and increased class sizes for 3,700 students in Princeton Public Schools. • For perspective, $1.16 million equals compensation for 15 teachers or the entire district athletic budget.

NO impact on enrollment and NO cost savings • PCS claims their expansion is a win-win for the district. IT IS NOT.

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HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO Between now and January 27, write a letter to: Hon. Kimberley Harrington Acting Commissioner of Education New Jersey Department of Education 100 River View Plaza, P.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625

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Please send (regular or email) a copy of your letter to our Superintendent, to be included with the district’s response to the expansion request, which is due by the end of January.Email: Super@princetonk12.org Mail: Steve Cochrane, Superintendent, 25 Valley Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

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Saturday, February 4, 10am-3pm Featuring Ice Sculpture Philly Come watch the Green transform into an icy wonderland! • Whimsical sculptures • The creation of an Ice Throne… great for photos! • An Ice Bar serving complimentary hot chocolate beginning at 12:30pm • Live Ice Sculpture Demo at 1:00pm • Sign the Ice Graffiti Wall

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Read and Explore, Terhune Orchards’ winter educational series for children from ages preschool to eight years, begins January 17. This popular reading program is a cure for cabin fever. Children gather around a storyteller to listen to a book being read inside Terhune’s big, heated greenhouse. Topics are The Gingerbread Man; Animal Tracks; Fur, Feathers, and Keeping Warm in Winter; Composting; Getting Ready for Spring; and Birds Nesting, and Birdhouses. After story time, the children participate in educational activities and make a craft to take home. That may include decorating a big gingerbread cookie, building a bird feeder, creating a compost container, or planting seeds in the greenhouse. Full descriptions of Read and Explore classes are on the calendar at ter huneorchards.com. Sessions are held on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 10 a.m. Each event lasts about an hour. The cost is $7 per child and includes the craft activity. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is requested. Call (609) 924-2310 to register. Terhune is at 330 Cold Soil Road in Lawrenceville.

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A Community Bulletin HomeFront “Week of Hope” continues with special forums and volunteer opportunities related to poverty and homelessness, through Saturday, January 21. Guided bus tours, panel discussions, “Lunch and Learn” and more. Visit www.homefrontnj.org or call (609) 989-9417 ext. 133. Watch the Presidential Inauguration: On Friday, January 20 at 11 a.m., in the Community Room of Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Free. Interfaith Prayer Vigil: In lieu of her attendance at the inauguration, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman will host an event on Friday, January 20 at Shiloh Baptist Church, 340 Howard Woodson Way, Trenton. (609) 883-0026. One Table Cafe: On January 20, 6:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, singer/songwriter and motivational speaker William Carter III entertains at this pay-what-you-can meal, from which proceeds go to Mercer Street Friends, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, and other charities. Reservations are required by January 18 at (609) 216-7770. Women’s March on New Jersey: Saturday, January 21 at 10 a.m., in solidarity with the march in Washington and more than 170 sister marches held throughout the country. Meet at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton. Speakers are followed by a march to the State House. womensmarch onnewjersey@gmail.com. “The Skinny on Driverless Cars”: Princeton University Professor Alain Kornhauser presents “Smart Driving Cars: the Good, the Bad, the Great,” Monday, January 23, 6 p.m. at Mercer County Community College Student Center Room SC211. Pizza and snacks provided. RSVP to kipatthesierraclub@ gmail.com. Seating is limited. Morven Tea and Tour: Wednesday, January 25 at 1 p.m., afternoon tea is served at Morven, 55 Stockton Street, preceded or followed by docent-led tours at noon and 2 p.m. $22, advance reservations required. (609) 924-8144 ext. 103. Communiversity Applications: Available for Communiversity ArtsFest 2017, taking place April 30. Artists, crafters, performers, food vendors, merchants, non-profit organizations and sponsors should visit artscouncilofprinceton.org to download applications. The deadline is February 28. Donate Blood: The American Red Cross is in major need of blood donations, which can be made at 707 Alexander Road, Suite 701. Visit redcross. org for more information.

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MOVING ON: Potter John Shedd, a fixture in Rocky Hill for decades, is relocating his shop and studio to Hopewell. The stalled bridge repair work on Route 518 has kept customers away for too long, making a major dent in his important holiday sales season. Look for John Shedd Designs this spring in Hopewell’s Tomato Factory. One-Year Subscription: $10 Two-Year Subscription: $15 Subscription Information: 609.924.5400 ext. 30 or subscriptions@ witherspoonmediagroup.com

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Loss of Traffic From Bridge Closing Convinces Rocky Hill Potter to Relocate For John Shedd, the idea of moving his pottery studio from Rocky Hill to Hopewell is not hing new. He has mulled it over for years. But the extended closing of the bridge over the D&R Canal on Route 518,

a consequence of the Gov. Christie-ordered shutdown on all state-funded road projects last summer, has brought the potter to a decision. John Shedd Designs, a fixture near the bridge since 1979, will close in the next few months, possibly as early as March (Work resumed on the bridge on November 1 and is projected to be completed early this year).

lished customers, restaurants, and mail order. The swirls of color and texture in his pieces are as much about chemistry as about art. “I like puzzles,” he said. “You owe a great debt to science with this stuff. You have to have a thorough knowledge of the limitations. There’s a crime here, and you have to figure out who did it. Nothing happens in a vacuum. This is a very dynamic environment.” Calling himself “more a baker than a maker,” Mr. Shedd is more interested in how glazes respond to temMr. Shedd won’t disappear perature than how a piece is Continued on Next Page from the local arts scene. He plans to show his distinctive plates, bowls, trays, tableCentral Jersey’s Premiere Opera Company tops, and other hand-craft28th Anniversary Season ed ceramics in two rooms at Hopewell’s Tomato Factory, and hopes to build a new Joseph R. Pucciatti, Artistic Director studio on property nearby. But the difficulties of the last few months have left Presents him feeling frustrated. “We’ve made it through three floods — in 1999, 2007, and 2011. But this is too much,” Mr. Shedd said during a chat at his studio in an old grist mill. “The bridge closing interrupted my Christmas season, which is the three to four months when I make most of my income. Business is off 60 percent. The handwriting is on the wall — either move or die.” Taking a break from unloading clay last Friday in the shop at the front of the studio, Mr. Shedd reflected on his decades in Rocky Hill. A light layer of dust lay on the rows of handmade works of art — most by him; some by other artisans. Mr. Shedd’s pottery is familiar not only to regular visitors to the shop, but also to patrons of the local restaurants Mistral, elements, Tre Piani, and 153. Exhibiting in shows was a major part of his early career. “I started with big ideas of being an internaSemi-staging sung in English tional star,” he said. “I did a lot of shows. It was satisfying, but brutal. I didn’t have time for anything else.” He stepped away from the show circuit after developThe College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ Cherry Hill West High School, Cherry Hill NJ ing a strong local following. $50 Premiere or $30 Basic $35 General Admission | $10 Students Mr. Shedd also spent eight http://bit.ly/BONJ_Barber_TCNJ thebarber2017.brownpapertickets.com years producing pieces for hotels. He has been working on These performances are made possible in part by funds a local basis since 2002, from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts producing pieces for estab-

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Mercer Oaks Country Club from 5 to 7 p.m. Joining t he board are Rashaad Bajwa of Doman Computer Services, Robert Beylickjian of Morgan Stanley, Lenora Green of ETS, Robin Lefkowitz of Northfield Bank, Anna Lustenberg of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Rosa Rosado of McDonalds Franchises, and Jeffrey Vega of Princeton Area Community Foundation. Leaving the board are Andrew Chon, Gerald J. Fennelly, James Hyman, Gregory Johnson, Kevin Kardos, Frank Lucchesi, Kathleen Natriello, and Patrick L. Ryan. The event is an opportunity for networking while meeting the new board members. Beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Mercer Oaks is at 725 Village Road in West Windsor. Visit www.princetonchamber.org.

AND THE WINNERS ARE: Rutgers Master Gardeners, who recently received Awards for Excellence at a conference of the Rutgers Master Gardeners Association of New Jersey. Pictured with Barbara J. Bromley, Mercer County Horticulturist (far right) are front, Greenie Neuburg, Princeton; and standing rear from left to right Louise Senior, Princeton; Kay Danbury, Lawrenceville; and Pat Lagunas, Princeton.

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actually made. “I like the firing,” he said. “I like finding why crystals will grow in one layer and not another.” He is also a licensed pilot. “Your perception of the environment is so important. Sometimes when I fly, I see aspects of lighting that can show up in my work,” he said. Coming from a family of engineers, it isn’t surprising that Mr. Shedd leans toward the scientific aspect of his craft. He grew up in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated from Rockford College with a major in ceramics before earning a master’s degree in ceramics at Rochester

Institute of Technology. He settled in New Jersey after working for potters in Taos, New Mexico and My r tle B e ach, S out h C aroli na, having realized that a lot of pieces were being shipped to the Garden State. “It seemed that everything was happening in New Jersey,” he recalled. “I found this building for sale — an old grist mill, parts of which date from 1703. It was owned by John Hart during the Revolution. He also had mills in Griggstown and Kingston.” The building’s two-foot-thick bluestone walls were part of its appeal. Mr. Shedd is heartened by the possibility that a landscaper who says he will maintain its integrity is considering purchasing

the building. Leaving won’t be easy. “It’s bittersweet, of course,” he said. “I have a lot of memories in this place. In the summer, when the towpath is open, people are all around. A lot of people have been coming by recently and they’re upset that we’re closing. But I’m not moving that far away. It’s just a shame there had to be so much disruption.” —Anne Levin

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“What are your thoughts about the proposed Princeton Charter School expansion?” (Photographs by Emily Reeves)

“I went to JW, but I have a lot of friends who went to Charter School before they came to PHS. And I think the diversity amongst the schools gives PHS a much better learning environment. So if they have more kids going to the Charter School and then going to PHS it allows for a lot more diversity which overall betters the experience at PHS. So I would say it is a good expansion proposal.” —Calum Binnie, Princeton

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“I think it’s a little much, because they’re going to be taking a lot out of our budget. I think they could use an expansion, but they need to find their own money instead of taking it out of what the public schools would use, because it would hurt us (PHS) the most.” —Aidan Regan, Princeton

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L e t icia Fraga has a n nou nce d s h e w i l l m a ke another run for Princeton Council in the next election this year. The terms of Bernie Miller and Jo Butler will become available. Mr. Miller has said he will not run for another term, while Ms. Butler has yet to make a decision. Ms. Fraga, who chairs the Board of Trustees of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) and was recently appointed to the town’s Civil Rights Commission, was defeated in the Democratic primary last June. “I am running for Council so that every person who lives in Princeton can feel they are represented,” she said in a prepared statement. “I’ll fight for fair and just policies, responsible budgets, and lasting solutions to our housing affordability crisis. After many years of working as an advocate from the outside in, I am eager to join the ranks of your elected leaders. As an elected official, I will continue to listen openly to people’s concerns and work with colleagues to find solutions that ensure Princeton is a place that thrives economically and maintains its small town feel.” In addition to her work with L ALDEF, Ms. Fraga r uns t he Communit y ID program, advocates for unaccompanied refugees in the public schools, and serves on the board of Princeton Community Housing, the Princeton YWCA, and the town’s Send Hunger Packing program. Previously, she was vice chair of the Human Services Commission. Referring to her recent appointment to the new Civil R ights Commission, Ms. Fraga said, “In my career as a civil rights specialist and years of community activism, I have honed my core values of hard work and justice. As a representative of the people to the Council, I

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Evergreen Forum Classes Underway at Senior Center

Course details and online registration are now available for more than 20 daytime classes being held by The Evergreen Forum at Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton Street. Course titles include “Dante: The Purgatorio” led by retired Princeton University professor John V. Fleming, “Love is a Four-Letter Word” taught by John Silver, “What’s So Great about Art?” taught by Marcie Bader, and “What Is It About?” taught by Ingrid Reed, former director of the Rutgers University Eagleton Institute of Politics. In addition to classes on science, music, literature, visual art, politics, business, and health, the Evergreen Forum offers courses that support educated discussions of timely social issues. This semester, Shirley Satterfield, Historical Society of Princeton board member and Witherspoon-Jackson Community historian, will join others leading discus-

sions of “Five Centuries from Slavery to the Grave,” focusing on slavery and the history of the African American Community in Princeton. Participants will visit the segregated cemeteries in Princeton and Hopewell, and take a walking tour of the African American experience in Princeton. Oversubscribed courses will be decided by lottery on Monday, January 30. Participants will be notified of their status by phone, e-mail, or mail. Complete course information, including reading assignments, class participation, and required texts is currently available online and will also be made available to students before classes begin at the end of February. Fees are $85 for six- to eight-week courses, and $60 for four-week classes. Telephone applications are not accepted. Financial assistance is available to those for whom the fee is a hardship; contact Susan Hoskins, executive director of PSRC, to apply. Visit www. TheEvergreenForum.org. ———

Wassailing the Apple Trees At Terhune Orchards

Terhune Orchards on Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville, will have its annual Wassailing t he Apple Trees Farm Festival on Sunday, January 29 from 1-4 p.m. Traditional dances, chanting, music-making, toasts of hot cider, and the placing of gifts of cider-soaked bread are among the activities designed to frighten away winter’s evil spirits in the hopes that the trees will flourish in the spring. Terhune holds this event each year, following an ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition. The custom began in England where many villages relied on the apple harvest. The

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He praised the local community for banding together seven years ago to start the Princeton Youth Project at Cornerhouse, which provides an alternative to joining gangs ; and more recently the designation of the Witherspoon- Jackson neighborhood as a historic district. “It took the community to make the decision and will take the community

to preserve this great neighborhood,” he said. Mr. Liverman got a bit emotional quoting his positive-thinking, late mother. He concluded by saying, “I believe every single person in this room has good in them.” Other events held locally in honor of Martin Luther King Day included performances, interactive workshops, and discussions sponsored by The Arts Council of

Princeton. DoroBucci Contemporary African Dance of Princeton University; the Princeton University Gospel Choir; “Just Wing It!,” an improvisational performance from Princeton High School; and a panel discussion, “How to Stay Cool, Calm, and Connected in Turbulent Times” led by Not in Our Town, were among the offerings. —Anne Levin

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combine our resources and our knowledge to save money for this community and to enhance learning for all our kids.” He added, “As educational leaders in the community, we cannot be operating at cross-purposes. They are all our children. Let’s treat them that way.” Cross purposes, however, seem to be the defining characteristic of the charter school debate, with its battle for limited resources locally and throughout the country. Disputing Mr. Cochrane’s arguments about the disastrous effects of a Charter School expansion, PCS Board President Paul Josephson explained the Charter School’s position. “We spent a particularly long time discussing the claim t hat t h is modest, phased-in enrollment increase would have a significant detrimental impact on the school district,” he said. “After thorough examination and consideration, our Board determined that it would not, and that claims to the contrary are exaggerIT’S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY: Princeton Councilman Lance Liverman delivered a positive ated. message at a prayer breakfast held in memory of Martin Luther King, at Princeton Uni“PCS has expanded gradversity’s Carl A. Fields Center. Bob Durkee, the University’s vice president and secretary, ually for nine out of the 20 looks on at far left. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Courtesy of Princeton University) years that it has been in existence. During the past two decades as PCS gradually expanded its enrollment, PPS has not been adversely T H E O F F I C E S T O R E affected but has continued to increase its faculty size and add to and strengthen its many and varied academic and extracurricular offerings. We expect the 28 Spring St, Princeton same will happen if PCS’s (next to Chuck’s) current expansion applica609-924-0112 tion is approved.” www.hinksons.com Explaining that the expansion, along with the weighted lottery, would allow PCS to admit more economically disadvantaged students and more accurately reflect the community, Mr. Josephson stated, “Additionally, the expansion will ensure the long-term sustainability of PCS, which has been operating with a completely flat budget for the past eight years, as well as allow the Princeton students currently on our waiting list a greater opportunity to attend the public school of their choice.” He added that the expanTerra Momo Bread Princeton Public Double Tree Maidenhead Bagel 20 Nassau Street sion is also critical to allowCompany Library Office Dunkin Donuts Main Street Café ing the school to maintain Complex Princeton UniThe Nassau Club elements Marriott Princeton high quality health coverage versity A1 Limo The Little Chef at Forrestal Eating Clubs Fedora Café and appropriate compensaPastry Shop Acorn Glen Marriott/Residence Princeton WindFord tion for its faculty. Mr. JoThe Taco Truck Inn Acura rows Gennaros sephson reiterated his desire Three Bears Mercedes Agricola Princetonian Diner Gloria Nilson & Co. to continue the dialogue Ticos Merwick Arlee’s Raw Blend Pristine Fine DryGreenbriar with PPS in hopes of finding cleaners Toggle Home Metropolis Spa & The Arts Council Salon Princeton Halo Pub ”a win-win solution.” Range Rover Tomato Factory Michaels RestauAudi Hampton Inn PPS information meetings Red Oak Diner Team Toyota of rant Princeton Bank of Princeton Holiday Inn Princat John Witherspoon Middle Red Onion eton Mistral Udo’s Bagels Berkshire Hathaway School last Wednesday and Residence Inn by Morven Museum & Homewood Suites HomeServices - Fox University Medical Marriott Thursday were well attended Garden & Roach Realtors Center Honda Rojos Roastery by School District, Charof Princeton at Nassau Inn Blue Moon Acres Hopewell VeteriShop-Rite MontPlainsboro ter School and community Olives nary Group Bon Appetit gomery, Village Express members. Mr. Cochrane dePennington, LawPalmer Inn/Clarion House of Cupcakes Boro Bean scribed “a healthy exchange renceville Volvo Hotel Hyatt Place Brick Farm Market of ideas and a thoughtful, Volkswagen Small World Coffee Panera Infini-T Buckingham Place always respectful, posing Weichert Soup & Sandwich Peacock Inn The Institute for Buick of questions.” He further Speedy Mart (State Weidel Advanced Study Pennington Bagel Cadillac Road) noted, “The group seemed Westin at Forrestal Ivy Inn Pennington Market

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to coalesce most around the undemocratic nature of a process that allows the trustees of the Princeton Charter School, who are unelected by the public, to make a decision that would dramatically affect the use of tax dollars for an entire community.” The District has not yet received a response to its complaint to the State that the trustees of Princeton Charter School violated the open Public Meetings Act on November 28 when they approved their petition to expand. Mr. Cochrane reiterated, however, “the Board and I believe we have a fiscal and educational responsibility to our students, our staff, and our community to pursue both legal and political solutions.” Representatives from the District and the Char ter School continue to seek opportunities to meet and talk in hopes of finding common ground. —Donald Gilpin

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Annie Isaacson, 47, yoga teacher and founder in 2014 of Rise Power Yoga on the second floor at 80 Nassau Street, believes in balance. She realizes that Rise Power Yoga is a successful business, but more important to her is leading a balanced life and providing a service to the community. As she explains it, “It becomes a space for a lot of people to show up and discover their radiance and deal with whatever they’re going through, whether it’s physical or emotional.” Annie lives in Princeton off Mount Lucas Road with her 13-year-old son. Here, in her own words, she talks about her journey to Rise Power Yoga. Philippines-GuamHawaii-Houston-NJ was born in the Philippines and then my parents migrated to the island of Guam where I grew up. My family has always owned small businesses, and I’ve always worked for these businesses so it’s already in me. I kind of knew that at the end of the day I would own my own small business. I was also exposed to a lot of charitable opportunities that my family was involved in, and I found that in opening this studio it became more of a service than a business. I know that a business has to sustain itself, but the main idea, the core purpose of this studio is a service to the community, a giving back to the community. From G uam I went to college in Hawaii and after college I got a job with Continental Airlines in their service department training flight attendants how to provide better, more detailed customer-oriented service. That job brought me from Guam to Houston, because

Continental’s base was in Texas. Then I married someone from New Jersey, and now I’m here. Introduction to Yoga We had a baby and I took a two-year leave of absence from Continental, and I wanted to get into something that was more related to fitness. I’m not a runner. I’ve never been really athletic. I don’t go to the gym, but my sisters on the West Coast introduced me to yoga. I would bring the baby, and they had a babysitting room, and I would take the class. That started it all. When I visited them they took me to their yoga studio and I loved it. Then, back in New Jersey, from my house in Branchburg at the time I would travel 45 minutes to Summit for yoga three times a week. Yoga is a collection of physical and spiritual together. Most people choose the physical, but I like to embrace both because there’s a dynamic strength that comes from embracing the physicality and the spirituality of yoga, and that’s what it’s intended for. That was 13 years ago when I started, and I decided to proceed and train to become a yoga instructor. I trained with the world renowned Baron Baptiste, Levels 1 and 2 Baptiste Power Yoga. My first teaching job was at Yoga Above, in this same space where Rise Power Yoga is now, and I’ve been teaching ever since. In 2014 I was given the opportunity to take over here. I had been a teacher here for the prior studio. I just have such a great connection with this studio because this is where I started my yoga career. Then I moved on and taught in other studios in town and elsewhere in New

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Jersey. I was managing a studio in central Jersey, and the owner of this building was able to work out a deal for me as sole proprietor so that I could open this studio. It’s on Nassau Street. It’s not cheap, but he also wanted to give back to the community so he was able to give me an affordable rate because he wanted to see this continue as a yoga studio. It’s his way of giving back. So I decided to take it over and change it to Rise Yoga instead of Yoga Above. To me “Rise” is this opportunity to rise up. When you wake up in the morning it’s the opportunity to rise above, and it also signifies in so many ways what yoga is all about. Yoga is not just physical exercise but an invitation to be the best person you can be. There’s a lot of awareness and mindfulness, so organically you start to have self-inquiries and it starts to open you up more to what’s happening inside of you Where do I need to tune in more? Where do I need to be more forgiving? Where do I need to be more patient? It starts to show up in your body. A lot of the yoga poses exude what’s happening to you mentally. I can look at a person, and if this particular student is struggling with a specific pose and if it’s a balancing pose, I can tell that she needs a bit more balance in her life. The hips store a lot of our emotions, and negative emotions in men are mostly in the shoulders. You become a therapist sort of. I give each student an experience within their body. My responsibility to those students is to give them the experience they need, physically and mentally. A Day of Teaching I wake up at 5:30 and I do 30 minutes just sitting still and meditation — not so much meditating but I just sit still and reflect — 30 minutes of grounding and being still. At six o’clock we begin our day. We leave the house by seven to take my son to school, Gill-St. Bernard’s, a 45-minute drive each way every morning. I return to town and start my work here by nine a.m. I have an average of four or five group classes each day, in the morning and in the evening. Between the group classes are private classes with couples or individuals. There are three kinds of classes here: Vinyasa, which means flow, Ashtang, which means eight limbs (your four body limbs plus breath, mind, focal point and intention) and restorative, which allows your body and mind to relax. You allow your whole body to relax, which is so good. I love it. You just kind of melt. I get a ratio of about 7030, women to men in my classes. There are a lot of athletes, especially runners and tri-athletes in my restorative classes. Many of my clients find yoga to be a sense of release for them. The sweating, the moving helps to de-stress them. You

can imagine how full we are during exam week at the University. A lot of students are now embracing yoga for that reason. It’s a release for them. The idea when you teach, and with everything else, is to deliver an experience to the person without putting yourself in between. Teachers are the most intuitive people. You cannot be a great teacher if you’re not in tune with the individual needs of your st udents. There’s always a way to penetrate through those busy resistant minds. There’s always a doorway. Energy, Calmness, and Belonging Yoga is becoming more and more popular. Here in Princeton, it’s like Starbucks. You have yoga on every corner. I don’t want to create a sense of competition and distrust with other studio owners nearby. They are all my friends because at one point we all taught together and I respect them. They have their own niches. That’s the beauty of yoga. We create a specific energy based on the classes we give. We’re strong here because we have a dynamic combination of spiritual and physical factors. Other studios might be a lot more physical, and then you might have another studio which is a lot more spiritual. I’m finding the vibrancy between the two. That’s how I practice. It’s based on energy. The energy of the owner becomes the energy of the studio. That’s what clients gravitate to. When people walk into the studio they feel right away that it’s so calm here. They

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All In A DAy’s Work “The Opportunity to Rise Above”: Annie Isaacson, Rise Power Yoga

BALANCE: Annie Isaacson, founder of Rise Power Yoga on Nassau Street, teaches four or five group yoga classes each day in addition to her private sessions for couples and individuals. In all aspects of life and yoga she strives for balance. feel a sense of belonging here. Whether they’re new or not, they feel that they can be themselves without having to perform, because a lot of times yoga becomes a performance, and everybody starts to perform, and it becomes competitive, but it’s not like that here. Here it’s about holding space for each individual’s personal need or intention. One of the main ingredients that a lot of people are missing in their lives is service. You get so much reward out of giving back. I don’t know if it’s the Dalai Lama who said that when you start to live a life of purpose and

that purpose is doing what you love, your mind does not recognize what you’re doing as work or duty. It becomes more of a service to the community, so you’re constantly giving back and feeding yourself. I’m never tired. I’m not making a lot of money. I’m surviving and I can lead a well balanced life, where I have a community that I work for and a community that also helps me. I have this connection with people, and I kind of feel safe because I know that I have this community and connection. —Donald Gilpin

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Mailbox Letters Do Not Necessarily Reflect the Views of Town Topics

Two Letters Express Support for Charter School, Its Service to the Whole Princeton Community

To the Editor: The stubborn fact of primary education is that the greatest predictor of student achievement is having parents of high educational attainment. Princeton schools are so successful primarily due to a virtuous cycle of attracting to the community and retaining highly educated parents. Our schools are human institutions and the large amounts of money we spend on them does not guarantee them to transcend human imperfections, no matter how wonderful any individual teacher may be. For example, our experience over three years in Princeton Public Schools was that our very high property taxes were not offset by a reduction in parental workload (or an increase in academic or social achievement at school) required to keep our older disabled son from falling through the cracks as a “discipline” problem. We were ready to leave Princeton, confident that we could achieve comparable results elsewhere with half the tax burden. As it happened, our children were lucky enough to be drawn into Princeton Charter School. Our older son, in particular, has thrived academically, emotionally, and socially over the year and half he has attended. He now spends no time in the principal’s office, and we communicate constructively with the school to navigate challenges that arise from his ADHD and ASD diagnoses. Our experiences with PCS have cemented our commitment to remain in Princeton and work to strengthen PCS and improve its service to the whole community. We recognize that PCS is not serving enough of Princeton’s economically disadvantaged families. We therefore support the proposed changes to the lottery system because they are fundamentally about increasing access and achievement for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The lottery will be weighted in favor of those students. Kindergarten will become the main entry point to smooth the integration of students (and parents) into the PCS culture and curriculum. This will benefit all students, but especially disadvantaged ones who may need sustained intensive educator focus. Increasing the school size will further broaden access of the community to the school. We view the Charter school as an important element of the Princeton educational ecosystem, providing an additional high quality educational option to help perpetuate Princeton’s virtuous cycle. It bears reiteration that PCS students are Princeton students: nearly all matriculate to PHS where they positively contribute to the school’s dynamism and success. Dr. ETHAn SCHArTmAn Dodds Lane ——— To the Editor: It costs less to educate a child at the public Princeton Charter School than at the other Princeton public schools. moreover, many parents judge this education to be more desirable, since there are more applications than available slots. Some critics say that the proposed Charter School expansion will financially hurt the district. According to them, expanding a less expensive and more desirable option results in a net loss for the district! Please, keep such sophistry away from our children’s education. JuAn mALDACEnA newlin road

Charter School Move to Expand Is The Wrong Move at the Wrong Time

To the Editor: The high quality of our public schools, including the Princeton Charter School, is something that all Princeton residents can rightfully take great pride in. However, rising fixed costs (especially healthcare) and expanding enrollment will pose serious challenges to our ability to maintain this level of excellence. Only by coming together around creative ways to contain costs that we can all embrace will we be able to secure the strength and well-being of our schools. The recent decision by the Trustees of the Charter School to submit an application to the State of new Jersey to expand is the wrong move, at the wrong time, and conducted in the wrong way (without any forewarning or input from the broader community and to be decided not by Princeton residents at all, but rather by the new Jersey Commissioner of Education). The assertions of the Charter School leadership that this move will save the public schools money are dubious and, by all the information I have seen, simply inaccurate and self-serving. By taking $1.2 million out of the public school coffers and allocating it solely to the Charter School for the 76 additional slots sought there, the existing fiscal challenges to the school system are only compounded. I urge the Board of Trustees of the Charter School to retract their application. If they truly believe (as they claim) that their move is in the broader interests of the community, they should have the courage of their convictions and delay this move until there is a consensus in the Princeton community as to its wisdom. Both the Charter School and the Princeton Public Schools are funded out of the same limited pool of re-

sources — working together they have the best chance of ensuring the continued success of both. A house divided, however, cannot stand. If this application moves forward and is approved by the Commissioner of Education, it will only backfire on the Charter School to the extent that it both galvanizes vocal and sustained opposition from those, such as myself, who have not previously considered themselves opponents of the Charter School and undermines the quality of the very high school that the Charter School itself feeds into. So I repeat my fervent request that the Charter School leadership drop their application to expand …. And I urge all residents of Princeton to voice strenuous opposition before it is too late and a chasm opens up between the Charter School and the Princeton Public Schools, to the detriment of both. CLIFF BIrgE Hunt Drive

would only get a very small fraction of that tax increase. PPS would then have to manage next year’s budget with anticipated increased enrollment and unavoidable annual expense increases with no significant change in funding despite increased local property taxes. The end result would be higher taxes combined with a lower quality education for the vast majority of students across the town. These are facts, not feelings and anecdotes. no number of heartwarming stories about “my child’s experience” in either setting changes the social impacts of this unnecessary and ill-considered move. This matter is a public choice that should be made by the community at large. An unelected and independently governed board with no electoral oversight should not be making financial policy choices for the community at large. This proposal, detrimental to the community at large, should be stopped. It is a divisive and undemocratic proposal solely for the benefit of a few at the expense of the majority. PAuL SuOzzO Prospect Avenue

Retiring PPS Board of Education Member Suggests Others Should Consider Serving Chanukah Candles Remind Resident To the Community: I would like to thank the Princeton community for giv- Of Loss of Jordan’s in Shopping Center

ing me the opportunity to serve on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education for the past three years. It has been a very rewarding experience and I hope my contributions have benefitted our students. I especially thank Superintendent Steve Cochrane and my colleagues on the Board for their help and advice. I heartily recommend others in the community to consider serving on the school board. Election petitions are due in five months, so this is a great time to start planning to run! TOm HAgEDOrn Cherry Hill road

Hoping PCS Trustees and PPS Leadership Will Discuss How Best to Educate All Our Children

To the Editor: I write in the spirit of love and respect for my community regarding the proposed Princeton Charter School (PCS) expansion. my family and I joined this community ten years ago, when both Princeton Charter School and Princeton Public Schools (PPS) were already established and high performing. We’ve enjoyed friendship, laughter, and community building with so many families from both PCS and PPS. Though my children attend PPS, we did look at PCS as an option. I count among my closest friends PCS parents. my children enjoy deep friendships with PCS students. As Superintendent Cochrane has said, they are all our children. This sentiment resonates with me. There is goodness in our community, and when there isn’t, I’m convinced that it is the result of unintended consequences. While I think the proposed Charter School expansion comes from a place of goodness by the PCS trustees, I believe the unintended consequences will be detrimental to all our children. This, because the resulting budgetary constraints on PPS will be crippling. Any loss of budgetary strength will be detrimental to PPS. Since so many PCS children matriculate through the upper levels of PPS, it makes sense for the two entities to engage in regular communication and cooperation. I’d like to voice support for the idea that the good people of PCS and PPS come together to reevaluate the proposed expansion of the Charter School. I support striking a more conciliatory tone and truly stepping into the shoes of the other side. Assuming bad intentions helps no one. none of us try to teach our children to assume the worst, so why should we engage with vitriol? It is my sincere hope that the trustees of PCS and leadership of PPS will come together to discuss how best to educate all our children without unintended harmful consequences. A withdrawal of the petition to expand, a withdrawal of the Sunshine Act lawsuit, a reminder that we are all one community and can accomplish great things together. A commitment to work together for the greater good of our community and all our children. JEAn YELOvICH DurBIn mt. Lucas road

To the Editor: I just used the last of my Chanukah candles and noticed that the label on the box showed that I had purchased them at Jordan’s in the Princeton Shopping Center. Sadly, Jordan’s is gone. I do not know why the new owners of the shopping center chose to terminate the lease on one of Princeton’s most useful stores. If I needed an unusual card or eclectic gift item, I could almost always find it there. In addition there was always the owner mr. Wildman’s smiling face. STAnLEY rOSEnBErg, mD Conifer Court

If Rider Sells the Westminster Campus Choir College Will Never Be the Same

To the Editor: I was never a student or teacher at Westminster Choir College, but over the years I have attended many a concert there and, as a playwright, I have had the pleasure of working with some of its amazingly talented students. The Westminster student body is relatively small, but every student I have ever met has been seriously, passionately devoted to singing or musical composition or the playing of one or more instruments. These fine young people know why they are there and seem to grow and thrive on Westminster’s beautiful Princeton campus. It is rare that a small American college can fit so harmoniously, as it were, into a quiet residential section of a bustling university town. There is no doubt that rider university has the right to pull the students and teachers out of Westminster, ship them down to Lawrenceville, and sell the Choir College campus. Some of the students will go, some will not, but the Choir College, even if it keeps that name, will never be the same school. The quiet and beauty of the campus, not to mention the charming relationship between the College and its neighbors, have had a lot to do with why the College has attracted so many outstanding students. All such benefits will be lost if rider abandons the Westminster’s campus. Perhaps the folks at rider should think about why they wanted to own Westminster in the first place. Surely it was not to make big bucks; rather, it was to acquire a small but enormously prestigious institution that could be a true asset to the rider family. I gather that there were other schools like Yale and Juilliard that wanted to acquire Westminster, but rider won out, in part by suggesting that it would keep the Choir College in Princeton rather than move it away. I hope that the management at rider will remember what was said to the Westminster people at the time of the merger and will honor the spirit in which the merger between the two schools took place. mArvIn HArOLD CHEITEn meadowbrook Drive

Decision On PCS Should Be Community Though IAS-Battlefield Dispute is Settled Choice, Not a Contest of Anecdotes Incorrect Nomenclature for Field Lives On

To the Editor: The decision whether to expand Princeton Charter School (PCS) should be a community choice of how we dedicate public funds to best educate all of our children and achieve social equity, rather than a contest of personal anecdotes. It necessitates a careful look at the impacts on fund: Fact 1: PCS expansion will immediately take $1.16 million out of the existing school budget. (In addition to the $4.9 million it already takes.) Those redirected funds will no longer serve 91 percent of Princeton children in order to accommodate 76 new students at PCS (less than 0.2 percent of students). As explained by our superintendent, this will eliminate funds without significant cost savings. If enacted, Princeton Public Schools (PPS) will have to eliminate programs to make up the lost revenue. Fact 2: State legislation caps annual school funding increases at 2 percent of funds. School funds from a tax increase can only increase $1.4 million under recent state law. Therefore, taxes for everyone in town would increase just to cover the increased funding drain by PCS on our schools’ budget. To repeat: If enacted, EVERYONE in Princeton will pay higher taxes next year and in years to come to accommodate the Charter School, but our public schools

To the Editor: In my recently published booklet called the Story of Maxwell Lane, I showed that the name “maxwell’s Field,” applied to a portion of the Institute for Advanced Study’s (IAS) land contested by the Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS), was historically impossible. mr. robert maxwell bought and moved into the property in 1925. His purchase included the whole area housing the Battlefield and the Institute campus, from the southwest side of Princeton Pike down to the Delaware and raritan Canal. This vast property was known as mercer manor, defined and named by Job Olden when he bought it from his father in the 1830s. As far as I know the term “maxwell’s Field” was first used (invented, I believe) by the PBS in its polemics against the IAS. Happily the dispute between the IAS and the PBS is now resolved. However, the incorrect nomenclature lives on. In his statement announcing the territorial resolution, the Institute’s director used the discredited title “maxwell’s Field,” and now the Town Topics article, “Surprise Accord Ended Battlefield Strife,” published on January 11, used it more than once. It is a small point, but then scholarship is comprised of small points brought together to make up historical truth. mArILYn ArOnBErg LAvIn maxwell Lane

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As D-Day Looms, Einstein, Kafka and Camus Sail to Sea In a Beautiful Pea-Green Boat If at first an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. —Albert Einstein ’m thinking of two Lears. Edward is the author of “The Owl and the Pussy- Cat,” one of the happiest poems ever written. The other Lear is Shakespeare’s mad king who brings the world down on his head because he only hears what he wants to hear no matter how evil the source and when he hears something he doesn’t want to hear, even when it’s spoken by an angel, he banishes the angel, opens the door of his kingdom to evil, and is lost. It’s our good fortune that Shakespeare makes great literature out of all that madness and misery. It’s our absurd fortune that someone with the failings of the mad king is about to take the throne. So let’s enjoy imagining the owl looking up to the stars above and singing a love song to the pussy-cat and while we’re at it, let’s imagine Einstein musing on Kafka and Camus as he sails his boat on Lake Carnegie with a woman resembling Kafka’s Dora Diamant at his side. They’re both smiling in the sunlight. Maybe he’s telling her about how Kafka and Dora dreamed of opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, where she’d work in the kitchen and he’d wait tables. Einstein even improvises a dialogue around the absurd idea of Kafka serving his clientele: “Waiter, there’s a giant cockroach in my soup!” At this Kafka would introduce himself by quoting in Hebrew (he and Dora had been studying the language in Berlin) the opening sentence of The Metamorphosis. In view of the absurd idea that will become a fact of life in Washington D.C. Friday, I’m looking for something positive in Einstein’s comment. Like the formula, absurd=hope. Sure, why not imagine a semblance of hope, just a little, just a few accidental bubbles of hope blown by the crazy winds of chance. While it’s unlikely that even a mind as large as Einstein’s could have room for human folly comparable to what’s coming on January 20, he did after all witness the installation of Harry Truman, the onetime haberdasher and occasional pianist who ordered the dropping of the atom bomb four months after being sworn in as president. Einstein was haunted by the mushroom cloud. There it is in the background of the doctored image of him happily riding his bicycle through the streets of Princeton. Einstein Chez Camus While it’s possible that Einstein read The Stranger sometime after its publication as L’Étranger in 1942 (the translation appeared in 1946), it’s a fact that Camus brings Einstein into his last complete work of fiction, The Fall, published in 1956, the year after Einstein’s death. The speaker is a wealthy Parisian de-

fense lawyer admitting that his passion for women is such that he’d have given “ten conversations with Einstein for an initial conversation with a pretty chorus girl,” even though he might be “longing for Einstein or a serious book” after the tenth conversation. Later in the same monologue, the lawyer concludes that “it’s always better to go to bed with a mystery.” The mystery Camus went to bed with was the E=mc2 of the absurd explained in his introduction to The Myth of Sisyphus (1955), that “it is legitimate and necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning; therefore it is legitimate to meet the problem of suicide face to face” with the understanding that “even if one does not believe in God, suicide is not legitimate.” The result is “a lucid invitation to live and to create in the very midst of the desert,” in other words the Sahara of the absurd because

Where Einstein finds hope, Camus purges it and finds happiness. So perhaps it’s best not to look for hope in what’s coming, perhaps the idea is to look for humor. If it’s positive to see the absurdity of life as hopeful or happy, like turning a negative on its head, then welcome to the present, where, as recently reported in the New York Times, an insulting tweet from the president-elect becomes a badge of honor, a selling point, a species of acclaim. Kafka and the Cats Kafka died of tuberclosis in June 1924, Einstein of a ruptured aneurysm at Princeton Hospital in March 1955, Camus in an auto accident in January 1960. Kafka’s demand that all his papers be burned after his death was famously ignored by his best friend and eventual biographer and archivist Max Brod, who

“Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth.” So can we assume that Camus’s “happiness” is in some perverse way comparable to what Einstein means by “hope” in the formula quoted above? Having just finished rereading The Stranger for the first time in decades, I keep going back to the exalted conclusion of Matthew Ward’s translation, when the condemned man grabs the priest who has relentlessly pressured him to show some remorse or fear or faith. As he pours out everything that’s in his heart, “cries of anger and cries of joy,” the central absurdity of the book is expressed, that a man is being executed “because he didn’t cry at his mother’s funeral.” Then comes the amazing final paragraph when all the passion and poetry that Camus has been keeping at bay explodes, “As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”

saved everything he could, publishing The Castle and The Trial and the rest, making possible Kafka’s afterlife as a literary legend. The pilgrim’s progress of the papers Brod saved from oblivion is a tragicomedy of the absurd described at length in Elif Batuman’s New York Times Magazine piece “Kafka’s Last Trial” (Sept. 22, 2010). In 1939, a decade and a half after Kafka’s death, Brod was on the last train to leave Prague only minutes before the Nazis closed the Czech border. He was carrying a suitcase packed with Kafka’s papers and destined to become “subject to more than 50 years of legal wrangling” after finding their way into the 21st century and the two septuagenarian daughters of Brod’s secretary. As it Kafkaesquely happened, a sizable portion of the literary treasure trove landed on Spinoza Street in Tel Aviv in an apartment one of the daughters shared with “between 40 and 100 cats.” As Batuman tell us, the neighbors, “as well as members of the international scholarly community,”

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had misgivings about what all these cats might be doing to the priceless archive. More than once, municipal authorities had “removed some of the animals from the premises, but the missing cats always seem to be replaced.” As a novelist quoted by Batuman observed, Max Brod would be “horrified” if he knew the fate of the papers he’d shepherded out of Nazi Germany but Kafka “might be O.K. with it: ‘The next best thing to having your stuff burned, if you’re ambivalent, is giving it to some guy who gives it to some lady who gives it to her daughters who keep it in an apartment full of cats, right?’ ” Camus’s Last Ride If the epic fate of Kafka’s papers seems absurd, the fate Camus inadvertently signed up for on 3 January 1960 is no less true to his theory. Not that his decision to drive to Paris with his publisher Michel Gallimard instead of going by train with his wife was overtly suicidal (an account in the N.Y. Times quotes him having stated there can be “nothing more absurd than to die in a car accident”). On the most obvious level, Camus chose to ride with his good friend Gallimard — a notoriously fast driver in a big, stylish, but not “dynamically competent” vehicle — because he enjoyed his company. In fact, his distaste for riding in cars was a subject he’d often discussed with Gallimard, whose Facel-Vega HK500, a luxurious “automobile folie” with a massive Chrysler engine was known as “the fastest four-seater car in the world.” According to an observer of the accident — the car skidded off the wet road, hitting one tree, then another — Gallimard must have been driving at about 150 kph. Camus died instantly, Gallimard five days later. The ticket for the train Camus never took was found in the wreckage along with the manuscript of the novel he never finished. Accidents Happen t seems a contradiction of Camus’s philosophy, that “the Absurd Man” would even subconsciously put himself in harm’s way. The almost too-pat literary irony to be read into the fatal accident — the author dying in the publisher’s stylish but fatally flawed vehicle — suggests the cause and effect of similar catastrophes on the grand scale. Like the fact that Osama bin Laden himself had not expected that the hijacked planes would actually topple the structurally compromised Twin Towers. Like the absurd idea that the media could fail to comprehend how a flawed system and a gulled electorate would deliver the presidency to an absurd candidate. The details about Camus’s fatal accident can be found at www.stephenbay ley.com. —Stuart Mitchner

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on how to recycle, what goes where, and what the options are. That’s important,” said Christine Symington, Sustainable Princeton’s program director. “But before we get to recycling, if we really want to reduce waste we have to start at the beginning with the products that become waste.” The existing economy is linear. We extract resources to make bottles, glass, paper, and other products which we consume and then send to the landfill. “The new paradigm shift is that

you think of the entire life cycle of a product from its inception — from how you design it to how you deal with its end of life,” Ms. Symington said. “The idea is to try to make a system that is circular, not linear. So we’re not only producing less waste, but extracting less raw materials to make goods we use every day.” A web s ite d e vote d to the concept, ellenmacarthurfoundation.org, lists a flooring company, a firm that makes lighting systems, and others that manufacture cleaning products and washing machines — among those that have adopted the

circular model. As part of the presentation this week, local businesses including Green Design and Terracycle will be highlighted. The event is catered by Jammin’ Crepes, another local business that is thinking circularly. “They are very conscious of the products they purchase, not only in the food they make but in the design of their store,” Ms. Symington said. Dylan Siegler, the sustainability coordinator with NRG Energy and an expert on the circular economy, will moderate the panel discussion at the event. Speakers come from companies that are considering or already

involved with the concept, including BASF and Terracycle. “Terracycle, in Trenton, has upcycling, which is an effort to see waste as raw materials and new products,” Ms. Symington said. “Their motto is to directly work with producers to create circular systems where they can return materials.” The presentation, which is free and will be held in the library’s Community Room

at 7 p.m., is geared to anyone with an interest in the process. And for any certified recycling professionals, attendance counts as a continuing education credit. “We’re tr y ing to raise awareness of things that are being done by companies to solve the waste stream problem,” Ms. Symington said. “We want this to be an opportunity for folks who know a bit about recycling

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“CONNECTIONS”: Pictured here is “Lamentoso” from the Triptych, “Archetypes.” It will be among the artworks on display from January 20-27 in the Hightstown Pop Up Gallery, “Connections.”

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who are established fine artists, curated the exhibit. “This is a great opportunity to share the work of talented area residents who have distinguished themselves as artists in a variety of media. An added bonus is that several share their considerable talent and expertise as art educators,” said Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission Chair Ann Marie Miller. We are grateful to temporarily use a vacant store in Downtown Hightstown to showcase the work of these fine artists for the enjoyment of our community.” The Connections Pop Up Gallery will open on Friday, Januar y 20 from 4:30 -7 p.m., and be open on Saturday from noon-8 p.m., Sunday from noon-4 p.m., Monday through Thursday AND THE NOMINEE IS …: The Arts Council of Princeton is nominated for Favorite Gallery, Fafrom 4-8 p.m., closing on vorite Adult Art Classes, and Favorite Art Camp in the Discover Jersey Arts People’s Choice Friday, January 27 at 5 p.m. Awards. Pictured here is their building, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. Artwork is available for sale. 125 Mercer Street is located directly across the street from the Hightstown Post Office next door to Second Chance. For more information, contact the Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission at (609) 313-4541.

since it links talent from artists who reside in Hightstown, Roosevelt, Trenton, The Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission will host West Windsor, Hamilton, a pop up art gallery at 125 and Princeton. The particiMercer St. in Hightstown pating artists are Vladimir from January 20-27. A pop Aituginov, Bill Leech, Mel up gallery, often located in a Leipzig, Marsha Levin-Rojer, vacant storefront, is tempo- Kathleen Hurley Liao, Dalrary, unexpected, and cre- las Piotrowsk i, and A ni Art Times Two, Princates a surprising and unique Rosskam. eton Brain and Spine, 731 Hightstown Cultural Arts environment to entice visiAlexander Road, has “Mantors. This pop up gallery ex- Commissioners Frank Ri- dala, Locating Self” through hibit is called “Connections” vera and Jonathan Shahn, March. Works are by Marsha Levin-Rojer, Pamela Turczyn, Cathy Watkins, Phyllis The dental team of Dr. Tyl and Wright. “Philip Pearlstein: Fogarty are pleased to announce A Legacy of Influence” runs the addition of Dr. Christopher through March 25. (609) 203-4622. Russo to their dental practice Arts Council of Princlocated in Princeton NJ. Dr. Russo eton, 102 Witherspoon is the son of long time Princeton Street, has the NeighborOrthodontist Dr. Lou Russo. hood Portrait Quilt on permanent exhibit. Sculptures Dr. Russo is an active member of the American by Patrick Strzelec are on Dental Association, the New Jersey Dental the Graves Terrace through Association, and the Academy of General June 30. www.artscouncil Dentistry. He obtained his Masters in Biomedical ofprinceton.org. Sciences from the University of Medicine and Artworks, Everett Alley Dentistry of NJ. He earned his Doctorate from ( Stockton Street), Trenton, shows “My Eyes Down Rutgers School of Dental Medicine receiving a Here” by Juliet Martin and Leadership Award from the Academy of General “The Shortest Distance BeDentistry. tween Two Points” by Katelyn Liepins January 24-FebDr. Russo will be offering convenient Saturday ruary 18. www.artworks hours starting December 2016 and will be in the trenton.com. office on a full time basis by July of 2017. Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, has “A Quiet DefiOn behalf of Dr. Tyl and Dr. Fogarty, Women Resisting Jiwe welcome Dr. Chris Russo to our practice! ance: had in Mali,” photo exhibit through January 26.

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Princeton University Opera Theater Students Present Scenes From Several Mozart Operas

or one semester, Princeton University’s Music 219, an opera performance class in the music department, put its small class through the paces of preparing operatic excerpts for public performance. The students and faculty selected the music to be prepared, and the class culminated last Saturday night in an evening of operatic selections accompanied by an orchestra. The focus of Music 219 this year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with selections from almost all of Mozart’s operas. Linked by narration from director Edward Berkeley, a faculty member at The Juilliard School, the more than 20 duets, trios, and ensemble numbers performed Saturday night at Richardson Auditorium showed that singers of all types can rise to the challenge of Mozart’s operas. Several members of Music 219 have also clearly risen to the top as exceptional performers. Music 219 included only ten students — five men and five women. The women were sopranos or high mezzo-sopranos (there are very few contralto roles in Mozart’s operas) and the five male singers performed tenor or baritone roles, often in love duets with the women. Andrew Ge, an additional bass singer, joined the concert in a sextet from Don Giovanni. The first voice heard in the performance set the stage for an evening of light and clean operatic entertainment. Tenor Jonathan Makepeace sang several roles drawing on humor while demonstrating a light and clear sound. As Ferrando from Cosí fan tutte, Mr. Makepeace was instantly comfortable in a scene transplanted from the 18th century to a contemporary Princeton coffee shop. Mr. Makepeace has an operatic background dating from childhood, and his solid experience on New York stages showed in his scenes from Cosí, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) and Apollo et Hyacinthus, Mozart’s youthful Latin opera. Mr. Makepeace’s comrades in the opening Cosí scene were Kevin McElwee and Warren Bein. Mr. McElwee blended well with Mr. Makepeace, and fit well into a pair of quintets from the same opera. Mr. Bein was paternal as Cosí’s Don Alfonso, returning later in the concert with an aria from Don Giovanni which well suited his voice. Another standout performer from Saturday night was mezzo-soprano Saunghee Ko, who has been heard in a number of solo performances in her four years at Princeton. The roles of Dorabella in Cosí and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) sit on a bridge between soprano and mezzosoprano, and Ms. Ko has a voice which sailed up and down the registers and tough passages Mozart wrote into these roles. Ms. Ko was vocally tailor-made for

the “pants” roles presented from Figaro and La Clemenza di Tito, sufficiently breathless in Cherubino’s “Non, so più” and well-matched with soprano Kaamya Varagur in a duet from Clemenza. An alum of England’s famed New College Choir, tenor Sebastian Cox also brought world-wide stage experience to Music 219, and it was reflected well in his selections from Cosí, Don Giovanni and Idomeneo, one of Mozart’s lesserperformed operas. In a quintet from Cosí, Mr. Cox sang as a bear-like protector to the two women, and also took the stage well in the heroic Idomeneo and a quartet from Mozart’s unfinished L’oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo). Although only a freshman, soprano Catherine Sweeney has already established herself as a potential career singer. Ms. Sweeney was kept very busy in Saturday night’s concert — cast in nine of the selections performed. Throughout her roles in Cosí, Figaro and Don Giovanni, Ms. Sweeney floated her high notes, especially in duets with other female singers. Ms. Sweeney’s voice was all sparkle, A and free K–8 public school with a focus her future in Princeton University music on academic achievement. certainly looks bright. 100 Bunn Drive Rounding out the cast from Music 219 were Amber Lin, Melanie Berman, Princeton, NJ, 08540 Kaamya Varagur, and Sergei Tugarinov. 609-924-0575 Ms. Lin was well-paired with Ms. Sweeney www.pcs.k12.nj.us in a duet from Cosí, with both singers animated and articulating runs well. Ms. Open Houses (1:00—3:00 p.m.) Sunday, Lin also was well paired with Ms. BerInformational Session at 1:30 p.m. man as two lead characters in Figaro, with Ms. Berman well bringing out a panNovember 13, 2016 icked quality in the character of Susanna. Ms. Varagur shone in the Figaro duet Saturday, January 21 2017 “Sull’aria” as Mr. Tugarinov presented an Application Deadline for 2017-2018 School Year animated Basilio in Figaro and interacted is on Monday, January 30, 2017 at noon. well with the other singers in selections from Idomeneo. Mr. Berkeley’s narration was difficult to hear at times, but even without narration, the audience could revel in the music. No matter how entertaining the evening was, one cannot ignore how difficult opera is and the challenge of performing this wide a range of music. he orchestra compiled by Michael Pratt never missed a beat in accompanying the singers, with elegant wind solos adding to the melodic passages of the singers. University junior DG Kim showed his mettle in conducting the Founded 1973 scenes from Figaro, keeping crisp control of the action onstage. Music 219 prepares An Acclaimed, Competitive, Co-educational College Preparatory Day School vocalists and instrumentalists to perform Where Bright Students Who Learn Differently operas or opera scenes; missing in the Thrive and Succeed course description is how the course prepares students to find the best in themselves and rise to new challenges. Curiosity, Creativity, Collaboration, Confidence —Nancy Plum

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CLARINET MASTERCLASS WITH DAVID KRAKAUER: On Saturday, January 28 from 2 to 5 p.m., the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its masterclass partnership with Westminster Conservatory with a PSO BRAVO! Masterclass with clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer. Advance reservations are required via princetonsymphony.org or by phone at (609) 497-0020.

PSO BRAVO! Clarinet Masterclass, Jan. 28

On Saturday, January 28 from 2 to 5 p.m., the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its masterclass partnership with Westminster Conservatory with a PSO BRAVO! Masterclass with clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer. The masterclass is open to the general public, and will be held at Hamilton House on the campus of Westminster Choir College. Attendees will observe four clarinet students from area schools as they are coached on polishing their repertoires for performance. The students are Veronica Li (Princeton Day School), Alex Liu (The Lawrenceville S cho ol ) , Mat t h ew Yua n

(Montgomery High School), and Daniel Luo (Montgomery High School). David Krakauer is one of the world’s leading exponents of Eastern European Jewish klezmer music as well as a major voice in classical music. He has redefined the klezmer genre with major appearances at Carnegie Hall and internationally. He is in demand worldwide as a guest soloist with the finest ensembles including the Emerson, Orion, and Kronos String Quartets, and as a soloist with the Dresden, Seattle, and Detroit symphony orchestras, among many others. David Krakauer is on the faculties of Mannes College of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, NYU,

On Sunday, January 29 at 4 p.m., virtuoso clarinetist David Krakauer and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) explore expressions of personal and cultural identity in performances of Wlad Marhulets’ award-winning Concerto for Klezmer Clarinet and Osvaldo Golijov’s intimate K’vakarat. Also featured in the program are guest composer Saad Haddad’s captivating fanfare Manarah and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a, conducted by Music Director Rossen Milanov at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus. David Krakauer occupies the unique position of being one of the world’s leading exponents of Eastern European Jewish klezmer music as well as a major voice in classical music. He has redefined the klezmer genre with major appearances at Carnegie Hall and internationally. Mr. Krakauer is in demand worldwide as a guest soloist with the finest ensembles including the Emerson, Orion, and Kronos string quartets and as a soloist with the Dresden, Seattle, and Detroit symphony orchestras, among many others. David Krakauer is on the faculties of Mannes College of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, N Y U, and the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Composer Wlad Marhulet’s Concerto for Klezmer

Clarinet echoes the rapid f luct uat ions, m icrotonal variations, and droning quality of the synagogue cantor. The work earned him the inaugural Azrieli Prize in Jewish Music (2016) established by the Canada-based Azrieli Foundation to recognize and reward current excellence in the field of Jewish orchestral concert music. Osvaldo Golijov’s K’vakarat is an instrumental version of a work originally written for quartet and cantor evoking hope against the backdrop of a world forever breaking down. G u e s t comp os er S aad Haddad is a creator of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and electroacoustic music who achieves a “remarkable fusion of idioms” (The New York Times), most notably in his work exploring the disparate qualities inherent in Western art music and Middle Eastern musical tradition. The composer will be visible on stage at the PSO performance of his Manarah with his laptop, electronically altering the real-time sound of two trumpets beckoning to one another from the balconies. The work was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in April 2016. Rudolph Barshai’s orchestral arrangement of Shostakovich’s intensely personal Eighth String Quartet completes the concert program. S hos ta kov ich w rote t he original quartet in just three days, embattling his internal strife and anxiety through coded musical messages. Tickets for Un/Restrained and other PSO concerts are on sale for: $82, $65, $52, $33, and $25 ( student), and include admission to the 3 p.m. pre-concert talk. Purchase at princetonsym phony.org or call (609) 4970020. ———

Charlie Liu, Dallas Noble, and Adam Deng. They will be joined by guest pianist Esma Pasic-Filipovic. Some of the highlights include the rarely heard violin Sonata No. 1 by Ottorino Respighi, music for t wo pianos by Mozart, Liszt’s Grand Galop Chromatique and Saint-Saëns’ Dance Macabre and others. To learn more, visit www. rider.edu/wcc. ———

Boheme Opera Presents “The Barber of Seville”

Boheme Opera NJ is delighted to present a semis t a g e d p e r fo r m a n c e o f Gioacchino Rossini’s comic opera, The Barber of Seville at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing on Sunday, January 29 at 3 p.m. The performance will take place at the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall on the campus of TCNJ. Members of the Boheme Opera Orchestra will be on stage with the cast and Boheme Opera Men’s Chorus Ensemble. Artistic Director Joseph Pucciatti will conduct, assisted by Howard Zogott as stage director. There will be a Mayo Concert Hall lobby reception for audience members directly after the production. Reserved tickets for the performance are $50 and $30, now available online at bit. ly/BONJ_Barber_TCNJ and also via TCNJ’s audience services specialist at (609) 771-2585.

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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at PU Chapel

Princeton University Concerts’ spring Concert Classics season kicks off with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (“EPCC”) in their first visit to the Northeast since appearing in Carnegie Hall in 2014. On Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel, the Choir with Artistic Director Kaspars Putnins will present a program of favorites from Nor thern Europe : Tchaikovsky, Tormis, Sibelius, and the uncrowned king of Estonian music, Arvo Pärt, whose vocal music is written exclusively for the EPCC. Tickets are $10 for students w ith valid ID and $35 for general admission, available online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org, by phone at (609) 258-9220, or at the Princeton University Chapel two hours prior to the performance. ———

Percussion Acrobatics With Colin Currie

Westminster Presents Beethoven Benefit

Westminster Conservatory will present its 10th annual Dr. H. Korkina Scholarship benefit concert on Sunday, January 22, at 3 p.m. in the Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Admission is free, but donations are invited. Titled “Beethoven, Brahms, and Beyond,” the program includes solo piano masterpieces, music for two pianos, and virtuoso chamber music by Beethoven, Mozart, Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff. The performers are Westminster Conservatory piano faculty member Larissa Korkina and her aw ard - w i n n i ng s t u d e nt s

La Traviata with the Bolshoi Theater directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and at the Athens Concert Hall under the baton of Richard Bonynge. Korean bass Paul An will be heard as Don Basilio, having sung over 60 roles on the operatic and concert stage across the globe. Support for Boheme Opera NJ programming is made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Boheme Opera Guild members, Dorothea van Dyke McLane Association, Princeton Friends of Opera, NJM Insurance Group, Pisauro Levy and Palumbo CPAS Pa., Mercer County Italian American Festival Association, ItalianAmerican National Hall of Fame, and dedicated private individuals. ———

Jose Adan Perez This production of The Barber of Seville features an international cast. The title role of Figaro, the barber will be sung by baritone Jose Adan Perez of Mexico, who has sung a number of leading roles at the Opera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, LA Opera, New York City Opera, Aspen Music Festival, and in several European houses. Rosina will be sung by Korean soprano Sungji Kim, who has sung over 20 roles in the operas at the venues of the Castleton Music Festival under Lorin Maazel, San Francisco Opera Center, Annapolis Opera Concert Opera Philadelphia, Boheme Opera NJ, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Berliner Philharmonie Grasser Saal. Iceland native tenor Thor Arbjornsson will sing the role of Count Almaviva. He recently sang the 21st Annual Bel Canto Opera Concert with Maestro Eve Queler and went on to sing one of the lead roles in the premier of Sheila Silver’s operatic adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Greek baritone Stefanos Koroneos will portray Dr. Bartolo. He has performed throughout Italy in leading roles, and has performed internationally as Barone in

Colin Currie will perform feats of percussion acrobatics in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on Tuesday, February 14 in two hour-long programs, at 6 and 9 p.m., for what the artist calls a “sensory Valentine’s Day Concert.” With the audience seated onstage around the performer, the PUC125 (“Performances Up Close”) series presented by Princeton University Concerts allows listeners to witness Currie bounce seamlessly between instruments, playing works by Elliott Carter, Per Norgaard, Toshio Hosokawa, Annuzio Paolo Mantovani, Iannis Xenakis. A highlight of the program will be Rolf Wallin’s Realismos Mágicos, 11 short pieces based on Gabriel García Márquez’s short stories. Currie will be joined by local actor Michael Dean Morgan who will read excerpts from Garcia Márquez’s stories as part of the presentation. Tickets are $25/general and $10/students. Seating capacity is limited, and patrons are encouraged to buy their tickets soon. Tickets are available online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org, by phone at (609) 258-9220, or two hours prior to the concert at the Richardson Auditorium box office. Seating on the Alexander Hall stage is limited to 125 places.

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New York-based theater company founded in 2012, Bedlam, currently presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Shaw’s Saint Joan in rotating repertory at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, has received much acclaim from New York critics and others for its productions over the past four years. McCarter artistic director Emily Mann saw their Saint Joan a few years ago in New York City, and “was determined to bring Bedlam’s work to Princeton.” You may think you know Hamlet, but a visit to Bedlam’s Hamlet at the Berlind over the next four weeks will provide you with refreshing new perspectives on this most famous and familiar of classics, and it will also shed light on what the Bedlam buzz is all about. Bedlam’s priorities in staging Hamlet are simple: to tell the story and to make it as accessible as possible, so that a contemporary audience can experience that story fully, as if for the first time. This Hamlet, directed by and starring Bedlam artistic director Eric Tucker, and using only four actors to play an array of more than 30 characters, is highly energetic, engaging and fun to watch. It is stripped down, in terms of cast, costuming, staging, sets, and effects, and that paring often serves to clarify the challenging language and plotting of the play. The performers’ fidelity to the text and the importance of conveying that text to the audience is striking, though the running time of almost three and a half hours caused a few audience members to depart during the intermissions. Additional cuts in the script would have been helpful. Watching the ingenuity and skill of the consummate actors, three out of four of whom switch rapidly from role to role all evening (Mr. Tucker plays Hamlet throughout), is delightful, at times astonishing. Only once or twice do the complications of numerous characters and intricate plotting seem to get the better of them and cause some confusion for the audience. The play is about intense political intrigue, about fathers and sons, families, about sanity and insanity, revenge, mortality, love and lust. But, most appropriately here with a cast of four taking on some 30 roles, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is about playing a part, acting a role. Almost everyone in the “rotten” court of Denmark is playing a character, pretending to be something he or she is not. The metatheatrics of course multiply when the touring players come to Elsinore, and Hamlet decides to collaborate with them to stage a scene, a play-within-the-play that will “catch the conscience of the king.”

The Bedlam production guarantees that its audience will be collaborating with the performers in staging this production of Hamlet. “Committed to the immediacy of the relationship between the actor and the audience,” their mission statement reads, “Bedlam creates works of theatre that reinvigorate traditional forms in a flexible, raw space, collapsing aesthetic distance and bringing its viewers into direct contact with the dangers and the delicacies of life. In this new, fresh, active environment storytelling becomes paramount and the result is a kinetic experience of shared empathy.” As the audience walks into the Berlind Theatre, their expectations are immediately upended. The front rows of seats have been removed, about 70 chairs provide onstage seating for the audience, on the floor and on two risers. With beams and pillars exposed on the back wall of the theater, there is no apparent set, except for what appears on stage right to be some sort of staircase covered by a large, ghostly white sheet. “For us, it’s about making the audience know they’re part of the play,” Mr. Tucker states. “Their own placement feeds the energy of the story. As the audience gets moved around, they’re sharing the space with us. There’s no ‘this is your area, this is our area.’ This is at the heart of what we do.”

The air of informality is further enhanced by the actors, dressed in contemporary attire, wandering around and chatting with each other and with the audience. The arrangement of the onstage chairs and the two risers is completely reconfigured during each of the two intermissions. Throughout the evening the actors do not hesitate to “break the fourth wall,” to sit with the audience and communicate directly with them. The effect evokes a spirit of familiarity, of intimacy with the players and enhanced understanding of them and their story. The lack of formality and aesthetic distance enhances the accessibility and clarity of the production. The great theatrical challenge of suspending the audience’s disbelief is not so challenging here, because the Bedlam four have from the start allied themselves with the audience to join forces in telling the story and making sense of these characters and their problems. The audience quickly understands and accepts that whoever’s wearing the glasses — male or female, tennis shoes or not — is Polonius; and that another actor can play both Claudius and Rosencrantz and single-handedly carry on a conversation between those two characters; and that, when a pile of dirt is dumped on stage in a black plastic bag, we’re in the graveyard. The imaginative possibilities are endless, also fascinating and fun to watch.

Mr. Tucker’s Hamlet, in league with his audience from his first appearance sitting in an upper row of the theater, is a warmly sympathetic character. His characterization presents the Danish prince as more active and engaging than philosophical, in accord with this production that is more about the story than the psychology of Hamlet. Mr. Tucker is convincing in his soliloquies and in his transitions from disaffection to frustration to rage, despair and, ultimately, acceptance and resolve on his final-act return to Denmark. Andrus Nichols, the only woman in the ensemble of four, is lucid and luminous in her portrayal of both Gertrude and Ophelia, sometimes in the same scene. She also ingeniously takes on a cluster of male roles. Edmund Lewis as Polonius, Horatio, Laertes and so many others, is astonishing in his adaptability, often with no more than a pair of eye glasses or a hat to make instantaneous character changes. As Claudius the King, Tom O’Keefe presents a formidably smooth antagonist, working the room like a game show host or politician at a town hall meeting. He too, smoothly, seamlessly, persuasively takes on a cluster of additional personae, including Rosencrantz, Reynaldo, and others. The four-member ensemble handles the significant demands of Shakespeare’s poetry and prose with eloquent clarity, ensuring that the audience understands even the most complex lines. The four work together skillfully, and Mr. Tucker’s direction, simple and straightforward, is also endlessly inventive, often surprising and entertaining. John McDermott’s stripped down set design, with lighting by Les Dicker, serves effectively the spirit of the production and the Bedlam mission of bringing the audience into the world of the actors and the story of Hamlet. edlam”? The company does embody a spirit of rebelliousness, a determination to give its audience a different, new perspective on a beloved classic play. There is a wild energy here as the four actors portray so many different characters. And of course Ophelia’s madness and the feigned or real madness of Hamlet are BURIAL BATTLE: Laertes (Edmund Lewis, on bottom) and Hamlet (Eric Tucker) fight over central to the plot and theme of the drama. the corpse of Ophelia (Andrus Nichols) in the graveyard, as Hamlet prepares for his final But ultimately, this disciplined, accessible, revenge in Bedlam theater company’s production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at refreshingly sane production of Hamlet, goMcCarter’s Berlind Theatre through February 12. (Photo by Elizabeth Nichols) ing a long way towards making sense of an insane world, delivers its audience a generBedlam’s production of “Hamlet” in rotating repertory with “Saint Joan” will ous dose of sanity and clarity, the antithesis be playing at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton, of bedlam. through February Topics12. For tickets and information call (609) 258-2787 or visit —Donald Gilpin mccarter.org.

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ZUKERMAN DELIGHTS WITH BACH & BEETHOVEN Sat, Jan 28 at 8 pm

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PINCHAS ZUKERMAN conductor and violin soloist NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 2 plus Beethoven’s Third Symphony. NJSO ACCENT EVENT: Riffs – Sat, Jan 28, after the concert NJSO French horn player Chris Komer’s other musical love is jazz. Showcasing marvelous versatility, he performs a set of smooth jazz tunes.

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Lion

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Adoptee Tracks Down Birth Mother in Bittersweet Biopic

Saroo ended up in Bengal, a city 1,600 miles away. When he got off the train, Saroo couldn’t get any help from the busy passers-by, because he did not speak the language spoken there, and he mispronounced the name of his hometown, “Ganestalay.” He ended up struggling to survive on the streets, until he was taken in by a local orphanage. After some time Saroo, who didn’t know his last name, his mother’s name, or where he was from, was sent to Australia where Sue (Nicole Kidman) and John Brierley (David Wenham), were eager to adopt him. For the next 25 years, he grew up going to school, playing cricket, swimming in a cove off the ocean, and then falling in love with Lucy (Rooney Mara), an Australian. Then one fateful evening a childhood memory was triggered during a dinner of Indian food. Compulsively curious about his roots, Saroo used his computer to search for his birthplace in India. Finally he realized that he had been mispronouncing the name of the area where he was born and found it on the computer. When he flew to India, he had a joyous reunion with his mother and younger sister, but sadly his brother Guddu had died. Adapted from Saroo Brierley’s autobiography, A Long Way Home, Lion is a heartbreaking biopic with an emotional punch, thanks to powerful performances by Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel as the young and adult Saroo, respectively. The supporting cast, led by Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, portrayed the women who had played pivotal roles in Saroo’s life. Excellent (HHHH). Rated PG-13 for mature themes and some sensuality. In English, Hindi, and BenI’VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHERE I CAME FROM: Saroo (Dev Patel) realizes that he can use his gali with subtitles. Running computer to help him find his birth family in India. After an exhaustive search, he realized time: 118 minutes. that he had been mispronouncing the name of the area where he was born in India, and was Distributor: The Weinable to locate what he thought must be the place. When he went there, he recognized the stein Company. surroundings and was reunited with his mother and sister. —Kam Williams

aroo (Dev Patel) was born into poverty in India’s Khandwa district. He lived there with his single mother, Kamla (Priyanka Bose), his older brother, Guddu (Abhishek Bharate), and his younger sister, Shekila (Khushi Solanki). His illiterate mother eked out a living by carrying rocks from a local quarry, and she could barely afford to keep a roof over their heads. So, when Guddu found a night job hauling bales of hay, Saroo begged to go with him to help, even though he was really too small for the job. Saroo fell asleep after the long ride sitting on his brother’s bike’s handlebars to the worksite. “It’s my fault, for bringing him here,” Guddu lamented, before leaving Saroo alone for the night on a train station bench. Unfortunately, when Guddu was nowhere to be seen when he woke up, the five-year-old forgot his brother’s instruction to stay put and went looking for him. While searching for food on a decommissioned train, the train’s doors locked and it started moving. After several days,

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20th Century Women (R for sexuality, nudity, profanity, and brief drug use). Movie set in Santa Barbara during the summer of 1979 about the exploration of love and freedom by a landlady (Annette Bening), one of her tenants (Greta Gerwig), and her teenage son’s (Lucas Jade Zumann) friend (Elle Fanning). With Billy Crudup, Alia Shawkat, and Alison Elliott.

Wednesday, January 18 Noon: Spotlight on the Humanities welcomes Albert J. Raboteau for a lecture on “American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice.” Free; Princeton Public Library. 1 p.m.: Wednesday Tea & Tour at Morven Museum and Garden in Princeton (repeats weekly). 6 p.m.: Free screening of the documentary Screenagers at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 1128 Great Road in Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: Contra Dance with the Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street (repeats weekly). For more information, visit www. princetoncountrydancers. org. 7:30 p.m.: Brought together by Music Accord’s commission of a new work by composer Joseph Hallman, long-time recital partners Inon Barnatan and Alisa Weilerstein join forces with Anthony McGill in a program of three clarinet trios at McCarter Theatre. 8 p.m.: The Takacs String Quartet performs at Richardson Auditorium (also on January 19). Thursday, January 19 1:30 p.m.: McCaffrey’s Free Nutrition Event at the Princeton Shopping Center entitled, “What’s Hot and What’s Not – Food Trends for the New Year” with registered dietician Jill Kwasny. Includes samples from the prepared foods department. 5:30 p.m.: Opening reception, “A Grounds for Sculpture History: The Land in Pictures and Words” in the Sensational Summers 2x7Rob01-17 Lakefront Gallery at the

Assassin’s Creed (PG-13 for intense action and violence, mature themes, and brief profanity). Science fiction adventure about a career criminal (Michael Fassbender) who discovers he’s descended from a long line of assassins before taking on his ancestors’ ancient adversaries. With Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Charlotte Rampling. The Bye Bye Man (PG-13 for terror, violence, sexuality, bloody images, mature themes, profanity, partial nudity, and underage alcohol abuse). Horror film about a supernatural demon (Doug Jones) unwittingly unleashed by three college students (Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount and Cressida Bonas) after they moved into an old mansion located off-campus. Cast includes Faye Dunaway, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Cleo King. Elle (R for violence, profanity, rape, brief graphic nudity, disturbing sexuality, and grisly images). Thriller about a business executive’s (Isabelle Huppert) attempt to track down the stranger who raped her in her own home. With Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, and Charles Berling. In French with subtitles. Fences (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes, and sexual references). Denzel Washington and Viola Davis co-star in this adaptation of August Wilson’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play about the struggles of an African American family living in Pittsburgh in the 50s. With Mykelti Williamson, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson and Russell Hornsby. The Founder (PG-13 for brief profanity). Michael Keaton impersonates Ray Kroc in this biopic about the businessman who purchased an innovative burger joint from the McDonalds brothers (Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch) and turned it into a fast-food empire. Support cast includes Laura Dern, Patrick Wilson, and Linda Cardellini. Hidden Figures (PG for mature themes and mild epithets). Adaptation of the Margot Lee Shetterly best seller describing the exploits of three African American unsung heroines (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae), NASA mathematicians who played pivotal roles in America’s success against Russia in the space race. Cast includes Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, and Mahershala Ali. Jackie (R for profanity and brief graphic violence). Natalie Portman plays Jackie Bouvier Kennedy in this intimate portrait of the First Lady in the days following the assassination of JFK (Caspar Phillipson). Co-starring Peter Sarsgaard as Bobby Kennedy, Gaspard Koenig as Teddy Kennedy, and John Carroll Lynch as LBJ. La La Land (PG-13 for profanity). Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) directed this homage to Hollywood musicals set in present-day Los Angeles about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz musician’s (Ryan Gosling) whirlwind romance. With J.K. Simmons, John Legend, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Lion (PG-13 for mature themes and some sensuality). Real-life story about a 30-year-old’s (Dev Patel) search for his long-lost birth mother (Priyanka Bose) and big brother (Abhishek Bharate) in India with the help of Google Earth, 25 years after being adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham). With Rooney Mara, Divian Ladwa, and Eamon Farren. In English, Hindi, and Bengali with subtitles. Live by Night (R for sexuality, nudity, graphic violence, and pervasive profanity). Ben Affleck adapted, directed, and stars in this prohibition era movie based on Dennis Lehane’s bestseller about the wayward son of a Boston police chief (Brendan Gleeson) who moves to Tampa where he becomes a notorious rum-runner and bootlegger. Featuring Scott Eastwood, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, and Chris Cooper. Manchester by the Sea (R for sexuality and pervasive profanity). Drama about a janitor (Casey Affleck) who becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) after the untimely death of his older brother (Kyle Chandler). With Gretchen Mol, Michelle Williams, and Heather Burns. Moana (PG for peril, scary images, and mature themes). Animated adventure about a Polynesian teenager (Auli’i Cravalho) who embarks on a dangerous mission across the Pacific Ocean to save her people with the help of a legendary demigod (Dwayne Johnson). Voice cast includes Rachel House, Temuera Morrison and former, NFL player Troy Polamalu. Monster Trucks (PG for action, peril, rude humor, and brief scary images). Action adventure about a mischievous teen (Lucas Till) who forges an unlikely friendship with the subterranean creature that hangs out under the hood of his homemade jalopy. With Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Barry Pepper, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, and Thomas Lennon.

in advance by calling (609) 924-2310. 10:30 a.m.: Screening of The Never Ending Story (1984) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 12 to 3 p.m.: NJ Camp Fair at Quakerbridge Mall in Lawrenceville. Parents will meet camp directors and staff from over 50 + participating day and sleep away camps from around the country. Free. 2 to 3 p.m.: Free, Highlights Tour at Princeton University Art Museum (also on January 22). 8 p.m.: Bedlam: Saint Joan at McCarter Theatre (through February 12). Sunday, January 22 12:30 p.m.: Art on Screen at Princeton Garden Theatre presents The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (also on Wednesday, February 1). 1 to 3 p.m.: Open House, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, located at 1200 Stuart Road in Princeton. For more information, visit www.stuartschool.org. 2 p.m.: Princeton History Sunday Walking Tour around downtown Princeton. Attendees should meet at Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street. 6 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir concert entitled “United in Song” at the Matthews Theatre of the McCarter Theatre Center. Ticket prices range from $15-$30. Purchase tickets at www.princetongirlchoir.org. Monday, January 23 Recycling 6 p.m.: The Princeton Kids’ Events Coalition welcomes author Jerry Spinelli to Labyrinth Books of Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: Quinteto del Fuego performs at Miller Chapel at the Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street in Princeton. Free admission.

Passengers (PG-13 for sexuality, nudity, action, and peril). Outer space adventure about two astronauts (Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) who struggle to survive aboard a rocket ship headed to a distant planet after their hibernation pods open 90 years prematurely. With Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Fred Melamed, and Michael Sheen. Patriots Day (R for violence, grisly images, drug use, and pervasive profanity). Thriller about the manhunt for the radical Islamists (Alex Wolff and Themo Melikidze) who were responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Co-starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin Bacon, and J.K. Simmons. The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (PG for mature themes). Film about a washed-up Hollywood child star (Brett Dalton) who pretends to be a Christian in order to land the role of Jesus in a megachurch’s annual Passion Play production and ends up finding faith in God. With Neil Flynn, D.B. Sweeney, and Anjelah Johnson-Reyes. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13 for violence and extended action sequences). Intergalactic epic about a rebel soldier (Felicity Jones) who was recruited to lead a band of heroes on a mission to steal the design for the Empire’s weapon of mass destruction, featuring Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Mads Mikkelsen, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk, and Donnie Yen. Silence (R for disturbing violence). Adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel of the same name, set in the 17th century, about two Portuguese priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who travel to Japan to search for their missing mentor (Liam Neeson). With Ciaran Hinds, Issei Ogata, and Nana Komatsu. In English and Japanese with subtitles. Sing (PG for rude humor and mild peril). Animated musical about an optimistic koala bear’s (Matthew McConaughey) attempt to save his struggling theater by staging a singing competition for a menagerie of animals. Voice cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Jay Pharoah, and John C. Reilly. Sleepless (R for graphic violence and pervasive profanity). Thriller, set in Las Vegas, about a corrupt cop (Jamie Foxx) who has less than 24 hours to rescue his son (Octavius J. Johnson) who was kidnapped by mobsters. Ensemble cast includes Gabrielle Union, Dermot Mulroney, Young Jeezy, T.I., and Michelle Monaghan. Split (PG-13 for violence, profanity, disturbing behavior, and mature themes). Horror film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, about three teenage girls (Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, and Anya TaylorJoy) who were kidnapped by a maniac (James McAvoy) who has 24 personalities. Supporting cast includes Kim Director, Brad William Henke, and Betty Buckley. Underworld: Blood Wars (R for sexuality and graphic violence). Kate Beckinsale reprises her lead role in this fifth film in the goth horror series in which the heroine hybrid is attempting to end the eternal war between werewolves and vampires. With Theo James, Tobias Menzies, and Lara Pulver. Why Him? (R for profanity and pervasive sexuality). Comedy about an overprotective father (Bryan Cranston) who schemes to sabotage his daughter’s (Zooey Deutch) relationship with a Silicon Valley billionaire (James Franco) during a campus visit when the boorish boyfriend plans to propose. With Megan Mullally, Keegan-Michael Key, Cedric the Entertainer and Adam Devine, with cameos by Elon Musk, Kiss’s Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (PG-13 for sexuality, profanity, and violence). Third movie in the series has the extreme sports athlete-turned-spy (Vin Diesel) come out of exile to lead a team on a mission to disarm a madman (Donnie Yen) who is wielding a devastating weapon of mass destruction. With Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, and Tony Jaa.Í —Kam Williams

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ert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, NJ. 6 p.m.: A Workshop with Environmental Law Professor Cymie Payne at Labyrinth Books of Princeton. 6:30 p.m.: Open House, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart for boys in grades K-8. Register online at www.princetonacademy. org. 6:30 to 9 p.m.: Tigerlabs welcomes Michael Dermer, founder of The Lonely Entrepreneur; 252 Nassau Street, Princeton. 7 p.m.: Sustainable Princeton presents “Beyond Recycling: Building the Circular Economy in New Jersey” at Princeton Public Library. Free. 7:30 p.m.: Bedlam: Hamlet at McCarter Theatre (through February 12). Friday, January 20 11 a.m.: Free, Tiger Tales for children ages 3-5 at Cotsen Children’s Library (repeats weekly). 11:30 a.m.: Inauguration Protest Poster Making Party at Labyrinth Books of Princeton. 6:30 p.m.: Italian-style community Shabbat dinner at The Jewish Center of Princeton. The cost to attend is $60 per family or $20 per adult and $12 per child. Guests must register in advance. 8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s “Winter Festival” at Richardson Auditorium. 8:15 p.m.: The Princeton Folk Music Society welcomes Christine Lavin and Don White, a musical duo who combine comedy with songs of a mischievous flavor. General admission is $20 ($10 for students); Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. Saturday, January 21 10 a.m.: Read & Explore: Gingerbread Man at Terhune Orchards in Princeton. The 12/5/16 11:52 AM Page 1 cost is $7 to attend. Register

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Drama “American Son” and Mark Kenneth Smaltz. and their son’s whereabouts. and political commentary on Individual tickets, starting Amer ican S on, wh ich With no explanation forth- race, law and equality, will at $20, and discount ticket At George Street Playhouse coming and emotions build- be the featured speaker dur- packages are also avail-

George Street Playhouse (GSP) recently announced the cast of American Son, an award-winning, rippedfrom-the-headlines drama, that will be on stage February 7-26, 2017, at the New Br u nsw ick t heater. Wr it te n by Ch r i s top h e r D emos - Brow n, t he play stars John Bolger, Su zzanne Douglas, Mark Junek,

earned the 2016 Laurents/ Hatcher Foundation Award for a new play by an emerging playwright, had its world pre m i e re at B ar r i ng ton Stage last summer. Ja m a l ’s c ar h as b e e n pulled over in the middle of the night. His mother (Douglas) and her estranged husband (Bolger) rush to the police station seeking answers

ing, this highly charged drama twists and turns to an explosive conclusion. George Street Playhouse has also planned additional audience engagement opportunities related to American Son. David Dante Troutt, a professor of law at Rutgers University and author who has written extensively legal

ing a free event — “American Sons: A Conversation” — to be held at the Playhouse on Thursday, January 19, at 7 p.m. Those attending performances of American Son are invited to visit the Playhouse Cabaret before or after the show to see a special exhibit depicting our American sons.

able. Contact the George Street Playhouse box office at (732) 246-7717 or visit www.GSPonline.org. George Street Playhouse is located at 9 Livingston Avenue in downtown New Brunswick. American Son is sponsored by The Karma Foundation and The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

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yles Stephens established himself as a defensive stopper from the minute he stepped on the court for the Princeton University men’s basketball team last winter in his freshman campaign. The former Pennington School standout accumulated 69 rebounds, 13 blocks, and 12 steals in 29 appearances off the bench during his debut campaign. It took him longer to get into the flow at the offensive end as he averaged 5.5 points a contest. Last weekend, Stephens produced a breakout weekend as a scorer, tallying a career-high 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting in a 97-66 rout of visiting Brown on Friday. A day later, he bettered that output, scoring 19 points to help Princeton rally for a 66-58 win over defending Ivy League champion Yale before 2,262 at Jadwin Gym. Stephens was later named Ivy Player of the Week for his outburst. Princeton head coach

Mitch Henderson was not surprised by Stephens’ offensive prowess. “You are seeing right before your eyes the maturation of what I think he can be,” said Henderson, whose team improved to 10-6 overall and 3-0 Ivy with the win over Yale. “He is an absolute assassin and the kid is just scratching the surface. He is very hard to guard and now he has developed into an outside shooter. That was the main thing that we really wanted to work on with him.” Stephens, for his part, hasn’t lost his focus on defense. “Defensively, I try to approach the game the same way whoever I am guarding,” said the 6’5, 205-pound Stephens, a native of nearby Lawrenceville. “I try to stay in front, my teammates have my back on the defensive end.” In reflecting on his play at the offensive end, Stephens is feeling a greater comfort level. “On offense, the confi-

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After Yale responded with a run of its own to go up 53-52, Princeton took control down the stretch with junior guard Amir Bell coming through with a key 3-pointer to give Princeton a 58-53 lead and the Tigers never looked back. Bell ended the evening with 17 points in 22 minutes of action off the bench, earning the praise of Henderson. “He is coming to the gym early and leaving late and eventually he is going to break through, “ said Henderson. “I am glad for Amir, he really put us on his back tonight.” With Princeton pouring in 12 3-pointers in a 97-66 win over Brown on Friday and then finding the range in the second half against Yale, Henderson has no problem with his players continuing to fire away from the perimeter. “We can shoot at all positions so I think that makes us very difficult to guard so we can’t change too much based on what the other team is doing,” said Henderson. As Princeton heads into its exam break, Henderson sees no reason to change much. “It is two weeks straight of exams, it is a funny time but we are used to it,” said Henderson, whose team returns to action with a game at Dartmouth on February 3. “We will work hard on us, just staying in shape and use the break to take exams and get a clear head and next we are in Hanover.”

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Princeton Men’s Hockey Posts 0-1-1 Weekend Highlighted by Phinney Setting Career Saves Mark

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Junior Star Robinson Produces Double-Double As PU Women’s Hoops Tops Yale for 1st Ivy Win

DOUBLE PLAY: Princeton University women’s basketball player Leslie Robinson drives to the basket in recent action. Last Saturday against visiting Yale, junior Robinson contributed a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds to help Princeton rally to 74-62 win over the Bulldogs. A night earlier, Robinson produced another double-double in a 98-88 loss to Brown, scoring a career-high 21 points with 11 rebounds. The Tigers, now 7-9 overall and 1-2 Ivy League, are on exam hiatus and return to action when they host Dartmouth on February 3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Princeton Men’s Squash Falls to Harvard

Cody Cortes provided a highlight as the Princeton Universit y men’s squash team fell 8 -1 to four thranked Harvard last Sunday. Sophomore Cortes posted a win at No. 3 as the Tigers moved to 2-5. Princeton returns to action from its exam break when it hosts Penn on February 1. ———

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PU Women’s Track Wins Great Dane Event

Displaying its depth, the Princeton University women’s track team rolled to victory at the Great Dane Classic at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. last Saturday. Princeton piled up 151.5 points to place first with host Albany taking second with 90.33 in the 18-team event. Individual winners for the Tigers at the meet included senior Lizzie Bird in the 3,000 meters, senior Allison Harris in the pole vault, and senior Julia Ratcliffe in the weight throw. Princeton is next in action when it competes in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet at Yale on January 29. ———

Morgan Steelman had a big win in a losing cause as the fourth-ranked Princeton University women’s squash team fell 8-1 to top-ranked Harvard last Sunday. Freshman Steelman posted an impressive 3-1 victory over Eleonore Evans at the No. 8 spot. The Tigers, now 7-1, host Pen n on Febr uar y 1 as they come back from exam Princeton Wrestling break. Falls to Stanford ——— Losing a tight battle with Princeton Men’s Track 15th-ranked Stanford, the Wins Towson Invitational Princeton University wresProducing a dom inant tling team fell 22-12 to the performance, the Princeton C ard inals las t S at urday University men’s track team at the New York Athletic cruised to victory at the Tow- Club. son Tigers Invitational held Indiv idual w inners for at The Armory in New York Princeton on the day inCity last Saturday night. cluded senior Brett Harner Princeton collected 219 at 197 pounds, senior Ray points to outpace the 17- O’Donnell at 285, freshman

Ty Agaisse at 125, and senior Jordan Laster at 149. Princeton, now 5-6, is off through final exams and will return to the mat on February 4 to host Ivy League duals against Brown and Harvard. ———

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team f ield w it h r u nnerup Manhattan tallying 75 points. I n d i v i d u a l v i c tor s for Princeton at the meet included junior Carrington Akosa in the 60-meter dash, freshman Joey Daniels in the 60 hurdles, junior Josh Freeman in the 400, sophomore Franklin Aririguzoh in the 800, junior Zach Albright in the mile, junior Colin Reilly in the high jump, junior August Kiles in the pole vault, sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh in the triple jump, and senior Christian Cook in the shot put. Princeton will return to action after the exam hiatus on January 29 when it competes in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet at Yale. ———

PU Women’s Swimming Wins Home Finale

Coming through on a day filled w ith emotion, the Princeton women’s swimming and diving team rallied for a 162-138 victory over Villanova last Friday at DeNunzio Pool. The clash with the Wildcats served as both the Senior Day meet, as well as the final home meet in the legendary career of head coach Susan Teeter, who will retire at the end of the season. Princeton was down by 14 points with only five events remaining but wasn’t about to leave Teeter with a defeat in her home finale as it surged to victory and improved to 5-2. Individual victors in the meet for Princeton included senior Olivia Chan in the 100 breaststroke, freshman Elaine Zhou in the 200 butterfly, freshman Shaelyn Choi in the 200 breast, and sophomore Isabel Reis in the 500 freestyle. The Tigers swept the diving events as senior Lisa Li won the 3-meter competition and classmate Yasmeen Almog prevailed in the 1-meter event. The Tigers are currently on a hiatus for exams and return to action when they compete in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet being held this year from February 3-4 at New Haven, Conn.

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PHS Boys’ Hoops Rallies to Win at WW/P-N As Senior Star Blue Turns It Up at Crunch Time Playing at West Windsor/ Plainsboro-North last week, the Princeton High boys’ basketball team looked like it might get run out of the gym in the early stages of the contest. The Little Tigers were outscored 7-0 in the first three minutes of the January 10 game and trailed 14-3 in the first quarter. Despite the early deficit, PHS senior star Zahrion Blue wasn’t fazed. “We have a lot of energy,” said Blue. “We were down but we kept the energy going, we kept playing hard.” Wit h Blue s cor ing si x points in the second quarter, the Little Tigers narrowed the gap to 30-23 at half-

time, heading into the fourth quarter. PHS was down 4842 and Blue realized it was time to take control. “Offensively I was missing a lot of layups at first,” said Blue. “We were down so I had to turn it up.” Blue turned it on, scoring 15 points in the quarter to help the Little Tigers pull out a 59-57 victory. “My role is to score, pass, and to rebound,” said Blue, who ended up with a gamehigh 25 points on the evening. PHS head coach Pat Noone likes the way Blue is assuming a multi-faceted role for the squad. “Zahrion is in a groove and t he t hing w it h him

TRUE BLUE: Princeton High boys’ basketball player Zahrion Blue drives around a foe in recent action. Last Friday, senior star Blue poured in 24 points in a losing cause as PHS fell 63-50 at Robbinsville to move to 6-4. The Little Tigers will look to get back on the winning track as they play at Allentown on January 20 before hosting Trenton on January 24. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

from watching him enough now, he really looks to pass,” said Noone. “Sometimes you see guys like that will just take over. You can tell he doesn’t because the guys keep playing, they know he is going to keep making passes. He’s going to defend, he’s going to get steals. He has been a real pleasure to coach, it has been awesome.” Noone was proud of the way his team kept playing hard against WW/P-N. “ We d i d n’t q u it, t h e y didn’t get too far ahead of us,” said Noone. “It is just a team that battles and plays for each other; it is unbelievable how much they play for each other.” The Little Tigers showed their battling spirit as they started the fourth quarter with a 14-2 run to seize momentum. “We just told them, it is the last quarter,” recalled Noone. “This is what separates good teams. We have a motto to win ugly. We have to just go out there and win ugly and do whatever it takes.” S e n i or g u a r d A n d r e w Goldsmith helped trigger the fourth quarter surge, spearheading PHS’s defensive pressure as the Little Tigers forced a number of turnovers in thwarting the WW/P-N offense. “A ndrew just does his role,” said Noone. “We did a good job of establishing roles and that is what we have got. It has been pretty cool.” Noone is looking to establish an attitude of focusing on the present around the program in his first year guiding the Little Tigers. “What we have told everybody is that no matter what happens, whether it is good or bad, it is over,” said Noone, whose team fell 6350 at Robbinsville last Friday to move to 6-4 and plays at Allentown on January 20 before hosting Trenton on January 24. “We have this mentality. I tell them I am a march to March kind of guy. We are just focused on March. We want to battle and we want to get to March. We are taking it one step at a time and one game at a time; that is the way we are.” Blue, for his part, is buying into that mentality. “We have to keep the same intensity; we can’t keep the mentality that we are 6-3,” said Blue. “We still have to play like we are down.” —Bill Alden

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because a lot of times she is overshadowed by the other two, at least in scoring,” said Herzog. “She is always on the line and contributes and gets the assist.” I n Her zo g’s v iew, t he team’s great unity encourages everyone to contribute. “They enjoy the camaraderie; they are already getting sad that one of the defenseman Orsi (Stipsicz), a transplant from Hungary, is leaving January 20,” said Herzog. “I know she enjoyed the camaraderie and the girls accepted her hands down. She made some good friendships.” Herring, for her part, is basking in that camaraderie as she wraps up her hockey career. “Have as much fun as we can, that is our motto,” said Herring, who will be looking to have a lot of fun when PHS hosts Pingry on January 27 at Baker Rink for the program’s annual Senior Night Celebration. “We always try to have a good time. Before the game, we are playing music in the locker room. We are talking about our goals; we all go around and say our one goal for the game.” —Bill Alden

Despite having defeated a leader in previous years Immaculate Hear t Acad- but this year she has really emy by 10 goals earlier this stepped up,” said Herzog. month, the Princeton High “She understands that this girls’ hockey team wasn’t is her last year, and to enjoy about to go through the mo- the opportunities and spend tions when the foes met for the time with the ladies when a rematch last Thursday at you have the time.” Baker Rink. With his team bringing a “We were trying to get 6-4 lead into the third pemore of the girls who don’t riod against Immaculate score as much to go in Heart, Herzog sensed that there,” said PHS senior for- it would pull away. ward and team captain Mag“They had the configie Herring. dence that we can get it “These sort of games get done,” said Herzog. “We everybody back into their have some skilled players own groove. We start work- on the squad.” ing together more because Freshman Victoria Zammit against most of the teams, showed her skill in the win we don’t get the puck that over the Blue Eagles, scormuch b ec aus e t hey are ing three goals. stronger.” “She has been a great adAfter Immaculate Heart dition to the squad,” said narrowed the gap to 5-4 in Herzog, who also got three the second period, Herring goals and one assist from scored a big goal for PHS, sophomore assistant captain weaving through Blue Eagle Olivia Corrodi with senior defenders and firing the puck Ashley Dart contributing a into the top of the net. goal and an assist. “It is fun to practice some The big night for Corrodi, moves and go around peo- who plays on the team’s top ple; high school hockey is line along with Herring and a good place to practice for Zammit, was heartening for club hockey,” said Herring, Herzog. who plays club hockey for “Corrodi had the hat trick the Princeton Tiger Lilies. which is great to see her do Pulling away in the third period, the Little Tigers outscored Immaculate Heart 6-1 to earn a 12-5 victory. “We all came together and we worked hard,” said Herring, who tallied two goals and two assists in the win to help PHS improve to 2-4. “We all had a good time on the bench, everyone is laughing, mak ing jokes, cheering each other on. 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“We star ted getting in rhythm, we starting playing very good defense,” recalled Spinazzi. “T hey s t ar te d ma k i ng turnovers and we capitalized on those opportunities. They would turn it over, we would take our time on offense, get good shots and knock them down.” Over the course of the second half, Spinazzi knocked down his shots, scoring nine of his 11 points in the last 16 minutes of the game. “When I am in a rhythm I will knock them down,” said Spinazzi. “That is my big thing, to make sure I get a big rhythm shot and make those.” While the Raiders battled, they just couldn’t get over the hump against the opportunistic Buccaneers. “I think the turning point was when we took a couple of bad shots and they got transition points,” said Spinazzi. The defeat to Blair was the latest in a string of tough setbacks for the Raiders. “It is the most frustrating season I have ever had because we are a very good team and almost all of the games we have lost have been within a couple of points,” said Spinazzi, reflecting on a season which has seen Hun drop t wo games by two points and three others by one point. Hun head coach Jon Stone was frustrated by the way his team came out of the gate against Blair. “You never want to dig a

hole and to dig one at home is bad,” said Stone. “We missed virtually all of our shots early. We were getting good shots and they just weren’t falling. That is not the best way to start.” The Raiders did show good resilience in fighting back against the Buccaneers. “We have been getting better at regrouping and making some runs,” said Stone. “We just have to learn how to sustain them. We make a nice run and then we fall asleep for a couple of plays and give it right back.” Stone is pleased with what Spinazzi has given Hun so far this season. “Lorenzo is improving every day and keeps getting better,” said Stone. “He enjoys competing and he has really started to show that competitive edge.” Despite the sub-.500 record, Stone is confident that the Raiders will be competitive in postseason play. “We can put it together, we just haven’t yet,” said Stone, whose team hosts Trenton Catholic on January 19 and then faces The Master’s School (Conn.) on January 21 in the Mel Henderson Memorial Showcase at Hackensack High. “If we keep improving and keep growing, we will be right there.” In Spinazzi’s view, Hun has the potential to grow into a force by tournament time. “We have to stay more poised at the end of games; we have to be more patient,” said Spinazzi. “We have to take our time and take good shots. We will be ready when we get there. We are making good strides as a team from the start of the season so we will be fine by the time we get to the tournaments.” —Bill Alden

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Hitting a Rough Patch With Unsettled Lineup, PDS Boys’ Hoops Poised to Start Clicking After getting off to a sizzling 9-1 start, the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team has hit a rough patch, losing four of its last five games. In reflecting on his team’s recent struggles, PDS head coach Tim Williams noted he has been forced to mix and match his players as the Panthers have dealt with health issues. “We have had a couple of illnesses this week and a couple of guys returning from being injured,” said Williams. “Chase Lewis is reentering the lineup. Craig Wrenn, who I projected to be a big contributor this year, is back. But then we had a couple of guys get sick and Jaylin Champion went out with a leg injury in our last game. We have a little hodgepodge going.” The combination of juggling and tough competition has understandably resulted in some uneven performances. “We played really solid teams; I think we just had inconsistent play,” said Williams. “Part of that is due to reintegrating guys; we have had a revolving lineup. I have had a different starting lineup every single game in January. We just weren’t hitting on all cylinders, not to take anything away from the teams that we played because they played really well. I don’t think we played our best basketball.” While PDS wasn’t at its best in a 58 -54 loss to Montgomery last Saturday, Williams saw some positive signs as the team moved to 9-5. “We are disappointed that we lost but at the same time there were a lot of good things that we did,” said Williams who got 17 points from senior forward John McArthur in the defeat, with senior guard Chase Lewis adding 16, and sophomore star David Coit chipping in 13. “I thought we shared the ball, we showed more chem-

istry on the floor offensively than we had in any of our games in the New Year; that definitely boded well. We didn’t shoot the ball very well but we shared the ball really well. We had some really great defensive possessions and we had some defensive breakdowns but to only give up 58 points to a good squad like that is pretty good.” The pair of McArthur and Coit has helped stabilize things for PDS as the team has played through illness and injury. “John has been really consistent for us and so has David Coit,” said Williams. “David has really stepped up when Chase had to go out. He had a much bigger role. He always handles the ball but he had to do it more and he had to step up his de-

fense tremendously. He has also upped his scoring.” In Williams’s view, PDS is poised to step up with tournament time around the corner. “I don’t think we have played our best basketball yet, it is still ahead of us,” said Williams, whose team plays at Pingry on January 20 before hosting Hamilton on January 23. “Our long term goal is to win the prep state championship again. We have got to keep our focus on that and getting better every game so we can win that. Even if we lose a couple of games along the road, we can’t let that derail us from what we want to do. That is what we are working for, so all of these games coming up are important but that is the most important. Once that is over, we will turn our sights to the Mercer County Tournament.” —Bill Alden

STEPPING UP: Princeton Day School boys’ basketball player David Coit races up the court in recent action. Last Saturday, sophomore guard Coit scored 13 points in a losing cause as PDS fell 58-54 at Montgomery in dropping to 9-5. The Panthers play at Pingry on January 20 before hosting Hamilton on January 23. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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School (Pa.) last Wednesday. Senior goalie Logan Kramsky made 24 saves in the game as the Panthers moved to 8-5-2. PDS hosts LaSalle College High (Pa.) on January 18 and Notre Dame on January 23. ——— Girls’ Hockey: Annika Asplundh played valiantly in a losing cause as PDS fell 3-0 to Morristown-Beard last Friday. Senior goalie Asplundh made 19 saves for the Panthers, who dropped to 7-4. PDS hosts Chatham on Januar y 18 and Oak Knoll on January 20.

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Boys’ Hockey: Blake Brown and Jake O’Dowd scored goals but it wasn’t enough as Hun fell 6 -2 to Lawrenceville School last Monday. Freshman goalie Jackson Cole made 33 saves in a losing cause for the Raiders, who dropped to 4-10. Hun hosts the Hill School (Pa.) on January 18 before playing at the Portledge School (Pa.) on January 23.

Basketball: Jalynn Spaulding and Bey-Shana Clark both came up big to help Stuart edge Montgomery High 56-54 last Saturday. Junior guard Spaulding scored 21 points while sophomore forward Clark chipped in 19 as the Tartans improved to 123. Stuart plays at WW/P-S on January 18, hosts Doane Academy on January 21.,and plays at Wardlaw-Hartridge on January 23. Boys’ Basketball: Edwin Eddube and Ezra Swell led the way as Lawrenceville defeated University High 75-65 in the Public vs Private Showcase last Sunday at Dwight Morrow High. EdGirls’ Basketball: Sparked dube scored 21 points while by Jada Jones, Hun defeated Swell chipped in 20 as the Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) Big Red improved to 9-4. 35-30 last Sunday. Sopho- Lawrenceville hosts Peddie more star Jones scored 19 on January 21 and Upper points as the Raiders im- Room Christian (N.Y.) on proved to 4-6. Hun plays January 22 before playing at Stem-to-Civics Charter at Life Center Academy on School on January 18, plays January 24. at Hightstown on January ——— 19, hosts Willingboro on G i rl s’ H o c ke y : Unable January 21, and plays at to get its offense going, Kent Place on January 23.

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Lawrenceville fell 7-0 at the Kent School last Saturday. The Big Red, now 3-7, hosts The Gunner y ( Conn.) on January 21.

Pennington Girls’ Basketball: Carly Rice had a big game as Pennington fell 55-20 to Pingry last Friday. Rice scored 16 points for the Red Raiders, who moved to 4-7. Pennington hosts Truman (Pa.) on January 23. ——— Boys’ Hockey: Logan Harris scored the lone goal as Pennington fell 4-1 to Academy of New Church (Pa.) last Thursday. Alex Boczniewicz and Charlie Kovalcik assisted on the tally as the Red Raiders moved to 0-8. Pennington hosts Chestnut Hill Academy (Pa.) on January 20.

PDS Girls’ Basketball: Bridget Kane scored 14 points but it wasn’t enough as PDS fell 70-35 to Lawrenceville last Friday. The Panthers, now 4-8, host Moorestown Fr iends on Januar y 18, Pingry on January 20, and WW/P-S on January 23. ——— Boys’ Hockey: Jack Mascali scored the lone goal for PDS in a 4-1 loss to the Hill

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Priscilla Alexandra Waring Priscilla Alexandra Waring, 72, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at her home in Newtown, Pa. following a brief illness. Ms. Waring was a longtime resident of Princeton and Pennington, Washington Crossing, Pa., and has resided in Bucks County since 2001. She received her early education at Saint Paul School in Princeton and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Formerly senior vice president and director of Gallup and Robinson, Inc., an advertising and marketing research firm serving Fortune 500 clients, she was a frequent speaker at international and national conferences. Ms. Waring was owner of Gryphon Group LLC, a market research firm, and for the past 12 years was a realtor associate with Weidel Realtors and licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylva-

John C. Sapoch, Jr. John C. Sapoch, Jr. passed away peacefully on January 13, 2017. Beloved husband, cherished grandfather, devoted father, step-father, brother, and uncle, Jack’s impact on those around him was deep and lasting and he will be profoundly missed. He was a member of Princeton University’s Great Class of 1958. A legend in the annals of Princeton University football, he captained the 1957 team perfecting the single wing offense during his seasons as starting quarterback. A protégé of Princeton Coach Charlie Caldwell, Jack was awarded the venerable John Prentice Poe Award and was named to the 1957 Associated Press All-Ivy and AllEast first team. Just prior to graduation, he turned down an offer by Vince Lombardi to play with the Green Bay Packers. He received his M BA f rom t he W har ton School of the University of Pennsylvania, returning to Princeton to serve as Secretary for the Committee for Alumni Associations, Director of the Princeton University Conference, and finally as a Corporate Officer in the position of Assistant Secretary of the University. Jack went on to a successful career in management consulting, first with the J.P. Cleaver Company and then as CEO of SINC and Princeton-Pacific, Inc., where he became a distinguished authority on transportation management. Born and raised in Allentown, Pa., Jack spent his happiest years in southern California married to Ava Anttila. During their time

on The Strand in Manhattan Beach, their annual Fourth of July celebration was legendary. Together they built a home rooted in generous devotion to family and friends. Their door was always open to an ever-growing community of friends and colleagues. This included a strong connection to the Finnish community and the Finnish Consulate where Ava has maintained an active leadership role through the years. Jack was a mentor to many. A good listener, strategic in his advice, he gave you the confidence to believe in yourself. From that, all things were possible. Predeceased by his parents, John C. Sapoch, Sr., and Dorothy Rems Sapoch; his sister, Sally Mengels; and his parents-in-law Ari and Raija Anttila; Jack is survived by his beloved wife Ava; sister Dotty and her husband Bill Clayton (Falls Church, Va.); sons John and his wife Jamie (Hopewell); Bill ( Montclair) from his first marriage to Betty W. Sapoch (Princeton); stepsons Wyatt Bloomfield and his wife Johanna (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and William Bloomfield and his wife Maria (Minneapolis, Minn.); loving grandchildren, Emily and Jack Sapoch; and Charlotte, Beckett, Alec, and Helena Bloomfield, among many other relatives. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Jack’s memory can be made to the charitable organization of your choice or to the Princeton Football Association either online at makeagift. princeton.edu/athletics or via check to Princeton Foot-