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Support for Courthouse Square Editor’s note: Flemington is typically considered to be out of U.S. 1’s coverage area, but over the years events focused on the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby have brought issues facing the borough’s historic downtown to our attention. Lindbergh’s history is relevant in the U.S. 1 area because the kidnapping occurred at his home in Hopewell, but the trial took place in Flemington. The area surrounding that courthouse, including the former Union Hotel, where several trial participants stayed, is at the center of substantial redevelopment plans that have been in the works since 2016.

The proposed demolition of historic buildings and replacement with a mixed-use development caused some controversy and consternation when Major League Baseball player-turned-businessman Jack Cust first presented his plans, but substantial revisions have led to a plan with broad support, as indicated by the letter below.

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and congratulations to the Developer, the mayor and borough council of Flemington, and the interested citizens of our county seat who are working diligently to make the Courthouse Square project a reality.

The alternative plan recently proposed by Jack Cust and his team appropriately addressed issues raised by some concerned citizens, which included reduced density, building heights, and required parking. The revised plan also manages to save some buildings from being replaced. The mayor and borough council actively solicited opinions and input from residents, interested businesses, and non-profit groups in order to make the project the best it can be for Flemington.

We are confident that the proposed revisions will make the project come to fruition and improve the vitality, commerce, and quality of life for the borough, its citizens and the entire county. Be confident that you can count on our ongoing support for this project from the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce, interested parties, and the businesses community sharing in this noteworthy effort.

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SURVIVAL GUIDE Thursday, October 15

Central New Jersey: Land of eCommerce

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ven before a global pandemic confined most people to their homes and relegated all but the most essential shopping trips to the internet, eCommerce was a fastgrowing segment of New Jersey’s economy. And as what promises to be a one-of-a-kind holiday shopping season approaches, eCommerce could have a starring role.

Major players in New Jersey’s industrial space market will address the implications of eCommerce in a virtual panel discussion hosted by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 15, at 1 p.m.

Registration is $25; $15 for members. For more information visit www.princetonmercerchamber. org.

The panelists will discuss why the central New Jersey region is so appealing for eCommerce businesses looking to establish their warehouses and the engineering and construction details that allow these multi-million-square-foot facilities to be erected seemingly overnight.

Representing the real estate perspective is Joseph S. Taylor, presi-

Joseph S. Taylor, left, of Matrix Development Group, and Kevin Webb of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services headline the Princeton Mercer Chamber’s October 15 webinar on the impact of eCommerce on the industrial market. dent and CEO of Matrix Development Group. The nearly 40-yearold real estate investment and development firm based in Monroe got its start building on the untapped potential of the area surrounding Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike but has since expanded into the rest of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In addition to industrial and commercial properties Matrix’s holdings now include residential properties, mixed-use urban properties, and office space.

On the construction and engineering side will be Kevin Webb, a senior associate/vice president at Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, the Parisppanybased firm with offices on Lenox Drive in Lawrenceville. A licensed and LEED accredited professional engineer, Webb is a specialist in site and civil engineering design.

The panel will be moderated by Jason Lynam, a senior project manager with Langan.

Program to Honor NJ’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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t’s no secret that immigrants play a major role in New Jersey’s economy, and the range of contributions they make will be on full display at the eighth annual immigrant entrepreneur awards program on Thursday, October 15.

The virtual program runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and includes speakers and panels on the topic “Immigration in New Jersey: New Ideas and Fresh Perspectives” as well as the awards presentation.

The event is hosted by the New Jersey Business Immigration Coalition in partnership with the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) and Einstein’s Alley. For more information or to register, visit www.einsteinsalley.org.

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Katherine Kish, left, of Einstein’s Alley, presents the New Jersey Business Immigration Coalition’s eighth annual Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards.

The recipients include Mahesh Yadav, above, of Lawrence-based Optima Global Solutions. and CEO of the NJBIA, will give opening remarks, followed by a keynote presentation by Jeremy Robbins. He is the executive director of New American Economy, a New York City-based bipartisan coalition of CEOs and mayors who are making an economic case for immigration reform. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University and a law degree from Yale.

Robbins’ talk will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Rashaad Bajwa, president of Cranbury-based Domain Computer Services; Ali Bokhari, global mobility manager for the Unilever Corporation; and Patrick McGovern, partner and immigration attorney at the Newark firm Genova Burns. The discussion will be moderated by Nicholas V. Montalto, president of Cranford-based training and strategic development consultancy Diversity Dynamics.

Katherine Kish, executive director of Einstein’s Alley, follows with the awards program. The

award recipients are: • Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year: Ali A. Houshmand, president of Rowan University in Glassboro, who came to the U.S. from Iran.

• Caspar Wistar Award for Growth: Raj Sahu, CEO of Connexions Data in Paramus, who came from India.

• Albert Einstein Award for Innovation: Shuguang Sunny Wang, managing director of Broad USA in Hackensack, who came from China.

• David Sarnoff Award for Community Engagement: Mahesh Yadav, CEO of Optima Global Solutions in Lawrenceville, who came from India.

• Rising Star Entrepreneurial Award: Hussain Bootwala, president and CEO of HAZ International in Edison, who came to the U.S. from India.

Yadav founded Optima Global Solutions in 2001 in Pennington. In

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2003 the fast-growing company moved to Quakerbridge Road in Hamilton and has since relocated again to Franklin Corner Road in Lawrenceville. The company provides IT staffing services as well as offshore software development and maintenance.

Yadav grew up in Mumbai, where his father was an attorney, and studied mechanical engineering at the Sardar Patel College of Engineering at Bombay University. He graduated in 1989 and first moved to the U.S. in 1993 to start the U.S. operations of an India-based company in Boston.

He left that company to join NovaSoft, a Princeton-based systems integration firm, as chief operating officer. Following a poorly timed IPO, Yadav departed to start his own company.

“I wanted the freedom of running a company the way I could grow it, so I came to NovaSoft. I really enjoyed generating business and growing the company and being sure a good team was in place. But things changed as the company grew, and I decided I needed a little more freedom,” Yadav told U.S. 1 in a 2003 interview.

Optima Global Solutions, 133 Franklin Corner Road, Lawrenceville 08648. 609-586-8811. Mahesh Yadav, founder and CEO. www.optimags.com.

Business Meetings Wednesday, October 14

business before business Virtual Networking, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Networking over your morning coffee, followed by a presentation

by Linda Czipo, president & CEO of the Center for Non-Profits, on “Collaborative Efforts & Trends among For-Profit and Non-Profits during COVID-19.” Register. $25; $15 members. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Sell Online This Holiday Season with eCommerce Tools, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Grow with Google livestream includes tips for setting up an online store with Shopify and listing products on Google. Noon to 1 p.m. budget & Cash Management Webinar, Princeton SCOre. princeton.score.org.

Shuoyi Portelli shares small business financial management guidelines around budgeting and cash management, and some easy tools you can use to achieve these. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 15

Awards Ceremony, New Jersey Immigrant entrepreneurs. www.njbusinessimmigration.org. Online awards ceremony features keynote speaker Jeremy Robbins of the New American Economy and a panel discussion with Patrick McGowan of Genova Burns, Ali Bokari of Unilever and Rashaad Bajwa of Domain Computer. Area honorees include Mahesh Yadav, CEO of Optima Global Solutions in Lawrence, who won the David Sarnoff Award for Advocacy and Community Engagement.

Register. 10 a.m.

Policy Series, New Jersey Foundation for Aging. www.njfoundationforaging.org.

“Elder Economic Security: How Data Help Inform Advocacy” featuring Jan Mutchler, professor of gerontology in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, and director of the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Register. 11 a.m.

Not Your Average Appeal - 2020 Year end Campaigns, Women in Development. www.widmercer.org. Amy Boroff how the pandemic is impacting communi-

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Allison Trimarco, left, who offers consulting services to nonprofits through her firm, Creative Capacity, leads a webinar on scenario planning for NonprofitConnect on Monday, October 19.

Above, nonprofit strategist Amy Boroff speaks on how to adapt year-end fundraising efforts to the current environment at the Women in Development of Mercer County roundtable on Thursday, October 15. cations and year-end fundraising efforts via Zoom. Annual WID membership, $50, required. Register. Noon to 1 p.m. real estate: eCommerce & the Implications on the Industrial Market, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber. org. Remarks by Joseph S. Taylor, president & CEO, Matrix Development Group; and Kevin Webb, senior associate/vice president site, civil engineering, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. Register. $25; $15 members. 1 to 2 p.m.

Computer Graphics Film Show — SIGGrAPH Video review, Princeton ACM/ Ieee. princetonacm.acm.org. Annual computer graphics film show, featuring the latest and greatest computer animations direct from the ACM SIGGRAPH conference held this past summer. Films were selected for the juried Computer Animation Festival at the conference to demonstrate advancements in graphics research, highlight creative visual effects, educate with scientific visualizations, and show the many uses of real-time game rendering engines. Register via Meetup. com. 8 p.m.

Friday, October 16

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org. Executive coach and career consultant Ken Sher discusses age discrimination in job seeking, how to minimize the chance that age will be an issue and how to identify and handle times when it is. Sher, an executive coach and career consultant, has 30 years of experience with Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb and is now vice president of coaching services at Velocity Advisory Group. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

Monday, October 19

LeadershipConnect, NonProfitConnect. www.nonprofitconnectnj.org. First session of “Scenario Planning: Making Decisions without a Crystal Ball,” designed for nonprofit executive directors and board chairs, led by Allison Trimarco of Creative Capacity, which consults to nonprofits to improve management capacity. Register. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Meet the entrepreneur, Princeton SCOre. princeton.score.org. Omar Delgado, owner of the Say Cheez Cafe in Princeton, leads a webinar titled “Adaptations that Helped My Business During the Pandemic.” He had a 35-year career in the banking industry before opening the cafe as a retirement project. Register. Free.

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Event Listings: E-mail events@princetoninfo.com Events for each day are divided into two categories: socially distanced, in-person gatherings, and virtual gatherings taking place online. Visit venue websites for information about how to access the events. To include your event in this section email events@princetoninfo.com.

Wednesday October 14 In Person Health

Community Blood Drive, Princeton University, Carl Fields Center, 58 Prospect Avenue. community.princeton.edu. Appointment required. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gardens

Garden Tours, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Docent-led what’s in bloom tours.

Selected Listening Princeton University Concerts launches its socially distanced season with a virtual watch party on Thursday, October 15, featuring the Takacs String Quartet. The free digital performance includes works

by Mozart, Debussy, Bartok, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and concludes with a question-and-answer session with the musicians.

Face masks and registration required. Tours available Wednesdays through Saturdays. $10. Box lunch available for additional $20.

Masks required. Register. 11 a.m.

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Live Music

Bob Egan and Friends Virtual Piano Bar. www.bobeganentertainment.com. Bob Egan and Friends perform music of the 1950s. Visit www.facebook.com/onlinePianoBar. 8 p.m.

Literati

Reading by Flora Thomson-DeVeaux, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu. Zoom-based reading by translator, writer, researcher, and Princeton alum Flora Thomson-DeVeaux, Class of 2013, and two seniors in the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in

Creative Writing at Princeton University. Free. 6 p.m.

Conversation with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu. Informal talk and Q&A with award-winning author, editor, music scribe, producer, screenwriter and Princeton alum Selwyn Seyfu Hind, Class of 1993. The author of the novel “Washington Black” and adaptation of the graphic novel “Prince of Cats,” and writer/producer on Jordan Peele’s new iteration of the Twilight Zone will be in conversation with Princeton Lecturer in Creative Writing A.M. Homes, a novelist and film and television writer and producer. Free. Register. 6 p.m.

Darcey Steinke and Susan Wheeler in Conversation, Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Author Darcey Steinke discusses her new book, “Flash Count Diary: Menopause

and the Vindication of Natural Life,” with Susan Wheeler, an author and professor of creative writing at Princeton. Register. 7 p.m.

Virtual Author Talk, North Brunswick Public Library. www.northbrunswicklibrary.org. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author David Rohde discusses his latest book, “In Deep: The F.B.I., the C.I.A., and the Truth about America’s ‘Deep State,’” and participates in a question & answer session. Register at form.jotform. com/202574448486162. 7 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Information Session, LifeTies, Ewing, 609-671-0040. www.lifeties.org/volunteer. Information for prospective mentors and volunteers for the non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture wellness and self-sufficiency in vulnerable youth, young adults and their families. Register.

Email volunteer@lifeties.org for more information. 5:30 p.m.

Lectures

Book Talk, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. spia.princeton.edu. JC de Swaan, lecturer in economics at Princeton, discusses his book, “Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry.”

Free. Registration required for Zoom presentation. 4:30 p.m.

Socials

Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m.

1980s Online Trivia Night, State Theater of New Jersey. www. stnj.org/trivia. Trivia challenge covering 80’s pop culture, including movies like “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”; music groups like Run DMC and The Bangles; fashion trends like leg warmers and spandex; to nostalgic games and toys like Pac Man and Care Bears. Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo of “Stranger Things” fame. Register. Minimum $5 donation supports the theater’s community education programs. 7 p.m.

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Gallery Spotlight The Artful Deposit

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he U.S. 1 region’s independent galleries are on the front lines of supporting artists and connecting new works of various approaches to art lovers and the general community.

So as part of our commitment to keeping regional readers informed about our rich cultural community, U.S.1 is taking some quick peeks into regional art galleries and sharing a few finds.

This issue’s visit is to the Artful Deposit, a presence in Bordentown City for 34 years.

Gallery owner CJ Mugavero oversees an expressive inventory of holdings ranging from realism to impressionism to abstraction by regional and internationally known artists.

One longtime gallery represented artist is Hanneke de Neve, a Hamilton-based artist with a regional and international following.

De Neve says the following about her work and career: “PAINTING IS IN MY blood. I always think about it, breathe it, and live it. It is my passion. Originally from the Netherlands, I learned to be resourceful and industrious from a young age. This comes with growing up on a farm. My studies took me to Tilburg Katholieke Leergangen where I learned about the history of art, fashion, design, and printmaking. With teaching degrees for both art and crafts, I taught high school for five years.

“I moved to the United States in 1974. My husband worked for

Philips, the Dutch lighting company, and was transferred to New Jersey. As a young mother of three sons, I used materials economically and worked mostly in fabric appliqués, which gave rise to my work in fiber art. In 1979 I started to make monotypes, some of which I reworked into collages. My fiber collages, paintings, watercolors, and mixed media are figurative and all linked. They depict an imaginary universe with landscapes, people, still lifes, and dreams — often inspired by real events and people.

“My most recent pieces are inspired in part by my grandchildren, who are artistic in their own right.

They, and so many others, inhabit my thoughts and dreams.

“All my art is an effort to show my love for people, beauty and life itself. Work as a means of living, living with work, and making a living with my work — this occupies

Works by Hanneke de Neve include, clockwise from above, ‘Woman with a Big Fish,’ an untitled work, and ‘Oh Loneliness,’ one of the artist’s first works presented by the gallery. all my time. I show my work in my home state of New Jersey, as well as New York, Philadelphia, and the Netherlands.”

The Artful Deposit, 142 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City.

Wednesday through Saturday, 2 to 6 p.m., Friday open until 8 p.m.; Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Open by appointment seven days. 609-2986970 or www.artfuldeposit.com.

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Post Road, West Windsor. www. mercercountyparks.org. Participants will kayak along the lake shore and in the coves to encounter basking turtles, feeding songbirds, and even carnivorous plants. Boats, binoculars, and life vests provided. Basic kayak instruction is provided before the tour. For ages 16 and up. Register. $30; $25 for Mercer County residents. 1 to 4 p.m.

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Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Living the Dream with pop/rock. 6 to 9 p.m.

Pop Music

PSO Brass Quintet, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Morven Music and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.princetonsymphony.org. Program of music

by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, the Beatles, and more.

Outdoor concert on Morven’s grounds. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Register. $35 per twoperson pod. 5:30 p.m.

Farm Markets

Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue Lot, Princeton. www.princetonfarmersmarket. com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. Face coverings and social distancing required. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Health

Community Blood Drive, Princeton University, Carl Fields Center, 58 Prospect Avenue. community.princeton.edu. Appointment required. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Kayak Nature Tours, Mercer County Park Commission, Mercer County Marina, 334 South

Classical Music

Virtual Season Opening, Princeton University Concerts. www. princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

Watch Party with the Takacs String Quartet live from Colorado featuring music by Mozart, Bartok, Debussy, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and a live Q&A with the musicians. Free. Stream available through October 19.

Sepcial cheese platter from Olsson’s available to order. 8 p.m.

On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

8 p.m.

Benefit Galas

“Through the Looking Glass” Virtual Gala, Good Grief. www. good-grief.org. Virtual journey and celebration of Good Grief’s mission of building resilience in children, strengthening families, and empowering communities to grow from loss and adversity features Good Grief kids, special guests including New York Giants’ Dalvin Tomlinson, and many inspirational messages. Registration includes swag bag and livestream link. $150. 7 p.m.

Finding innocence that is powerful not vulnerable Most people see an infant and think of childlike innocence. And many assume the trials of life will take away that innocence.

But what if true innocence, not naivete, were a permanent part of one’s nature?

—Brian Pennix Christian Science practitioner and member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

Sponsored by: First Church of Christ, Scientist, Princeton, NJ

Gardens

Home Leaf Management, Morven Museum & Garden. www. morven.org. Virtual presentation

by Rutgers Master Gardeners on fall leaf management for the home. Learn about the many uses for leaves and how to make the most of this valuable resource.

Presentation followed by Q&A via Zoom. Register. $10. 5 p.m.

Thursday Night Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www. bhwp.org. Series of guest lectures via Zoom continues with “Dragonflies” with Mike May, Ph.D. Register. $15. 7 to 8 p.m.

Wellness

Yoga for Healthy Digestion, The Suppers Programs. www.thesuppersprograms.org. Certified spanda yoga therapist Jamie Mullen will guide us through meditation for healthy digestion and nonjudgement. Free. Donation requested. Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

Lectures

No Property in Man: Another Look at Slavery and the Constitution, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www.princeton.com/ groups/55plus. Meeting and presentation via Zoom with Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz. Free; $3 donation requested. 10 a.m.

Everyday Soviet: Soviet Industrial Design and Nonconformist Art, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University. go.rutgers.edu/ zimmerlievents. Zoom-based conversation featuring curators from the Zimmerli and Moscow Design Museum. 11 a.m. to noon.

Opera and the Tanach: Bereshit, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net. Dora Schnur, Ph.D., leads a Zoom-based discussion on how music and text are used in opera to bring Adam,

Cellist Pablo Ferrandez gives a solo performance in Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s virtual concert on Sunday, October 18. The program also includes Carlos Simon’s ‘An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave’ and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony.

Eve, Cain, and Abel and their wives to life on the operatic stage.

1:30 p.m.

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, Princeton University Public Lectures. lectures.princeton.edu. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson speaks on her new book. Register for Zoom link. Free. 5 p.m.

Film Screening & Lecture, Princeton University Art Museum & Princeton Garden Theater. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Lecture via about the life and work of Vincent van Gogh with Caroline Harris, the museum’s associate director of education, related to the film “At Eternity’s Gate.” Attendees are encouraged to watch the film at their leisure prior to the lecture

via Hulu, Showtime, Google Play, YouTube, or Vudu. 5:30 p.m.

Gary Saretzky: Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Photographers: Hunterdon County, Artsbridge Distinguished Artist Series. www.artsbridgeonline.com.

Artist and archivist Gary Saretzky discusses the pioneers in photography who lived in Hunterdon County during the 19th century.

Presentation via Zoom. Free. 7 p.m.

Third Thursday Photography Presentation, Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus Gallery. www.jkcgallery.online. Online talk hosted

by JKC Gallery director Michael Chovan-Dalton featuring Chrystofer Davis, a street and portrait

LIVE WEB LECTURE

2:00 pm EDT Sunday, October 25 To join this free WEB LECTURE scan here:

Free Virtual Concert Live from Colorado

Or go to: http://www.tinyurl.com Princeton-Innocence INFORMATION: 609-924-0919 clerk@csprinceton.org

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Thu., Oct. 15, 2020 / 8pm • Available On Demand through Oct. 19 Works by Mozart, Bartók, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Debussy followed by a live Q&A with the musicians.

Visit princetonuniversityconcerts.org to RSVP.

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The Institute for Advanced Study’s Edward T. Cone concert series takes place virtually this year.

Up first is Maya Beiser, whose ‘Music for Multiple Cellos’ concert will be streamed live from New York City on Saturday, October 17. photographer from Newark, and Colorado-based multidisciplinary artist Kevin Hoth. Register. 7 to 8 p.m.

Socials

Social Coffee, YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers. www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers. Learn about the organization, meet members, and find opportunities to explore your interests and community. Held over Zoom. Contact newcomersmembership@ywcaprinceton.org for more information.

9:30 to 11 a.m.

Art Making: Drawing from the Collections, Arts Council of Princeton & Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Artist Barbara DiLorenzo teaches via Zoom.

Free. 8 p.m.

For Seniors

Medicare Information Session, Mercer County Library. www. mcl.org. Cathy Forbes of New Jersey State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) covers Medicare basics including eligibility, enrolling, Medicare Parts A, B, C, Medicare prescription drug coverage and costs. Register to hopeprogs@mcl.org for GoToMeeting link. 6:30 p.m.

Friday October 16 In Person Live Music

Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Modern Rewind with pop/rock. 6 to 9 p.m.

Art

Syd Carpenter: Portraits of Our Places, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doyles­ town, PA. www.michenerartmuseum.org. First day for exhibition of works by the Philadelphia-based ceramicist and sculptor inspired by her visits with African American farmers in Georgia, South Carolina, and the Gullah Islands in 2012. On view through February 28, 2021. Timed entry and face mask required 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On Stage

Dracula, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville, 609-397-3337. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Bram Stoker’s classic. Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons and 20 drive-in spots for vehicles. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 8 p.m.

Film

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot

screening of “Hocus Pocus.” Register. $30 per car. 7 p.m.

Food & Dining

The Mechanic Street Revolution: Ben Franklin Wit & Wisdom, Mountaintop Marketing, West Mechanic Street, New Hope, PA. mechanicstreetrevolution.eventbrite.com. Meet, eat, and drink with re-enactors who have made it their passion to become informed about the American Revolution and its rich history in the Delaware River towns. Register. $60 to $75 includes three-course dinner, one adult beverage, and presentation. Social distancing measures required. 5:30 p.m.

Health

Blood Drive, Montgomery EMS, Meeting Room, 8 Harlingen Road, Belle Mead, 908-359-4112. donor. cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/ drive_schedule/52738. By appointment only at 877-258-4825 or www.vitalant.org. Donors must wear a mask and weigh at least 110 pounds. Bring photo ID. Email giveblood@mems47.org for more information. 1 to 7 p.m.

For Families

Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609397-2555. www.howellfarm.org.

Four-acre maze with the theme “bridges of Mercer County” with two miles of paths, victory bridge, games, and more. Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10.

Noon to 8 p.m.

Virtual

On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

9 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Gala, Mt. Carmel Guild of Trenton, , 609-392-5159. www. mtcarmelguild.org. The guild celebrates its 100th anniversary with presentations by The Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, Diocese of Trenton, and Judith Persichilli, State of New Jersey, Department of Health Commissioner; entertainment, and more. Register for Zoom link. Free. Donation requested. 7 p.m.

Food & Dining

Virtual Guided Wine Tasting, Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County. www.bgcmercer.org/ wine-tasting-2020. A sommelier guides guests through a selection of three award-winning wines expertly paired with hand-crafted chocolates from a local chocolatier. Tasting kits can be picked up at Quakerbridge Mall or shipped.

Benefits Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County. Register. $100. 7 p.m.

The D&R Greenway seeks volunteers to help plant trees at Pennington Loop at Kunkel Park, where they will do a riparian restoration along Lewis Brook, a tributary of the Stony Brook.

Plantings along streams promote water quality, improve wildlife habitats and reduce flooding.

Planting projects are spread out over four to five days, enabling volunteers to work with social distance, while being supervised by knowledgeable project leaders. Individuals or families are invited to sign up for time slots on Thursday through Monday, October 15 through 19.

Each slot will be limited to 15 participants, who will be required to maintain social distance and wear a face covering at all times.

Bring water, bug spray, and snacks. Long pants and water-resistant shoes are recommended.

For more information email volunteer@drgreenway.org.

In addition to sponsoring a child’s wish list, Princeton asks donors to consider donating a gift card to help the parents/families of the children during these difficult times.

If you are interested in becoming a donor, visit www.princetonnj.gov/departments/human-services by Friday, November 27, or call 609-688-2055 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Job Fair Home-care services provider Comfort Keepers is hiring for its Robbinsville location. A curbside job fair takes place Wednesday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The company is seeking CHHAs, CNAs, LPNs, RNs, and companions. Nursing students are encouraged to apply. Comfort Keepers is located at 2360 Route 33, Suite 103, Robbinsville. Rain date: October 21. For more information call 609-890-2888.

Call for Donations

Call for Poetry

Princeton’s Human Services Department seeks donors for its 22nd Annual Holiday Gift Drive.

For the past 22 years, Princeton Human Services, municipal employees, local businesses, and private donors have made hundreds of Princeton children’s holiday wishes come true by providing them with gifts for the holidays.

Applications are received for children up to age 12, which includes one or two gifts they would like for the holidays, which are not to exceed $75.

The Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society (PACS) is sponsoring the National Chemistry Week (NCW) Illustrated Poem Contest for students in kindergarten through eighth grades. Students must write and illustrate a poem that fits the 2020 NCW theme of “Sticking with Chemistry.” Prizes will be awarded in K-2nd, 3rd-5th, and 6th-8th grade categories. First place winners will advance to the ACS National Illustrated Poem Contest.

Poems and entry forms for the contest must be received by Sun-

Lectures

Musicology Colloquium Series, Department of Music, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu.

Professor Naomi Andre of the University of Michigan presents a talk titled “Activist Operatic Spaces in Puccini’s La Boheme with South Africa’s Breathe Umphefumlo and Larson’s Rent.” Free via Zoom. 4:30 to 6 p.m.

For Seniors

Women in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www. princetonsenior.org. Fifth anniversary celebration includes sharing memories, pictures, and thoughts about what Women in Retirement has meant to their members.

Zoom presentation. Register.

Free. 10 a.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. “Cooking with Senior Chefs” with chef Jon Boot via Zoom. Online demo of roasted butternut squash soup with apple, pumpkin seeds, and spiced creme fraiche; and a fish du jour dish with spaghetti squash and seasonal mushrooms. Register.

Free. 11:45 a.m.

Saturday October 17 In Person Live Music

Fall Music, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www.palmersquare.com. Big Valley Bluegrass plays a blend of original and traditional bluegrass music. Free.

Noon to 2 p.m.

Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Christine Havrilla-Newfunkadelic

with folk/pop/rock in the afternoon, Got 35 in the evening. 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m.

Fabulous Benson Boys, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.workingdogwinerynj.com. Free live music.

Wine available for purchase.

Food from Vesuvio’s Pizza and Nick’s Place starting at noon. 1 to 5 p.m.

Pop Music

Outdoor Concert, Roosevelt Amphitheater, Rochdale Avenue, Roosevelt. www.rooseveltartsproject.org. Tin Pan Handlers and Woe Nellies perform an outdoor concert. $5 suggested donation benefits the Roosevelt Arts Project. 3 to 5 p.m.

Art

Day of the Dead Art Workshop: Nichos and Calaveras, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Socially-distanced, outdoor workshops to learn about this culturally rich holiday and the traditional folk arts associated with it. Register. $30 to $35. 3 to 5 p.m.

On Stage

Dracula, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville, 609-397-3337. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Bram Stoker’s classic. Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

Film

Park-In Movie, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Parking lot film screening of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to be viewed from your car via FM radio frequency. Register. $25 per vehicle. 7 p.m.

day, October 25.

Information about the contest and the entry forms can be found online at chemists.princeton.edu/ pacs/community-outreach/2019national-chemistry-week-ncw-illustrated-poem-contest-2.

Grants Available The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers is offering both small and large research grants to investigate and illuminate barriers and opportunities to increasing women’s political power in the United States.

Preference will be given to research proposals that advance our understanding of the distinct realities that women of color navigate in U.S. politics; identify and assess steps for translating research into action to increase women’s political power, including effective interventions to disrupt gender and/or intersectional biases in U.S. political institutions; challenge one-size-fits-all assessments of barriers or opportunities to women in U.S. politics; and; and expand the sites for research focus to non-electoral positions of political power and/or to sub-national levels of political representation.

Priority areas include leading with intersectionality; expanding research focus; and meeting the moment.

Applications will be accepted through Monday, November 16, with decisions announced in January, 2021. For more information including eligibility requirements visit cawp.rutgers.edu/cawpgrants or email cawpgrants@eagleton.rutgers.edu.

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “Shaun of the Dead.”

Register. $30 per car. 8 p.m.

Literati

Pop-Up Poetry, Arts Council of Princeton, Hinds Plaza, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton. org. Create your own six word poem to be displayed in a collaborative poetry installation. Noon to 3 p.m.

Story & Verse LIVE, Arts Council of Princeton, Pettoranello Gardens, Mountain Avenue, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton. org. Story telling and poetic open mic event welcomes anyone to tell a well-prepared story or perform their poetry inspired by this month’s theme: “After Midnight.”

Performers must present their own work and are invited to interpret the theme as broadly as they wish. Masks are required. Register. Seating is limited. 3 to 5 p.m.

Good Causes

Contactless Food Drive, Arts Council of Princeton & Bryn Mawr Trust, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Drop off in the Arts Council parking lot on Paul Robeson Place. All food items collected will be delivered to food banks and food pantries in local communities. 1 to 3 p.m.

Food & Dining

The Mechanic Street Revolution: Lincoln & Washington, Mountaintop Marketing, West Mechanic Street, New Hope, PA. mechanicstrevolution10-17.eventbrite.com. Meet, eat, and drink with re-enactors who have made it their passion to become informed about the American Revolution and its rich history in the Delaware River towns. Register.

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by Wendell Wood Collins

wake in a stupor, like I do every day. The days run together, except on weekends, when Zoom is few and far between. I’m pretty sick of it all.

My room is dark and quiet, but I hear Mom stir next door, so I attempt a downdog stretch and then wait. She wakes up early in the morning but goes back to bed. I hear her toss and turn all night long but early morning is when she dreams and creeps into the bathroom and pees but doesn’t flush so I won’t wake up and so she can get a little more sleep. I hear it all but just go back and snooze.

Finally, she creeps out of bed thinking I don’t hear her yet and slips on her COVID shorts with all the pockets for the key fob and poop bags and flowers she picks surreptitiously on the river trail. I try to get them out of her pocket but she distracts me with sticks and fake balls and pretends there is a treat in her pocket. Big teaser.

One of these days I’m going to eat the key fob just to teach her not to lie.

We go outside, I do my business near the light by the door, then we go inside for the morning routine.

Food, now on a box platform because I guess I eat too fast, or at least she thinks so, while she makes her Keurig coffee and yogurt and banana. Change it up a little, I think, but then think again, as I eat the same thing three times a day. Although she said the other day I might just do twice a day like the rest of the world. I hope not. I need something to pep me up after a morning of walks and zoom.

Once her coffee has stopped gurgling she puts cream and sugar in it and we go outside on the patio for the next part our routine. She’s scrolling through emails on her tiny computer (she thinks I don’t

know it’s work, but I do, and one of these days I’m going to eat that little computer… The big one is too big to eat but I have pawed it a few times in disgust so now it’s always out of my reach) and then reads out of a few little books, just a page in each, with a bunch of little yellow pieces of paper stuck to the pages. And she sometimes says out loud, that was just what I needed to read today. Or maybe I’m just reading her mind.

She grabs her phone and puts it in her other pocket with the green poop bags (the bags are green, usually not the poop unless I eat a lot of grass) and we head out the door for our morning walk.

This is our big (long) walk of the day, before Zoom starts and Mom gets more frenetic in her activities. Zoom calls and emptying the dishwasher and taking me out for miniwalks and saying pee?

Poop? Ruby? Treat! Bad dog.

Bone! Ball? Stick! These are the words I know really well. Actually the only words I understand, or at least to pretend to understand.

Ruby is my best friend. She is a black lab mix adopted by her mom Lisa, who is one of my mom’s friends in our complex, and she has treats a lot and always gives them to me when I sit. When mom felt sick Lisa took care of me — I wish mom would feel bad more because Ruby and I had more fun than ever playing in Lisa’s apartment.

When we walk outside lots of people walk around with their faces covered which is kind of scary looking to me. You can’t tell if they are smiling and nice or frowning and mean or afraid of me. But actually I can tell when someone is afraid. I can smell it. But I am a good dog.

Except when I’m not. That’s what mom tells people. Leo is a good dog. Except when he’s not.

What does that mean? I’m either good or bad. Cats are generally the latter, at least the ones I’ve met.

They are not my cup of tea, as mom would say. She thinks I’m

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$40 includes lunch, one adult beverage, and presentation on America’s trials, tribulations, and successes. Social distancing measures required. Noon, 1:30, or 3 p.m.

Farm Markets

Farmers Market, Montgomery Friends of Open Space, Village Shopping Center, 1340 Route 206 South, Skillman, 609-9150817. www.montgomeryfriends.org. Jersey Fresh produce and farm products, baked goods, chicken, eggs, sausage, and more.

One person per family. Face covering and social distancing required. 9 a.m. to noon.

Pennington Farmers Market, Rosedale Mills, 101 Route 31, Pennington. www.penningtonfarmersmarket.org. Face masks required for everyone over age 2. Social distancing measures in place. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and more. Yes We Can! food drive ongoing. Face masks required. Bring your own bags. Limit of two shoppers per family. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

History

Harrowing History, Bordentown Historical Society, Divine Word Missionaries, 101 Park Street, Bordentown. www.bordentownhistory.org. Six of Bordentown’s most shocking 19th and early 20th century true tales come to life in an evening of storytelling, held outdoors under a tent. Register at brownpapertickets.com. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

afraid of them, but that’s not the issue. They just smell funny and they never want to play.

And then there are the statues.

I’m afraid of them. They loom in the distance, don’t say anything, and don’t make eye contact. They often have scary faces. Like that King Neptune at Virginia Beach with the giant fork. I liked the beach and the other dogs but if I never see that scary statue again I’ll be a happy dog.

But I digress. A big word for a dog but I’ve been listening to all of those Zoom meetings and am building quite a vocabulary. I now understand Machine Learning and NLP and AI and Data Visualization and Ethics and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. My mom is in meetings as soon as we return from Morning Long Walk to the

But I digress. A big word for a dog but I’ve been listening to all of those Zoom meetings and am building quite a vocabulary. I now understand Machine Learning and NLP and AI and Data Visualization and Ethics and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

River and Back, once she takes her hair out of the pony tail holder that I then try to chew and she takes it from my mouth and says “bad dog” (duh) and then puts red stuff on her lips which I think looks weird and changes from the Life is Good tee shirt to a shirt that looks uncomfortable and too bright and then turns on the laptop computer and talks into it all day long.

I have some friends on Zoom I’ve met mostly just on the computer. They say “hey Leo!” and

sometimes I even hear their dogs bark in the background, and I’ve even met a few of mom’s coworker friends in person. One was walking near our dog walk area and I heard “Hey Leo!” and knew the voice from the every-Mondayafternoon meeting. He likes me and pats my head and seems to think I’m a good dog even though I bark a lot after a day of Zoom and he laughs when mom has to mute me in the middle of a meeting. At least I am not walking in the back of the screen half naked like some people did in the early days of Zoom.

There are morning Zoom meetings and then sometimes mom just does email in front of the computer, and occasionally talks on her phone/little computer, but mostly it’s just Zoom Dayz, with an occasional break at lunch and mini walks around the complex during short breaks. We might walk around the short block in a 20 minute break, then more Zooms, then we have a longer walk, or maybe I go into my crate and mom puts on these tight black legging pants and a weird hat and disappears for 45 minutes or so. Then we go on another walk.

On good days we go to the little dog park in our complex and I run and wrestle and play with Ruby and Oakley and sometimes Kevin is there, and Winston. There’s an exotic husky like puppy named Mishke whose dad is covered by drawings and has no hair who sometimes joins us, and Dean, who is a black and gray version of me — brindle they say — but I’m already getting bigger than him.

Ruby is my best friend and she’s really tough and runs fast and bites without hurting, and Oakley will be huge my mom says since his feet are giant and he’s just 12 weeks old and already heavier than me. Oakley has really sharp teeth so he sometimes makes me cry, which is embarrassing since I’m older, but I like Oakley — he doesn’t know how sharp his teeth can be.

If we walk later, I might pick up a stick or a fake ball — I think they come off the trees — and poop and mom says “good dog” and then we go inside and mom turns on the really big computer in the living room and there’s this big red sign that pops up after a few seconds of mom pressing the remote at the computer, and then a “Kebang” sound like a gong, and then a bunch of little squares and then a lot more squares but mom always goes to the first one and clicks on it and we watch the big computer for a few hours I think. I might go into mom’s room and go under the bed (I’m getting too big so not sure how long that will last) while she watches the second show and there are a lot of noises and even a few dogs but I just lay there, waiting for her to bring the crate into her room and lure me into it with a treat.

She turns the water on in the bathroom and sometimes I come and bark at her when she is in the big white bowl with bubbles, and sometimes I just stay put. And then she reads and I am in the crate with the light off, and sometimes I dream and wake myself up by running and hitting my foot on the crate. Then I go back to sleep, and mom says I snore sometimes. And then we wake up and it all happens again. Except there are these days when we go back to sleep after she lets me out and we don’t have zoom except Zoom yoga and Zoom cocktail parties, and lots of walks and bike rides and we even saw horses one day.

People wear these things on their face outside and I can’t see if they are smiling, but sometimes I can tell they are nice by their eyes.

I can’t wait to see them smile.

Wendell Wood Collins has published short fiction, essays and poetry in US 1 as well as regionally and participated in writers’ workshops at Chautauqua Institution, Princeton and in NYC. She works at Princeton University and lives with her daughters in Pennington.

For Families

Family Fun Fall Weekends, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com.

Activities for kids including adventure barn, hay bale maze, pony rides, pumpkin picking & painting, pedal tractors, and exploring the farm trail. Live music, apple products, wine, and more. Timed entry ticket required. $10; children under 3 free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609-397-2555. www.howellfarm.org. Four-acre maze with the theme “bridges of Mercer County” with two miles of paths, victory bridge, games, and more.

Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10. Noon to 8 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Fall Bird Walks, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Search the woods for warblers, thrushes and other species and learn about the plants that fuel their flight.

Register. $8. 8 to 9:30 a.m.

Shopping News

Holiday Show & Sale, Willowood Pottery, 7 Willowood Drive, Ewing, 609-203-7141. www.willowoodpottery.com. Outdoor display and sale of new ceramics. Face masks and social distancing required. Private appointments available. Email caryn@willowoodpottery.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Daily updates on TWitter @princetoninfo

Rachel Mackow leads a Zoom-based program on deer-resistant native plants as part of the Kingston Greenways Association annual meeting on Tuesday, October 20.

Socials

Community Art Project Dedication Ceremony, West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorarts.org. Outdoor celebration of the installation of community-created flags that set intentions for an anti-racist society and mark the Art Center as an anti-racist institution. Remarks by project organizers and creators. Event will also be streamed live on Facebook. 11 a.m.

Virtual Classical Music

Maya beiser: Music for Multiple Cellos, edward T. Cone Concert Series, Institute for Advanced Study. www.ias.edu/ias-maya-beiser. Virtual concert presented live from New York City includes music by Bach, Tavener, Golijov, and Reich. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

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On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

8 p.m.

Good Causes

Step Right Up! Plugged In, Trenton Circus Squad. www.trentoncircussquad.org. Virtual fundraiser featuring performances by the nonprofit that seeks to inspire young people to take big leaps in life. Register. $75. 7 p.m.

Benefit Galas

Fall Fundraiser, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www. princetonsenior.org. An evening with former U.S. senator and “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Al Franken takes place over Zoom.

Register. $60. Tickets for VIP cocktail reception and signed book, $200 and up. 7:30 p.m.

Mental Health

Identifying the Health in a Patient, American College of Orgonomy, , 732-821-1146. www. adifferentkindofpsychiatry.org.

Free webinar featuring a presentation by Chris Burritt, D.O., followed by a discussion with Jackie Bosworth, M.D. Available via Zoom. Free. Register. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Politics

Chapter Meeting, Represent NJ. volunteer.represent.us. Zoom meeting with Jesse Burns, executive director of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, who explains why voters should vote “no” on ballot question 3, the 2020 Redistricting Amendment.

Register. 11 a.m.

Schools

Virtual Open House, Villa Victoria Academy. www.villavictoria. org. Learn about the private, allgirls Catholic college-preparatory school for grades 6-12 in Ewing.

Register. 1 to 3 p.m.

Sunday October 18 In Person Live Music

Fall Music, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www.palmersquare.com. The Polish Nannies perform pop, rock, dance, and modern country. Free. Noon to 2 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Live jazz music. 3 to 6 p.m.

On Stage

Dracula, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville, 609-397-3337. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Bram Stoker’s classic. Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

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Farm Markets

Hopewell Farmers Market, , 62 East Broad Street, Hopewell. www.fairgrownfarm.com/ hopewell-farmers-market. Locally produced foods, plants, wines, and more. Masks and social distancing required. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For Families

Family Fun Fall Weekends, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. Activities for kids including adventure barn, hay bale maze, pony rides, pumpkin picking & painting, pedal tractors, and exploring the farm trail. Live music, apple products, wine, and more. Timed entry ticket required. $10; children under 3 free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609397-2555. www.howellfarm.org.

Four-acre maze with two miles of paths, games, and more. Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10. Noon to 4 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Walk & Talk, Friends of Princeton Open Space. www.fopos.org.

Walk with ecological artist Susan Hoenig to see the White Oak + American Chestnut Leaf Sculptures in the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Wear a mask and comfortable walking shoes that can get dirty. Register. $5. 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Shopping News

Holiday Show & Sale, Willowood Pottery, 7 Willowood Drive, Ewing, 609-203-7141. www.willowoodpottery.com. Outdoor display and sale of new ceramics.

Private appointments available.

Email caryn@willowoodpottery. com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Sonatas from Four Nations, Westminster Conservatory. www.rider.edu/events. Pianist Clipper Erickson performs sonatas by composers from Sweden, Russia, Germany and the United States. Performance streamed on Facebook Live. 3 p.m.

Virtual Concerts: Your Orchestra, Your Home, Princeton Symphony Orchestra. www.princetonsymphony.org. Carlos Simon’s An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, a transcription for string orchestra of his String Quartet No. 8, and a solo performance by cellist Pablo Ferrandez.

Rossen MIlanov conducts. Register. $15 per device. 4 p.m.

Faith

A Taste of Kabbalah, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Daniel Matt, Ph.D., explores some of the essential teachings of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. Free.

Register to adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org for Zoom link.

3:30 p.m.

Schools

Virtual Upper School Open House, The Pennington School, 609-737-6128. www.pennington. org/admission/open-house. Information for prospective students in grades 9 to 12 and their families.

Register. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Virtual Discovery Day, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. www.stuartschool. org/openhouse. Learn about the private pre-K through 12 school forrein@princetoninfo.com girls. Register. 1 to 3 p.m.

pi River — was a geography lesson unlike any other I have had.

The Sun Studio tour was a revelation: how still pictures, sound, and an informed, theatrical presenter could bring an entire musical era to life in a space no bigger than the

King Museum and I asked him if he had ever been there. No, he said, but he could easily imagine the lunch counter display — he had helped integrate them.

The protests in Savannah, he said, had been nonviolent, but In Person there was still tension in the air.

While he was sitting at the white section Markets of a lunch counter, he had a Farm glass of cold Avenue ice tea poured onto his Greenwood Farmers lap by an angry woman.

“I’m proud I was involved in it,” Colbert said of the civil rights movement. “The very thought that

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Market, Corner of Hudson and Greenwood Avenue, 609-2789677. www.greenwoodavefm.org.

Fresh produce, vegetables, tropical fruit, meat, and eggs. Reserved for seniors and people with disabilities, noon to 1 p.m.

Free youth meals served 1 to 3 p.m. Noon to 4 p.m.

Sports for Causes

Tom Jackson Golf and Tennis Tournament, Hopewell Valley YMCA, Trenton Country Club; 201 Sullivan Way, Trenton. www. hvymca.org. Benefit for the Y’s youth sports programs. Register.

Single golfer, $185; single tennis player, $75; dinner only, $60. 11 a.m.

Virtual

Literati

Dean Alison Boden on “The Chapel of Princeton University”, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Dean of Religious Life Alison Boden and photographer Noel Valero discuss Richard Stillwell’s “The Chapel of Princeton University,” recently reissued with updated color photography. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Lectures

Book Talk, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. spia.princeton.edu. Carlos Lozada, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, discusses his book, “What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era,” with Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs, via Zoom. Register. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Climate Watch: Monitoring Bird in a Changing Climate, Washington Crossing Audubon Society. www.washingtoncrossingaudubon.org. Kathy Dale, National Audubon Society’s Director of Science Technology, discusses Audubon’s latest, ground-breaking science effort, Climate Watch.

Climate Watch seeks to understand how birds are being affected by climate change and to test and model the future change predictions for U.S. species. Free.

Register to contact.wcas@gmail. com for Zoom link. 8 p.m.

Tuesday October 20 Virtual On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

8 p.m.

Wellness

Eating for Winter Immunity, The Suppers Programs. www.thesuppersprograms.org. Acupuncturist, clinical herbalist, and family nurse practitioner Andrew Appello discusses strategies for boosting your immunity this season. Free.

Donation requested. Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

Lectures

Cass Sunstein and Eldar Shafir, Princeton Public Library & Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthdirector of human rebooks.com. Harvard Law School sources at DrewdiscussUniverprofessor Cass Sunstein sity, sons. es his book, “Toohave Muchtwo InformaWhen theWhat boys tion: Understanding Youwere Don’t Know,” with Eldar Shafir, younger Colbert sought professor of psychology out a church that wouldand helppubexlic affairs Register.

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Street and portrait photographer Chrystopher Davis, left, speaks October 15 with JKC Gallery curator Michael Chovan-Dalton for the launch of its Third Thursday presentation series. Archivist and artist Gary Saretzky, right, discusses early Hunterdon County photographers for the Artsbridge Distinguished Artist Series, also on October 15.

Princeton’s Artist-in-Residence program. Register. Free. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Lawrence: Love It or Leave It, The Millham Secession and Other Dissatisfactions, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

Former Lawrence Township historian Dennis Waters presents the story of when Millham, the South Lawrence neighborhood on the Trenton border, seceded to form its own township in 1882. Register to hopeprogs@mcl.org for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

Socials

Annual Meeting, Kingston Greenways Association. www.kingstongreenways.org. Rachel Mackow leads a program on deerresistant native plants via Zoom.

Register to ari@kingstongreenways.org 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday October 21 In Person Gardens

Garden Tours, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Docent-led what’s in bloom tours.

Face masks and registration required. Tours available Wednesdays through Saturdays. $10. Box lunch available for additional $20.

Masks required. Register. 11 a.m.

Health

Blood Drive, New Jersey Blood Services, Hightstown American Legion, 895 Route 130 North, East Windsor, 800-933-2566. www.nybloodcenter.org. 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. www.facebook.com/FRCNewBrunswick.

Emily Sensenbach-Gopal plays solo organ works including Cesar Franck’s Piece heroique, Florence Price’s “The Goblin and the

Mosquito,” to the propulsive rhythm of Adolphus Hailstork’s “Prelude” (Suite for Organ).

Livestreamed via Facebook.

12:15 p.m.

Live Music

Bob Egan and Friends Virtual Piano Bar. www.bobeganentertainment.com. Bob Egan and Friends perform music of the Rat Pack.

Visit www.facebook.com/onlinePianoBar. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Information Session, CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties. www. casamb.org. Information on the non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children that have been removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect and placed in the foster care system. Register by email to jduffy@casamercer. org. 11 a.m.

Lectures

Book Talk, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. spia.princeton.edu. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Susan Glasser, founding editor of Politico Magazine, discuss their book, “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.” Register for Zoom presentation. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Annual Dance and Philosophy Lecture, Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers University. cwah.rutgers. edu. Featuring Dr. Halifu Osumare, professor emerita in the Department of African American and African Studies at University of California, Davis. She has been a dancer, choreographer, arts administrator, and scholar of black popular culture for more than 40 years. Via Zoom. Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

Socials

Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m.

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ike many arts organizations finding their way through the pandemic, central New Jersey playwright, director, and actor David White is approaching a reduced yet busy schedule of four new projects.

One is for White’s regional artistic home, Passage Theater, Trenton’s only nonprofit professional theater.

The company’s former associate artistic director, White is participating in a digital fundraiser to help Passage address COVID-19-related revenue losses.

The event running from Saturday through Tuesday, October 17, through 20, is a recording White’s solo performance of “Panther Hollow.”

Here’s how the show’s press pack describes it: “Storyteller and monologist David Lee White details his struggle with love, sex, and clinical depression at age 25 while living in a one-hundred-year-old house in Pittsburgh’s hidden neighborhood, Panther Hollow.”

And while the theme seems a bit heavy, White, now 50, lightens the load in his opening, “Everything I’m about to tell you is true. And, fair warning, some of it is upsetting so I’m going to apologize in advance. There are eleven corpses in this show — eight victims of suicide, one tragic accident, one fake dead body, and one cat. I apologize for that. I especially apologize for the cat, although it’s not me that kills it . . .

“There are also two skinheads, one reference to public fornication, a few ghosts, Satan, and Shakespeare. I’m sorry that I take a few potshots at religion, although I feel it’s warranted. Also, because of lifelong feelings of self-loathing, I feel the need to say ‘I’m sorry’ for everything you might find offensive and for that, I apologize. So let me just start with the first dead body and you can tick everything off as I go along.”

White says the fundraiser’s roots come from a past presentation of the show during Passage’s annual series of one-person presentations, “Solo Flights.”

White says he wanted to get a good record of the show on film and thought of College of New Jersey filmmaker Susan Ryan, who had created a 30-minute documentary on one of Passage’s theater education projects.

“I called and asked if she and her students would like to film ‘Panther Hollow,’” says White. “She went all out. It is a really nice recording of the show.”

Then he adds, “When the pandemic started and arts organizations started closing, I was wondering, ‘What could I do?’ And since I had been working at Passage, I offered it as a fundraiser, and they took me up on it.”

He says the play resonates today because it deals with coping with depression and finding optimism.

He also says it has been his most popular stage work to date and res-

by Dan Aubrey onates with theater companies looking to address social themes and in an economical way. “It’s just me, a desk, and a whiteboard. It’s a cheap date,” he says.

However, says White, he may let the tape be the legacy of the play and may not perform it in the future. “I was doing it at least a couple times of year. It is a show that is tricky to do. Part of it is, ‘Is there a need for people to see it?’ The other is whether or not I can tell it. It is so personal. It was a very healing experience for me. But I may not need to tell it anymore. It exists (on tape) and I don’t have to tell all that stuff.”

Another project is the play “Ways to be Happy.” Presented by the Summit, New Jersey, Dreamcatcher Theater, the recording can be purchased for download on Dreamcatcher’s website later in October.

“It is a comedy. I’m pleased with all the seriousness that I had a comedy out there,” he says about the work that has “been in development for years. It has readings and workshops, and Dreamcatcher was going to produce it in the spring.

But that got canceled. So they moved it to the fall. And (the director) asked if I could develop it as an

White says ‘Panther Hollow’ resonates today because it deals with coping with depression and finding optimism. audio play. I hope people will listen to it and get a giggle for 90 minutes.”

Then on the schedule is Passage’s “OK Project.” It’s based on the 2017 removal by the City of Trenton of a six-foot-tall public art sculpture created by 16 young people involved with a city community project. According to city officials, the hand’s OK symbol resembled a gang-symbol.

Passage took the ensuing community discussions about art, policing, and censorship as the source of a community-focused work that received a MAP Grant — a fund primarily supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to invest in artistic production and create “a more equitable and vibrant society.”

Calling himself a member of the team, White says the project is “an interview-type play. You can’t invent anything. Obviously interviewing people during a pandemic was a problem. Another difficulty is that the world is changing every day and the perspective changes — asking why this little story is important changes every day. It is hard to figure that out. We decided to wait to create the end of the script until after the election.”

“We’re going to have reading — a workshop over Zoom (date TBA).

There will be a public reading in February. Then hopefully it will be on the Passage stage in about a year from now.”

Meanwhile, in addition to teaching at Drexel University, White says he is still writing musicals with his composer partner Kate Brennan — the two collaborated on the creation of the musical “ALiEN8” during McCarter Theater’s 2017 Education Program and took the work to Oklahoma City and Philadelphia.

Their latest is “Illuminate,” a project White says “could be done on Zoom” and features 12 songs and 12 scenes that tell a story.

“You can put them together in any order you wish. Any character can sing any song,” he says.

He says the title came from the composer’s interest in thematically exploring the social significance of light and darkness.

The original plan called for a mainly dark theater stage where specific objects would be illuminated at different times, but White says, “The pandemic came and we changed it.”

The play was reimagined for Zoom and gave the two the opportunity to discover a new tool for making theater. “We were able to collaborate with people in different states,” says White. “I interviewed them and wrote scenes inspired by what they said.”

Eventually they came up with a story that is both a play about memory and an allegory for what it is like to live during the pandemic.

“A woman who loses her memory wakes up in the hospital. Everything is dark and she goes on a search — but since she’s lost her memory the scenes do not have to follow an order. She is also a songwriter, so songs are part of her memory.

“We have all the scenes, and all the songs and further development with. No two productions of the show will be the same. We’re looking for a group of students to help pilot it.”

While a quick glance at White’s biography shows theater study in college, the son of a family counselor father and high school teacher mother says he actually got interested in theater as an elementary school student in his hometown of Wentzville, Missouri. “There was a college giving acting classes to kids, and I was taking them on weekends. I was pretty locked into theater by the time I was 12 or 13.

“In fifth grade there was a talent show. I was sick on the day of the audition, so I couldn’t audition. But my fifth grade teacher asked if I wanted to write something and also be in it. And I wrote ‘The $6 Million Dollar Frog’ — a combination of the television shows ‘The 6 Million Dollar Man’ and ‘The Muppets’ Kermit the Frog.”

Formal training followed years later at the University of Missouri

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and the University of Pittsburgh, where he received an MFA and met his future wife, art organization consultant Allison Trimarco from Plainsboro.

After experimenting with establishing careers in Chicago, the couple moved to New Jersey and settled in Bordentown Township, close to Trimarco’s parents and providing opportunities in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Later when they adopted their son, Nick, the couple realized that the community and schools were additional benefits.

White says he connected with Passage after a telecommuting job he started with a Chicago software company folded in 2001. “I was unemployed and thought I’d try to get a theater job and blind emailed everyone I could find.”

One person who responded was Passage Theater’s associate artistic director Nick Anselmo. He was less than 10 miles away.

“He had been from Chicago and called me,” says White. “I started volunteering with Passage. When Nick took another job, I took his position at Passage.”

Since then White has written several plays for Passage, including “Blood: A Comedy,” “Slippery As Sin,” “White Baby,” and “Fixed,” worked on the interviewbased Trenton-specific projects “Trenton Lights” and “Profiles,” and worked on projects at McCarter Theatre, Dreamcatcher Rep, PlayPenn in Philadelphia, Rider University, and Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he also teaches.

While currently active and looking at a season with play development and experimentation, White also looks at the current disrupted theater landscape and shares two trends.

One, he says, is that theater art-

Passage Theater presents a recording of David White’s ‘Panther Hollow’ as a fundraiser. ists are “coping with the grief of theaters being closed — live theater with a live audience. It is not only a spiritual grief and a practical one for people who count on it for a living.”

The other is they are also thinking about how theater was being created. “There are things about the theater culture that are not fair, not equal, and toxic. So people are looking at an opportunity to create more diversity.”

He says he found a symptom of rigidity of thought when theater artists starting using Zoom. “Right away, people were saying it was not theater. Meanwhile some people saw it as an opportunity to make it new.

“Play readings are a thing that Zoom has changed for the better. I have found it enlightening. For (play) development, it has made (the process) clearer. And you can get actors and audiences from all over the nation.

“There are a lot of gatekeepers out there who will define what theater can be. You see it in a lot of theater training, that you could only be a theater person if you have a certain personality. So there are people questioning how we do this.

“And like a lot of people, I love it and can’t wait for it to come back.

But I hope it is a little different.”

Panther Hollow, Passage Theater. Saturday through Tuesday, October 17 through 20. $25. www. passagetheatre.org.

For more on David Lee White, visit www.davidleewhite.net.

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woman who has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People” in the world by Time Magazine is leaving her mark on the Princeton University campus with a gift that will establish a new undergraduate residential college.

Mellody Hobson, a member of the Class of 1991, and the Hobson/ Lucas Family Foundation have made the lead gift to establish Hobson College. The college will be constructed on the site of what is now known as First College and will be the first residential college at Princeton to be named after a Black woman.

Until this past summer, First College was known as Wilson College and was one of the earliest parts of the university’s residential college system, established in the early 1980s. Amid nationwide reckoning about cultural and institutional racism this summer, former university and U.S. president

Hobson’s gift to Princeton ‘will enable us to improve the student experience at Princeton and to reimagine a central part of our campus, while also recognizing a remarkable woman who is a positive, powerful force for change in the world,’ eisgruber said.

Woodrow Wilson’s name was dropped from the college and from the university’s school of public and international affairs.

“This extraordinary gift will be transformative for Princeton,” said President Christopher L. Eisgruber in a statement. “It will enable us to improve the student experience at Princeton and to reimagine a central part of our campus, while also recognizing a remarkable woman who is a positive, powerful force for change in the world. Mellody Hobson is a wonderful role model for our students, and we are thrilled that her name will now grace our newest residential college. I am grateful to Mellody and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation for their generosity and their forwardthinking commitment to Princeton.”

Construction on Hobson College is anticipated to begin in 2023 and scheduled to be completed in 2026, in time to welcome the Class of 2030. In the meantime the university is constructing two additional new residential colleges, which will join Rockefeller, Mathey, Forbes, Whitman, Butler, and First for a total of eight.

“No one from my family had graduated from college when I arrived at Princeton from Chicago, and yet even as I looked up at buildings named after the likes of Rockefeller and Forbes, I felt at home,” said Hobson, who is co-CEO of Ariel Investments. “My hope is that my name will remind future generations of students — especially those who are Black and brown and the ‘firsts’ in their families — that they too belong. Renaming Wilson College is my very

Mellody Hobson and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation have made a gift to Princeton University to establish Hobson College, a new residential college to replace the former Wilson College. personal way of letting them know that our past does not have to be our future.”

In addition to her investment work Hobson is chair of After School Matters, a Chicago nonprofit providing thousands of inner-city teens with after-school enrichment programs and summer jobs. With her husband, George Lucas, the film director of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” fame, she co-chairs the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. She is also a board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation.

Hobson is also vice chair of World Business Chicago and serves on the boards of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

She is also a trustee at the Rockefeller Foundation.

Princeton University, 1 Nassau Hall, Princeton 08544.

Christopher L. Eisgruber, president. www.princeton. edu.

Rider Athletics Gets $2.5 Million Donation

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wo anonymous donors have made the largest ever donation to Rider University Athletics, a $2.5 million gift to help fund upgrades to the school’s Alumni Gym to create a modern NCAA Division I arena.

The school has now raised $11 million toward the project’s $17.7 million price tag. Upgrades include the addition of a practice court, new lighting and flooring, a video board, expanded and luxury box seating, new locker rooms, meeting rooms, and coaches’ offices, new ticketing and concession areas, more restrooms, and other improvements.

“Now is the time for all of us to do everything we can to support Rider athletes, and the best way to do that is to invest in the arena project,” one of the donors said in a statement. “The project plans are fantastic, and we know just how impactful this facility upgrade will be for the entire university community. Now more than ever is the time for our fellow alumni and friends to do all they can to support this project in a significant way.”

“We are incredibly grateful for this leadership gift,” Rider University president Gregory G. Dell’Omo said in the statement. “It will help us realize our vision of

turning Alumni Gym into an arena and make athletic competitions there an even more enjoyable experience for both student-athletes and the spectators who cheer them on.”

For more information or to make a donation, visit www.rider.edu/ bringing-it-home or call 609-8965291.

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Nicole Watson, above, is the new associate director at McCarter. Aamir Rehman is the new chair of the board of the Foundation at Mercer County Community College.

Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University.

In a statement announcing his selection as chair, Rehman cited financial, strategic, and organizational goals for his term as chair, including increasing the funds available for scholarships from $750,000 to $900,000. He also seeks to forge partnerships in the community to raise support and awareness of the college.

“In challenging times, the need for the Foundation is only greater,” Rehman said. “This is not a time to scale back our contributions, but rather to expand them to meet the need.”

Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor 08550.

609-586-4800.

Jianping Wang, president. www. mccc.edu.

Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, which is focused on advancing the leadership of women artistic directors in professional theaters.

Watson comes to McCarter from Washington D.C.’s Round House Theater, where she has been associate artistic director since 2017.

Born in Jamaica and raised in New York City, Watson earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale

‘One of my first jobs was teaching at McCarter so it’s exciting to return to this wonderful place to work with a visionary leader,’ Watson said.

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Causes for Optimism at Lawrence Shopping Center

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by Rob Anthes

t’s the question seemingly on everyone’s mind in Lawrence Township: When is Lidl opening?

The answer, according to the owner of Lawrence Shopping Center, is “soon.”

While not committing to a specific date, JJ Operating Inc. said Lidl will open its location in the Lawrence Shopping Center in early 2021.

It’s just one bit of positive news from a formerly distressed commercial property in the midst of a multi-year transformation. Island Sports Bar and Grill has started renovations in the former location of Fusion House. Aspen Dental has signed a lease to open an office in the shopping center. Heavenly Hounds and Dollar Tree have opened in recent months. AutoZone opened earlier this year in a portion of the space vacated by Acme in July 2018.

Lidl, a German grocer, has the remainder of the anchor space.

Construction fences surround the unit, with much of the interior gutted.

A LA Fitness gym pad site remains in the works despite appearances, with construction delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before work halted, crews completed tearing down the former Huffman Koos furniture store building. The township originally anticipated a February, 2020, opening for the gym, but the site remains an empty parking lot and construction has not yet started on the gym building itself.

However, JJ Operating Inc. promises that more big tenants are on their way to Lawrence Shopping Center in the coming months.

It’s been long rumored that Starbucks will open in the pad site location formerly occupied by Wells Fargo. Jack J. Jemal, who handles asset management for the landlord,

The future is looking up for the long-beleaguered Lawrence Shopping Center, above. Recently added tenants include Dollar Tree and Auto Zone, and more are scheduled to open in the coming months. said he could not confirm that rumor but added that JJ Operating Inc. is currently in talks with several “new national tenants” to take space at the shopping center. He said announcements about those new tenants will be made in the next few weeks.

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awrence Shopping Center has started to see a renewal in the two years since losing Acme as its anchor. When Acme closed the

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2497 Brunswick Avenue location in August, 2018, it was the first time in generations there wasn’t a grocery store in that spot. Acme had operated there since November 1979. Food Fair and Pantry Pride also have occupied the unit.

At the time, in summer, 2018, the center had seen three owners in five years, and had more than half of its 41 sites vacant, including several large pad sites. Construction began in mid-July, 2018, on updating the façade of the entire complex, fulfilling a vow by owners JJ Operating to invest $5 million into capital improvements at the shopping center. Cafe du Pain bakery and Bury the Hatchet, an ax-throwing entertainment center, came into the center around the same time, in the last half of 2018.

Then came news — first reported in August, 2019, by U.S. 1’s parent company Community News Service — that Lidl would take over a portion of the anchor space at the plaza’s northeast corner. Lidl did not respond to several requests for comment for this story, but a company representative said in August, 2019, “We believe Lidl’s award-winning shopping experience will be a great addition to the Lawrenceville community.”

Many new tenants have opened since. Young adult clothing store Plato’s Closet has moved into the center from Nassau Park Boulevard. National Pools and Spas took over a vacant pad site. City Electric Supply opened in the former location of Strauss Discount Auto.

It has been a busy time for JJ Operating, which purchased the center in May 2017 from LNR. LNR obtained Lawrence Shopping Center in foreclosure in 2013, and later had to scrap renovation plans of its own when emergency repairs to fix sinkholes in the parking lot and to the center’s old, leaking roof ate up nearly all of its $3M capital improvement budget.

Lidl, a German grocer, is said to be opening in early 2021 in a portion of the anchor space at Lawrence Shopping Center.

Renovations have started on Island Sports Bar and Grill in the former location of Fusion House.

Before that, the shopping center had been owned for decades by an LLC controlled by the Plapinger family. The family was the center’s original owners, and its hold on the property only slipped when its LLC defaulted on a $31.3 million mortgage taken in 2007.

The complex occupies a prime spot in Lawrence Township, with 47 acres fronting Business Route 1 South.

Lawrence Shopping Center, 2495 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence 08648. www.lawrencesc.com.

The anticipated opening of German grocer Lidl is just one bit of good news for the formerly distressed Lawrence Shopping Center property. The center has been without an anchor grocery store since Acme closed in 2018.

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Restoration Planned for Clara Barton Schoolhouse

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f you’ve driven down Crosswicks Street recently, you might have noticed the sprawling banner outside the Clara Barton Schoolhouse. Or the massive blue tarp that has covered the structure’s roof for the last several months. That’s all part of the Bordentown Historical Society’s plan to save the tiny schoolhouse.

The future founder of the American Red Cross used the building for the 1852 opening of what is considered the first free public school in New Jersey.

The group filmed a video outlining the building’s needs — a new roof, an HVAC system, WiFi, new fencing — last November and planned to start its fundraising pitch in March. But, as with most businesses and organizations, the pandemic upended operations and changed the timeline.

“All hell broke loose with COVID, and we felt like we couldn’t be asking people for money,” said Bordentown Historical Society trustee Bonnie Goldman. “Everything was scary and horrible. We didn’t do anything for a while.”

That’s where the tarp came in — the eight holes in the schoolhouse’s roof needed to be covered somehow until full repairs were able to be made. It turns out to be a sort of kickstart for the society’s revamped campaign.

Raise the Roof for Clara aims to restore and preserve the schoolhouse where Clara Barton taught up to 600 children before leaving to nurse wounded Civil War soldiers and being dubbed “the Angel of the Battlefield.”

Repairs include a new roof, HVAC, technological upgrades, and lighting. The group also hopes to replace the rotted fencing outside of the building.

Goldman uses the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Museum in Washington, D.C., as inspiration.

The museum screens a short video about Barton right when guests enter the building, and Goldman hopes to establish something similar for the Bordentown City structure.

“There’s no way that we can show a video now,” she said. “We want to make some technical improvements to make it more like a museum. It would be more beneficial to students and visitors who come to see it.”

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The building currently has two stories but no stairs, so the only way to access the top floor — and the heating controls that are up there — is to climb a ladder. Goldman, who portrays Clara Barton for storytelling events and other historical presentations at the schoolhouse and around town, said she’d have to climb the ladder in her Victorian hoop skirt if she needed to adjust the temperature. A new HVAC system would make the controls more accessible.

Goldman also remembers a nighttime event she hosted at the schoolhouse for a Girl Scout troop.

The Bordentown Historical Society hopes to raise $50,000 for upgrades to the Clara Barton Schoolhouse including a new roof, HVAC systems, and lighting.

The building has no lighting, so they had to conduct the tour by candlelight — appropriate for the original era but, ultimately, impractical.

The Bordentown Historical Society hopes to raise $50,000 for the project. They are currently working with a historical architect, Margaret Westfield, to create a preservation plan so they know what to prioritize. Goldman said they’ll have a better idea of exactly what needs to be done and how much it will cost once Westfield completes

her review.

“I know how important it is to have people who know why things were built that way and why we need to restore them,” Goldman said. “We can’t be shooting from the hip with this. We need the guidance of a professional.”

The schoolhouse is believed to date back to the 1700s, based on Westfield’s analysis of elements like the building’s nails and roofing. It originally stood at Farnsworth Avenue and West Street, not too far from its current home at Crosswicks and Burlington streets.

“After she taught there, she convinced the equivalent of a school board back then that they needed to build a bigger public schoolhouse,” Goldman said. “It was the first in the state. She volunteered to teach for nothing because she believed so much in public education. When she came to Bordentown and saw kids standing idly on the sidewalk, she knew they were there because their parents couldn’t afford to send them to school.”

The new school, where Clara Barton Elementary School stands today, was completed in 1854.

“But because the community had a new two-story building, the little original went to wreck and ruin,” Goldman said.

About 70 years later, a local educator named Minnie Flynn recognized the historical importance of the structure and wanted to help preserve it. She started a campaign to raise money for the restoration, not unlike the Bordentown Historical Society. She asked every student in New Jersey to donate a

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Bonnie Goldman, a Bordentown Historical Society trustee who also portrays Red Cross founder Clara Barton for storytelling events, is leading a campaign to restore the original Clara Barton schoolhouse. penny to the cause and ended up raising $3,700. The revamped building was dedicated by the governor in 1921.

But it has been largely untouched since then.

“What it looks like now, on the inside, particularly, is the way it was restored 100 years ago,” Goldman said.

As with Flynn’s campaign in the early 1900s, the community has been supportive of the society’s efforts. One nine-year-old resident used her birthday to host a lemonade stand and raise money for the project. She recruited some friends over the summer, and they got to selling. The “lemonade brigade,” as Goldman calls them, presented the society with a check for $920.

The girls were rewarded with a socially distanced and masked private tour of the schoolhouse. Goldman hosted the tour as Barton.

Each girl also received a Clara Barton stamp, originally issued by the United States Post Office in 1948, and a children’s book about Barton.

C.J. Mugavero, owner of the Artful Deposit gallery in Bordentown City, is donating a portion of the proceeds from each painting she sells that depicts a roof back to

the project. Other local businesses are running similar efforts.

This has all been a huge help to the group, Goldman said, especially as all of the society’s biggest fundraisers — fall house tours, summer garden tours, peach and blueberry-themed socials — were cancelled due to COVID-19.

“We’re a small nonprofit with a limited number of volunteers,” Goldman said. “There’s only so much we can do. The community support has been very uplifting.”

Goldman said the society had plans to celebrate Clara Barton’s 200th birthday in 2021 with events at the restored building, but those are also on hold, for now.

“I just think that we’re so lucky in Bordentown City that someone who was such an amazing American icon visited us and made her mark on New Jersey with this desire to institute the public school,” she said. “It’s really not just a local landmark, it’s statewide, it’s national. It’s definitely something that everyone in the state should be able to participate in.”

For more information or to donate to the Raise the Roof for Clara campaign, visit www.bordentownhistory.org.

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curve of the development of a story: rising action, turning point, falling action.

There was also a lot of emphasis, as we discussed plots, on a term I then found harder to understand:

by Rachel Hadas pride. Pride: arrogance; an exagt’s hard to process the news of gerated sense of self-worth. Pride the president’s positive COVID-19 tended to be followed by catastrodiagnosis without having recourse phe — that falling action again.

As a high school student, I tendto some kind of mythological system, some larger frame of refer- ed to confuse pride with vanity, with narcissistic preening; the tragence.

Karma, wrote one journalist, ic penalty of vanity seemed exagand then reproached himself for the geratedly severe.

What does “pride” really mean? ungenerous thought. Or perhaps it was simple irony on display when, The Greek word it translates is huWashington Post reporters wrote, bris, and pride doesn’t quite cover “President Trump contracted the the range of the meaning of hubris.

Vanity may well novel coronavibe part of hurus after months in which he and As a classics scholar, bris, but a more crucial sense of people around I can assure you: the word is terhim…avoided What goes around rible judgment, taking basic gross overconsteps to prevent comes around. Greek fidence, blindthe virus’s mythology provides ness, obtusespread.” insight to help us unness, a failure to All these reactions make sense. derstand today’s cha- see what is staring you in the If there’s one os. face — a failure thing we know to see it until it’s about a virus too late. that’s still mysterious in many ways, it’s that this Retribution and rashness. I coronavirus is expert at going don’t recall my teachers mentionaround. ing nemesis or até, forces or prinAnd as a classics scholar, I can ciples that are closely associated assure you: What goes around with hubris in Greek mythology. comes around. Greek mythology Nemesis is more often personiprovides insight to help us under- fied, and hence capitalized, than stand today’s chaos. até. She’s a goddess of retribution, Failure to see until too late. and she can follow acts of hubris Many years ago, my high school with the certainty of a law of gravEnglish teachers put a lot of stress ity — except that there may be a on terms like foreshadowing, cli- considerable time lag, as if one max, and denouement. All these dropped a plate and it took a genwords marked points along a steep eration for it to break. That concept The article below was written by Rachel Hadas, professor of English at Rutgers University Newark.

It originally appeared in the online journal The Conversation.

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likewise appears in the Bible’s book of Ezekiel, which says “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children shall be set on edge.”

Até is a more unpredictable figure, not necessarily personified — classics scholar E.R. Dodds in “The Greeks and the Irrational” tentatively defines até as “a sort of guilty rashness.”

On the other hand, até can be unforgettably personified, as when Mark Antony addresses the body of Caesar and predicts civil war in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar:” And Caesar’s spirit ranging for revenge, With Até by his side, come hot from hell, Shall in these confines, with a monarch’s voice,

Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war…

Goddess or not, até, like nemesis, can be thought of as a kind of mechanism whereby one evil is succeeded by another. There’s a chain reaction, a cause and result.

Nemesis seems cooler, more targeted and precise; até lets all hell break loose, and also is the hell that breaks loose. Categories blur in the chaos.

‘He himself is the polluter.’

When I studied and taught Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King,” the stress was on hubris, irony, blindness. What wasn’t emphasized is that the play was written during and is set in the midst of a plague.

The citizens of Thebes, in the tragedy’s opening scene, implore their wise and resourceful ruler Oe-

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dipus to save them from this disas- and whatever happens in the weeks trous illness. Oedipus, moved by and months to come, this news — their plight and confident in his that the president has COVID-19 own capability, promises to do ex- — arrives with a freight of predictactly that. His effort to hunt down ability: This particular infection the criminal whose unpunished sin seems, in retrospect, if not inevitais polluting the city and causing the ble then at least overwhelmingly plague leads to Oedipus’s own ex- likely.

Hubris: not seeing what’s in posure as the source of that pollufront of your nose. Even as lawsuits tion.

But he persists in his hunt for the and tell-all books have piled up, truth — even though the truth, as Trump has always seemed triumevery student learns, turns out to be phantly immune. Not any more. that he himself is the polluter whom Tragedy’s lesson. What haphe seeks. Trump, like Oedipus, is pens next? Unlike Oedipus, Trump the source of the pollution — or at has denied that there was ever a the very least, a vector, a spreader, dangerous illness in the city — alan enabler. Unlike Oedipus, the though Bob Woodward’s book, president has actively discouraged “Rage” makes clear that he knew the hunt for the truth. there was. Unlike Oedipus, he has The final words of the tragedy refused his people’s pleas for help. are addressed by the chorus to the What does Oedipus learn in the citizens of Thebes. Presumably the course of the drama? Quite a lot. He plague will be routed; the city has may blame the gods or fate for his indeed been cleansed. In contrast, plight, but he also takes responsithe citizens of our country keep on bility for what has happened. dying. The president removes his What will mask and proCovid — his claims his triown personal, Hubris: not seeing umph. irrefutable exwhat’s in front of your perience of COAristotle recommends in his VID-19 — nose. Even as law“Poetics” that in teach Trump? suits and tell-all the best trageHumility? dies, the pivot or books have piled up, Compassion? reversal – called Respect for exTrump has always “peripeteia” — pert advice? seemed triumphantly from the height The existence of success to diimmune. Not any of Nemesis? saster is accomHis own diagmore. panied by some nosis of hubris, kind of knowlwith a measure edge — anagnorisis, or recogni- of até thrown in? tion. “Pathei mathos,” sings the The answer is all too clear. Rechorus in Aeschylus’s tragedy leased from the hospital, Trump “Agamemnon”: wisdom comes tweeted: “Don’t be afraid of Covid. through suffering.

Don’t let it dominate your life!” He The simultaneity of Oedipus’s also said “Maybe I’m immune” enlightenment and his catastrophe and took off his mask when returnis one of the factors that made Aris- ing to the White House. totle so admire this elegantly plotTragedy, I tell my students, ted play. doesn’t teach a lesson or preach a The untranslatable, chaotic moral. It offers a vision. Not: don’t force of até plays out in the cycle of be arrogant, prideful, hubristic. reversal followed by recognition; Rather: Men of Thebes, look upon arrogance followed by retribution. Oedipus.

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Watson had previously discussed working with Rasmussen, who is also new to McCarter, having taken over for longtime artistic director Emily Mann after her retirement earlier this year.

“When Sarah called with the invitation to join her at McCarter, it was an invitation I immediately knew I wanted to accept,” Watson said in a statement. “Plus one of my first jobs was teaching at McCarter so it’s exciting to return to this wonderful place to work with a visionary leader.”

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Seyedsayamdost’s award recognizes his work on the biosynthesis of novel molecules with therapeutic properties and for promoting the discovery of new antibiotics. His focus is on bacteria, specifically the ways in which bacteria communicate with other organisms, a process he likens to a language.

In a statement following the grant announcement, he explained his work as follows: “One of the most exciting and profound discoveries we’ve made is that oftentimes what triggers bacteria to speak these new words, if you will, are antibiotic molecules — but low doses of antibiotics.

Princeton chemistry professor Mohammad Seyedsayamdost was named a 2020 Mac­ Arthur Fellow.

High doses will kill, whereas low doses perturb bacteria in a way that makes them produce a lot of new molecules that we haven’t seen before. The idea that you can use known antibiotics to discover entirely new ones has been a powerful concept.”

Born in Iran, Seyedsayamdost grew up in Germany and Australia and earned his undergraduate degree at Brandeis University. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008 and joined the Princeton faculty in 2013.

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merous community organizations including the Pennington Woman’s club, the Pennington Garden Club, Pennington Business and Professionals Association, and Common Sense Investment Club.

Frances Young Goeke, 78, on October 8. She worked for the state of New Jersey for 39 years, retiring as a principal administrative assistant to the attorney general.

Roy “Murf” Higgins, 87, on October 1. He was the president and owner of the Belle Mead Garage and served as a volunteer firefighter in Montgomery Township.

Leon Joseph Christen, 93, on September 16. The Princeton native and 1949 Princeton University alumnus returned to his hometown in 1960 to take over the family business, the famous Lahiere’s Restaurant that stood on Witherspoon Street for 91 years until closing in 2010.

Martha H. Vaughn, 85, on September 28. She volunteered with numerous Princeton-area and regional organizations, including McCarter Theater, Princeton University Art Museum, the Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Hospital, NJ Neuropsychiatric Institute, and Planned Parenthood.

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Edward Kelly, 82, on October 6. He retired as the Mercer County Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds.

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