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Unsafe at Any Speed

A year ago a pedestrian was killed here.

How can we make our streets safer?

Richard K. Rein reports, page 6 School Board Candidates

Poet in Residence

Orvana on Chambers Street

Five residents, including two incumbents, are battling for two open spots in the November election.

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Former journalist and published poet Dara-Lyn Shrager is the Public Library’s first ‘official’ poet.

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From India via London, Alka Mattoo has a new retail shop that blends colorful fabrics with creative designs.

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ffordable housing is the theme of the next Princeton Future workshop on Saturday, October 6, from 9 to noon at the Princeton Public Library. The group will discuss possible sites at the Chambers Street garage, the mid-block of Nassau Street, the Park Place parking lot, the Griggs Corner parking lot, and the area around the Harrison Street firehouse.

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School board battles

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he month began with more arguments over the proposed $130 million school bond referendum and ended with the process on hold, at least for now, and no word on when it might be put before the voters. The measure was originally scheduled to be decided at a special election in October. Then the school board divided it into two parts and announced plans to place it on the ballot during the general election on November 6. But the state’s delay in reviewing the referendum resulted in another delay. More recently the board said it would consider reducing the funding request by about $47 million and that it hoped a revamped referendum could be ready for a vote by December 11.

When and if it gets back on track the referendum is sure to be hotly contested.

Supporters of the bond proposal have begun distributing lawn signs that say “Vote Yes. Great Towns Build Great Schools.”

The signs reference the website www. yes4princetonschools.org.

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LEADING OFF And at least one more opponent has emerged: former board member Harry Levine, who served from 1981 to 1987. In a letter to the board he wrote, “I am disappointed that the current board appears to have renewed a 10-year sending-receiving relationship with Cranbury prior to deciding how to address significant expansion of the high school.

“Was this a backdoor attempt to force approval of the bond? Why wasn’t the Cranbury decision delayed until after the community voted on the proposed bond?”

But as the referendum moves to the back burner, another legal action moves to the front. Joel Schwartz and Corrine O’Hara, a couple, earlier in the summer filed a lawsuit in Mercer County Superior Court objecting to the electronic voting procedures used by the board. A hearing on that case was scheduled for September 27, after this issue of the Echo went to press.

More recently Schwartz and O’Hara filed an appeal with the state Commissioner of Education to repeal the June 12 decision renewing the sending and receiving agreement (SRA) by which students from Cranbury attend Princeton High School (PHS).

As explained in a press release from the Schwartz and O’Hara, they contend that the Cranbury agreement should be overturned because, among other reasons:

• The circumstances which originally prompted it no longer exist.

• The presence of hundreds of Cranbury students at PHS causes overcrowding which would not otherwise exist, but for the SRA. • A significant portion of the current bond referendum proposed by the board — for expansion of PHS — would not be necessary but for the SRA. • Virtually the entire economic burden of the PHS expansion falls solely on Princeton — not Cranbury — taxpayers.

• Better options exist for Cranbury students in neighboring school districts closer to Cranbury.

The Schwartz-O’Hara appeal also contends that Evelyn Spann, the Cranbury representative on the Princeton board, illegally voted on the June 12 decision concerning the sending agreement, and that she “has repeatedly and regularly voted illegally on matters upon which she is barred, by statute, from voting.”

In their appeal the couple asked for “an order setting a schedule for a feasibility study examining the appropriateness of the Princeton-Cranbury SRA; an order limiting the items on which the Cranbury liaison, currently Ms. Spann, may vote to those set forth by statute; and an order taking such action as the Commissioner deems appropriate with respect to past unlawful votes by Ms. Spann.”

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he Echo’s August issue included a report from Judith Robinson on Princeton’s efforts to organize a townwide composting program, including an application to the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge for a $100,000 grant to further develop Princeton’s organic waste plan. The article highlighted some of the challenges to the weekly collection program, including the contamination of food waste. A photo showed Mayor Liz Lempert and other officials sorting out the contents of trash bags for a “trash audit.” The audit discovered, among other things, “passersby are throwing soda cans and dog poop bags into compost bins.”

On September 9 the mayor sent a good news-bad news letter to composting participants. The good news was that the Princeton is one of 35 national finalists in the Bloomberg challenge. The bad news was that Princeton’s composting bins “contain too much prohibited material — mostly traditional plastic garbage bags and ‘compostable’ utensils — to be accepted at the farm utilized by our hauler.” So, instead of being recycled organic material, the contents of Princeton’s composting bins have been burned in a wasteto-energy incinerator in Pennsylvania.

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Historic houses ‑ with a theological twist

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he Historical Society of Princeton’s annual house tour returns on Saturday, November 3, featuring five residences open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $50. The homes are notable for their design, but with the expected dose of architectural history comes an unexpected helping of religious history.

86 Mercer Street. The story of this home — the official residence of the president of Princeton Theological Seminary — begins well before its construction in 1846. The property, on what was once Springdale Farm, was part of an 800-acre tract owned by Dr. John Goron, who conveyed half of it to the Stockton family in the late 1690s. One hundred acres of that

land was then transferred to William Fitz Randolph, who would eventually donate the land to the nascent College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

The rest stayed in the Stockton family as Springdale Farm.

The existing Gothic Italianate-style house was constructed in 1846 and was acquired by Princeton Theological Seminary in 1903 to serve as the home for its first president, Francis Patton, who had previously served as president of Princeton University until the trustees voted to replace him with Woodrow Wilson, of whom more later.

It has served as the president’s residence since and is now home to president M. Craig Barnes and his wife, Dawne, who happens to be an interior design

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counselor and owner of DB Homes. She has undertaken careful remodeling of the historic home, keeping in mind its function as a venue for seminary events as well as home to a family.

72 Library Place. Before Woodrow Wilson got to move into his own presidential residence, he was a member of the university faculty, and in the 1889 he bought this Library Place home constructed by noted Philadelphia builderarchitect Charles Steadman in 1836. The owner when it was first built was Professor John Breckenridge, an 1818 alumnus of the College of New Jersey and 1821 alumnus of Princeton Theological Seminary. After serving as a minister in Kentucky and Maryland he returned to Princ-

From left, Springdale at 86 Mercer Street, 72 Library Place, and 117 Library Place. eton in 1836 to become a professor of pastoral theology and missionary instruction at the seminary, but only remained at the school until 1838. He died in 1841, but his legacy lives on: in the Historic American Buildings Survey the house is referred to as the Professor John Breckenridge House.

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from the university. He died in 1944 and is buried in Princeton seminary.

Other homes on the tour include 34 Cleveland Lane, a brownstone-style estate in the western section, and an outlier: 52 Arreton Place, an arts-and-craftsstyle home dating to 1919. Also known as Rothers Barrows, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently listed for sale at $2,975,000.

The 4.4-acre property was once part of an 117-acre equestrian estate owned by the Herring family. The current owners completed a major interior renovation of the six-bedroom house, but kept the home’s original Moravian tiles and added

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he following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

1888 Stuart Road West. Seller: John Sakson and Catherine Fitzpatrick. Buyer: Louis and Laura DeOlden. Two-story Cape Cod/Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 4 baths. $1,682,500 (-$12,500).

188 Parkside Drive. Seller: Ryan and Sigrid Keough. Buyer: Sanjeev and Elizabeth Kulkarni. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,550,000 (-$100,000).

82 Valley Road. Seller: Nadeau Thoft Real Estate. Buyer: Salavador Pineda and Claudia Rios. Three-story Colonial/ contemporary. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,350,000 (-$45,000). (See the Echo, December, 2017).

9 Leslie Court. Seller: Hallett Johnson Jr. and Mary Ellen Johnson. Buyer: Lauren Goodlad and Mark Sammons. Twostory Colonial in Russell Estates. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,335,000 ($36,000).

7 Castle Howard Court. Seller: Andrew and Margaret Hofer. Buyer: George Wilson 3rd and Ellen Wilson.

Two-story Colonial in Riverside. 6 bedrooms, 4 baths. $1,225,000 ($26,000).

111 Saint Clair Court. Seller: Gary and Amanda Yo. Buyer: Fan Yang. Twostory townhouse in Washington Oaks. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $740,188 ($20,198).

305 Rodney Court. Seller: Vincent Pugliese. Buyer: Joel and Glenda Macatangay. Two-story townhouse in Washington Oak. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $670,000 ($30,000).

3 Campbell Woods Way. Seller: Sheila Kohke. Buyer: Ilryung Lee. Two-story townhouse in Campbell Woods. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $750,000 ($35,100).

588 Ewing Street. Seller: Jerald and Kathleen Murphy. Buyer: Celina Feldstein. Two-story single family home. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $699,000 (-$49,888).

3 Hornor Lane. Seller: Kimberly Friedman. Buyer: Victor Filion. Two-story Contemporary. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $627,500 (-$17,500).

17 Fisher Avenue. Seller: Hanna and Barry Bruno. Buyer: Michael Chung and Valerie Giguere. Two-story contemporary in Littlebrook. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $925,000 ($26,000).

34 Cleveland Lane. tile work to other rooms. (For more on the home, see the Echo, November 2016).

More information: www.princetonhistory.org 280 Edgerstoune Road. Seller: Elizabeth and Richard Sword. Buyer: Devon and Kevin Baranek. Split-level Colonial in Edgerstoune. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,062,500 ($63,500).

59 Wiggins Street. Seller: Helena and Robert Finn. Buyer: Jose Sierra Tabora.

Condo. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $580,000 ($30,000).

168 Guyot Avenue. Seller: Margaret Hunt. Buyer: Alexander Chikunov and Inna Chikunova. Split-level traditional. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $952,000 ($53,000).

526 Brickhouse Road. Seller: Michael Chung and Valerie Giguere. Buyer: Eric Gawiser and Sevil Salur. Condo in Washington Oaks. 2 bedrooms, 3 baths. $560,000 ($61,000).

135 Arreton Road. Seller: Renee and Bruce Lustbader. Buyer: Edward and Melissa Berde. Two-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,250,000.

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Zoning Board updates

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he Zoning Board was scheduled to hear the following applications at its September 26 meeting, after the Echo went to press.

374 Cherry Hill Road, Michael and Elme Schmid, applicants and owners, seeking C1 bulk variances to permit an addition.

246 Valley Road, Feng Qiao Lu, owner and applicant, seeking a C1 variance for side yard setback for an addition.

3 1/2 Madison Street, Florian Feuser, owner and applicant, seeking C1 and C2 variances to permit construction of a rear deck in exception to the required building coverage, the smaller/combined side yard, and rear yard setbacks.

338 Nassau Street, King Interests, LLC, Applicant, and estate of Michael Graves, owner, seeking conditional use authorization, D3 variance, and minor site plan with variances as well as historic preservation plan review.

20 Green Street, Jeaninne Honstein, owner and applicant, seeking D4 and C1 variances for floor area ratio, side yard setback, combined side yard setback, impervious coverage, and building coverage to permit an addition.

31 Lytle Street, Municipality of Princeton, owner, and Habitat for Humanity of Burlington County and Greater TrentonPrinceton, applicant, seeking C1/C2 and D4 variances to construct a two-family duplex.

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Unsafe at any speed

By Richard K. Rein

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ust two years ago I had a quibble with the traffic light at the corner of Nassau Street and Vandeventer Avenue and Washington Road — the one controlling the busy intersection near the Garden Theater, Princeton United Methodist Church, and Firestone Library.

For months before I expressed that quibble, new traffic lights had hung over the intersection, shrouded in black plastic, while various government entities resolved operational questions. This newspaper registered several complaints about the plodding pace of change. Finally the plastic came off and the new lights were put into action. Writing in the August, 2016, issue of the Princeton Echo, I applauded the changes in the traffic light: “The new light now gives motorists entering the intersection from Washington Road a complete green light cycle to go straight or to turn left or right onto Nassau. That traffic then is halted by a red light, while Vandeventer traffic is permitted to access the intersection.

“In the past motorists from Washington Road had a left hand turn arrow that enabled them to turn in advance of the Vandeventer traffic. Many continued to turn left even after the green arrow went off, leaving Vandeventer motorists to force their way into the intersection.”

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The law requires motorists to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks (whether marked or unmarked). But not all motorists know that and not all motorists notice every pedestrian. In the last four years Princeton has had at least four pedestrians struck by vehicles, including the fatal accident last October 10 on Nassau Street at Washington Road.

Above: Pedestrians and traffic take turns on Nassau Street at Firestone Library.

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While the new traffic signals were a big improvement for motorists, there was that “quibble” expressed by me and other pedestrians using that intersection: “The system has buttons for pedestrians to trigger the walk/don’t walk signals.

But if no one pushes the button the signal says ‘don’t walk’ through the entire cycle, even when it should obviously state ‘walk.’”

That was a quibble then. Since then the quibble has turned into a loud, shrill, angry, profanity-laden rant. So what’s all this ranting about? Two things: One: I have walked or driven through that intersection a thousand times, or possibly more, since the new signals became operational and I have witnessed hundreds of pedestrians totally confused at the intersection. The lights change for the motorists, but they don’t change for the pedestrians. “When is it our turn to go?” the looks on their faces say. I felt it was an accident waiting to happen.

Two: Last October 10 one of those pedestrians — who may or may not have been confused by that traffic signal (and we may never know) — was struck and killed as she was attempting to cross on the Washington Road side of the intersection. Now I wonder if there is another accident waiting to happen.

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It’s been a year, and my quibble has turned into an angry complaint, as well as a more careful consideration of pedestrian safety.

While this discussion falls into the “better late than never” category, it is clearly time not just for talk, but also for action. While Nassau Street is technically a state highway, Route 27, and under the control of the state Department of Transportation, town officials have called for action to improve the safety of Nassau Street. Last October, within a week or so of the fatal accident, the town council passed a resolution requesting that the DOT convert the intersection to an “allway walk” crossing in which all traffic comes to a stop in all directions while pedestrians cross in any direction, including diagonally. In May the town sent a letter to the DOT requesting that it study safety improvements on the stretch of Nassau Street from Harrison Street to Bayard Lane. The town also asked DOT to study the pedestrian crossings on Nassau Street at Vandeventer and Washington Road, Witherspoon Street, and University Place, and it again urged the DOT to consider turning the intersections into “all-way walk” crossings.

In June the town raised the idea of an even more aggressive remedy: Would the DOT consider reducing the number of traffic lanes on Nassau Street through the heart of downtown to just one lanes in each direction? In a June 25 interview with the Princeton Packet, Mayor Liz Lempert said “if you shrink the two lanes down to one lane it gives you more space for bikes. It would give you better visibility for pedestrians that are crossing, so it has some potential advantages.”

On September 20 Lempert and town engineer Deanna Stockton met with DOT officials to renew their request to improve the safety of pedestrians. Lempert reported some progress with the state and indicated that the town may be asked to pay up to 25 percent of the cost of the new traffic signals.

Princeton is not alone in its worries about pedestrian safety. The national Governors Highway Safety Administration (GHSA) estimates that in 2017 there

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Nassau Street in the heart of Princeton is nearly 60 feet wide in places, with three and sometimes four lanes of traffic. That’s great for motorists, not so great for pedestrians. The red Xs mark the sites of three serious pedestrian accidents that have occurred in recent years. were almost 6,000 pedestrian deaths, about the same as in 2016 — up 46 percent since 2009. So far this year in Mercer County there have been 16 traffic-related fatalities — 9 of them have been pedestrians. Mixed-use development with housing, retail, and restaurants creating high traffic areas for both motorists and pedestrians could be one contributing factor.

The advent of dockless bicycles and rentable electric scooters will only add to the high stakes dodge-em game playing out on downtown streets and sidewalks.

In addition pedestrian injuries are becoming more serious. Earlier this year a Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network investigation reported that accidents involving SUVs account for a growing portion of the pedestrian deaths. The reporting team determined that “federal

Would you like safer crosswalks, a bike lane, or 15 more parking spaces on Nassau Street? It can be done by taking away a lane of traffic from cars. safety regulators have known for years that SUVs, with their higher front-end profile, are at least twice as likely as cars to kill the walkers, joggers, and children they hit, yet have done little to reduce deaths or publicize the danger.”

The researchers allowed for such factors as “drunk walking,” jaywalking, and “distracted walking,” and still saw a strong correlation to the surging popularity of SUVs, sales of which topped sedans in 2014 and now, along with pickup trucks,

constitute 60 percent of new car sales.

In Princeton pedestrian safety is more than just a discussion of nationwide statistics and studies. Let’s take a closer look at four recent pedestrian accidents: November 5, 2014, 7:20 p.m. Pia St. Onge, 58, of Ivyland, PA, was walking east on Nassau Street, crossing Vandeventer within the crosswalk, and was struck by an SUV that had been traveling east on Nassau and was making a left hand turn onto Vandeventer. The pedestrian suffered an arm injury and was taken to the hospital. The motorist was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

In a report filed the next day that reflected both the wishful thinking and the snail’s pace of progress on issues involving the DOT, Planet Princeton wrote that “the New Jersey Department of Transportation is currently finalizing the design for an ‘all cross’ pedestrian set up for the traffic lights on Nassau Street at Washington Road/Vandeventer Avenue. The changes are expected to be implemented by next fall. The intersection is considered by many to be the most dangerous intersection in Princeton.”

April 8, 2015, at about 9:30 p.m.: A 25-year-old Princeton University graduate student in integrative genomics, Nyssa Emerson, was attempting to cross Washington Road at the crosswalk south of the traffic light at Ivy Lane.

At that moment a motorist was driving south on Washington Road. He was working as a deliverer for Naked Pizza on Nassau Street, which promised its customers delivery within 25 minutes of ordering. In a later deposition he testified that he had taken several seconds to look at a GPS device providing him with directions.

The car struck the graduate student, who was thrown into the air, knocked into the car’s windshield, and was thrown 94 feet, according to later statements by her lawyer. She sustained two broken legs,

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a broken rib, lumbar fractures, and bruising to her head and body, resulting in a hospitalization of 12 days, a month in a rehabilitation facility, and her withdrawal from the university for the rest of the semester. The driver was charged with reckless driving and failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. A lawsuit was filed, the Nassau Street location of Naked Pizza went out of business, and a settlement was reached earlier this year that gave $1.075 million to the graduate student. It could have been worse: The pizza delivery man was driving a Prius sedan, not an SUV. June 9, 2016, at 7:20 a.m.: Two Italian women attending a Princeton University meeting began to walk side-by-side across Nassau Street in the crosswalk between the university’s north gate entrance and the kiosk on Palmer Square. They were headed toward Palmer Square and the Nassau Inn, according to the police report. As the women entered the crosswalk, an eastbound car, coming from the left in the lane nearest the pedestrians, did not stop.

The woman on the left, a 30-year-old engineer named Iolanda DelPrete, was hit first. Two eyewitnesses told police that the pedestrians had reached the third white stripe of the marked crosswalk — about 15 feet from the curb line — when they were hit. DelPrete was hit first and, according to the police report, was “suddenly taken off her feet and thrust up onto the hood and then into the vehicle’s windshield.” She was then “thrust forward in an eastbound direction where she executed what was described as a ‘cartwheel’ in mid air before landing head first upon the surface of the roadway just east of the vehicle’s final point of rest.”

Damage to the vehicle, a 2010 Acura SUV, was significant. The pedestrian was much worse off, and transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for injuries to the face, head, and both legs.

She would require multiple operations, including repair of a fractured skull.

The second pedestrian, Donatella DeSilva, 26, ended up about 39 feet from the point of impact and was less seriously

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injured. She was taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro for minor injuries. The driver, a 52-year-old woman from Lawrenceville, was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

The seven-page report of the accident, filed by Patrolman Marshall Provost, the first officer on the scene, provides some insight into the conditions that may have contributed to the crash. The driver reported that she was very familiar with the road, since she had taken the same route to work for the past 16 years. She had not been using her cellphone, a fact confirmed by police, who inspected the phone. The driver thought that sun glare may have contributed to her inability to see the pedestrians, but another motorist following behind her reported he had no trouble with sun glare.

A diagram of the scene, prepared by Detective Don Santora of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Serious Collision Response Team, showed two taxis parked at the curb on the left hand side of the crosswalk. Could the parked taxis have prevented the motorist from seeing the pedestrians earlier, and vice versa? Patrolman Provost retraced the motorist’s drive the next day, under virtually the same weather conditions and determined that neither the sun nor the presence of the parked taxis “hampered his ability to see any potential pedestrian activity emerging from the eastbound curb.”

In addition, the report noted that as the pedestrians stepped out into Nassau Street, the second pedestrian had seen a westbound motorist — approaching from the right in the lane farther away — come to a stop and acknowledge the presence of the pedestrians.

Though the police did not offer any speculation about this, the question comes to mind: Could the westbound motorist have given the pedestrians a false sense of security, causing them not to take a closer look to their left, and the imminent presence of the SUV bearing down on them?

October 10, 2017, 4:47 p.m.: Leslie Rubin, a 62-year-old professor from Pittsburgh, temporarily living in Princeton while her husband served as a visiting fellow at the university, was walking west on the south side of Nassau Street and approached the crosswalk that would take her to the corner occupied by Firestone Library. She was on her way to put some letters in the mail box. An eyewitness later told police Rubin had been walking “at normal speed and fashion, looking downward.” At that same time, a RediMix concrete truck, driven by a 60-yearold resident of Tabernacle, New Jersey, was turning left from Nassau Street onto Washington Road. Rubin was struck and killed, probably instantly.

With the one-year anniversary of the case approaching, the investigation of this

fatality was still not closed, and no charges had yet been filed.

Don Santora, the detective who has headed the county’s Serious Collision Response Team since 2004, noted a few factors that could have contributed to the lethal setting. First the cement truck, when loaded, would weigh more than was legally permitted on that section of road. But when empty, the truck was allowed and the driver considered the route through town a convenient shortcut. In addition it appeared that the truck was making its left hand turn at a rare moment when there was no traffic on Washington Road stopped at the Nassau Street light. The police diagram of the incident shows the truck stopped in the middle of the oncoming lane, the one reserved for traffic wanting to make a left hand turn from Washington onto Nassau, suggesting that the driver had cut the corner to make his left hand turn from Nassau. And no eyewitnesses could recall whether the “walk/don’t walk” button had been activated or not. Whether that created the same confusion pointed out by this paper back in 2016 and whether that contributed to the accident or not, Santora is sure that such buttons have to be accompanied by a sign instructing pedestrians that they must push the button to get the “walk” sign to light.

The Pittsburgh attorney representing the Rubin family, Jay Silberberg, believes that the “walk/don’t walk” signal had nothing to do with this particular accident. “I believe Leslie Rubin was killed because of driver inattentiveness while making a left-hand turn.

Vehicles turning at pedestrian crossings can be very dangerous and motorists need to be constantly vigilant.” He adds, “Turning a large truck in a heavily traveled urban setting is problematic. I’m not sure that weight should be the only limited factor.

Maybe it should also be size.”

In a grim irony, October 10 is national “Put a Brake on Fatalities Day” sponsored annually by Transportation & Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

‘Pedestrian safety involves a lot of moving parts. Most streets in most American cities get at least half of these things wrong.’

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town’s “walkability” and the safety of its pedestrians are important measures of its overall health. Much attention has been paid to the preference of the millennials to live and work in urban cores.

As Brookings Institution economist Christopher Leinberger has reported, not only do the millennials want to live in an urban setting, but so do the baby boomers, the millennials’ parents. And they do not want to be car-dependent. Jeff Speck, the author of “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” points out that the number of miles driven by Americans in their 20s and the number of 19-year-olds with driver’s licenses have fallen markedly since the 1970s. Speck, whose book came out in 2012, quotes a 2009 press release from J.D. Power, the market research company

specializing in automobiles: “Online discussions by teens indicate shifts in perceptions regarding the necessity of and desire to have cars.”

In his book Speck lists “10 steps of walkability,” including protecting the pedestrian. “This is perhaps the most straightforward of the 10 steps, but it also has the most moving parts,” writes Speck, “including block size, lane width, turning motions, direction of flow, signalization, roadway geometry, and a number of other factors that all determine a car’s speed and a pedestrian’s likelihood of getting hit. Most streets in most American cities get at least half of these things wrong.”

Full disclosure here in Princeton: I have a personal, vested interest in making these intersections safer, since I live within walking distance of every one of them. I am also a motorist who, on any work day, drives through the Nassau Street intersections at Vandeventer, Witherspoon, and University Place at least twice and sometimes more often. I walk through them countless times in any given week.

So I can offer some anecdotal evidence as well as cite the opinions of accredited professionals. David Levinson, who earned a Ph.D. in transportation engineering at Berkeley in 1998, now teaches at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney and also is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he served on the faculty from 1999 to 2016. He is coauthor of “The End of Traffic and the Future of Access: A Roadmap to the New Transport Landscape.” At his blog, transportist.org, Levinson outlines how signal timing conventions usually favor driving over walking. Cities that want to be walkable and safe for pedestrians should adopt a totally different approach, Levinson writes.

Here’s what he recommends: Pedestrian time must be considered (and prioritized) in the traffic signal timing so that their weight is equal to or higher than the weight of a passenger car.

Pedestrians should get the maximum feasible amount of green time on a phase, rather than the minimum, so

Many more intersections should have an all-pedestrian phase (what is referred to as a “Barnes Dance”) in addition to existing phases so pedestrians can make diagonal intersection crossings without having to wait twice.

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At most intersections ‘walk/don’t walk’ signs change automatically. But not at this one, and pedestrians are often confused. that pedestrians arriving on the phase have a chance to take advantage of it, and slower moving pedestrians are not intimidated by cars.

Pedestrians should get a “leading interval” so they can step into the street on a “walk” signal before cars start to move on a green light, increasing their visibility to drivers.

Pedestrian phases should be automatic, even if no actuator is pushed. Instead, the actuator should make the pedestrian phase come sooner.

o how is Princeton doing on that scorecard, and what more can be done? At Vandeventer, Washington, and Nassau, the intersection gets a plus from pedestrians for giving them a three-second headstart into the crosswalk when the light changes — provided that someone has pushed that button. But the intersection loses points because of that “beg button,” so called because pedestrians have to ask before getting their turn.

I am not sure whether or not an “all way walk” signal is justified at this intersection. At off-peak times during a typical day, there is not a lot of traffic, and pedestrians understandably walk against the light based on the fact that there is no visible traffic coming in either direction.

But I am sure that the automatic activation of the “walk” signal is critical. It would eliminate the confusion that now reigns at that intersection and a “platoon” of pedestrians, as transportation experts call them, relying on the guidance of one self-appointed leader who steps out into the crosswalk when he or she has determined it’s safe to do so. Town officials have told me they are aware of the problem, but are counting on an “all-walk” signal to be implemented there, which would have to be activated by the pedestrians. If that’s the case then there had better be stern warning signs to pedestrians: Push the button or you will never get your “walk” light.

Nassau and Witherspoon, surely the busiest intersection in town, clearly would benefit from an “all-way” walk signal. Here pedestrians routinely slow down motorists entering the intersection from Witherspoon, and also motorists trying to use the left hand arrow on Nassau Street to make the left hand turn onto Witherspoon.

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SAFE STREETS, continued from page 9 the crosswalk even though the “walk/ don’t walk” signal tells them not to walk for seven seconds. The all-way walk signal would eliminate that pedestrian interference and might actually make the intersection more efficient for both pedestrians and motorists.

Nassau and University Place is another intersection with a lot going on — the little extension of Mercer Street hits University just below the main intersection, and the entrance to Bank Street also here.

Would it be worth an all-way walk here?

Possibly. It’s certainly worth further study.

Nassau, Stockton, and Bayard Lane is an intersection lightly traveled by pedestrians. An “all-way walk” light is already in place. Because of this intersection’s light use, a “beg button” seems reasonable. But it lacks the permanent sign telling pedestrians they must push the button.

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rosswalks are wonderful, but they are never a guaranteed safe space for pedestrians. The best ones have pedestrian-activated flashing lights on either side of the road. The university put them in place at the intersection of William Street and Washington Road, on Washington Road between the traffic light at Ivy Lane and the overhead pedestrian walk, on Faculty Road between Alexander and Washington, and on University Place, near where McCarter Theater audiences would cross if they were headed for the Dinky Bar or the parking garage. There is

This pedestrian-friendly crosswalk at McCarter Theater has flashing warning lights, ‘bump-outs’ in the sidewalk to reduce the traffic lanes to 24 feet, and a raised road surface that makes the crosswalk also function as a speed bump. also one on Witherspoon Street, between the Griggs Corner parking lot and Hinds Plaza and the public library — that one is solar powered and was donated by NRG Energy.

Those crosswalks with flashing lights are indeed wonderful, but the one on Washington Road south of Ivy Lane wasn’t enough to protect the graduate student hit by the car delivering pizza.

What would be even better would be if the crosswalk were constructed at the same level, or close to the same level, as the sidewalks. That way the crosswalk would also be a speed bump, one of those annoying little humps in the pavement that now make you slow down. Hodge Road in the Western section already has several installed.

And a similar one has already been added at the crosswalk opposite Mc-

Carter Theater. In addition, the sidewalk on either side of that crosswalk has been “bumped out” into the roadway, giving cars a narrower lane (and causing them to slow down even more), as well as reducing the distance pedestrians have to travel to get across the street.

To me the most treacherous crosswalk in town is the mid-block crossing on Nassau Street, from the Firestone Library campus entrance to Tulane Street on Nassau Street. It’s treacherous because pedestrians have to cross two lanes of moving traffic in the eastbound direction, and one extra-wide lane in the westbound direction. As a pedestrian I make crossing the street there a two-phase process. First I edge out into the intersection and see if traffic in the nearest lane recognizes me and is stopping. Then I take a few more steps into the road and assess the traffic

from the opposite direction. Once I have their attention, I then proceed (waving appreciatively to each stopped motorist).

As a motorist I try to anticipate pedestrians from either direction. Driving eastbound is especially challenging if a university-owned bus is double parked on the right, dropping off or picking up passengers at the Firestone Library driveway.

The scariest moment is when I stop for a pedestrian and I am not sure whether any other drivers are also going to stop.

It happened a few days ago as this article was being written. I was eastbound in the left lane. A trio of pedestrians coming from the left, headed toward the university, smiled appreciatively at me as I was stopped. As they proceeded a car passed me on my right at full speed (at least 25 miles per hour). The driver never noticed the pedestrians, though he passed within three or four feet of them.

But what if Nassau Street were redesigned with pedestrians in mind as much as motorists? Mayor Lempert probably had pedestrians in mind when she suggested that Nassau be reduced to one lane in each direction. Right now the westbound lane of Nassau Street, carrying the traffic from Vandeventer to Witherspoon, has room for two lanes of moving cars.

But cars parking or double parked usually preclude two lanes of moving traffic.

The section of Nassau moving eastbound, from Witherspoon to Vandeventer, easily carries two full lanes of traffic. White dividing lines, in fact, are painted on the roadway to delineate the two lanes. Imagine two lanes reduced to one lane on that block, across from the

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busiest retail stores in town. Wow! Pedestrians, especially those trying to cross Nassau Street at the midblock crossing by Tulane Street, should applaud.

Some motorists, of course, would complain: You mean the traffic on Nassau Street through the heart of town will move even more slowly than it does now?

Possibly yes (though you should never assume that a change in road design will automatically make traffic flow more or less quickly). But if traffic were to slow down on Nassau Street, that would be the price you pay to drive your car through the heart of a corridor that is also a prized corridor for thousands of pedestrians (and many bicyclists, as well). There might even be a safety dividend. Right now, apparently, some cement truck drivers think that traffic in downtown Princeton is light enough that it makes a convenient shortcut. Maybe a little more congestion would change that perception.

But that decision lies in the hands of the state DOT, since Nassau Street is officially state Route 27.

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epartments of transportation and city planners for decades have held the attitude that “the car is king,” and that city streets and highways should be designed to maximize the flow of traffic into, out of, and through the urban area.

In her seminal 1961 book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” Jane Jacobs described her battle with New York Planning Commissioner Robert Moses, who sought to build an expressway through Jacobs’ neighborhood in lower Manhattan. In 1988 William H.

Whyte published “City: Rediscovering the Center,” and described how pedestrians get the short end of the stick in the design process: “In principle, transportation departments plan for pedestrians as well as vehicles. But look at how they operate: federal, state, local — they are almost wholly concerned with maximizing vehicular traffic. The pedestrian is considered, to be sure, but as a problem, and not so much to be planned for as to be planned against.”

The response to the request of Prince­ ton officials to change the traffic lights at the Nassau Street intersections reflects the attitude: DOT spokesman Matthew D. Saidel was quoted as saying that the DOT “is aware of the Princeton officials’ request,” but, “as you know, DOT has a responsibility for providing safe pedestrian accommodations on state roads while not increasing traffic congestion and gridlock on a critical road through any town. Balancing these concerns is paramount for any road improvements DOT considers.”

That said, there is also evidence that the professional transportation community has widened its vision and realizes that traffic congestion is by no means the sole indicator of how well a transportation network serves its community. And there is also evidence that shows that putting a road on a diet — i.e. reducing it by a lane or two, does not necessarily add to congestion, just as expanding a road also does not reduce congestion but rather creates an “induced demand” that fills it up to its previous level of congestion. Canal Pointe Boulevard between Alexander Road and

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In addition to pedestrian safety there could be other benefits. On Nassau Street a narrower roadway would permit a five-

What if Nassau Street were redesigned with pedestrians and bicyclists in mind as much as motorists? foot bike lane on either side, between the curb and the parking lane. Bicycles are now prohibited from the sidewalk in front of the retail stores on Nassau Street. But the ordinance is routinely flouted. With a bike lane there would be no excuse.

Or parking — the holy grail of downtown — could be made easier and more plentiful. With a reduction in traffic lanes, the parking could be made diagonal, instead of parallel. Angled parking On University Place near McCarter consumes about 10 feet of curb frontage per space, as opposed to 20 or 21 feet now taken up by the parallel spaces on Nassau Street.

That could create a net increase of 14 or 15 spaces in the amount of metered park-

ing on the busiest retail street in town.

Angled parking could be head-in or back-in. Absent some other information from the experts, I would favor head-in, for two reasons: 1.) Most parkers in Princeton have a reason to be there — a lunch appointment, a visit to a store or an office over the stores, etc. They are in more of hurry to arrive than to leave. 2.) When the parkers do back out into the traffic lane, motorists heading toward them may be very eager to yield to them because they are eager to take over the space being vacated. This may become more pronounced as motorists who currently view Nassau Street as a thoroughfare between two other points begin to choose alternate routes. (In addition motorists heading in will park much more quickly than the often inept parallel parkers who now tie up traffic for minutes to maneuver into a space.)

These are arguments to be made to the DOT, and they will not fall upon totally deaf ears.

The public, the people who vote with their feet and the movement (or lack thereof) of their vehicles, may already be ahead of public officials and professional planners in this area. In some cities, residents concerned about pedestrian safety place official-looking traffic cones in areas where they feel traffic needs to be slowed down. In Toronto a resident has taken traffic control into his own hands is known as the “traffic vigilante.”

Maybe some of us in Princeton who now quibble about pedestrian safety should turn into traffic vigilantes, instead.

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Meet the school board candidates

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ive candidates are competing for two spots on the Princeton Public Schools’ Board of Education in the November 6 election. Incumbents Betsy Baglio and Dafna Kendal are seeking to keep their seats against newcomers Mary Clurman, Daniel Dart, and Brian McDonald.

The Echo asked each candidate to answer the questions at right about their backgrounds, experience, and priorities for the schools. Their answers are presented below in alphabetical order by last name.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Baglio Background: I am 43 and I spent a wonderful childhood attending excellent public schools in Connecticut, Maryland, and Massachusetts. My parents decided to settle in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, in the mid-80s, and I am a proud graduate of Tantasqua Regional High School. I became a public school teacher upon my graduation from Princeton University, where I earned an additional certificate in the Program in Teacher Preparation while an undergraduate. I have worked extensively as an educational consultant and professional developer for K-12 teachers, and I hold a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

My husband and I decided to move to

Background: Please tell us in brief where you are from originally, your academic and professional background, your age, and when and why you moved to Princeton.

Family: Please identify your spouse or significant other, their occupation or employer, and ages of your children. Where have your children attended school and where are they now?

Community Involvement: What activities or organizations have you been involved in that relate to education or the local community, either here or other places you have lived? What caused you to first get involved?

The Issues: Why are you running for school board? Please identify the issues that are of particular concern to you, or that you feel are of greatest importance to the community. Where do you stand on the proposed referendum?

The Role of the Board: Some have questioned whether the board has the time or the acumen to adequately vet and carry out the long-term, large-scale projects planned for the district. Is this criticism is warranted? How can you ensure the board has the resources to handle the issues it faces?

Princeton in August of 2011 because we wanted to raise our sons in a diverse community with great public schools.

Family: My husband, Steve, is a corporate attorney who works in Manhattan.

Our older son, Matthew (12), was in the first grade at Community Park Elementary School when we moved to Princeton in 2011, and is now an eighth grader at John Witherspoon Middle School. Our younger son, Charlie (9), has been at Community Park since kindergarten and is now in the fourth grade there.

Community involvement: My work experience in education started as a teacher in a sixth grade classroom in Connecticut and then as a fifth grade teacher in Massachusetts. I left the classroom to direct professional development for an educational collaborative of school districts outside of Boston, where I worked with district administrators to design professional development offerings to meet the needs of their staff members. Later I worked as a curriculum consultant, grant writer, and professional developer for a number of public school districts.

Before being elected to the Princeton Board of Education in 2015, I was an active parent volunteer for the Princeton Public Schools. I launched the first array of after school clubs at Community Park in the fall of 2015, working to develop the program with parent volunteers and staff at Community Park with input from our PTO counterparts at the other elementary schools.

My younger son is in the first cohort of students in the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at Community Park, and I advocated for the 2015 pilot launch of this program. In addition, I was on the Princeton Public Schools’ Strategic Planning Steering Committee and helped to craft the district’s 2015 mission statement.

I have been active in other local organizations as well, such as the Trinity Church Children & Youth Ministries Committee.

The issues: I am excited to run for a second term on the Board of Education because I have enjoyed engaging in the work of the Board, and I believe that I offer an important perspective as a former public school educator. I am proud to say that, in my first term, collaboration among many stakeholders has led to meaningful changes for all students such as a new PHS schedule, a consideration of purposeful homework, new and more coordinated supports for all students, and the creation of new opportunities

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learn as much as you can about the proposed referendum and to vote when it appears on the ballot. As a private citizen (please note that my views are mine alone and do not represent those of the board), I am concerned about the condition of our schools. Overcrowded and outdated schools will not provide a safe and suitable environment for teaching and learning. I am the parent of a child who will be attending middle school when enrollment is projected to soar, and another child who will soon enter our high school.

I believe that we must make an investment to ensure that our public schools remain strong and able to meet the needs of all students.

The role of the board: It is a priviproving and increasing communication lege to serve the community as a member among all stakeholders will remain a pri- of the Princeton Public Schools’ Board ority for me. of Education. The responsibilities of the As a board member, I encourage you to Princeton Board of Education are outthat allow parents to give feedback to the district.

If re-elected, I will continue to focus on work related to equity for all students within our schools. In addition, im-

Baglio: I have enjoyed engaging in the work of the board, and I believe that I offer an important perspective as a former public school educator.

Dafna Kendal

lined by law, and they include the oversight of a referendum such as the one our community is considering. The Board of Education, throughout this project, must continue to ask questions, listen to the community, consider the tax impact, consult our educators and, most importantly, keep the needs of all students at the forefront.

Mary Clurman Background: I have lived nearly all my life in New Jersey, growing up in Montclair, and I later spent a decade in Arizona. I came to Princeton in 2008.

From 1959 to 1961 I attended Bryn Mawr College and completed my BFA at Cooper Union Art School. After my son was born, in 1967, I worked for 10 years as a Montessori-certified preschool teacher. I then won an Essex County grant

Brian McDonald to develop family day care, later creating employee childcare centers for St. Joseph’s and Muhlenberg hospitals. I launched and operated a nanny placement agency for another decade and moved to Arizona in 1998.

Family: Twice widowed, I am lucky to have found a partner in Peter Lindenfeld, also widowed. We live on Harris Road.

Peter’s children attended Princeton public schools and now live in DC and Vermont.

My two grandchildren just returned from Kenya, where their family had lived for five years while my son created a Kenyanstaffed company to digitize schoolbooks for the Kenyan school system. He and I both attended and graduated from public schools. Peter retired from teaching physics at Rutgers, with awards for his contributions to teaching.

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SCHOOLS, continued from page 13 Community involvement: As a five-year board member of my professional association I revamped its monthly newsletter. In Arizona I worked to save the town’s Harvey House Hotel and made murals for the local school, a motel, and the cowboy church, where I played keyboard in the band, next to 10-gallon hats hung on the wall. I have volunteered on organic farms in Europe and taught in Thailand for the Peace Corps. I served on the executive board of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization and became a municipal committeewoman for my district. I have worked with many neighbors through our mutual concerns about development in town.

I became interested in the Princeton BoE when it announced plans for the $13O million bond and renewal of the Cranbury send-receive agreement. I launched the group that has attended every BoE meeting since January to publicly address and clarify the issues.

The issues: Good schools need good funding, but people on fixed incomes are leaving Princeton, and they blame burgeoning taxes. Education is my field, I live in Princeton, and I thought I could help. Mice, sweltering heat, and flooding must be fixed. However I question the demographic projections. Furthermore, it seems to me that the need for good teaching trumps any big building that houses it. PHS students themselves emphasize the need for more time with teachers.

And where is the concern for the longstanding achievement gap?

The role of the board: I believe that schools should respond to the needs of those affected by them: children, teachers, parents, and the larger community that pays to support them. I miss honest give-and-take in open community discussion of educational and fiscal priorities. A

good school board should encourage critical thinking as much in adults as it does in students.

The BoE hires school architects, lawyers, and financial consultants but ignores warnings from long-time residents, also expert, who have not only sent their children through the school system but have been unhappy with the results of previous school bonds.

The Superintendent provides a plan, and the BoE is responsible for seeing that priorities are set within the capabilities of the community to support them. Plans should not be made on a take-it- or-leave-it basis, but in cooperation with those who are asked to pay for them.

The BoE represents the entire community, not just parents. It should not be run in isolation from the community but rather as its thoughtful servant.

Clurman: A good school board should encourage critical thinking as much in adults as in students.

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Daniel Dart Background: I am from Boston originally. I attended Boston College School of Management and graduated with a B.S. I am grateful to enjoy good health and to enjoy long distance running at 62.

I moved to Princeton in 2002 after I accepted a position as a chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (ret). I have more than 30 years of finance and investment experience.

In addition, I have decades of experience as a senior business leader in hiring, training, and inspiring individuals in careers that combine professional success, personal achievement, health, and family balance. I now work independently in finance and investments and I am active in community life.

Family: My spouse, Tracy (Williamson) Dart, is in interior design and is co-owner of Found Collections, a fashion and accessories business. Our older daughter attended Princeton Public Schools grades 1-12. She is a sophomore at NYU-Gallatin School. Our younger daughter is in fifth grade at Johnson Park.

Community involvement: I recently served on the board of trustees for six years at the Watershed Institute (formerly the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association) in Pennington.

I was the volunteer trustee treasurer for most of that time. I am a strong supporter of environmental sustainability and stewardship.

I continue to serve as chair of the investment committee of the Corner House Foundation in Princeton. I like to use my professional experience in finance and investments to increase the financial resources available to Corner House. I am also a member of investment committee of Trinity Church in Princeton.

The issues: I am running to provide new leadership, thinking, and financial expertise that many believe is lacking on the Board. I want to improve the academic experience for all students by eliminating the achievement gap, fulfill equity in education goals, and develop a more

effective anti-bullying program.

Importantly, I want to unify the community in support of a new facilities plan to address our critical needs and to hire new teachers. This new facilities plan must be affordable for low-income families, seniors, and the middle class.

Unfortunately, I cannot support the proposed $130 million referendum in its present form. It contains too much wasteful spending that diverts limited funds from improving our children’s academic experience: • The proposed referendum will cost almost $300 million to repay with interest and higher operating expenses.

• The proposed plan will negatively impact our ability to hire new teachers. While our student enrollment has increased over 12 percent in the last 10 years, our full-time equivalent teaching staff has increased by only 2.3 percent.

In other words, on a per-pupil basis, we have fewer teachers today than 10 years ago. The proposed $130 million facilities plan will only make this worse.

• It is irresponsible to borrow $58 million to expand the high school and provide “flexible learning spaces” for 280 Cranbury students who are outside our community. New Jersey law does not allow a sending school to participate in the school referendum and share all the costs and risks that Princeton, the receiving school, must assume.

• The proposed new grade 5/6 school is glitzy and experimental. We know that bullying increases with the transition to middle school. I agree with the many parents who want to invest more money in our four elementary schools and nurture our children there.

• The plan to spend $13 million to acquire and renovate 100 Thanet Road for administrative offices will divert needed funds to improve existing school facilities. It is not prudent to purchase a new property with decaying office buildings when the Board is unable to maintain existing school facilities properly.

The role of the board: The Board of Education is a part time, all volunteer Board. The individual members have very little experience in finance, facilities planning, or construction. I have great respect for the individual members of the Board of Education who volunteer their time.

However, I agree that collectively, they do not have the acumen needed to adequately vet and carry out the long-term, large-scale facility projects needed for the school district.

The Board mistakenly believed it could rely exclusively on paid “experts” for the school referendum. Many experts have a separate agenda, conflicts of interest, or merely want to rubber stamp the Board agenda, for a fee. Unfortunately, the Board missed a wonderful opportunity to engage our community and benefit from its collective knowledge and experience.

Instead, the Board hastily sent its pro-

posed referendum to the Department of Education for its approval, before engaging the community.

Unable to obtain critical community support, the Board postponed the October 2 referendum date, separated the referendum into two ballot questions, cancelled one property acquisition, and purchased another expensive property, losing credibility and confidence among important constituencies along the way.

The New Jersey Board of Education refused to approve the new referendum plan in time for the new November 6 ballot referendum date and the referendum vote has been postponed again, harming the reputation of our community. Many residents and parents of Princeton Public School children pray that these actions by the Board will not negatively impact the educational goals for our children for years to come.

The role of the board: I believe we should have a volunteer Citizens’ Facilities Advisory Committee consisting of experts from within the Princeton community to study the capital needs of our schools and make recommendations to the Board. Our community has many experts in real estate design, architecture, engineering, and construction with “skin in the game” as taxpayer residents.

A Citizens’ Finance Advisory Committee should study and help prioritize the spending needs of the nearly $100 million annual school budget. It is obvious to many parents from studying the school district finances that the Board is unable to prioritize spending on what is truly important.

Dart: Collectively the Board does not have the acumen needed to adequately vet and carry out long-term, large-scale projects.

Dafna Kendal Background: I was born in New Jersey and grew up in Edison. I graduated from J.P. Stevens High School, Lehigh University, and Seton Hall University School of Law. I have been a licensed attorney in New Jersey since 1999. I am 46 years old. My family moved to Princeton in 2011 so that my children could attend Princeton Public Schools.

Family: My husband, Frank, works in New York City as an insurance broker. My son is 14 and my daughter is 11. My son attended Littlebrook Elementary School, John Witherspoon Middle School, and is now a freshman at Princeton High School. My daughter attended Littlebrook from kindergarten through fifth grade, and now is in sixth grade at John Witherspoon Middle School.

Community involvement: I currently serve on the Board of Education (since 2016), and I have chaired three committees and served as vice president.

Through the Give Back Foundation, I have been a mentor to a first-generation student at PHS for the past three years.

Additionally, I am a trustee for Princeton Children’s Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to provide access to enrichment and extracurricular opportu-

nities for students whose families would otherwise be unable to afford them. I have also volunteered as a softball coach for Princeton Little League and served on the PTO at Littlebrook for several years.

I decided to run for the Board in 2015 to work towards increased transparency, foster positive relationships within the PPS community, and to seek alternate sources of revenue to ease the burden on the taxpayer.

I am a mentor for the Give Back Foundation because as a first-generation student myself, I wanted to provide support to students who may go through circumstances I have experienced. I am a trustee for the PCF because I want to help all students have great experiences and close the achievement gap. Through the generosity of our neighbors and partnerships with community organizations, PCF has helped hundreds of children to attend summer camp, participate in sports, and learn to swim, among other opportunities.

The issues: I am running for re-election so that I may continue to contribute to the great changes happening in the district. The issue of greatest concern to me is an equitable education for students of color and students with special needs. All students should have the opportunity to achieve their potential.

Another issue of concern is the upcoming negotiations with the three labor unions that represent most of the staff that work for the district. I would like to negotiate fair contracts with all unions with no disruption to our teaching and learning communities.

Finally, I think the school district could communicate with all stakeholders in a more efficient and concise manner, and I would look to improve communications if elected to a second term.

As a parent and a taxpayer, I support a referendum that will address rising enrollment and as well as security, HVAC, and other upgrades district-wide that will impact every student.

The role of the board: State laws put long-term large-scale school district

projects under the purview of local school boards. The school board is charged with hiring competent architects, engineers, financial advisors and, ultimately, contractors to manage the project(s).

The current professionals the Board is working with have extensive experience with school design and construction. If the referendum passes, the law requires that the projects be given to the lowest responsible bidder. The Board must ensure that the request for proposals are written in a way to ensure that contractors know the full details of the job and have the skills necessary to execute competently and on schedule.

Kendal: The issue of greatest concern to me is an equitable education for students of color and students with special needs.

Brian McDonald Background: I grew up in Edgemont, New York, where I received an excellent public school education. I first came to Princeton as an undergraduate; I majored in history, served as class president, and was on the swim team and the honor committee. In 1995 my wife and I moved to Princeton from NYC to raise our family. I am 58 years old.

In New York I worked in public finance, founded a successful restaurant, and managed and produced rock bands.

After moving to Princeton I worked for eight years as Princeton University’s Vice President for Development. I then spent three years at a start-up company, and now I divide my time between sculpting and building custom furniture, and advising nonprofits on governance, strategy, and fundraising.

Family: My wife, Leah, is well-known in Princeton for her volunteer service at our public schools and many nonprofits, including Corner House, Arm In Arm, The Watershed Institute, Send Hunger Packing, 101: The Fund, and Trinity Counseling Service. Our three children attended Littlebrook, John Witherspoon, and Princeton High. Two are now at the University of Richmond and our youngest is a sophomore at the high school.

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Community involvement: I have been a McCarter Theater trustee for 17 years and was board president for five years. I serve on the board of Sustainable Princeton as treasurer. For seven years on our town’s Citizen’s Finance Advisory Committee I worked with municipal staff, the mayor, and council to ensure that municipal services were delivered costeffectively while keeping tax increases as low as possible. I served on the board of the Watershed Institute and coached for Princeton Little League for 10 years. I have also volunteered as a consultant for Princeton Public Library, Homefront, and several other nonprofits and independent schools.

The issues: I am running because our schools are at a critical point in their history. They need to make important decisions about aging facilities; issues pertaining to the health, safety, security, and fair treatment of our students; increasing enrollment that is already resulting in overcrowding; and an operating budget that is under considerable stress. I believe I can help chart a path forward that makes critical investments in our schools and keeps tax increases as low as possible.

In addition to these issues, I think our schools and our society face three great challenges: racism, inequity, and affordability in an age of increasing economic inequality. I believe the school board is in a position to effect positive change in all three areas.

I have been supportive of the district’s and the Board’s efforts to address facilities-related challenges, but I believe that despite their hard work, our community

needs more time to better understand the needs, examine and test proposed solutions, and gain greater clarity about the district’s ability to deliver projects on time and on budget. For these reasons, I believe that consideration of the referendum should be delayed until fall, 2019, but in the interim I would support a wellconceived, smaller referendum to address the most urgent needs, especially those pertaining to student health, safety, and security.

The role of the board: The Board’s role is to govern but not manage. One critical responsibility is to ensure that the staff and professionals managing projects have sufficient talent and resources to properly oversee the architects and contractors. We are fortunate to live in a community filled with exceptionally talented professionals in many fields; I have proposed and will continue to advocate for a citizen’s committee of experts — architects and builders — to regularly meet with the relevant professionals and advise the Board and the superintendent.

We live in a resource-constrained environment at a time when tax increases must be kept as low as possible. But one of the greatest resources of this community is its public schools, and one responsibility of the Board is to mobilize the resources needed to make wise and sound investments in them. It may be possible to look to the state for additional revenue, to have thoughtful conversations with tax-exempt institutions whose children attend our schools, and to consider fundraising for facilities and annual operations. But under almost any scenario, we will need to do very rigorous prioritization and, as many parents try to teach their children, understand the difference between wants and needs.

Our most important resource is our people — the great teachers, aides, administrators, coaches, and other staff who deserve fair pay and a healthy, productive, and respectful work environment.

We need to provide them with settings in which they and all our children can achieve their fullest potential.

McDonald: I believe I can help chart a path forward that makes critical investments in our schools and keeps tax increases as low as possible.

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A poetic touch at the library

By George Point

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omething new has been added to the Princeton Public Library, or more accurately, someone new has been added. For the first time since it opened its doors in 1909, the library boasts its very own poet-in-residence.

She is Dara-Lyn Shrager: Princeton resident, married, and a mother of two.

She holds an MFA in poetry from Bennington College and a BA in English literature from Smith College.

A co-founder and editor of Radar Poetry, a quarterly electronic journal of poetry and artwork, her poems appear in an impressive roster of literary journals, and her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Philadelphia Magazine, among others. Her chapbook (a paperback booklet) “The Boy From Egypt” (Finishing Line Press) was published in 2009. Her full-length manuscript “Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee” (Barrow Street Press) was published in 2018.

And to think, it all began when her father submitted one of young Dara-Lyn’s poems to the New Yorker.

“This is an embarrassing story,” she says, chuckling. “I wrote poems when I was in grade school, and my proud father decided to surprise me and submit one to the New Yorker. It was called ‘Alone.’

It was your quintessential pre-teen lonely girl poem, and it was absolutely horrible.

“I was horrified and embarrassed when I was handed a printed rejection from them, because I had been reading the New Yorker ever since I could read. It was sweet that he had submitted a poem of mine, but even at that age I knew that there was no chance that a poem would make it out of the New Yorker slush pile unless you were represented by an agent.

I haven’t sent them one since, but I continue to read it and love it.”

Early exposure to the harsh realities of the poetry world were not the only formative childhood experiences for ­Shrager.

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She was raised in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where her father was an attorney and her mother an English teacher who stopped to raise her family and then became the administrator at her husband’s law firm. “I spent my summers on a sailboat with my family on the Chesapeake Bay,” Shrager says. “We all learned to sail and care for the boat as a family.

We’d also go to the British Virgin Islands every year and charter a sailboat.

“So I spent a lot of time working on a boat, waking up on a boat, sleeping under the stars, and all those sensory experiences have become important to me. I started writing in earnest about that time. As an adult — I’m 51 — I haven’t spent a lot of time on the sea with my own family, but it’s starting to happen now.”

The calling to poetry also came later in life. “I started out as a reporter,” she says.

“I graduated from Smith College with a degree in English literature and answered a want ad in the Philadelphia Enquirer for

Advice for aspiring poets: ‘Take classes and talk to other writers; I stagnate when I spend too many months doing what I do alone.’ the position of editorial assistant at Philadelphia Magazine.”

Shrager was chosen from more than 1,500 applicants. “Over several years I worked as a freelance writer there while I was holding various administrative positions for the magazine,” she said. “I learned a lot about journalism from the business side and the creative side.”

She continued to work for the magazine while her husband — Daniel, a der-

matologist with offices in New Hope and Sellersville, Pennsylvania — went to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. “When he finished medical school we decided to strike out on our own,” she says. “We lived in Chicago and Boston, and I continued to freelance for some city magazines, but I also had two young children, so that fell by the wayside a bit.

“We moved to Princeton 15 years ago.

At that time I landed a wonderful opportunity freelancing for the New Jersey section of the New York Times. I had a wonderful editor, complete freedom to choose my assignments, it was heaven.”

Then the regional sections were condensed to a single metropolitan section. “I decided to go to graduate school and get a masters of fine arts in poetry. It had always been an interest of mine, but I didn’t feel I had enough of a formal education in poetry. I went to Bennington College and I did a residency format masters because I had two little kids and a husband.

“I was the oldest person in my class, and I think I got the most out of it, because I was happier to be there than you could imagine. To get there was so hard, I had to craft my family life in such a way that I could leave for these two week periods, and I had to train my family that even when I was home I had to work on my studies.

“I worked with wonderful poets and left there with a chapbook that was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to.

I’ve been writing poetry ever since.”

Shrager’s chapbook, “The Boy From Egypt,” is a poetic retelling of her father’s childhood. “My father was born and raised in Egypt,” she says. “His family was Austrian. They were Jews, but they lived in Cairo and Alexandria when he was a child. He came to this country at the age of 13 and had a fascinating story that had never been explored in our family lore. I talked to him a lot about that and tried to reconstruct some of his life in my book.”

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Poet-in-residence Dara-Lyn Shrager brings chapters and verse to the Princeton Public Library.

Her latest book of poetry, “Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee,” derives its title from her childhood boat. “The call letters of the boat I grew up on were WXY-9180,” ­Shrager says. “It was pre-cellphone, and to communicate with the Coast Guard or ship-to-shore or anyone, you had to use your call letters on the marine radio.”

The poems in “Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee” belies the humor she finds in everyday life. “I’m very funny in real life,” she says, “and people can find the disconnect between their experience of me and their experience of my work jarring, but I find it completely normal that I express the darkness on the page and in life I choose to connect with people through laughter.”

“I’m considered a lyric poet and I think my poems tend to focus on my experience as a woman, as a child of people, and as a mother of people,” she says. “I don’t write

Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee

Arts in brief

When the dingy engine failed to start, I tried A thousand figure eights and my fingers pruned.

The brackish waters were boozy with gasoline.

That night, a plastic moon above the main hatch and the propane stink of a gimbaled stove, while the bilge pump choked in the fiberglass hull. Slaps enough from the green sea. The rest of the family slept because they could in moldy bunks, black confetti on white vinyl, the teak weathered gray.

I camped out by the CB calling Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, 9-1-8-0. The stars looked dry and too distant to care. At daybreak I woke on the aft deck soaked in dew, mildew creeping along the inside of my back. I have smelled it inside my nose for years. I have gotten so good at forgiving. © 2018 by Dara-Lyn Shrager. All rights reserved. Used with permission. about my husband explicitly, but he’s present in my work in the way I talk about myself. I see everything as a continuum where there’s this girl somewhere, these men — I have two sons, my husband is a man, my father — on either side of me and all around me.”

Given this perspective, it’s only fitting that Shrager cites as a favorite perhaps the most famous female poet. “I thought about not telling you this because it’s so trite,” she says, “but I have really always loved Emily Dickinson. If it’s not the oldest book of poetry I own, it’s one of two.

I got a complete, annotated edition of Emily Dickinson in softback when I was 10, and I still read from it. I’m still utterly thrown and amazed by her; she’s one of my original loves in terms of poets.”

Dickinson is not alone among the titans of poetry Shrager admires. “I really loved Shakespeare and Chaucer when I studied them in college. I especially loved Chaucer. I must have had great professors, because I thought he was hysterical, and it’s fun to be able to think that I was able to connect with that work. I don’t know whether I would have been able to do that reading on my own.”

But while the old masters provide inspiration, Shrager’s work is steeped in the contemporary poetry scene. She is the founder and co-editor — along with Rachel Marie Patterson of Ewing — of the quarterly electronic poetry and art journal Rader, which publishes its annual awards issue in October. That issue will include the work of the winner of an endowed annual prize for women writing in English as well as the four finalists. A celebrity poet is chosen to judge the contest every year; this year’s judge is Martha Rhodes, author of numerous poetry collections, a member of the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina.

“I read a lot of contemporary poetry because we get a full range; established

poets, undiscovered poets,” Shrager says.

“We’ve had some exciting times when we’ve discovered poets who’ve gone on to do great things. Reading poetry of the here and now is probably the most helpful thing I do for myself as a poet, to continue my quest to be a better writer.”

“I’m currently reading the latest collection of Dorothea Lasky’s poetry, titled Thunderbird. I’ve met her; she’s a dynamic, powerful woman and a wonderful poet,” Shrager says. “I’m also rereading my book of John Clare collected poems.

Clare was a poet in the 1800s in the English countryside and one of my absolute favorites.”

Would she care to name a poet that more people should know about? “Oh gosh, yeah,” she says. “I’d say one of my most loved poets is an Israeli poet named Yehuda Amichai. He died a few years ago, and he is such a gorgeous poet. He was published in The New Yorker many times, where I discovered him. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a class where his work was discussed, and I absolutely love his work.”

As for her own process, Shrager says, “It’s about visual cues for me; I’ll see something and literally a cartoon balloon will pop into my head that this will become part of a poem.

Then it percolates, boils, simmers. It can take a long time, but usually the image that originally struck me will connect to ideas that live in my head, and then I get to where I’m possessed and I sit down and write.

“Then there’s the editing process, which can be excruciating until I get it right or even near to right. It helps me a lot to be able to talk with other writers, and the more time I spend talking about submissions to Radar with my co-editor, the more it stirs my own creative process.

“Social media allows me to stay in touch with other poets the world over. It also serves as a meeting place where poets and writers in every genre discuss literary topics that are often of interest to me.

It’s about visual cues for me; I’ll see something and literally a cartoon balloon will pop into my head that this will become part of a poem. Then it percolates, boils, simmers. It can take a long time.

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he eighth novel by Princeton-based author Lauren B. Davis, right, will be published in mid-October. “The Grimoire of Kensington Market,” inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” takes place in Toronto, where Maggie, the proprietor of the Grimoire bookstore, finds herself ensnared in the battle against a dangerous new drug and its cruel dealer, Srebrenka. A book launch takes place at Labyrinth Books on Thursday, Novem- Gallery, which also has a location ber 1, at 6 p.m. in Frenchtown, is open Thursdays rinceton High School alumnus and through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 Academy Award-winning director p.m. and by appointment. The current Damien Chazelle is back in the news exhibit, on view through October 7, with the upcoming release of his lat- features sculptures and photographs. est feature film. “First Man,” hitting The sculptor is Christopher Hiltey American theaters Friday, October 12, of Ringoes. He grew up in a family of is a biopic about astronaut Neil Arm- welders and is now known for his colstrong. The title role is played by Ryan orful and geometric metal sculptures.

Gosling, who also worked with Cha- The photographer is New York Cityzelle as the male lead in “La La Land.” based Durston Saylor, whose work The film, which premiered at the Ven- focuses on architecture and interiors.

For art in a different medium try the ice Film Festival in August, chronicles the years leading to the Apollo 11 mis- Garden State Watercolor Society’s annual art sale, which takes place at 11 sion in 1969.

Hulfish Street from October 4 through new art gallery has opened its 8 and October 11 through 14. Proceeds doors at 20 Nassau Street. Merge benefit the D&R Greenway Land Trust.

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I think technology links people to ideas quite well. For that reason, the future of poetry is bright.”

Shrager admits to reading, and then mostly ignoring, reviews of her work. “If my son was not a musician and I didn’t have to see him deal with the press — (son Max is a singer with rock band the Shacks who released his first solo EP at age 20 in 2016) — I would feel differently, but I really don’t care. I’ve come to understand that any publicity is good publicity.

I honestly am flattered by even a negative review; it helps me sharpen my teeth for next time. I find that so much more helpful than flattery. I’m not saying it doesn’t hurt, but I welcome it. I thirst for it, to be honest.

“I’m a joyful person; I want to connect with people,” Shrager says. “If I can do it through writing, that’s great.” So, when an email arrived asking her to be the library’s first poet-in-residence, she accepted immediately. “I got an email and I answered two seconds later and I said to myself, ‘You know what? That is absolutely perfect, because I wrote my master’s theses in this library, and nobody knew it; I would come and go for months, and to be able to come back here in this form makes so much sense to me.’”

Although Schrager’s one-year tenure officially begins in October, she has been hard at work preparing to hit the ground running. “I was invited in May, and (Public Programming Librarian) Janie Hermann and I have spent the summer meeting and developing events and activities.

Janie is a bubbly whirling dervish, full of positivity and creativity. I would come up with ideas, run them by her, and we’d put things together. I’ve taught off and on at the Arts Council and I’ve done workshops in colleges, so I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to offer.”

Events and activities will include a po-

etry walk on the D&R Greenway Poetry Trail, a three-part workshop for writers and many others. A complete listing can be found online at www.princetonlibrary. org.

Meanwhile, Shrager has some practical advice and words of encouragement for aspiring poets. “Don’t quit your day job,” she said. “Or marry rich! Take classes and talk to other writers; I stagnate when I spend too many months doing what I do alone. I can literally feel myself being nourished by the time I spend with other poets, other writers or even with people who just like to read.

“Don’t worry about how good you are,” she concluded. “Leave all that home and go out and just listen or participate in discussions about literature. We all have to keep it alive together.”

“The Lost Words” Poetry Walk, D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place. Program for young audiences looks at the poems and illustrations in “The Lost Words” by Robert MacFarland and Jackie Morris, followed by a walk on the D&R Greenway Poetry Trail to note words and phrases that connect to nature.

The collected words will be made into poems and artwork. Thursday, October 4, 4 to 6 p.m.

Poet-Tree, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Family-friendly program to learn about poetic forms including the Haiku, the epistle, and the elegy. Participants will write poems that will become leaves on the Poet-Tree. Sunday, October 14, 1 to 3 p.m.

Advanced Poetry Workshop, Princeton Public Library. Three-part workshop for writers. Participants will write and revise a poem. Wednesdays, October 10, 17, and 24, 10:30 a.m. to noon. www.radarpoetry.com www.daralynshrager.com

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Snapshots: Ryan Lilienthal, Gallery at Tuesday October 2 the Center for Collaborative History, 113 The Princeton Plan: 70 Years of School Dickinson Hall, Princeton University, 609Segregation, Princeton Public Library, 65 240-3934. www.history.princeton.edu. ExhiWitherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www. bition runs through Oct. 31. 9 a.m. princetonlibrary.org. Exhibit explores the Phonographic Memory: An Evening of local impact and national reverberations of Music and Stories, Labyrinth Books, 122 the 1948 merger of Nassau Street School and Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. Storytelling the Witherspoon School for Colored Children. event dedicated to examining and celebrat- Runs through Friday, Dec. 21. 10 a.m. ing the human experience as framed through Levis Sullam and Mitch Dunneier in vinyl records. Free. 6 p.m.

Conversation, Labyrinth Books, 122 NasContinuing Conversations on Race and sau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthWhite Privilege, Princeton Public Library, books.com. “The Italian Executioners: The 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www. Genocide of the Jews of Italy.” Free. 6 p.m. princetonlibrary.org. Dale Caldwell presents Love Stories with Denise McCormack, “Urban Traumatic Stress Disorder.” 6:30 p.m.

10/2 • The Princeton Plan: 70 Years of School Segregation exhibit Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. A storytelling program for adults featuring tales related to motherhood, family, love, and relationships. 7 p.m.

12th and Clairmount, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongardentheatre.org. Archival footage and illustrations combine to describe Detroit in 1967.

Followed by panel discussion. Free. 7:30 p.m.

The Age of Innocence, McCarter The‑ ater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Douglas McGrath’s world premiere adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel set in New York City during the Gilded Age. Through October 7. 7:30 p.m.

International Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place, 732-230-3755. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Lesson followed by dance. Beginners welcome. No partner needed. $5. Every Tuesday. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth, Princeton Public Li‑ Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.mor- 9529. Ken Krimstein discusses his biography ven.org. A docent-led tour of the museum of Hannah Arendt. 6:30 p.m. followed by tea and refreshments. RegistraKing Lear, Princeton Garden Theatre, tion required. $22. Every Wednesday. 11 a.m.

160 Nassau Street. Starring Ian McKellen.

LLL Presents: Sean Wilentz, Labyrinth $18. Also October 14. 7 p.m.

Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600.

Contra Dance, Princeton Country Danc‑ www.labyrinthbooks.com. “No Property in ers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Drive, 908-359-4837. Instruction and dance.

Founding.” Free. 6 p.m. $10. Every Wednesday. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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Princeton Farmers Market, Princeton She Roars, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 55 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonfarm- Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks. ersmarket.com. Every Thursday. 10 a.m. to com. Katherine Chen, Marie Marquardt, Liza Mundy, and Laura Vanderkam, all Princeton 3 p.m. alumnae, present their books. Free. 2 p.m.

After #MeToo, What’s Next, 55-Plus Poetry Walk for Young Voices, D&R Club of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. www.

Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, princetonol.com/groups/55plus. Presenta609-924-9529.

Create poetry while walking tion by Joanne Lipman, author and former through the preserve.

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Saturday October 6

10/13 • Nature’s Nation, PU Art Museum Pictured: ‘Aviary’ by Alexis Rockman

Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance. org. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance. No partner needed. $5. Also October 19. 8 to 11 p.m.

Festival Cultural Latino: Mercado on Detroit ‘67, McCarter Theater, 91 Unithe Plaza, Princeton Public Library, 65 Kemp Church Music Symposium: The Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Arti- versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.

Year of the Child, Westminster Choir Col‑ sans, restaurants, entertainment, and more org. Dominique Morisseau’s play in which Chelle and her brother, Lank, are running an lege, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921- to celebrate the Latino community. 11 a.m. unlicensed after-hours joint out of their base2663. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Organ Spectacular, St. Paul’s Church, ment during a brutal police crackdown that Princeton University Architecture Tour, 216 Nassau Street. Justin Hartz with works by has set off riots throughout the city. Through Tiger Park, Palmer Square. www.princeton- Bach, Mozart, Franck, and others. Free-will October 28. 7:30 p.m. history.org. $10. Register. 10 a.m. offering. Reception follows. 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday October 10 Historic Stony Brook: Gateway to Beethoven for Three, Four, and Five, Princeton History, Updike Farmstead, 354 Westminster Choir College, Hillman PerPainting for a Purpose, Cranbury Sta‑ Quaker Road. $5. Register. 1 p.m. formance Hall, Walnut Lane, 609-921-2663. tion Art Gallery, 10 Hulfish Street, 609987-5003. www.enablenj.org. Painting, wine, Princeton Football, Powers Field, Princ- www.rider.edu/arts. Faculty recital. 3 p.m. and cheese benefitting Enable. $55. Register. eton University. Versus Lehigh. 1 p.m.

La Bellezza Del Somara, Dorothea’s 5:30 p.m.

A Night of Comedy, Princeton High House, 120 John Street. www.dorotheasLLL Presents: Frederick Lepore, Laby‑ School Performing Arts Center, Walnut house.org. Screening of the 2010 comedy Lane and Franklin Avenue. www.princetonse- known in English as “Love and Slaps.” Free. rinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-4971600. “Finding Einstein’s Brain.” Free. 6 p.m. nior.org. Bob Nelson, Vinnie Brand, Bill Spa- Bring refreshments to share. 5 p.m. dea, and Jessica Gibson. Benefit for Princeton Raconteur Radio: The War of the Monday October 8 Senior Resource Center. $30-$125. 7 p.m.

Worlds, Princeton Public Library, 65 WithColumbus Day. Bank and postal holiday. erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.prince­ Sunday October 7 Poets at the Library, Princeton Public tonlibrary.org. Staged radio play. 7 p.m.

Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s, ETS Campus, Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924The Seventh Seal, Princeton Garden 660 Rosedale Road. www.alznj.org. Walk fol- 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Jim Gwyn Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. Presented by lowed by snacks and entertainment. Regis- and Laura Boss read their works, followed by Princeton University postdoctoral research ter. 8:30 a.m. an open mic session. 7 p.m. associate Dylan Murray. 7:30 p.m.

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9529. Claudia L. Johnson and Leon Steinmetz Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-

Of Fathers and Sons, Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongardentheatre.org. Filmmaker Tala Derki returns to his homeland, where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family. 5:30 p.m.

Argentine Tango, Viva Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609948-4448. www.vivatango.org. No partner necessary. $15. Every Thursday. 9 p.m.

Friday October 5 Garden Tours, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. $10. Register. Also October 19. 11 a.m.

C.K. Williams Emerging Writers Series, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609497-1600. Hermione Hoby and Princeton students read from their work. Free. 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 The 2018 Beautiful Cassandra: A Novel in SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 6, 2018 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2018 THursday October 11 7:30 PM Twelve Chapters, Princeton Public Li‑ 7:30 PM 7:30 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 7:30 PM Film and Discussion, Princeton Public brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924THE FOUNDATION OF MORRIS HALL / ST. LAWRENCE, INC. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018

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THE FOUNDATION OF MORRIS HALL / ST.discuss LAWRENCE, INC. novel. 7 p.m.

9529. Ellen Ann Fentress and Errin Whack the Jane Austen PATRIOTS THEATER AT THE presents apresents benefit concert THE FOUNDATION OF MORRIS HALL / ST. LAWRENCE, INC. a benefit concert presents a benefit concert discuss “Eyes on the Mississippi,” about jourTHE FOUNDATIONpresents OF MORRIS HALL / ST. LAWRENCE, INC. a benefit concert TRENTON WAR MEMORIAL Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity THE FOUNDATION OF MORRIS HALLconcert / ST. LAWRENCE, INC. presents a benefit

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nalist Bill Minor, who covered the Civil Rights Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.pflagprincMovement in Mississippi. 7 p.m. eton.org. Support group for families and Black Voices Book Group, Princeton friends of LGBTQ individuals. 7 p.m.

Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609Tuesday October 9 924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. “The Call 215-893-1999 or visit Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. 7 p.m.

Walk with Me, Princeton Garden The‑ Michael Krajewski, Music Director

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www.ticketphiladelphia.org atre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongarMichael Cavanaugh, Pianist to purchase Vocalist and Michael Krajewski, Music Director dentheatre.org.

Documentary following Zen Michael Cavanaugh, Vocalist and Pianist master Thich Nhat Hanh. Preceded by guided For more information about patron tickets or sponsorships, mediation at Gratitude Yoga Studio at 6 p.m. please contact Jane Millner at 7 p.m.

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Author Talk, Princeton Public Library, PATRIOTS THEATER AT THE TRENTON WAR MEMORIAL PATRIOTS THEATER AT THE TRENTON WAR MEMORIAL GENERAL ADMISSION

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Call will 215-893-1999 or visit to purchase Call 215-893-1999 or visit www.ticketphiladelphia.org to purchase For information about patron tickets or sponsorships, please contact ForJane information about patron tickets sponsorships, please contact Millner at 609-896-9500, extor 2215 or jmillner@slrc.org.

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The concert will benefit the patients and residents of St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center and Morris Hall.

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The concert will benefit the patients and residents of St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center and Morris Hall.

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The concert will benefit the patients and residents of St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center and Morris Hall.

Jerusalem String Quartet, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-258-2800. With Pinchas Zukerman on viola and Amanda Forsyth on cello. 8 p.m.

Friday October 12

The Phantom of the Opera, Princeton 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Sue Hallgarth dis- University Chapel. Silent movie with organ cusses the second book in her Willa Cather accompaniment. $10. 9 p.m. mystery series, “Death Comes: Willa Cather Mystery.” 7 p.m.

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Princeton Football, Powers Field, Princeton University. Versus Brown. 1 p.m.

Slave Dwelling Project Community Day, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Sunday October 14 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.morSunday Book Brunch, Princeton Public ven.org. Walking tour of the WitherspoonLibrary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Jackson neighborhood, conversation with Joe McGill, and more. See website for full sched- 9529. Diane Chamberlain speaks and signs books. Tea and pastries served. 11 a.m. ule. Continues October 13. 2 p.m.

Trineice Robin-Martin, Princeton Uni‑ Joyce Carol Oates Presents Princeton versity Chapel, Princeton University. www.

Alumni Debut Authors, Labyrinth Books, music.princeton.edu.

Music of the gospel, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. Blair HurChristian, and jazz traditions. Free. 11 a.m. ley, Lillian Li, and Rachel Lyon. Free. 6 p.m.

Soiree under the Stars, Springdale Golf Club, 1895 Clubhouse Drive. www.princetonblairstown.org. Food, drinks, and live music benefiting the Princeton-Blairstown Center’s programs for vulnerable youth. $150. 7 p.m.

Saturday October 13

Fall Color Workshops, Friends of Princ‑ eton Open Space, Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Avenue. www.fopos.org. Explore observing, recording, extracting, and applying color from nature. Register. $100 for fourworkshop series continuing October 21, 28, and November 4. 2 to 4 p.m.

Community Health Fair, YWCA Parking Lot, 59 Paul Robeson Place, 609-497-2100 ext. 346. Free cancer screenings for uninsured or underinsured county residents, blood pressure screenings, eye screenings, demos, kids’ activities, food trucks, and more. Register for a screening at 609-989-0236. 10 a.m.

Historic Princeton Walking Tour, Bain‑ bridge House, 158 Nassau Street. www. princetonhistory.org. $7. Register. 2 p.m.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Meeting, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, 609-2402425. citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ NJ_Princeton. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Sutton with JJ Penna on piano. 3 p.m.

Call Me William: Willa Cather, Her Life and Loves, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www. princetonlibrary.org. One-woman show by The Magic and History of Marquand Prudence Wright Holmes. 3 p.m.

Park, Marquand Park Parking Lot, Lover’s Faculty Recital, Westminster Choir Col‑ Lane at Stockton and Mercer. www.princ- lege, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921etonhistory.org. Free. Register. 11 a.m.

2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Soprano Elizabeth Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road. Choral reading of Faure’s “Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine.” No auditions necessary. Email musical.amateurs@gmail.com. 4 p.m.

Gallery Talk and Opening Reception, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Nancy Cohen and Anna Monday October 15 Boothe present “Colloquy,” a collaborative Visiting Artist: Stephen Buzard, Princ‑ installation. Through Saturday, Dec. 8. 2 p.m. eton University Chapel, 800-962-4647.

Finding the Great Pumpkin, Princ‑ www.rider.edu/arts. Free. 8 p.m. eton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, 609-924-8777. Fall crafts, activities, Tuesday October 16 and live music. Free. 3 p.m.

LLL Presents: A.M. Homes, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600.

Nature’s Nation: American Art and En‑ “Dayes of Awe: Stories.” Free. 6 p.m. vironment, Princeton University Art Mu‑ seum, Princeton University, 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Opening reception for the exhibit featuring 120 works from the colonial period to the present. Lecture in McCosh Hall followed by a reception in the museum. Running through Jan. 6, 2019.

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Science Ficta and New Perplexity, Tap‑ lin Auditorium, Princeton University. music. princeton.edu. Graduate students Molly Herron and Cleek Schery present their work. 8 p.m.

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This year the prestigious YMCA Centennial Award will recognize remarkable individuals in our community who demonstrate outstanding commitment to serving the greater good, and supporting their neighbors; and who lead by example through community service, philanthropy and by putting others first.

THE 2018 HONOREES: Benjamin (Ben) Colbert, Community Leader, Artist and current President, Paul Robeson House of Princeton; Matthew Wasserman, Environmental Advocate, Co-Founder and current Board Chairman, Sustainable Princeton; Susie Wilson, M.S.Ed., Family Life Educator, Policy Fellow and Board Member, Princeton Area Community Foundation; C-Change Conversations, A volunteer-led organization focused on facilitating productive, non-partisan discussions about the science and effects of climate change; Church and Dwight Employee Giving Fund, an employee-led workplace giving program which has granted more than $10 Million to charitable organizations since its inception in 2005.

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Steering Committee Chairs: Joyce Johnson, Cameron Manning & Tracy Sipprelle Silent Auction Chairs: Ruth Wells & Mana Winters For information on sponsorship opportunities or tickets, please contact Sarah Lynd at 609-497-9622 x210 or slynd@princetonymca.org October 2018 | Princeton Echo23

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10/19 • Sarah McQuaid

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BalletX, McCarter Theater, 91 Univer- Thursday October 18 sity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.

Wednesday October 17 Beyond Pink: An Art Show, Johnson Ed‑ “The Pride of Philadelphia� contemporary ucation Center, 1 Preservation Place. www. dance.

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Advancing the Woman’s Sphere: Amer‑ ywcaprinceton.org. Art created and inspired ican Women’s Poetry from Newspapers The Man Who Fell to Earth, Princeton and The Lady’s Book to Facebook and So‑ Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www. by breast cancer survivors. Cocktails, snacks, cial Media, Morven Museum and Garden, princetongardentheatre.org. David Bowie and a silent auction. $50. Register. 6 p.m.

55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. By Debo- stars as a humanoid extraterrestrial who Roy Scranton, Labyrinth Books, 122 rah Greenhut. $10. 11 a.m. makes a fortune founding a high technology Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. “We’re Imani Perry, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nas- company. Introduction by Princeton Univer- Doomed. Now What? Essays on War and Clisau Street, 609-497-1600. “Looking for Lor- sity Art Museum associate director for edu- mate Change.� Free. 6 p.m. raine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine cation Caroline Harris. Inspired by the exhibiThe Phantom Carriage, Princeton Gar‑ tion “Nature’s Nation.� 7:30 p.m.

Hansberry.� Free. 6 p.m. den Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. Silent film Jazz Vespers, Princeton University presented with an original score commisSchubert Cello Quintet, Princeton Uni‑ versity Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Chapel, Princeton University. www.music. sioned by the Garden Theatre and performed 609-258-2800. www.princetonuniversity- princeton.edu. A service of poetry, music, and live by Brendan Cooney’s Not So Silent Cinema ensemble. $14. 7:30 p.m. meditation. Free. 8 p.m. concerts.org. 6 and 9 p.m.

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Register by October 17. 6:30 p.m.

Sarah McQuaid, Princeton Folk Mu‑ sic Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, 609-799-0944. www.princetonfolk.org. $20. 7:30 p.m.

Football Concert, Richardson Audtori‑ um. music.princeton.edu. The Princeton and Harvard glee clubs perform. $15. 7:30 p.m.

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WEST WINDSOR SMALL BUSINESS SCAVENGER HUNT:

To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of "War of the Worlds" 1938-2018

A SCAVENGER HUNT GAME It's easy: - Get a Game Card (at any participating business listed below) -Visit each business (no purchase necessary) -Have them stamp your card - Drop off card at Grover's Mill Coffee by October 29th, 2018 - WIN amazing prizes! Drawing on October 30th at Grover's Mill Coffeehouse *For every stamp on your card, your name will be entered that many times to win a prize from participating businesses. See rules and regulations on back of game card. IT'S EASY! IT'S FUN!

PARTICIPATING WEST WINDSOR SMALL BUSINESSES: Appelget Farms - 135 Conover Road Classico Pies - 358 Princeton Hightstown Road First Wok Chinese Food - 295 Princeton Hightstown Road Grover's Mill Coffee - 295 Princeton Hightstown Road Princeton Pong - 745 Alexander Road Signature Cleaners - 295 Princeton Hightstown Road Smile Dentistry - 295 Princeton Hightstown Road- opening Oct 2018 *West Windsor Arts Center - 952 Alexander Road Young's Nail Salon - 295 Princeton Hightstown Road

THE PRIZES: Signature Cleaners- 25% off cleaning service Princeton Pong- 4 guest passes, t-shirt, new paddle & ping pong balls ($70 value) Young’s Nail Salon- $50 gift card Grover’s Mill Coffee - $75 gift card Appelget Farms - $50 gift card Smile Dentistry- $200 towards any dental treatment, plus whitening kit First Wok - Free Lunch Special *WWAC- will donate a Household Membership for a prize (value $75) *WW Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Classico Pies - $50 gift card

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EVENTS, continued from page 24

10/21 • Dryden Ensemble

Vox Clamantis Choir, Institute for Ad‑ vanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall, Einstein Drive, 609-734-8000. www.ias.edu. Register.

Free. Also October 20. 8 p.m.

OnStage Seniors: A Community Proj‑ ect of McCarter Theater, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-9249529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Members, all 55 and older, perform “The Road I Travel: saTurDay ocTober 20 Choices and Chances that Shape Our Lives.”

Picturing Place in Japan, Princeton Uni‑ 3 p.m. versity Art Museum, 609-258-3788. PaintBach Cantata Fest, Dryden Ensemble, ings, prints, books, and photographs that Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Semiexplore place in Japanese artistic practice. nary. www.drydenensemble.org. Two canThrough Feb. 24, 2019. 10 a.m. tatas and arias for voice, oboe, string, and Eating Club Tour, Colonial Club, 40 Pros- continuo. $25. 3 p.m. pect Avenue. www.princetonhistory.org. Led Season Opener, Princeton University

by Clifford Zink. $20. Register. 10 a.m.

Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium. orchesSeason Opener, Princeton University tra.princeton.edu. Music of Sejourne, BernOrchestra, Richardson Auditorium. orches- stein, and Berlioz. 3 p.m. tra.princeton.edu. Music of Sejourne, BernMonDay ocTober 22 stein, and Berlioz. 7:30 p.m.

Improvised Shakespeare Company, Mc‑ Carter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-2582787. Improvised Shakespearean masterpiece based on an audience-suggested title. 8 p.m.

Ramie Targoff, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. “Renaissance Woman: The Life of Vittoria Colonna.” Free. 6 p.m.

10/27 • La Fiocco

WeDnesDay ocTober 24 John McPhee with Kushanava Choud‑ hury and Elisabeth Cohen, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. “The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta” and “The Glitch: A Novel.” Free. 6 p.m.

Local Haunts: Horror Film Showcase, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. Local short horror films followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. 7:30 p.m.

ThursDay ocTober 25

Nature’s Nation Lecture, Richardson La Fiocco Period Instrument Ensemble, Auditorium, 609-258-3788. artmuseum. All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Road, 917princeton.edu. Environmentalist and author 747-6007. www.lafiocco.org. Featuring counBill McKibben. 5:30 p.m. tertenor Daniel Moody and period ensemble 2018 Centennial Awards, Princeton including baroque harp. $10-$25. 7:30 p.m.

Family YMCA, Dodge Gymnasium, 59 Beethoven Piano Concertos, Princeton Paul Robseon Place, 609-497-9622. www. Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditoprincetonymca.org. Honorees are Ben Col- rium. www.princetonsymphony.org. Inon bert, Matthew Wasserman, Susie Wilson, Barnatan performs three of Beethoven’s five C-Change Conversations, and the Church & concertos for piano and orchestra. Continues Dwight Employee Giving Fund. $135. 6 to 9 October 28. 8 p.m. p.m.

The Silver Branch, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetonHistoric Princeton Walking Tour, Bain‑ gardentheatre.org. Farmer-poet Patrick Mcbridge House, 158 Nassau Street. www. Cormack seeks to connect with the ancient 200 Years of Frankenstein, Princeton princetonhistory.org. $7. Register. Also Octo- land on which he lives in Western Ireland.

Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www. ber 28. 2 p.m.

Free. 7 p.m. princetongardentheatre.org. The classic film Peace and All Good, Caritas Chamber starring Boris Karloff, plus a presentation by TuesDay ocTober 23 Chorale, St. Paul’s, 216 Nassau Street. www.

Lance Weiler of Frankenstein AI. 7:30 p.m.

Communities of Light Reception, D&R caritaschamberchorale.org. Sacred a cappella Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, FrIDay ocTober 26 pieces. Free; donations accepted. 2:30 p.m.

609-394-0136. www.womanspace.org. In Cemetery Tour, Princeton Cemetery, recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Pam Mount will be recog- Greenview Avenue and Humbert Street. www.princetonhistory.org. View the final nized. Free. Register. 5:30 p.m. resting places of Princeton’s prominent citiWriters on Writing: The Craft of Writ- zens. Free. Register. 4 p.m. ing Middle Grade and YA Fiction, Laby‑ Hometown Halloween Parade, Palmer rinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-4971600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Tiffany Square Green, 609-924-8777. Follow the paJackson, Clair Legrand, Nora Ren Suma, and rade route from Palmer Square to the PrincAnica Rissi discuss their novels and writing eton YMCA. 5:15 p.m.

All month long! fiction with a literary bent. Free. 6 p.m.

sunDay ocTober 21

Inventory Clearance Sale Up to 70% off: GUITARS, KEYBOARDS, UKULELES, ALL MUSIC GEAR, SHEET MUSIC

LESSONS

Film and Discussion, Princeton Pub‑ lic Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Jeremy Workman and Matt Green discuss “The World Before Your Feet,” the story of a man who has been walking every block of every street in New York City for six years. 7 p.m.

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10/27 & 28 • Inon Barnatan

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In Her Footsteps: How Women Shaped Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street. Wiebke Martens and Jennifer Jang lead a walk. $20. Register. 10 a.m.

sunDay ocTober 28

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Princ‑ eton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street.

Stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. $18. 12:30 p.m.

TuesDay ocTober 30 Friends: The Musical Parody, Mat‑ thews Theatre, 91 University Place, 609258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The best moments from the 10-year run of “Friends” are lampooned in this comedy musical. 7:30 p.m.

Election, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongardentheatre.org. A new restoration of the witty, satirical take on moral corruption and political chicanery. Introduction by Ocean County College Film Studies professor Judith Zinis.

7:30 p.m.

WeDnesDay ocTober 31 Halloween.

Princeton Football, Powers Field, PrincFrankenfrenzy, Princeton Public Li‑ eton University. www.princetontigersfoot- brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-9249529. Drop in any time between noon and 9 Orchestra of the Accademia Teatro Alla ball.com. Versus Cornell. 1 p.m.

Scala, Princeton University Music De‑ Library Live at Labyrinth, Labyrinth to see a Frankenstein film. Noon.

Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-924-9529.

Suspiria, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Eric Vuillard discusses “The Order of the Day,” Nassau Street. A new restoration of Dario Arhis distilled retelling of Austria’s annexation gento’s horror classic. 7:30 p.m. into Nazi Germany. 4 p.m.

HEALTH

HEADLINES OCTOBER 2018

@capitalhealthnj

B I - M O N T H LY N E W S F R O M C A P I TA L H E A LT H care advancements to ensure widespread access to the best possible patient care and outcomes.

As a hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgeon focused on treating benign digestive conditions and cancers in the liver, pancreas and bile duct, Dr. Doria has pioneered new techniques for conditions that were once considered untreatable.

In addition to his cutting-edge clinical work, Dr. Doria has held faculty positions at hospitals in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. His research has appeared in numerous publications and presentations.

NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CANCER CENTER DR. CATALDO DORIA has been named medical director of the Capital Health Cancer Center at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Dr. Doria is an internationally renowned surgeon who specializes in the treatment of patients with benign conditions and cancer of the liver, pancreas, and bile duct.

He comes to Capital Health from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where he served as the surgical director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center–Jefferson Liver Tumor Center at Jefferson Medical College and director of the Jefferson Transplant Institute.

As director of the Capital Health Cancer Center, Dr. Doria will oversee clinical operations including disease-specific clinical performance groups, clinical research, and cancer

TO LEARN MORE about Capital Health Cancer Center, visit capitalhealth.org/cancer.

Dr. Doria received his medical degree at University of Perugia School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship and residency. He completed a research fellowship and a clinical fellowship at the Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, part of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Doria also completed a clinical fellowship in living donor liver transplantation at the Organ Transplantation Center, part of Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea.

His surgical practice will be part of the Capital Health Surgical Group, located in Suite 356 in the Medical Office Building at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 609.537.6000.

Innovative Procedures

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Dr. Doria performs these innovative procedures to treat benign conditions and cancers in the liver, pancreas, and bile duct: BLOODLESS LIVER SURGERY: An ultrasonic device suctions out liver cells, immediately followed by a probe that uses hot, sterile water to seal the pancreas liver’s blood vessels upon contact. This bile duct means significantly reduced surgical and recovery times (complete recovery within as little as one month).

LIVER AUTO-TRANSPLANTATION: In cases where patients have liver cancer that is too extensive to be removed while the liver is in the body, Dr. Doria and his team can remove the liver, remove the cancer, and reimplant the healthy portion of the organ.

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY: With the minimally invasive da Vinci® Surgery System, Dr. Doria uses miniaturized wristed instruments and a high-definition 3D camera that are inserted through small incisions (roughly the size of a dime). Working at the da Vinci® console, Dr. Doria’s hand movements are translated into precise actions that remove cancer in the liver, pancreas and bile duct. These procedures also require less anesthesia than major, open surgery, which means patients are at even less risk for complications.

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Silent Auction Preview and Shopping Begins: 2 p.m. [located in the Wi-Fi lounge near conference center] Doors Open: 5:30 p.m. ✽ Show Begins: 6:30 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Highlights will include a fashion show featuring clothing by J. McLaughlin of Princeton, NJ

Capital Health Medical Group NJM Insurance Group Simone Realty Mike Schwartz Photography Oasis Salon & Wellness Spa DeSimone Orthodontics J. McLaughlin of Princeton, NJ

modeled by cancer survivors and a silent auction. Proceeds will help sponsor grants for health and educational programs offered AUXILIARY

by departments at Capital Health that are responsible for treating cancer patients.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS, please contact Donna Costanzo at DCostanzo@capitalhealth.org.

Tickets are also available for purchase in the Volunteer Service office at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ. FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit www.capitalhealth.org/runwayofcourage.

Opioid Recovery Program for Pregnant Women Addresses Issues Highlighted in CDC Report According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) at labor and delivery increased significantly over a 15-year span covering 1999 to 2014. Based on information from 28 reporting states, the national rate increased from 1.5 per 1,000 in 1994 to 6.5 per 1,000 over the course of the 15-year span.

Although New Jersey’s increase (4.1 per 1,000 in 1999 to 5.6 per 1,000 in 2014) was lower than the national rate, the study shows an increasing need to address this destructive epidemic.

In the past year, Capital Health and longtime partners at the Trenton Health Team, the Rescue Mission, HomeFront, and Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton have offered For My Baby and Me, a grant-based program that provides specialized care for pregnant women and new mothers who are struggling with opioid use disorder. Funded by the New Jersey Department of Health, the program promotes long-term recovery as well as ongoing medical care and support for women and their children.

“Opioid use disorder during pregnancy opens the door for many possible negative health outcomes for mothers and their babies,” said Dr. Eric Schwartz, executive director of the Capital Health

Institute for Urban Care. “Our program’s community-based, collaborative approach helps ensure that pregnant women and new mothers with OUD receive the care they need to improve the likelihood of a sustained recovery.”

In order to more effectively address OUD in pregnant women, the CDC made several recommendations including: … Implementing universal substance use screening at the first prenatal visit … Ensuring pregnant women with OUD have access to medication-assisted therapy and related addiction services … Making sure mothers with OUD receive adequate patient-centered postpartum care, including mental health and

substance use treatment, relapseprevention programs and family planning services.

For My Baby and Me employs a threestep process: … Identify women and children at risk. … Connect them with care providers, including a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor, and partners to provide opioid recovery treatment, safe housing, legal services, child care and other support as needed. … Treat patients by providing prenatal care and pediatric care for their children.

Call 609.256.7801 to speak with peer support staff from the program 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Recognized as Top Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report in Central and Southern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania

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Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) was recently recognized as the best hospital for neurology and neurosurgery in the region in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2018– 19. With millions of patients in the United States facing surgery or requiring special care each year, U.S. News ranks hospital performance in 16 areas of specialty care and nine more commonly performed procedures to help people find the best hospitals in the nation that provide the services they need and have the highest scores for quality and safety.

RMC earned a High Performing rating for neurology and neurosurgery; scoring the highest in the region; tenth hospital overall in New Jersey. Capital Health was the highest scoring hospital in New Jersey that is also a Comprehensive Stroke Center certified by The Joint Commission.

“The annual hospital ranking by U.S. News & World Report is a well-known resource for patients and health care providers when selecting a hospital,” said DR. MICHAEL F. STIEFEL, director of Capital

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“We are the only neuroscience hospital in the region and one of the most advanced in the country. We are extremely pleased to have our program listed among the best in the country.”

“It’s a compliment to the entire Capital Health team to be recognized by U.S. News and World Report. This recognition validates our commitment and quality of care to the people and community we serve. It should hopefully provide an extra level of comfort and reassurance for patients and their families when choosing Capital Health, knowing that it has been ranked among the best in the country.”

A hospital’s overall neurology and neurosurgery score is based on various data categories, including patient volume and survival, intensivist staffing, advanced technologies, and patient services.

Capital Health’s scores in these areas had RMC earn the top score in the region and the second highest score in New Jersey.

TO LEARN MORE, visit capitalneuro.org.

in New Jersey to Offer FDA-Approved EMBOTRAP II STENT RETRIEVER for Ischemic Stroke Patients

Capital Health is the first hospital in New Jersey, and among the first in the United States, to use the new EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device since its recent approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this summer. As part of its Comprehensive Stroke Center, certified

by The Joint Commission, neurosurgeons from Capital Health’s Capital Institute for Neurosciences use this next generation stent-retriever to safely remove a blood clot from an artery in the brain that is causing a stroke.

“EMBOTRAP II is the latest advance in mechanical thrombectomy for restoring blood flow to the brain and improving outcomes for patients who are suffering an ischemic stroke as a result of a large blood vessel blockage,” said Dr. Vernard Fennell, a fellowship trained cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgeon at Capital Institute for Neurosciences’ Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center. Dr. Fennell was also

involved in some of the initial research on the device’s design.

“As one of the tools that we use to treat ischemic stroke, EMBOTRAP II has a design that has been shown to trap clots that are causing the blockage of blood flow in the brain while retaining its shape, making it faster and more effective at retrieving the clot, restoring blood flow to the brain, and ultimately providing a better outcome,” he said.

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Neurosurgeons from the Capital Institute for Neuroscience’s Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center are trained to use state-of-the-art devices such as EMBOTRAP II to provide the most advanced, comprehensive stroke care to patients in Central New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. Capital Institute for Neurosciences is committed to being a

DR. VERNARD FENNELL is a dual fellowship trained neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, with additional expertise in microsurgery, skull base surgery, brain and spine tumors, spine trauma and reconstruction as well as epilepsy surgery. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his cerebrovascular and skull base surgery fellowship at the internally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute. leader in innovation and technology in all aspects of neuroscience and stroke care.

To learn more, visit capitalneuro.org.

Only NJ Hospital, 1 of 45 in the U.S. Named Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for Quality L E A R N M O R E a t w w w. c a p i t a l h e a l t h . o r g Health Headlines by Capital Health | Princeton Echo29

2018

October 5 – October 20

Hope is in the bag

FOR MORE INFORMATION TO SUPPORT HOPE IS IN THE BAG, visit capitalhealth.org/hope or call 609.303.4121. You can also “like” Capital Health on Facebook for updates delivered to your newsfeed.

Shop for Hope. Shop to Help.

Join a unique two-week shopping & dining event to raise awareness about breast cancer that affects one out of eight women, and educate women on the importance of early detection. Funds raised through Hope is in the Bag will enhance services that support women cared for at Capital Health’s Center for Comprehensive Breast Care.

JOIN THE ROTHWELL FAMILY AT PENNINGTON QUALITY MARKET SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 5% of ALL SALES go to support women cared for at Capital Health’s Center for Comprehensive Breast Care.

FOR A LISTING OF ALL EVENTS, go to capitalhealth.org/hope.

1 i n 8 wom en w i l l fac e a breast c anc er diag no si s.

UPCOMING EVENTS Unless otherwise noted, call 609.394.4153 or visit capitalhealth.org/events to sign up for the following programs.

HAVE YOU HAD THE CONVERSATION? Discussing End-of-Life Wishes With Your Doctors & Loved Ones Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Capital Health Regional Medical Center ICU/CCU Conference Rooms A & B Led by members of our Palliative & Supportive Care Program — DR. CAROLYN GAUKLER [Director], KAREN GIQUINTO [Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner] and RACHEL HUGHES [Coordinator].

TREATING GERD (Acid Reflux) and BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS Monday, October 22, 2018 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy at Capital Health Center for Digestive Health.

FREE HIP & KNEE SCREENINGS Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | 5 – 7 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton Conducted by DR. ARJUN SAXENA or DR. PAUL MAXWELL COURTNEY of Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. Please wear shorts or loose clothing.

Capital Health – Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, NJ, 08619 Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 Capital Health Regional Medical Center 750 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08638 30 Princeton Echo | Health Headlines by Capital Health

ON THE VERGE OF VERTIGO Monday, November 5, 2018 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by audiologist SUSAN DONDES and physical therapist BERNADETTE STASNY from Capital Health’s Rehabilitation Services Department.

CANCER IN FAMILIES: A Look at Genetic Risks Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton Led by DR. ERICA LINDEN from Mercer Bucks Hematology Oncology, and genetic counselors from the Capital Health Cancer Center as they discuss the important relationship between cancer and genetics.

PANCREATIC CANCER: Managing Risk, Making and Understanding a Diagnosis Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Capital Health Center for Digestive Health and a genetic counseling from our Cancer Center.

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: Understanding Risk Factors and Treatment Options Thursday, November 15, 2018 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by DR. STEVEN COHEN from Mercer Kidney Institute.

THE RETAIL SCENE

Orvana: Fashions that fit

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hat was once a thriving popup shop in Palmer Square will become a permanent fixture on Chambers Street. Originally from London, Orvana is Princeton’s newest boutique — it specializes in scarves, shawls, and kaftans made from artisanal fabrics.

Orvana, a brand that’s made its way into closets around the world, is remarkably a one-woman show. In many ways, the boutique’s sole designer and owner, Alka Mattoo, mirrors her wares: elegant, conscientious, culturally transcendent.

Combing through the rack, it’s evident these dresses are of quality. The sturdy feel of handwoven cotton is printed with deep hues of all-natural dye. These handmade textiles, which Mattoo sources directly from India, drape into adjustable one-size designs.

The dresses are cut into versatile, simple shapes like sheath and shirt, allowing the material and patterns to take center stage.

Mattoo handpicked each bolt of cloth from her home country, India.

“And because I am from there, I have a massive advantage,” she says.

By there, she means the Kashmir region, where India’s finest cashmere wool is made. Pashmina, a type of cashmere, is made of wool fibers from the Pashmina goat. Their coats produce fibers that are thinner than other wools, and these must be handspun to prevent damaging the delicate, soft threads. Because of the painstaking labor required, genuine pashmina scarves easily sell upwards of $200.

Mattoo spent her childhood admiring the region’s rich history in fabrics. Both her mother and her grandmother were avid collectors. Some of their textiles, handed down for generations, are so rare they could be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to Mattoo.

“My love for textiles comes from them,” she says.

In starting her own fashion boutique, it seems Mattoo inherited her mother’s social values as well. “My mom was fiercely social entrepreneurial. She was always supporting artisans,” Mattoo says. Orvana makes a point to source all its textiles from local Indian artisans as well. All of the craftspeople with whom Orvana contracts are paid above fair trade wages.

“But fair trade should not be a unique selling point, it should be a part of your business practices,” Mattoo says. “Without the artisans’ work, this store would not exist. We work together.”

Purchasing directly from local artisans, she says, is also more environmentally sustainable then relying on mass-produced, synthetic fabrics. “The artisans al-

ways respect their resources because their livelihood depends on it. For example, there’s a strong incentive not to overshear a flock of sheep as the same animals are relied upon year after year. Or, in the scorching valleys of Rajasthan where cotton is king, there’s no need to power electric ovens. Fresh textiles are dried in the sun.

“Everything is made in the traditional method. It’s intrinsically sustainable,” Mattoo says.

As an entrepreneur in the fashion world, Mattoo considers herself the “black sheep” in the family. Both her father and her brother studied engineering, while she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1999. “All of my family is either an engineer or a doctor. When I told them I was going to be a designer, they thought I was going to become a model! They had no clue,” she says.

Marrying Herik Kleven, a Danish economics professor, was also “very different culturally from what a person of my background would do,” she says.

From its roots in London, Orvana nearly landed in New York City, had it not been for a surprise offer from Prince­ ton University to Mattoo’s husband, who previously taught at the London School of Economics. They have a seven-year old daughter who attends the Riverside School and a three-year old son.

I design clothes in a way that’s very versatile — anyone could fit into it. And the fabric is so important to the silhouette, so it just flows next to your body.

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ustainability also plays a role in the accessories and clothing that Orvana first specialized in, back in 2009. Mattoo decided to design scarves, and then kaftans shortly after, because both are rarely sized.

“People could just pick it up and accentuate whatever they were wearing already,” she says. “I design clothes in a way that’s very versatile — anyone could fit into it. And the fabric is so important to the silhouette, so it just flows next to your body.”

Having worked for large corporate brands like Theory and Bill Blass for over a decade, Mattoo associates sized items with excessive stock — that often ends up chucked as waste, after collecting dust on a sale rack.

“I think having leftover stock because of sizes is a big cost to the environment,” she says. She would rather sell out, than knowingly create excess stock just in case she could sell more.

“I worked in planning for various fashion companies and I know how much of this inventory they carry is costly, not only to the company itself as the company can often sell it for a base price to outlet stores like T.J. Maxx, but the resources are massive,” she says.

Consistent with this logic, Orvana’s items are priced to sell — they rarely go on sale.

“I don’t want to put things on sale, because there shouldn’t be any,” she says.

Orvana’s pure wool dresses retail for around $200. Her cotton designs hover around $100, depending on the print; some are stamped by hand with wooden blocks.

“It’s seamless, can you see that?” she says, as she pulls out a linen dress covered in maroon vines. “You can’t even see where it starts and begins. It’s a dying art.”

These skilled printers have no guidelines, nor a template. “They’re so skillful that they just know,” she says, “It’s perfect.” And while she is hesitant to carry sized dresses, she will customize dresses for clients who need alterations. Eventually, she would like to offer clients a line of designs and a swatch book to create their own clothing.

Given the purity of handspun textiles, Mattoo points to similar dresses at Anthropologie that retail closer to $400. And yet, her dresses are marked around half the price; because no discounts are factored into Orvana’s prices (as other stores that host frequent sales might), the dress prices are “never massively exaggerated,” she says.

Her next collection will be inspired by diverse cultures and landscapes, from the American southwest to Indian temples, paired with the sensible and chic style of female artists like Georgia O’Keefe and vintage silhouettes (“I hate disposable fashion,” she says).

Weaving enough wool to make a single Orvana dress can take a single artisan up to four days. The weaver must craft each cloth just one thread at a time. Because of

Alka Mattoo imports fabrics for her designs from artisans in her native country, India. the concentration involved, Mattoo considers weaving a form of meditation.

“For me, being next to someone who is weaving, is the most peaceful place to be.

People are meditating on it, essentially, when they are doing their craft. The peace around that is priceless,” she says, describing a recent trip to visit the Navajo weavers in Monument Valley.

Mattoo expresses these connections with textiles — whether it’s the similarities in weaving techniques between the Navajo people and Indian artisans, or customers making the connection. “In London I would have customers from all around the world and people would say, ‘This [fabric] is very similar to something in Russia, something I remember from my grandmother. They can feel a connection,” she says.

Orvana, 12 Chambers Street. www. orvana.co.uk.

SAVE THE DATE • HOLIDAY BAZAAR • DECEMBER 1ST, 2018 Calling ALL CRAFTERS! Space is limited CALL FOR LUNCH AND A TOUR!

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1150 Washington Boulevard, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 located across from foxmoor shopping center

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All You Can Eat Sushi Lunch $18.95 • Dinner $24.95 • Kids Half-Price (under 4.5’)

Tel: (609) 520-8883 415 Nassau Park Blvd., Princeton, NJ 08540 (near Sam’s Club)

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he Princeton community’s vaunted diversity is on display this fall, not in a theater or a museum, but in the cooking classes offered by the Princeton Adult School. Many of these classes are offered at the Cucina, a rental commercial kitchen in the Princeton North Shopping Center on Route 206 that currently hosts five food-based businesses as well as various cooking classes.

One of those food entrepreneurs is Sheetal Sharma, owner of Curries and Chutneys, which offers weekly pickup and delivery of various Indian-style entrees in 8 and 16-ounce sizes ($6 to $13) as well as sweet chilli, apple ginger, and dates tamarind chutney ($8). She offers four different courses in Indian cooking, each running for one or two Saturday evening sessions. Classes include preparation of a vegetarian meal (October 13 and 20, $130), a non-vegetarian meal (November 10 and 17, $130), a vegan meal (December 1 and 8, $130), and Indian instant pot cooking (November 3, $60). For a taste of what you might make, check www.curriesandchutneys.com.

Also based at the Cucina is Karen Ambrose, owner of Sweet Gourmet, who offers Wednesday evening courses on cookie decorating (October 24), buttercream design (November 28), and fondant (December 5) — just in time to impress friends and families for the holidays. Each course meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and costs $60. When she isn’t teaching, Am-

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brose is baking made-to-order cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Founded in 2017, Sweet Gourmet “all started with an eightyear-old begging for a cake decorating kit,” Ambrose writes on her website, www. sweetgourmet.biz. “I cannot promise no fat or reduced calories, but I can promise you desserts that are fresh and delicious.”

Several Princeton-based chefs are also part of the international culinary tour.

Jose Lopez, the head chef at Nassau Street Seafood, and Edgar Urias, head chef at Blue Point Grill, team up to offer “Nuevo Latino Fusion Cuisine That Is Built on the Zesty Tropical Flavors of the New World.”

The course has three Tuesday evening sessions that began September 25 at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Another member of the JM Group team, beverage manager Will Rodriguez of Witherspoon Grill, invites students ages 21 and up to the restaurant on Monday, November 5, for a course on Old World vs. New World wines. Rodriguez will discuss the characteristics of the different wines and how to taste them.

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Golden apples of the sun

By Pia de Jong

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ummer can be like the guest at your party who was welcome when he arrived but does not take your hint about when to leave. Even as the days grow shorter and my shadow falls longer on the garden path, the heat of August lingers well beyond its welcome.

Until one recent morning when for the first time I noticed a diaphanous mist hanging over the grass. It was a gauzy curtain that turned my favorite trees into insubstantial shadows. The gate to the garden seemed to float mysteriously in the air. When the fog cleared later that morning, I saw what I had not noticed until now. The leaves were proudly glowing with autumn colors. Deep red, ocher yellow, burnt purple.

A loamy aroma rose from the earth. Some trees were already bare ruined choirs, their branches grasping the sky.

Near my kitchen door was a single mushroom, red with white dots, that seemed to have sprung up overnight, as if in a time-lapse movie. When I was a

schoolgirl, we used to pluck mushrooms while walking to class and put them in a shoebox with moss and leaves. How heartless! Now I would I’d like to put a fence around this lonely and vulnerable mushroom to protect it from the sniffing puppy.

A blue thrush flutters into the garden.

He scratches the ground uneasily and then goes on to his birdhouse. Has the late heat wave confused him? Should he start a new nest? Is this why they call this time of year bluebird weather?

But in the afternoon it will be more predictable. I go out with my daughter. When we pass a white farmhouse we see children in summer clothes outside picking pumpkins.

They shine like apples, gold in the sun.

A harvest festival in October.

We stop, park, and run into the pasture to search for the biggest, the most beautiful. We need both hands to carry out the ones we choose.

It reminds me of the poem, “The Song of the Wandering Aengus” by W. B. Yeats: Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands,

Even as the days grow shorter and my shadow falls longer on the garden path, the heat of August lingers well beyond its welcome.

cooking. First, proprietor Tony Kanterakis and chef Stratos Karabsis of Local Greek invite aspiring chefs to the restaurant to learn about traditional Greek cuisine. On the menu: Greek salad, tzatziki dip, meatballs, and kataifi, a phyllo, honey, and nut dessert. Monday, October 29, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $60.

If you like what you make, you can return two weeks later for a dinner date with food writer Pat Tanner (a former Echo contributor), who will lead a tasting and discussion of a variety of Greek dishes. Thursday, November 15, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $65. Tanner also offers a course on the art and science of restaurant reviewing. Tuesday, October 30, or Thursday, November 8, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $35.

And finally, there are talented home cooks who are sharing the cuisine of their homeland with a new audience. Nurcan Guleryuz offers lessons in Turkish cuisine; Linda Jin gives two courses on modern Chinese courses: simple and healthy steamed dishes for busy people, Friday, October 19, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., and noodles with fried fermented soybean pasta sauce, Friday, October 26, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $120. And Magalie Vandewiele teaches “French Cooking with a Twist!” beginning Friday, November 2, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for three sessions ($170).

Each session includes the preparation and consumption of a three-course traditional French meal. Classes are held at Princeton United Methodist Church.

For a full schedule and to register: www.princetonadultschool.org.

The Cucina: www.thecucina.biz.

I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done, The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun.

The golden apples of the sun are a harbinger of Indian summer, a second spring. It is an unanticipated gift from nature, but like much of nature’s bounty, it can be treacherous. In it we find the bravado of a young man who thinks he will have eternal life — until the first killing frost arrives.

At home we will carve eyes, nose and mouth into the pumpkin and a place for

Illustration by Eliane Gerrits

the candle. We put it by the front door.

Our neighbors do the same thing. That night a storm is predicted.

I bring the table umbrellas inside, the hammock. I pick up an abandoned badminton racket with broken strings and store it in the barn.

Now we are ready for Halloween, for Thanksgiving. For the sharp cold light of November.

Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her memoir, “Saving Charlotte,” was published by W.W. Norton in 2017.

She can be contacted at pdejong@ias.edu.

standards, with influences such as Pat Metheny, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wes Mongomery, Tito Puente, Duke Ellington, Carlos Santana, Sting, and Bach.

Reichert has performed at numerous Princeton-area venues including the Alchemist & Barrister and Communitversity. For more on Reichert, visit www. lancereichert.com.

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Lance Reichert provides Spanish sounds Thursdays at Two Sevens.

Two Sevens adds live music

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enwick Hospitality’s newest spot, Two Sevens, the Central and South American-inspired restaurant and bar on Witherspoon Street, is expanding not by adding new menu items but by offering live music on Thursday evenings. Lance Reichert will offer Spanish-inspired world and contemporary guitar music from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Hamilton-based Reichert is a professional musician, music teacher, and music producer who also has more than three decades of performance experience in the tri-state area. His repertoire includes contemporary acoustic and electric guitar featuring world music, pop, and jazz

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rinceton has two ramen spots around the corner from each other, four sushi restaurants downtown, and multiple sources of Chinese food. But until now, a hunt for Vietnam’s best-known dish — the noodle soup known as pho — would have taken you all the way to Trenton’s Pho Friendly, located across from Fuld Medical Center.

But not for long. The newest addition to the restaurant offerings at Princeton Shopping Center is the Pho Spot, opening soon in the corner space near Cross Culture Indian restaurant and Dunkin Donuts.

The restaurant’s social media promises ingredients and spices sourced directly from Vietnam. “Our broth takes 10 hours to make and will bring back memories of the popular Pho restaurants throughout Vietnam for anyone that has visited,” they say.

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KBG offers create-your-own bowls, tacos, and burritos with choices of toppings including bulgogi (ribeye), spicy pork, barbecue chicken, and tofu. Other menu items include fries, dumplings, chicken wings, and a range of bubble teas. www. facebook.com/eatkbg

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