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we abruptly closed the galleries of the Princeton University Art Museum as the public health crisis of COVID-19 emerged ominously and dramatically around the globe. Twelve months later, they remain closed.

The days leading up to closure were confusing and even frightening. Retailers closed, posting notices that they would reopen in two weeks. It wasn’t possible to buy hand sanitizer, or masks. Museum staff rushed to document as much as we could in the Museum, not knowing how long the disruption might endure and how many ways we might need to use the new content we were shaping.

In the year that has followed, two forces seem to have faced off in opposition: On one side, the ambiguous, dark shadow of the global health crisis; on the other, the collective resolve across the Museum staff to continue to fulfill our institutional mission no matter the circumstances. At last, of course, there is good news, as hospitalizations fall, vaccinations increase, and our resolve endures. I have never been prouder of the team I lead than in these past months.

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I write today to confirm your build on the lessons learned, including the silver lining of reach- suspicions that COVID-driven cloing robust international audiences sure has now given way to confor so many of our digital pro- struction-driven closure. The galgrams. How thrilling that in Sep- leries you have known and loved tember nearly 7,000 people joined will not reopen; unfortunately, sayus for the reveal of Sir David Ad- ing farewell to them will also have jaye’s designs for the new Muse- to be a digital experience. But I um. How equally thrilling that al- write you now not only to reflect on most every week as many as 900 the strange and difficult year past join us online for Thursday evening but also to look to the future. The making of our new Mudrawing classes. And seum continues apace, how gratifying that durBetween and I am delighted to reing this time we’ve been port that the Princeton able to grow our memThe municipal planning bership numbers by Lines board voted unanimousmore than 500 percent. ly on March 4 to approve One year ago we thought we were already counting our project, clearing the way for down the days to closing the cur- construction to begin this summer.

Thus, in addition to what you rent Museum facility in order to remove the collections and under- can experience on our website and take construction. Instead, we had via your Zoom screens, or in the only days, if not hours, to count shopfront windows of downtown down in the face of crisis. Sadly, Princeton and the Princeton Shopeven as our digital programs have ping Center (where our Art for the been astonishingly robust (our first Streets project continues), we are digital blockbuster took place on as busy behind the scenes as can be April 2, 2020), it did not prove pos- — emptying the galleries, building a temporary art conservation lab, sible to reopen our galleries.

The Art Museum will remain closed leading up to the start of construction on the new museum, above, this summer. preparing to move our offices, and so much more. Digital programming will continue — I don’t think we want to put that genie back in the bottle, at least not entirely — but so, as conditions allow, will other activities that put you back into contact with the thing itself, with great works of art. Art@Bainbridge will reopen, public programs will take place across our campus and around our region, and who knows, we might find unexpected spaces in which to make art a vital part of your everyday life, even during the years of construction.

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he event billed as the nation’s longestrunning computer festival has addressed plenty of technological changes in its 45 years. In 2021 it confronts a change in venue, as the annual Trenton Computer Festival moves from its traditional home at The College of New Jersey to an all-virtual format.

The day-long program is free and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 20. All lectures, workshops, and presentations featuring research by current TCNJ students will be held using Zoom. For a complete schedule, descriptions of all talks, and speaker biographies visit www.tcf-nj.org.

The program is organized into 11 tracks featuring a broad range of topics related to computing and technology. Programs conclude at 3:40 p.m. for a keynote talk by Jerry Foster, founder and chief technology officer of the California-based “smart manufacturing” company Plex Systems.

His talk, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Artificial Intelligence,” dovetails with the track one programming specifically on artificial intelligence.

The benefit of a virtual event is that speakers can appear from around the world, but some are locally connected, including Kai Chen of NRG Energy, who leads a session titled “Machine Learning for Music Info Retrieval.” The AI track also concludes with a tribute to Trenton Computer Festival founder Sol Libes, who died in 2019, led by festival co-founder and TCNJ electrical engineering professor Al Katz and Don Libes, a computer scientist and Sol’s son.

Libes and Katz also have roles in the second track, “Innovation.” Katz speaks on “TCF @ 50,” discussing the future of computing and what he expects the world to look like for the 50th edition of the TCF in 2025.

Katz also reflects on what has changed in the decade since his “TCF @ 40” talk.

Libes gives a talk titled “Ending a Digital

Trenton Computer Festival co-founder Al Katz is leading a virtual festival in 2021.

Life,” which addresses the fact that people dying in this day and age often have extensive digital footprints that need to be cleaned up prior to their death or cleaned up by their heirs.

The third track, IT-PC, includes a bootcamp focused on the WordPress website creation platform, followed by a presentation on “Using AI in Healthcare” by Viswanatha Reddy Allugunti of Monmouth Junctionbased IT solutions company Arohak Inc. The sessions in track four, Social Media & Apps, kick off with an introduction to Mystabar 2, an escape room-type game in which attendees can participates from their phones, laptops, or tablets.

And the track concludes with a presentation by Cecilia Jackson of Forte Consulting, based at 3490 Route 1, on “CRM Technology: Reinvent Skill and Reinvent Your Career.” Jackson’s firm provides Salesforce implementation and support, and she also directs the Youth Leadership Development Program, which teaches leadership and management skills to school-age children.

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

Wednesday March 17 Classical Music Lecture Performance Series, Boheme Opera NJ, Monroe Township Library. www.monroetwplibrary.org. “More Than the Barber,” a presentation of Bel Canto selections from Rossini and Donizetti featuring international soprano Sungji Kim. Streamed online. Free. 1 p.m.

Food & Dining

Marvelous Mandel Bread for Passover, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net. Cooking demonstration with Chef Marshall via Zoom. Bake along or observe.

Say It With Flowers A virtual opening reception takes place Friday, March 19, for the West Windsor Arts Council’s annual members’ exhibition.

The show, titled ‘Floral Persuasion,’ is on view through May 14.

Pictured: ‘Dawn’ by Hetal Mistry, left, and ‘Peonies in the Sunroom’ by Christine Seo, right.

Recipe provided in advance. Registered dietitian Caryn Alter share tips for pleasing palates without expanding waistlines during the holiday. Register. 7 p.m.

History

Yes! The Suffragists Had Swag!, Princeton Public Library. www. princetonlibrary.org. Author Nancy Kennedy brings the suffrage story to life thorough storytelling and sharing artifacts from that time period. Register. 4 p.m.

Lectures

The Purpose of Power, Princeton University Public Lectures. lectures.princeton.edu. Zoom talk with Alicia Garza, author, activist, founder of Black Futures Lab and Supermajority; and Frederick F. Wherry, professor of sociology.

First 300 attendees receive a copy of Garza’s new book, “The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.”

Register. Free. 6 p.m.

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

For Seniors

The Irish Emigration Museum, Princeton Senior Resource Center. princetonsenior.wufoo. com/forms/an-emerald-odyssey/.

Irish emigration talk focuses on the reasons people left Ireland and their achievements, with a special focus on the Irish who emigrated to the United States. Register. $10. Noon.

Thursday March 18 In Person: Farm Markets Princeton Farmers Market Winter Series, Franklin Avenue Lot,

Princeton. www.princetonfarmers­ market.com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. Face coverings and social distancing required. Pre-ordering available. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

Beaver Walk & Twilight Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Roebling Park at Spring Lake, Hamilton. www.mercercountyparks.org. Join a naturalist and search for beavers and other wildlife that live in the betweentime of day and night. Bring a flashlight. Register. $5 per person, $20 per family. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Classical Music

Recital, Westminster Conservatory at Nassau, Nassau Presbyterian Church. www.nassauchurch.org/westminster-conservatory-recitals. Mother-daughter piano duo Phyllis Alpert Lehrer and Suzanne Lehrer, both members of the Westminster Conser-

vatory faculty, perform. 12:15 p.m.

Good Causes

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

History

Reclaiming Our Voice: New Jersey’s Role in the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Carol Simon Levin portrays Lillian Feickert, New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association President from 19121920, to tell the story of the role of New Jersey women in the long struggle for women’s suffrage.

Register for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

Lectures

J.S. Bach and the Magnificat, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www. princeton.com/groups/55plus.

Meeting and presentation via Zoom with Ryan Brandau, artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica.

Free; $3 donation requested. 10 a.m.

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The Brazilian Trans Movement, School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu. Talk by Thiago Coacci, substitute professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Political Science. Via Zoom. Register.

Free. Noon.

Adriana Groza: A Fluid Art Experience, Artsbridge Distinguished Artist Series. www.artsbridgeonline.com. Romania-born Hamilton-based artist Adriana Groza discusses the unconventional instruments and techniques she uses to create her abstract fluid arcylic paintings without a brush. Via Zoom. Register. 7 p.m.

Managing Flooding in Princeton, Princeton Public Library. www. princetonlibrary.org. Princeton is experiencing more severe storms as a result of climate change and continued development. Often one resident’s efforts to solve a stormwater-related problem can result in an issue for another homeowner. Join us to learn how neighborhoods can work together to address flooding and to learn how Princeton’s Flood & Stormwater Committee is working to mitigate the problem. Register. 7 p.m.

Train Station Series, Sourland Conservancy. www.sourland. org. “Wildflowers” presented by Betty Horn, an avid botanist with an intimate knowledge of local wildflowers. Free webinar. Register. 7 p.m.

The Junior No. 1 Stories, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 609-989-1191. www.ellarslie.org.

Zoom presentation on “The 1916 Polio Epidemic and the Building of Trenton’s Municipal Colony” by Pat Allen, Carol Hill, and Karl Flesch. Last of a series featuring the stories uncovered while researching the building of Junior No. 1, the first junior high school built in the Eastern United States.

Register. $10. 7 p.m.

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

9:30 to 11 a.m.

Pre-Passover Social/Happy Hour, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net. Via Zoom. Open to the community. 7 p.m.

Art

Floral Persuasion Virtual Reception, West Windsor Arts Council. www.westwindsorarts.org.

Members only juried exihibit on view through May 14. 7:15 to 9 p.m.

Dancing

For Seniors

Blarney Castle, Princeton Senior Resource Center. princetonsenior.wufoo.com/forms/an-emerald-odyssey/. Virtual tour explores the history of Blarney Castle, explains why people kiss the Blarney Stone, and showcases some of the most popular parts of the gardens like the Poison Garden and Fern Garden. Register. $10.

Noon.

Health Insurance: Coverage to Care, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Renata Svincicka of the Family Resource Network discusses the importance of choosing health insurance coverage and connecting to the services you need. Register.

Noon.

In Person: Art Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA. www.michenerartmuseum.org. First day for a juried photography showing of 25 images taken by residents from local communities. Timed entry tickets and face coverings required. On view through July 11.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In Person: On Stage

The Diary of Anne Frank, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www. musicmountaintheatre.org. So-

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Virtual Folk Dance Party, Princeton Folk Dance. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Visit website for link to join. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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Why Scholars of Religion Must Investigate the Corporate Form, Center for the Study of Religion. csr.princeton.edu. Online roundtable with the authors of the recent Journal of the American Academy of Religion article, Levi McLaughlin, Aike P. Rots, Jolyon Baraka Thomas, and Chika Watanabe. Leora Batnitzky and Stephen F. Teiser will respond. Register. Noon.

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

Discussion with Angelika Negron, a Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist who writes music for accordions, robotic instruments, toys, and electronics as well as chamber ensembles and orchestras. Register. Free. 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Paintings from Joshua Lance’s travels along the Delaware River are featured in an exhibit at the Scrambled! gallery in New Hope opening with a reception on Saturday, March 20, and on view through April 25.

The Celtic Revival and the Harlem Renaissance, Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton University. fis. princeton.edu. Tara GuissinStubbs of Oxford University that considers James Weldon Johnson’s assertion in his preface to “The Book of American Negro Poetry” (1922) that the Black poet needs to find “symbols from within rather than symbols from without” in order to find a suitable form; in so doing, Johnson contends, the poet will be doing “something like what Synge did for the Irish.” Free via Zoom. 4:30 p.m.

Socials

Multicultural Storytelling, HomeFront’s Lawrence Community Center. www.homefrontnj.org/ lawrence-community-center. Live performers Philipe AbiYouness, a first generation Lebanese-American writer, performer, and teaching artist; and Julie Pasqual, a dancer actor, and storyteller; and

open, inclusive discussions on relevant topics. Via Zoom. Free. 6 p.m.

For Seniors

Women in Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www. princetonsenior.org. John Vine, a board-certified dermatologist from Penn Medicine, presents on skin cancer and skin care. Register.

Free. 10 a.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Discussion focuses on the types of financial abuse elderly individuals commonly fall victim to as well as more sophisticated scams that have become increasingly pervasive as technology advances, led by elder law attorney Bryan Adler. Register.

Free. 11:45 a.m.

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4:30 p.m. via Zoom For more information about the event and Zoom link, visit fis.princeton.edu The Fund for lrish Studies is generously supported by the Durkin Family Trust and the James J. Kerrigan, Jr. ’45 and Margaret M. Kerrigan Fund for lrish Studies.

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The Life and Work of WB Yeats, National Library of Ireland, Princeton Senior Resource Center. princetonsenior.wufoo. com/forms/an-emerald-odyssey/.

Review of personal items, books, and manuscripts from the library’s large and invaluable collection donated by the Yeats family. Register. $10. Noon.

Transition to Retirement, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Group facilitated by social worker Dave Roussell addresses the many kinds of issues that can arise during the transition to retirement.

Register. Free. 3 p.m.

Saturday March 20 In Person: Art Gallery Walk, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Historian and author Patricia Burke leads a walk through the exhibition “In Nature’s Realm: The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh.”

Burke’s collectible “Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh: Artist and Ornothologist” available for purchase and signing separately.

Register. $15. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Opening Reception, Scrambled!

Gallery of Gifts, 39 West Bridge Street, New Hope, PA. Opening reception for “Scenes and Dreams Along the River” exhibit

by Joshua Lance featuring a curated group of paintings from his travels up and down the Delaware River towns. On view through April 25. 5 to 8 p.m.

In Person: On Stage

The Diary of Anne Frank, Music

Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www. musicmountaintheatre.org. Socially distanced seating at 35 percent capacity. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

In Person: Farm Markets West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, MarketFair Parking Lot, 3535 Route 1 at Meadow Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Vendors sell fresh produce, seafood, meat, eggs, mushrooms, fibers, cheese, pasta, honey, soups, chocolates, and more. Masks required. Pre-ordering available. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In Person: Good Causes

Spring Into Fitness, Pace Education, MarketFair Mall, 3535 Route 1, Princeton. www.paceeducation.org. Apart | Together and Athleta partner to benefit Pace Education, which offers personalized support for struggling students.

Bring the kids for kickboxing, zumba, barre, and kids’ hula hoopla in the parking lot. Receive 20 percent off one item at Athleta indoors or in their pop-up cabana outdoors. Minimum $25 donation.

9:30 to 11 a.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

for Advanced Study. www.ias.edu/ matthew-shipp-piano-equation.

Virtual concert, live from San Francisco, by composer and performer Pamela Z, who explores the boundary between live and electronic performance. Register.

Free. 8 p.m.

Film

Saturday Night at the Movies: Unsung Heroes, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Borrow the featured title from the Hoopla catalog with a Mercer County Library card and watch it in the virtual company of your community. 8 p.m.

Wellness

Sawmilling & Tree Planting, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609-737-3299. www. howellfarm.org. Opportunities for visitors to help roll logs to the mill with logging tools, cut firewood for the kitchen stove, make pegs for use in barn framing, and plant replacement trees in the farm’s woodlot. Helpers will receive a free tubling from the NJ Tree Foundation to take home and plant. Register. 10 a.m.

Pop Music

Pamela Z: Other Rooms, Edward T. Cone Concert Series, Institute

Hip Hop with a Doc, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Dr. Tyree Winters invites families and people of all ages to dance and exercise together on Zoom. Presentation will be simulcast in a heated tent at the YMCA of Princeton for those who need more space to dance.

Space is limited. Register. 11 a.m.

Socials

Artist Talent Show, Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission, 609313-4541. bit.ly/hightstownsgottalentshow. Featuring music, dance, and theater from talented folks in Hightstown and nearby

Hamilton-based artist Adriana Groza, left, discusses her unique fluid acrylic technique as part of the Artsbridge Distinguished Artist series held virtually on Thursday, March 18. Groza’s work ‘Imaginary Seascape’ is pictured above.

Mercer County neighborhoods.

Free. Via Zoom. Email cac@ hightstownborough.com for information. 7 p.m.

Sunday March 21 In Person: Good Causes Drive-Through Food Distribution, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen & RISE, Modway Lot, 329 Wyckoff Mills Road, East Wind-

sor. www.trentonsoupkitchen.org.

First come, first served distribution of 60-pound grocery packages to families experiencing food insecurity. Families remain in their vehicles to drive through the contact-free distribution line to collect a variety of fresh and packaged foods. 10 a.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

Winter Birds of the Park, Washington Crossing State Park, 335 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609.

Summer Fiction All Year Long Short Stories & Poems from the readers of U.S. 1

U .S. 1 Newspaper extends its annual invitation to all writers and poets to present original short fiction, short plays, or poetry.

This is an opportunity to have your work published in hard-copy form and to be recognized in public for your effort.

To participate, submit your previously unpublished short story, play, or poem as soon as possible. Please: No more than two stories or five poems per writer.

Work will be considered for publication on a rolling basis.

Please submit work by e-mail to fiction@princetoninfo.com.

Authors retain all rights.

Preference will be given to central New Jersey writers whose work addresses a theme or place relevant to the greater Princeton business community. Submissions from children are not encouraged.

Questions?

E-mail fiction@princetoninfo.com or call 609-452-7000.

Important: Be sure to include a brief biographical summary with your submission, along with your name, address, and daytime phone number.

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Join veteran birder Franta Broulik and other members of Washington Crossing Audubon to walk the trails in search of a variety of winter bird species and early spring migrants. Register. 1:30 to 3 p.m.

In Person: On Stage

The Diary of Anne Frank, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www. musicmountaintheatre.org. Socially distanced seating at 35 percent capacity. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

Classical Music

“Alone Together” Virtual Faculty Recital, Westminster Conservatory. www.facebook.com/westminsterconservatory. Performance released via Facebook including flutists Jill Crawford, Ellen Deerberg, Katherine McClure, and Sandra Olson; Timothy Urban, alto recorder; Melissa Bohl, oboe; Kenneth Ellison, clarinet; Zachary Feingold, bassoon; Marjorie Selden, viola; and Stephanie Ho, piano. 3 p.m.

Bach’s St. John Passion, Dryden Ensemble, 609-466-8541. www. drydenensemble.org. Streaming of a live recording created in March, 2020, held via Zoom. In honor of Bach’s 336th birthday.

Register. $10 to $50. 3 p.m.

Art

Awards Ceremony & Demonstration, Garden State Watercolor Society. www.gswcs.org.

Awards ceremony for the annual members exhibition, available to be viewed online through April 15.

Commentary by juror Margaret Fanning followed by a live watercolor demonstration by artist/illustrator Doris Ettlinger. Register. 2 to 4 p.m.

Lectures

“Playing on Air” Podcast Discussion, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org.

Actor and director Vivia Font leads a four-week series highlighting great short theater from the “Playing On Air Podcast.” Discussion on “Wanting North” by Tanya Barfield. Register. 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Monday March 22 Good Causes Virtual Information Session, CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties. www. casamb.org. Information on the non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children that have been removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect and placed in the foster care system. Register by email to jduffy@casamercer. org. 5 p.m.

Daily Updates on Twitter @princetoninfo

Soprano Sungji Kim, left, performs selections from Rossini and Donizetti as part of Boheme Opera’s virtual lecture performance series with Monroe Township Library on Wednesday, March 17.

Violinist Scott Metcalfe leads the Dryden Ensemble in a virtual performance of Bach’s St. John’s Passion on Sunday, March 21.

Tuesday March 23 In Person: Outdoor Action Just a Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Princeton. www. mercercountyparks.org. Join a naturalist on a walk through the park with pauses to admire various elements of nature. For teens and adults. Register. Free. 1 to 3 p.m.

Dancing

Virtual Folk Dance Party, Princeton Folk Dance. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Visit website for link to join. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Literati

Linda Colley & Maya Jasanoff in Conversation, Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthbooks.com.

Conversation about “The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World,” a new book by historian Linda Colley, with fellow historian Maya Jasanoff. Register.

Free. 6 p.m.

History

The Working Women of World War II: Rosie and Beyond, Mercer County Library. www.mcl. org. Storyteller Madge Powis provides insight into the contributions of women during World War II. One such story will be that of her own Aunt Helen, who worked as a welder. Register for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series, Morven Museum & Garden. www. morven.org. Lecture series with the theme “The Woman of the House.” Anne K. Schuyler, director of visitor services, speaks on The Mount: a house and garden designed by Edith Wharton. Virtual program with live Q&A. Register. $25. 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday March 24 In Person: Health Blood Drive, Montgomery EMS, Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman Road, Skillman, 201-251-3703. donor.cbsblood. org/donor/schedules/drive_ schedule/53202. By appointment at www.vitalant.org. Donors must wear a mask and weigh at least 110 pounds. Bring photo ID. Donors will learn if they have COVID-19 antibodies. Email give-

blood@mems47.org for more information. Noon to 7 p.m.

In Person: Outdoor Action

Just a Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Princeton. www. mercercountyparks.org. Join a naturalist on a walk through the park with pauses to admire various elements of nature. For teens and adults. Register. Free. 1 to 3 p.m.

Classical Music

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

Program of all women composers, featuring Wan-Yi Pan, cello, and Tatyana Kebuladze, piano, with a livestream via YouTube.

12:15 p.m.

Literati

Reading by Nana Kwame AdjeiBrenyah, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu. A reading by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, the New York Times-bestselling author of “Friday Black,” and five seniors in the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University. Free via Zoom. 6 p.m.

In Conversation: Robert Alter and Michael Wood, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Author Robert Alter discusses his book “Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense” with Princeton University Professor Emeritus Michael Wood. 6 p.m.

History

Cunard Steamship and the Quest for Perfect Coal, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

North Atlantic steamers were once prodigious consumers of coal, and moving this precious fuel from the mountains of Appalachia to the docks of Manhattan was a huge undertaking. Dennis Waters tells the story of the search for the perfect coal and how it powered the fleet of the fabled Cunard Line during the Gilded Age. Register for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

Socials

Poetry Day, Dress for Success Central New Jersey. centralnj. dressforsuccess.org. Build on the appreciation for poetry sparked by Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem combined with March’s celebration of women’s history for an afternoon of poetry readings, led

by CEO Melissa Tenzer and including clients. Register. Donations welcome. 5 p.m.

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

Somerset Valley Players, Hillsborough’s community theater, is looking to fill 10 roles for the comedy “Four Weddings and an Elvis”

by Nancy Frick. A recording of the virtual performance will be streamed in June.

Auditions will be held virtually via Zoom by appointment only, on Sunday, March 21, starting at 4 p.m., and on Monday, March 22, starting at 6 p.m. Auditioners are required to submit a recorded 2-3 minute comedic monologue to edhayden_svp@yahoo.com no later than Friday, March 19.

Director Ed Hayen is looking for four adult females, ages 20-60, and six adult males, ages 20-80. Auditions are open to actors residing in any location. All roles are open to any ethnicity.

The director would like to cast real-life male/female couples as the couples portrayed in the show.

Theater couples strongly encouraged to audition. However, individual actors can audition as well.

Direct questions to edhayden_ svp@yahoo.com by Friday, March 19.

For complete information including character breakdown and required forms, go to the auditions page at the theater’s website: www. svptheatre.org.

Summer Employment Princeton Human Services is opening up the application process for their annual Summer Youth Employment Program. This program has been a gateway for youth into the adult world of work and has provided numerous working opportunities to youth in Princeton.

This summer participants will have the opportunity to work in-person with virtual job readiness work-

Thompson Management

shops.

Melissa Urias, director of Princeton Human Services, said that “as this program continues to expand, we will offer SYEP participants new career building opportunities by supplying a variety of employment sites, resume writing skills, and interpersonal interviewing techniques in order to facilitate teens as they transition into the adult workforce.”

Participants must live in Princeton, must be between the ages of 14 and 18 as of July 5, 2021, and their family income must not exceed 400 percent of the 2020 US federal poverty level. Participants work 25 hours a week and earn minimum wage ($11.10/hour) for eight weeks during the summer.

Applications are available at the Princeton Human Services office in Monument Hall. Applications can also be downloaded online at https://nj-princeton.civicplus. com/755/Summer-Youth-Employment-Program. The application deadline is Friday, April 30.

If you are interested in participating in this program and have questions, call Princeton Human Services at 609-688-2055 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or send an email to murias@princetonnj.gov.

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Off The Presses: ‘The Foreigner’s Song’ by Pablo Medina

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by Dan Aubrey

ationally known and former Trenton area poet Pablo Medina’s “The Foreigner’s Song: New and Selected Poems” is a type of aural retrospective. Here the Cuban-born American poet reaches back to his first published book of poems, the 1975 “Pork Rind and Cuban Song,” culls from five others, and releases 19 fresh works that open with “That Dream Again.” It’s a fitting title to start the book. Not only does Medina mention dreams in a number of his poems, he charges his poems with a dreamlike quality — one that leads readers to a place where familiarity and certainty surrender to strangeness and reflection.

In the following selection from his 1991 volume, “Arching into the Afterlife,” the poet explores a subject that he returned to frequently during his time in the region: the landscape of the Garden State:

Jersey Nights Camden Something secret raced down the street and left a smell behind — a rose in heaven, a cat long dead.

Someone hung intestines from electric lines, nuzzled a gravestone, tasted the ashes of apple pies.

I saw boys straddled on fences looking for manhood and women with eyes for pigeons.

Their brains were full of knives, Their hearts were full of feathers.

In Camden just under the wind I heard the sighs of an old poet walking.

He sensed the meanings of chimneys, he sang until the factories whimpered and the willows turned up their branches and the ruins turned to butterflies.

Newark Out of the marsh, out of the center of the function of things, out of the arching roadway and the roaring trucks, out of the drainpipe as the snow melts and purifies the dark, out of the itchy poets and the pest control deputies and the organized men lounging in the dream canoes and ladies in fur coats dripping with mustard, out of the blue light of blindness, the city rises Gorged on best intentions, sucking The teat of the mother of dawn, Newark of a little laughter, a little light, a little beer on the stoop, a little jazz in the stairwell.

Newark hoping for some rain, some flood left over, grateful of the work that fills the spaces between love, facing the spot where the sun rises, the sea makes waves, a girl sucking on a lollipop is looking down the boulevard.

Trenton Deep winter night.

‘The Foreigner’s Song,’ left is a new collection of poetry by Pablo Medina, right, that includes a mix of previously published poems, some dating back to his first published collection from 1975, as well as 19 new compositions.

The tongues of the Common quivered — the salt tongues, the tongues of the dreams of Hungarians, the tongues of windows sealing envelopes for their husbands, tongues of macadam, pine barren tongues, tongues of poets and politicians battling one another with mirrors.

I meet a woman cradling a stone in her arms.

The doctor found it by her bladder waiting for light.

She walked on singing.

Her talisman cracked. when the snows come they stay for days, when the snows leave the night wounds heal.

The highways point to states of concrete, waves, golden corn.

Love, the next under rushes by the ice-jammed river.

— Pablo Medina The Foreigner’s Song: New and Selected Poems, Pablo Medina, 172 pages, $18.95, Tiger Bark Press.

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Area Voices Returning Civility to Public Discourse

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t’s Inauguration Day 2021 — two weeks after the January 6 siege on the United States Capitol Building — and Rider University professor Mark Pearcy sits down and writes the following: “Dissent is foundational to a democratic society, and civic institutions like government, community, and schools are where citizens try to resolve the questions that provoke such dissent.”

The editor for the online publication Teaching Social Studies, Pearcy continues his introduction to the publication’s Winter-Spring 2021 issue by saying that even after “a mob of insurrectionists — and there is no really no better word to describe them — tore through the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to stop democracy from functioning” that “dissent is essential for democ- escalate with people in both parties racy to flourish” and “can’t be al- labeling each other enemies. lowed to fester into repression; and Pearcy says the current political we can’t allow demagoguery to situation is also connected to party blind us to the values we share. members existing more and more “Similarly, as Americans, we in “a closed echo chamber that is should believe, unashamedly, in really dangerous.” these democratic values, and keep He points out that in the past faith in our democratic processes both political parties could agree — and oppose any attempt to sub- that a particular social situation vert them.” was a problem — for example, Pearcy’s world is education: He poverty — and then offered differis a former Florida high school ing policies on how to address it. teacher and now a professor in RidToday, he says, one political er’s Department of Teacher Educa- party may refute the existence of a tion. So it is not surprising when he problem completely, ignoring a sowrites that “students need to know cial problem and creating divisions that such resolutions are difficult, and tensions. and often unsatPearcy says isfying, but are over the last five essential to the ‘The question we or six years, the proper (and consocial studies have all been asking tinuing) success community has over the past few of a republic. been asking itThe premise of months is ‘How can self, “How fascism — a should we have we teach about what submission to done more (to is happening in, and authoritarianfoster dialogue ism, the supto, our country?’ It is and debate)? pression of miThat questionthe prevailing issue nority views, the ing has grown of our profession, silencing of dissince the elecsent — is antiPearcy says. ‘The sotion of 2020 and thetical to both the rising up at cial studies commudemocracy and the Capitol in nity needs to continto the social January.” studies classue to support each However, he room.” adds, it is diffiother in finding the During a recult stuff for best ways to defend cent telephone teachers “beconversation our democracy and to cause parents Pearcy says pubcall and comhelp students see its lic education can plain,” and value.’ help citizens un“what the politiderstand the cal right wants workings of a from civic edudemocratic society and protect it cation is different from what peofrom eruptions — such as the ple on the left want.” events on January 6.

He says another factor affecting “The question we have all been New Jersey instruction is that the asking over the past few months is state has more than 580 school dis‘How can we teach about what is tricts of vastly different populahappening in, and to, our country?’ tions and resources, so there is no It is the prevailing issue of our pro- mandated approach to the teaching fession. The social studies commu- social studies and civics. nity needs to continue to support Money — or lack thereof — is each other in finding the best ways also a factor. As Pearcy notes, a to defend our democracy and to study by Danielle Allen, a former help students see its value.”

Institute for Advanced Study proAfter all, he adds, a social stud- fessor and now director of the Safra ies education is a type of civic lit- Center for Ethics at Harvard Unieracy that gives individuals the versity, reports taxpayers pay $54 ability “to take part of trying to im- per student for science, technology, prove the communities you live engineering, and math (STEM) though the civic process.” studies, yet pay only 5 cents for civHowever, problems develop ics education. when citizens lack the understand“As teachers we need to be coming of how the government func- mitted to American core values,” tions, the United States Constitu- he says. “These are values worth tion, and the interpretation of rights defending and to celebrate.” and misconceptions and extreme ideas are exacerbated by what he calls a “troubling polarization.” upporting Pearcy’s vision is “The problem is that the Demo- Nicholas Zolkiwsky, a Rider stucratic Party has moved to the left, dent whose 2021 Teaching Social and the Republican Party has Studies article “How Do We Teach moved further toward the right and Politics in a Society Where Politilost its mooring as a conservative cal Affiliations Have Become Toxbody” he says, adding that tensions

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Civic Minded: Mark Pearcy, left, is a member of Rider’s Department of Teacher Education and an editor of the online publication ‘Teaching Social Studies.’

Nicholas Zolkiwsky, center, is a Rider student who has contributed his thoughts on teaching politics to youth to the journal. Arlene Gardner, right, founded the New Jersey Center for Civic Education at Rutgers. ic?” illustrates the problems related to civics education and politics.

Zolkiwsky says when he was a fourth-grade student in 2008 his “teachers did not tell us where Senators McCain or Obama sided on certain issues or even a basic background of the parties they were affiliated with. Instead, we were all taught to like Obama because he was younger and was the more ‘favorable’ candidate among teachers at my elementary school.”

He says the same approach was taken in 2012 but changed in the 2016 presidential election when his teachers talked about where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton stood on issues.

“While for the first time we were having open discussions about beliefs and the two major parties, it was undoubtedly one of the most toxic environments one could have ever imagined. Instead of listening to each other oftentimes I would find classmates getting into heated arguments, which were then followed by one person attacking the personal character of the other.

“Even as a 17-year-old I knew this was no way to hold political discussions. Where was the respect? Where were the listening skills? And most importantly, where was the maturity? The answer, nowhere to be found.”

Now in 2021 he asks, “How do we, as teachers, teach and create a healthy environment where students can learn and discuss politics when we live in a society that becomes toxic when these discussions arise?”

His answer is informed by other references and also by work beyond the classroom.

One is to provide lessons that help students and citizens explore the reliability of sources of information, media bias, and “fake news.”

As Zolkiwsky notes, “This is a perfect starting point as understanding biases will better help all students fully understand the concepts of politics and how differently media outlets portray a candidate/policy than a rivaling network.

This also opens up the door to teach students the importance of factchecking and doing their own research, which in the past few years has become so much more important than ever.”

The process also helps address the easy access to media and the increasing influence of social media on individuals who “will typically see a picture or a meme on Twitter

or Instagram and assume it to be others. Oftentimes when people true. Not only will they outright be- start to mention politics during a lieve it, but they won’t even go conversation you can instantly feel through the effort of reading up on the atmosphere of the conversation the issue or using that additional start to change, and you worry that information to form their own things will become tense or even hostile. I believe that it is possible opinion.”

While his other points are direct- to have discussions that involve ed specifically to classroom teach- politics, especially with people ers — to inform parents that about whom you don’t see eye-to-eye the discussions and to remain neu- with, as long as a mutual undertral to issues and candidates — he standing and respect is put forward. brings up something applicable to We often forget that people’s politiall discussions: “Make sure that the cal opinions are nothing more than students know that their opinions just that, their opinion, and that are their own opinions and they they are fully entitled to an opinion. have the right to have them. This I always tell people that ‘you don’t can be very empowering for stu- have to agree with my opinions; I dents, especially those in high just ask that you respect them.’ If school who now find themselves in we want our future generations to the ‘young adult’ category. By hav- be able to have these respectful ing their own free-formed opinions conversations with one another this helps them establish a sense of then we as parents and teachers identity as to who they are and have to show and teach them how to respect each other’s opinions.” where their morals lie.”

Zolkiwsky sums up his argument by saying, “Our political climate in our nation today has never lsewhere, Arlene Gardner, been as divisive as it has been over founder and past executive director the past few years. But we as edu- of the New Jersey Center for Civic cators and even future parents must Education at Rutgers University realize that if we want to change the and member of the Teaching Social toxic climate that is our political Studies advisory committee, also spheres, then we must lead the readily shares her concerns about charge. Show our students it’s okay American democracy and her to disagree with others and that you hopes for change in the near future. can still be “I never in my friends just belife thought I’d ‘Our political climate cause one persee that,” she son voted for says about the in our nation today one candidate January 6 siege. has never been as diand the other “This is the U.S. visive as it has been voted for the opCapitol.

This posite candikind of effort to over the past few date. The sooner create coup years,’ Zolkiwsky we implement didn’t happen in says. ‘But we as edurespect in our the U.S.” classrooms and Yet, she says cators and even fuwhen discussing during a teleture parents must repolitics with phone interview, younger generaalize that if we want to there is research tions the more that shows that change the toxic clilikely they will seeds for such an mate that is our politi- eruption were pass those traits down to their planted years cal spheres, then we children.” must lead the charge.’ ago and grew During an while civics edemail exchange, ucation diminthe Flemington, ished.

New Jersey, raised Zolkiwsky, According to Gardner, who also whose grandfather and parents are serves as New Jersey Council for Rider alumni, says, “I wrote this the Social Studies director at large, article as part of an assignment for “In the late 1960s and early 1970s one of my education courses this when there was protesting about past fall semester called ‘Teaching the war in the Vietnam, we began to Social Studies in Secondary have this distinction where the two School.’ parties were really starting to sepa“I had always been interested in rate.” the fact that politics is often labeled as a ‘taboo’ topic to discuss with Continued on following page

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Ironically, Christie later founded the Christie Institute of Public Policy because, as he said in a Star-Ledger interview, politics Continued from preceding page “have gotten so ugly and divisive in the She says tensions between political par- country that people are not having civilized ties escalated during the Johnson administra- conversations.”

Despite the past frustrations of not seeing tion’s civil rights and anti-poverty legislation era and that opponents employed scare tac- civics education become part of the curricutics using race and economics to create divi- lum and growing political acrimony, Gardsion — a practice continued in the 2016 ner takes hope in two recent legislative acpresidential election when Donald Trump tions, both starting long before January 6.

The first is New Jersey’s proposed Laura promised to build a wall between the United Wooten’s Law. The bipartisan bill was introStates and Mexico.

“I’m not sure why, but civics and a broad duced in 2020 into both houses as follows: understanding of the Constitution and U.S. Senate, No. 854, sponsored by Democrats history just disappeared out of the curricu- Shirley Turner (Mercer and Hunterdon) and Linda Greenstein (Mercer and Middlesex) lum,” she says looking back 40 years.

She says one of the reasons may be be- and Republican Tom Kean, Jr. (Morris and Union), and Assembly, cause people couldn’t No. 3394, sponsored by agree on how to approach Democrat Verlina Reynthe subject, but that it was ‘I’m not sure why, but olds-Jackson (Mercer and important to try. “That’s civics and a broad unHunterdon). the why (civics education) The bill requires the derstanding of the should be in schools. Peoprovision of civics inple need to learn how to Constitution and U.S. struction to middle school deliberate. At the core of history just disappupils in public schools. the democracy is civil deCurrent law requires a peared out of the curliberation. The skills are course of study in civics, really important, the skills riculum,’ Gardner geography, and the history of active listening to says of changes in of New Jersey to be prosomeone you disagree, vided to public school elpublic school currithe skills to make a preementary students, but no sentation, and the disposicula over the past 40 similar requirement exists tion to make things better. years. for middle school pupils.

If we’re not learning this According to a brief, in the classroom, where under the bill, beginning are we learning it?

As the founding director and current pres- in the 2022-2023 school year, “each board of ident of the nonprofit center with the mission education is required to provide a course of to provide professional development and re- study about the values and principles undersources for teachers (K-12), Gardner says lying the American system of constitutional she and others have been attempting to ad- democracy, the function and limitations of dress the reality that New Jersey has no stat- government, and the role of a citizen in a ute regarding teaching civics in public democratic society. The course is to be taken schools — although public education is af- by all pupils in an appropriate middle school grade. The course of study must include a fected by civic actions.

She says that her organization, along with minimum of two quarters of instruction, or the New Jersey Social Studies Supervisor, the equivalent.

The bill also directs that a minimum of had developed language for such legislation but that Governor Chris Christie refused to $300,000 be appropriated annually to the support the bill and weakened its appeal New Jersey Center for Civic Education at among Republicans — some of whom pri- Rutgers. “The purpose of the appropriation will be to enable the center to provide a clearvately supported the project.

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SPENCER TRASK LECTURE

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In conversation with FREDERICK F. WHERRY, Townsend Martin, Class of 1917 Professor of Sociology, Princeton University This lecture is hosted in partnership with Carl A. Fields Center, and The Women’s Center

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State Senator Shirley Turner, left, with the late Laura Wooten, a long-serving poll worker who died at the age of 98 in 2019. A state law named in her honor and co-sponsored by Turner would require civics instruction for middle school students in public schools. inghouse of materials, an online resource center, technical assistance, professional development, and any other activities to encourage the integration of civics, economics, and New Jersey history in the required high school course in the history of the United States and to enhance the teaching of civics in middle school required pursuant to the bill.

This bill is named in honor of the late Princeton area resident Laura Wooten, the longest serving election poll worker the nation Born in 1920 in North Carolina, Wooten graduated from Princeton High School in 1939, was an elder of the First Baptist Church of Princeton, and joined Princeton University as a part time staff member after retiring from Princeton Medical Center at the age of 72. An election poll worker for 79 years, she died on March 24, 2019, at the age of 98.

The senate bill was passed by the senate on January 28, 2021, and received by the Assembly Education Committee on January 29.

to evidence-based curricula, instructional models, and other educational programs to enhance student knowledge and achievement in American civics and history in elementary schools and secondary schools; institutions of higher education developing and implementing programs to train elementary and secondary school teachers in methods for instructing and engaging students in American civics and history; researchers to research and evaluate elementary and secondary school students’ knowledge of American civics and history, and effective instructional practices and educator professional development in the fields of American civics and history.

And, finally, the bill directs the National Assessment Governing Board and the U.S. Department of Education to conduct a national assessment of student proficiency and academic achievement in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools at least once every two years.

The bill — introduced in the both the house and senate in 2020 — grew partially in response to the 2017 white paper study “The he federal government’s Educating for Republic is (Still) at Risk — and Civics is Democracy Act bill was also introduced in Part of the Solution.”

Among some of the report’s highlighted 2020 and has become a hot topic after Januremarks is one from the 1983 National Comary 6.

The bipartisan legislation authorizes $1 mission on Excellence in Education report: billion annually for the next six years to “dra- “A high level of shared education is essential matically increase federal support for civic to a free, democratic society and to the fosand history education, civic and history edu- tering of a common culture, especially in a cation research, teacher professional devel- country that prides itself on pluralism and opment in civic and history education and individual freedom.”

Nearly 40 years after would require the Nationthat statement, Zolkiwsky al Assessments of Educasays he doesn’t have any tional Progress (NAEPs) A bill making its way such pressing concerns bein civic and history eduthrough congress cause “this is the land of cation to be conducted the free and we are all enevery four years at all would ‘dramatically titled to our opinions. three grade spans, with increase federal supHowever, what I do fear is state level data of results port for civic and histhat we will continue to go made available.” down the path of attacking Supported by Presitory education, civic dent Biden, the bill would and history education people for having a rivaling opinion. Instead we authorize the secretary of research, [and] teach- have to be able to listen to state to design a competitive state grant program er professional devel- them and have those respectful discussions with in order to support state opment in civic and one another. In doing so, education programs in history education.’ we can all set an example American civics and hisfor our future generations tory. These state grants of how to have a respectful would then provide competitive sub grants of no less than 95 percent conversation with people who don’t agree of the award amount to state education agen- with us, and my hope is that they will replicies to carry out programs that “ improve the cate the examples that we set for them. We achievement of elementary and secondary are all capable of having discussions with school students in the fields of American civ- people who may or may not have the same ics and history. Priority will be given to grant opinions as us, and at the end of the day it’s proposals proposing to serve under-served, perfectly okay to agree to disagree.”

However, Gardner feels something more inner-city, rural, and majority minority urgent has to happen and education is needed school populations.”

The bill would additionally authorize the to strengthen citizens’ ability to engage in Department of State to offer competitive political analysis and debate.

If not, she says, “What we saw on January grants to the following groups: nonprofit organizations developing or expanding access 6 is the new norm.”

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Primetime’s Dramatic Effect on Politics and Civility

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by Dan Aubrey

rom screaming and ciating, an injury, or cheating by threats at town council meetings to the other team. storming the Capitol building, the “As with sports, political identicurrent practice of American de- fication and participation can occur mocracy seems more like a contest on a spectrum. Some people simply of winner-take-all than the spirit of vote every election cycle for their U pluribus Unum. preferred political party. Others, While there is no one easy an- however, are heavily invested in swer to explain how our culture got the party and its candidates. They to this point, a good part of it may devour media, purchase campaignbe shaped by our modes of enter- affiliated merchandise, and fretainment. quently flaunt their support in pubNot convinced? lic and on social media.”

Recently in the online publicaAfter the 2020 presidential election The Conversation, two sports tion, the writers wanted to know to communication researchers who what extent the concept of team specialize in examining “the vast identification applied to politics and powerful influence of identity and surveyed voters just as Joe on attitudes and behavior” investi- Biden was confirmed president by gated the parallels between politi- the Electoral College. cal identity and sport fandom.

Using a questionnaire used by One of the findings by Michael sport communication researchers, Devlin of Texas State University the writers said they “found that 55 and Natalie Brown Devlin of the percent of Trump voters in our surUniversity of Texas at Austin was vey still falsely believed that Donthat “during Donald Trump’s presi- ald Trump had won the 2020 elecdency, the tion. This result American elecwas significantThe type of deep torate became ly influenced by more divided emotional attachment their level of and partisan, team identificaserious sports fans with research tion; voters who have to their teams is suggesting that were highly the ongoing diidentified similar to the allevision is less supportgiances formed by ar- Trump about policy and ers were more dent supporters of more about lalikely to hold bels like ‘conthis false belief.” certain politicians. servative’ and After noting ‘liberal.’” that some memEssentially, they say, voters in- bers of Congress and conservative creasingly saw themselves in one media outlets reinforced those of two camps — a “red team” and a false beliefs by using baseless alle“blue team,” each with a faction of gations of election irregularities hard-core members and voter fraud, the researchers “The dangerous extent of this found Trump supporters who “redevotion was on display when a tained unfettered loyalty to Trump, mob of Trump supporters stormed similar to the way a sports fan the U.S. Capitol, convinced that the would react after a big loss. When election had been stolen despite no asked why Biden had been decredible evidence of widespread clared president-elect, overwhelmvoter fraud,” they note. ingly, they blamed everything but Referring to this team mindset Trump, most often echoing as “political fandom,” the writers Trump’s false voter fraud claims.” say while some individuals casualWith results that showed “both ly enjoy games simply while wear- Biden and Trump voters rated simiing their team’s shirt, “others ar- larly in terms of their levels of podently support and uproariously litical team identification,” the rereact to every play while cloaked in searchers say this indicated “the elaborate, outlandish outfits.” extent to which our politics have The writers say this type of fan- become polarized, with voters exdom goes beyond the outfits and isting in separate camps that are actually becomes a core compo- unflaggingly devoted to their nent of fan’s identity. It becomes a ‘team’ and its leaders.” sense of being characterized by a “deeper emotional attachment in which fans feel psychologically et sports also fits into anothconnected to their favorite team.” er mindset found in entertainment They are more likely to express and so ingrained that it is almost their love of their team on social invisible: dramatic conflict that remedia, attend events, and consume inforces narratives and a sense of more team-related media. “They’ll self. even buy team-related products Simply put, dramatic conflict is when they don’t particularly like a plot element that exploits a clash the product itself. For the fan, it’s between two or more individuals all about demonstrating alle- who have contrasting goals or degiance.” sires.

And while being a fan and beIt’s a formula obvious to anyone longing to a group can be beneficial going to a movie theater, buying a to someone’s well-being, the au- ticket to a popular Broadway show, thors say there can be a darker side or watching television. to this kind of devoted fandom — And while many may say that it particularly when a favorite team is the same approach used since anloses. tiquity, it isn’t.

“For highly identified fans,” say That’s because of a shift in the the authors, “a win feels like a per- idea of character — which had sonal victory” and fans use the been an exploration of fixed human words like “us and we” and bask in traits and tendencies and to allow the glory. audiences to experience the result However, “a loss, on the other of those traits in action — for better hand, feels like a personal defeat,” or worse. a threat to identify that creates psyAdditionally, as Greek drama chological discomforts that can shows, the dramatic conflict was lead “to stress, depression, and a internal rather than an external, greater willingness to confront oth- emotionally rousing spectacle. ers. They’ll often double down in Today — with more dramatic support of their team. They might stories written to feed an expanddeclare their team the best, regard- ing number of productions for inless of the outcome. They’ll say the ternet, movie houses, and the teleloss was a fluke and that external vision screen and the need to grab causes were to blame — poor offi- the audience’s attention as quickly

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as possible — spectacle is paraSome January 6 rioters showed up with banners mount, and the dramatic conflict sporting Donald Trump’s face transposed onto the generally moves into some simimage of the movie character John Rambo. plistic variation of good guy versus bad guy and winners versus losers.

As the internet movie income reporting website Box Office Mojo for the film that became a popular videos and made public. shows, the top five highest gross- meme and gained new life when Filled with calculated comic ing films in 2020 shared a similar one of Trump’s lawyers used the outrageousness, his videos mirformula: phrase to conjure a sense of menac- rored numerous other films where “Bad Boys for Life’s” plot is de- ing force that would be used to ex- a brash outsider shakes up the enscribed as “Miami detectives face pose a non-existing false election. trenched establishment. off against a mother-and-son pair In any case, it was a call to action Dubbed by the Star-Ledger as of drug lords who wreak vengeful referencing a formulaic spectacle “Governor Rickles,” after caustic havoc on their city”; the history- film where action again wins the comedian Don Rickles, Christie’s based “1917” focuses on “two sol- day. political brand attracted a good diers assigned to race against time While Rambo banner wavers, number of fans and made him one and deliver a message that will stop Kraken shouters, and other of the most noted politicians in the 1,600 men from walking straight “teams’” rioters were getting into nation. That was until 2016 when into a deadly trap”; “Sonic the action, President Trump gave a Trump appropriated Christie’s mix Hedgehog’s” plot involves “a speech that reinforced the “us of politics as entertainment, leavsmall-town police officer (who) against them” narrative. ing Christie to pick up Trump’s must help (Sonic) defeat an evil geThe former reality television lunch, literally. nius who wants to do experiments star and member of the World Unfortunately, as the above on him”; “Jumanji: The Next Lev- Wrestling Entertainment’s Wres- sports writers noted, over the past el” involves “the gang” having “to tling Hall of Fame member, who several years the formula resulted brave parts unknown from arid consistently divides people as win- in increased divisions and incivilideserts to snowy mountains, to es- ners and losers, appeared near the ty affecting local politics. That incape the world’s most dangerous White House and told his support- cludes shouting and insult-hurling game”; and “Star Wars: Episode IX ers, “We’re gathered together in the at town council meetings and docu- The Rise of Skywalker” in which heart of our nation’s capital for one mented reports of council members “the surviving very, very basic physically fighting. members of the In 1985 — when former Hollyand simple rearesistance face son: To save our wood actor Ronald Reagan was the Theatrics and enterthe First Order d e m o c r a c y ” ; U.S. president and seamlessly tainment — the stuff once again, and that “You’re sealed entertainment and politics of action movies — the legendary stronger, you’re — media critic Neal Postman arconflict between smarter, you’ve gued in his book “Amusing Ournow play a leading the Jedi and the got more going selves to Death: Public Discourse role in American poliSith reaches its than anybody. in the Age of Show Business,” that tics. peak bringing the And they try television and popular entertainSkywalker saga and demean ev- ment have “been transforming our to its end.” erybody having culture into one vast arena for show And since identification is a key to do with us. And you’re the real business” and offering viewers a component for getting people to people, you’re the people that built variety of subject matter that reengage and keep watching, story this nation. You’re not the people quires minimal skills to comprelines are designed for audience that tore down our nation;” and hend it, and “largely aimed at emo­ members to sign on quickly with that, after telling protesters that he tional gratification.” struggling winners who are re- was going to walk to the Capitol It is an aim different from the warded by celebrating in the even- with them, “You’ll never take back classic drama mentioned earlier — tual defeat of their opponents — our country with weakness. You one that attempted to create reflecsimilar to the way the above sport have to show strength, and you tion and debate. Take, for example, fans react to their sport team’s vic- have to be strong.” the Sophocles’ “Antigone.” Here tory.

He also told them, “And if you two influential characters connectSo when some January 6 rioters don’t fight like hell, you’re not go- ed by family and devotion to a city showed up with banners sporting ing to have a country anymore” — become locked in a painful and the image of President Donald inciting an audience of people ethically fraught argument about Trump transposed into the familiar decked in the red team colors and what action to take during a civil image of the machine gun-toting costumes, including fantasy out- war that is tearing their world apart.

John Rambo, a fictional movie ac- fits, and urging them to create a With all action taking place off tion hero played by Sylvester Stal- spectacle that he later watched un- stage and therefore imagined, the lone, they announced their alle- fold on television. play grips the audience with its giance to the franchised storyline complexity of choices — none of that saw militancy and violence as which provides a happy ending. the only solution in a world where It’s a far cry from what has been owever, one doesn’t need to the flawed but pure Rambo follow- look to Washington, D.C., in 2021 unfolding in our political landscape ers had to vanquish the polished but to see how theatrics and entertain- of screaming, insulting, and atcorrupt officials. ment have been affecting govern- tempting to take over capitol buildElsewhere on January 6, protest- ment. ings across the nation. ers screamed “Release the KrakSo it shouldn’t seem a surprise From 2010 to 2018, New Jersey en!,” a phrase uttered by Zeus in the Governor Chris Christie hired a that the January 6 siege “looked “Clash of the Titans,” a popular media consultant to help him be- like a movie scene,” as one memsword and sandal film following come a political celebrity by turn- ber of Congress said for many the exploits of a Greek hero. The ing his town hall meetings into Americans watching the events unKraken is a mythical and powerful taped performances of him attack- fold on television. beast that Zeus uses as a punish- ing, bullying, and insulting citizens In many ways, the show has ment. The statement was made who disagreed with him. The tapes been playing in our minds for some popular by a video advertisement were then turned in short YouTube time.

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Life in the Fast Lane NJEDA Announces New Micro-Lender Grant Program

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he New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has created a $2 million pilot program to make grant funding available to organizations that lend to New Jersey small and micro businesses, providing resources to help Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and other lenders continue supporting small businesses struggling with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Micro Lender Support Grant Program will provide grants of up to $200,000 to CDFIs, Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), and other eligible lenders as identified in the Economic Recovery Act. This pilot program is meant to identify and assist eligible partners.

Grant funds received through the program can be used to fund operating expenses associated with servicing micro businesses and the buying down of interest rates of loans offered to micro businesses.

CDFIs and MDIs based outside New Jersey that service New Jersey businesses will be eligible to receive funds, which will reduce the financial burden on New Jersey-based CDFIs. The NJEDA anticipates launching the application for the Micro Lender Support Grant Program on Monday, April 19. Organizations interested in learning more about the program should contact smallbusinessservices@njeda.com.

Edited by Sara Hastings

Rider University Announces Fall Plans

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ider University intends to resume extensive in-person teaching, residential housing, and oncampus activities and events this fall, the school announced.

In a letter to the campus community on March 8, President Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D., and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs DonnaJean Fredeen, Ph.D., wrote that they are “cautiously optimistic” about the return to morenormal campus operations.

Plans for the fall semester ultimately depend on how the pandemic, and along with it, state and federal regulations, evolve between now and then. With the resumption of in-person teaching, Dell’Omo and Fredeen said they did not anticipate academic courses being offered in hybrid or remote formats. Online courses would continue in that format only if they were available that way before the pandemic.

The university is preparing to support a greater number of residential students and on-campus activities in the fall. The use of face masks and other safety measures would be required as needed and dictated by federal and state COVID-19 regulations. Dell’Omo and Fredeen emphasized that Rider will continue to “prioritize the health and well-being of our campus community.”

Rider also announced its intention to announce a gradual return to

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work plan for employees and implement it “over the next several months and beyond.”

“We hope today’s announcement provides a very high-level overview and expectations for our return to campus, but we know you most likely have many more questions yet to be answered,” the letter stated. “We ask for your patience as we work through the myriad of details required to make this transition a smooth one.”

Information about fall plans will be posted on Rider’s Resolved and Ready website as it becomes available.

New Apartments Set to Open in West Windsor

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easing is now open at Woodmont Way, a luxury apartment complex off Canal Pointe Boulevard in West Windsor.

Construction began last summer on the complex, which has a total of 443 units. In addition to one-, two- , and three-bedroom residences, the community offers a number of outdoor amenities including a pool, terraces, barbecue grills, and areas for lawn sports such as bocce.

Rental prices start at $2,145 per month for an 830-square-foot, onebedroom apartment and go up to $3,615 per month for a three-bedroom, two-bath 1,535-square-foot apartment. One- and two-bedroom units are available with or without a bonus den.

A rendering of the Woodmont Way complex in West Windsor.

Woodmont Way at West Windsor, 100 Woodmont Circle, Princeton 08540. 833376-1414. www.woodmontwayapartments.com.

Deaths Dorothy Susan Hess, 74, on March 9. She worked for more than 44 years as a principal fiscal analyst for the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.

Dolores S. Moceri, 82, on March 12. She was head secretary at the state Division of Pensions for more than 40 years.

Jackie Allen Hitt Sr., 81, on March 12. He served in the Navy and retired from Scanticon Hotel and Conference Center on Route 1.

Americo A. Lucchi, 82, on March 10. He was a professional land surveyor with Lanning Engineering Company for more than 50 years until his retirement in 2019.

Patricia McNelly, 81, on March 8. She was employed by the Lawrence Township Board of Educa-

tion and Educational Testing Service.

Pauline A. Plaag, 86, on March 11. She was retired from the City of Trenton Board of Education, where she worked as a security officer.

Ann L. Sweeny, 75, on March 8. She was retired from a career as an inspector for Switlik Parachute Company.

Paul Rada on March 5. He worked for the College of New Jersey for 27 years.

Rebecca Rousseau-Mitchell, 93, on March 5. She starter her career as a real estate agent and broker at Richip Realty Company in Trenton. She later worked in various capacities for the Trenton Housing Authority and eventually became the first African American woman to serve as bureau chief at the Department of Housing and Development and Neighborhood Planning for the City of Trenton.

Michael Strumpen-Darrie on March 3. He worked for the Berlitz School of Languages for more than 50 years.

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