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To the Editor: Why Should You Care About Birds?

If you think of a migratory path as a link in a chain, it’s easy to see that every link is equally important.

We know that the Sourland Mountain is a strong link. In fact, the entire Sourland Mountain Region is a designated Continental IBA (Important Bird Area). Our region conwas having coffee with a tains approximately 25,000 acres friend once, and she said, “I’m not of mature, contiguous forest and a birder. Why should I care about 7,500 acres of wetlands. Resident birds?” I said, “You love coffee, so and migratory birds eat bugs and you must love birds!” caterpillars that feed on trees and The brilliant scarlet tanager farmers’ crops here — natural inspends winter in Central and South sect control!

America. Like lots of colorful Now, we would like to point a songbirds, she spends her winter finger at bulldozers in the Amazon vacation in the dense shade of cofas the cause for plumfee plantations eating meting bird numbers, bugs. In the summer, she but our link is weakenBetween wings her way back to ing right now due to ash The the quiet Sourland forest decline, deer overpopucanopy to lay eggs and Lines lation, and other threats. raise babies just as her We all can help make it parents did before her. stronger.

This year when she comes back The NJ DEP, NJ Forest Service, to New Jersey, our tanager may not NJ Fish & Wildlife, National Audurecognize her home. Over one mil- bon Society, Nature Conservancy, lion trees are dying here due to an New Jersey Conservation Foundainvasive insect, the emerald ash tion, Watershed Institute, D&R borer. That’s one of every five Greenway Land Trust, One Tree trees! If Ms. Tanager makes her Planted, Washington Crossing nest in the fragmented forest, her Audubon Society, Friends of babies may not be safe. Predators Hopewell Valley Open Space, will easily be able to find them be- Montgomery Friends of Open cause the forest cover will be Space, Hunterdon Land Trust, sparse. If she does begin to raise a Mercer County, Somerset County, family, they may not reach maturi- Hunterdon County, Hopewell ty.

Township, West Amwell, East AmThe United States has lost 3 bil- well, Hillsborough Township, lion birds since the 1970s, causing Montgomery Township, Hopewell the National Audubon Society to Borough, Princeton Township, declare a “bird emergency” to pro- Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and many, tect the ones that are left. many others have joined the Sourland Conservancy in recognizing U.S. 1 WELCOMES letthe importance of the Sourland forters to the editor, corrections, est and the threat of ash decline. We and criticisms of our stories are all taking active steps to protect and columns. E-mail your and preserve the clean water, fresh thoughts directly to our ediair, carbon sequestration, and crititor: hastings@princetoninfo. cal habitat that the forest provides com. for all of us.

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This spring and fall, Sourland Conservancy staff and volunteers will be joining our partners to plant thousands of trees. Please participate in a public planting event and plant native plants at home — in your yard or in a window box. Every native plant helps provide critical food and shelter for pollinators, birds, and other animals. Protect our clean water by reducing your use of pesticides and herbicides.

The birds and butterflies will thank you.

Right now, the NJ DOT is deciding whether or not to increase helicopter traffic in the Sourlands. The applicant is a private golf club.

This, to me, is a clear opportunity to act in our own self-interest and preserve this precious ecosystem — or stand by and do nothing.

It’s time for us to stop building unnecessary helistops and pipelines. It’s time to look around, see what we have, and take responsibility. We must tell our elected officials that we care — and we expect them to care, too. An election is coming up. Please sign our peti-

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The girls laughed. They were delighted and amused. Then I asked them how the nuns had explained to them in religion class the connection of the Easter bunny and the Resurrection of Christ.

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How did the Easter bunny get the eggs?

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I assumed that they knew, he did not lay them nor steal them.

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Looking at and understanding our “pagan” symbols, actions, and traditions might explain much of our behavior and lead us to a better appreciation of science. There is no need to abandon fun, joy, and peaceful pagan customs, as long we recognize them us such.

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Rutgers Addresses Pandemic-Induced Mental Health Issues

Every 23 seconds of every day in the United States, someone

attempts suicide. Every 11 minutes, an individual dies from suicide.

These most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and 48,344 deaths by suicide annually in 2018 — represented the latest in an ongoing trend of significant increases in the suicide rate in the United States, a public health crisis affecting all ages and demographics.

And then came the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic’s negative impact on individuals’ mental and behavioral health has already been seen, and industry professionals expect a continued increase in a variety of mental and behavioral health issues, including risk for and incidence of suicide. At Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the Department of Psychiatry is looking at ways to proactively address the problem and avert a crisis.

A new web survey by the CDC revealed the incidence of people seriously considering suicide in the prior 30 days — approximately 11 percent of respondents — almost doubled over the previous year. For essential workers, that figure jumps to 21.7 percent.

Taking a Proactive Approach.

Anticipating the more significant impact on clinicians’ mental health, the Department of Psychiatry led

by Anthony Tobia, MD, professor and interim chair, is coordinating several initiatives designed to address mental and behavioral issues that could increase suicide risk.

Initiatives for health care professionals include “Quaranteams,” online communities, and semimonthly film events, during which participants analyze films through a psychiatrist’s lens that provide medical staff the chance not only to socialize, but also offer a forum to review early warning signs and available resources to address wellness.

“Our goal is not only anticipating that next stage [of the disaster cycle], but also moving from tertiary care — watching it happen and then reacting — to primary prevention, doing it before anybody begins to have symptoms,” says Dr. Tobia.

Seeing the Community Impact. Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care also has developed mental health support services specifically for people who are struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Rehan Aziz, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and neurology, has seen that struggle among his own patients.

Individuals are reporting negative repercussions physically, socially, financially, and emotionally, he says. All of these losses are coming at a time of social unrest, a contentious election, and mixed messaging from authority figures.

“People have the idea that we’re under these restrictions and there’s no end in sight. There’s definitely increased depression, and it’s hav-

Central NJ Nonprofit Council: Pandemic Partnerships, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www. princetonmercerchamber.org.

Panel discussion between area business & nonprofit leaders to learn about how businesses and nonprofits have come together during the pandemic in new and unique ways. Moderated by Jeffrey Vega of Princeton Area Community Foundation with panelists Jan Call of Firmenich, Richard C. Coyne of Withum, Mark Iorio of TDI Connect, and Michelle Napell, Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Mercer County. Register. $25; $15 members. 1 to 2:15 p.m.

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JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org.

Glenn Pasch, CEO of marketing agency PCG Digital, discusses the myth of motivation, processes to keep you on track in your job search, and tips that help him focus when he’s not feeling productive. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

ing an impact on people’s day-today activity and their normal sense of hopefulness,” says Dr. Aziz.

Ensuring individuals have access to the help they need could be a challenge, however.

“In the month before a suicide, 45 percent of patients see their primary care doctor, but only 20 percent of them actually see a mental health professional,” notes Dr. Aziz. “Part of the crisis is that people are either not able to access care or are not directed toward the appropriate care service. And in some cases, there is such a shortage of mental health professionals, those services are not available for them.”

As a result, it is critical to educate primary care physicians with respect to screening for depression, hopelessness, helplessness, and

‘There’s definitely increased depression, and it’s having an impact on people’s dayto-day activity and their normal sense of hopefulness.’ suicidal thoughts, Dr. Aziz says.

The most important thing is early identification, Dr. Aziz stresses.

Dr. Aziz says he tries to address four issues during his conversations with patients: a safety assessment; encouragement of increased social engagement, such as more FaceTime or Zoom calls; psychotherapy, or talk therapy; and medications, if the symptoms are severe enough.

For his part, Dr. Tobia said he is hoping to help develop programming that will resonate with people long after the pandemic is over.

“I’m not looking for any real change in a week or two or a month or two, but maybe in a decade from now, people look back and say, ‘You know, it was a horrible situation, but there was this one thing we did that I remember…’ That’s the idea. That’s what I really hope.”

What to Look for/Warning Signs. People who are thinking of committing suicide often exhibit a number of symptoms — some subtle, some more overt — that they are at risk. Those signs include: • Loss of interest in usual activities • Social isolation — less interest

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in maintaining social connections, even virtually • Change in appetite, whether lack of eating, or eating more, that often results in weight change • Change in sleeping patterns, from disrupted sleep and insomnia, or napping more throughout the day • Low energy — taking more time to do things than they normally would • Extreme mood swings • Acting anxious, agitated, or reckless • Feeling hopeless or “trapped” • Increased use of drugs and/or alcohol • Making a plan or researching ways to die • Expressing thoughts of suicide. This can be as simple as “I wish I could go to sleep and never wake up again,” or “If I died right now, it wouldn’t upset me a lot,” or more active, “I’m thinking of ending my life.”

“If someone close to you or someone at work points out something is wrong, the reflexive action is to reject that and become defensive. But you shouldn’t brush it off in general, especially during this extraordinary time,” Tobia advises.

Helpful Resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 24/7, English and Spanish, 1-800-273-TALK (8255) New Jersey Hopeline, 24/7 Peer Support & Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-855-NJ-HOPELINE (654-6735) NJ Mental Health Cares, State-supported live help line for addressing COVID-19 stress, 1-866-202-HELP (4357) SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline, 24/7 national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people experiencing emotional distress, 1-800985-5990 Crisis Text Line, Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor, 24/7 Rutgers4U, Confidential support line during COVID-19 pandemic for Rutgers staff, faculty, and families, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1-855-654-6819 Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety (virusanxiety.com), Website offering resources for anxiety and mental health during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wednesday March 31 Classical Music Lecture Performance Series, Boheme Opera NJ, Monroe Township Library. www.monroetwplibrary.org. “Poor Little Buttercup,” a presentation of selections from Gilbert & Sullivan operettas including HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and others. Streamed online. Free. 1 p.m.

Photo Presence Phillips’ Mill’s virtual member photography exhibition goes live online on Saturday, April 3, featuring fine art photographs by each of three dozen Phillips Mill Photo Committee members.

Pictured: ‘Awakening’ by Samuel Vovsi.

Lectures Can Private Sector Play a Role in Delivering Public Infrastructure Services?, School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu.

Talk by Jyoti Bisbey, infrastructure finance specialist, World Bank Organization. Via Zoom. Register.

Free. 12:15 p.m.

Black Women and American Democracy, School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu.

Panel discussion featuring Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington; Juliet Hooker, Brown University, Cheryl Laird, Bowdoin College; Moderators, Chaya Crowder, Loyola Marymount University and Corrine McConnaughy, Princeton University. Via Zoom. Register. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Marie L. Yovanovitch and Kim Lane Scheppele, School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.prince-

ton.edu. Conversation between Amb. (ret.) Marie L. Yovanovitch ’80, senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values. Via Zoom. Register. Free. 5 p.m.

Socials

Sky’s the Limit Virtual Happy Hour, D&R Greenway Land Trust, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. Experience the superb photography achieved with a telescope and special photographic equipment over our St. Michaels Farm Preserve, with physicist Taylor Blanchard. Register. 5 to 6 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. 7 p.m.

Thursday April 1 In Person: Farm Markets Princeton Farmers Market Winter Series, Franklin Avenue Lot, Princeton. www.princetonfarmersmarket.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 between-

time of day and night. Bring a flashlight. Register. $5 per person, $20 per family. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Literati

Daphne Brooks & Tracy K. Smith in Conversation, Labyrinth Books & Princeton Public Library. www.labyrinthbooks.com.

The award-winning Black feminist music critic Daphne Brooks takes us on an epic journey through radical sound from Bessie Smith to Beyonce in “Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.” She is joined by Pulitzer-Prize winning poet and former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Tracy K. Smith. Register.

Free. 6 p.m.

History

A Symbol of New Jersey to the World: The Old Barracks at the World’s Fair, Old Barracks Museum, Trenton. www.barracks. org/exhibits. Launch of a new online exhibit commemorating the State of New Jersey’s choice to have the Barracks represent the state in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition, and 1939-40 New York World’s Fair “World of Tomorrow.” 8 a.m.

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Lectures The Spiritual Life of Tlingit “Objects”, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton. edu. Conversation about at.oow — spiritual and sacred clan objects owned and used by Tlingit people — examining the history of the collection at Princeton from Yakutat, Alaska; the role of these “objects” in ceremony; the complexity of relationships between tribes and museums; and the importance of spiritual knowledge for the next generation of Tlingit knowledge keepers. Featuring Tlingit anthropologist Judith Daxootsu Ramos of the University of Alaska Fairbanks; her daughter and Tlingit artist, Maka Monture Päki; and India Young, curator at Royal BC Museum. Register.

Free. 5:30 p.m.

Politics

Book Talk, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu.

Jonathan Allen, senior political analyst with NBC News digital, and Amie Parnes, senior correspondent for The Hill, discuss their new book, “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency,” with professor of history and public affairs Julian Zelizer. Register. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Socials

Sourland Mountain Happy Hour, Sourland Conservancy. www. sourland.org. Celebrate local music, nature, and New Jersey artists. Performance by 16-year-old singer-songwriter Jake Thistle.

Order takeout supplies in advance from Sourland Mountain Spirits, Unionville Vineyards, and Flounder Brewery. After-party for socialization with other attendees.

Register for attendance link. $10.

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Friday April 2 Good Friday.

In Person: Jazz & Blues Spring Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Concert by Lehigh Valley blues-rock legend Craig Thatcher and keyboardist Cliff Starkey. Register. $40. 8 p.m.

Pop Music

Monster Songs, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/ events/monstersongs. Enter a synthesized world of graphic novels, rock musicals, live performance, and new technology. Following the journey of a child who opens a portal into the psyches of often misunderstood creatures; Monster Songs flips the switch on the monster narrative, inviting audiences to explore the humanity that binds us all. View online.

Free. 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Family Theater Godspell Jr., Villagers Theater, 475 Demott Lane, Somerset. www.villagerstheatre.com. The Miniature Musical Makers program presents a livestreamed performance from the theater parking lot. Register. $12. 5 p.m.

Above left, blues-rocker Craig Thatcher and keyboardist Cliff Starkey kick off Bucks County Playhouse’s spring concert series on April 2 and 3.

Jake Thistle, above, performs at Sourland Conservancy’s virtual happy hour on April 1.

Saturday April 3 In Person: Jazz & Blues Spring Concert Series, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. Concert by Lehigh Valley blues-rock legend Craig Thatcher and keyboardist Cliff Starkey. Register. $40. 8 p.m.

In Person: Food & Dining

In Person: Live Music

Grand Opening Celebration, JADE Grill & Cafe, RWJ Fitness & Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton. www.jadegrill. com. Experience the food and flavor of JADE Grill & Cafe, win door prizes, gift cards, enjoy special discounts, sample bites, and more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Capitol Area Outdoor Open Mic, Classics Books, 4 West Lafayette Street, Trenton. www.classicsusedbooks.com. Open to poets, singers, performers, and patrons of all ages are invited to participate. Hosted by Todd Evans and featuring the artwork of Cora Kel-

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, MarketFair Parking Lot, 3535 Route 1 at Meadow Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Vendors sell fresh produce, seafood,

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Bunny Chase, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Follow hand-drawn clues around the farm in a self-guided treasure hunt. At the end of the hunt, children can choose to do bunny themed craft activities and meet Terhune’s own real bunny rabbits.

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Opportunities Call for Volunteers Friends of Princeton Open Space invites volunteers to assist with spring planting sessions at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton.

Volunteers will work under the guidance of Natural Resources and Stewardship Director Anna Corichi to plant more than 5,000 herbaceous plugs in the Forest Restoration site. Native wildflowers, grasses, and ferns have been selected to provide quality habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife, as well as to withstand tough site pressures, such as those posed by white-tailed deer and invasive species. The plantings will also help to protect local water quality by filtering and slowing runoff before it enters Mountain Brook.

Registration is required to attend. Each available date has a morning session from 9 a.m. to noon and an afternoon session from 1 to 4 p.m. Dates are Saturdays and Sundays, April 17 and 18, May 15 and 16, and Saturday, June 5. Visit www.fopos.org.

Call for Photography Trenton Health Team has announced the start of the #WhyILike­ Trenton 2021 photo contest inviting amateur photographers to share original photos showcasing the community via Instagram throughout the month of April.

“Every year, the #WhyILikeTrenton contest attracts great photos, showcases new talent and celebrates Trenton’s resilience and strong sense of community,” said THT Executive Director Gregory Paulson. “We are proud to be part of this City and pleased to highlight local assets and talent.”

To enter the contest, follow THT and tag @trentonhealth when you post original photos taken in Trenton on Instagram with #WhyILikeTrenton. The contest begins Thursday, April 1, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 30. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded in early May. THT will announce four winners, including “most likes,” and first, second, and third place winners selected by a panel of judges including photographer Habiyb Shu’Aib, CEO of Fan Favorite Club and former pro basketball

player La’Keisha Sutton, and mural/graffiti artist Leon Rainbow.

“Most likes” and “First prize” winners will receive a $100 gift card to Shop Rite, Walmart, or Amazon per the winner’s choice, and also may select a Trenton-based nonprofit, school, or faith-based organization to receive an additional $100 donation from THT. Prizes also will be awarded for second place ($75) and third place ($50). If the winner is under 18, then a parent/guardian will receive the prize on the winner’s behalf.

Photographers must have permission from anyone featured in a photo, as well as for access to any location. Please visit the THT website for full rules: www.trentonhealthteam.org.

Call for Artists The Arts Council of Princeton announces that proposals for gallery exhibitions for their 2022 season are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is June 12, 2021.

The Arts Council’s Paul Robeson Center serves as a key resource for contemporary art in central New Jersey. Through thought-provoking exhibitions and related public programs, the Arts Council presents artwork with a broad range of aesthetic, social, cultural, and political themes.

ACP says: “On Optimism: While we navigated the disruption of life as we knew it, so many of us turned to art for comfort, expression, documentation, and relief. To celebrate art’s power to lift us out of darkness, the ACP’s gallery committee will place an emphasis on exhibition proposals that reflect a sense of optimism. Artists are encouraged to embrace the theme in any medium, literally or figuratively, through a realistic or abstract lens.”

Interested artists should submit their proposal at www.artscouncilofprinceton.org/artists.

Call for Art Mercer County Library invites submissions to its TrashedArt 2021 Virtual Contest. The submission deadline for photographs of works is Friday, April 16, at 5 p.m.

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Those wishing to participate must submit at least one photo and a completed contest entry form to lawprogs@mcl.org by Friday, April 16. For more information, please visit the Mercer County Library System’s website at www. mcl.org.

Public voting on the contest will take place from Monday through Friday, April 26 through 30. The “People’s Choice” winner will be announced at the TrashedArt Contest’s 2021 Virtual Reception on the Mercer County Library System’s Facebook page. To vote for your favorites, visit Mercer County Library’s website to complete the voting survey by Friday, April 30.

For more information on the TrashedArt 2021 Virtual Contest, visit www.mcl.org.

For the Faithful Princeton United Methodist Church invites the public to come in and meander to the center of its prayer labyrinth during the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week — April 1 through 3 — from noon to 6 p.m.

A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. Long used as a meditation and prayer tool, a labyrinth combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world.

Please enter through the Nassau Street doors. For further information, call 609-924-2613, e-mail office@princetonumc.org, or visit www.princetonumc.org.

For Poetry Lovers The Princeton Festival will stream online readings by nine poets from the U.S. and around the world during April as a tribute to National Poetry Month. The poems, written on the topic of “Love and Loss,” will be read in their original languages with English subtitles, accompanied by imagery

from the poets’ native countries.

Each poet will read one piece, approximately two minutes long.

The readings will premiere via the Festival’s Facebook page (https:// www.facebook.com/princetonfest/) and its Instagram (princetonfest) and YouTube accounts on the dates below.

Wednesday, April 7: Lucilla Trapazzo (Italy/Switzerland); Friday, April 9: Đặng Thân (Vietnam); Monday, April 12: Sabrina De Canio (Italy); Friday, April 16: Peihang “Marshall” Li (China); Monday, April 19: Mariela Cordero (Venezuela); Wednesday, April 21: Mari Kashiwagi (Japan); Friday, April 23: Vladimir Baboshin (Russia); Tuesday, April 27: Iskra Peneva (Serbia); Thursday, April 29: Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (USA) Readings can be accessed through the Festival website, www. princetonfestival.org, and will remain available until June 30. Links to the readings will also be available through the Princeton Public Library website (www.princetonlibrary.org).

For Film Lovers The Trenton Film Society is offering movie buffs the chance to see the Oscar-nominated short films of 2021, in the categories of live-action, animated, and documentary.

Buy tickets through the Trenton Film Society website at http://trentonfilmsociety.org. Tickets are $12 for each program, or $30 for a discounted bundle of all three. Half the proceeds will go to the distributor, and half to support the Trenton Film Society. When you purchase your tickets you will get a link, good for a month, to stream the films. Once you begin streaming, you will have 72 hours to finish watching.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April

Westrick Music Academy offers a oneweek Camp Westrick program for grades four to nine in August.

2, and are available for purchase until the Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, April 25. A ballot for marking your choices for the Oscar can be found on the TFF website.

Correct guesses for winners in each category will be entered into a drawing for an all-access pass to the Trenton Film Festival, happening virtually later this spring.

Camp Offerings Westrick Music Academy is launching its third year of Camp Westrick, which features voice training and performance with some of the country’s leading children’s choir directors, musical theater class, daily choir rehearsals, development of musicianship, fun games, and more. Experienced instructors and counselors create a fun, safe environment offering opportunities for students to develop musical and vocal technique while creating friendships and learning to work together. The week-long camp culminates in a celebratory performance of music and skills learned during the week for family and friends.

Camp Westrick will run from Monday, August 2, through Friday, August 6, from 9 a.m. to noon and is open to rising fourth through ninth grade boys and girls. There are no audition requirements. The camp location will be announced at a later date, with possibilities for fully virtual, fully in-person, or a hybrid of both being considered. Westrick Music Academy is located at 231 Clarksville Road, West Windsor.

Visit www.westrickmusic.org.

Terhune Orchards offers its Bunny Chase and other programming for kids on Saturday and Sunday, April 3 and 4.

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Easter Bunny Comes to Trenton, Kiwanis Club of Trenton, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. www.kiwanisoftrentonnj.org. The Easter Bunny rides a fire truck through every ward, ending at 1 p.m. at Cadwalader Park for socially distanced fun where children can receive a treat from the “bunny patrol.” The Bunny’s travel route through the city begins at Fire Headquarters on Perry Street and proceed to MLK Jr. Boulevard, Clinton Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, Broad Street, Pennington Avenue, Stuyvesant Avenue, and Hillvista Boulevard, among others, before reaching the park.

11:30 a.m.

Classical Music Violin Masterclass, Department of Music, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu. Violinist Ida Kavafian, faculty member of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School, and Bard Conservatory, works with talented Princeton University student violinists over Zoom. Register to view. Free. 4 p.m.

Pop Music

Monster Songs, Rider Musical

Theater. www.rider.edu/about/ events/monstersongs. Enter a synthesized world of graphic novels, rock musicals, live performance, and new technology. Following the journey of a child who opens a portal into the psyches of often misunderstood creatures; Monster Songs flips the switch on the monster narrative, inviting audiences to explore the humanity that binds us all. View online.

Free. 7:30 p.m.

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he purpose of this book is to give the visitor as complete a description of the chapel as possible so that, provided he has the patience to follow the symbolism of the carving and the stainedglass windows, (they) will come to realize that the decoration of the building contains the essence of the Old and the New Testaments, both of which appear on the seal of Princeton University,” wrote Richard Stillwell in the preface of “The Chapel of Princeton University,” first released in 1971.

While the Chapel and the community are still separated from one another during a second spring because of COVID-19, the recent rerelease of Stillwell’s book provides an opportunity to prepare to revisit the building by becoming more aware of those symbols and designs that make the building a work of art in its own right.

Likewise, the following remarks from the republication’s new foreword by the Alison L. Boden, dean of religious life and of the Chapel, is one way to recall the original spirit of the book:

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n the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Chapel of Princeton University” it is a privilege and great joy to reissue the book, which remains the authoritative resource on the fabric of this magnificent edifice.

Professor Richard Stillwell’s meticulously researched and comprehensive descriptions of each area of the Chapel, the stonework, stained glass, woodwork, and overall design continue to support the work of scholars of architecture, literature, history, and other disciplines, at Princeton and around the world.

Simultaneously, the book edifies the accidental and curious tourists as well as the spiritual seekers who wonder what inspiration the Chapel’s builders wanted them to find in even the tiniest details of its composition. A building as architecturally significant and spiritually meaningful as this one deserves a companion text that will do justice to the intentionality and integrity of its design, the profundity of its symbolism, and the timelessness of the vision of its builders.

Richard Stillwell’s book continues to do all of this and more.

This edition contains Stillwell’s original text without revisions.

This is possible because the Chapel remains unchanged, not only since this book’s first publication in 1971 but also since the Chapel’s completion in 1928.

Indeed, there is much about the Princeton University Chapel that is changeless, from the architecture and material embellishments to the deeply human reasons that so many people make their way into this sacred space. The Chapel remains the ceremonial center of the University, the home of such defining annual gathering as Opening Exercises, the Service of Remembrance, and Baccalaureate. The vaulted arches of the great nave continue to receive the ascending prayers of those in crisis and those rejoicing, the perplexed, the lost, the hopeful, the faithful. Public worship brings together town and gown, the country and the world, to pray together and to be commissioned for service to humanity. Glorious music continues to draw us to the Chapel for concerts by the wonderful Princeton University Chapel Choir and on the magnificent 8,000-pipe Mander-Skinner organ. The most momentous issues in our common life literally summon us to the

‘The Chapel of Princeton University,’ updated and re-issued last year, now includes color photography of the chapel’s art and architecture, including stained glass featuring St. Francis, above right, and an image from the story of Job. building in order that we may simply be together — upon the beginning or ending of war, the assassination of President Kennedy, in the hours after the 9/11 attacks or massive earthquakes. At Princeton our Chapel remains vital to us simply because we need it.

And, yet, there is so much at the Chapel and the University that is constantly changing. This includes the composition of the campus community, and the expansion and diversification of our student body has necessarily expanded the daily use of the University Chapel.

I intentionally have left in this publication a plate from the first edition which Professor Stillwell

The religious communities at Princeton are now many, but the spiritual yearnings that bring each of us into the Chapel are the same. intended to profile “the Apse.” The photo does indeed show the apse but from a great distance, one that reveals the Chapel pews to be packed with young, white, male students in suit jackets, perhaps attending a mandatory academic convocation.

Today’s Princeton student population is mixed in age, particularly thanks to our transfer and veterans’ programs, and to the Graduate School. It encompasses every racial and ethnic identity, every nationality, every gender expression, every imaginable idea of appropriately neat clothing, and every religion, the formal practice of which is no longer compulsory.

This edition of Professor Stillwell’s book provides images of newer religious communities as they practice their faith, and yet this volume (dedicated as it is to the

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Writer’s Book Is a Product of Love and T.A.S.K.

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elcome, everyone, to my first poetry book,” writes Deborah Kisela on the opening pages of “Poems of My Own: Love and Life.”

“I’m now 54 years of age and finally getting a poetry book published! Yeah!! Thank you, Lord Jesus!!” exclaims the writer who saw her book recently printed by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K.), where she participates in sessions conducted by the ATeam artists.

Kisela says her first 12 years of life were spent in Hamilton, “moving from one area to another. The later years of my life were spent in Trenton, Freehold, and Cranbury.”

Married at the age 19, with two grown children and four grandsons, and now raising two of her grandchildren, Kisela notes she has been writing poems from the age of 12 and that each are “like a story in themselves (and) published in a few anthologies.

“Now after many years, I am finally getting a book published. Thank you, T.A.S.K., and my creative writing group at T.A.S.K.” Here the poet shares a seasonally appropriate work:

Spring II Spring has come upon us in a flash. I’m glad we haven’t had much of a Winter blast of snow!!

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Art Member Photography Show, Phillips’ Mill, 2619 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.phillipsmillphoto.com. First day for online exhibit featuring fine art photographs by each of three dozen Phillips Mill Photo Committee members. All photos are for sale.

Family Theater Godspell Jr., Villagers Theater, 475 Demott Lane, Somerset. www.villagerstheatre.com. The Miniature Musical Makers program presents a livestreamed performance from the theater parking lot. Register. $12. 5 p.m.

Film

Saturday Night at the Movies: A Quiet Passion, 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.

Sunday April 4 Easter.

In Person: Kids’ Stuff Bunny Chase, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Follow hand-drawn clues in a self-guided treasure hunt. Children can choose to do bunny themed craft activities and meet Terhune’s real bunny rabbits. Register for timed admission. $10. Additional fee for some activities. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Theater

Godspell Jr., Villagers Theater, 475 Demott Lane, Somerset. www.villagerstheatre.com. The Miniature Musical Makers program presents a restream of a performance from the theater parking lot. Register. $12. 7 p.m.

Poet Deborah Kisela, above, and ‘Promised Land,’ the ATeam-created artwork on the back cover of her book. trees, also amongst the ground all around, as the flowers are blooming with new life, proving to me, that “The Lord,” is all over our Earth!!

You can see and hear the songbirds sing, such a wonderful sight to see. The bright red cardinal a-glow

Monday April 5

in the warm sun, a beautiful bird indeed, singing his glorious song, in search of a partner to love and also raise a family of their own.

The days are growing long and the nights shorter, in no time at all the children will be playing until sunset comes along and the

Lectures

Anschutz Lecture in American Studies, Program in American Studies, Princeton University. ams.princeton.edu. “Sacred Struggles: Race, Religion, and the Soul of Ethnic Studies,” presented by Sylvia Chan-Malik, faculty director of the women’s and gender studies social justice minor at Rutgers University, and author of “Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color and American Islam.” Via Zoom. Register. Free. 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Adventures in Costume Research, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Slide and video presentation of images from films, plays, musicals, operas, modern dances and ballets throughout Mitchell Bloom’s career in Costume Design. The talk also includes backstage stories and anecdotes about many well known performers, directors, and designers. Bloom is currently assistant costume designer at the Metropolitan Opera. Register for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

COVID-19 as an Accelerator of Trends: The View From Technology and Capital, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu. Talk by Jean-Hugues Monier, senior partner who coleads McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice for the Northeast United States. Via Zoom. Register. Free. 12:15 p.m.

NASA’s Artemis Program: Our Return to the Moon, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

Patricia L. Moore, communication strategist for NASA’s Artemis program, discusses NASA’s plans for our return to the moon. Register for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

It’s All in the Delivery, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu. Adam Frankel, a 2003 alumnus and former speechwriter for Barack Obama, appears in conversation with professor of history and public affairs Julian Zelizer to discuss “Crafting the U.S. President’s Communications and Getting America’s Buy-In.” Via Zoom. Register. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Socials

The Art of Sunday Brunch, Arts Council of Princeton. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Celebrity chef Nick Liberato shares some of his favorite signature garnishes, allowing you to utilize their color and texture like an artist.

Nick will cover his favorite spreads, sides, and offer up a delicious alternative to the traditional mimosa and more. Q&A follows.

Register. Free. 7 p.m.

Wednesday April 7 In Person: Outdoor Action

In Person: Outdoor Action

Just a Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Hunt House at Mercer Meadows. 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. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle.

1 to 3 p.m.

Just a Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Hunt House at Mercer Meadows. www.mercercountyparks.org. Join a naturalist

Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church

Tuesday April 6

Spring brings new life in the World all around, You even see it amongst the ground, “What a glorious season of the year!!”

“Poems of my Life,” by Deborah Kisela, published by Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. www.trentonsoupkitchen.org.

on a walk through the park with pauses to admire various elements of nature. For teens and adults. Register. Free. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle.

1 to 3 p.m.

Lectures

Politics

summer will follow right along.

Classical Music

of New Brunswick. www.facebook.com/FRCNewBrunswick.

The Istanbul Trio sings and plays the traditional music of Turkey, including music featuring the Turkish Tambour, Oud, and Istanbul Kamancha (Lyra). Livestream via YouTube. 12:15 p.m.

Fanfare for the Common Man, Princeton Symphony Orchestra. www.princetonsymphony.org.

Online video premiere of the orchestra’s outdoor performance of Aaron Copland’s solemn and heroic “Fanfare for the Common Man” followed by live chat. 5 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.

For Teens

College Without High School: A Panel, Princeton Learning Cooperative. www.princetonlearningcooperative.org. Panel featuring people who chose a non-conventional path for all or part of high school and who are currently attending or have graduated from college. They describe their high school education and how they managed the transition to college and the workforce. Q&A to follow.

Via Zoom. Register. Free. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Celebrity chef Nick Liberato offers a program on ‘The Art of Sunday Brunch’ through the Arts Council of Princeton on Tuesday, April 6.

Lectures Can Science Be Saved?, Institute for Advanced Study. www. ias.edu/publicpolicy-Oreskes.

Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard historian of science, discusses how we evaluate the role of facts, political affinity, and personal identity in the rejection of scientific advice.

Register. Part of the Lectures on Public Policy series. Free. 5:30 p.m.

Politics

Can We Make New Jersey an Equitable Place to Live, Vote, and Thrive?, Lawrence League of Women Voters, 609-301-0401. www.lwvlt.org. Roundtable Discussion with Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and leaders of the Black Solidarity Group of Lawrence, facilitated by Simona L. Brickers of the LWV. Via Zoom. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

Socials

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

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Off the Presses: ‘Liner Notes for the Revolution’

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uiet as it’s kept, Black women of sound have a secret,” starts Daphne Brooks in her new book, “Liner Notes for the Revolution — The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.”

Brooks will discuss her ideas in a video-streamed conversation with past Poet Laureate of the United States and chair of the Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts Tracey Smith on Thursday, April 1, at 6 p.m. as part of the Labyrinth Books’ livestream presentations.

A professor of African American studies, American studies, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and music at Yale University, Brooks is also the author of several award-winning books, including “Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910.”

Her new book is the first volume in a trilogy titled “Subterranean Blues: Black Women Sound Modernity.”

Continuing the above idea of a “secret,” Brooks says that Black women of sound possess “a history unfolding on other frequencies while the world adores them and yet mishears them, celebrates them and yet ignores them, heralds them and simultaneously devalues them.

“Theirs is a history that is, nonetheless, populated with revolutionaries” such as vaudevillian musical-comedian Muriel Ringgold; first blues recording artist Mamie Smith; opera soprano and the original Bess in “Porgy and Bess,” Anne Brown; and the more familiar artists Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Odetta, Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, and, more recently, Etta James.

“Theirs is a history of the utopic and the transformative, the strange and strategically unruly” and, says Brooks, the “Black women musicians who have made the modern world.”

Getting to the heart of her argument, Brooks writes, “Black women’s musical practices are, in short, revolutionary because they are inextricably linked to the matter of Black life. Their strategies of performance perpetually and inventively philosophize the prodigiousness of its scope. But also — and quite crucially — Black women’s musical practices are revolutionary because of the ways in which said practices both forecast and execute the viability and potentiality of Black life.”

Brooks links the efforts of these women to a “revolution in intellectual labor,” noting that she uses the world “labor” self-consciously and referencing back to “Black radical tradition theorist Cedric Robinson’s classic observations about the way that Black work matters in relation to modern life. He insists that we ‘pay close attention to what (W.E.B.) Du Bois was saying: slavery was the specific historical institutions through which the Black worker had been introduced into

by Dan Aubrey

Yale professor Daphne Brooks, above, is the author of ‘Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.’ She appears in a livestreamed conversation with Tracey Smith on Thursday, April 1. the modern world system. However, it was not as slaves that one could come to an understanding of the significance that these Black men, women, and children had for American development. It was as labor. He had entitled the first chapter to ‘Black Reconstruction,’ ‘The Black Worker’ . . . The profound urgency of Black women’s culture work cannot be overstated.”

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fter using an example of Mamie Smith’s 1920 “Crazy Blues,” which, the author says, “effectively blew up the segregated pop cultural scene by seizing hold of modernity’s new sonic technologies” and gave “Black thought, Black rage, Black desire” a “few and unhindered channels for expression in the age of Jim Crow terror” that enabled “Crazy Blues” be transformed into a “missive sent out to Black publics who bought her joint in droves. It said to them that all that feeling, all those strategies for living, could be improvised in the music, in sonic performances that bucked convention, mixed and

made new forms, and expressed the capaciousness of Black humanity.”

Brooks says her new book “enters into this awesome, generations-spanning tradition of meditating on the insurgency of Black sound in three ways”: First, she writes, “it lays claim to the idea that modern popular music culture would cease to exist in the ways that we’ve come to know it without Black women artists.”

After giving a nod to landmark Black feminist scholarship and pioneering critics, Brooks says her book intends to explore the work of “lesser-known figures as well as dearly beloved icons, all of whom curate sonic performances that not only push the boundaries of musical experimentalism and invention but also produce daring and lyrical expressions of Blackness and womanhood that affirms the richness of their lifeworlds.

“These Black women artists refuse the terms of being scripted as objects” but “choose to design their own mischievous and colorful, sometimes brooding and ragefilled, and always disruptive and questing definitions of a self that is

intent on living a free life.”

Second, she notes, the book takes seriously the idea of “the archive” of “both the documentary record preserved by institutional powerbrokers and the faded pages we might imagine stored in an elderly sister’s trunk — as a crucial, culture-making entity that Black women musicians and critics have had to negotiate in relation to their own artistic ambitions and to the problem of Black historical memory more broadly.’

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urthermore, she adds, these Black women artists are archives who “have operated through their music as the repositories of the past” and “engaged in active projects to archive their own creative practices. To document the intellectual and creative processes tied to their music, all of which amounts to a Black feminist intellectual history in sound that has thus far gone unmarked and unheralded.”

And third, the book “excavates a counterhistory of popular music criticism, that deeply undertheorized form of critical writing that

‘Black women’s musical practices are, in short, revolutionary because they are inextricably linked to the matter of Black life.

Their strategies of performance perpetually and inventively philosophize the prodigiousness of its scope,’ Brooks writes.

‘But also — and quite crucially — Black women’s musical practices are revolutionary because of the ways in which said practices both forecast and execute the viability and potentiality of Black life.’

for several pivotal decades of the 20th century were closely entangled with the social and cultural economy and sustainability of popular music culture.”

A practice that Brooks said “marginalized African American women’s role in popular music history, resulting in a grossly skewed understanding of the place at the center of modern music innovation.”

And a mindset that was able to see the Black women music performers as “fugitive thinkers, critics, and theorists of sound.”

Written in a lively and expressive manner, the book shows Brooks’ passion and presents a fittingly provocative and researched argument to bring cultural and critical respect to Black women musicians. The discussion should prove the same.

“Liner Notes for the Revolution — The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound,” 608 pages, $39.95. Harvard University Press.

Author Daphne Brooks will be in discussion with Tracey Smith, during a Labyrinth Books livestream, Thursday, April 1, 6 p.m. The free event is cosponsored by the Princeton Public Library, Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, Princeton University Concerts, and the African American Studies Department at Princeton.

To register, go to www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/1251.

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New CEO Prescribed for Penn Medicine Princeton Health

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by Dan Aubrey

ames Demetriades, the recently named CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton Health in Plainsboro, is taking charge of one of the region’s major medical centers during an era of unprecedented change.

That includes the current impact of COVID-10.

“We are in the mist of significant change in the way health care is delivered,” says Demetriades during a recent telephone interview. “We have absolutely seen the telehealth of which Princeton was on the vanguard shift into primary care and health practice.”

Pointing to Penn-Princeton’s ability to support 80,000 behavioral health outpatients in 2020, Demetriades, who succeeded Barry Rabner on March 1, says, “Princeton Health has successfully pivoted in the age of COVID. We see this as a long-term change in the way in which health care is delivered.”

“We’re going to see a whole host of nontraditional competitors,” he continues, using an example of urgent care at home. “We’re working to develop a hybrid model — we want to reach people where they’re comfortable. Patients want to seek care close to home and outside inAbove, Penn Medicine Princeton Health CEO stitutional centers, and we’re workJames Demetriades, bottom left, with members of ing to see consumer preferences the Princeton Health senior management team. At within our community.” right, Demetriades talks with Reina Fleury, vice The medical landscape has also president of human resources and chief human been changed over the past decade with the passing of the Affordable resources officer.

Care Act, which Demetriades says “was a net positive for both hospitals and patients. More people than Health took a very deliberate apever had health coverage, which eton sold other health service proproach to its partnership with Penn viders land parcels, “so the not-formeant they had greater access to Medicine and noted several advanprofit hospital that sits at the center care.” tages for area patients. “Penn is one of the campus doesn’t bear the In addition to practice and inof the preeminent medical centers costs.” creased coverage, the past several in the country. They help raise the As for expenses related to updatyears has also refashioned the conquality and expertise.” That ining medical technology, Demetriacept of hospitals and facilities. cludes state-of-the-art protocols, des says, “One of the fortunate asUnlike single hospital buildings record keeping, and “seamless” pects for us is that we’re in a build— like the former Princeton Hospiparticipation with Penn Medicine ing that is eight years old.

In the tal on Witherspoon Street — curmembers’ services not available in health care business we’re an inrent practices emphasize complexPlainsboro. fant.

So a lot of the equipment we es with amenities, designs, and “I think the other piece is that not have is brand new.

But we’ve conmultiple services. only do they have one of the best tinue to reinvested when new techDemetriades, who also served as clinical reputations but from an what was then called Princeton nology has hit the market — we economic perspective Penn is one have continuously reinvested to Healthcare’s vice president of proof the healthiest medical centers in bring cutting-edge services and to fessional services from 2010 to the county. That has allowed us to stay current and not lose ground 2020, and executive director of surinvest in our services. That became gical services from 2007 to 2009, from an investment perspective.” apparent as we have come through He adds that says, “When we being part of the pandemic and many organizawere envisionMedicine tions have struggled.” ing our new ‘I think being a health- Penn is an asset and campus, we had care worker is the that Princeton the foresight to riginally from northeast Health is “a most virtuous calling anticipate that Pennsylvania, Demetriades lives in wholly owned change. On our there is,’ says new entity of the Yardley, Pennsylvania, with his campus we have Penn Medicine PrincUniversity of wife, Laura Prosser, an assistant essentially serprofessor of pediatrics at Perelman Pennsylvania. eton Health CEO vices that span School of Medicine at the UniverWe are fully inthe lifecycle of James Demetriades tegrated as part sity of Pennsylvania, and their two care for our regarding his career of the Penn sys- daughters, ages 5 and 6. communities.”

He attended Tamaqua High tem.” path.

That includes School before earning a bachelor’s Penn Mediservices providcine, a nonprofit of science in healthcare adminised by Children’s based in Phila- tration from the University of Hospital of Philadelphia, the hospidelphia, has roots in the nation’s Scranton and an M.B.A. in healthtal, a day care center, senior living first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospi- care administration from the Temprojects, fitness and wellness cenple University Fox School of Busiters, and rehabilitation care support tal, founded in 1751; first medical ness in Philadelphia. school, The University of Pennsylfrom Merwick Care and Rehabili“Scranton had a top-notch hosvania’s School of Medicine, 1765; tation Center. pital administration program, and I and the Hospital of the University He says as Princeton Healthcare went to Temple because it is nabegan planning its transition from of Pennsylvania, 1874. tionally ranked for healthcare adUnder the auspices of the UniPrinceton in 2007 and the opening ministration,” he says about his versity of Pennsylvania, its netof the new facility on a 171-acre choice of training. work of facilities also includes the Plainsboro tract in 2012, the ad“I think being a healthcare ministration was looking to create a Hospital of the University of Pennworker is the most virtuous calling sylvania; Penn Presbyterian Medifacility that would provide the prethere is,” he says regarding his caviously mentioned broad level of cal Center; Chester County Hospireer path. “My 94-year-old grandtal; Lancaster General Health; and services. mother was a nurse at our local hosPennsylvania Hospital.

Additional He sees the current engagement pital when I was growing up and facilities and enterprises include of services on the Penn Medicine served as a nursing supervisor and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Princeton Health campus translatnurse manager of the emergency Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster ing into a $1.2 to $1.5 billion asset Behavioral Health Hospital, and department. I spent a lot of time in to the general community.

House Behavioral hospitals, and I was fascinated by Explaining how such costs will Princeton their complexity. When I was an Health. be maintained, he says Penn-PrincDemetriades says Princeton 18-year-old undergrad, I knew that

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I wanted to be involved in running hospitals.”

He extends his hospital work beyond Princeton as a Reserve Medical Service Corps officer in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

With the majority of his professional career at Princeton, Demetriades also served as vice president for trauma and surgical services at

‘A great deal has changed, and it continues evolving as we speak. Our challenge is to respond to the evolving healthcare environment to best meet the needs of our patients and community.’

Reading Hospital and Medical Center from July, 2009, to November, 2010. “I had an opportunity to break into the vice president ranks.

Then I was recruited back to Prince­ton to be part of the executive team working on the new hospital project. I loved Princeton, I loved the organization, and I was very excited to come back and be

part of the planning, design, and move to the new hospital and campus.”

Accessing his skills at the start of his tenure of overseeing a facility with a $550 million annual operating budget, Demetriades says, “I bring a very strong operations background. I know how this organization functions and how it ticks.

I have a strong relationship with our physician community, nursing staff, clinicians, and everyone who makes this organization.”

He adds he also brings a keen eye to the future and depends on four factors: “quality; growth and access to care for our community; patient experience; and elevating our staff so they can achieve their professional goals and advance in their careers and recruiting topnotch talent into the organization.”

But for now Demetriades says, “I think the first thing we need to do is manage the transition to a postpandemic world. A great deal has changed, and it continues evolving as we speak. Our challenge is to respond to the evolving healthcare environment to best meet the needs of our patients and community.”

Penn Medicine Princeton Health, 1 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro 08536. 888-7427496. James Demetriades, CEO. www.princetonhcs. org.

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Life in the Fast Lane CytoSorbents Announces New HQ

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ytoSorbents Corporation has announced a 15-year lease agreement for 48,500 square feet on College Road East, scheduled to begin on June 1.

The immunotherapy company currently based in Monmouth Junction is best known for its CytoSorb blood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients. Its new Forrestal Center facility will accommodate U.S.based administrative, clinical, commercialization, manufacturing, and research and development activities.

“We are incredibly pleased to work with National Business Parks to lease the facility at 305 College Road East, which has a solid existing infrastructure to meet our unique operational needs,” president and COO Vincent Capponi said in a statement. “With other modifications that will be made to the space, we will be able to consolidate all of our operations in one building and allow the launch of new product lines.

“The changes we are planning will also allow us to increase our CytoSorb production from our current $80 million annual capacity to approximately $300 to $400 million annually to support our future growth while allowing us to achieve further economies of scale.”

The company plans to continue using its existing manufacturing facility on Deer Park Drive in Monmouth Junction through the end of 2022. “As we bring our new manufacturing facility online next year, we plan to continue utilizing our existing Deer Park manufacturing facility in Monmouth Junction, NJ, exiting in a staged fashion between now and December 31, 2022, in close cooperation with our landlord, Princeton Corporate Plaza,” Capponi said.

“We look forward to welcoming CytoSorbents to our 305 College Road East property early this summer,” National Business Parks COO Vincent Marano said in a statement. “We are excited to work closely with CytoSorbents to customize the space to be the perfect combination of laboratory, device assembly, and administrative offices.”

CytoSorbents Inc. (CTSO), 7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction 08852.

732-329-8885. Phillip Chan, CEO. www.cytosorbents. com.

Management Moves Taft Communications, 2000 Lenox Drive, Suite 200, Lawrenceville 08648. 609-6830700. Ted Deutsch, CEO. www.taftcommunications. com.

Lenox Drive-based Taft Communications has appointed Ted Deutsch as the firm’s chief executive officer. Concurrently, Deutsch becomes the majority owner of the firm founded in 1983 by the husband-and-wife team of Pete Taft and Mara Connolly.

“It’s an honor to accept the leadership mantle from my partners who have won so many decades of success for clients by doing things that matter,” Deutsch said in a statement. “Our growing, diverse, and talented team today –— combined with strong, purpose-focused

Clockwise from above, new Taft Communications CEO Ted Deutsch; Beyond chief revenue officer Brent Rose, and Ware Malcomb studio manager Arturo Ponciano. work — makes me more excited than ever about building on the reputation and legacy that Mara and Pete created.”

Deutsch joined Taft as a consultant in 2012 after two decades in agency and corporate communications positions, including as VP of communications and public affairs for Sandoz Inc. and Avis-Budget Group. Deutsch earned a B.A. in history from Princeton and M.S. in foreign service from Georgetown.

He has served as president of Taft since 2014 and became a minority owner in 2018.

Connolly and Taft will remain on Taft’s board, with Connolly contributing creative counsel on select projects, and Taft continuing to provide leadership communications counsel to C-suite executives.

“We first met Ted as a friendly competitor over a decade ago and ever since have enjoyed a partnership in every sense of the word,” Pete Taft said in a statement. “Ted has led the threefold growth of our Taft Communications business, and we are thrilled about the continued vitality of the firm under his leadership.”

“Pete and I saw in Ted someone who shared our values, our vision, our philosophy about the world — and our sense of humor!” Connolly said. “The Taft management team is committed to curiosity and creativity, making a rewarding and fun environment for our own team, and remaining 100 percent focused on the client’s idea of success. We can’t wait to see how he and the team move us forward.”

Beyond, 902 Carnegie Center, Suite 160, Princeton 08540.

Robert O. Carr, chief executive officer. www.getbeyond. com.

Beyond — the Carnegie Centerbased technology firm that helps businesses streamline operations — has promoted Brent Rose, its chief sales officer, to the newly created position of chief revenue officer. Rose’s expanded responsibilities will include sales, marketing, and product development, with a focus on customer experience.

Beyond was founded in 2017 by Bob Carr, who created the company after selling the payment processing firm he founded and led, Heartland Payment Systems, for $4.3 billion in 2016. In explaining Rose’s new position, Carr noted, “Brent has walked in the shoes of every level of salesperson we have at Beyond, knows the products in the marketplace better than anyone, is ethical to the core, and wants everyone to win.”

“With our model, the merchant gets a good value, the successful salesperson gets paid a very handsome amount of money, and the company wins,” Carr continued.

“Brent believes in this value proposition and has the intelligence and work ethic to execute it.”

Ware Malcomb, 400 Alexander Park Drive, Suite 304, Princeton 08540. 609-362-9740.

Michael Bennett, principal. www.waremalcomb.com.

Ware Malcomb, an interior design and architecture firm with an office off Alexander Road, has promoted Arturo Ponciano to studio manager, interior architecture & design, in the Princeton office.

Ponciano joined Ware Malcomb as senior project manager in 2017 specializing in repositioning and corporate fit-out projects.

“Arturo’s extensive interior design expertise coupled with his calm demeanor make him a valuable mentor and strong leader,” said Marlyn Zucosky, director of interior architecture & design for the firm’s Princeton and Newark offices. “Arturo’s dedication to our team and clients is apparent in everything he does, and we look forward to his continued growth in years to come.”

Ponciano holds a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Miami.

Maplewood at Princeton, One Hospital Drive, Plainsboro 08536. Lisa Williams, executive director. 844-782-3078. www.maplewoodatprinceton.com.

Maplewood Senior Living has announced the appointment of three people to leadership positions at its location on the campus of Penn Medicine Princeton Health that is scheduled to open this summer. The 98,000-square-foot senior living community will feature 105 studio and one-bedroom units and care options including assisted living and memory care.

Lisa Williams will serve as executive director. She has more than 20 years of senior living care experience, with 16 of those spent as an administrator. She graduated from Rowan University and earned her master’s in public administration from Kean University. She currently serves as a chair on the NJ Assisted Living Council.

Michael Tucker was named director of business development, with responsibilities for developing partnerships with healthcare professionals and community organizations focused on seniors. He

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IAS’ Wigderson Awarded Abel Prize

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vi Wigderson, a professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Abel Prize.

He will share the prize — considered to be the Nobel Prize of the math world — with László Lovász, a Hungarian mathematician who was previously a visiting professor at the Institute.

They will split $7.5 million Norwegian krone, or about $877,000.

The Abel committee cited the duo “for their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics.”

“I am thrilled that the mathematics community has recognized with this prize the entire field of the theory of computation, which has been my academic and social home for the past four decades,” Wigderson said in a statement. “I feel lucky to be part of this extremely dynamic community, whose fundamental goals have at the same time deep conceptual and intellectual meaning, scientific and practical motivations, with pure fun problems and brilliant collaborators to pursue them with.”

Wigderson is recognized for his prolific contributions to the major areas of computational complexity theory, including randomized computation, algorithms and optimization, circuit complexity, proof complexity, earned his bachelor’s in business administration from Rider University.

Leslie Conover will be the community relations director and work directly with families to help them navigate their living options. She graduated from Rider and has more than 25 years of sales experience in hospitality and senior living.

Deaths Phyllis Marchand, 81, on March 25. She served 22 years on the Princeton Township Committee, including 14 years as mayor.

She also worked as book indexer of The Woodrow Wilson Papers edited by Princeton University historian Arthur Link. Additionally she served on the boards of the D&R Greenway, McCarter Theater, HomeFront, and Corner House, among many others.

Wolfgang Stodiek, 95, on March 7. He began work at Project Matterhorn — eventually renamed Princeton Plasma Physics Lab — in 1959 and oversaw the laboratory’s conversion from conducting fusion experiments on stellarators to using tokamaks. Though he retired in 1996 he continued to work at the lab a few days a week until he returned to his native Germany in 2007.

Ian Jeffrey Reisnger, 35, on March 14. He worked for APH Builders in Hamilton.

Malvern R. Hoffman, 87, on March 2. He worked as a chauffeur for A-1 Limousine and previously owned an operated a Sunoco station in Ewing. He also volunteered with the Prospect Heights Volunteer Fire Company.

Marie A. Butterfield, 83, on March 13. She worked in bookkeeping at Trenton Trust Bank and later at Tiger Distributors Inc. Philomena Kovac, 92, on March 18. She worked for the Horsman Doll Factory and spent 27 years as a food service worker

Avi Wigderson shares the 2021 Abel Prize with László Lovász. quantum computation, cryptography, and understanding of fundamental graph properties.

“Avi Wigderson stands, in the tradition of Gödel and von Neumann, at the pinnacle of the theory of computation,” Institute director Robbert Dijkgraaf said in a statement. “His work shows how some of the deepest ideas in mathematics are intimately connected to a technology that is totally transforming our society.

Avi is also a convincing advocate for computation as a powerful and promising perspective on all fields of knowledge.”

The Israel-born Wigderson has previously held appointments at the University of California, Berkeley; IBM Research, San Jose; Mathematical Sciences Research Institute; Princeton University; and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. for the Hamilton Township School District.

Robert S. Hirst Jr., 91, on March 18. The Navy veteran worked for the state Division of Taxation for 38 years and retired as acting chief auditor.

Judith Rauschert Bushnell, 84, on March 25. Early in her career she worked for Opinion Research Corporation in Princeton and after raising her family worked in several administrative roles at Princeton University in admissions, annual giving, and for Mathey College.

Louis A. Papp, 90, on March 25. He spent 32 years with the state Department of Transportation, retiring as a supervising engineer.

Rita Charlotte Sadovy on March 18. She retired from the state Department of Higher Education in 2011.

Robert H. Smith, 89, on March 25. The Army veteran began work as an accountant with Wolf & Co. and after several mergers retired from KPMG, LLC, Lawrenceville.

Zoraida Mary Platas, 92, on March 23. She was a supervising clerk and stenographer with the Mercer County Probation Department, where she worked for 34 years.

Ann D. Sciarrotta, 71, on March 22. She was an administrative secretary for 46 years with the Trenton Board of Education.

Janet Rose Moore, 66, on March 23. She was a social worker for the Visiting Nurses Association of New Jersey.

Carol M. Lawyer, 69, on March 20. She worked in numerous positions and ultimately retired from Educational Testing Service.

Thomas John McHale, 90, on March 19. He owned and operated McHale’s Pharmacy in Hamilton for 21 years and was staff pharmacist at Hamilton Hospital for an additional 21 years.

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U.S. 1 Classifieds How to order

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Fax or E-Mail: That’s all it takes to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Fax your ad to 609-844-0180 or E-Mail class@princetoninfo.com. We will confirm your insertion and the price. It won’t be much: Our classifieds are just 50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40 cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16 consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents per word.

Questions? Call us at 609-396-1511 ext. 105.

COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE: Mercer County, Ewing, NJ. 17,000 SF Warehouse, 5 tailgates/1 oversized drive-in. 609-883-7900 / 201488-4000

OFFICE RENTALS 1 day/month/year or longer. Princeton Route 1. Flexible office space to support your business. Private or virtual offices, conference rooms, high speed internet, friendly staffed reception. Easy access 24/7. Ample parking. Call Mayette 609-514-5100. www.princeton-office.com.

Professional office space, 1500 sq/ ft located in Montgomery Knoll office park on Rte 206 in Skillman. Five private offices, reception area, 2 baths and a kitchenette. Ample parking in quiet setting 4 miles from downtown Princeton.

Call Meadow Run Properties at 908281-5374.

Tired of working from home? Two small offices for sublet: One is 250 sq/ ft and one is 500 sq/ft. Quiet setting in Montgomery Knoll office park on Rte 206 in Skillman with ample parking. Call Meadow Run Properties at 908-2815374.

RETAIL SPACE Princeton, NJ Central Business District Retail/Service Business Stores for Lease - Weinberg Management, Broker - For Confidential Conversation Text: 609-731-1630 Email: WMC@collegetown.com

Mercer County, Ewing, NJ 14,000 SF (11,000 SF Ofc/3,000 SF Whse) FREE RENT 201-488-4000/609-8837900.

BUSINESS SERVICES Professional Ghostwriter: Press releases that grab editors’ attention and robust website content that rises above the run of the mill. Have your business history written to preserve the story behind your success. E. E. Whiting Literary Services. 609-462-5734 eewhiting@live.com

PERSONAL SERVICES Professional Ghostwriter. Capture family stories or business histories for posterity. Writing your own memoir? Let me bring your memories alive. Memorialize special events with reminiscences of family and friends printed for all to share.

Obituaries and eulogies are sensitively created. E. E. Whiting Literary Services.

609-462-5734 eewhiting@live.com

TRANSPORTATION A Personal Driver seeking to transport commuters, shopping trips, etc.

Modern, attractive car. References provided. Less than commercial taxi services. E-mail to gvprinter@gmail.com or call 609-331-3370.

MUSIC SERVICES Brass Instrument Teacher: Professional musician, University of the Arts graduate. Instruction on Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Baritone/Euphonium, Improvisation/Music Theory. 609-2408290. Frank.rein@yahoo.com

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609577-3337.

WANTED TO BUY Cash paid for SELMER Saxophones and other vintage models.

609-581-8290, E-mail: lenny3619@ gmail.com Cash paid for World War II military items. 609-581-8290 or e-mail lenny3619@optonline.net.

Wanted: Baseball, football, basketball, hockey. Cards, autographs, photos, memorabilia. Highest cash prices paid! Licensed corporation, will travel. 4thelovofcards, 908-596-0976. allstar115@verizon.net.

Singles Exchange MEN SEEKING WOMEN Elderly gentleman seeks a woman who is more concerned about the suffering occurring around the world than she is about hedonistic pleasures. Box 240346.

Professional seeks a woman from 40-55 years old. I enjoy family, I like to go to movies, go to the beach, festivals, and sometimes dine out and travel.

Please send phone, email to set up meeting. Box 240245.

classified by e-mail class@princetoninfo.com

HELP WANTED

women seeking men Do you want a companion? Are you looking for someone to be compatible with? I may be the one. Be between the ages of 80 to 86. I’m 5’2”, light brown hair, slim, non-smoker, social drinker, must love animals. Box #240826 I am a woman seeking a white-Caucasian male 65-76. Must be attractive, fit, Caucasian man. Non-smoker, drinks socially. I am a petite, 73 year old, looking for my soulmate. My friends can tell you I am very caring, passionate, loving, and honest. They have been there and supported me since losing my hubby of knowing him 54 years and 49 years of marriage since Oct. 1, 2019. I want to start with friendship, going slow and seeing where it takes us. I have 2 adult daughters and 2 adorable grandsons, going on 8 and 3 in the summer. I love walking hand and hand around teh lake of a park. I love the beach, festivals, and craft shows, movies, playing mini golf, going to a Trenton Thunder baseball game, and more. Hanging with my grandsons and friends is top priority. Also being healthy and family is priority. If you are somewhat interested in getting to know me please text me, email, call, or we can do facetime. Box # 240828

HOW TO RESPOND How to Respond: Place your note in an envelope, write the box number on the envelope, and mail it with $1 cash to U.S. 1 at the address below.

HOW TO ORDER Singles By Mail: To place your free ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville 08648, fax it to 609-844-0180, or E-mail it to class­@princetoninfo.com. Be sure to include a physical address to which we can send responses.

Employment Exchange Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC is seeking an Accountant in Hamilton, New Jersey. The Accountant will use knowledge gained in his univ. level studies in the field of Accountancy to perform the necessary specialized financial analysis and document preparation in the accounting process of the Company’s business operations. S/ he will be responsible for controlling and verifying MDL’s financial transactions for the Company’s business operations.

The min req for the position of Accountant is a Bach deg in Accounting. Email resumes to skase@mdlab.com.

Transcriptionist - work from home and learn digital court transcription. Income to $30/hr. Paid 3 month training program. Work 6 hrs./day and 30 hrs./ week, during business hours. Some overnight and weekend assignments.

This isn’t for part-timers. Must have 4 year college degree, be a quick study, have digital audio (unzipping) experience, and have great grammar and proofreading skills. No exceptions.

Send resume to wtrscramp@aol.com.

JOBS WANTED Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we will run a reasonably worded classified ad for you at no charge. We reserve the right to edit the ads and to limit the number of times they run. Mail or Fax your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Fax to 609844-0180. E-mail to class@princetoninfo.com. You must include your name, address, and phone number (for our records only).

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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So if you’re lost, or looking for the motor vehicle department, the Public Library or just general assistance, you can count on them to help you out.

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TDA Ambassadors!

“Sometimes I think this is just a job, but it isn’t. We make a difference in people’s lives every day,” says Ambassador Duwayne Brown, who loves making the neighborhood look good.

“We represent downtown Trenton. As long as our work gets done, everyone is happy,” adds Keith.

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hen the sun comes out, so does the community of Trenton, says James Keith Bethea. And he should know. For more than 27 years, Keith has been representing Trenton Downtown Association as a Clean and Safe Ambassador, keeping downtown Trenton clean, safe and welcoming.

The TDA “Clean Team” is a dream team of five very dedicated individuals who not only clean, maintain and beautify the streets and sidewalks of downtown Trenton, but also act as unofficial tour guides. They've got their eyes and ears on what's happening in their community.

TDA Clean and Safe Ambassadors (left to right): Duwayne Brown, J. Keith Bethea, Jamar Peck, Michael Ford, and J. Tony Coleman.

Dining Artworks Trenton has been providing gallery space, art classes and art-related events in Trenton since 1964. While closed during the pandemic, Artworks began to offer a variety of virtual classes, an option they plan to retain so that they can continue to make art accessible to even more people.

Best known for two signature programs, Art All Day and Art All Night Trenton, Artworks Trenton is pleased to announce that its gallery is now open to the public (up to 8 people at a time), Thursday–Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The Big g Easy

111 S. Warren Street Trenton, NJ

609-393-1845

Now that the weather is starting to get warmer, you can expect to see more outdoor dining options popping up downtown. These popular spots already offer some outdoor seating.

1911 Smokehouse BBQ

11 W. Front Street Trenton, NJ

609-695-1911

Delia’s Empanada Café 113 S. Warren Street, Trenton, NJ

609-396-7775

NJ Weedman’s Joint

322 E. State Street Trenton, NJ

609-437-0898

Starbucks Community Store 102 S. Warren Street, Trenton, NJ

609-393-0261

Artworks Trenton 19 Everett Alley Trenton, NJ artworkstrenton.org

NEVER MISS A BEAT! Sign up for our Weekly E-Blast at Trenton-downtown.com

Visit Trenton-downtown.com for a list of businesses open in the downtown Trenton area.

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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $240,000 Jennifer E Curtis 609.610.0809 MLS# NJME305808

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP $410,000 Anne Setzer 609.516.9203 MLS# NJME309768

LITTLE FALLS TOWNSHIP $699,900 Deborah T Carter 908.303.4320 MLS# 3698033

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $859,000 Regina Perry 908.347.0950 MLS# NJSO114382

PRINCETON $1,495,000 Cleveland Lane

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LAMBERTVILLE CITY $250,000 Steven M Stegman 908.797.5273 MLS# 3699774

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP $460,000 Nadine Cohen 609.405.0091 MLS# NJME309486

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $725,000 Cynthia Weshnak 609.651.1795 MLS# NJSO114272

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $945,000 Michelle Blane 908.963.9046 MLS# NJSO114414

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP $1,495,000 Grant Wagner 609.331.0573 MLS# NJBL2000158

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EAST BRUNSWICK TWP $294,000 Lauren Adams 908.812.9557 MLS# NJMX126228

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP $599,000 Christina Phillips 917.208.5724 MLS# NJME308950

PRINCETON $749,000 Amy Granato 917.848.8345 MLS# NJME307968

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP $950,000 Kathryn Baxter 516.521.7771 MLS# NJME309212

PRINCETON $2,500,000 Cheryl Goldman 609.439.9072 MLS# NJME303524

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PENNINGTON BORO $310,000 Catherine C Nemeth 609.462.1237 MLS# NJME309008

WEST AMWELL TOWNSHIP $650,000 Jennifer E Curtis 609.610.0809 MLS# NJHT106944

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP $750,000 Maura Mills 609.947.5757 MLS# NJME309366

RARITAN TOWNSHIP $999,000 Patricia ‘Trish’ Ford 908.635.9695 MLS# 3700345

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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $369,900 (1.38 acres) Margaret Foley ‘Peggy’ Baldwin 609.306.2052 MLS# NJME309380

EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP $675,000 Kathryn Baxter 516.521.7771 MLS# NJME309318

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP $799,000 Anita F O’Meara 609.235.6889 MLS# NJMX126236

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP $1,165,000 Kathryn Baxter 516.521.7771 MLS# NJME309824

PRINCETON $2,795,000 Martha ‘Jane’ Weber 609.462.1563 MLS# NJME301188

PRINCETON $1,250,000 Maura Mills 609.947.5757 MLS# NJME307154

PRINCETON $4,299,000 Norman T Callaway, Jr 609.647.2001 MLS# NJME308590

MLS# NJME308558

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PRINCETON $2,500,000 Robin McCarthy Froehlich 609.731.4498 MLS# NJME300874

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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP $407,000 Sheila H ‘Mickey’ Graham 609.731.7781 MLS# NJME309024

SOUTH BRUNSWICK TWP $695,000 Carolyn Spohn 609.468.2145 MLS# NJMX 125882

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP $825,000 Madolyn Greve 609.462.2505 MLS# NJSO114410

CallawayHenderson.com 4 NASSAU STREET | PRINCETON, NJ 08542 | 609.921.1050 Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Subject To Errors, Omissions, Prior Sale Or Withdrawal Without Notice.