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560 Lake Drive, Grosso Homes LLC. C/O Richard Grosso, Jr., owner & applicant. A variance was requested under the c(1) criteria to permit construction of a new home in exception to the required lot area. The application was approved.

516 Cherry Hill Road, Jenn and Huei Tsai, owners & applicant. A c(1) variance was requested to permit construction of a home on a lot that does not meet the required minimum lot area or lot width.

61 Harris Road, Henry and Bruno Perna, owners & applicant. A c(1) variance is requested to permit construction of a new home on a lot in exception to the required lot area. The application was approved.

44 Morgan Place, 44 Morgan LLC, owner/applicant. A c(1) variance was requested to permit construction of a new home on a lot in exception to the required lot area, depth, and frontage. The application was approved.

252 Guyot Street, Kirk Gastinger, owner & applicant. A c(1) variance was requested to permit construction of a home on a lot that does not meet the required minimum lot area, depth, and frontage. Additional bulk variances were requested for required driveway setback, garage setback and the façade articulation of sidewall. The application was approved.

Additionally, the Board heard the following applications at its regularly scheduled May 25 meeting.

420 Mount Lucas Road, Herman and Lekha Tull, owner & applicant. A floor

area ratio (FAR) variance was requested to permit construction of an addition and a new front porch. Zoning approval of second floor addition to an accessory structure was also requested. Bulk (c1) variances are requested for both structures to permit construction in exception to the required side and rear yard setbacks. The application was approved.

51 Cleveland Lane, Paul and Anne Sobel, owners/applicants. A c(1) variance was requested to permit construction of pool within the required front yard setback. A variance is requested to permit the previous installation of a generator in exception to the required setback. The application was approved.

14 Wilton Street, Dylon Robbins, owner & applicant. A c(1) variance was requested to permit the construction of an attic addition in exception to the required height to setback ratio, and the smaller and combined side yard setbacks. The application was approved.

9 Morgan Place, Herbert Wierbowicz, owner & applicant. A variance was requested under the c (1) and (2) criteria to permit construction of a second floor addition in exception to the required side yard setback, dormer width, and height to setback ratio. The application was approved.

263 Hawthorne Avenue, Marcus Hultmark, owner & applicant. C(2) variance was requested to permit construction of an entry vestibule in exception to the required front yard setback. The application was approved.

49 Lovers Lane, Monica Ponce de Leon, Gregory Saldana, owners & applicants. A c(2) variance was requested to approve height to setback ratio for a cabana that has been constructed in exception to ordinance requirements. The application was approved.

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CAPITAL HEALTH EARNS TOP SCORE IN HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION’S 2022 HEALTHCARE EQUALITY INDEX Capital Health Regional Medical Center and Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell recently announced their individual “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designations in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of health care facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees. A record 906 health care facilities actively participated in the 2022 HEI survey, and 496 of those earned an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation.

“Administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the Healthcare Equality Index survey is an important benchmark,” said Dr. Eric I. Schwartz, vice president of Community Health and Transformation and executive director of Capital Health’s Institute for Urban Care. “This designation demonstrates our ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion for the communities we serve and the support we provide for our employees.”

The HEI evaluates and scores health care facilities on detailed criteria falling under four central pillars, including foundational policies and training in LGBTQ+ patient-centered care, LGBTQ+ patient services and support, employee benefits and policies, and patient and community engagement. In the 2022 report, an impressive 496 facilities earned HRC’s “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation, receiving the maximum score in each section and earning an overall score of 100. Another 251 facilities earned the “Top Performer” designation with scores between 80 and 95 points and at least partial credit in each section. With 82% of participating facilities scoring 80 points or more, health care facilities are demonstrating concretely that they are going beyond the basics when it comes to adopting policies and practices in LGBTQ+ care.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people.

Through its programs, the HRC Foundation seeks to make transformational change in the everyday lives of LGBTQ+ people, shedding light on inequity and deepening the public’s understanding of LGBTQ+ issues, with a clear focus on advancing transgender and racial justice.

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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT NAMES CAPITAL HEALTH A HIGH PERFORMING HOSPITAL FOR THE BEST HOSPITALS FOR MATERNITY Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, home to the most complete maternity facility in the Greater Mercer County, New Jersey area, was named among the best in the nation for maternity services, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Maternity list. Capital Health is one of 15 hospitals in New Jersey and the only hospital in the Greater Mercer County area to earn this recognition. This is the first time U.S. News has published a list of Best Hospitals for Maternity.

health analysis at U.S. News & World Report. “The hospitals we’ve recognized as High Performing meet a high standard in caring for patients with uncomplicated pregnancies.”

To be recognized among the Best Hospitals for Maternity, Capital Health’s Maternity Services Program excelled on multiple quality metrics that matter to expectant families, including complication rates, C-sections, whether births are scheduled too early in pregnancy, and how successfully each hospital supports breastfeeding. Only one-third of the hospitals evaluated for maternity care earned ‘High Performing’ status, the highest ranking U.S. News awards for that type of care.

The Maternity Services Program at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell makes up the most complete maternity facility in the area. From routine deliveries to high-risk needs, staff at the Josephine Plumeri Birthing Center at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell provide a full range of prenatal, obstetrical, postpartum, and neonatal care options to make sure new families have the greatest chance for healthy beginnings. The designated Regional Perinatal Center provides neonatal care, as well as in-house coverage by obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists, perinatologists, and anesthesiologists 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To learn more, visit capitalhealth.org/maternity.

“All families deserve to be informed on how hospitals perform on key indicators of quality, which is why U.S. News has compiled and published a trove of maternal health data from hospitals across the country,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of 6 Princeton Echo | Health Headlines by Capital Health

“We’re extremely proud to be the only hospital in the region to earn recognition from U.S. News & World Report for our Maternity Services Program,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “For the outstanding teams at our Josephine Plumeri Birthing Center, it is a validation of their commitment to providing the highest level of care to expectant mothers. More importantly, it assures new and growing families that we’ll get them off to the healthiest and safest start possible.”

DON’T DELAY: Call 911 If You Suspect a Stroke While the fear of contracting COVID-19 has encouraged compliance with stay-at-home orders and social distancing, front-line employees at Capital Health and across the country are seeing an alarming trend of people hesitating to call 911 and delay necessary treatment for time-sensitive emergencies like stroke.

“When it comes to treating stroke, we always say ‘time is brain,’ which means that the sooner we can treat you, the better chance we have at a successful outcome,” said DR. DUSTIN ROCHESTIE, director of the Stroke Program at Capital Health. “At Capital Health, we have safety procedures in place to protect you from infection, while making sure you get the immediate, lifesaving stroke care that you need.”

The Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at the Capital Institute for Neurosciences is a major referral center for the treatment of all types of neurovascular diseases, including cerebral aneurysms, strokes, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), cavernous malformations, carotid artery and vertebral artery atherosclerotic disease, intracranial stenosis as well as Moyamoya disease.

The only Joint Commission certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region, located at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Trenton, continues to provide safe emergency stroke and neurovascular services 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week during the current health crisis.

“As soon as you call 911, our prehospital alert system allows our team in the hospital to prepare for your arrival, saving valuable time to treatment,” said Dr. Rochestie. “Your call could also activate our Mobile Stroke Unit, which can be co-dispatched with basic and advanced life support service to provide safe, immediate care at your location before you even arrive at the hospital.”

CONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE There are steps you can take right away to lower your risk. Get started by talking to your primary care doctor to learn about stroke screenings and how you can treat or manage controllable risk factors such as: … Physical inactivity/ … High blood pressure obesity/poor diet … High cholesterol …

Diabetes mellitus … Heart/blood …

Atrial fibrillation vessel disease … Sickle cell disease … Cigarette smoking

IF YOU SUSPECT A STROKE,

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Is the person experiencing a sudden loss of balance?

Has the person lost vision in one or both eyes?

Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?

Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence repeated correctly?

If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 911 immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.

Visit capitalneuro.org to learn more.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF A STROKE, CALL 911.

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MERCER GASTROENTEROLOGY JOINS CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP Regional practice adds to growing team of gastroenterology specialists Mercer Gastroenterology, a comprehensive practice offering a full range of gastroenterology and hepatology services, has joined Capital Health – Gastroenterology Specialists, part of Capital Health Medical Group’s growing network of specialty care providers. Although the practice name will change, patients will continue to receive the same trusted care that has been offered in Central New Jersey and Bucks County for almost 50 years.

The team of board certified physicians and nurse practitioners who have joined Capital Health – Gastroenterology Specialists includes Drs. Armen Simonian, Jyoti Bhatia, Ravinder Dhillon, and Douglas Weinstein and advanced nurse practitioners Kasia Quirus and Suzanne Ahde. They join colleagues Drs. Mark Saxena, Michael Itidiare, Waseem Butt, Cynthia Edirisuriya, and Om Amin and nurse practitioners Lisa Costello and Maribel Martinez, with office appointments now available in Hopewell Township (Two Capital Way, Suite 487, Pennington, NJ 08534), Bordentown (100 K Johnson Boulevard, Suite 201, Bordentown, NJ 08505), and Newtown (3 Penns Trail, 2nd floor, Newtown, PA 18940).

“As Mercer Gastroenterology, we have had a great working relationship with Capital Health for many years,” said Dr. Armen Simonian, a fellowship trained gastroenterologist and partner with Mercer Gastroenterology (now Capital Health – Gastroenterology Specialists).

“It’s exciting to now have all of these talented providers under one banner and offer the most comprehensive range of services to our patients.”

Capital Health – Gastroenterology Specialists specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of general diseases of the digestive system for those who live in the Bucks and Mercer County areas.

Their goal is to diagnose any gastrointestinal disease that may be affecting the digestive tract, control the symptoms, improve quality of life, and when possible, eliminate the disease.

Call 609.528.8884 to schedule an appointment (press 2 to be directed to the Hopewell Township office) or visit capitalgastro.org to learn more.

REVOLUTIONIZING PROSTATE CANCER: What All Men Should Know Wednesday, June 8, 2022 | 6 p.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting If you or a loved one were recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, understanding treatment options is an important first step. Join DR. CHARLES POLOTTI, a fellowship trained urologist from Capital Health – Urology Specialists, and DR. TIMOTHY CHEN, medical director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery at Capital Health Cancer Center, for a discussion of diagnosis and treatment options for prostate cancer including active surveillance, minimally invasive robotic surgery, and outpatient radiation therapy with the CyberKnife system. The presentation will conclude with a virtual tour of the radiation oncology suite and a closer look at CyberKnife technology.

This event will be taking place virtually using Zoom. Register online at capitalhealth.org/events and be sure to include your email address.

Zoom meeting details will be provided via email 2 – 3 days before the program date. Registration ends 24 hours before the program date.

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By Dan AUBRey The summer 2022 arts and culture season is stepping out — despite current pandemic concerns — with a winning blend of concerts, stage shows, art openings, and festivals that provide hope and spirit.

For example, take the return of the Princeton Festival. In addition to this major regional multi-arts event surviving the pandemic-induced hiatus that had upset other such events around the state and nation, it actually used the opportunity to deepen its community and artistic roots by merging with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.

The result is the continuation of an annual series of high quality classical concerts and opera that opens with a presentation of Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins.” It will be performed by Storm Large, a musician, actor, and writer who has performed vocally with national orchestras, funk singer George Clinton, and pop musicians k.d. lang and Rufus Wainwright. The presentation occurs on Friday, June 10.

Also on the festival calendar are the pairing of two short operas, contempo-

rary American composer Derrick Wang’s “Scalia/Ginsburg,” inspired by two operaloving, ideologically opposed Supreme Court justices, and Mozart’s comic “The Impresario,” with the title character dealing with the demands of two divas, Saturdays, June 11 and 18, and Sunday, June 12; a “Stephen Sondheim Tribute,” Wednesday, June 15; and a full production of 20th century British composer Benjamin Britten’s comic opera “Albert Herring,” Friday and Sunday, June 17 and 19. Other musical offerings presented at Morven Museum and Trinity Church in Princeton include concerts featuring jazz, Broadway hits, and choral music. 609-258-2787 or www. princetonfestival.org

More Summer Sounds The Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts returns with a fourpart series of free events at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. The lineup starting in mid-June is as follows:

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Diderot String Quartet (with musicians based in New York and Chicago) presents a “Legacy of the Fugue” program featuring the “Art of the Fugue” by Bach and Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, Sunday, June 26, at 2 p.m..

Manhattan Chamber Players present the Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493

by Mozart; Serenade in C Major for string trio, Op. 10, by Ernst von Dohnányi; and the Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47,

by Robert Schuman, Friday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Zodiac Trio (an internationally known group founded by students at the Manhattan School of Music) performs music by Astor Piazzolla, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Béla Bartók, and others, Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org *** The Edward T. Cone Composition Institute, the New Jersey Symphony

Orchestra and Princeton University program dedicated to the creation of new music through a week-long collaboration involving composers and orchestra, returns to the Princeton University Campus on July 17 and culminates in a public performance at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton on Saturday, July 23, at 8 p.m. www.njsymphony.org/institute *** Celebrating more than 25 years of community recitals, the Princeton University Carillon at the Graduate School on College Road West will again host a season of Sunday summer concerts for the surrounding community, 1 p.m., July through Labor Day. This year’s series, “When Music Meets the Sky,” is as follows: July 3, Geert D’hollander, Lake Wales, Florida; July 10, Paul Stelban, Philadelphia; July 17, Wade Fitzgerald, Philadelphia; July 24, Hunter Chase, Washington DC; July 31, Anna Kasprzycka, Gdansk, Poland; August 7, Claire Janezic (New Colleague Recitalist), Rochester, New York; August 14, The Treblemakers – Lisa Lonie & Janet Tebbel, Philadelphia; August 21, Cast in Bronze – the Tower Show; August 28, Princeton Carillon Studio Members; September 4, Robin Austin, Philadelphia.

Community members are invited to

bring blankets or lawn chairs to the Cleveland Tower and listen to the free presentations, held rain or shine. www.princeton.edu/gradschool/studentlife/ residential/gradcollege/directions. *** Westminster Choir College’s annual CoOPERAtive returns for its three-week intensive program for opera performers and free programs for the public. The program starts on Sunday, July 3, and concludes with a final concert on Friday, July 22. A work in progress at press time, the schedule, venue site, and ticket information will soon appear at www.rider.edu/ events.

Jazzing It Up The region’s largest arts center and a small Trenton jazz spot are reaching high notes with the following offerings: McCarter Theatre’s “Jazz in June Festival” gets back in the groove after a two-year pandemic-related hiatus and is offering three weekends of concerts by top-notch musicians.

Joshua Redman —- an award winning saxophonist with a jazz pedigree (noted Bay area saxophonist father and dancer mother), more than 20 albums, and a score of Grammy nominations — arrives with his

Dee Dee Bridgewater performs June 24 at McCarter Theater in Princeton. trio on Friday, June 10, at 8 p.m.

Christian Sands Quartet is led by an up-and-coming jazz artist who has been appearing at the Kennedy Center, Newport Jazz Festival, Village Vanguard, Blue Note, and other jazz centers around the world.

Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m.

Helen Sung Quartet, led by an award winning pianist and composer, has also

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Jazzmeia Horn arrives to demonstrate why the New York Times called her “among the most exciting young vocalists in jazz, with a proud traditionalism that keeps her tightly linked to the sound of classic figures like Nancy Wilson and Betty Carter, but a vivacity of spirit and conviction that places her firmly in the present.” Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap bring together two legendary performers —- Grammy and Tony Award-winning vocalist and the Grammy-winning pianist — for a night of solid jazz and artistry. Friday, June 24, 8 p.m.

The Tyshawn Sorey Sextet is led by a Newark-born musician and composer who the New Yorker magazine called “an extraordinary talent who can see across the entire musical landscape.” Saturday, June 25, 8 p.m.

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cool evenings of hot sounds that hop with pop: Chivalrous Crickets Concert, the East Coast-based American group formed in 2018 that specializes in performing traditional Irish, English, Appalachian, popular, and early classical music on historical and orchestral instruments makes a stop at the West Windsor Arts Council, Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m. $30 to $35. www.westwindsorarts.org *** Mercer County Parks Summer Concerts turns the county’s festival grounds in West Windsor into an entertainment center starting in early July and continuing through August with the following lineup — all set from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

R&B Night: Earth Wind & Fire Tribute, Friday, July 8; Dance Night: Epic Soul, Friday, July 15; Morris Day, Friday, July 22; Rock Night: Frontiers - The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band Friday, July 29; Soul Night: The Sensational Soul Cruisers, Friday August 5; Latin Night: Funk Salsa Urban, Friday, August 12; R&B Night: Grace Little, Friday, August 19; and Rock Night: Best of the Eagles, Friday, August 26.

There is also the Latin Night: Kombo Latino, set for Sunday, July 17, 2 to 6 p.m.

Mercer County Park, West Windsor.

$5 to $10. www.mercercountyparks. org or mercercountyparks.org/#!/ festival-grounds-events

Summer Stages Summer theater is becoming a big thing in the region, thanks to the following presenters and groups: Music Mountain Theater, the Lambertville community theater company, is presenting a summer series of the following Broadway favorites: “Godspell,” May 27 to June 12, “La Cage Aux Folles,” June 17 to July 3; and “In The Heights,” July 8 to 24. Performances set for Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m.

1483 Route 179, Lambertville. $23 to $25. www.musicmountaintheatre.org *** Kelsey Theater, the longstanding theater venue at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, continues its partnerships with area theater groups to provide the following offerings: Shakespeare 70’s production of “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” June 10 through 19, and The Yardley Players’ rendition of the Broadway musical “Oliver!,” July 7 through 17.

Shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. $18

to $20. 609-570-3333 or www.kelseyatmccc.org. *** American Repertor y Ballet, the region’s professional ballet company is concluding its current season with “Movin’ + Groovin’,” an evening of world premieres by three contemporary choreographers.

The program includes ARB and American Ballet Theater dancer Claire Davison’s work inspired by music by Fleetwood Mac; Madison Ballet’s artistic director Ja’ Malik’s “Moving to Bach”; and New York choreographer and Juilliard School creative associate Caili Quan’s piece inspired by how the body is affected during sleep.

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, Friday, June 3, 7 p.m., Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 5, 2 p.m. $25 to $45. nbpac.org/movinandgroovin *** Princeton Summer Theater will return to the Hamilton-Murray Theater at Princeton University with a schedule of three full-length shows. First up is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” adapted

by Simon Levy, June 24 through 26 and June 30 through July 3. Following is Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway,” July 8 through 10 and 14 through 17. And the

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SUMMER, continued from Page 6 season concludes with Dominique Morisseau’s “Detroit ’67,” July 22 through 24 and 28 through 31. www.princetonsummertheater.org

Secret Gardens And don’t forget about your tickets to visit hidden summer gardens with the following: Hidden Gardens of Lambertville, an annual event celebrating its 24th year, is organized by the town-based Kalmia Club, a women-led civic organization that takes its name from a flower. Attendees have up to the night before to register and then pick up their official walking-tour map at the clubhouse at 39 York Street. $21. Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. kalmiaclub. org *** Set in the town created by the famed bridge-building company, the self-guided Roebling Garden Tour of this historic town originally populated by numerous immigrant workers starts at the Roebling Museum, 100 2nd Avenue, on Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.eventbrite. com/e/roebling-museum-garden-tourtickets-153549102499 ***

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‘Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter’ at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton features work by the Philadelphia ceramicist, performance artist, and educator.

The Bordentown Historical Society’s annual garden tour, featuring more than 21 gardens in the historic Colonial small city, is set for Saturday, June 25, 11 to 5 p.m. $20 ($18 for members). bordentownhistor y. org.

Summer Galleries The region’s museums and cultural organizations are also providing opportunities to get out with friends and families — or maybe even to head out alone to take a new look on life.

Mor ven Museum & Garden in

Princeton. “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey” features original historical artifacts pertinent to the many discoveries, products, and fields of work that comprised the Bell System in New Jersey from the 1920s to around 1984, when the Bell System monopoly divestiture created the seven “Baby Bells” known as the Regional Bell Operating Companies.

55 Stockton Street, Princeton. Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $8 to $10. 609-924-8144 or www.mor ven. org. *** The New Jersey State Museum. Jaw Dropping World of Sharks uses specimens and artifacts from the museum collection to examine focus on the 400-millionyear history of our seaside neighbor. Also on view are “Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey,” a showcase of fossils and New Jersey dinosaurs, and “American Perspectives: The Fine Art Collection,” featuring the work of important American and New Jersey artists.

205 West State Street, Trenton. Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Free; donations requested. 609-2925420 or www.statemuseumnj.gov. *** Grounds For Sculpture. “Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter” highlights work by the Philadelphia ceramicist, perfor-

mance artist, and educator. Lugo references traditional European and Asian decorative art, historically displayed as luxury items in wealthy homes. His surface treatment is a mixture of traditional design, graffiti, and portraiture, often including the faces of those that history leaves out, focusing his representation on icons from BIPOC contemporary culture and history, as well as more personal works that point to his and his family’s personal experiences. On view through January 8, 2023.

80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed entry required, $20. www.groundsforsculpture.org. *** The Princeton University Art Museum is operating two Princeton galleries while the main campus museum building is closed for construction.

The Art on Hulfish space’s current exhibition is “Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age.” The exhibition of work by a global and intergenerational group of contemporary artists who explore the evolving role of video and photography in an era of digital communication and social media is on view through August 7.

11 Hulfish Street, Princeton. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Free.

Art@Bainbridge, on Nassau Street, presents “Body Matters / Martha Friedman,” a presentation of two new series of sculptures by the Princeton University faculty member and multi-media artist that were inspired by classic Egyptian, Greek, and Roman works and practices, and 20th century drawings of brain structures and nerves, through July 10.

158 Nassau Street, Princeton. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. artmuseum.princeton.edu. *** Arts Council of Princeton. “Interwoven Stories: The Final Chapter” continues the community-based narrative stitching project created in March, 2016, by that year’s artist-in-resident Diana Weymar.

The artist engaged community participants in stitching a fabric notebook and using needle and thread to share stories and memoires. After several other “chapters” of work, more than 300 pages of stories will be on view. Free. June 4 through July 2.

102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org or 609-924-8777. *** West Windsor Arts Council. “By the Light of Day” is an exhibition featuring

work by plein air artists working only in daylight. Still in development at press time, the show opens with a free reception on Friday, July 15 (time to be announced), and is on view through August 27.

952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorarts.org.

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Mediterranean chain restaurants are the new Five Guys.

First came Mamoun’s Falafel, a Greenwich Village-based chain, on Witherspoon Street in Princeton, followed over the next few years by Texas-based Zoe’s Kitchen in Lawrence and D.C.-based The Simple Greek, in Hamilton.

It is safe to say that the pace of growth in the sector is increasing. Last year, The Halal Guys (Manhattan) joined Zoe’s in Mercer Mall.

Already this year, two more Mediterranean chains are poised to enter the fray: Taïm Mediterranean Grill, in Princeton Shopping Center, and Mezeh Grill, in Hamilton Town Center. Taïm, like Mamoun’s and The Halal Guys, is based in New York, while Mezeh started out as a mall food court spot in Maryland before quickly setting out to expand throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Left: cauliflower shawarma pita from Taïm Mediterranean Grill. Right: mixed shawarma platter from Gyro King Grill in East Windsor. (Facebook photos.)

One factor in the proliferation of Mediterranean franchises is its apparent adaptability of the cuisine to the Chipotle-style fast-casual restaurant model. All of the restaurants mentioned, with the exception of Mamoun’s, take the fastcasual approach.

The definition of Mediterranean cuisine can be a little hazy — not that long ago, many Italian restaurants took to calling themselves Mediterranean because of the oft-touted benefits of the Mediterranean diet — but most of the restaurants feature a range of dishes generally

associated with Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern cuisine.

Taïm, like The Simple Greek, will offer a variety of featured flavors in either a pita or a bowl, plus your choice of condiments. Taïm bowl options include hummus, rice, couscous, lettuce or a combination of two, topped with one of roasted meatballs, roasted chicken, cauliflower “shawarma,” beets and carrots, eggplant sabich, falafel or Impossible kabobs.

Toppings include pickles, olives, chickpeas, almonds, avacado, baba ghanoush, feta, egg and fries, plus a variety of sauces including harissa and tzatziki. Dishes are served with Israeli salad, pickled cabbage and tahini.

Mezeh Grill takes the same approach, offering meals, offering a base of a pita, flatbread wrap or bowl with greens or rice, topped with a protein of chicken or steak shawarma, chicken kabob, shredded lamb, lamb or veggie kefta, or falafel.

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The restaurants are both “opening soon,” with Taïm looking to open possibly by the beginning of June and Mezeh sometime after that. But if you are hungry for some shawarma now, you don’t have to wait until then. Gyro King and Grill, a strictly local chain, is open now on Route 130 in East Windsor.

Gyro King, which opened in March and which also has a location in Kendall Park, offers Pakistani specialties including shawarma, kabobs, bihari, chicken tikka, and of course, gyros. Most dishes are served either in a wrap, a pita or over rice.

The restaurant serves everything to go, whether you eat in or out, and is almost inconspicuous in the strip mall next to ShopRite, but this writer stumbled in one day and has been back twice since. The lamb dishes really hit the spot.

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Eastern European cuisine may be said to have been as underrepresented as Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine in Central New Jersey over the years.

But while falafel lovers may rejoice over the wealth of choices they now have, lovers of bigos and borscht must be content that Maximus Polish Cuisine Empire, the new restaurant in Lawrence Shopping Center, brings our grand total of Eastern European restaurants in the area to four.

Blue Danube, on Adeline Street in Trenton, has been a mainstay for many

years, and Barbara’s Hungarian Restaurant in Ewing has been a more recent success story. Rozmaryn, on North Olden Avenue in Trenton, has long been the only dedicated Polish restaurant in the area.

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Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, nurtures dancers of all ages, providing them opportunity to develop their technique and artistry in a rewarding environment.

The Princeton Ballet School Summer Intensive (ages 13 and up) attracts students from all over the globe to study with distinguished and inspiring faculty. Princeton Ballet School holds auditions throughout the United States and accepts video auditions from national and international students for the advanced program.

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Children’s Ballet Camp is a week-long program for ages 4-8 which introduces young children to all aspects of classical ballet, from learning ballet technique to rehearsing choreography to performing in an informal setting.

Each day includes a ballet class, an art lesson, a reading component, and a choreography class. On the last day children perform a short ballet which parents are welcome to attend.

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The program features: Claire Davison’s “Time Within A Time,” set to the music of Fleetwood Mac; Ja’ Malik’s “Moving to Bach,” set to Bach’s Sonata for Violin Solo No.1; and a new work by Caili Quan, inspired by an eclectic music mix ranging from Boban Marković Orchestra to Gabriella Smith’s “Carrot Revolution” performed by the Aizuri Quartet.

Inspired by songs from the legendary band Fleetwood Mac, Time Within Time reflects on recent years and how it might feel to return to a place, such as a theater, studio, workplace — or to each other. “I am thrilled to be returning to ARB as the dancers are a dream to work with: talented, eager, passionate and willing to play. And, the music of Fleetwood Mac is unbeatable,” says Claire Davison.

Davison currently dances with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Her choreographic credits include One of Us (2019) for Boulder Ballet and Por Ti for Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s 2021 Summer Festival. In 2021, Davison was also the selected choreographer for New York Theatre Ballet’s Lift Lab.

Newly appointed artistic director of Madison Ballet, Ja’ Malik has been called a “choreographer to watch” by The New York Times. Describing his piece “Moving to Bach,” Malik says he was “inspired by both the dancers of ARB and Bach’s beautiful Sonata for Violin Solo No. 1.”

Malik previously danced with North Carolina Dance Theater (now Charlotte Ballet), BalletX, Ballet Hispanico, in addition to working with Camille A. Brown (For Colored…at the Public Theater), Juel D. Lane, and College Dance Collective among others.

Caili Quan is a New York-based choreographer and a creative associate at The Juilliard School.

Her new piece for ARB is inspired by how the body is affected during sleep. “Sleep gives us a place to recover, but it is also where our minds choose memories to keep. It also allows us space to reminisce and dream,” she says. “The music for the

work is an eclectic mix that made me want to move, but also felt like a soundtrack to our dreams.”

Quan danced and choreographed for BalletX, and has created works for The Juilliard School, Nashville Ballet, and others. Her short documentary called Mahålang weaves familial conversations of her Chamorro Filipino upbringing on Guam with scenes from BalletX's Love Letter, and was shown at the Hawai’i International Film Festival, CAAMFest, and the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center.

Ticket information: Movin’ + Groovin’ will be performed at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center: Friday, June 3, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, June 5, at 2 p.m.

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L.E.A.D. FEST Coming to Mercer County Park June 24 to July 4 Carnivals and state fairs are beloved summer traditions. There’s no better place for the whole family to enjoy rides, food, music and fun than at 2022 L.E.A.D. FEST events. Bigger and better than ever, this year’s events include five carnivals and an 11-day State Fair taking place from June 24 to July 4 at Mercer County Park Fairgrounds, 1638 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor Township.

Presented by L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence), L.E.A.D. FEST events benefit the organization’s programs and related initiatives. L.E.A.D. provides the leadership, resources and management to ensure law enforcement agencies have the means to partner with educators, community leaders and families. The Allentown-based nonprofit’s programs help to deter youth and adults from drug use, drug-related crimes, bullying and violence. L.E.A.D. is committed to reinforcing the mutual respect, goodwill and relations

between law enforcement and their communities.

“The L.E.A.D. State Fair saw its biggest year ever in 2021 with more than 50,000 attendees. We hope to hit a new milestone in 2022,” said Nick DeMauro, L.E.A.D. executive director. “Funds raised at our carnivals and the State Fair are important to L.E.A.D.’s mission, allowing us to make our programs more accessible to a greater number of youngsters in the communities we serve. We couldn’t be more excited to bring five amazing events to New Jersey this year. Our goal is to create family-friendly, community-based events that are fun for everyone while at the same time promoting anti-drug and anti-violence activities in the state.”

The jam-packed State Fair promises something for everyone.

Along with free nightly musical entertainment, attendees can look forward to two premiere concert events and some exciting new additions, including a Business and Craft Vendor Tent on the weekends.

The State Fair will be open Monday through Friday from 5 to 11 p.m., and weekends and July 4 from 1 to 11 p.m.

Favorite fan attractions include Robinsons Racing Pigs, the alwayspopular pie eating contest, a petting zoo, educational puppet Granpa Cratchet and Cowtown U.S.A., an allday exhibit that contains an old-time creamery where patrons participate in preparing a cow for milking by hand.

The State Fair’s midway provider, Reithoffer Shows, will ensure there’s plenty of delicious food, carnival games and prizes, and rides for children and adults alike — from a first-class Kiddie Land to superspectacular thrill rides and everything in between.

Along with a daily lineup of live entertainment, this year’s State Fair includes two premier country concert events: the Roots & Boots Tour featuring Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Collin Raye with Tequila Rose on June 26 beginning at 4 p.m., and Southern Rock Fest featuring the Marshall Tucker Band, Kentucky Head Hunters and Southern Steel on July 2 starting at 3 p.m.

Gate admission is $5 on weekdays and $8 on weekends. General admission, ride tickets, Mega Passes and reserved seating for the Roots & Boots Tour and Southern Rock Fest can be purchased in advance online

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L.E.A.D. FEST carnivals bring the fun to five different locations throughout the Garden State this summer. General admission, ride tickets and Mega Passes for all carnivals can be purchased in advance online at theleadfest.com.

The carnival schedule is as follows: Westfield Garden State Plaza (One Garden State Plaza, Paramus) from May 26-30; June 1-5; and June 8-12. Hours are Wednesday through Friday from 5 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day from noon to 11 p.m. Midway will be provided

by Reithoffer Shows. “This year, our Paramus event starts on Memorial Day weekend,” DeMauro said.

“Attending the carnival that weekend is a great way to have fun and usher in the start of the summer season.”

Voorhees Town Center (2140 Voorhees Town Center, Voorhees Township) from June 2-11. Hours are Monday through Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 1 to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. Midway provided by Amusements of America.

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Gloucester Premium Outlets (100 Premium Outlet Drive, Blackwood) from July 8-17. Hours are Monday to Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 11 p.m. Midway provided by Reithoffer Shows.

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Festival coordinator Antonio Carannante, and co-owner of Blend Bar and Bistro in Hamilton, is justifiably pumped. In the past #CJBeerFest featured a tasting of more than 150 craft beers, some wines, even a few spirits, up to 10 food trucks, live bands, and a variety of other vendors, including axe throwing. The festival has attracted an average of 3000+ festival lovers, Folks come for all over the Mercer County area, but even groups of family and friends from Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Conneticut, the Carolinas, California, New York, and more.

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The beer tasting is allowed for four solid hours during the festival, but there is so much more to the event; creative food vendors, great live music and backyard games, such as bean bag toss, ladder ball, and more, to make the festival a lively day out.

“With all the other things going on, we encourage our guests to hang out while eating, listening to live music, playing games, and supporting our various other vendors, all the while remembering to drink responsibly.”

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Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls & English alchemy

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nrolled and read from top to bottom, the Ripley Scrolls are messages, copied over centuries, from philosophers practicing the “science of change” known as alchemy. Rather than being painted as fools for pursuing early theories like the ability to transmute base metals into gold and silver, or creating the life elixir for immortality known as the Philosophers’ Stone, early practitioners produced imaginative works dating back to the 15th century.

Two of these Ripley Scrolls are at the center of the Princeton University Library exhibition “Through a Glass Darkly: Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls, 1400–1700,” which is on view through July 17 at the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in the Firestone Library.

The exhibition curator and associate professor of history Jennifer M. Rampling has a Ph.D in history and philosophy of science from University of Cambridge.

Her studies there were focused on the history of alchemy, and English alchemist George Ripley, whom the scrolls are named for.

Rampling’s interdisciplinary back-

stage and reach the center, each gate needs to be opened, using that imagery to discuss twelve chemical processes including calcination, sublimation, and dissolution.

“What really fascinated me about this poem was that Ripley seemed to know what he was talking about. It seemed to be internally coherent, but at the same time, I had no idea what he was talking about,” she said. Seven years later, she started her Ph.D on the topic.

Now, Rampling said that she feels she has a handle of Ripley’s view of alchemy, “specifically the kind of practices that he was trying to bring to life.”

She also added that Ripley “may, or may not, even had anything to do with the Ripley Scrolls named after him, because there’s no evidence Ripley actually made them himself.”

“By the 16th century, Ripley was so famous that almost anything that’s English Professor Jennifer Rampling is the curator of ‘Through a Glass Darkly,’ on view and alchemical tends to get associated through July 17 in the Milberg Gallery. Photo by Sameer Khan, Fotobuddy. with him. But the fact is, and this is something I’ve discovered during my research, ground, as she prefaced, is “quite suitable” Ripley’s poems, the “Compound of Alche- is the alchemy of the Ripley Scroll is really in approaching alchemy because of not my,” in 1999. close to the alchemy of George Ripley in only the history, but the law and literature The famous piece, written in 1471, is his attested works. There’s a clear overlap subject matter that helps inform the prac- noted by Rampling as being “largely alle- in practice,” she explained of the provetice. What compelled her to learn more gorical,” talking about alchemy as if it’s a See ALCHEMY, Page 10 about alchemy was coming across one of castle with 12 gates. To go onto the next

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nance, but the approach was also “popular in the late 15th century, so it doesn’t have to be the same person.”

“If you’ve really come a hundred years later to associate that with a particular guy, you’re going to assume he was the author. It’s a tricky historical conundrum.

I’d love to know who really made them,” Rampling said.

The exhibit is available to the public every day from noon to 6 p.m. until July 17.

Guests must sign in and self-attest to their vaccination status. Information on the exhibit, as well as when guided tours will be held, can be found at library.princeton. edu/alchemy.

As quoted on a wall in the exhibit, the name “Through a Glass Darkly” is a reference to the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 13:12, where apostle Saint Paul said the following: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

Besides serving as a literal parallel to the alchemists’ use of glass apparatuses, the title is a reference to how alchemical works are more than their surface appearances, requiring a lifetime of studying to gain a proper grasp on the symbolism, as Rampling explained.

“The Ripley Scroll design itself is this fusion of alchemical imagery and reli-

gious imagery. There were so many allu- stand that,” she said. sions to scripture in the design. You’ve got This is where the exhibit, which was supthat Garden of Eden with the alchemical posed to open two years ago in April 2020, serpent, you’ve got the book of the seven helps bridge that divide. During that same seals,” Rampling said. “Think about Gen- year the pandemic postponed her curated esis and revelation—they bookend the en- work, the professor released a book, “The tire Bible, at least in the form we have now, Experimental Fire: Inventing English Also it seemed very appropriate to use that chemy, 1300-1700” that expands on the biblical quotation,” she said. background of English alchemy.

Alchemy was always meant to be some“Ripley Scrolls aren’t meant to be read. what inaccessible, Rampling added, as We’re not meant to understand them. only those with the You’re supposed most extensive knowlto spend years and edge of practices, I hope that by cracking years studying algained through years chemical books beof experience, were open some of the secret fore you know what intended to interpret it means, so I wanted allegorical imagery like language of the Ripley people to understand the Ripley Scrolls. the Ripley Scrolls a Scrolls, visitors to the “The idea that when bit better. But that’s you’re young, you don’t exhibition will just get really hard. So the understand what you challenge was to see, but then you get that little bit of extra build the exhibition older and wiser and insight into the past, around those two then you understand— scrolls in such a way that’s the essence of because past people that people can get alchemical philosoa bit of insight into phy, really, the idea aren’t a lot different what they [mean] that most people don’t from us. and why,” she said. understand. They just During her resee the pretty images search, Rampling and they think it’s weird, or they think it’s has examined all 23 of the known Ripley fraudulent, but they don’t really under- Scrolls, two of which she identified herstand the secret. Only the ‘true Alchemist,’ self. By December of 2017, the only one ‘a true philosopher,’ will be able to under- she had not seen was the 1624 Ripley

Scroll copied by Leonard Smethley.

The scroll was in private hands before it came up for auction at Christie’s of London. When Christie’s approached her about the sale, Rampling suggested to Princeton University Library (PUL) that they should purchase the last scroll on the market. The library had already owned a 16th century scroll for almost a century at the time, but, Rampling said, “no other North American institution had two.”

PUL won the bid for the 17th-century parchment scroll, securing it for the collection. Rampling began putting together the exhibit, seeking to aid both academics and the general public in comprehending the pieces.

“At first glance, it’s not obvious what they’re all about, and certainly not obvious that they allude to anything practical,” she said. “I wanted to use the exhibition to explain what these objects are, what they were doing in their own time, why they were important, why people thought they were worth copying, but also, what the underlying practices are.”

Prior to the 18th century, “alchemy encompassed a host of chemical operations — it was essentially the chemistry of its day,” Rampling continued.

“For a long time, it was viewed as a valid subject of academic inquiry. It never actually got on to the medieval university curriculum, but you have medieval scholars — philosophers — arguing about how

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transmutation works, and what’s the theory of metals that would make that possible. That alchemical theory of metals became the mathematical theory of the 16th, and part of the 17th century.”

Then, Rampling said, during the 18th century, alchemy was no longer deemed academic because of the philosophers’ belief in transmutation.

“The most common approach, at least in transmutation, is to use metals. Gold and silver often get used as ingredients, which means it’s quite expensive to do alchemy,” she explained. But those were, and still are, expensive materials, meaning philosophers either had to have some level of wealth, or seek patronage, which was the issuing of licenses or sponsoring of alchemical projects by English royals.

“People at every level of society were interested in alchemy. We have craftsmen, artisans, who are using techniques they might have learned in their own trade to try and manipulate metals,” Rampling said.

“You have university-educated physicians who have the independent income to study alchemy, but who also find it useful for their own work, for instance, using distillation to make remedies. Among princes and nobles, it’s quite common in 16th century Europe, for instance, in England, in the German states, or in Italy, to hire alchemists to do projects. You can actually be hired to do alchemy and nothing but, or you can do it on the side — but your day job is paying for it, whether it’s your craft or medicine,” she pointed out, comparing it to how venture capital investments function in the modern era.

“The way it works in alchemy is you approach your potential patron, you pitch your project to them, you have to convince them that you’re good at what you do, that alchemy really works, that it really is a legit enterprise and not just some kind of nonsense,” Rampling said. These common misconceptions might have led

to why philosophers are often illustrated as wise sages in the scrolls, giving visual credence to their work.

The two Ripley Scrolls are “stars” of the exhibit. Rampling suggested for people to go to the middle of the room where they are set up side by side, then take in how the “two objects, which ostensibly have the same design, actually differ from each other in so many ways.”

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he changes in copy are seen through contrasting colors, imagery, text, and other features definitive of the times; all details that Rampling confirmed are not random — they represent a later reader “trying to interpret an alchemical tradition” through their own lens.

“I love comparing the Ripley Scrolls,” Rampling said, adding that the more you survey them, the more details you can discover. Even her students point out new aspects, enriching the experience and informing everyone about the science of the past.

“One of my favorite pieces of the design [is that] towards the bottom, there’s a dragon. It’s called the serpent of Arabia,” she said of the 1624 scroll. “It’s biting, sinking its jaws into this crescent moon, and above it is the sun. It’s another way of talking about gold and silver, sun and moon being dissolved by the solvent.

But if you just tried to represent a solvent naturalistically, it would just look like anything—it could just be liquid, it could be water, it could be blood. You can’t tell from a manuscript image what it’s meant to be.

But if you show a ferocious serpent, it’s pretty obvious it’s a solvent. It’s devouring and dissolving the metals.”

Elements are also shown through twists on biblical scenery, with two figures, in a scene evocative of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, representing the “chemical wedding” of sulfur and mercury.

“I love the way that sometimes alchemical imagery, it’s not naturalistic, but it cuts

Ripley alchemical roll (England, c. 1590), left, and Leonard Smethley, Ripley alchemical roll (England, 1624). Photos by Brandon Johnson, Office of Library Communications.

to the chase and tells you this is what these substances do, and that’s what you need to know,” she said.

“The rest of the exhibition serves to help you, the visitor, also understand how to interpret this strange, abstruse tradition — so that instead of just looking at it like an outsider, as someone who thinks alchemists are all clowns wearing a jester’s hat, will see that while alchemy may have been ultimately misguided in its aims — in that its aims mostly are not physically possible to achieve — these were serious people.

They were doing science by the standards of their day. They were investigating the structure of matter. They were interested in the past and trying to recover what they thought was a lost history of English alchemy, and they’re trying to use that history to make their own way in their own times.”

Rampling’s next book, “The Hidden Stone,” is specifically about the Ripley Scrolls. Rampling, who is from the northwest of England, spent time as a research fellow at Cambridge before arriving at Princeton in 2014. She gained tenure in 2020.

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s long as the Ripley Scrolls are available for viewing, Rampling can communicate how to learn from the alchemists, despite their speculative beliefs.

“I hope that by cracking open some of the secret language of the Ripley Scrolls, visitors to the exhibition will just get that little bit of extra insight into the past, because past people aren’t a lot different from us. They want to make a living. They want to be rich. They want to have good health, and we all want to have good health at the moment. Having an amazing cure or remedy is quite a useful thing to have right now. Alchemy is an aspirational science.”

She reflected that the philosophers’ attempts at securing funding for their alchemical practices are relatable, especially when medieval England lacked trained doctors.

“You can see how in that environment, people might want to turn to alchemical medicine as a cheaper option and make it at home,” Rampling said, noting how similar nonprofessional remedies grew popular during the COVID-19 health crisis.

Even with no philosophers’ stone in sight, Rampling keeps that tradition of keeping information, and encouraging interpretation, ongoing.

“Historians of alchemy like myself, we’ve become the next rungs in this ladder.

The only difference is that I don’t believe in transmutation. I don’t believe it’s going to work. But I do believe that attempting to follow the instructions of these earlier writers can give me special insight into what they were doing. It’s clear from my own experiments that these people weren’t totally misguided. The early steps are often quite convincing. The problem is when you try to go all the way, the instructions just become a little bit too opaque.”

What is an enduring, crystalline fact is that the alchemical objects in the exhibit, particularly the two Ripley Scrolls, are historical artifacts that the Princeton University Library can now prominently feature in their collection — in part because of Rampling’s expertise.

Through a Glass Darkly: Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700, Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library, Princeton University Library.

Through July 17. Guided tours on Tuesdays, June 14 and 28, at 12:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, at 1 p.m.; and Sunday, June 5, at 1 p.m. library.princeton.edu/alchemy

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At Earth’s End, a caffe, cigar shop, and club all in one

By Rebekah Schroeder

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ou could go to the ends of the earth for a coffee, or you could just walk to 45 Spring Street, where patrons can reflect on the dimensions of a new caffe—one that is steeped in history as rich as their Italian espresso.

The caffe is located on the ground floor of the Nelson Glass House, whose legacy of being the town’s main glass company has moved elsewhere. When Nelson Glass’ original owner passed the property onto his daughter, Robbie Nelson, who then relocated their facilities to Alexander Road in 2018, she added new, modern apartments on top of the former space. This left the building below vacant until California native Mitch Gorshin decided to venture into the world of coffee.

Created and designed by Gorshin, Caffe by illy at Earth’s End is the first expansion for parent company Ends of the Earth Brands, whose prototype in Haddonfield features a relaxed lounge environment, an exclusive membership program, and a selection of cigars.

Princeton has a similar tasting room and club area, but the distinguishing feature is a fully-fledged caffe exclusively utilizing illy coffee, which is a single blend

crafted over nearly nine decades with nine Arabicas from around the world.

Gorshin has had entertainment “baked into” his DNA ever since childhood, as he explained, growing up as the son of Frank Gorshin, who played The Riddler in the 1960s Batman live action series. In travels from California to Las Vegas and everywhere in between, Frank Gorshin, an Emmy-nominated expressive character actor and impressionist, instilled these ambitions and nonstop movements into Mitch.

But Mitch did not create puzzles. Rather, he wanted to solve them, studying film, photography, and design at the School of Visual Arts in New York, then later acquiring an aeronautical engineering degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona.

Gorshin even worked for the Walt Disney Company as an executive creative director for 13 years, serving entities like their “Imagineering” program that designs, then constructs, Disney rides, attractions, resorts, and cruise ships.

In recognition of his talents, Gorshin was asked to help “reinvent” how the U.S. Navy trained potential recruits, eventually developing a virtual concept of the training experience, or simulation, that serves as the final encapsulation of their

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He started his own “guest experience and brand consulting firm” to acknowledge the flaws of the hospitality industry.

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While he would often consult on designs for global entities like Mariott, Hilton and Coca-Cola, carrying out their artistic visions, he knew he wanted to capitalize on his own understanding of customer desire.

“I would go and work at these hotels, and especially at the higher end hotels, I would see customers spending upwards of $700 a night for a room. They work all day long, and at the end of the day, they want to have a Scotch, they want to smoke a cigar, they want to relax,” he said. The bar would have cigars, but any enjoyment of them would be delegated to a bench 25 feet away from the building, separate from the luxury experiences they paid for.

This rubbed Mitch the wrong way, as he recalled, because the corresponding brands and individuals both suffered as a result. In 2017, Gorshin opened the Haddonfield prototype, now standalone as Ends of the Earth, seeking to remedy his hospitality dilemma. The name is influenced by a famous dinner club composed of British and American figures.

Fronted by Rudyard Kipling, author of “The Jungle Book,” the Ends of the Earth, with “over 100 explorers, artists, authors, academics, and business adventurers,” met

at the Savoy Hotel in New York City in an annual discussion of current events from 1903 onwards. Other members included men such as Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, one of two ever “General of the Armies of the United States” John J. Pershing, and literary giant Mark Twain.

“All these dignitaries, they would get together and pack their meerschaum pipes, light a cigar, and it would level the playing field, [it] made everybody an equal,” Gorshin explained. “I wanted to bring that back to life, and that was sort of an incubation of the idea, creating this club atmosphere that I haven’t had.”

The Haddonfield original is built out of an old 1776 carriage house, while the retail cigar shop adjacent to it was a horse stable. The business model grew to be successful for its mellow environment, which Gorshin called “delightfully analogue,” as it features no televisions and a strong emphasis on conversation.

Between chit chat and socialization, people can form genuine relationships.

There is still internet service available, but the lack of other distractions is intentional for the ambience.

“The idea was really just to solve a problem that I saw happening in the hospitality industry amongst the luxury tier brands, in watching these pinch points between where the customer’s mindset is, what they wanted to do, and what they have

Haddonfield has “a similar dynamic” to Princeton, in Gorshin’s eyes, because of the towns’ shared importance in American history. At Haddonfield’s Indian King Tavern in 1777, for instance, the New Jersey Legislature met and declared that the former British colony would become an independent “state” during the Revolutionary War. “We do not have a university in Haddonfield. However, we do have a lot of world travel that comes through here. It is baked in history, tradition, heritage — it’s a historical landmark, and the audiences are similar,” Gorshin explained, noting that people tend to work in these areas for their proximity to the big cities of New York or Philadelphia.

“There’s a brother-sister relationship, in my mind, to them, and they both have a vibrant, downtown experience, and with the right amount of residential and residents that live in the area. So it just was the right space to be.”

But Gorshin did not tackle Princeton alone. The expansion efforts enlisted the help of Gorshin’s longtime friend and colThe staff of At Earth’s End has been specially trained in the preparation of illy coffee. league Sid Yu, a former SVP for Marriott International, as well as Reece Wilke, a available to them in order to do it, and folds there, it’s a little loud, it’s raucous, member of the Haddonfield club who now trying to perfect that. There’s a better way and there’s live music, which is fine. But oversees the new caffe’s operations. to do this,” Gorshin said, continuing that Ends of the Earth and At Earth’s End, it’s Likewise, Mitch’s wife, Maria, is a writer his answer was to establish an atmosphere all about calm, cool, and collected. It’s separate from breweries and distilleries. a different fidelity that happens at our See CAFFE, Page 14 “In my opinion, the dynamic that un- place,” he said.

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who serves as the communications director for At Earth’s End, bringing along her background in delivering guest experience to the business. The couple has been together for 31 years, working in tandem on projects throughout their relationship.

The name change from Ends of the Earth to At Earth’s End is to give them the “mobility” to encompass more in the future, because with an openness in mind, they are interested in pursuing opportunities for adventures and travel.

Mitch Gorshin hopes to spread the company both statewide and beyond New Jersey, with the main requirement for an At End’s Earth location, besides having the “Haddonfield and Princeton feel and dynamic,” is historical relevance.

As Nelson Glass’ family-owned, generational business moved from Spring Street, the lower half of the building was left as a blank canvas. Gorshin set to work putting together the aesthetic of his stylish new caffe, giving special attention to the separation of the public and membersonly, private sides that would define his enterprise. There are three distinct sections for Princeton’s At Earth’s End — the illy Caffé, the Parlour, and the House.

Based on the illy branding’s signature red hue, the caffe is entirely designed by Gorshin with a “modern classic” Italian approach in mind, providing a lush, Eu- Mitch Gorshin designed the caffe with a ‘modern ropean-style environment with daylight that “spills into classic’ Italian approach. the space,” he said. Combining accents like exposed spiInside the caffe, baristas can prepare drinks for cusral ducting for “an industrial flair” as well as traditional tiled floors, the appearance remains contemporary while tomers, with cigars available for purchase in several huGorshin’s choice in color palette pays homage to the illy midors. This leads into a smoking-free patio space in the direct, warm glow of a sunny day in Princeton. brand they retail.

While typical drink choices like Americanos and caffe au lait are on the menu, illy and Gorshin aspire to stun with options such as the Cappuccino Viennese, Espresso con Panna and Melting Snow. The latter juxtaposes both hot and cold, as well as tastes of cocoa and milk, in a “temperature sensation” for the coffee lover’s tongue.

At Earth’s End is currently in discussion with several bakeries to possibly include Italian sweets in the near such as flaky sfogliatelle, also known as “lobster 339 Witherspoon st. future tails,” and Bomboloni, or Italian donuts.

Gorshin says that his partner, Wilke, helped coordinate princeton, nJ 08540 “the whole coffee experience” with illy representatives, who then trained the At Earth’s End staff. illy coffee gave the baristas “an entire education on what makes their coffee so different” in terms of sourcing, quality control, and • Pizza d techniques, including their 24-second extraction process. te Vo The love for illy, and the reason for the affiliation, • Salads TOP 33 brewed organically from not only Wilke’s handling of the • Sandwiches IN caffe, but Gorshin’s many years of late nights.

PIZZERIAS • Pasta “Because of the work that I do in creativity and proN NATIO • Full Bar duction with Disney, coffee is like water. You drink coffee all the time,” Gorshin said, finding that illy was his

by Thrillest™ brand of choice. “My favorite by far and always has been, and anybody who knows me, is I drink iced coffee. I don’t care if it’s 100 degrees out or it’s a blizzard, I will always NOW SERVING have iced coffee.”

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camaraderie.”

While the program has an “extensive waiting list” for Haddonfield, Princeton members are encouraged to join, then bring their own spirits or cigars to keep in designated lockers. The room is not a bar, nor can they sell alcohol, but conversations, cocktails, and coffee can be savored in the company of others.

Besides bridging “history, contemporary, and classic” with tall ceilings, Gorshin designed custom-made smoke extracting equipment that moves over 3,000 square feet of air per minute, with fresh air coming in while the inside draft exits. This strives to make it easier, and more comfortable, for smokers to be in the same room as those who are not doing the same.

Gorshin also called the location of the caffe perfect for being “off the beaten path.”

“It’s not on Nassau. It’s not on Witherspoon. It’s not in Palmer Square. Spring Street has this neat identity as this bridge between downtown and residential, which is a really neat place for us to put our illy coffee operation, as well as our private membership club,” he added. “It’s the right place, and the right community, for an offering like this.”

At Earth’s End Princeton is now open, hoping to appeal to people of all age groups despite Princeton’s status as a university town. It’s possible, Gorshin said, because of the team that includes his partners, frontline staff, contractors, builders, and others who helped the location spring to life.

Gorshin anticipates one day running At Earth’s End full-time, but for now, he is still consulting for other projects such as an unrelated coffee experience in Costa Rica.

While the Princeton venture is “still very much a startup,” he has more control on everything, able to flex his creative muscles and drink an iced coffee at the same time.

“We create places that let people have this alternate place in their lives. You have work, you have home, and then you have our place. It’s that place that sits in the middle where you can go, and you can get with your colleagues and friends, not be distracted by technology, and engage in great conversations,” he said.

There are plans for future group activities between the properties. Still, Gorshin maintains they are not a country club, nor do they adhere to that mentality.

“What I find really interesting, and it’s proving true in Princeton as well, is that especially in the house, our membership base, we have representation from all over the planet — men, women, everybody is recognized in this. Everybody has this common appetite to have a place that’s unique to go to, where they can go and interact with like-minded people, no matter where you’re from, what you do, or what language you speak.”

“That’s really part of the Disney model, too. It’s a world audience,” Gorshin added. “I think that brings a lot of color to the overall experience, whether you’re just in the caffe, or going to the parlour.”

As the business was set up outside, he continued, some older individuals mentioned in passing that the design of At Earth’s End reminded them of former travels in Rome.

“They hear the music playing and the flowers outside, and the little tables, and they feel like they’re being swept away. We’re taking them a little bit into their imagination and memories,” Gorshin said. “That’s the goal for me, is watching people’s reactions.”

Caffe by illy at Earth’s End, 45 Spring Street, Princeton. Hours: Closed Monday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. earthsend.com or email info@earthsend.com.

HAPPENING

For more events, see the summer pre- ing reception celebrating the culmination of the view on page 2 of the SIX09 insert. community-based narrative stitching project

Wednesday June 15

Thursday June 23

Evergreen Forum Summer Sampler, PrincMusical Circus, Legacy Arts International, conceived and facilitated by Diana Weymar, eton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Berlind Theater at McCarter, 91 University Place.

2016 Artist-in-Residence. Free. 3 to 6 p.m.

Road. “Science in the News” led by Harold Heft. www.legacyartsinternational.org. Gala celebraColor Pencils – Observing Color in the EvRegister. $10. 1 to 3 p.m. tion concert to kick off the disABILITY Music eryday, Princeton University Art Museum & Sunday June 5 Creation Pilot. $35 general admission. 7:30 p.m.

Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princListen Local, Princeton Public Library, Friday June 17 eton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara Hinds Plaza, Witherspoon Street. Fiona Tyndall Pups & Cups, Princeton Senior Resource Story & Verse: Open Mic, Arts Council of Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. Socializing and pet DiLorenzo over Zoom. Register. Free. Series con- and Friends performs “From Clare to Here.” Pertinue weekly on Thursdays. 8 p.m. formance of traditional Celtic songs and popular Princeton, Community Park North, Mountain therapy with a certified therapy dog. Free; hot Avenue. All are welcome to tell a well-prepared beverages available for $1. Register. 3 to 4 p.m.

Princeton Farmers Market, Dinky Station cover songs. Free. 4 to 5:15 p.m. story or perform their poetry inspired by the Parking Lot, Alexander Street. www.princmonthly theme, “to be free is to be bold.” Reg- FRIday June 24 Wednesday June 8 etonfarmersmarket.com. Continues weekly on ister. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.

Meet the Curators of Ma Bell: The Mother Evergreen Forum Summer Sampler, PrincThursdays. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. of Invention in New Jersey, Morven Museum eton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Saturday June 18 Princeton Festival Artists’ Round Table, & Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven.

Road. www.princetonsenior.org. “Exploring the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Just Poetry Workshop, Princeton Festival, org. Register. $15. 2 p.m.

American West through the Art of the Times” led Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. The PrincMorven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street.

by Sandy Kurinsky. Register. $10. 1 to 3 p.m. eton Festival Guild invites anyone curious about www.princetonsymphony.org/festival. Guest SATURday June 25 what goes into putting on an opera to this round Friday June 10 poet Nicole Homer talks about how what we see Cafe Improv, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 table discussion. Hybrid event also available via on stage can move us to be creative. Participants Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. Local music, Flamenco Dance Showcase, Arts Council Crowdcast. 7 p.m. can bring their original poetry and receive firstpoetry, comedy. $2. 7 to 10 p.m. of Princeton, 102 Witherpoon Street. www. hand feedback. Free. Register. 12:30 p.m. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Live Flamenco perFriday June 3 Princeton Pride Parade, Bayard Rustin Tuesday June 28 formance featuring Lisa Botalico and adult FlaDance, Dance: Outdoor PRIDE Dance ParCenter for Social Justice, Witherspoon Street & menco students. Free. 7 p.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource ty, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Paul Robeson Place. www.rustincenter.org. The Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonWomen in Retirement, Princeton Senior Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Parking LGBTQIA community and their friends, families, senior.org. “Neck, Shoulder, or Back Pain?,” prelot transforms into Princeton’s best club with Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road, 609and allies will march through the Witherspoon- sented by Ruth Kaplan. Register. In person or via danceable tunes and a celebration of Princeton’s 924-7108. www.princetonsenior.org. “The ReJackson neighborhood and end at an after-party Zoom. 3 p.m.

LGBTQ+ community and allies. $5 suggested do- corder Is a Real Instrument” presented by Sue at the Princeton Family YMCA. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Parisi. Hybrid event. Register. Free. 10 a.m. nation. 8 to 10 p.m.

Thursday June 2

Princeton Community Pride Picnic, Princ- Saturday June 11 eton Public Library, Princeton Shopping World of Resemblances, Small World CofCenter, 301 North Harrison Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. A gathering in celebration of fee, 14 Witherspoon Street. Live music. 6 p.m.

Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ community, the familyfriendly picnic features music, games, giveaways Sunday June 12 and activities for all ages. Bring food or purchase The Glittering Outdoors, Nassau Club, 6 on site. Rain date is June 5. 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Mercer Street, 609-924-0580. www.helenemaFirst Fridays, Palmer Square Green. www. zurart.com. Reception and opening for exhibit palmersquare.com. Extended business hours at on view through October 2. Contact the club for retail shops, live music, activities and promo- additional viewing times. 4 to 6 p.m.

Sunday June 19

Shakespeare in Community Park: Hamlet, Princeton Public Library, Community Park North, Mountain Avenue. The Hudson Shakespeare Company performs at the Community Park North Amphitheater. 6 p.m.

Author Panel: “New Jersey Fan Club”, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Editor and author Kerri Sullivan discusses the newly published “New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State” tions, art exhibitions, and more. 6 to 8 p.m.

Performance: “Among Trees II”, Princeton with several of the anthology’s contributors.

Public Library, Veblen House, Herrontown Register. 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Saturday June 4 Woods. Professional musicians and actors presJoe Divita, Small World Coffee, 14 Wither- ent an evening of songs, scenes, poetry and Tuesday June 21 spoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Steel more. Rain date June 15. 4 to 5:30 p.m.

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource drum music. 6 p.m.

Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. www.princetonTuesday June 14 senior.org. “Joint Replacement - Staying Young,” Campus Collections Outdoor Walking FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource presented by Dr. Arjun Saxena, a board-certified Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Nassau Hall, Princeton University. artmuseum. Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. “All About Electric orthopedic surgeon. Register. In person or via princeton.edu. Join a guided walking tour of the Bikes,” presented by Theresa Wrobel, a partner Zoom. 3 p.m. campus collections with an Art Museum docent. in Princeton eBikes. Register. In person or via WEDNesday June 22 Rain or shine; stair-free. Continues Saturdays Zoom. 3 p.m. and Sundays. 2 p.m.

N.J. Politics at Midterm, Princeton Public Evergreen Forum Summer Sampler, Interwoven Stories: The Final Chapter, Library. John Mooney, founder and senior edi- Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon tor of NJSpotlight.com, joins policy analyst Ingrid Farm Road. www.princetonsenior.org. “Opera in Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Open- Reed in conversation. Via Zoom. Register. 7:30 Films” led by Harold Kuskin. Register. $10. 1 to p.m.

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Wednesday June 29

Evergreen Forum Summer Sampler, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. “The Jersey Boys - New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court” led by Philip Carchman. Register. $10. 1 to 3 p.m.

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