Princeton Public Library Connections Magazine

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH / SPRING BREAK SCIENCE / NEW SERIES: THINKING ALLOWED / SOLVING THE RUBIK’S CUBE / TEACH YOUR OWN

Spring 2008

Including news from The Friends of the Library

The Princeton Public Library Newsletter

Sounds of Spring

Titans of Song

Swingtime with the Eric Mintel Quartet

Five Women Five

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CHINUA ACHEBE

The Language of Music

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PLUS: Special programming, book discussions, film screenings and more

Guitar Hero at Teen Tech Week PLUS: Mostly Motets, Piano-a-thon, our musical staff

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national library week

APRIL 13-19

1 Teach Your Own, 10:30 a.m.

2 Passage Theatre Preview, 3 p.m.

Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, 3:30 p.m.

3 Crafts for Little Bookworms, 6:30 p.m.

Mystery book discussion, 7:30 p.m.

4 Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

Tuesday Tech Talk, 7 p.m.

7 Home School Book Group, 9:15,10:30 a.m.

Guitar Hero Tournament, 6 p.m.

8 Teen Advisory Board, 11 a.m.

Build Your Own Computer, 2 p.m.

9 Scrapbooking Circle, 2 p.m.

10 Noodle Talk, 7 p.m.

11 Storytelling Circle, 7:30 p.m.

12 Círculo de lectura, 10 a.m.

Readings Over Coffee, 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Origami Club, 7 p.m.

Talking Politics, 7:30 p.m.

13 Contemporary fiction discussion, 10:30 a.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

McCarter Live, 7:30 p.m.

14 Tiger Team Readers, 3:30 p.m.

Art Songs of Africa & America, 7 p.m.

15 7 to 8 Club, 2:30 p.m.

15-16 GLBT Film and Lecture Series 18 Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

19 Ask a Lawyer, 7 p.m.

20 Film: Welcome to Nollywood, 7 p.m.

22 Rubik’s Cube, 10 a.m.

Word for Word Club, 2:30 p.m.

March 26, 6 p.m.

Stamp Club, 3:30 p.m.

Chinua Achebe 24-28 Spring break Science, 3:30 p.m.

Nassau 26 DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian

U.S. 1 Poets Invite, 7:30 p.m.

Church 30 Writers Block, 3 p.m.

STORY TIMES program

ages

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adult

dates

Newborns to 15 months

Tuesdays, 11a.m.

Thursdays, 11 a.m.

March 11-May 8

Must attend

Mother Goose Time

15 months to 2 years

Wednesdays, 10 a.m.

Thursdays, 10 a.m.

March 12-May 8

Must attend

Saturday* Stories

2 to 8 years

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

March 1-May 31

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Sunday* Stories

2 to 8 years

Sundays, 3:30 p.m.

March 2-May 25

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Sleepytime* Stories

2 to 8 years

Thursdays, 7 p.m.

March 6-May 29

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Toddler Stories

2 to 31⁄2 years

Tuesdays, 10 a.m.

Wednesdays, 11 a.m.

March 11-May 7

Must attend

Preschool Stories

31⁄2 to 6 years

Thursdays, 2 p.m.

Thursdays, 2 p.m.

March 13-May 8

Must remain in the library

Folktales From Afar

3 to 8 years

Saturdays, 2 p.m.

March 8, April 12, Must attend if child is 5 or under May 10

Stories* in Japanese

3 and older

Thursdays, 4:30 p.m.

March 6, April 3, May 1

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Stories* in Spanish

3 to 8 years

Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m.

March 12 to May 7

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Stories in Chinese

3 and older

Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m.

March 11, 15 April 8, 22 May 6, 20

Must attend if child is 5 or under

Stories in French

5 and older

Saturdays, 11:15 a.m.

March 1

Must attend if child is 5 or under

world language story times

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Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

Tuesday Tech Talk, 7 p.m.

Spring into Greens, 7:30 p.m.

Teen Advisory Board, 11 a.m.

BRAVO Winds Trio, 3:30 p.m.

U.S. 1 Worksheets Launch, 2 p.m.

Crafts for Little Bookworms, 6:30 p.m.

Mystery book discussion, 7:30 p.m.

Book Journeys, 7:30 p.m.

Storytelling Circle, 7:30 p.m.

Círculo de lectura, 10 a.m.

Readings Over Coffee, 10:30 a.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Teen Job Fair, 2 p.m.

Origami Club, 7 p.m.

Talking Politics, 7:30 p.m.

Fiction discussion, 10:30 a.m.

Voices Multilingual Poetry Night, 7 p.m.

Home School Book Group, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.

Infant CPR, 10 a.m.

Scrapbooking Circle, 6 p.m.

Drop Everything and Read Adult/Child CPR, 10 a.m.

Stamp Club, 3:30 p.m.

Language of Music, 3 p.m.

Noodle Talk, 7 p.m.

Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

Who lived in your backyard, 2:30 p.m.

Book Journeys, 7:30 p.m.

Aesop and the Bully, 3:30 p.m.

Writers Talking: Chris Hedges, 7:30 p.m.

Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

McCarter Live, 7:30 p.m.

Tiger Team Reader, 3:30 p.m.

Word for Word Club, 2:30 p.m.

Piano-A-Thon, 2 p.m.

Butterfly Gardening, 7:30 p.m.

SCORE Business Seminar, 7 p.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Senior Care Options, 7 p.m.

U.S. 1 Poets Invite, 7:30 p.m.

Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

Five Women Five, 7:30 p.m.

7 to 8 Club, 2:30 p.m.

Titans of Song, 4 p.m.

National Issues Forum, 7 p.m.

Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

Passage Theatre Preview, 7:30 p.m.

Comments from Campus, 7:30 p.m.

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Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

Stamp Club, 3:30 p.m.

Swingtime, 3 p.m.

Crafts for Little Bookworms, 6:30 p.m.

Mystery book discussion, 7:30 p.m.

Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

Tuesday Tech Talk, 7 p.m.

Film: Painted Veil, 7 p.m.

Fiction discussion, 10:30 a.m.

Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

Writers Talking: Sophie Gee, 7:30 p.m.

Home School Book Group, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.

Teen Volunteer Orientation, 10 a.m.

Teen Advisory Board, 11 a.m.

Scrapbooking Circle, 2 p.m.

7 to 8 Club, 2:30 p.m.

Eric Mintel Quartet, 3 p.m.

Noodle Talk, 7 p.m.

13 Teen Volunteer Orientation, 4 p.m.

Storytelling Circle, 7:30 p.m.

World Cineclub: Paris je t’aime, 7:30 p.m.

14 Círculo de lectura, 10 a.m.

Readings Over Coffee, 10:30 a.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Origami Club, 7 p.m.

Film: Shopgirl, 7 p.m.

Talking Politics, 7:30 p.m.

15 Art Talk, 7 p.m.

Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

16 Tiger Team Readers, 3:30 p.m.

17 P.E.A.C.E. Conference, 9 a.m.

Word for Word Club, 2:30 p.m.

18 Mostly Motets, 4 p.m.

20 Read, Write and Share, 10 a.m.

21 Teen Volunteer Orientation, 4 p.m.

Film: To Kill a Mockingbird, 7 p.m.

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Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

DataBytes, 1 p.m.

Teen Volunteer Orientation, 7 p.m.

U.S. 1 Poets Invite, 7:30 p.m.

Gente y Cuentos, 7 p.m.

every week tuesdays, thursdays, 6 p.m.; wednesdays, fridays, 10 a.m. SCORE BUSINESS SEMINARS thursdays,3 p.m, INTERNET DROP-IN www.princetonlibrary.org/research/techcenter/ fridays,3:30 p.m., READING WITH EMMA

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spotlight The Chinua Achebe interview

By KAYLIE NELSON

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hen British missionaries brought Christianity to Africa at the end of the 19th century, novels such as Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness attempted to capture the intensity of colonialism. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who is known for his criticism of this work in particular, never saw an authentic representation of what had happened in his country in what had already been written.

“I knew that other people had written about us, but somehow I could not relate, for example, that that was supposed to be me or my people,” Achebe said. “And so the need for a different story was there and, I suppose, staring me in the face: ‘If this is not you, then who are you? If this current that is said to be you is not, tell me who you are.’ ” The lack of an authentic narrative was an injunction for Achebe to write Things Fall Apart, the 2008 Princeton Reads selection, and to tell his story, his way.

“Something said ‘you have to do this,’ and I had no idea how or how I would succeed,” he said. Fifty years after its initial publication, his story remains one of the most widely read in modern African literature for its honest representation of the effects of British colonization in Nigeria, and many consider Achebe the father of African literature.

Achebe told his story through that of the protagonist Okonkwo, a strong, masculine leader of the

Umuofia clan in Nigeria. Okonkwo was developed as a composite of many people, but he is not a typical representation of the values of his traditional society.

“Some people imagine he must represent for instance the Igbo people,” Achebe said. “In a way he represents his people, but not fully.

There are many ways in which he differed from his people.”

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“I knew that other people had written about us, but somehow I could not relate, for example, that that was supposed to be me or my people. And so the need for a different story was there and, I suppose, staring me in the face: ‘If this is not you, then who are you?’ ” — Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe appears March 26 at 6 p.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church in the culminating event of Princeton Reads Co-sponsored by Princeton Public Library, the Friends of the Princeton Public Library, Labyrinth Books, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Center for African American Studies and the Program in African Studies at Princeton University

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stubbornness that seems lacking in his clansmen, who are inclined to assemble at community meetings and stay open to discussion about the issues surrounding the public.

Okonkwo is an unconventional hero in the time of colonialism in Nigeria, when missionary presence shook the traditional world he was accustomed to.

“The people of Umuofia, Okonkwo’s people, were going to go through a different phase, their own society was going to be heavily integrated in new history and they would have to find a way to deal with that, not in Okonkwo’s way,” Achebe said. “They were going to have to find a more peaceful and less destructive mode of dealing with their historical predicament.”

One hundred years have passed since the time in the novel, but Okonkwo remains a relevant representation of a powerful struggle battled not just in Africa, but the world over.

Throughout Achebe’s retelling of history in Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is symbolic of the powerful conflict between tradition and change, past and present – a challenge being faced everywhere, every day.

“We will never have a life that doesn’t have problems, but we are learning to deal with the wider world than the one used in the time of Okonkwo and that does not mean we are better off now,” Achebe said. “It means we are dealing with a different world and the challenge which we have is not going to be solved in Okonkwo’s way. We are still battling in the time that we are, now part of a big world.”

For a full transcript of the Connections interview with Chinua Achebe, visit www.princetonlibrary.org/reads

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The Book

Published in 1958, Things Fall Apart is a story with universal appeal. Set in the author’s native Nigeria in the late 1800s, it is the story of Okonkwo, a noble hero in the village of Igbo, who is faced with the disintegration of a culture deeply rooted in traditions and beliefs that have defined his identity. In its exploration of the complexities of identity and the challenges of change, Things Fall Apart is an ideal book for a town-wide reading and discussion program. Using a literary style that is deceptively simple, Achebe explores themes that will resonate for a broad range of people with differing perspectives and experiences.

Opening event

The library will kick off Princeton Reads with a special event featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon reading the Yeats poem The Second Coming, from which Things Fall Apart takes its title, and a performance by the People’s Verse Speaking Choir, directed by Cecilia B. Hodges. African native John Anagbo, a poet and head of the English Department at Montgomery High School, will share his observations about the book.

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.

Paul Muldoon

John Anagbo contributed to this article, which was written

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ur biannual communitywide reading program, Princeton Reads, will spotlight Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. In partnership with Labyrinth Books, The Center for African American Studies and The Program in African Studies at Princeton University, the library is encouraging everyone to read and discuss this landmark work and has special events planned, culminating with the March 26 appearance by the author in a discussion with Princeton philosophy professor Kwame Anthony Appiah at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Cecilia B. Hodges

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book discussion groups The library and its partners are sponsoring book discussions throughout the community. For a copy of the Princeton Reads Resource Guide, visit the library or www.princetonlibrary.org/reads

Tuesday, March 4, 10:30 a.m.

Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, will host this discussion to be led by a Princeton Public Library librarian.

Sunday, March 9, 3 p.m.

Art Songs of Africa and America Dawn Padmore, a Liberian-born soprano and classical artist, accompanied by Christopher Johnson will present a journey through Africa and America, through art songs and arias. Highlighted composers to include Akin Euba (Nigeria), Kwabena Nketia (Ghana), Joshua Uzoigwe (Nigeria) and young composers from South Africa.

Padmore and Johnson will also present works by American composers, including Samuel Barber, and Undine Smith Moore.

Friday, March 14, 7 p.m.

YWCA, Bramwell Living Room, 59 Paul Robeson Place, will host this discussion to be led by Deborah Cordonnier, who teaches English and Race, Class and Gender Studies at Rider and Westminster Choir College. Light refreshments will be served. No registration required.

Thursday, March 13, 10:30 a.m.

Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., will host this discussion to be led by Readers Services Librarian Kristin Pehnke. No registration required.

Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m.

YWCA will host this discussion to be led by Princeton University Librarian Jennifer Lang. Light refreshments will be served. No registration required.

Tuesday, March 18, 12:30 p.m.

Princeton Senior Resource Center, Suzanne Patterson Bldg., 45 Stockton St., will host this discussion to be led by Harriett Teweles. No registration required.

Wednesday, March 19, 7 p.m.

Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon St., will host this discussion to be led by a Princeton Public Librarian. Special surprise for first four participants to register by calling 609.924.9529, ext. 220.

Sunday, March 30, 12:30 p.m.

Friendly Readers of Princeton Friends Meeting, 270 Quaker Rd., will host this discussion in the First Day School Meeting to be led by Delia Pitts. For more information and directions, please contact Ann Yasuhara at 609.921.2907 or ayasuhara@ earthlink.net

film Welcome to Nollywood The Nigerian film industry, aka “Nollywood”, has exploded in recent years and is now the third largest film industry in the world behind Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood is unique in that all films are shot on digital video and released direct to consumers.

Welcome to Nollywood, a documentary directed by Jamie Meltzer, tells the stories of three directors and their latest productions and also examines the impact of Nollywood on the culture of West Africa and Africans at home and abroad. Princeton University English professor Simon Gikandi will moderate the program and lead a post-screening discussion.

Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.

A scene from Welcome to Nollywood

Simon Gikandi

SUFFERING AND SMILING — This documentary focuses on Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and his decades-long struggle against the corruption of the Nigerian Government, a struggle which, since his death in 1997, has been taken up by his son, Femi. A post-screening discussion will feature director Dan Ollman. Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.

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BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Chris Hedges

In his bestselling book American Fascists, renowned journalist and former seminarian Chris Hedges investigated the Christian fundamentalist movement and its alarming political agenda.

In his new book I Don’t Believe in Atheists, Hedges takes on a group he calls New Atheists, whom he believes are actually as dangerous as the religious fundamentalist belief systems they attack. In both books, Hedges, explores and criticizes the extreme sides of the religious spectrum, in an effort to bring nuance, tolerance and moderation to the debate about religion and faith in America.

Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Sophie Gee

The Princeton University English professor will discuss The Scandal of the Season, which fictionalizes the events that inspired Alexander Pope’s satirical poem The Rape of the Lock. Publishers Weekly called Scandal “an erudite period piece filled with outrageous flirtation, social maneuvering and contests of wit.” A native of Australia who earned a doctorate in English literature from Harvard, Gee has published academic essays on Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and others, as well as articles and book reviews of general interest in Australia and America.

In 2006, she was named the John E. Annan Bicentennial Preceptor, in recognition of outstanding research and teaching as a member of Princeton’s junior faculty.

Thursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.

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mysteries

Led by Gayle Stratton

Murder on Nob Hill

by Shirley Tallman A woman attorney in 1880s San Francisco, has a first case that seems straightforward enough but leads to shady legal dealings, Chinese tongs, and more murders.

Monday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.

The Princess of Burundi

by Kjell Eriksson In this Swedish police procedural, Inspector Ann Lindell and her team must solve the murder of Little John, a wellliked local man who had brushes with the law as a youth.

Monday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte Regarded as one of the best mysteries of the last century, this book features private eye Leo G. Bloodworth and 14-year-old Serendipity Dahlquist on a hunt for her stolen dog, a chase involving hippies, gangsters, dog fights and an unsolved bank robbery.

Monday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

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Hitting the high notes Our musical staff performs classical, pop, sacred, jazz and more

By KAYLIE NELSON

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hen the karaoke machine starts up at the library holiday party, there’s no shortage of staff members queuing up to take their turn at the microphone. What’s surprising, and what sets the library’s party apart from your average party, is that many of the staff members are quite talented musicians: many were classically trained and moonlight as musicians.

With so much music on the spring programming calendar, it seems a fitting time to profile some our musical staffers, people you might see every time you visit the library and never realize they have songs in their hearts.

JAN JOHNSON, Youth Services manager, started singing in the fourth grade and hasn’t stopped since.

Today, she sings with the acclaimed Princeton Pro Musica Chorus and the vocal ensemble group Mostly Motets.

Jan has sung with Princeton Pro Musica, a chorus of 120 voices, for 25 years, performing such masterpieces of the choral repertory as Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem.

This spring, she will join Pro Musica in a performance of Britten’s War Requiem.

With Mostly Motets, a 12 voice a cappella ensemble that performs sacred madrigals, Jan sings medieval to baroque music from the 1500s to the 1700s. The group Jan Johnson, left, with members appears at the library on Sunday, of Mostly Motets. The ensemble May 18 at 4 p.m. (See Page 11.) appears at the library May 18.

Keeping up with both choirs is a lot of work, and she rehearses six to nine hours a week, but it’s definitely worth it. “I sing because it keeps me sane,” Jan said.

Jan’s favorite musical moment: “Getting to walk in the performer’s entrance at Carnegie Hall.”

Karen Wight at the keyboard of the organ in the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Princeton.

KAREN WIGHT, a cataloger in Access Services, has been a piano player since age 8, but decided to try out the organ when she was a senior at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA. When she moved to New York in her mid20s, she got serious about the organ and began playing at churches in addition to working full-time office jobs. While in New York, she studied at Mannes College and the Julliard School.

After moving to Princeton, Karen discovered Westminster Choir College and in 1989 earned her master’s in organ performance and played regularly at Princeton First Church of Christ, Scientist. While she has since “retired,” Karen still substitutes in churches and plays the organ in her home.

“It’s where my heart was. I feel very fortunate that I’ve been able to do what I love and maintain myself,” Karen said.

Karen’s favorite musical moment: “Earning my master’s in my 40s was definitely the coolest thing that has happened.”

TOM HAMMEL, of the Lending Services Department, is a classically trained Irish tenor who has been singing for over 20 years. Tom’s been in choirs virtually all his life, and has performed musical theater with New York Community Theatre. He has also been the lead singer in two rock bands, the New York-based Big Whiskey in New York and the Princeton-based Five Man Riot, which performs at bars and clubs in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Five Man Riot also played an outdoor concert at Liberty State Park on Earth Day for thousands of people.

Music hasn’t just been something Tom enjoys to do, but has helped him out along the way. “In college, I had a part-time job just winning karaoke contests,” Tom said.

Tom Hammel singing with Tom’s favorite musical moment: “I’m asked to go back to New York and sing at Irish Five Man Riot at Quark Park. weddings and funerals. I’m touched that people want me to be a part of that.”

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KRISTIN PEHNKE, Readers Services Coordinator, got familiar with Carnegie Hall when she was 8 years old and took dance lessons there. On the rides there, she would even sing for the audience in the subway. Her experience came full circle when she came back to Carnegie Hall as an adult, this time singing soprano with the New York Grand Opera, with which she performed for eight years.

Kristin also took part in an opera workshop at Julliard, performed in community theater and worked at Mercury Records. Though not currently active, Kristin remains a fan of all kinds of music and musicians, from Ella Fitzgerald to Sufjan Stevens.

Kristin’s favorite musical memory: “Singing a duet from Traviata and Mozart’s Queen of the Night at Julliard.

There was so much energy and passion that brings you to some higher plane.”

MARY WISNOVSKY, director of the Friends of the Library, began studying voice when she was 10 with the intention of singing opera and in her teen years sang with the Julliard Opera Company. While a college student at Barnard in the late ’50s, Mary started singing at legendary jazz clubs such as Birdland and the Village Vanguard after a serendipitous date had her fill the shoes of a jazz singer unable to make the performance where Mary was in the audience.

In the 60s, Mary moved back to Princeton and continued singing with local groups. Six years ago, she and retired chemistry professor Maitland Jones became the cofounders and co-producers of Jazz Nights in Princeton, a series of live performances in the intimate setting of a private home. (More information, email mary@wisnovsky. net) Mary’s favorite musical memory: “I remember singing ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ at 20. There I was, in one of the great jazz clubs on my way to be a great jazz singer, and you can just lose yourself in what you’re doing when you’re increasingly confident that you’re • a profile of Mary Wisnovsky...PAGE 14

BARBARA ACKERMAN, of the Lending Services Department, earned her bachelor’s degree in music with a certificate to teach from Westminster Choir College, and taught kindergarten through eighth grade for three years. For 12 years, from 1975 to 1987, she performed as a children’s theater actress with Creative Theater, based at Trinity Church. Barbara wrote the music for an interactive musical show for kids that played in venues across New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Barbara has also been in both classical and pop music choirs. “Now, though, I just sing for me and for my dog,” she said.

Barbara’s favorite musical moment: “The holidays were always the greatest, when we were touring and playing up to three shows a day.”

doing it well.”

AMY WEINER, of the Lending Services Department, has been singing since age 5 and continued to sing in choirs and at talent shows, coffee houses and karaoke. At 12, Amy sang on a cable show telethon. A big fan of Broadway, in high school she starred in the musicals Babes in Arms and Once Upon a Mattress. As a student at Rutgers University, Amy sang as part of the Rutgers Queens Chorale. Amy still enjoys singing karaoke and at open mic events as well as for senior citizens. Additionally, she plays the piano, and wrote many songs as a teenager.

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Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe Achebe’s masterpiece tells the story of Okonkwo, strongman of an Ibo village in Nigeria, as he witnesses the destruction of his culture and the loss of his own place within it.

Thursday, March 13, 10:30 a.m.

Led by Kristin Pehnke

Bridge of Sighs

by Richard Russo In a town defined by contradictions, this novel offers multilayered portraits of a trio of childhood friends and, by extension, their quintessentially American hometown.

Thursday, April 10, 10:30 a.m.

The Maytrees

by Annie Dillard Bonds of loyalty, friendship and abiding love are explored in this mythic and rhapsodic tale of love and life’s metamorphoses on Cape Cod. Thursday, May 8, 10:30 a.m.

My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme

Discussion: In this 2006 autobiography, the first of the TV chefs recalls the culinary experiences she enjoyed while living in Paris and Marseilles with her husband Paul.

TALKING POLITICS

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.

Quiet Room, first floor

Exploration: Nirit Yadin, chef at The Whisk & the Spoon, the learning kitchen at Whole Foods Market, will feature recipes that complement the selected book.

Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market, Windsor Green Shopping Center, Route 1, West Windsor

circulo de lectura

moderado por Lisi Barros-Sehringer

El Pelo De Van’t Hoff por Unai Elorriaga

La fiesta del chiv por Mario Vargas Llosa

Matías Malanda es un joven enviado por el Ministerio a un pequeño pueblo, Idus, para recopilar testimonios de vidas raras. Sin embargo, lo que más le gusUnai Elorriaga ta es buscar palabras en un diccionario de portugués, además de jugar con una pelotita que dentro contiene una curiosa serpiente de juguete.

Miércoles 12 de Marzo, 10 a.m.

Varios textos a la vez: por un lado, una crónica del ultimo día de la vida de Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, dictador de la Republica Dominicana; por otro, una historia Mario Vargas Llosa del trujillato a través de diversas voces. Mas significativamente, es una meditación sobre la corrupción que conlleva el poder.

Miércoles 9 de Abril, 10 a.m.

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his discussion group is for people who enjoy reading and talking about politics.

Joan Goldstein, sociologist, author, and professor at Mercer County Community College, will provide overviews, suggest discussion questions and mention pertinent further readings. Joan dedicates this series in memory of series co-founder Eugenia Shanklin.

All programs are in the Quiet Room, first floor

Kafka y la muñeca viajera por Jordi Sierra i Fabra Paseando por el parque Stegliz, en Berlín, un año antes de su muerte, Franz Kafka encontró a una niña llorando desconsolada: había perdido su muñeca. Para calmar a la pequeña, el autor de La Metamorfosis inventa una peculiar historia.

Miércoles 14 de Mayo, 10 a.m.

Gente y Cuentos (People and Stories)

Discussions in Spanish of Latin American short stories Thursdays, 7 p.m.: April 17-June 5 Conference Room

Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.

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Titans of Song

This unforgettable show is set just decades ago in America, when two African-Americans challenged the racism rampant in the land from the unlikely barricades of the classical concert stage. Paul Robeson, who hailed from Princeton, graduated from Members of the ensemble Follow the Drinking Gourd.

Rutgers and spent his last years in West Philadelphia, and Marian Anderson, the pride of South Philadelphia, became world famous singers at a time when crossing color lines was risky business. Hear their stories, and glorious music, in this special tribute performed by Follow the Drinking Gourd, a group named for a song used to guide slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Sunday, April 27, 4 p.m.

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Founded in 2006 by five professional women from Northern New Jersey and New York City who share a love of chamber music, this woodwind quintet will present a program of spring and summer music, including works by Persichetti, Blumer, Still, Prokofiev, and Gershwin.

Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.

The Language of Music Words That Sing and Songs That Speak

FAMILY CONCERT

BRAVO Winds Trio

Members of the woodwind section of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra introduce their instruments and demonstrate their range of capabilities for children 3 to 10 and their families.

Saturday, April 5, 3:30 p.m.

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To illustrate how the emotional content of words is enhanced by classical music, Princeton composers Rita Asch and Moshe Budmor will present a live performance of four original works inspired by literary texts. Two Budmor pieces, Three Shakespearean Sonnets for mezzo soprano and guitar and The Sweetest Melody (based on a Hebrew folk tale) for harpsichord, voice, recorder, and clarinet, will share the program with two works by Asch, The Myth of Canens and Picus (based on text by Ovid) for flute, narrator and piano, and Sarabande After Proust for cello, narrator and piano. At the conclusion of the program, the composers will offer a few remarks and answer audience questions.

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Mostly

Pianists of all ages and levels of experience (and piano fans) are invited to participate in this three-hour event, which will benefit Small Miracles Foundation, a non-profit organization that matches talented high school musicians with children who want to learn an instrument. The foundation provides training, practice space, music, instruments and orientation for parents. Musicians should come prepared with a song and can register by calling 609.924.9529 ext. 240. Princeton High School senior and Teen Advisory Board member Miriam Eapen is organizing the event.

Sunday, April 20, 2 p.m.

Mostly Motets

This 12-voice a cappella chorus celebrates spring with motets and madrigals and other short songs from the 16th to the 20th century.

Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m.

Swingtime

Anthony D.J Branker, director of jazz programs at Princeton University, and some of his jazz students will perform a family friendly concert showcasing the music that is America’s Art Form: Jazz. Branker has been honored with teaching awards by the United States Department of Education, the Institute for Arts and Humanities and the International Association of Jazz Educators. In 2006 Branker was moderator for the popular library film discussion series, Looking At: Jazz.

Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m.

A Tribute to Dave Brubeck

The Eric Mintel Quartet will perform Brubeck classics such as Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five, Three to Get Ready along with many newer Brubeck compositions. Mintel originals from the Eric Mintel Quartet’s latest CD, Times Change, will also be featured. Eric has recently achieved status as a Yamaha Artist and the quartet continues to captivate audiences all over the country.

Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m.

Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

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Keeping track of the Friends How Mary Wisnovsky came to know just about everyone

By MARGARET SIECK

PAMELA WAKEFIELD

KATHERINE McGAVERN

FRIENDS PRESIDENT

A good year for Friends 2007 was a very good year for the Friends and 2008 is off to an exciting start. A very good year for the Friends helps make for a very good year for the Library.

Last year, the Friendssupported Children’s Book Festival, presented by the Youth Services Department, delighted younger readers and their families.

Mark your calendars; the 2008 festival will be Sept.

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At our Ongoing Book Sale, buyers discovered gently used books to share or cherish, travelers loaded up with vacation books that needed to travel in one direction only, dedicated cooks and gardeners found valuable advice and mystery lovers found hidden treasures.

Our Annual Book Sale in October was a busy and happy gathering of bargain-hunting book lovers of all ages and tastes. Save the date, this year’s Annual Book Sale will be Oct. 3-5.

Throughout 2007, unusual gifts and treasures attracted shoppers to our Library Store. The store is stocked and offering tempting new merchandise. Shop with us and support your library.

In November, our Annual Benefit, An Evening with Richard Ford, was a sellout and a satisfying payback for the hard work involved in hosting it. The Quintessentially Princeton Auction was bigger and better than ever and offered unique travel, dining, art, experiences and collectibles to enthusiastic bidders. Stay tuned: plans are underway for this year’s benefit.

Our 2008 Annual Appeal is drawing to an end. Now is the time to renew if you have not already done so.

Our extraordinary library continues to rely on the support of its good Friends.

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Looking ahead As 2008 rolls along, let’s not overlook some important year-end milestones for our library in 2007.

News of generous matching grants from the Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust ($1 million) and the National Endowment for the Humanities ($500,000) brightened our holidays and will provide momentum for our ongoing fund raising.

The Friends of the Library Annual Benefit, with novelist Richard Ford, was a huge success, with record-breaking attendance and a fabulous auction.

On still another high note, at the benefit we were delighted to debut our great friend Bill Selden’s A Narrative History of the Princeton Public Library.

His exhaustive research of the library’s origins in 1909 and fascinating journey to the present day, is an invaluable contribution, and comes just in time to give perspective to our upcoming 100th birthday.

Sadly, 2007 also found us honoring the life of our generous benefactor George Sands, whose remarkable gift to the library continues, with the designation of memorial gifts to the library in his name. We will always be profoundly grateful for the support, enthusiasm, and vision of Mr. Sands and his family.

Our “Snow Day” in December was attended by more than 400 parents, grandparents and children and 2008 roared in with the exciting Environmental Film Festival, which featured 18 films shown over six days, and drew a total audience of almost 2,000 As if our community living-room wasn’t busy enough, the library collaborated with McCarter Theatre to feature a talk with playwright Edward Albee and director Emily Mann that brought over 450 interested attendees to the library (and inspired us to

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e are so fortunate that the voice of the Friends, i.e. that of Director Mary Wisnovsky, is a sonorous one, one that can sooth and motivate and organize. That’s our Mary. She oversees all activities connected to the organization: member records, meeting information, who gave what to whom, what was said or promised. She uses that fabulous voice to solicit corporate support for the annual benefit, to great effect.

“We depend daily on Mary’s awesome ability to multitask both on the phone and in person,” says Pam Wakefield, president of the Friends Council. “She loves this library and knows this town as well as anyone I know. And we know how lucky we are to have her.”

Native Princetonian that she is, Mary knows everyone. She has many friends, and Friends: some 1,000 Friends.

And she is a long-time library maven, having followed the Princeton Public Library from Bainbridge House on Nassau Street to the first building on the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins Streets, to the Shopping Center and back to the corner.

“I’ve always been a people person, always been a library person,” she says. “Now I love that

I come in to the center of town and into this fabulous space, with babies and fish.” (Mary’s office is on the third floor, where both babies and fish are known to congregate.)

Mary’s first job in Princeton as an adult, when her two boys were five and eight years old and in school full-time, was as the director of community relations for McCarter Theatre.

“With one exception, when I worked in the private sector, I’ve been very fortunate to have a series of wonderful jobs with non-profits,” she said. She was the director of public relations for the Princeton University Art Museum and then the assistant to the director of the Institute for Advanced Study, where one of her primary responsibilities was welcoming visiting members who came for either a single or full academic term.

She had to be a primary contact, problem-solving, community-contact person, a job she did so well.

She started the Friends of the Institute, a community support group that also served to introduce the community to the Institute and dispel the notion that it was some kind of mysterious “think tank.” Mary, whose mother was a concert pianist, lived three houses down from Albert Einstein. Her mother played chamber music with him and Mary would walk Einstein to the Institute.

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SCENES FROM THE FRIENDS ANNUAL BENEFIT

An Evening with

Richard Ford Photography by Cie Stroud

Clockwise from top left, novelist Richard Ford speaks in Nassau Presbyterian Church; dinner in the second floor Conference Room at the library; Wendy Kwitny bids on an item in the Quintessentially Princeton Auction; Leslie and Alan Burger chat with Ford; from left, Jill and Bob Carr with Kefi Abramof and Larry Godfrey during the cocktail hour; Claire Jacobus, center, poses with Rush Holt and Margaret Lancefield; from left, Holly Schade with Treby and Steve Williams during cocktail hour.

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to run the Einstein Centennial, an international yearlong celebration of Einstein’s birth, with 250 visiting physicists. Mary was in her element.

Mary had been an art major at Barnard and was the oldest of three daughters. Her younger sisters were both excellent pianists, according to the big sister, who was a singer (see article on Page 9). She hoped to continue voice studies as an undergraduate at Barnard but it was impossible with the academic load.

But as a teenager, Mary used to sing jazz on occasion with her mother. One wintry night in Manhattan, she was at the “Five Spot” nightclub during a snowstorm. The expected singer couldn’t make it.

“I took off my glasses, finished my stinger, and sang,” Mary says. “The audience was very responsive.” Mary had a few gigs at the Village Vanguard and Birdland, but never a regular thing. By then she had met Joe Wisnovsky, whom she married at St. Paul’s Church on Nassau Street. Of her singing career, she remarked, “I was a has-been at 22.”

Mary and Joe moved to California so he could attend grad school at Berkeley. They have now been married for 46 years. Joe, who is semi-retired, does some work for (what else?) a book publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Their two sons, Rob and Peter attended Princeton Day School (Mary and her sisters having attended the former Miss Fine’s School). Rob wanted to study Greek at PDS, but no other students signed up. Instead, his

Mary Wisnovsky chats with, from left, Ginny Mason, Shari Yolowitz, and Judy Stier at the 2006 Annual Benefit.

maternal grandfather, Rob Strunsky, joined in and the two of them studied Greek together for four years.

The Friends keep Mary busy these days. “I have more responsibilities than when I started more than three years ago,” Mary says. She became the director about a year ago and as the office activities have increased she now works significantly more than her former 20 hours per week.

Because the Friends provide funding for half of the new book budget, 60 percent of the audio books, and 64 percent of the video and DVD budget, Mary is kept very busy.

“You think about raising money in this job,” she says.

“I feel that I’m in the center of a very exciting institution, trying to help out in a meaningful way.” That, she is.

This red bag is actually green We’ve replaced our plastic bags with this eco-friendly alternative.

It’s reusable, recyclable and washable and is available at the Checkout Desk.

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When a senior moment is a good thing Ji Hae Ju coordinates services for a diverse population of seniors

By MARGARET SIECK

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f there is any doubt that Princeton has an uncommon population of seniors, it will be dispelled by visiting the Tech Center on the second floor and seeing how many seniors are filling the popular courses and services offered there. Check the attendance at any other library program or scan the line at the Checkout Desk: seniors are active users of the library and frequent volunteers.

“We want to meet the specific needs of the senior population,” says Adult Services Librarian Ji Hae Ju. Part of Ji Hae’s job is figuring out those needs, which include supporting outreach programs. There’s a Homebound Readers Volunteer Program, in which volunteers bring books to about two dozen customers who can’t make it to the library.

“We’d like to recruit more volunteers,” Ji Hae says, “because we’re sure there are more people out there who would like to receive books.

We only have three volunteers right now.” One of the librarians makes monthly trips to Elm Court, a local assisted-living center, to offer a Book Talk program. The library would be happy to offer the same services to other assisted living centers if there’s enough interest.

The library collaborates with outside agencies to develop senior programming and information sessions. The agencies include the Princeton Senior Resource Center, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, the YWCA and area assisted living centers. One recent addition is

Ji Hae Ju with volunteer Shepard Kimberly at the first floor Welcome Desk.

the Senior Care Options program offered with the Senior Resource Center and representatives from area senior communities. This program, to be repeated Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m., covers a wide range of services and care options, from home care to adult day programs, from assisted living to support groups and community resources.

The library has collections that may be of specific interest to seniors. There are 2,110 titles in the large-print book collection, mainly best-sellers, contemporary fiction, American history, biographies and healthrelated titles. There are 4,600 titles in the audio book collection. The health reference collection on the southwest corner of the second floor includes the The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter – Health After 50, Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Focus on

Healthy Aging, and The Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs. There is also software called Zoom Tech for the visually impaired, available in the Technology Center.

Seniors have no limit to their interests. “Many of our regular daily patrons are seniors,” says Ji Hae, “And on a typical day you will see seniors reading the periodicals by the fireplace, using our computer lab and perusing the latest bestsellers.”

What’s on Ji Hae’s wish list ? “If we could do more programming with a social element, such as the development of oral histories. We want to take advantage of what seniors have to offer to the community, including their life experience.”

Ji Hae’s own life experience includes 10 years as a librarian.

She’s been working at the Princeton Public Library for the last five years and was put in charge

of senior outreach last summer.

She is a married mother with two young girls.

Her work with seniors is only a small part of Ji Hae’s job, which includes a good deal of time as a reference librarian (in person, by phone, and via live chat at www.qandanj.com), collection development of health-related books and the book group collection, maintaining health links on the library Web site and creation of book lists.

Asked what is most rewarding about devising senior services, Ji Hae replied, “Being a librarian is rewarding on many levels, but serving the senior population in this capacity is particularly satisfying because seniors have a wealth of experience to share.

My own parents are retired and take advantage of new learning at their local library.”

New learning for older learners: that’s what it’s all about.

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Launch Party for U.S. 1 Worksheets

SPOKEN WORD

Podcast a Poem

By popular demand the library will once again host a poetry podcast blog to celebrate National Poetry Month. Visit http://pplpoetpodcast. wordpress.com/ to listen and view the poems and poets from last year. Poets interested in reading original works should contact contact Janie Hermann at jhermann@ princetonlibrary.org to schedule a podcast.

U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative will celebrate the release of the 35th Anniversary Issue of its journal, U.S. 1 Worksheets.

The U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative began in 1973, when a small group of poets in Central New Jersey got together informally to share their poems and their love of poetry. The group has met continuously since then. The journal, which attracts poets from New Jersey and throughout the country, includes an eclectic mix of high quality poetry. The launch party will feature readings from U.S 1 Worksheets and a chance to meet the poets in person.

Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m.

u.s. 1 poets invite Coordinated by Louise Marie Harrod Mimi Schwartz and J.C. Todd

Schwartz’s new book is Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father’s German Village, was released this year and five of her essays have been notables in Best American Essays. She is professor emeritus at Richard Stockton College and has been a MacDowell Fellow, a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow and a Princeton University Faculty Fellow. Her short work has appeared in more than a dozen publications. Todd is author of What Space This Body, released this year, and two chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, Shade and Verse Daily.

She is the recipient of the Leeway Award for Poetry and an international exchange fellowship to Schloss Wiepersdorf arts colony in Germany. She is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College.

Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m

Bonnie Minick and Christine E. Salvatore

Minick was raised in Glen Gardner and has lived in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Michigan. She completed a master’s degree in fine arts at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She has published poetry in Miller’s Pond, Poetry International, Chachalaca Poetry Review and Daedalus. She teaches English at Voorhees High School. Poems by Christine E. Salvatore have recently appeared in The Cortland Review, The Literary Review and The Edison Literary Review. She is the recipient of a 2005 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts. She is currently an adjunct professor of writing at Richard Stockton College and teaches English and creative writing at Egg Harbor Township High School.

Wednesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.

Alicia Ostriker and Richard Tayson

A prizewinning poet and critic, Ostriker was a finalist for the National Book Award for The Crack in Everything and The Little Space, and has published 11 volumes of poetry, most recently No Heaven. She is the author of Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America and other books on poetry and on the Bible. She is a founder of U.S. 1 Poets Co-Op. Tayson’s most recent book of verse, The World Underneath was released this year. His first book of poetry, The Apprentice of Fever, won the 1997 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Nightsun, Michigan Quarterly Review, Bloom, Kenyon Review and have been anthologized in American Poetry: The Next Generation, I Do / I Don’t: Queers on Marriage, Poetry Nation, Jugular Defences and The Best of Prairie Schooner.

Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 p.m.

Alicia Ostriker

Richard Tayson

Voices: Multilingual Poetry Night Princeton-area poets will read poems from around the world in their original language followed by English translations in this event, organized by Carlos Hernández Peña. Past readings have included Akkadian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Russian, Scotts, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.

Infamous People in Good Company

Alan Kitty, Mary Greenberg, Julia Poulos, Lillian Israel and other members of Princeton Writers Block present readings of rarely performed plays and songs featuring Mark Twain, George Sand, Mae West and Sophie Tucker.

Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m.

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Solo Flights Festival

That’s Just Plain Silly!

Dick Swain

Staged readings of David Ives’s Sure Thing and Christopher Durang’s The Actor’s Nightmare

by Dick Swain and The Poquelin Players.

Wednesday, March 12, 10:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m.

Cecilia B. Hodges

Robeson Remembrances

Dramatic readings on the life of Paul Robeson with music and dance by Cecelia B. Hodges.

Wednesday, April 9, 10:30 a.m.

Literary Landmarks

Pat Connor reads selections from John Lithgow’s The Poets’ Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family and Laughing Matters: A Celebration of American Humor.

Wednesday, May 14, 10:30 a.m.

Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

Argonautika The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts

After Apollonius of Rhodes and Gaius Valerius Flaccus Translated by Peter Green and David R. Slavitt With dazzling theatrics and fantastical storytelling, writer and director Mary Zimmerman recounts Jason’s perilous quest to capture the Golden Fleece.

With goddesses at their side, Jason and his crew encounter monsters, nymphs, demons, a young sorceress named Medea and other astonishing obstacles. Amid these adventures, Zimmerman, who directed The Odyssey at McCarter in 2000, ponders the nature of loss, love and leadership.

Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.

A Seagull in the Hamptons McCarter artistic director and resident playwright Emily Mann completes her cycle of Chekhov’s major work with her own bold adaptation of The Seagull.

Mann’s A Seagull in the Hamptons brings this Russian masterpiece into the 21st century with bright contemporary language and a modern setting. In a world of appearance, money, business and celebrity culture, the core of this play is a story about the heartbreaking betrayal of children by their parents. With relevance, humor and flowing, natural language, Mann’s adaptation of Chekhov’s play challenges us to think about where America’s culture is going.

Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.

Passage Theatre will present a performance and discussion with composer Vince di Mura, whose spoken word jazz opera For Lost Words will be presented as part of Passage’s Solo Flights Festival, March 6-30 at the Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton. Inspired by the transcendent beauty of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa’s Vietnam opus Dien Cai Dau, the piece features di Mura on a multiplicity of keyboards, along with vocalist Annielee Moffett and Jasper McGruder as “The Poet.” Di Mura serves on the staff of the Theatre and Dance departments at Princeton University, and is a professor of jazz piano at the Lawrenceville School.

Sunday, March 2, 3 p.m.

Vince di Mura

Jasper McGruder

Cecilia’s Last Tea Party

Playwright Russell Davis will discuss the world premiere of his all-ages political fantasia with puppets, a vivid coming of age drama set amidst political and social upheaval. The title character, the child of a native princess and the colonial governor of a small island nation in upheaval, creates a fantasy world with her animal companions.

When a new commanding officer and her new guardian arrive on the island, her insular world is broken.

Davis’ plays have been produced throughout the country, including People’s Light and Theatre, Yale Repertory and Sundance Institute Playwrights Lab. Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

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help Butterfly Gardening Kathy Enquist, President of the Master Gardeners of Mercer County, will share her exquisite photographs depicting the miraculous transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Learn which plants butterflies select when depositing eggs and which flowers they prefer as nectar sources. Turn your garden in to a haven for butterflies with the helpful advice from this session.

Monday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

Senior Care Options Carol Olivieri, Susan Hoskins, Hilary Murray and others will cover all senior services and care options, from home care services to adult day programs and assisted living to support groups and community resources for seniors.

Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Quiet Room, first floor

Spring into Greens Rochelle Blank, holistic health counselor, will review the health benefits of eating the freshest, most natural and nourishing organic foods while preparing sample dishes made from simple organic greens, fruit and nuts and not heated over 118 degrees.

Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.

Citizenship Classes Students will be taught basic civics and will review basic English to prepare for the US Citizenship test.

Wednesdays, 7 p.m.: April 2-May 28 Conference Room, second floor. Co-sponsored by the library and the Latin American Task Force

Ask a Lawyer Lawyers will be at the library for free private consultations on immigration and general legal issues. No appointments necessary; service on a first-come, first-served basis. Spanish translators available.

Wednesday, March 19, 7 p.m.

Conference Room, second floor Co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library, the Latin American Task Force, Lutheran Social Ministries, the Housing Authority of Princeton and the Mercer County Bar Association. For more information, call Lucia Acosta at 609.924.9529, ext. 316.

Counseling Service The 27 mostly retired executives and small business owners who comprise the Princeton Chapter are available by appointment for counseling sessions four days each week for individuals who are considering starting a new business or are in business and are seeking advice. All counseling is free and confidential.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.

Tower Room, second floor. Call 609.393.0505 to schedule a session.

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Advertising for Small Business SCORE counselor Alan Yarnoff, a veteran advertising and marketing executive, will provide both client and agency perspectives at this seminar, which will focus on marketing and advertising basics with emphasis on those elements that make for successful planning and implementation.

Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m., Community Room

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NATIONAL ISSUES FORUM The $9 Trillion Debt: Breaking the Habit of Deficit Spending The bad habit of deficit spending is more apparent than ever, and pressures on the federal budget will soon get worse. It is not enough to support deficit reduction in principle. The challenge is to see what changes most Americans are willing to accept as the best way out of a difficult situation. The public is invited to join the discussion at a forum moderated by librarians who have undergone training from National Issues Forums, a network of civic, educational, and other organizations and individuals, whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in America.

More information at www.nifi.org Monday, April 28, 7 p.m.

Registration required; call 609.924.9529, ext.. 220 to register.

The library will provide participants with free discussion guides and other books and media to support their deliberations.

CPR for Family and Friends Staff from Princeton HealthCare System will deliver free, hands-on training for anyone who wants to learn about administering emergency CPR to adults and children. These classes are non-certifying. Register by calling 609.924.9529. ext. 220 or via e-mail: refstaff@ princetonlibrary.org

Infant CPR This two-hour course is designed for family members, friends and caregivers who want to learn how to perform CPR on newborns to age 1.

Friday, April 11, 10 a.m.

Adult/Child CPR The Family and Friends CPR program teaches how to perform CPR on adults or children and how to help an adult or child who is choking. This two hour course is designed for family members, friends and members of the general community who want to lear CPR but do not need a course completion card.

Saturday, April 12, 10 a.m.

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coments from campus Richard F. Keevey The New Jersey State Budget: Where it comes from and where it goes. Are we really that bad off?

Richard F. Keevey, director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region and a member of the faculty at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, will present an overview of the New Jersey state budget and discuss some of the current and future problems facing the state and the governor. Keevey served as director of the state Office of Management and Budget for Govs. Kean and Florio and was appointed by President Clinton as the CFO for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

He also served as deputy under secretary for financial management for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Wednesday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.

Comments From Campus is co-sponsored by the library and the Princeton University Office of Community and Regional Affairs, which provides generous support.

thinking allowed

A new series highlighting books, authors and other materials published by the Princeton University Press

Flatland

Trying Leviathan

Film screening and book event with Thomas Banchoff

The 19th century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature, with author D. Graham Burnett

View the newly released movie and then join Banchoff, a Brown University mathematician and Flatland authority who served as an adviser to the filmmakers, for commentary and discussion. Flatland: The Movie is an exciting half-hour animated film based on Edwin Abbott’s beloved mathematical adventure novel, first published in 1884.

Flatland is an entirely two-dimensional world where different shapes live, work, and play--all under the rule of the evil Circles who are determined to keep the third dimension a secret, at any cost. Flatland: The Movie, stars Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, Michael York, Tony Hale, and Joe Estevez. There is also a new companion book to the movie that is the ultimate edition of the classic book on which it is based. Both the book and the DVD version of the movie will be available for signing after the event.

Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.

In Trying Leviathan, D. Graham Burnett, associate professor of history at Princeton University, recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the then-popular (and biblically sanctioned) view that the whale was a fish.

The immediate dispute was mundane: whether whale oil was fish oil and therefore subject to state inspection. But the trial fueled a sensational public debate in which nothing less than the order of nature and how we know it was at stake. Burnett vividly re-creates the trial, during which pea-coated whalemen, pompous philosophers, Jacobin lawyers and other experts took the witness stand, brandishing books, drawings, and anatomical reports, and telling tall tales from whaling voyages.

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.

express yourself Read, Write and Share

Participants are invited to share a short piece of their own writing and/or a short selection from a book they have read in a relaxed atmosphere. Francesca Benson will lead these no-pressure sessions, where the focus will be on the pleasure of reading and writing in community.

Tuesdays,10 a.m.: March 4, 18; April 1, 15, 29; May 6, 20

Socrates Café

In the spirit of Socrates’ belief that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” participants pose questions, listen to others, raise challenges, and consider alternative answers. All are invited and no preparation is necessary.

Tuesdays, 7 p.m.: March 25, April 22, May 27 Conference Room, second floor

Quiet Room. Registration requested.

Scrapbooking Circle

If you love to scrapbook and are looking for space to spread out and work, these three -hour sessions are for you. Bring your own scrapbooks, photos, and other supplies; the library will supply a cropping station. A scrapbooking expert will be on hand to offer advice and will also lead a “make and take session,” where you can make a seasonal border or other accent for your pages.

Sunday, March 9, 2 p.m.

Friday, April 11, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m.

To ensure adequate supply of materials, registration is requested.

Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

Noodle Talk

This playful, game-like alternative to ordinary conversation is designed to enrich interpersonal relationships. Moderated by Alan Goldsmith, Noodle Talks begin with a container filled with 400 fettuccini-like paper strips being passed around. On each strip, there are one or two questions covering the full gamut of life experience. Some questions refer to the past, others to the future; some are concrete, others metaphorical; some invite us to laugh at our foibles while others bring us to tears. There are no right or wrong answers, just the truth of our own inner or outer experience.

Mondays, 7 p.m.: March 10, April 14, May 12 Quiet Room, first floor

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Drawings by Luba Model Trained as a designer at the Department of Fashion Design of the Moscow Institute of Textile Industry, Model studied painting, drawing and art history for six years of master’s level education.

ARTIST STATEMENT Drawing has for me always been a passion.

Although I designed fashion accessores, luggage, theatrical costumes, and murals for various companies and clients in Russia, Korea, Taiwan and America, I never stopped drawing for my own satisfaction. It became so important, especially in dealing with the hardships I faced. I was able to express in my drawing what I couldn’t in life. Since then, drawing has become a way of keeping a visual diary of my life. A few years ago, I exhibited a retrospective show of my drawings and paintings. In my most recent collection of drawings I’ve been able to combine my joint interest in history with my love of drawing.

For the past two years I’ve spent my days at the Princeton University Art Museum. There I discovered a treasure box of works of art. I took the treasures out to show the world how marvelous they are. So these drawings of artifacts have become another visual diary, this time of world history.

Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m.

Co-sponsored by the library and the Arts Council of Princeton

Paris je t’aime

(Paris, I Love You)

When 20 directors from all over the world are offered the world’s most romantic city as a backdrop, the result is a mixed bag: 18 filmettes lasting around eight minutes each, from light and fluffy to bitterly tragic. If there is a recurring theme, it’s the power of love, or perhaps the endless possibilities of the city. The Coen Brothers, Wes Craven and Alexander Payne are among the directors; Steve Buscemi, Juliette Binoche and Willem Dafoe among the actors.

Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.

In English and French with English subtitles. 2 hours.

Co-sponsored by the library and L’Association Francophone de Princeton

based on the book Painted Veil When restless Londoner Kitty Fane finds that her husband is more interested in his research than her, she has an affair with a local playboy. This act leads her on a journey of self-discovery that carries her to the Far East, where she becomes involved in the fight against cholera.

Wednesday, May 7, 7 p.m.

Shopgirl Based on Steve Martin’s novella, this film is a funny and poignant story of love in the modern age.

Mirabelle, who sells accessories in a high-

end department store and struggles to pay her bills, must make a decision between the easy life with a rich, older suitor and a real chance at love with a penniless musician.

Wednesday, May 14, 7 p.m.

To Kill a Mockingbird In this highly acclaimed motion picture based on Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel, 6-year-old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is growing up in the Depression era of the early 1930s in a small Southern town Her father, the town lawyer, is a wise, quiet man with a great sense

of justice who defends a poor, black man accused of rape.

Wednesday, May 21, 7 p.m.

Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner is bright and talented but is struggling to make ends meet. When he and his 5-year-old son are evicted from their apartment, Gardner takes a chance with a prestigious stock brokerage firm. They endure many hardships but he follows his dream to make a better life for the two of them in this inspirational true story.

Wednesday, June 4, 7 p.m.

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databytes Eexplorations of the library’s databases in the Technology Center, second floor

Navigating Online Tax Sites This timely session, led by librarian Romina Gutierrez will guide you in getting the latest forms and information from the Internal Revenue Service and New Jersey Division of Taxation sites as well as others.

Wednesdays, 1 p.m.

March 12, 26

John LeMasney

Using Technology to Lose Weight

Computers, and the sedentary working style associated with them, are very often looked at as a major contributor to obesity. In this presentation, John LeMasney will share how he lost more than 100 pounds with the help of technology. “I could not have possibly done it without the help of my computer, using some key web sites, applications, and devices,” he said. “Let me share with you how technology helped me to lose the weight, and how it helps me keep it off every day”.

Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.

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The Online Office

Online office tools help to eliminate email clutter and foster collaboration across borders.

Librarian and self-described open source evangelist Nicole C. Engard will introduce you to a variety of online tools such as blogs, wikis, online office applications and shared web calendars that will help you work more efficiently into today’s environment.

Tuesday, May 6, 7 p.m.

Kristen Callahan

An Overview of Office 2007

Discover what is new and different about 2007 Microsoft Office in this session with Kristen Callahan of Mercer County Community College. She will show how the new fluent user interface speeds everyday tasks by keeping the tools you need close at hand and demonstrate the new tabbed ribbon and Live Preview.

Tuesday, April 1, 7 p.m.

Nicole Engard

technology center The Kindle, the Amazon.com e-reader, is here! Drop by the Tech Center to find out what all the buzz is about. The Kindle is one of the many gadgets available for use in our Gadget Garage. Stop by during Tech Center hours to play and explore.

Internet Drop-In Learn about the Web, practice computer skills and get answers Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

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to questions about the Internet from our staff. No sign-up required, just drop in each week for “open surfing.”

Thursdays, 3 p.m.

Open Tech Time in the Lab Drop in to get hardware and software help from our knowledgeable Technology staff. Scan photos, test drive equipment or work on projects

using software such as DreamWeaver and Photoshop.

Open Tech Time is scheduled in the evenings and on weekends.

Computer Classes Hands-on, practical classes for all levels of computer user are free, with preference given to Princeton Public Library cardholders. Most classes require registration.

Free Web-based Reference Databases Each year the Reference Section of the American Library Association publishes an updated list of the Best Free Reference Web Sites. Janie Hermann, technology training librarian, will highlight the best of the list and demonstrate sites that are useful for conducting research in a variety of areas.

Wednesdays, 1 p.m.

April 9, 23 Music Online from Alexander Street Press The library’s subscription to Alexander Street Press makes available 170,000 tracks of music. Find out how you can listen without charge over the Internet in the library or from home, with your library card number. The three online libraries available are a Classical Music Library, the Smithsonian Global Sound and African American Song. Music in these three libraries ranges from medieval to contemporary to avantgarde and from folk to holiday tunes and world music from around the globe as well as blues, jazz and gospel.

Wednesdays, 1 p.m.

May 14, 28

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YOUTH SERVICES

Aesop and the Bully

We celebrate National Library Week by presenting the Princeton-based Youth Stages in a production of this interactive rendition of Aesop’s fables.

Wednesday, April 16, 3:30 p.m.

Ages 3 to 9. Please register.

1 P.M. DISMISSAL FOR PRINCETON REGIONAL SCHOOLS

Who used to live in your backyard?

Jim Wade, former archivist and researcher with the New Jersey State Museum, will take children on a journey back in time to discover what Indians lived in Princeton and the surrounding area. Find out how the Native Americans lived and survived and where their villages were. See and touch actual Indian stone artifacts from the region.

Tuesday, April 15, 2:30 p.m.

Ages 7 to 10.

Please register.

Teach Your Own

An unschooling seminar for beginners and elementary-school-age home-schoolers Patrick Farenga, who has addressed audiences around the world about home-schooling and the work of his colleague, the late John Holt, will present a 4½-hour session on home-schooling.

Among the topics he will explore are unschooling theory and practice, learning all the time, living with your children during school hours, working with different learning styles and multiple intelligences and how to use private schools, public and private business and more in support of home-schooling.

Local home-schooling representatives will also be present.

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A book club for readers who were 7 and 8 years old at the beginning of the school year.

Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.

March 15, April 26, May 10 Conference Room, second floor Book club for readers who were 9 and 10 years old at the beginning of the school year.

Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.: March 22, April 19, May 17 Conference Room, second floor Home School Book Discussions Each month, home-schooled children meet to discuss the very best in children’s books.

Fridays mornings, March 7, April 11, May 9 9:15 a.m., ages 7-9 10:30 a.m., ages 10-12 Study Room, third floor. Registration is required. More information: Courtney Bayne at cbayne@princetonlibrary.org Crafts for Little Bookworms A story or two followed by a related craft for children ages 5 to 8.

Mondays, 6:30 p.m.: March 3, April 7, May 5 Activity Room, third floor. Adult must remain with children 6 and under.

Reading with Emma New and practicing readers read aloud to Emma, a trained therapy dog in individual sessions lasting approximately 20 minutes.

Fridays, 3:30 p.m.

Story Room, third floor. Please register.

NEW! Tiger Team Readers Children in grades K to 4 can nibble on a cookie, enjoy some lemonade, and listen carefully while members of Princeton University men’s and women’s sports teams share their favorite books. Call ahead to learn which team will be represented each month 609-924-9529 ext 240.

Fridays, 3:30 p.m.: March 14, April 18, May 16 Community Room Stamp Club Curious about stamps? Why do stamps exist? How can we collect them? Where can we find stamps to collect? Want to know more? Come join us as we explore the world of stamps! If you already have some stamps, bring them in to show us. If not, we’ll have some to get you started.

Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.: March 22, April 12, May 3 Conference Room, second floor Storytelling Circle Adults and children ages 8 and up are invited to attend meetings of the Princeton Storytelling Circle where storytellers share their newest stories and old favorites.

Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. March 11, April 8, May 13 Story Room, third floor

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Solving the Rubik’s Cube

World Cube Association official Bob Burton will attend this daylong competition and exhibition of solving Rubik’s Cube and other twisty puzzles for all ages. Sam Boyles, above, a local high school student who holds the North American Record for the puzzle Master Magic, organized the event.

Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.

Registration information: www.princetonlibrary.org/teens

teen tech week Sponsored by the Young Adult Section of the American Library Association

Guitar Hero Tournament

Guitar Hero is a popular series of music video games where players use a guitarshaped controller to play rock music on screen.

The tournament will be a competition for multiple players with rock music tracks from the 1960s to the present.

Friday, March 7, 6 p.m.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK 2008 (April 13-19) will be celebrated with the theme, “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.”

For more information and updates on some exciting things going on this week for teens please go to www.princetonlibrary.org/teens

The films and talks during the two-day series will reveal a wide variety of issues relevant to GLBT youth and allies concerning family, identity, HIV/AIDS, history, and race and ethnicity. The series is presented in association with the Princeton High School Gay Straight Alliance, the Corner House GAIA, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network Central New Jersey Chapter, HiTOPS Teen Education Center and Princeton Public Library.

Films to be screened include Saving Face, Philadelphia, Paragraph 175, Transamerica and Freeheld.

Saturday, March 15; Sunday, March 16 A complete schedule of the films and speakers will be available online at www.princetonlibrary.org/teens Paragraph 175

Freeheld

Saving Face Transamerica

For students in middle school and high school.

Contestants of all skill levels can participate.

Build Your Own Computer

Princeton Public Library’s own Bob Keith will show you what it takes to build your own PC. From what a motherboard is to what motherboard to buy, Bob will walk you through all the parts needed to build a computer and where to get them.

Afterward, Bob will actually build a PC in our Community Room.

Saturday, March 8, 2 p.m. Open to all ages.

Philadelphia

Teen Job Fair

The fair is an opportunity for students in grades 10-12 grade students to meet with area employers and to find out about potential opportunities for summer and year-round jobs including apprenticeships, internships, part-time and full-time paid employment.

Wednesday, April 9, 2 p.m.

Interested employers who would like to participate should contact Teen Services Librarian Susan Conlon, 609.924.9529, ext. 247 or sconlon@princetonlibrary.org. Co-sponsored by the library, the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance, Princeton Chamber of Commerce.

Volunteer opportunity

Students for Peace, a nonprofit student group of the Coalition for Peace Action, returns to the library to host its second daylong P.E.A.C.E. (Proactive Education for Activism on Current Events) Conference. The goal is to bring together youth from around the state for a day of workshops, speakers, networking and education.

Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m.

Students must register in advance. Registration information in available at the library and online at www.princetonlibrary.org/teens.

Unless otherwise noted, all programming is in the Community Room, first floor

The library is accepting applications for teen volunteers (entering grade 7 and older) to help out with our annual Summer Reading Clubs. Teens must attend a mandatory orientation session.

Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, May 13, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 28, 7 p.m.

Story Room, third floor. Register in advance by calling 609.924.9529, ext. 241.

Funding for teen programs provided by a grant from the Horizon Foundation, Inc.

Teen Advisory Board

Participants in grade 6 and over meet at the library to advise Teen Services Librarian Susan Conlon about the collection and talk about books, films and music. The sessions provide participants a say in library services and programs. Snacks provided.

New people always welcome.

Saturdays, 11 a.m.

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This series is designed for children ages 5 to 11. Please respect the presenter’s requests for an audience that is that mature. Register beginning March 10.

Piccirrillo Sciencetelling

Join us as we learn about everyday science by telling this tale of animal adventure using smoke rings, disappearing water, flying eggs, and sound effects directly from the “jungle” itself. With help from friends both old and new along the way, see if Doug can make it through the Jungle of Jersey before Rush Hour.

Monday, March 24, 3:30 p.m.

Sharks: Tooth or Consequences

Are sharks really as dangerous as people think? Who is the ocean’s top predator? Educators from the New Jersey State Aquarium will help us separate fact from fiction as we learn about sharks large and small, find out why sharks are such successful hunters, see and touch shark jaws and shark skin.

Each child will take home a 50-million-year-old fossil shark tooth.

Tuesday, March 25, 3:30 p.m.

Snake-n-Scales: Giant Reptiles

This program features a 5-foot-7 American alligator, a 5-foot water monitor lizard and a 17-foot, 100 pound Burmese python and others reptiles who are among the biggest to be seen in any science show in the area.

Read Across America

Celebrate Dr Seuss’ birthday with us as we join other readers across the nation.

There will be great stories, activities and, of course, refreshments as befit a party.

Sunday, March 2, 3:30 p.m.

Story Room and Activity Center, third floor

Learn and be amazed with a combination of humor, awe and compassion for creatures to which most people rarely get this close.

Wednesday, March 26, 3:30 p.m.

Dynamite Dave: The Force is With You

Space Probes to Jupiter and Beyond

Learn fun facts about the planet Jupiter and its moon Europa in a program includes a reading of the story Probie the Space Probe by its author Gregor Chiaramonti.

Thursday, March 27, 3:30 p.m.

Back by popular demand, the series finale features Dave Maiullo, a physics support specialist from Rutgers University, who will set your hair on end, demonstrate rocket propulsion, and generally fire your imagination while explaining the principles of physics.

Friday, March 28, 3:30 p.m.

Drop Everything and Read

To celebrate Beverly Cleary’s birthday we will turn off the computers for an hour, drop all other tasks and read. We’ll provide comfy pillows or chairs in quiet places, or, if you’d rather, you can listen to librarians reading aloud from their favorite books Saturday, April 12, time to be announced

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Monday–Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday–Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

For programs requiring registration, preference is given to library cardholders. Those placed on a waiting list and notified the day of the program.

To register for adult programs, visit the first floor Welcome Desk, call 609.924.9529, ext. 220 or register by e-mail: refstaff@princetonlibrary.org.

For Youth Services programs, visit the third floor Youth Services Desk, call 609.924.9529, ext. 240 or register by e-mail: kids@princetonlibrary.org.

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