Annual street fair coming Saturday.
By: Kara Fitzpatrick
From Chinese lion dancing to children’s theater, Saturday’s Communiversity festival in downtown Princeton will feature a wide variety of entertainment options.
Presented by The Arts Council of Princeton and the students of Princeton University, the event begins at noon with an opening ceremony at Stage One, located at Nassau and Witherspoon streets. The opening ceremony will feature the sounds of the Princeton University Marching Band. There will be five venues for live entertainment.
Events that will follow on Stage One are Lisa Botalico Fiesta Flamenca at 12:15 p.m., Ballet Forklorico de Princeton at 12:30 p.m., Princeton Tai Chi at 1 p.m. and Princeton Friends School Dance Club at 1:15 p.m. Also on Stage One will be a Chinese lion dance at 1:45 p.m., an international parade of flags at 2 p.m., The Klez Dispensers at 2:30 p.m., a YWCA dance program at 3:30 p.m. and Eco Del Sur at 4 p.m.
Events on Stage Two, located at Nassau and Chambers streets, will include Bob Norman and "Sandman Sims" Feet First Foundation tap dance jam.
Stage Three, located at Witherspoon and Hulfish streets, will feature Angela Clerico, Princeton Country Dancers and Mwt Shekemet performing African dance and drumming.
Campus happenings will take place on two stages.
The Stanhope Stage will feature the Princeton Paws Dance Team, BodyHype Dance Company, Princeton University Gospel Ensemble, performances by Princetonian Idol Contestants and more.
Performances at the Firestone Library stage, which borders Nassau Street across from Triumph Brewing Company, will include Kamishibai Kidz children who perform original stories demonstrating the Japanese art of Kamishibai Middle-Earth Children’s Theatre in "The Pirates of Buccaneer Isle," and Bollywood Kids and Naacho Dance Workshop.
Communiversity also will feature more than 150 artists, crafters, merchants and nonprofit groups, as well as refreshments and children’s activities and games. Festivities will continue until 5 p.m.
The event is free. For details, call The Arts Council of Princeton at (609) 924-8777 or go to www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

