A special section to save for a season of theater, music, film, dance, art, opera, festivals, family fare and more.
SEPT. 15-21
STAGE
Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, Honk, through Sept.
17 , $16, $12 seniors, $10 students/children;
www.kelseytheatre.netMcCarter Theatre, 91 University
Place, Princeton, The Birthday Party, through Oct.
15 , Tue.-Thu. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3, 8 p.m., Sun. 2, 7:30,
$28-$48.;
www.mccarter.orgVillagers Theatre, 415 DeMott Lane,
Somerset, Dial M For Murder, through Sept.
24 , Fri.-Sat.
8 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m., $16;
www.villagerstheatre.comMUSIC
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Wenonah Brooks, Sept.
15, $8, dinner available before concert;
www.groundsforsculpture.orgMcCarter Theatre, 91 University
Place, Princeton, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Sept.
16, 7:30 p.m., $35-$45; Lyle
Lovett, Sept. 17-18, 7 p.m., $55-$70;
www.mccarter.orgUnitarian Universalist Church, 268
Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, Steve Forbert and Kate Gaffney, Sept.
16, 8 p.m., $20, $18 adv.;
www.crossingconcerts.com,
(609) 406-1424.
ART
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts
Council of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Explorations:
ceramics and paintings of Susan Strassberg and Paul Mordetsky, through
Oct. 14www.artscouncilofprinceton.orgGrounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, The State of Stone Sculpture in the Digital Age, artist
panel discussion, Sept. 17, 4 p.m.,
$10;
www.digitalstoneproject.orgMariboe Gallery, Peddie School,
South Main Street, Hightstown, Kym Kulp: wet plate collodion printwork,
Sept. 15-Oct. 6, reception, Sept. 15, 6:30-8
p.m.; hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;
www.peddie.org/cappsPebble Hill Church, 320 Edison-Furlong
Road, Doylestown, Pa., fifth annual Peace Gallery group show with the theme
of peace, through Sept. 23,
hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-noon, Sun. 12:30-2 p.m.;
www.pebblehillchurch.orgPrinceton University Art Museum,
Princeton, Fin de Siecle and Modernist Art: Prints, Drawings and Photographs, through
Jan. 14www.princetonartmuseum.orgQuark Park, Paul Robeson
Place (between Chambers and Witherspoon streets), Princeton, featuring collaborations
between scientists and artists in the form of art installations, readings, stage
performances and other public events, through fall, free;
www.quarkpark.org.
Rider University Art Gallery, Bart
Luedeke Center, Rider University, Lawrence Road, Lawrence, Alison Weld: Figuration
Impulse in Abstraction, Sept. 21-Oct. 20,
reception, Sept. 21, 5-7 p.m., artist’s
talk, Sept. 28, 7 p.m.; hours: Tue.-Thu.
11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m.;
(609) 895-5588.
FAMILY FARE
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Tots on Tour story, tour and craft, ages 3-5 years, Sept.
16, free with admission; Tween Artist Workshop: recycle sculpture, Sept.
16, ages 10-12 12:45-2:15 p.m., ages 13 and up 2:45-4:15 p.m., $10;
(609) 586-0616.
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
St., Princeton, Children’s Book Festival, Sept.
16, noon-4 p.m., rain or shine;
(609) 924-9529.
MISCELLANY
Barnes & Noble, MarketFair,
Route 1 South, West Windsor, literary fiction book discussion, Sept.
18, 8 p.m.;
(609) 897-9250.
JazzFeast, Palmer Square, Princeton, Sept.
16, noon-5 p.m., rain or shine, free.
Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland
streets, Doylestown, Pa., Sensational Stuff Sale: museum shop’s semi-annual
sale, Sept. 18-23, 10 a.m.-4:30
p.m.;
(215) 345-0210.
New Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: An Inconvenient Truth, Sept.
15-17, 7 p.m.; Ruth Adams Hall: Dreams That Money Can Buy, Sept.
21, 7:30 p.m.; $7, $5 students/seniors, $4; Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.comPrinceton Center for Yoga & Health,
Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Montgomery, Introduce
a Friend to Yoga, Sept. 17,
1:30-3:30 p.m., $15 for two; An Afternoon Speaking with Spirit: medium Trish
Woods, Sept. 17 , 4-6 p.m., $15;
(609) 924-7294.
Triumph Brewing Co., 400 Union Square,
New Hope, Pa., Gambrinus Oktoberfest beer dinner, Sept.
19, $65;
(215) 862-8300.
SEPT. 22-28
STAGE
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts
Council of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Café Improv, Sept.
23 , 9 p.m., $1 admission, televised on Chanel 30, sign-up to perform
on
www.cafeimprov.comwww.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
Swig Arts
Center, Peddie School, South Main Street, Hightstown, staged reading
of The Chronicles of Mary by playwright Tad Troilo, Sept.
27 , 7:30 p.m.,
www.peddie.org/cappsMUSIC
Greater
Princeton Youth Orchestra, performance at the Italian Festival in
Mercer County Park featuring soloist Ronald Naldi of the New York Metropolitan
Opera, Sept. 24 , 4:30-6 p.m.,
free;
www.gpyo.org.
ART
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts Council
of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Artist Potluck, Sept.
28 , 6 p.m., free;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.orgPrinceton University Art Museum,
Princeton, Japanese Views of East and West: Imprinting on Other in Meiji Eyes, Sept.
23-Jan. 7www.princetonartmuseum.orgMISCELLANY
Barnes & Noble, MarketFair,
Route 1 South, West Windsor, book signing: Weird New Jersey authors Mark Moran
and Mark Sceurman, Sept. 28 ,
7 p.m., line will form in mall at 6 p.m.;
(609) 897-9250.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Epicurean Palette, Sept.
24 , $99, $89 members;
www.ratsrestaurant.org.
Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland
streets, Doylestown, Pa., Rags or Riches? textile appraisal day, Sept.
23 , 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $15 per person or couple for up to three items;
(215) 345-0210, ext. 126.
New Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: Streets of Crocodiles and Institute
Benjamenta, Sept. 22-24 , 7
p.m.; Ruth Adams Hall: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Sept.
28 , 7:30 p.m.; $7, $5 students/seniors, $4 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.comSEPT. 29-OCT. 5
STAGE
Passage Theatre, Mill Hill Playhouse,
Front and Montgomery streets, Trenton, Second Line, Oct. 5-29, Thu.-Sat.
8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m., $25;
www.passagetheatre.orgMUSIC
Ellarslie, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, Eric
Mintel Quartet, Sept. 29 , 7
p.m., $15, $10 members;
www.ellarslie.orgUnitarian Universalist Church, 268
Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow
Players, Deirdre Flint, Sept. 30 ,
8 p.m., $20, $18 adv.;
www.crossingconcerts.comMount-Burke Theater, Peddie School,
South Main Street, Hightstown, Imani Winds, Sept.
30 , 8 p.m., $20;
www.peddie.org/cappsFAMILY FARE
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts Council
of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Drums the Word: performance
and workshopSept. 30 , 10-11:30
a.m., $5, members free, reg. req.;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
MISCELLANY
Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland
streets, Doylestown, Pa., Girl Scout Try-It – Prints and Graphics, Sept.
30 , 1-3 p.m., $10 includes admission, workshops and activities;
(215) 345-0210, ext. 123.
New Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Sept.
29-30 , 7 p.m.; Ruth Adams Hall: 49 Up, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.; $7, $5 students/seniors,
$4 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.comPrinceton Center for Yoga & Health,
Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Montgomery, 10th
Anniversary Celebration, Sept. 30 ,
3 p.m., fire ceremony 5:30 p.m., kirtan 8:15 p.m.;
(609) 924-7294.
OCT. 6-12
STAGE
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, The Outlet Dance Project, Oct.
8 , 2 p.m., $12;
www.groundsforsculpture.orgMcCarter Theatre, 91 University
Place, Princeton, Translations, Oct.
8-29 , Tue.-Thu. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3, 8 p.m., Sun. 2, 7:30,
$28-$48; www.mccarter.org
(609) 258-2787.
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial,
West Lafayette and Barrack streets, Trenton, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, Oct.
12 , 8 p.m., $27.50-$60;
(609) 984-8400.
MUSIC
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health,
Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Montgomery, David
Brahinsky and Friends, Oct. 7 ,
8 p.m., $15;
(609) 924-7294.
Steinway Society, Recital Hall,
Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, Ena Bronstein Barton, Phyllis
Alpert Lehrer, Oct. 8 , 3 p.m.,
$15, $8 students;
(609) 434-0222.
Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School,
South Main Street, Hightstown, pianist Anthony Molinaro and jazz harmonica
player Howard Levy, Oct. 6 ,
8 p.m., $15;
www.peddie.org/cappsART
Fonthill Museum, East Corner Street
and Route 313, Doylestown, Pa., Columbus Day Tours: visit rooms not part
of the regular tour, explore the New World theme, Oct.
8 , 1:30 p.m., Oct. 9, 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., $9, $8 seniors, $4 under
18;
(215) 348-9461, ext. 10.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, lecture by artist-in-residence Steven Siegel, Oct.
6 , 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture; solo exhibition: Manuel Neri,
Oct. 8-April 29; hours: Tue.-Sun. 11:30 a.m-6 p.m.;
www.groundsforsculpture.orgFAMILY FARE
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts Council
of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Holiday card making workshop ($22/20
cards), Oct. 7 , noon-2 p.m., $3,
$2 members;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.orgMISCELLANY
Mercer Museum,
Pine and Ashland streets, Doylestown, Pa., 29th annual Savory Sampler black-tie
food and wine tasting benefit, Oct. 6 ,
7:30-11:30 p.m., $150, $110 members; preview champagne reception prior to the
dinner, $50;
(215) 345-0210, ext. 132.
New Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: 49 Up, Oct.
6-8 , 7 p.m.; Ruth Adams Hall: Performance, Oct.
12 , 7:30 p.m.; $7, $5 seniors/students, $4 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.comOCT. 13-19
STAGE
Stuart
County Day School, 1200
Stuart Road, Princeton, Westminster Music Theater: The Baker’s Wife, Oct.
13-15 , 8 p.m., $15, $10 seniors/students;
(609) 921-2663.
MUSIC
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Marshall Crenshaw, Oct.
14 , 7:30 p.m., $23, $20 members;
(609) 586-0616, ext. 20.
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial,
West Lafayette and Barrack streets, Trenton, John Sebastian, Oct.
19 , 7 p.m., $45;
(609) 984-8400.
ART
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts Council
of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Latin American Folk Art Exhibition, Oct.
19-Dec. 22 , reception, Nov. 2 ,
5-8 p.m.; hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.orgPrinceton University
Art Museum, Princeton, Pietro da Cortona’s Saint Martina
Refuses to Adore the Idols: A Painting in Context; Front and Center: Figure Drawings
by Pietro da Cortona and his contemporaries, Oct.
14-Jan. 21www.princetonartmuseum.orgFAMILY FARE
Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial, West
Lafayette and Barrack streets, Trenton, Scooby Doo in StageFright!, Oct.
14 , 4, 7 p.m., Oct. 15 ,
11 a.m., 2 p.m., $16.50-$28.50;
(609) 984-8400.
MISCELLANY
Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, Route 1 South, West Windsor, literary fiction book discussion, Oct.
16 , 8 p.m.;
(609) 897-9250.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Photography workshop: five sessions, Thursdays, Oct.
19-Nov. 16 , 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $70, $65 members;
www.groundsforsculpture.orgNew Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: Lunacy, Oct.
13-15 , 7 p.m.; Ruth Adams Hall: Girl on a Motorcycle, Oct.
19 , 7:30 p.m.; $7, $5 students/seniors, $4 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.comNew Jersey Opera Theater, Celebrate
Opera gala to benefit NJOT, Hyatt Regency Princeton, 6 p.m., $200-$500;
www.njot.orgPrinceton Center for Yoga & Health,
Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Montgomery, Reiki
Attunement w/ Nika Hionis, Oct. 14 ,
2:30-5:30 p.m., $115;
(609) 924-7294.
Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, Phantom
of the Opera, silent movie with organ accompaniment, Oct.
13 , 9 p.m., $10, $2 students;
(609) 258-3654.
Taste
of Lawrenceville, Abbott
Dining Room, Lawrenceville School, Lawrence, local chefs prepare food, entertainment
and silent auction to benefit Lawrenceville Main Street, Oct.
15 , 5-8 p.m.;
www.lawrencvillemainstreet.com.
OCT. 20-26
MUSIC
McCarter
Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Vijay Iyer
Quartet, Oct.
20, 7:30 p.m., $42;
www.mccarter.org
(609) 258-2787.
Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial, West
Lafayette and Barrack streets, Trenton, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Broadway
Showstoppers to benefit concert for St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital, Oct.
21, 8 p.m., $30-$75,
champagne reception $150-$200;
(609) 896-9500, ext. 221;
Bob Ralston plays pop favorites on the historic Moller organ, Oct.
22, 2 p.m., $19;
(609) 984-8400.
Princeton
Symphony Orchestra,
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, Symphonic Masters:
Vladimir Ovchinnikov, piano, Oct.
22, 4 p.m., lecture
3 p.m., $15-$60;
www.princetonsymphony.org
(609) 497-0020.
Westminster
Symphonic Choir,
St. Paul’s Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton, Beginnings and Endings, Oct.
20, 8 p.m., $15,
$10 seniors/students;
(609) 921-2663.
ART
Fonthill, East
Corner Street and Route 312, Doylestown, Pa., New York City bus trip, Oct.
25, 7:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. from museum, $65, $60 BCHS members,
(215) 345-0210, ext. 115.
Mariboe
Gallery, Peddie
School, South Main Street, Hightstown, paintings by Frank Rivera, Oct.
20-Nov. 3, reception, Oct.
20, 6:30-8 p.m.;
hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;
www.peddie.org/capps
(609) 490-7550.
FAMILY
FARE
Grounds
For Sculpture,
18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, Tots on Tour story, tour and craft, Oct.
21, free w/ admission;
www.groundsforsculpture.org
(609) 586-0616.
MISCELLANY
New Jersey
Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: Suzan Pitt animation retrospective:
Moustache and Emmanuel Carriere, Oct.
20-22, 7 p.m.;
$10, $9 seniors/students, $8 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC;
www.njfilmfest.com
(732) 932-8482.
OCT. 27-NOV. 2
STAGE
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts
Council of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Café Improv, Oct.
28 , 9 p.m., $1, televised on Channel 30, sign-up to perform at
www.cafeimprov.com
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
McCarter Theatre, 91
University Place, Princeton, Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Co., Nov.
1 , 8 p.m., $37-$50;
www.mccarter.org
(609) 258-2787.
MUSIC
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 44
Bridge St., Lambertville, Riverside Symphonia Music from the Heart w/ Lara
St. John, violin, Oct. 27-28 , 8 p.m.,
$35;
www.riversidesymphonia.org
(609) 397-7300.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, Guild of Early Music Festival, Oct.
28 , 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free w/ admission;
www.groundsforsculpture.org
(609) 586-0616.
McCarter Theatre, 91
University Place, Princeton, Brahms Bonanza: Gidon Kremer, violin; Krystian
Zimerman, piano, Oct. 30 , 8 p.m., $45-$55; Richard
Thompson, Nov. 2 , 8 p.m., $32-$42;
www.mccarter.org
(609) 258-2787.
Ellarslie, Cadwalader
Park, Trenton, Doris Spears: The Duchess of Jazz and Juke Joints, Oct.
27 , 7 p.m., $15, $10 members, res. req.;
www.ellarslie.org
(609) 989-1191.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 268
Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, Eliza Gilkyson, Oct.
28 , 8 p.m., $20, $18 adv.;
www.crossingconcerts.com
(609) 406-1424.
ART
conTEMPORARY Arts Center, Arts
Council of Princeton, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Reading Room exhibit:
Princeton Kiosk Photography of Walter Frank, Nov.
1-Dec. 22
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
(609) 924-8777, ext. 105.
FAMILY FARE
El Dia de los Muertos, Princeton
Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, celebrate the Day of the
Dead, Nov. 2 , 5-7 p.m., free;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
(609) 924-8777.
Gargoyle and Ghost Tour, walking
tour of the university’s gargoyles, workbook of images and facts, clay workshop
to follow, meet at Princeton University Art Museum, Oct.
28 , 2-4 p.m., $7, $6 members;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
(609) 924-8777, ext. 106.
Halloween Parade, downtown Princeton,
costumed paraders meet at Witherspoon Plaza and follow the Princeton University
Band to Palmer Square, festivities continue with games and treats on the Green, Oct.
30 , 5:15 p.m.;
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
MISCELLANY
Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton
Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Dining by Design: guests
enjoy intimate gourmet dinner party and presentation by an artist or scientist
consistent with the Council’s theme, Oct. 28 ,
pre-dinner party 6-8 p.m. at Icahn Genomic Building, Princeton University; www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
(609) 924-8777, ext. 102.
Doylestown School of Music and the Arts, 263
N. Main St., Doylestown, Pa., seminar: Beatles Music for Guitar, Oct.
29 , 1 p.m., $35;
www.dsma.org
(215) 340-0644.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, Masquerade Ball at Rat’s, Oct.
27 , dinner 7-10 p.m., dancing 9-midnight, $200 gift card for best
costume, $99;
www.ratsrestaurant.org
(609) 586-7800;
Poetry in the Park: Women Who Write, Oct.
29 , 1-3 p.m., free w/ admission;
www.groundsforsculpture.org
(609) 586-0616.
New Jersey Film Festival, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, Scott Hall: Halloween 3D Creature Double Feature:
Creature from the Black Lagoon and Revenge of the Creature, plus costume and
trivia contest, Oct. 27-29 , 7 p.m.;
$10, $9 students/seniors, $8 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC; Ruth Adams Hall: Four
Figures, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.;
$7, $5, $4;
www.njfilmfest.com
(732) 932-8482.
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Montgomery
Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Montgomery, World Religions:
The Basics workshop w/ Amy Glenn, Oct. 28 ,
2-5 p.m., $45; Polarity Reflexology and Aromatherapy w/ Clio Elizabeth Perez, Oct.
29 , 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $85;
(609) 924-7294.
Listings
compiled by Sara Carpenter