Category: archives

  • Chit-Chat-Oct. 23, 2003

    Adams family goes through many changes! By: Merle Citron    Six years ago, Dr. Ed Adams, psychologist, painter and sculptor, and his son, Zac, wanted to do something special before Zac entered his freshman year in college.    "We decided we wanted a challenge," Ed explained. "We did the field course offered by the Boulder Outdoor Survival…

  • ‘Wintertime’

    McCarter Theatre lets it all hang out with this Charles Mee comedy. By: Stuart Duncan    If you are planning to attend Wintertime at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, it might be best to suspend disbelief. The show is a wild ride from fantasy to surreal, with stops at irreverence, silliness and immaturity. It is one of…

  • ‘My Life Without Me’

    After learning she has only two months to live, a young woman sets out to make them the best two months. By: Bob Brown    Death can be quite life-affirming. No one shopping at the supermarket is thinking about it. They’re reading the labels on their favorite food. They see all the chemicals listed, but they…

  • Behind the Scenes

    McCarter Theatre is giving theater-goers a chance to tour every nook and cranny of its Berlind Theatre with a Festival of Short Plays Oct. 25 By: Matt Smith TimeOff 25th anniversary event Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski A Festival of Short Plays Oct. 25 will showcase the inner workings of the new Berlind Theatre at…

  • Police Blotter-Oct. 23, 2003

    Lambertville    An erratic driver caught the attention of police Sunday morning when she crossed over the double yellow line on Route 518 multiple times, police said.    Diane K. Zelkovsky, 44, of 1748 Linvale Harbourton Road was stopped beyond Highland Avenue at the city limits at 2:30 a.m. Oct. 19. She was charged with drunken driving.…

  • ‘Auntie Mame’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County is staging a rare revival of this play, which features 54 different characters. By: Stuart Duncan    When Auntie Mame was published in 1955, a surprising number of people believed Mame Dennis was a real person and the author, Patrick Dennis, was her real-life nephew. In fact, the novel was a…

  • Passion’s Colour

    Baritone Daniel Sutin is tackling George Bizet’s wildly famous ‘Carmen’ for the first time, playing the flamboyant bullfighter Escamillo in Boheme Opera’s production Oct. 24 and 26. By: Matt Smith Thomas Roche (left) and Daniel Sutin (right) star in the Boheme Opera production of Carmen, Oct. 24 and 26 at the Patriots Theater at the…

  • ‘Joyful Noise’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell goes behind the music of Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Joyful Noise, on stage at Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell, is essentially a historical play about the making and production of an extraordinary musical work, Handel’s Messiah. But it is as much about the politics of art as its creation.    In 1741,…

  • Solebury residents applaud work by current board

    Three candidates, Sue Kroupa, Ruth Ann Wilson and Marcus Saitschenko, are vying for two seats on the Board of Supervisors. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — The three candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Supervisors say they want to continue the work begun by the current board in the areas of preservation of…