Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar, July 10 – July 18, 2009
SOUTHERN BELLE — Sara-Ashley Bischoff as Amanda in ‘The Glass Menagerie.’ Princeton Summer Theater is staging Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Menagerie’ (1944) Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., in Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater, located on Nassau Street. Based on one of his short stories,…
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Christie focuses on jobs, not policy
Ileana Schirmer of Hamilton After reading about Chris Christie’s new renewable energy initiative and Gov. Corzine’s response, it’s clear that Mr. Christie is focusing on creating jobs while Mr. Corzine only cares about politically correct policy, regardless of how badly New Jersey continues to suffer. Mr. Christie understands that an 8.8 percent unemployment rate…
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PRINCETON: ‘Happy Princeton Town’
Princeton has become part of the whimsical cityscapes and landscapes know as ‘GraphicVisions’ by the artist Paul Chase. The images are found in many shops across the country and depict special places, from small towns to friendly neighborhoods, farms, ranches and the rolling countryside. The artist’s landscape style has developed over the years, offering an…
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar, July 10 – July 18, 2009
APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE! — Melanie Clarke, Executive Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, accepts a Citation of Excellence which was presented to the PSO at the State House Annex by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The Arts Council’s highest and most prestigious award, the Citation of Excellence was awarded to the PSO for…
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Businesses thanked for role in PHCS event
Pam Hersh of Princeton HealthCare System During the past several weeks, Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) has celebrated and said ‘thank you’ to the community’s health care providers — physicians, nurses, and members of the region’s emergency medical squads — for their remarkable commitment and talents. Now, PHCS would like to say thank you to…
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Landmines continue to kill worldwide
Isabel R. Farfan of West Windsor Is it fair that you can die by crossing a field because you stepped on a landmine? My name is Isabel Farfán and I am a student of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. In my opinion I don’t think the global problem of landmines is well addressed to…
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PLAINSBORO: ‘Mother Earth Speaks’ on Thursday, July 9
Discussing Richard Louv’s ‘Last Child in the Woods’ As part of Plainsboro Public Library’s “Mother Earth Speaks” Discovery Summer, a distinguished panel of experts will gather at 7 p.m. Thursday in the library’s Community Room for a public discussion of Richard Louv’s trend-setting book, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature…
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PRINCETON: Spotlight: ‘Hunger Pains’ in Central Jersey
The Historical Society of Princeton will present its upcoming changing exhibition, “Hunger Pains: Feeding People in Central New Jersey, from July 21 through Aug. 16 in Bainbridge House, at 158 Nassau St. This “compelling interactive exhibition” will be a unique collaboration with three emergency food providers: Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, Crisis Ministry…
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PRINCETON: Harmonic convergence: ‘Visionary’ to offer therapy through ‘The Song of the Singing Crystal Bowls’
By Susan Van Dongen Special Writer What key is the universe in? Musician, healer and visionary Jay Schwed has read that Albert Einstein felt the key of the universe was G- flat, which ties in well with a collection of crystal bowls Mr. Schwed has accumulated, the most delightful of which plays the…
