Tag: Princeton University
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Princeton University Concerts launches ‘Healing with Music’ series
Princeton University Concerts has created a brand-new series that focuses on the way in which humans have been using sound as a way to exist and endure since the start of time. “Healing with Music” is a multi-year project that invites audiences to hear from musicians who will share their relationship to music during illness…
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Hall of Fame Princeton basketball coach Pete Carril’s legacy looms large after passing at 92
When news of the passing of Coach Peter J. Carril – known as the architect of the “Princeton Offense” – spread, fellow coaches and former players took time to remember his impact on and off the basketball court. The loss of Carril was announced by his family on Aug. 15 in an issued statement released…
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Coalition for Peace Action: Commemoration of atomic bombings urges new effort for nuclear disarmament
As the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombings over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki passes, Coalition for Peace Action urges further reductions in nuclear weapons and the implementation of measures to reduce the potential of nuclear war. Inside the Arts Council of Princeton, the grassroots citizens action group based in Princeton held an…
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Council approves Prospect Avenue Historic District centered on Princeton University’s undergraduate eating clubs
The Prospect Avenue Historic District, which is centered on Princeton University’s undergraduate eating clubs, has become Princeton’s 21st local historic district. The Princeton Council adopted an ordinance creating the district, following a public hearing at its July 11 meeting. The new historic district includes 15 undergraduate eating clubs – 11 of which are still used…
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Budding geologists learn about meteorites at the Anne Demarais Nature Center
Rocks really do fall from the sky. They are called meteorites. That’s what Callan and Garrett Holmes learned at the Anne Demarais Nature Center’s “Tuesday Family Fun Night” July 12. The nature center is at the end of Drexel Avenue in Lawrence. Thomas Duffy, a Princeton University geosciences professor, explained the origins of rocks from…
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County appoints Princeton alumna, new director of advancement
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County appoints Lorraine Goodman as the agency’s new director of advancement. Goodman brings a wealth of professional development and marketing experience to Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Mercer County, with nearly 15 years in nonprofit work. Her professional fundraising experience ranges from helping The Red Hot Organization (which…
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McCarter Theatre to produce ‘Bulrusher’ for 2022-23 season
McCarter Theatre Center is set to produce Eisa Davis’ “Bulrusher” on the mainstage of the Roger S. Berlind Theater in Princeton. The production for “Bulrusher” – a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama in 2007 – will be directed by Nicole A. Watson, McCarter’s associate artistic director – and joins the 2022-23 season recently announced from…
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McCarter Theatre’s ‘robust’ 2022-23 season includes Toni Morrison Anniversary Project
McCarter Theatre Center has announced a “robust” line up of theater, music, dance, spoken word and family programming for the 2022-23 season. In September, the season kicks off with the theater production, “The Wolves,” a play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by McCarter’s Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen, about a young women’s competitive high school soccer team.…
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Proposed Prospect Avenue Historic District includes Princeton University’s undergraduate eating clubs
The Princeton Council has introduced an ordinance to create the Prospect Avenue Historic District, which – if approved – would make it the town’s 21st historic district. A second reading and public hearing on the ordinance is set for the council’s July 11 meeting. The meeting, which is on Zoom, starts at 7 p.m. The…
