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Vol 3 Number 2
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February 2009
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With the start of the spring
semester there is excitement...and snow!.... in the
air. With many lectures, performances and exhibits
planned throughout the month, we hope that you will come
visit the Princeton campus in February.
We
especially hope that you will join us on February 13th
in the Pink
Zone when the Princeton Women's
Basketball team takes on Yale. Wear pink and get
into the game free! More details about the game and this
event are below.
Kristin
Appelget
Karen Woodbridge
Princeton
University
Office of Community and Regional
Affairs |
AFRICA!
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 Anne
B. Shepherd Lecture Series: Africa!
Friend Center
101
William & Olden Streets
Tuesdays
at 8 pm
February
thru April
registration
& fee required
The Office of Community and Regional Affairs and
the Princeton Adult School co-sponsor a lecture series
each fall and spring semester highlighting a topic of
current interest. Lectures are held on the Princeton
University campus.
As we move on into the 21st
century, the fabled continent of Africa is one of the
critical areas of the world. Beginning with
pre-history and the genetic research indicating that our
journey as humans began in Africa, and touching on
subjects as diverse as the slave trade, colonialism,
disease, music and literature. Experts will help us
understand this complex and fascinating part of the
world. Join us this spring as we explore the world's
most diverse continent. |
BEAUTY AND BRAVADO
IN JAPANESE
WOODBLOCK PRINTS |
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Beauty and Bravado in
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights From the Gillett
G. Griffin Collection
Milberg Gallery,
Firestone Library
Now thru Sunday, June 7,
2009
free & open
to the public
The Gillett G. Griffin Collection
features works donated by Griffin, curator emeritus of
the University's Graphic Arts Collection. Griffin
retired in 2004 after 52 years at Princeton.
Utagawa
Toyokuni.The actor
Ichikawa Yaozo III as Soga
Goro Tokimune. 1791.
Color woodblock print.Gift of
Gillett G. Griffin
in honor of Dale
Roylance.
[exhibit details &
gallery
hours] |
LECTURES ON
CAMPUS
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All below listed
lectures are
free & open to the
public
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Wednesday,
February 4 at 4:30 pm
Robertson
Hall Bowl 016
speaker:
Christopher Chyba, Professor of Astrophysical
Sciences and International Affairs and Director of the
Program on Science & Global Security at the Woodrow
Wilson School
FitzRandolph
Gates-Princeton
University
"Arms
Control Challenges for the Incoming
Administration"
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February 5 at 8 pm
McCosh
50
speaker:
George Packer Journalist, The New Yorker; author (The
Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq); playwright Betrayed:
A Play)
"The
New Liberalism"
-------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,
February 5 at 4:30 pm
McCosh
10
speaker:
U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of
Staff
"Global
Trends and National Security"Thursday,
February 9 at 4:30 pm
Dodds
Auditorium, Robertson Hall
speaker:
Dan Kelly '03, Founder and Executive Director of the
Global Action Foundation (GAF)
"Global
Health: Sierra Leone's Classroom"
--------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,
February 12 at 4:30 pm
East
Pyne
Speaker:
W. Michael Blumenthal, Director of Berlin's Jewish
Museum
"Germany
and the Jews: From Anti-Semitism to
Philosemitism"
------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,
February 19 at 4:30 pm
Betts
Auditorium, Architecture Building
Speaker:
Prof. Robyn Eckersley, School
of Social and Political Sciences, University of
Melbourne
"Ethics
and Climate Change Lecture Series: The Ethics of Carbon
Trading"
----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, February
24 at 8 pm
McCosh
50
(Part
1 of a three-lecture series on February 24, 25,
26)
speaker:
Orlando Patterson, John
Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard
University
"A
Short History of Freedom: The Origins and
Institutionalization of Freedom"
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SPRING into
DANCE:
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY'S SPRING
DANCE FESTIVAL
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 Berlind Theatre
Friday,
February 20 at 8 pm
Saturday,
February 21, at 2 pm and 8 pm
Sunday,
February 22, 1 pm matinee
ticketed
event (information below)
photo courtsey Lewis Center for the
Arts
Princeton
University's Lewis Center for the Arts Program in
Theater and Dance presents Spring into Dance, the 2009
Spring Dance Festival. This year's concert features
students performing works from the company repertory of
Zvi Gotheiner and Takehiro Ueyama and premieres by
Rebecca Lazier, Cherylyn Lavagnino and Edisa Weeks,
alongside seven dances choreographed by advanced
Princeton University students. For more information on Spring into Dance click
here.
For tickets please call the McCarter Box Office
at 609.258.2787 or University Ticketing at
609.258.9220. |
| WBCA
PINK ZONE |
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 Jadwin
Gym
Friday,
February 13 at 7 pm
(doors
open at 6 pm)
Princeton
Women's Basketball Vs.
Yale
All
fans wearing pink will get in FREE!
Breast Cancer Awareness
Ribbons
We will be honoring breast cancer survivors at
halftime. There will also be giveaways, free pink snacks
and much more. |
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MUSIC ON CAMPUS |
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Wednesday,
February 4 at 12:30 pm
University
Chapel
After
Noon Concert
Ahreum
Han, organist, Institute of Sacred Music Yale University
New Haven, CT
free
& open to the public
------------------------------------------ Friday, February 6 at 8
pm
Taplin
Auditorium, Fine Hall
Darol
Anger and Republic of Strings
Darol
Anger & Brittany Haas '09, fiddles; Scott Nygaard,
guitar; Mike Block, cello
free
& open to the public
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Wednesday,
February 11 at 12:30 pm
University
Chapel
After
Noon Concert
University
Chapel
Brian Harlowe, organist, St. Peter's Episcopal
Church Morristown, NJ
free
& open to the public
------------------------------------------------------------- Monday,
February 16 at 4:30 pm
Terrace
Club, Washington Road
Musicology
Colloquium
free
& open to the public
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February 18 at 12:30 pm
University
Chapel
After Noon
Concert
Victoria
Shields, organist, Washington Street United Methodist
Church Alexandria, VA
free
& open to the public
-------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday,
February 18 at 8 pm
Taplin
Auditorium,
Fine Hall Certificate
Program in Musical Performance Recital
Peter
Ketcham-Colwill, jazz trumpet Works by Thelonious Monk,
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and
others. free
& open to the publicSunday,
February 22 at 3 pm
Richardson Auditorium,
Alexander Hall
Vienna
Classic, Trios by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
Richardson
Chamber Players
ticketed
event (see below for tickets)
For
tickets, please call (609) 258-5000, visit the
Richardson Auditorium website,
or Frist Campus Center Ticket Office [M-F, noon - 6 pm]
---------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, February 25 at 5
pm
Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall
New
Jersey High School Jazz Combo Festival
free & open to the
public
The New Jersey Association for Jazz Education
(NJAJE), in partnership with thePrinceton University Jazz
Program are embarking on a project in support
of promoting jazz small group performance in the
state.
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February 26 at 4:30 pm
Taplin
Auditorium, Fine Hall
Howl
for Narrator and String Quartet
free
& open to the public
Howl for Narrator and String Quartet (written for
the poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg) by Lee Hyla, with
comments by the composer. Performed by the Brentano String
Quartet with a recording of Allen Ginsberg
reading his own poem. |
| SCIENCE-on-SATURDAY |
 Saturdays at 9:30 am
now thru March
14
Gottlieb Auditorium
Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory
Forrestal Campus
free & open
to the public
Science-on-Saturday
classroom
The
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's annual
Science-on-Saturday
program is marking its 25th anniversary this year. This
year it will present a series of eight talks on topics
ranging from microplasmas to contact lens
care.
The program
is geared toward high school students, but all campus
and local community members are invited to attend the
free lectures in the Gottlieb Auditorium on the
Forrestal Campus. [story & program
schedule] |
MYTH &
MODERNITY
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Myth
& Modernity: Ernst Barlach's Images of the
ibNelungen and Faust
University
Art Museum
Saturday,
February 21 thru
Sunday,
June 7, 2009
free
& open to the public
The Princeton University Art Museum will be the
first and only venue in the United States for Myth and
Modernity: Ernst Barlach's Images of the Nibelungen and
Faust, an
exhibition conveying the versatility and narrative power
of the German sculptor, printmaker, and playwright Ernst
Barlach (1870-1938).
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DID YOU KNOW?
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 Princeton
University's Friends of Davis International Center is
looking for volunteers to become tutors and
hosts.
To learn more about the
Friends of Davis International Center or to
volunteer, please select the links
below.Davis International Center
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Princeton University
Office
of Community and Regional Affairs
22 Chambers Street, Suite 101
Princeton, NJ 08542
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