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Memorial Day Parade: Saturday, May 26, 2012. The parade starts at 10:00, sharp from the corner of Nassau Street and Princeton Avenue. The ceremony will take place at Borough Hall at 11:00.

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The Annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast $8 a person ($10 at the door). The Rotary Club of Princeton will be holding its annual Memorial Day Pancake Festival Fundraiser on the Green at Palmer Square on Saturday, May 26th from 8:00AM to 12:00PM.

The third annual Battle of the Bands sponsored by What’s Up Princeton is scheduled for Friday, June 1, at Princeton Public Library. Planned for 4-8 p.m. on Hinds Plaza, the event is being held on the first Friday that the library’s new 9 p.m. closing time goes into effect.
 
Battle of the Bands is open to middle and high school students and other young adult performers. Registration by May 22 is required and can be completed at bit.ly/PBOTB2012.
 

On Saturday, May 19 from 10am to 2pm the Princeton Human Services Department, in conjunction with the Princeton Township and Princeton Borough Police Departments, The Princeton Recreation Department, and Greater Mercer TMA, will be hosting the second annual Community Bike Rodeo at 400 Witherspoon St.

Maurer Productions Onstage will take audiences back to a time when beautiful music, colorful costumes and screwball comedy were the height of entertainment with the “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this Tony Award-winning show are: Fridays, June 8 and 15 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, June 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, June 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on MCCC's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on June 8.

Not In Our Town (NIOT), an interracial, interfaith social action group, presented Unity Awards on May 6 to two eighth graders at John Witherspoon Middle School (Isaiah Sigler and Sumaiyya Stephens) and four seniors at Princeton High School -- Halima-Rakiya Gikandi, Jemima Nelson, Handy Pierre, and Milosh Popovic.

The YWCA Princeton has announced a memorial celebration for Patti Preston, its long loved Nursery School director/teacher who passed away earlier this year. "Miss Patti" was the school's Director of Early Childhood Education and taught hundreds of local children during her 23 years at the YWCA Princeton. Current and past students, their families, colleagues, and acquaintances are invited to celebrate Patti's life and contributions in a fun-filled celebration.
 

West Windsor, N.J. – Young, creative and imaginative minds will delight in TheatreworksUSA’s brand new children’s musical, “Skippyjon Jones,” coming to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre on May 19, with shows at 2 and 4 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

West Windsor, N.J. – The Mercer Dance Ensemble (MDE), featuring students and community dancers, presents "On the Move!" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Performances will be held Saturday, May 12 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

West Windsor, N.J. – It’s Bobby’s 35th birthday and it’s a complicated affair. Pierrot Productions presents the Tony Award-winning musical “Company” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and show times for this Sondheim classic are Fridays, May 18, 25 and June 1 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, May 19, 26 and June 2 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, May 20, 27 and June 3 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on May 18.

West Windsor, N.J. – West Windsor, N.J. - Take a delightfully mysterious romp through the woods when Kaleidoscope Theatre presents the fairytale musical "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre on May 5, with performances at 2 and 4 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

West Windsor, NJ: The Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey (ABWL) and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association (NJWLA) present “Reimaging Equality, an Evening with Anita Hill” on Wednesday, May 2. The talk takes place at Mercer County Community College’s Conference Center located on the West Windsor campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road.

West Windsor, N.J. - The artistic talents of Mercer County Community College's art students will be showcased in this year's "MCCC Visual Arts Student Exhibition," on display from Tuesday, April 24, through Thursday, May 17.
The exhibit is free and open to the public and takes place at The Gallery at MCCC, located on the second floor of the college's Communications Building on the West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. An Opening Reception is set for Wednesday, April 25, from 5 - 7:30 p.m.

Presented by the Arts Council of Princeton and the students of Princeton University, the event originated as “The Art People’s Party” on the lawn of Nassau Hall in 1970. Later renamed Communiversity to capture the Town-Gown spirit of the event, the popular arts festival has grown to attract more than 40,000 visitors to Princeton, NJ each spring.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will host a public lecture on environmentally friendly practices at Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus on Wednesday, April 25, at noon in the Communications Building, room 109. The talk is part of the college’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

West Windsor, NJ: Mercer County Community College (MCCC) cordially invites the community to two free Spring concerts in May. The college’s Chorus and Jazz Band will perform at Kelsey Theatre, located on the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Admission is free. For more information, contact the Music Department during business hours at (609) 570-3735.

West Windsor, N.J. – Local actors will put on a show of Broadway proportions when Playful Theatre Productions presents “A Chorus Line” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this musical sensation are Fridays, April 27 and May 4 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, April 28 and May 5 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, April 29 and May 6 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on April 27.

The Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center and Congregation Beth Chaim of Princeton Junction will be commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day with a screening of the documentary “Only a Number” on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road East, Princeton Junction.

West Windsor, NJ: Rutgers University Art Professor Judith Brodsky will discuss the contemporary art world at Mercer County Community College on Tuesday, April 17, at noon in the Communications Building, Room 110. The talk, entitled, “My Life in Art,” is the fourth in the college's Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecture Series, and will be held at the college’s West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Professor Brodsky is an artist, printmaker and arts advocate. In her talk, she will draw from her own experience as an artist as well as from her projects as a curator and activist.

West Windsor, NJ – It’s not too early to plan for Fall 2012. Prospective students of all ages are invited to Explore Mercer at an Open House on Wednesday, April 11, 6 p.m. at Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus, Student Center Cafeteria. The event is designed for high school students and parents, as well as adults who are seeking to change or enhance their careers.

West Windsor, N.J. -- Buckle your seat belts for a ride back to 1960s Baltimore when hairdos were high and the music was boppin’. Join Mercer County Community College Theatre students, community actors from the James Tolin Memorial Fund (JTMF), and several other community actors for the unforgettable musical “Hairspray” at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this colorful comedy are Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, April 14 and 21 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, April 15 and 22 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

West Windsor, NJ: Yevgeniy Fiks, professor of visual arts at Mercer County Community College (MCCC), will discuss some of his recent art projects as they relate to Soviet and Post-Soviet history in a talk “Soviet and Post-Soviet Art,”on Thursday, April 5, at noon in the Communications Building, Room 109, at MCCC’s West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The talk is the third in the college's Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecture Series.

This program will address the internal conflicts for a bystander who witnesses bullying or other mistreatment and will give adults and young people the chance to get some practice and advice on handling situations in the community and in schools. Issues such as the role race plays and the result of intervening in such situations are explored. Second in a series on bullying and the community developed by Not in Our Town. Community Room
Co-sponsored by the library, Not in Our Town Princeton, Corner House’s Project GAIA. HiTOPS, and KidsBridge Tolerance Museum.

The Girls Scouts of Princeton marked the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts with a sunny, festive gathering at the Princeton Shopping Center this morning.
 
While more than a hundred girls participated in a mass outdoor Zumba lesson, others manned ten activity centers dotted around the courtyard, focusing on issues ranging from history and the outdoors, to the environment.
 

West Windsor, NJ: Mercer County Community College's Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center will host an upcoming event that is open to the public, “Echoes and Reflections” on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. on the West Windsor Campus.