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Princeton University Concerts (PUC) continues its 2011/2012 season with the young piano virtuoso Jonathan Biss making his Princeton debut on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8pm in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. The program will feature works by Beethoven, Janacek and David Ludwig. Scott Burnham will continue his series of pre-concert talks about Beethoven before the performance at 7pm.

 
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The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt, Albert Einstein
Professor in Science and Director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, will present a talk entitled
"Inflationary Cosmology on Trial" on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. The lecture will begin at 8:00pm in Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy
Lane on the Princeton University Campus. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Ample free parking is available
across the street from Peyton Hall.

Independent researcher and oral historian Linda G. Arntzenius discusses her book on Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study. Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study was created as an independent institution devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. Opening its doors to scholars “without regard to race, creed or sex,” it provided a haven for Jewish intellectuals fleeing Nazi Germany including Albert Einstein, who remained on the faculty until his death in 1955.

Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm, featuring composer David Bruce
ENSEMBLE ACJW*
Works by Beethoven, David Bruce, Shostakovich

Pre-Concert Talk given by Professor Scott Burnham at 7pm
ALISA WEILERSTEIN, Cello*
INON BARNATAN, Piano*
Works by Beethoven, Barber, Stravinsky, Chopin

Pre-Concert Talk given by Professor Scott Burnham at 7pm
JONATHAN BISS, Piano*
Works by Beethoven, Janacek, DAVID LUDWIG

The Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture, "RNAi: From Mystery to Mechanism, or how a worm won three Nobels"   is this Thursday, April 28th, at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.  

Gabriel Crouch, conductor   

“Pi Day Princeton proves that Princeton's businesses, academic institutions, non-profits, residents and scholars value creativity, collaboration and community."

That verdict from Mimi Omiecinski, Maestro of this past weekend’s four-day celebration of Albert Einstein’s birthday (March 14), coupled with number Pi (3.14), a coincidence that spawned an endless stream of fun activities dreamed up by Omiecinski and her collaborator, Joy Chen.

Date: Saturday, March 12th, 2011
Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, NJ
Cost: $3.14 (in honor of pi 3.14) includes a free root beer float
Other: A fun activity for the entire family
Info: www.ywcaprinceton.org (609) 497-2100 ext. 0

Eating contests, calculator counters, and plane rides with Einstein impersonators are all wrapped up in one big celebration that aims to become a tradition, dubbed “Geek Freak” Weekend. The four-day event starts Friday and culminates on March 14, the date of Albert Einstein’s birth -- designated as “Pi Day,” based on the mathematical number pi, whose digits mirror the date (3.14).

One of the quirky things about Princeton is that it’s home to world-renowned people and institutions who might pass incognito at home.  Maybe that’s because a big part of this town is the life of ideas, and ideas can be too abstract to picture.

Take the Institute for Advanced Study: not so long ago, a visiting professor who asked local hotel desk clerks if they knew about the Institute was met with blank stares.

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 8:00PM

Megan McPhee ’11, violin

Works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Saraste

Princeton grad Alpert is the author of two science-based thrillers that have more than a little to do with Albert Einstein. Alpert will read from his latest book, “The Omega Theory,” and talk about how he crafted this fast-paced story of fantacism and intrigue.