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Three new paintings by acclaimed artist Mel Leipzig, professor of art and art history at Mercer County Community College, will be unveiled at a special event on Wednesday, March 14.

The college and Leipzig are co-hosting the free event at the Conference Center at Mercer from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to help raise funds for a student art gallery planned at the Trenton campus on North Broad Street. Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity to meet the artist.

West Windsor/Trenton, N.J. - "Lifting as We Climb" is the month-long theme for Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) observance of African American History Month. The varied schedule of events includes presentations by inspiring African American leaders, dance and other entertainment, and an open house that explores the cultures of Africa. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.

Princeton native, Lonni Sue Johnson, whose work appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times, contracted encephalitis in 2007 and suffered severe amnesia as well as a complete loss of artistic productivity. This fascinating show explores the artistic evolution of her work from her pre-professional career through her astounding "recovery art."

Eva Mantell loves teaching art.  “When students aren’t expecting to come up with anything good, and they are engaged and surprised by what they’ve created, it feels great. I find it very energizing.”

Adapted from Homer Hickam’s bestselling memoir “Rocket Boys,” this is the story of how the sight of the Soviet satellite Sputnik flying over his West Virginia home inspired 14-year-old Hickam and his friends to build and launch their own rockets. Despite a series of obstacles, including a disapproving father’s expectation that he, too, would become a coal miner, Hickam perseveres and sets off on a path toward college and a career as a NASA engineer. 1 hour, 48 minutes.

The co-author of a study on PILOT – an acronym for payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes – recommended at a Township Committee meeting Monday that a collaborative approach would be better than “public shaming”, a process she called “highly contentious.” 
 

Womanspace is calling for volunteers to help organize its signature campaign, “Communities of Light”, to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual abuse.  Patricia Hart, Executive Director of the Mercer County nonprofit, says the goal is to “join together with one voice to say domestic violence is wrong.” 

Carlo Ginzburg, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles
Wolfensohn Hall

What is the relationship between the idiom of the observer (historian, anthropologist) and the idiom of the actors, dead or alive? This question, which has been addressed from widely different (and usually unrelated) points of view, will provide an oblique approach to the cognitive, moral, and political implications of the historian’s craft today.

While most rising juniors spend the summers alternately relaxing and worrying about the upcoming school year, Jeong Woo Ha, a student at the Lawrenceville School, chose to spend his summer in Korea, making a documentary about the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).  His film, entitled “The Unexpected Gift” was recently shown in the Princeton Student Film and Video Festival, held at the Princeton Public Library this summer.

Andrea Wulf will focus on the subject of her recent book, Founding Gardeners: the Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation. In a unique retelling of the creation of America, she intertwines the stories of plants, politics, and personalities in the revolutionary era. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison regarded themselves foremost as farmers and plantsmen – gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions embedded as deeply in their characters as their belief in liberty for the emerging nation.

That “Spring Feeling” Coming to Princeton Shopping Center
With Annual Spring Fling Event

Event to Feature
Pet Fashion Show with Adoptable Rescue Dogs

Hallie Flanagan.  Chances are you’ve never heard of her, but she - or rather the Depression-era Federal Theatre Project she created as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal Works Progress Administration - reached millions across the country. 

“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

Newly-appointed Princeton Township Chief of Police Bob Buchanan says his life is not like most of the police dramas on television.  No CSI: Princeton.  “They miss out on the report writing and the behind the scene stuff,” he says.  “And in real life you don’t solve a crime within the hour.”       

PRINCETON, NJ: In an African village, rhythms of the drums infuse all of life – rituals, celebrations, communication, and even healing. In Princeton, drums will help to heal in a different way. They will beat at the Second Annual African Soiree, a benefit for the United Front Against Riverblindness on Saturday, March 12, at the Princeton Theological Seminary’s Mackay Campus Center. Doors open for a silent auction at 5 p.m. and the program – including authentic African food, live music, and dancing to an African DJ – starts at 6 p.m.

Luke Elliot, a New Jersey-born singer/songwriter, writes piano-based pop music with a timeless quality and instrumental surprises. Backed byRyan Stokes (drums and accordion), Richard Russano (electric guitar) and Ben Fleisher (bass), Luke Elliot and his Band re-engineer the songs of their records for their live shows into Jerry Lee Lewis piano-wrecking rave-ups, always ready to throw off even the most seasoned listener.

Friday, MARCH 11 | 8 pm | Solley Theater | $15/$10

Max, 14, did not like middle school.  But he still wants to go to college.

Instead of continuing with 9th grade, Max goes to the Princeton Learning Cooperative (PLC), located in a sun-lit room on the third floor of the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts on Witherspoon Street.  A snapshot of his activities includes Python programming, building robots, and reading English novels.  Once a week, he helps out with organizational work at Snipes Farm and Educational Center.

Shuja Nawaz, Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council of the United States, will present a public talk titled, "Pakistan: In the Eye of The Storm," on Wednesday, November 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. Nawaz's talk is part of the School's "Intractable Conflicts" series.

Burglary & Theft:

Two men were arrested last week and charged with burglary and theft in connection with two break-ins in the Riverside area of Princeton and in South Brunswick earlier this month.  The police report jewelry and electronic equipment were taken from the Riverside homes.  The stolen goods have not been recovered.  Details of the police report, and the rest of last week's police blotter, below:

From the Township Police Desk:

09/02/2010