Planet Weekend Picks, Nov. 18-20

 

The lovely Mayan maidens of this year’s Princeton Triangle Club show “Doomsday of our Lives” strut their stuff on stage. Photo credit: Frank Wojciechowski.

Friday, Nov. 18

Princeton’s Triangle Club is back! Sure to have you laughing. Presenting the musical comedy “Doomsday of Our Lives: Hindsight is 2012” at McCarter Theatre, showing both Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets $25, $10 for students.

The Sustainable Jazz Ensemble, Arts Council of Princeton – Performance of all-original jazz compositions at the Arts Council. 8 p.m., tickets $10.

Saturday, Nov. 19

Hospital Site Forum Hosted by Princeton Future- Learn all about plans to develop the downtown hospital site in to apartments at this public forum at the Princeton Public Library. Begins at 9 in the community room.

YWCA Annual Crafters Marketplace – Visit the John Witherspoon School for some great holiday gift finds and support the Y’s scholarship program. The popular annual market features more 130 artists and vendors. Tickets $6, seniors and under 16 $5;  under 6 free. The marketplace is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

Princeton Friends School Artisans Market – The event will showcase a few dozen local vendors offering arts, crafts and food. Begins at noon at the school.

Songs of the Great The Poet Songsters: Dylan, Cohen, Mitchell, Brahinsky and Some Singers You Haven’t Heard Of, with David Brahinsky – A concert of the great poet songsters of our time, includes active meditation and opportunity to sing along if you wish. 8 p.m. at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health.

Sunday, Nov. 20

The Art of Singing by The Dryden Ensemble – Travel through time and space with soprano Julianne Baird as she recreates the spirit of the Baroque, infusing arias with the passion and pyrotechnics of celebrated singers from Handel’s London to Monteverdi’s Italy. Begins at 3 p.m. at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Miller Chapel. Tickets $35.

Occupy Wall Street discussion at the Princeton Community Democratic Organization –  A public forum to discuss the Occupy movement, economic justice and the 2012 presidential election. 7:30 p.m. at the Suzanne Patterson Center.