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Bodywork, a New Play by Juliette Carbonnier
Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, NJ, United StatesBodywork is a new dark comedy, written and performed by Juliette Carbonnier ’24 and directed by Sabina Jafri ’24, about chronic pain, women’s bodies, and the connection between physical and emotional health. Bodywork follows the story of Maia, a young woman who suffers from inexplicable chronic pain, who becomes a test patient for a radical new surgery that would switch out her current body for a healthy, “pain-free” body. Open to public; free tickets required.
Princeton Triangle Show: Ship Happens, A Cruisical!
Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place, Princeotn, NJ, United StatesJoin us as Triangle sets sail for its 133rd year of original musical comedy with a tale as old as tide. Climb aboard the SS Giznee Fairytale, a cruise with all of the amenities—buffets, shuffleboard, and even magic? While other passengers enjoy their luxurious journey, twins Isla and Lindsay venture below decks, only to be swept away in a current of schemes and whimsy. Not since Ted has a cruise gone so wrong! Come find out more at the swashbuckling, high-kicking, shipshow that is Ship Happens: A Cruisical. Purchased tickets required. Students can use Passport to the Arts for free/discounted tickets.
The Winter’s Tale — A Public Works Musical
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThis original Public Works adaptation of The Winter’s Tale, with music and new lyrics by Todd Almond, was originally conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet based on the play by William Shakespeare. Directed at Princeton by faculty member Shariffa Ali, our musical, set in dystopian Sicilia and utopian Bohemia and inspired by Afrofuturism, centers community participation through a story of love, betrayal and redemption. Featuring Princeton student actors alongside a local community ensemble cast. Tickets required.
Mozart’s Requiem
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United StatesSaturday, November 11 at 8pm and Sunday, November 12 at 4:00pm – The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) performs Mozart’s Requiem with a 21st-century completion by Gregory Spears. Featuring Westminster Symphonic...
The Pudding Butcher, an Exhibition by Sidony O’Neal
Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition of new works by 2022-23 Princeton Hodder Fellow sidony o’neal, whose practice considers histories of interface in cultural and computational environments. Gallery hours: daily 10 AM – 8 PM.
In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCelebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.
Princeton Triangle Show: Ship Happens, A Cruisical!
Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place, Princeotn, NJ, United StatesJoin us as Triangle sets sail for its 133rd year of original musical comedy with a tale as old as tide. Climb aboard the SS Giznee Fairytale, a cruise with all of the amenities—buffets, shuffleboard, and even magic? While other passengers enjoy their luxurious journey, twins Isla and Lindsay venture below decks, only to be swept away in a current of schemes and whimsy. Not since Ted has a cruise gone so wrong! Come find out more at the swashbuckling, high-kicking, shipshow that is Ship Happens: A Cruisical. Purchased tickets required. Students can use Passport to the Arts for free/discounted tickets.
Food Glorious Food
Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesStoryteller Maria LoBiondo presents folk and fairy tales that highlight the joys of growing, cooking and eating food. Nourish your imagination and stir up some memories with savory stories to...
The Winter’s Tale — A Public Works Musical
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThis original Public Works adaptation of The Winter’s Tale, with music and new lyrics by Todd Almond, was originally conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet based on the play by William Shakespeare. Directed at Princeton by faculty member Shariffa Ali, our musical, set in dystopian Sicilia and utopian Bohemia and inspired by Afrofuturism, centers community participation through a story of love, betrayal and redemption. Featuring Princeton student actors alongside a local community ensemble cast. Tickets required.
Thriller Rigoletto Comes to Ewing
1867 Sanctuary at Ewing 101 Scotch Road, EwingNew Jersey Lyric Opera presents Verdi’s Rigoletto, Sunday, November 12 at 3 pm. A thrilling and shocking cautionary tale featuring Verdi’s famous La donna è mobile. The opera is sung...
Singers Welcome: Choral Reading of Mozart Requiem
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, United StatesChoral singers welcome. No auditions. Vocal scores provided. Members of the community gathered together for the common and joyful enterprise of making music, to sing through for their own pleasure...
The Movement-Image
Hagan Studio, 185 Nassau St. 185 Nassau Street, first floor, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition and performance series curated by Lecturer in Visual Arts Colleen Asper that unspools the motion picture to situate performance in a continuum with film, featuring work by Will Rawls, Amy Beecher, Xavier Cha, Leila Weefur, Sahra Motalebi, and Maho Ogawa. Exhibition open 10/16-11/21 weekdays 9 AM – 6 PM.
In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCelebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.
The Pudding Butcher, an Exhibition by Sidony O’Neal
Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition of new works by 2022-23 Princeton Hodder Fellow sidony o’neal, whose practice considers histories of interface in cultural and computational environments. Gallery hours: daily 10 AM – 8 PM.
Preschool Storytime
Hopewell Borough Gazebo Park Greenwood and Seminary, Hopewell, NJ, United StatesCome to the Hopewell Train Station for some assorted stories and songs with storytime reader Sara.
Student Portfolio Review
West Windsor Arts Center 952 Alexander Road , West Windsor, NJ, United StatesOn November 13, we are hosting a portfolio review where students will gain feedback on their work from local, experienced artists. This event is open to students interested in Graphic...
Faculty Panel: Perspectives on Doug Aitken’s Migration (Empire)
Forum, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesJoin Princeton scholars Jeff Whetstone (visual arts), Barbara White (music) and Karl Kusserow (High Meadows Environmental Institute) for an interdisciplinary discussion of the video installation migration (empire) by Doug Aitken, now screening daily on the north lawn of the Lewis Arts complex.
The Movement-Image
Hagan Studio, 185 Nassau St. 185 Nassau Street, first floor, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition and performance series curated by Lecturer in Visual Arts Colleen Asper that unspools the motion picture to situate performance in a continuum with film, featuring work by Will Rawls, Amy Beecher, Xavier Cha, Leila Weefur, Sahra Motalebi, and Maho Ogawa. Exhibition open 10/16-11/21 weekdays 9 AM – 6 PM.
The Movement-Image
Hagan Studio, 185 Nassau St. 185 Nassau Street, first floor, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition and performance series curated by Lecturer in Visual Arts Colleen Asper that unspools the motion picture to situate performance in a continuum with film, featuring work by Will Rawls, Amy Beecher, Xavier Cha, Leila Weefur, Sahra Motalebi, and Maho Ogawa. Exhibition open 10/16-11/21 weekdays 9 AM – 6 PM.
In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCelebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.
The Pudding Butcher, an Exhibition by Sidony O’Neal
Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition of new works by 2022-23 Princeton Hodder Fellow sidony o’neal, whose practice considers histories of interface in cultural and computational environments. Gallery hours: daily 10 AM – 8 PM.
The Movement-Image — Performance by Xavier Cha
Hagan Studio, 185 Nassau St. 185 Nassau Street, first floor, Princeton, NJ, United StatesUntitled (caretaker) is a livestreamed video performance by Xavier Cha where a performer, who wears a GoPro chest harness, can be seen moving alone in a rehearsal space. This work questions our roles as spectators and our familiarity with and access to modes of viewing and witnessing in our highly mediated cultures. Aiming to examine the experience many share of struggling in isolation, Untitled (caretaker) rethinks the performing body’s agency and questions the witnessing of bodies in times of crisis and collapse.
Come Write In!
Mercer County Library – Hopewell Branch 245 Pennington Titusville Road, Pennington, NJ, United StatesIt’s NaNoWriMo — when writers take the month of November to pursue the goal to write a first draft of their novel in 50,000 words in 30 days! If you’re...
Reading by Marlon James & Patricia Smith
Donald G. Drapkin Studio, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesMan Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings and the bestselling Dark Star Trilogy, and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner and Professor of Creative Writing Patricia Smith read from their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series. Tickets required.
Atelier@Large: Conversations on Art-making in a Vexed Era — Andrey Kurkov & Alan Lightman
Richardson Auditorium Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning Ukrainian journalist and international bestselling author Andrey Kurkov and Alan Lightman, an award-winning writer, physicist, social entrepreneur and Princeton alumnus, join Paul Muldoon in conversation to discuss what they face in making art in the modern world. No tickets required.
The Movement-Image: Exhibition
Hagan Studio, 185 Nassau St. 185 Nassau Street, first floor, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition and performance series curated by Lecturer in Visual Arts Colleen Asper that unspools the motion picture to situate performance in a continuum with film, featuring work by Will Rawls, Amy Beecher, Xavier Cha, Leila Weefur, Sahra Motalebi, and Maho Ogawa. Exhibition open 10/16-11/21 weekdays 9 AM – 6 PM.
Morven’s Festival of Trees
Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesMorven’s annual winter exhibition has become a must-see Princeton holiday tradition. Visitors enjoy the museum’s elegant galleries, mantels, and porches artfully decorated for the holidays by local businesses, garden clubs,...
In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison
Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCelebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.
The Pudding Butcher, an Exhibition by Sidony O’Neal
Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complex 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAn exhibition of new works by 2022-23 Princeton Hodder Fellow sidony o’neal, whose practice considers histories of interface in cultural and computational environments. Gallery hours: daily 10 AM – 8 PM.
Fintan O’Toole and Philip Pettit: The State
Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesIn his new book, Philip Pettit examines the nature of the state and its capacity to serve goals like peace and justice within and beyond its borders. Two eminent writers and thinkers — philosopher Pettit and journalist Fintan O’Toole — consider these questions and their answers. No tickets required.