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Changing Gears Midlife, page 6; Klezmer Meets Canada, 13;
PSO’s New Conductor, 19; RWJ Foundation Buyouts, 40.
24 Hours of Art, Food & Music:
Trenton’s Artworks holds its annual
Art All Night event on June 20.
Story, page 24. Photo: Frank Jacobs
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Opportunities
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PRST STD
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cent. Anyone who buys now is a
fool.”
Then came some more comtions — our mailbox is full this mentary on our June 3 cover story
on the “uncommon” FM radio staweek.
First a comment from an anony- tion, WWFM, the classical station
mous online reader regarding our that broadcasts from Mercer CounJune 10 cover story on the residen- ty Community College at 89.1 FM
and over the Internet at www.tial real estate market:
“The realtor quoted at the end of wwfm.org. Some people wonthe article is incorrect. The tax dered how the June 7 benefit concredit for unmarried couples is di- cert worked out. General manager
vided between the two or claimed Peter Fretwell called the concert “a
by one. If an unmarried couple pur- remarkable musical event and a
chases the same residence jointly, worthwhile fundraising event,”
adding that in addithey cannot each
tion to the money
claim an $8,000 credraised by admissions,
it.
The
website
Between
the station has “rewww.irs.gov
will
The
ceived several grateconfirm this.
ful donations from
“It is imperative
Lines
supporters who listhat realtors read up
on this credit and give first time tened during the live broadcast.”
The event, however, did not setbuyers the correct information. I
purchased my first home this year tle WWFM’s problems. “While the
and was also given incorrect infor- concert marginally reduced our
mation about the credit from a $100,000 deficit for the year,”
mortgage broker. Read the stipula- Fretwell said, “we are already
tions of the credit on the IRS web- planning a fall concert.”
The June 3 article also included
site. This could possibly save you a
future headache when the IRS re- some speculation about the future
jects your return. And realtors — of classical music on the radio, and
get the facts straight for your in the course of doing so provided
clients, we as first time buyers dean erroneous assessment of the fipend on you to give us accurate in- nancial circumstances of WQXRFM, the classical station owned by
formation.”
Another online reader offered a the New York Times. Citing an artimore pessimistic view of the cle that appeared in the New York
curent market: “With interest rates Post in April, U.S. 1 stated that
going up to 8 percent soon, prices WQXR’s revenue had dropped $34
have to drop another 20 to 25 per- million last year and that the station
had mounting debts. In fact the Post
article referred to the parent Times
Company and reported that its
“cash stash” was “down to $34 milU.S. 1 WELCOMES letlion after debts are weighed in.”
ters to the editor, corrections,
From that financial information
second thoughts, and critiand from speculation by a media
cisms of our stories and
analyst, Allan Sniffen of the New
columns. E-mail your
York Radio Message Board, the
thoughts directly to our editor: rein@princetoninfo.com.
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Continued on page 4
INSIDE
Interchange
5
Howard Moses Reflects On Father’s Day
5
Survival Guide
6
Changing Gears In Mid-Career
Setting Yourself Apart In an Employer’s Market
Entity of Choice: The Rise of the LLC
There Is No Downsizing In Healthcare
TESC Offers Programs for Service Members
Business Meetings
Preview
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7
9
10
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Day by Day, June 17 to 27
11
Standing Just to the Left of Klezmer
13
Jamie Saxon: The Egg Baby Project
17
PSO Names New Conductor
19
Theater Review: ‘Soup du Jour’
23
Where to Go If You Can’t Sleep on Saturday, June 20
24
Opportunities
27
Can Four Pastors & a Leasing Agent Bring Down the House? 31
At the Movies
32
U.S. 1 Singles Exchange
33
Princeton’s Most Enduring Summer Series
34
Fast Lane
Classifieds
44
Richard K. Rein
Jobs
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Company Index
A & E Construction, 41; AutoNation, 35; Baker Chrysler, 35;
Bel Air Partners, 35; Blue Star
Jets, 5; Buttaci & Leardi, 40; Capital Health System, 39; CDC, 39.
Chrysler, 35; Coleman Automotive, 35; Dick Greenfield Dodge,
35; Martin Shenkman CPA, 9;
Nancy Becker Associates, 40;
New Jersey Hospital Association,
39; Novartis, 40; OI PartnersGateway International, 7; Penske
Automotive Group, 35.
PHS Senior Living, 10; Porzio
Governmental Affairs, 40; Princeton BMW, 35; Red Wolf Design,
41; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 40; Russell Roofing, 40;
Thomas Edison State College, 43;
University Medical Center at
Princeton, 39.
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More on Mom’s Estate
Dear Scott Morgan:
ferred from your mom’s name to
yours.
Don’t get me wrong, there are
plenty of attorneys hawking living
just finished reading your fea- trusts. Suze Orman, even, as you
ture column from the June 10 issue state. Ethical lawyers, however,
of U.S. 1. You have my sympathies never use the threat of probate as
on your loss — as an estate planner the primary reason to establish a
and estate administration attorney, living trust. Or at least, they
my practice is filled with helping shouldn’t given the fact that there is
families plan for and get through an ethics opinion that speaks dithis transition and I know how dif- rectly against that practice.
The point is that avoidance of
ficult it can be.
Notwithstanding the personal probate is only one “advantage” of
nature of what you shared in your a living trust. There are many other
article, I feel compelled to write in benefits, but I’ll spare you the list
response to one statement you because I don’t want you to think
that I’m here
made that could
hawking myself.
be very misleadJust to be totally
The obstacles you
ing to readers.
clear, I don’t
You suggested
faced after going
think
living
that readers igthrough probate
trusts are right in
nore advice to esevery situation would have been
tablish
living
it depends on the
trusts, as they are
made much easier
clients and their
neither needed
by a living trust.
specific circumnor helpful in
stances, goals,
New Jersey beand challenges.
cause of the easy probate process.
While we agree that avoidance
That’s a dangerous statement to
make because it presupposes that of probate for logistical reasons is
the only reason to establish a living not a good rationale by itself to estrust is for the avoidance of pro- tablish a living trust, it’s also not
the only litmus test to whether one
bate.
It was also an amusing statement is advisable. Readers should evaluto my eyes because of what fol- ate the particulars of their specific
lowed. I hope you’ll permit me to situations with a competent attormake a little light of the situation as ney before deciding what the best
I point out that you spent some part estate plan is for them and how it
of the rest of the column talking should be structured.
It is my hope that you’ll print a
about all of the additional obstacles
you faced after going through pro- clarification in an upcoming issue,
bate; obstacles that would have so people aren’t mislead.
been made much easier by the exisVictor J. Medina
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Between the Lines
Continued from page 2
Post suggested that WQXR could
be among the Times Company assets that are on the selling block
and that one possible buyer of
WQXR could be ESPN, which
would then turn the station into a
sports talk station.
A representative of WQXR,
speaking off the record since the
Times Company neither comments
officially on such matters nor releases separate financial reports of
its divisions, noted that the Post
speculation was just that and that it
was based on other speculation cited by the lone media analyst. who
himself was commenting on “rumors.” As the WQXR staffer noted, “that’s three generations of rumors from unknown sources — rumors that, by the time they get to
your readers, have taken on the aura of fact.”
The WQXR representative demanded a correction and an apology from U.S. 1. The correction has
been made in the three paragraphs
above. The apology, which might
not be quite what the WQXR representative had in mind, appears in
Richard K. Rein’s column on page
47 of this issue.
Summer Fiction
FIRST THE GOOD
NEWS: We have extended
the deadline for submissions
of short stories and poems to
Thursday, June 25.The bad
news? We must discourage
school children from submitting work. This issue, kids, is
for the adults.
See our ad, page 30, for
details.
WWFM’s Fretwell has also
heard the rumors, and was quoted
in U.S. 1 saying that if WQXR’s
classical audience were left hanging by some corporate divestiture,
then WWFM would make an effort
to reach that audience. But, one
U.S. 1 reader asked, how would
WWFM achieve that — through
translator signals? Internet broadcasts?
“I’d prefer not to get into any
plans for New York,” Fretwell said
last week. But, he added, “I’d appreciate you affirming my respect
for WQXR and emphasize my belief that if WQXR is not going to
change format, that’s good news
for classical music and classical
broadcasting. There are too few
full-time classical stations of either
the commercial or public breeds
left for us to get into a shoving
match.”
Finally (for now at least) on this
radio subject, we heard another argument for the importance of the
role played by Princeton University’s student-run FM station,
WPRB (103.3 on your dial and
www.wprb.com on the Internet).
Teri Towe, a 1970 alumnus of
the university who takes a break
from his day job in New York every
Thursday morning to present a program of classical music on WPRB,
concurs with last week’s letter
writer regarding the contributions
of the station: “It is indeed a unique
resource,” Towe writes. “Speaking
for myself, I only would add that
the kind of classical radio that I
present, and which, thanks to the
Internet stream, has an international following, is impossible nowadays except at a station like
WPRB.” We will share the complete letter from Towe in our next
edition.
We promise to stay tuned — to
which frequency we will not say.
To the Editor:
Six Steps For Better
Health Care
I
t seems the nation’s broken
health care system has finally
reached the top of the domestic
agenda and our lawmakers need to
tackle the problem in earnest.
The mounting problems in
health care breed cynicism, stress,
and even despair. Groups like
AARP are fighting to make the system work for everyone. They believe Congress should take these
six steps to guarantee that all
Americans have quality health care
plans they can afford:
Guarantee affordable coverage
for Americans ages 50-64, close
the Medicare Part D “doughnut
hole,” create access to generic versions of costly biologic drugs, prevent costly hospital re-admissions
by creating a Medicare follow-up
care benefit to help people transition home after a hospital stay, increase federal funding and eligibility for home and community-based
services through Medicaid, and
improve programs that help lowincome Americans in Medicare afford the health care and prescription drugs they need.
Our health care system costs too
much, wastes too much, makes too
many mistakes and gives us back
too little value for our money. Preventable re-admissions alone cost
Medicare billions. The need for
fair, bipartisan measures to repair
the system has never been so urgent.
Jane Magnus
Lawrence Township
Magnus is a retired teacher living with her daughter in Lawrenceville. Her letter was forwarded by
AARP NJ, 101 Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village (www.aarp.org).
JUNE 17, 2009
INSIGHTS & ARGUMENTS
U.S. 1
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ESSAYS & SOLILOQUIES
INTERCHANGE
A
Father’s Pride: Left
to right, Barb, Erica,
Jaclyn, Howard, and
Stephanie Moses.
by Howard Moses
s Father’s Day nears
this year, I’ve chosen to reflect on
myself as a father; how I continue
to learn to be a dad to three teenage
daughters, and how they have
helped me to grow as a person. I
have many jobs, but this is my most
cherished.
I grew up in the late 1960s, a
time when being a dad could not
have been simpler. My father
would leave for work while we
slept, come home at 5:45 p.m., dinner on the table prepared by mom
at 6, newspaper, two TV shows, a
bath, sleep, and back to work. His
parenting consisted of “You did
what?” “You need what?” or “I
know you’re leaving for college,
but is there anything you need to
know about girls?”
Yes dad, I needed to learn how to
love them, talk to them, respect
them, and raise them.
Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s
meant that everything I thought I
knew about women would need to
be relearned later in life. I grew up
thinking a woman’s job was only to
have children and to be a parent,
but I needed to learn to be comfortable that women colleagues might
actually surpass me in the workplace, and rightfully so.
I grew up as an athlete, but later
struggled as the female spin instructors at my gym regularly
kicked my ass. I was brought up to
appreciate a woman’s looks, but
never realized my comments about
a woman’s body may have affected
my children’s own body images. I
have learned to accept that women
might be smarter and stronger, and
beautiful from the inside out. And
of course, God decided that I was
meant to be the father of three wonderful girls to help me through this
journey of enlightenment.
I often tell people there is no better way to remain humble than to
have three teenage girls. I think I
still look pretty good for my age,
dress like someone from this era,
am reasonably successful, and still
a weekend athlete, but to my children I am the dorky guy singing
Pink Floyd with their friends in the
car.
I am a constant source of embarrassment, who in their terms regularly “crosses the line”. I’m not
sure where the line lies, but I suspect they’re right in my constant
crossing.
All I’m really looking for is the
ability to relate to them. I swore to
myself in my early 20s that I would
be a cool dad. I would have children who would want to talk to me.
I promised I would like my children’s music and allow them to
play it loudly on family rides.
I committed to coaching them as
they grew up playing sports so that
I would have the opportunity to be
the coach the other kids liked, and
someone they could be proud of.
And with everything I’ve done,
there are many days I still feel like
a failure.
And it crushes me.
An old friend recentlt told me
that he was given “roots and
wings,” and has spent the last 20
years trying to do the same for his
children. I realized quickly that it
may be the best summary of what
I’d like to achieve as a father and
what I feel I missed most from my
parents.
I try so hard to
make sure my children’s lives are only
filled with happiness
and positive experiences that I’ve begun
to question if I’ve
equipped them to succeed on their own. I
try to make sure they
have everything they
need, but am questioning whether I’ve
tied their wings. My
oldest started driving
a couple of years
back, and while I love
the freedom and independence she’s enjoyed, I still flip out
when she doesn’t text
me when she gets
where she’s going. I have no reason
not to trust her, and I feel that I help
her spread her wings while holding
them down at the same time.
One of my goals this year is to
truly help my daughters feel that
they are capable of flying on their
own. As fathers we are protectors
and teachers, and while we forever
kiss the bruised elbow after a fall, I
feel my job needs to include teaching them the importance of getting
back on the bike. So this year I have
learned for the first time that being
a good dad does not mean making
all their problems go away. For me,
it now means equipping my children with the tools to resolve their
own problems.
As much as I struggle with the
wings I am often overwhelmed
with the joy I get as a result of the
way my wife and I have provided
strong roots. We are a family that
loves our time together, and we enjoy a great extended family and a
community filled with friends. My
children have close friends who
help guide them through adolescence, and they have been raised
with traditions that have afforded
them strong physical and emotional roots to last their lifetime.
The emotional roots I continue
to enjoy are strong. My children are
exposed to people who have been
in my life since I was in kindergarten. They have grown up seeing
that the friendships I developed at
their age remain with me in middle
age, and will likely stay with me
forever. So I’m good with the roots,
and thankful that I can leave one
thing off my to-do list this year.
Fatherhood might be the scariest
role that any of us ever play. I place
all the blame for my daughters’
failures on myself, and credit my
wife with all of the positive qualities our children have. I know that I
will cry each time they find joy, and
will cry each time they feel pain. I
give them everything I am capable
of, and I’m hopeful that I will never stop learning to give them what I
don’t know how to today. I take
great joy in receiving from them.
In celebration of Father’s Day, I
want to thank them for the presents
I’ve received. From my oldest
daughter, I have received the gift of
remembrance of my adolescence.
She shows me daily what my adolescence was, and reminds me to
enjoy the simplicity of what my life
has become. She also reminds me
frequently of the joy that comes
from interacting with the innocence of young children.
From my middle daughter I receive the gift of laughter, and the
reminder to take things in stride.
She is a wonderful teacher and a
wonderful inspiration. She is
someone who actually does all that
she wants and inspires me to do
some of the same.
And from my youngest daughter, I get the last remains of the joy
of fathering a child. She is on the
verge of womanhood, but for now
she allows me to remember the
happiness I’ve gotten from fatherhood for the last 19 years. She is effortless in her endeavors, yet always surpasses my expectations.
She will become an incredible
woman.
So thank you to all my children,
and to my wife who shares in the
peaks and valleys of being a parent
with me. There are many wonderful gifts to give your spouse this
Father’s Day. I’ve taken the liberty
of listing some of my favorites. I
hope he enjoys receiving them as
much as I have.
1.) Teach your husband to cry
openly, out of joy and out of sadness, so your children may learn
that strong men can still be touched
by beauty and pain.
2.) Let your husband know that
he’s a wonderful partner in bringing up your children, and his legacy
will be strong as a result of the way
he has taught them to love.
3.) Remind him that having his
children enjoy sports with him is a
victory in of itself; their health and
enjoyment of competing will last a
lifetime, and their memories of
sharing a bike ride or game of
hoops with him will lead them to
do the same when they’re parents.
Winning or making the travel team
really is less important.
4.) Appreciate the sacrifices he
has made of his own dreams so that
his children may realize more of
theirs. But encourage him to fulfill
a dream of his own regularly so
your children may learn that reaching for their dreams is possible, and
that the joy is in the journey.
5.) Most importantly, thank him
for teaching his children to laugh.
There is no greater gift for a father
then to share in the uncontrollable,
soda-through-the-nose laughter
that he shares with his family. So
whatever else you do this Father’s
Day to recognize your spouse or
your father, ensure there’s laughter
involved.
It’s what we all want most every
day and what we love most about
having a family to share it with.
Howard Moses is CEO of Blue
Star Jets, a private flight charter
service headquartered on Nassau
Street (U.S. 1, September 10,
2008). A native Long Islander and
the son of an apparel industry entrepreneur, Moses earned his bachelor’s in political science from
Stony Brook University in 1984.
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ly needed to find a new career.”
the healthcare industry, are availA 1981 graduate of Clarkson able.”
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writer. He quickly came to under- get that training. You might need to
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gies. Boldt is also the author of four
online.
“Between 60 and 80 perbooks, including “No-Nonsense
cent
of
jobs
are found through netJob Interviews” and “Resumes for
the Rest of Us,” published by Ca- working,” he adds.
But where should you network
reer Press. He prides himself on his
when
you are looking for a job?
experience in working with a wide
array of job seekers, including “Everyone you know is part of
skilled tradespeople, new gradu- your network: Your friends, your
ates, engineers, educators, and top neighbors, the people at your
church, the parents of your kids’
level executives.
The current economic climate is friends, the people you see at Starone of the most challenging for job bucks. You never know who knows
seekers. “In my 15 years as a pro- someone who knows someone,”
fessional resume writer and career says Boldt.
He suggests reaching out and
transition coach, this is probably
explaining
exactly the type of job
the worst situation for job seekers
you
are
looking
for and asking for
that I’ve seen,” says Boldt.
ideas
or
if
the
person
knows someMany workers find themselves
one
who
could
be
helpful
in your
laid off from companies where
they have worked for 10, 15, or 20 search. “Remember, you are not
years. Others find themselves in putting the responsibility of findpositions or in industries that have ing you a job on these people. You
JUNE 17, 2009
Advantage: Hirers –
How to Get the Edge
terview,” Kran says. Frequent eye
contact signals that you are comfortable with, and sure of, yourself.
Proper eye contact expresses confidence, sincerity, and interest.
Looking away, on the other hand,
or Joe Kran, president of OI can be interpreted as discomfort,
Partners-Gateway International, a disinterest, and insincerity.
Parsippany-based career counselBe nice to the receptionist. Reing firm that just opened an office ceptionists, secretaries, interns,
at 166 Village Road (www.oipart- and prospective co-workers weigh
ners.net), the math is simple: in on the decision-making process.
Where there is a 9.4 percent nation- The cost of a bad hire can run as
al unemployhigh as three
ment rate, it is
times the salary
more imporof
someone
Just
being
nice
to
the
tant than ever
who
doesn’t
receptionist can go a
to make a good
work out, and
first impreslong way toward getcompanies want
sion in any job
to be sure that
ting you a call-back in
hunt.
new hires fit ina tough job market.
“Employers
to their organiare being inunzations. They
dated with reare increasingly
sumes and applicants, and compe- asking everyone who comes into
tition for jobs is fierce,” says Kran. contact with applicants for their
“You need to be certain you are do- impressions.
ing everything perfectly, from the
Bad references. You have a few
beginning of your job search to the
interview and through to following references down on your resume.
But are you sure you know what
up.”
Kran, who earned his MBA they will say about you? Or are
from Monmouth University, a they even relevant? “Only use refmaster’s from Temple, and a bach- erences who can address your most
elor’s from California State Uni- recent and relevant skills and acversity at Sonoma, has been in the
Continued on page 9
business of organizational analysis, executive recruitment, and
leadership development for almost
30 years. He founded Gateway International in 1991, after a stint as a
senior human resources executive
for Lockheed, Hoffman-LaRoche
and Concurrent Computer Corporation.
He now has six offices in the
New York region.
If his career has taught him
nothing else, it has taught Kran to
recognize the mistakes people
make when looking for a job.
Why should I hire you? Too
many people do not answer this
question in enough detail, Kran
says. “In cover letters, and during
personal and telephone interviews,
you need to make the strongest
case possible why you should be
hired. Thoroughly research each
prospective employer and specifically address what value you can
add, particularly within the first
three to six months on the job.”
The extra mile. During an interview, offer detailed recommendations on how to improve sales,
marketing, productivity, quality,
and management, whatever your
field of expertise. He says. And
then document them. Send a plan
afterward that will showcase what
you can do if hired.
The passion factor. Not showing enough excitement for a job
and employer is a big mistake.
“Companies are looking for people
who are enthusiastic about working with them, and can motivate
and inspire their co-workers and
direct reports,” Kran says. “You
need to demonstrate you are this
type of person from your earliest
communication as well as during
interviews and following up.”
Look here. A good rule of
thumb is to make eye contact about
two-thirds of the time during an in-
F
New Look: Arnie
Boldt says jobs are
out there, you just
need to know where
to find them.
are just asking for an introduction
to someone who might help you,”
he says.
Contact former colleagues who
might now work for other companies. Formal networking organizations can also be helpful. Don’t
stop attending trade organizations
to which you belong, and look into
networking organizations that are
specifically designed for job seekers.
A new take on resumes. Resumes used to be seen as a history
of your career, says Boldt. Today
however, they should “look forward at what you have to offer a
company.” The resume is essentially a tool you use to market yourself. It should emphasize your
skills and abilities.
The two types of job seekers
who often have the most trouble
developing an effective resume are
the older worker and the worker
who is fresh out of school. For the
older worker, Boldt suggests leaving off specific dates, such as the
date of your college graduation.
Also, you may want to eliminate
some of your older jobs. “Just
don’t put jobs you held in the 1970s
on the resume,” Boldt advises.
“Your age and experience is something you can address in the job interview; you want to make sure that
your resume helps you to get to that
interview so you can sell yourself.”
For younger workers, “education is your biggest plus,” says
Boldt. Make sure your resume
mentions any internships, workstudy, or volunteer positions that
you have had. Athletics can also be
a plus on a resume.
“Emphasizing athletics can
show that you have self-discipline,” he explains. And make sure
that you mention any paying positions that you have held. “Holding
down a job, no matter how menial,
demonstrates that you are a reliable
employee.”
The most important thing is to
not get discouraged, says Boldt.
“Remember, there are jobs out
there, to find them you might just
have to be more flexible.”
— Karen Hodges Miller
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The Impacts of Family Leave Insurance
ith the advent of the
newest employee benefit in New Jersey, business owners ask what impact
Family Leave Insurance will have
on the employer's discretion to
terminate employment due to
business conditions or other considerations. The Legislature has
made it clear that the amendments to the Temporary Disability
Benefits law, commonly known
as the "Paid Family Leave Act",
confer a monetary benefit, but
not a leave entitlement. In other
words, this law does not further
erode the "At-Will" concept of
employment, that the employer is
free to change the working conditions or terminate the employment of a worker with or without
notice and with or without good
cause for the termination.
Of course, appropriate law limits this discretion where there is a
written contract specifying a certain duration of employment or if
the employer's action violates applicable laws (These laws include
Family Leave Acts, Discrimination Laws, implied promises contained in written or oral policies,
and New Jersey's Conscientious
Employees Protection Act.) In the
context of Family Leave laws,
those employers who are covered under the Federal or New
Jersey State Acts (Under Federal
law, covered employers are
those who employ 50 or more
employees for each working day
during 20 or more calendar
weeks in the current or preceding
calendar year, either at the main
work site or without 75 miles of
that work site. The New Jersey
law applies to employers with 50
or more employees.) Must still
comply with the laws and regulations promulgated under these
Acts. However, these amendments do not confer additional
leave rights to employees.
Must the employer pay the
employee's wages for this paid
leave period? Family Leave Insurance benefits are fully funded
by employee contributions
through payroll deductions,
which began on January 1, 2009.
The employer will not be required
to contribute to this plan. In addition, an employer can require an
employee to use up to two weeks
of any paid sick leave, vacation
time or other leave as full pay, if
made available by the employer,
prior to utilizing Family Leave Insurance benefits.
For what reasons may an employee claim these benefits?
Benefits shall be granted for an
employee to bond with a child
during the first twelve months after the child's birth, if the covered
individual or the domestic partner or civil union partner of the
covered individual, is a biological
parent of the child, or for the first
twelve months after the placement of the child for adoption
with the covered individual. In
addition, benefits can be claimed
to care for a "family member"
with a serious health condition as
defined in the law. Benefits are
NOT available due to the serious
health condition of the covered
employee.
"Serious Health Condition"
means an "illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition", which includes any of the
following:
1. In-patient care or continuing
treatment by a health-care
provider, including any period of
by Gerald Faber
incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with in-patient care. (a) "Period of incapacity" means inability to work, attend school or perform other regular daily activities due the serious health condition, treatment
therefore, or recovery there from.
OR
2. Continuing treatment by a
health-care provider, which involves one or more of the following: (a) A period of incapacity (inability to attend work, school,
etc.) for more than three consecutive calendar days, that also involves.
(i) Treatment two or more times
by a health-care provider. OR
(ii) Treatment by a health-care
provider on at least one occasion, which results in a regime of
continued treatment. Treatment
includes prescription drugs, such
as antibiotics. Regimes, such as
resting, drinking fluids, taking aspirin, which can be initiated without visiting a health-care
provider, are not sufficient.
3. Any incapacity due to pregnancy or pre-natal care.
4. Conditions not currently incapacitating but which require
multiple treatments.
5. Any period of incapacity or
treatment for such incapacity
due to chronic serious health
condition.
6. A period of incapacity, which
is permanent or long-term due to
a condition for which treatment
may not be effective.
The above-listed inclusions
are broadly stated and there are
refinements and exclusions,
which should be evaluated in
any given situation.
Who is eligible for Family
Leave Insurance benefits? An
employee can collect benefits if
he or she is currently employed
in "covered employment" or out
of "covered employment" for less
than two weeks. Employment, including employment with governmental entities, covered under
the New Jersey Unemployment
Compensation Law is covered
with respect to Family Leave Insurance.
Notwithstanding the above,
an employee is not qualified for
any period that:
1. The employee receives
temporary disability benefits
from any source;
2. The employee receives unemployment insurance benefits;
3. The employee receives full
salary or paid time off;
4. The employee is working;
5. The employee is under
family leave, which did not start
while the claimant was a covered
individual or within fourteen days
of the claimant's last date of
work;
6. The employee was on family leave for the care of a family
member and the care recipient
was not under the care or supervision of the health-care provider;
7. The employee is out of
work due to a stoppage of work,
which exists because of labor
dispute at the claimant's place of
employment; or
8. The employee has been
discharged by the most recent
employer for gross misconduct
under applicable unemployment
compensation law.
How much is the benefit and
for how long does it last? An employee can receive a maximum
of six weeks of Family Leave Insurance benefits in a twelvemonth period, which is denoted
as the three hundred sixty-five
consecutive days that begins
with the first day that the employee establishes a valid first claim
for Family Leave Insurance benefits. An employee may re-establish a claim within the same period for a different care recipient,
or a claim during or following employment with a different employer. However, the employee cannot receive more than six weeks
of benefits during the twelvemonth period. In the event of
care for a family member with a
serious health condition, claims
may alternatively be filed for intermittent weeks or for forty-two
intermittent days during the
twelve-month period.
The weekly benefit rate is
based on the employee's average weekly wage in the eight calendar weeks immediately before
the week in which the benefit
commences. The rate is twothirds of this wage, up to a maximum of Five Hundred Forty-Six
($546.00) Dollars.
What steps must an employee take to apply for these benefits? If an employee intends to
take the benefits to participate in
providing care for a family member with a serious health condition, he or she must give the employer reasonable and practicable notice, unless the time of the
leave is unexpected or the time
of the leave changes for unforeseeable reasons. The request
must be supported by a medical
certification. In addition, a reasonable effort must be made to
schedule the leave so as not to
unduly disrupt the operations of
the employer. If possible, the employee will be required to provide
a schedule of the required leave
days. In the case of an employee
who intends to claim insurance
benefits to bond with a newborn
or newly adopted child, thirty
days prior notice must be given,
except if the leave is unforeseeable. Failure to do so will result in
a loss of two days leave.
This analysis is intended to
highlight the most salient provisions of the Family Leave Insurance benefits law, and has been
derived from the Family Leave
Insurance Fact Sheet published
by the Department of Labor as
well as other sources. Details
and interpretations of the law will
be published in the New Jersey
Administrative Code. If there are
any questions relative to the application of this new benefits law,
an employer should consult
counsel so as to ensure proper
compliance.
Gerald Faber is a Shareholder and member of the Employment Litigation, Business & Corporate, and Real Estate, Zoning
& Land Use groups of Stark &
Stark.
JUNE 17, 2009
Survival Guide
complishments, and determine in
advance exactly what they will say
about you,” Kran says. “Update
them on the outcome of the position for which they provided a reference, whether you’re successful
or not, so they will be want to help
you in the future.”
You have 90 seconds. Job-seekers need to get to the point quickly
during interviews, networking
meetings, and when meeting new
people. What you need is the 90second “verbal resume,” also
known as the “elevator pitch.” Any
candidate, Kran says, should be
able to outline what he’s looking
for, his background and experience, two or three major accomplishments, and what he can bring
to a job. And they need to do it succinctly. And that means memorization. “Practice your verbal resume
until it fits the recommended 90second time frame,” he says.
Open your mouth. Not asking
enough questions looks bad on
you. “The questions you ask during
an interview may be given as much
weight as your answers,” Kran
says. Focus your questions on business-related matters and not compensation and benefits.
If the position has become vacant, ask what happened to person
who held it previously. Failure to
ask any questions, or asking irrelevant questions, can be costly.
Human contact. Do not overrely on E-mail and the Internet.
Finding a job is as much about
making good contacts as it is about
the resume.
“Many people spend more time
building their resumes than they do
developing a contact network,”
Kran says. “Join groups of others
who are jobless, attend professional association meetings, and work
the phones. It’s important that people be able to attach a face, or at
least a voice, with a name.”
Following up. You need to follow up on every interview and networking meeting with thank-you
letters and E-mails. Use your follow-up to reinforce why you are
the right person for a job. Cutting
and running can leave an employer
with the wrong impression, or
worse — no impression of you at
all.
— Scott Morgan
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Entity of Choice:
Martin Shenkman
says any new business would be wise to
launch as an LLC.
Monday, June 22
Setting Up an LLC
A
nyone starting a business
needs protection.
“No matter what business
you’re in or how much you’re making, a sole proprietorship would almost never makes sense,” says
Martin Shenkman, a lawyer and
CPA who helps people form businesses. “You need the liability limitations of a corporation or other
entity,”
You could just hang a shingle
outside your house and start a business. “But you really want the protection against liabilities you get
from being set up as a business entity,” says the Paramus-based
Shenkman. “Plus, you look more
professional when you incorporate
and you’re more careful about
commingling personal and business money because you have to
have a separate tax identification
bank accounts, books and
records.”
The challenge for many entrepreneurs, however, is knowing
which business structure to select
when forming a business — corporation, a subchapter S corporation,
or an LLC.
“The LLC is now the primary
entity structure for almost every
new business,” he says. “It’s become a very popular tool.” However, many people have questions
about the structure, its advantages,
and the various documents you
need to complete.
To help lawyers, CPAs, and anyone interested in starting a business, Shenkman will present “Limited Liability Companies Made
Easy,” on Monday, June 22, from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Doubletree
Hotel on Route 1 South. Cost:
$169. For more information, call
732-214-8500 or E-mail customerservice@njicle.com.
The program puts participants
through a boot camp experience on
the value of the LLC and why it’s
the option Shenkman recommends
for most people. “It gives you all
the liability protection of a corporate structure, but it is simpler and
better from a tax perspective,” says
Shenkman, who often writes on legal and tax issues.
Relatively new, the LLC structure blends characteristics of a corporation and a partnership or sole
proprietorship. It offers owners,
who are called members, limited liability to separate them from the
business while also allowing passthrough income taxation — meaning that members are not directly
taxed. This hybrid approach is
flexible while offering members
many tax and estate planning advantages.
As a business structure, it has
only been available since 1977,
when Wyoming authorized the
first one. Other states quickly followed. The Internal Revenue Service clarified its tax position and by
1996 nearly ever state had passed
an LLC statute.
“Many attorneys still have questions about how to plan for a limited liability company. They are not
always clear about which techniques to use. And business owners
don’t always know what to ask
their attorneys,” says Shenkman.
“Sometimes you get in trouble by
not knowing what to ask.”
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man’s boot camp gets an annotated version
of the law. “No business owner wants to
read the actual law, but he wants an interpretation. So I write notes on the documentation to make it easier to understand,” he
says.
There also is a deep review of tax and estate planning issues. Because LLCs let you
pass income through the business to your
personal income tax, there are many opportunities and consequences associated with
how you manage revenue. “There are many
creative things you can do with income and
estate taxes when you run your business as
an LLC,” he says.
Shenkman also provides forms people
need to properly establish and operate their
business. While many forms are available
on the Internet, Shenkman gives them away
with advice and guidance. “Getting the
forms is easy. The hard part is knowing how
to tweak them for your situation and tax purposes,” he says.
With a law degree from Fordham University, he is licensed to practice in New York,
New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He also
has an economics degree from Penn and an
MBA in tax and finance from the University
of Michigan. A CPA in Michigan, New
York, and New Jersey, he has written 36
books on tax, legal, and estate planning issues and numerous articles for business and
professional publications.
“There are few down sides to an LLC,”
Shenkman says. LLCs are easier to operate.
You don’t need to maintain minutes or bylaws. There are no stock certificates. You
can simply file a certificate and start your
business.
And your LLC can own any number of
other LLCs. This would be valuable in a retail situation where someone owns multiple
store locations. Shenkman says he would
recommend the owner set up separate LLCs
for each store, all of which are owned by the
parent LLC.
For tax purposes, the LLC generally pays
no federal or state income taxes. One downside of a corporation is the owner is taxed
twice, once for the corporate income and
once for the personal income earned
through the corporation. With an LLC, all
profits — and losses — are passed through
to the members, who report the income on
their personal income tax returns.
Shenkman credits his own thirst for
knowledge for his desire to help others. He
was raised in Detroit, where his father
worked in the insulation business. “My parents were very civic minded and active in
charities. At age 89, they are still active in
helping charities,” he says.
“When I started off 25 years ago, I found
it very disheartening. It was hard to find a
program as a young lawyer to learn the nuts
and bolts. Now I can help others. I can give
young lawyers what I wished I could have
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— Roger A. Shapiro
Tuesday, June 23
Careers Abound
In the Healthcare Sector
J
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house in Newark with his grandparents living upstairs. While studying social work at
Ramapo College, he found that he much
preferred his internship doing outreach at a
senior center to his internships in a drug rehabilitation facility and at a county welfare
office.
When he graduated in 1974 he decided to
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‘Celtic Woman: Isle of Hope’ features a musical experience with Lisa
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World Music
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Beyond the Pale, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777.
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In the Red and Brown Water, McCarter
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Evening I of the Brother/Sister plays by
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seen in any order. $36 to $49. 7:30 p.m.
The Full Monty, Paper Mill Playhouse,
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Through July 12. 7:30 p.m.
My Fair Lady, Bucks County Playhouse,
70 South Main Street, New Hope, 215-8622041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com.
Musical. $25. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Ellarslie, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, 609-989-3632.
www.ellarslie.org. “American Belleek Made
in Trenton” on exhibit through November
30. “A Taste of Trenton” on view to September 6. 2 p.m.
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Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569
Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149.
For newcomers. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-716-1570. Robert
Wright, author of “The Evolution of God.”
7:30 p.m.
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BACKPACKING THROUGH THE VINEYARDS
The Highlight of our season –
we’ll journey through the vineyards
of the world on a hayride around Fernbrook Farm.
June 25, 6-9 p.m. $65 per person
Rain date: June 26
ON-GOING WINE TASTING EACH MONTH. CALL FOR DETAILS
June 17
Fairs
Wednesdays on Warren,
Trenton Downtown Association, South Warren
Street, Trenton, 609-3938998. www.wednesdaysonwarren.com. Music, arts,
and food. 11:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.
Faith
Meditation and Buddhism,
Yoga Above, 80 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-6131378. www.yogaabove.com. $10. 7:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
The Inn at Fernbrook Farm
and The Savvy Pour invite you to join us
in expanding your palate
and making new friends while discovering
the world of wine and indulging in the
beauty of Fernbrook Farm
eE
609-298-3868
fernbrookinn@comcast.net
146 Bordentown Georgetown Rd.
Chesterfield, NJ 08515
20 Minutes from Princeton
Like eating at “Nonna’s” house!
Radical Homemaking,
Whole Earth Center, 360
Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-924-7429. www.outsidejosh.blogspot.com.
“Politics, Ecology, and the
Domestic Arts” presented
by Shannon Hayes, author
of “Radical Homemakers:
Reclaiming Domesticity
from a Consumer Culture.”
She discusses what she discovered through her interviews with
men and women throughout the
country. Register. Free. 9 a.m.
Also, Sunset Grass-Fed Grilling
Workshop, Cherry Grove Farm,
3500 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, 609-219-0053. www.cherrygrovefarm.com. Presented
by Shannon Hayes, author of
“Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer
Culture.” Register. $35. 6 to 8
p.m.
Wine Tasting, CoolVines, 344
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0039. www.coolvines.com.
“Sauvignon Summer.” 5 to 8 p.m.
Wine Sampling, Valley Wine &
Spirits, Hopewell Crossing, 800
R Denow Road, Pennington, 609730-1119. www.valleywinespirits.com. Free. 5 to 8 p.m.
Health & Wellness
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Across from the Princeton Public Library
609-683-8323 Open 7 Days
Successful Sitting: Feldenkrais
Workshop, Feldman Chiropractic Center, 4418 Route 27,
Kingston, 609-252-1766. www.feldmanchiropractic.com. Bring
an exercise mat, towel, and pillow. Register. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
History
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens. Tea before or
after tour. Register. $15. 11:15
a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Chisholm: Pursuing the Dream,
Historical Society of Princeton,
Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Wine
and cheese reception followed by
screening of “Chisholm: Pursuing
the Dream” at the Garden Theater. The documentary, made by
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Garden Variety: This illustration from an alphabet
book by Annelies van Dommelen is on view as part
of ‘The Garden of Artistic Delights,’ a group show on
view through Friday, June 19, at Artworks19 Everett
Alley at Stockton Street, Trenton. 609-394-6894.
Princeton resident Bob Denby
and Tom Werner, reveals how
Chisholm inspired African American and women politicians
through her revolutionary campaign as the first African American woman to run for President.
Register. $25. 5 p.m.
For Families
Family Concert, Barnes &
Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-716-1570. www.bn.com.
Junior Jam performance and
signing. 4:30 p.m.
Alex and the Kaleidoscope
Band, Princeton Public Library,
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.com.
Family concert by Alex Mitnick
and Alan Bell kicks off the library’s
summer reading clubs. Using
Afro-Cuban and African percussion, French horns, jazz, and violins, the band recently released
its first live concert DVD. Free. 7
p.m.
Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, 732-5215000. www.monroetwplibrary.org.
“I Married You for Better or for
Worse” presented by Betsy Wiggins, a certified empowerment
coach. Register. Free. 1 p.m.
Town Meeting for Scientists and
the Public, UMDNJ Robert
Wood Johnson Medical
School, Zimmerli Art Museum, 71
Hamilton Street, New Brunswick,
732-235-4988. www.rwjms.umdnj.edu. National Institute for
Environmental Health Sciences
and the Center for Environmental
Exposures present panel discussions followed by open discussion. Poster presentation at 5:30,
more panel discussions at 7 p.m.
Register. Free. 2:30 p.m.
Meeting, American Legion Post
401, 148 Major Road, Monmouth
Junction, 732-329-9861. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Breastfeeding Support, La
Leche League of Princeton,
Princeton Alliance Church, Scudders Mill and Schalks Crossing
roads, Plainsboro, 609-799-1302.
Information and support for mothers and expectant mothers. Babies are welcome. Free. 10 a.m.
Special Needs, WW-Plainsboro
Special Kids Special Parents,
Plainsboro Municipal Building,
609-799-8036. www.wwpsksp.org. “Straight Talk on EvidenceBased Interventions that Work for
Children” presented by Dr. A.
Haque, the medical director of
CPC Behavioral Health Care in
Monmouth County. Register by Email with annemarie@wwpsksp.org. 7:45 p.m.
Happier Hours, Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.
Live music. Food and wine available. Free admission. 5 to 8 p.m.
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Showcase, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15-minute back to
back sets. Produced by Lance
Reichert of qbdigital.com. To sign
up E-mail lance@katmandutrenton.com. 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Dance Party, Erini Restaurant,
1140 River Road, West Trenton,
609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. DJ Nick Z. 9 to 1 a.m.
Amleah, John & Peter’s, 96
South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
Lectures
Outdoor Action
Seminar, Mercadien, 3625
Quakerbridge Road,Hamilton,
609-689-2366. www.mercadien.com. “Building Shareholder Value: The Role of Governance and
Controls.” Register. Free. 8 to 10
a.m.
Open House, NJN Television, 25
South Stockton Street, Trenton,
800-553-2303. www.njn.org. For
small businesses, government
agencies, nonprofits, and event
planners. Register. Free. 9 to 11
a.m.
Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite
635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com.
Inspirational readings with Susan
Pie, spiritual medium. Register.
$90 an hour. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Nature at the Farm, Mercer
County Park Commission,
Howell Living History Farm, Titusville, 609-989-6540. www.mercercounty.org. Farmers rely
on the environment and how nature interacts with plants and animals on the farm. For families.
Free. 10 to 11:30 a.m.
For Parents
Schools
Ballet Physique, Princeton
Dance and Theater Studio, 116
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-203-0376.
www.princetondance.com. Ballet
and pilates combination. No
dancing experience necessary.
$15. 9:30 a.m.
JUNE 17, 2009
Standing Just to the Left of Klezmer
by Kevin L. Carter
T
he setting is a
wedding in their hometown of Toronto. It is an
interesting wedding between two fine-looking
young people; a Jewish
man and his adoring Jamaican fiancee.
As the YouTube video
starts, a rabbi, or cantor, I
am not sure which, speaks
extemporaneously in Yiddish about the wedding,
the couple, and the respective cultures from which
they come. A reggae band
begins playing as the Jamaicans, on one side of the
auditorium, eye the Jewish family, on the other
side, who warily eyes
them back. You know
what happens next. The
reggae band plays, a Jewish band on
a nearby stage joins in, a Jewish guy
and his partner do an athletic duo,
and, eventually, everyone dances up
a storm while the cantor looks on,
ending the video with words of wisdom.
Did it happen in real life? Could
it happen in real life?
“Absolutely,” says Eric Stein, a
co-founder of Beyond the Pale,
which combines rock, folk, Jewish
klezmer, and Balkan forms from
Serbia, Romania, and beyond into
a fascinatingly eclectic style of pop
music. Beyond the Pale will be appearing at the Robert Solley Theater at the Paul Robeson Center for
the Arts, on Wednesday, June 17.
“In Toronto, we have played lots
of mixed weddings like that. Those
kind of interethnic fusions within
marriages are really common, and
certainly Jewish people have been
intermarrying for years. It’s really
great to see people sharing their
cultures like that.”
Beyond the Pale uses Romanian, Balkan, and klezmer music “as
a departure point for our own creations,” says Stein. The band has a
diversity of membership in terms
of ethnic and musical origins. Violinist and percussionist Bogdan
Djukic is of Serbian origin, as are
accordionist Milos Popovic and
Aleksander Gajic, another violinist. Stein, who plays mandolin and
the Hungarian cimbalom, is a second-generation Canadian Jew
whose grandparents emigrated
from Poland to Toronto. Clarinetist
Martin van de Ven is from the
Netherlands, and bassist Bret Higgins is Canadian born and bred.
“The original vision of the band
was a little more eclectic than we
ended up being,” says Stein. “It was
sort of everything but the kitchen
sink. Within the first year or so we
figured out what we wanted to focus on, and that was klezmer and
Eastern European folk music, but
we wanted always to maintain an
eclectic vision and an adventurous
vision. We’re not too slavish about
worrying whether we’re making
the klezmer police happy.”
The band’s name, Beyond the
Pale, has a double meaning, according to Stein. “To say something is ‘beyond the pale’ means
that it’s outside of expectations or
breaking barriers. But the origin of
the expression is very much related
to Jewish history. It was in the 19th
century, when a giant area of Eastern Europe, which at that time was
part of czarist Russia, was known
as the ‘pale’ area of settlements.
Jews were prohibited from traveling or settling outside that area
without specific permission from
the authorities. So, if you are beyond the pale, you are actually
breaking the rules.”
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If Beyond the Pale is a klezmer
group, Stein considers it third- or
fourth-generation in reference to
the revival that began in the 1970s.
“I have a great respect and understanding for the tradition, and I
love playing traditional klezmer
music in a lot of different contexts.
With Beyond the Pale, we try to be
respectful and intelligent about
what we are pulling in but we don’t
put any hard and fast rules on what
we do. We try not to take an academic approach.”
Toronto is, at least according to
many Torontonians, the most diverse city on Earth, and Canada is
Beyond the Pale
combines rock, folk,
Jewish klezmer, and
Balkan forms from
Serbia, Romania, and
beyond into a fascinatingly eclectic style
of pop music.
one of the few countries that actively promotes diversity. Could
Beyond the Pale have happened
anywhere but Toronto? “Canada is
rather unique in the sense that there
is an official subscription to that
notion. It’s even in our Constitution, which is pretty astounding
when you think about it,” says
Stein. “I mean, how did one Jew, a
Dutch guy, a non-Jewish Canadian, and three Serbian guys end up
playing music together? We happened to be in Toronto. That meeting of our personalities is unique to
this community and to its cultural
and social context.”
H
is association with the Serbian musicians is one of the unique
aspects of that context, says Stein.
Serbs’ affinity for certain styles of
music — certain song forms, scales
and emotional motifs — jives perfectly with Stein’s affinity for Eastern European Jewish music. “The
Serbians, as a musical breed, have
an amazing ability to combine folk
stuff with the classical pedigree.
The guys we work with are all guys
who studied in conservatory and
have master’s degrees in performance. They are coming to the music
with less of a sense of barriers between the styles. It wasn’t a conscious decision to go out and get
some Serbs because they’re comfortable with this. It was sort of an
accidental discovery.”
That accident came when Djukic came in for one gig as a substitute, “and from the beginning it
was clear that he understood” what
Stein wanted, Stein says.
Being in Canada has also benefited Beyond the Pale in terms of being able to create their art with some
governmental support. The national, provincial, and local governments have always given support to
musicians, says Stein, at a level that
typically far exceeds that which is
available for U.S. musicians and
bands. “We have been funded over
the years by the arts councils, all of
those organizations have within
their mandates multiculturalism as
a priority and cross-cultural creation, so we’re happy to embrace
that and feel free to do what we do.”
Stein does say, however, that the
competition for the funding is fierce
north of the border and that this
makes musicians and other artists
hone their skills. “The cream really
does rise to the top,” he says.
Stein was born and raised in
North York, an expansive Toronto
suburb, the son of a travel agent
mom and a father who made and
customized limousines. His home
was not a religious home, but his
family did have connections to
their ancestral Ashkenazic Jewish
culture. “I wasn’t raised with much
association to my Judaism. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I began to get clued in to the klezmer
revival. It was something that was
inspiring and made me feel that I
was coming home. Before this, my
concept of Jewish music was that it
was something that was really not
that interesting.”
After graduating from McGill
University in Montreal with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history — he was planning to be a history professor, Stein, who played
bass and guitar in folk and rock ensembles, began to explore and play
Jewish music. In 1997 he finished
his M.A., took a year off, picked up
mandolin, and his life changed.
“Until then, being a rock bass player, I had no illusions about being
able to make a career out of this,”
he says. “For every one that actually makes it, there are a thousand
struggling rock bands.”
Beyond the Pale, Arts Council
of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street. Wednesday, June 17, 8 p.m.
Beyond the Pale, based in Toronto,
presents acoustic concert inspired
by Canadian and European folk
music, as well as bluegrass, jazz,
reggae, and funk. Guest appearances by several members of the
Klez Dispensers based in Princeton. $15. 609-924-8777 or www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
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‘Rainbow’: This painting by Shirley Geismar is from
a group show on view through August 31 at the
Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. 732-729-4670.
June 17
Singles
Professional and Business Singles Network, Cranbury Inn, 21
South Main Street, Cranbury,
888-348-5544. www.PBSNinfo.com. After work social for ages 40
to 65. Optional discussion, “The
Art of Flirting.” $15. Cash bar.
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Princeton Singles, Carlucci’s,
West Windsor, 609-936-1634.
Dinner and a movie. For ages 55plus. Register. 7 p.m.
For Seniors
Father’s Day
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Emily Mann, PHS Senior Living,
Meadow Lakes, 300 Meadow
Lakes, East Windsor, 609-7207304. Afternoon reading of “Having Our Say,” a drama revival at
McCarter Theater next season to
celebrate Emily Mann’s 20th anniversary as the artistic director
there. Register. Free. 2 p.m.
Sports
Trenton Thunder Baseball, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. Connecticut.
$5 to $10 7:05 p.m.
Early Father’s Day Event:
Annual Patio Barbecue Class
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Join Jim on the Patio
for a Grilling Class and Tasting! 6:30-9:30
Take Dad out for an early Fathers Day Treat.
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We will be cooking an entire menu including salads, appetizers,sides, main dishes
and more, all on the grill. Not only do you learn how to make these dishes,
but you get to taste them all as well-more than enough for a meal.
The package also includes matching beer and wine.
This is always a sell out event so reservations are a must!
$69.00 per person plus tax and gratuities.
Menu:
Grilled Orange and Basil Mojitos
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta Cheese
Grilled Stuffed Pizza • Greek Souvlaki
Grilled Soft Shell Crabs with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Bruschetta with Ricotta and Arugula
Tuscan-Style Whole Grilled Chicken
Whole Grilled Trout with Lemon and Fennel • Beef Kebabs
Coffee, Tea Cookies
Princeton Forrestal Village www.trepiani.com • 609-452-1515
Thursday
June 18
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Jumpstart Your Weekend
Gentle Jazz, Nick’s Cafe 72, 72
West Upper Ferry Road, West
Trenton, 609-882-0087. www.cafe72nj.com. Al Oliver, sax and
vocals; and Gerry Groves, flute.
BYOB. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen,
Princeton University Summer
Concerts, Richardson Auditorium,
609-470-8404. www.pusummerchamberconcerts.org. Free tickets
available at the box office at 6:30
p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 8
p.m. See story page 34.
Outdoor Concerts
Carnegie Center Concert Series,
Patio at 502 Carnegie Center,
609-452-1444. Free. Noon.
Arts Council of Princeton Concert Series, Princeton Shop-
ping Center, North Harrison
Street, 609-921-6234. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com.
Animus. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Toby Keith, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, 732-203-2500.
www.livenation.com. Prices vary.
7:30 p.m.
It Was a Very Good Year, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Musicale featuring the pop standards of the
late 1950s and early ‘60s. $29. 8
p.m.
Drama
The Full Monty, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. Elaine Stritch portrays
Jeanette Burmeister in the musical bare-it-all story set in Buffalo,
New York. For mature audiences.
$56 to $84. Conversation about
the show in the mezzanine at
6:30 p.m. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
The Brothers Size and Marcus;
or the Secret of Sweet, McCarter Theater at the Berlind,
91 University Place, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Evening
II of the Brother/Sister plays by
Tarell Alvin McCraney. Adult language and mature themes.
Evening I and II may be seen in
any order. $36 to $49. 7:30 p.m.
My Fair Lady, Bucks County
Playhouse, 70 South Main
Street, New Hope, 215-862-2041.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 8 p.m.
Urinetown, Princeton Summer
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $20. 8 p.m.
Film
The Urban Revolution, City of
Trenton, Destinta Theater, Trenton, 609-532-6552. www.vimeo.com/4909194. Screening of the
television show about Trenton’s
people, businesses, and events.
The show will air on WMCN in
September on Channel 26. 5:30
p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. $10.
8 p.m.
Literati
Spanish Author Event, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Manu-
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ael Rivas and Rafael Chirbes discuss their work. 7 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Rich Vos, The Stress Factory, 90
Church Street, New Brunswick,
732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $22. 8 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Help Is Here Express Bus Tour,
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, 72
1/2 Escher Street, Trenton, 8884ppa-now. Information on programs that provide prescription
medicines for free or nearly free for
uninsured and financially-struggling New Jersey residents presented by Partnership for Prescription Assistance. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Blood Drive, New Jersey Blood
Services, South Brunswick Municipal, Route 522, Monmouth
Junction, 800-933-2566. www.nybloodcenter.org. Noon to 5:30
p.m.
Pennington Ewing Athletic Club,
1440 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing,
609-883-2000. www.peachealthfitness.com. Prostate cancer talk
presented by Frank Haggery and
Glenn Parker from the American
Cancer Society. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Creative Art for Kids Affected by
Autism Spectrum Disorder,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Artistic expression with
Pat Dahl, an art instructor for kids
with special needs. Register.
Free. 4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Trenton, 609-882-0087. www.cafe72nj.com. Al Oliver, sax and
vocals; and Gerry Groves, flute.
BYOB. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Singer Songwriter Showcase,
Triumph Brewing Company,
138 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. Hosted by Frank
Thewes. 9 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Geology of the Piedmont in New
Jersey, Duke Farms, 80 Route
206 South, Hillsborough, 908722-3700. www.dukefarms.org.
Walk the grounds and view slide
show with Michael Pollock, New
Jersey Audubon Society. Register. $15. 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Lectures
Politics
Meeting, Toastmasters Club,
CUH2A, 1000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, 609-844-1212. www.tmdistrict38.org.. Bring lunch.
Beverages provided. Noon.
Spring Gala, Mercer County Republican Club, Trenton Country
Club, 609-275-8315. Wine and
buffet dinner, door prize. Chris
Christie, former U.S. attorney and
candidate for governor. Business
dress or business casual required. Register. $125; $225 per
couple. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Live Music
Gentle Jazz, Nick’s Cafe 72, 72
West Upper Ferry Road, West
Get Outdoors:
Animus opens
Princeton Shopping
Center’s free summer
music series on
Thursday, June 18.
609-921-6234.
Singles
Divorce Support Group, Hopewell Presbyterian Church,
Hopewell, 609-213-9509. Support, personal growth, and social.
Call for location. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Newcomers Club Social Coffee,
Princeton YWCA, Bramwell
House, 59 Paul Robeson Place,
Princeton, 609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomersclub.cfm. For new residents and
those who have had a lifestyle
change. 9:30 to 11 a.m.
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JUNE 17, 2009
June 18
Anniversary
Celebration
For Seniors
Aging in Place, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service of
Greater Mercer County, Meadow Lakes, 300 Meadow Lakes,
East Windsor, 609-987-8100.
www.jfcsonline.org. “You Be the
Judge” includes scenarios and
facts about real life court cases
with the audience determining
what the judge or jury would do.
Register. Free. 10 a.m.
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Benefit House Concert, Artek,
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followed by concert by Barbara
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singer songwriters. Bring chair or
blanket. Picnics welcome. Rain
location is South Brunswick Community Center, Woodlot Park, 124
New Road, Monmouth Junction.
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Art
Father’s Day Exhibit, Gold
Medal Impressions, 43 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-606-9001. www.goldmedalimpressions.com. Photographer Richard Druckman features a limited number of collection-quality photographs from Super Bowls, Giants, Jets, Eagles,
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School North and South images.
Through June 20. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Art Exhibit, D&R Greenway,
Preservation Place, Rosedale
Road, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. Opening reception
for “Ribbon of Life: The D&R
Canal at 175,” a collection of
archival images of the canal and
towpath in use. On view to August
14. Register. Free. 5:30 to 7:30
p.m.
Group Exhibit, Alfa Art Gallery,
108 Church Street, New
Brunswick, 732-296-7270. www.alfaart.org. Opening reception for
“Mysterious & Real,” a group exhibit featuring works from Lauren
Curtis’ “Mystics & Mourners” series. On view to July 9. 7:30 p.m.
to 11 p.m.
Drama
The Most Fabulous Story Ever
Told, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703333. www.kelseytheatre.net.
Paul Rudnick’s comedy features
Adam and Steve, and their les-
Go Retro: John D.
Smitherman stars in
Bristol Riverside Theater’s summer musicale, ‘It Was a Very
Good Year,’ featuring
pop standars of the
late 1950s and early
‘60s. 215-785-0100.
bian counterparts, Jane and Mabel in a tale that begins in the
Garden of Eden, survives the
flood on an ark, and winds up in
modern-day Manhattan. Benefit
for the James Tolin memorial
scholarship and the Open Arms
Foundation. $16. 2 and 8 p.m.
One-Act Festival, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front
and Montgomery streets, Trenton, 609-392-0766. www.passagetheatre.org. Works by the
theater’s Playwrights Lab feature
one act plays by Sonya Aronowitz
of Newtown, James Christy Jr. of
Princeton, Lynn Elson of Cranbury, Hope Gatto of Yardville, and
Peter Gruen of Lawrenceville.
$15. 7 p.m.
In the Red and Brown Water, McCarter Theater at the Berlind,
I of the Brother/Sister plays by
any order. $36 to $49. 8 p.m.
Soup Du Jour, Off-Broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
$56 to $84. Through July 12. 8
p.m.
Also, Theater Rocks, New Jersey Theater Alliance, Paper Mill
Playhouse, Millburn, 973-3793636. www.njtheatrealliance.org.
Pre-show reception and performance of “The Full Monty” in partnership with New Jersey Young
Professionals. Register. $25.
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Jamie Saxon
‘M
om, how old do I
have to be to have sex?”
I knew this question would
come at some point. I just figured it
would be, you know, some other
time. Perhaps when I was out of the
country. But, no, here my son and I
were, standing at our kitchen island, decorating three blown-out
eggs to make them look like
triplets, and a basket to serve as
their transportation for the infamous eighth grade Egg Baby Project. You know, the one where you
have to carry around some viable
substitute for a baby for three
weeks (like a five-pound bag of
flour) to convince 13-year-olds
(before their hormones erupt) of
the horrors of becoming a teenage
parent. At Lawrence Middle
School, they use blown-out eggs.
They used to use real eggs until the
janitors got tired of cleaning up all
the dropped eggs.
Students are assigned the project
either in the fall or spring. All fall, I
enjoyed seeing this one eighth
grader walking to school, always at
the same spot on the sidewalk as I
drove Mackenzie to school. The
crotch of his black denim pants
hung down about his knees, several
chains were hooked into the pocket
and clanged against his thigh, and a
giant black hoodie blocked my
view of his face. Everything about
him said, I may be short but I’ll kick
your ass good. As he walked with
an alarming lack of speed towards
school, his shoulders hunched
against life itself, you could see if
you looked carefully that buried in
that sea of black, his right hand
gripped a small white Easter basket
decorated with pink ribbon. A lone
little egg nestled in pink tissue
peeked over the top, a beacon of baby love against a storm cloud of pubescent darkness.
Spring rolled around and one
day Mackenzie came home and announced, “I have triplets. You pick
the sex of your baby out of a hat and
two students get triplets. Me and
my friend Richard got triplets. But
the teacher said she’d help us. We’ll
see.” He didn’t sound convinced.
That night as we decorated the
triplets — two boys and a girl —
Mackenzie dropped the bombshell
that a 14-year-old at the high school
was pregnant — and planning on
keeping the baby. My Obama-Mama heart thumping in my chest, I
recognized a teachable moment
when I saw one. I launched into a
tirade about how her life would be
ruined, she would never finish high
school, never go to college, never
pursue her life dreams. I stopped
short to see what kind of effect my
ranting was having on Mackenzie.
He was concentrating very hard on
gluing a tiny pink dress (which I
had found in the scrapbooking section of Michael’s) onto one of the
eggs. Without looking up he said,
“Mom, don’t worry, I agree with
you.” A beat of two or three seconds. And then, “Mom, how old do
I have to be to have sex?”
I
knew I had zero wiggle room
here. It’s moments like this that parents wish their children came with a
remote control so that they could
press Pause while they figure out
what to do next. I thought very hard,
very quickly, and then said, with all
the seriousness I could muster,
“30.” (I figured I’d give it a shot.)
“Mom,” came the reply, “I can’t
wait that long!” Check, please.
The next day Mackenzie came
home from school and announced,
“This whole egg baby thing is a total chick magnet. I got four compliments from girls saying how cute or
adorable my basket and eggs are.”
The project involved carrying
the basket around 24/7 — though,
Mackenzie told me, some teachers
have “day care” and let you put
your basket at the back of the room
during class — as well as keeping a
journal and completing a budget
worksheet, baby supplies shopping
list with actual prices from stores,
and various other worksheets to
determine if a teen parent could really make ends meet.
An “Egg Baby Responsibilities” letter was sent home for parent and child to both sign, with
ominous rules like “The baby must
be with you at all times with the exception of lunch where he/she will
take a nap in your locker” and
“Abuse/Neglect Evidence: If an
egg becomes cracked or broken,
the student will be provided a project to get partial credit back on the
egg.” Mackenzie said that the project was a report on child abuse. Apparently tripping other students
with their baskets was common,
thus the addendum, “If another
person (other than the student) intentionally breaks the egg, then
Mrs. Reynolds will evaluate the
situation, give an assignment, and
deduct points at her discretion.”
Mackenzie, who had somehow
determined that his wife had died
in childbirth (his final report was titled “Baby X’s 3 and Me: My Adventures with Three Kids and No
Wife),” named the babies SarahMariah (a blend of two of his
cousins), Achmed (after that insanely funny YouTube video by the
ventriloquist with the Achmed the
‘This whole egg baby
project is a total chick
magnet,’ said my 13year-old.
Dead Terrorist sidekick), and Sunshui (to reflect his adoration of all
things Japanese). He was assigned
the job of groundskeeper — talk
about a grass ceiling. But when he
misplaced his job calculations
worksheet, his teacher demoted
him to fast food cook, the lowest
paying job in the class. He got a
crash course in how hard it would
be to feed three little mouths and
his own on $5.50 an hour. He ran
out of money quite quickly and after buying three of almost everything was reduced to having the
three babies share one book, one
stuffed animal, and one stacking
toy. He wrote in his journal, “I’m
an estimated $2,650 over my budget! At least I’m able to keep my
minimal average of four hours of
sleep. Luckily, the kids are still doing fine, and I hope they aren’t angry at me once they realize what’s
going on.”
Mackenzie even got the experience of having a sick child. In his
journal he wrote, “Today SarahMariah looks like a tomato. I took
her temperature and was surprised
to find that it was 101.2 degrees.
The doctor prescribed a medicine
that tastes like bubble gum She
seemed to like it, so much that she
eventually couldn’t go to sleep
without having some. That was a
tough week. She got over it, almost
instantly, by the end of the week.
Achmed and Sunshui were very
tolerant throughout the whole scenario. Neither of them cried during
any of Sarah’s midnight fits. Babies
are so hard to predict these days.”
The 13-year-old papa came
home day after day with tales of
mass destruction — “Three kids
got tripped and dropped their egg
babies” or “Mrs. Reynolds told us
jsaxon@princetoninfo.com
that one kid last year made it all the
way through to the very last day,
then dropped his egg while handing it over to the teacher.” He and I
became obsessed with making it to
the end of the project with three unbroken babies. Mackenzie sleeps
over one night a week at my mother’s and she refused to let him bring
the egg babies to her house. “I just
wouldn’t be able to handle it if one
of those egg babies broke at my
house,” she announced. Mackenzie asked me how much I would
charge to babysit on those nights.
“Mackenzie,” I said. “Here’s an
important bonus: grandparents
don’t charge to babysit.” “Sweet,”
he said, handing over the basket.
T
here were some good days:
“Dear Journal, today I took the kids
to the zoo to celebrate Sarah-Mariah’s recovery. We saw around 50
different exhibits including the penguins, Sarah-Mariah’s favorite, as
well as mine; the lions, Achmed’s
favorite; and the cranes, Sunshui’s
favorite. For some strange reason, I
think each of these choices means
something, but I can’t place my finger on it. After lunch, I took them to
the gift shop where we saw a short
film on safari life. The narrator was
a cheaply drawn cartoon character
with an Australian accent named
Outback Jack. All the kids seemed
to love him, so, of course, I had to
buy everyone of his DVDs just to
keep the ‘Terrible Trio’quiet. Hey, I
like that, ‘The Terrible Trio.’ It fits
rather nicely.”
Mackenzie made it through the
whole project, all three egg babies
intact. He called me at work after
receiving his grade, a whopping
375 out of 385. He was jubilant. In
my typical killjoy fashion, I asked
matter-of-factly, “Why did you get
10 points off?” “Oh, that,” he said
sheepishly. “It was, like, the dumbest mistake in the world. On my
birth announcement, I gave each of
the triplets a different birthday!” (I
later saw the teacher’s very polite
comment on the baby announcement, written in deadpan perfectteacher script, “would all have the
same birthday.”)
Apparently, the objective of the
project worked. He wrote on his
“Reflections” worksheet, “I don’t
believe that teen parents, on their
own, could possibly make ends
meet. My cost, with three kids, was
around $1,000 (math is not his
strong suit, neither is vocabulary —
he wrote on one worksheet that
having babies would make him “financially corrupt”). There’s no way
that a teen parent could be able to
afford all of that and still be able to
make ends meet. I learned that having a baby as a teenager is a horrible
idea. After watching that video of
real life parents, I realized that having a child would be devastating to
my health, sanity, and finances.
I’ve also learned that once you have
a baby as a teenager, all of your life
dreams are lost. Since the baby
takes up 99 percent of your time
and around 70 percent of your money, you don’t have time to study to
own that corporation or to create
that gold mine store. All you can do
is take care of your child and hope
for the best.”
My son now knows about
teenage pregnancy and sex and financial hardship and dashed hopes.
It’s enough to make any mother fall
on her knees, Martha Graham-like,
keening for those baby powder days,
but what saved me was that I realized my son also seems to have developed resilience. His last journal
entry concludes with, “As my final
sentence, I would like to state this: ‘I
made it, and I’m happy to be me.’”
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June 19
The Fantasticks, Princeton Festival, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, 800-595-4849. www.princetonfestival.org. Musical by Harvey
Schmidt and Tom Jones. $30 to
$35. 8 p.m.
Film
Love Hurts: Part Two, New Jersey International Film Festival,
Milledoler Hall, College Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-932-8482.
www.njfilmfest.com. $10. Appearance by some filmmakers. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Inspection Parade
Princeton Fire Department, Nassau and Chestnut streets, 609497-0647. www.princetonfiredepartment.com. Parade with fire
trucks, a bagpipe band, and pipe
and drum corps ends at Borough
Hall with an awards ceremony.
Founded in 1788, the all volunteer organization responds to
more than 600 emergency calls
annually. New volunteers are welcome. 6 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farmers Market, Greater Hightstown East Windsor Improvement Project, Memorial Park.
www.downtownhightstown.org. 3
to 7 p.m.
Wine Tasting, Joe Canal’s
Liquors, 3375 Route 1 South,
Lawrenceville, 609-520-0008.
www.ultimatewineshop.com.
Free. 4 to 6 p.m.
Jersey Jumpers, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Unitarian
Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Lindy
hop lesson followed by open
dance with swing band Rick Fink
and the Gas House Gorillas. No
partner needed. $15. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8 to 11
p.m.
Ballroom Dance Social, G & J
Studios, 5 Jill Court, Building 14,
Hillsborough, 908-892-0344.
www.gandjstudios.com. Standard, Latin, smooth, and rhythm.
Refreshments. BYOB. $12. 8 to
11 p.m.
Karaoke Dance, American Legion Post 401, 148 Major Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3299861. Free. 8:30 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Literati
Career Beacon Workshops, Professional Service Group of Mercer County, One Stop Career
Center, 26 Yard Avenue, Trenton,
609-292-7535. Free. 10:30 a.m.
Brown Bag Lunch, Princeton
Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, 609-924-7108.
“Influenza H1N1” presented by virologist Gertrude Schloer, who
will discuss the genetics of influenza, how it changes, and the
possibilities for the spread and
containment of swine flu. Bring
your own lunch. Beverages and
desserts provided. Register. Free.
Noon.
Warehouse Book Sale, Scholar’s Bookshelf, 110 Melrich
Road, Cranbury, 609-395-6933.
Hard to find titles including scholarly and general interest books.
Cash or checks only. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Bonnie McFarland, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Reservation. $20. 8 p.m.
732-545-4242. $22. 8 and 10:30
p.m.
Jimmy Carroll, Gene Norris, and
Adam Smith, Bucks County
Comedy Cabaret, 625 North
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $17.50. 9 p.m.
Parents Night Out, CanDo Fitness Club, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-514-0500. www.candofitness.com. Register. 6
p.m.
Support Group, Autism New Jersey, YMCA, 1315 Whitehorse
Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609584-8825. www.autismnj.org. Facilitated by Melissa DeWees. 7 to
9 p.m.
For Families
Community Drum Circle, In Balance Center for Living, 230
South Branch Road, Hillsborough, 908-369-4949. www.inbalancecenter.com. $15; $25 for
family. No experience required.
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Lectures
Live Music
House Concert: Enjoy Mozart, Haydn,
and early American songs in an
intimate setting on Friday, June 19, in
Princeton. Gwendolyn Toth of Artek,
right, is among the performers.
Register at 212-866-0468.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. Jazz
guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Jerry Bohrer, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Folk and jazz. 7:30
p.m.
1910 Fruitgum Company, The
Record Collector Store, 358
Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown.
www.the-record-collector.com.
$14. Family friendly night. 7:30
p.m.
Tommy Byrne, It’s A Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. 8 to 10 p.m.
The Mojo Gypsies, Sotto 128
Restaurant and Lounge, 128
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-7555. www.sotto128.com.
Rockin’ rhythm and blues. Johnny
Pompadour and the Fullgrown
Men will be rescheduled. 9 to
midnight.
Birdie Num Num, John &
Peter’s, 96 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
Brooke Shive and the 45s, Triumph Brewing Company, 400
Union Square, New Hope, 215862-8300. www.triumphbrew.com. $5 cover. Must be 21. 10
p.m.
Singles
Theater Rocks, New Jersey Theater Alliance, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, 973-379-3636.
www.njtheatrealliance.org. Preshow reception and performance
of “The Full Monty” in partnership
with New Jersey Young Professionals. Register. $25. 6:30 p.m.
Wine Tasting for Singles, Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853
Wrightstown Road, Washington
Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500.
www.crossingvineyards.com.
Wine, cheese, and music. Register. $20. 7 to 9 p.m.
Drop-In, Yardley Singles, The
Runway, Mercer Airport, Ewing,
215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Dance music, cash
bar, no cover. 9 p.m.
Scrabble
Classics Used and Rare Books,
117 South Warren Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All skill levels
welcome. 6:30 to midnight.
For Seniors
Mercer County Widows and Widowers,
Knights of Columbus,
1451 Klockner Road,
Hamilton, 609-5853453. Dance social,
$8. 7:30 p.m.
Sports for
Causes
Just for Joey Golf
Outing, Eden Institute Foundation,
Heron Glen Golf
Course, Ringoes, 609-987-0099.
www.edenservices.org. Annual
event benefits children and adults
with autism. Register. $155. 11
a.m.
p.m.
brodskycenter.org. Silkscreen tee
shirts, Kristyna Comer, two days.
Register. $275. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summer Workshops, Brodsky
Center for Innovative Editions,
33 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-932-2222. www.brodskycenter.org. Plants into Paper, Lisa Switalski, two days,
$225. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Performance Sculpture Installation, Michener Art Museum, 138
South Pine Street, Doylestown,
215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Carole Frances
Lung, a sculptor, performance
artist, and social activist incorporates donated clothing into an
outdoor sculpture entitled “Hired
Out.” Lung works with two Bucks
County College art students
weaving the walls and roof of an
outdoor loom mimicking the
shape of a prison cell from the
Bucks County jail through July 2,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On view to
Sunday, October 18. 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Tots on Tour, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. For
ages 3 to 5. Listen to a story, become park explorers, make original works of art. One adult must
accompany each child. Register.
Free with park admission. Rain or
shine. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Art Exhibit, The Studio of Ben
Solowey, 3551 Olde Bedminster
Road, Bedminster, PA, 215-7950228. www.solowey.com. “An Intimate View,” an exhibit of small
paintings and drawings by Ben
Solowey. 1 to 5 p.m.
Gallery Talk, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Steve
Madsen discusses his artwork
and techniques of creating wood
sculpture in conjunction with exhibition. 2 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus., 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free.
2 p.m.
Art All Night, Artworks, Museum
of Contemporary Science, Roebling Machine Shop, 675 Clinton
Avenue, Trenton, 609-394-9436.
www.artworkstrenton.org. 24hours of art, entertainment, and
refreshments. Through June 21, 3
p.m. 3 p.m.
World Music
Drama
West African Drumming Workshop, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive,
Suite 506, Skillman, 609-9247294. www.princetonyoga.com.
Sharon Silverstein presents djembe drumming workshop, $20;
community drumming circle at 8
p.m., $15. $30 for both. 6:30 p.m.
Evening of Kirtan, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Indian
devotional chants and original
songs by Mecquel. $15. 7:30
p.m.
p.m. and 8 p.m.
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $16 to $20. 2 and 8 p.m.
The Little Foxes, Shakespeare
Theater of New Jersey, F.M. Kirby Theater, Drew University,
Madison, 973-408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Drama based
on Lillian Hellman’s tale of a
Southern family. $30 to $54. Audio described and symposium
performance. 2 p.m.
Saturday
June 20
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Butterflies
Are Free
Butterfly House Opening, Stony
Brook Millstone Watershed, 31
Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609737-7592. www.thewatershed.org. Kate Gorrie Memorial Butterfly house opens for tours and
questions. Donations invited. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Classical Music
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Princeton Festival, McCarter
Theater, Princeton, 800-5954849. www.princetonfestival.org.
Benjamin Britten’s opera. $30 to
$110. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Music Fest 2009, Mercer County,
Mercer County Park Marina, West
Windsor, 609-448-7107. www.whatsgoingonthisweekend.com.
2U, a U2 tribute band, presents
rock. Food and beverages available. Activities and prizes for children. Bring blanket, chair, and
picnic. Free. 5 to 8 p.m.
Music in the Park, Blue Curtain,
Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater, Community Park North, junction of Route 206 and Mountain
Avenue., 609-924-7500. www.bluecurtain.org. Lorraine Klaasen
and Kaiku. Rain date is Sunday,
June 21. Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Art
Brunswick, 732-932-2222. www.-
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PSO Names New Conductor
‘T
he musicians of the
orchestra are of the highest professional caliber, and there is a lot of
energy,” says Rossen Milanov, the
new music director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. “But
most importantly, making music is
a deeply collaborative effort. A certain level of chemistry — between
the person on one side of the podium, and the musicians who respond on the other side — is essential. For a conductor, it’s a rare
thing to find a chemistry that is just
right. At my very first rehearsal, I
felt that chemistry immediately.
I’m very much looking forward to
working together.”
Milanov, who was appointed after an extensive search, will assume his position at the PSO’s
artistic helm on Wednesday, July 1,
for a period of three years. “I am
very excited to be joining the
Princeton Symphony Orchestra at
this pivotal time in its history,” says
Milanov.
Milanov has been a much
sought-after guest conductor both
in the U.S. and abroad, and has
been hailed by critics as one of the
most promising figures in the upcoming generation of conductors
— one who “bears watching by
anyone who cares about the future
of music.” He currently holds the
positions of associate conductor of
the Philadelphia Orchestra, and
artistic director of the Philadelphia
Orchestra at the Mann Center for
the Performing Arts. Milanov is also the music director of New Jersey’s Symphony in C in Camden
and the New Symphony Orchestra
in his native city of Sofia, Bulgaria.
He has received the Award for
Extraordinary Contribution to Bulgarian Culture, awarded by the
Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, and
was chosen as Bulgaria’s Musician
of the Year in 2005.
According to a press statement,
during the week he spent with the orchestra in April, 2008, Milanov left
an unforgettable impression on and
off the podium, both personally and
professionally, with PSO musicians,
staff, board members, and Princeton’s very discerning audience.
Search committee chair Robert
Annis, dean and director of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, says: “We were looking for
a strong, inspiring musician, someone with experience and depth, but
also someone who would be a collaborative colleague and an effective leader. Rossen immediately
resonated with the orchestra and
everyone else as a gifted conductor
as well as a person of remarkable
warmth and character. He was the
clear choice to fulfill everyone’s vision of the perfect music director.”
PSO board president Caren
Sturges, who was also a member of
the search committee, commented
that in Milanov they have found a
In the Red and Brown Water, McCarter Theater at the Berlind,
I of the Brother/Sister plays by
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 4 and 8 p.m.
One-Act Festival, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front
and Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766. www.passagetheatre.org. Works by the theater’s Playwrights Lab feature
one act plays by Sonya Aronowitz
of Newtown, James Christy Jr. of
Princeton, Lynn Elson of Cranbury, Hope Gatto of Yardville, and
Peter Gruen of Lawrenceville.
$15. 7 p.m.
The Most Fabulous Story Ever
Told, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703333. www.kelseytheatre.net.
Paul Rudnick’s comedy features
Adam and Steve, and their lesbian counterparts, Jane and Mabel in a tale that begins in the Garden of Eden, survives the flood on
an ark, and winds up in modernday Manhattan. Benefit for the
James Tolin memorial scholarship
and the Open Arms Foundation.
Silent auction begins at 7 p.m.
Reception with music follows the
performance. $25. 8 p.m.
The Brothers Size and Marcus;
or the Secret of Sweet, McCarter Theater at the Berlind,
II of the Brother/Sister plays by
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress.
$27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
www.njfilmfest.com. $10. Appearance by some filmmakers. 7 p.m.
Film
The Forgotten Ones, New Jersey International Film Festival,
Milledoler Hall, College Avenue,
Dancing
Waltz Workshop and Ballroom
Dance Social, G & J Studios, 5
Jill Court, Building 14, Hillsborough, 908-892-0344. www.gandjstudios.com. Beginners welcome. No partner required. Lesson followed by social. Refreshments. BYOB. $12. 6:30 to 11
p.m.
Salsa Sensation, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Road,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Cha cha
lesson followed by open dancing.
No partner needed. $12. 7:30
p.m.
Literati
Turning the Page:
Rossen Milanov
takes the Princeton
Symphony Orchestra
baton on July 1.
conductor whose reputation,
stature and exceptional musicianship will have a positive impact.
“The PSO is a very fine orchestra
that is prized by our community.
We have a loyal following, but it is
still too much of a local secret. We
believe that Rossen will work extremely well with our musicians to
create exciting, high-quality concerts that will attract an even wider
audience.”
Milanov says he is deeply committed to keeping music performance vital and relevant to 21st century artistic sensibilities, and is
particularly interested in finding
new ways to develop a greater audience share from the “younger
generation.” He plans to build on
the orchestra’s excellence in ways
that will give the PSO a stronger
presence regionally and nationally.
Milanov will be conducting two of
the PSO’s Classical Series concerts
next year, on January 24 and May
16, and will be involved in all PSO
activities, including the orchestra’s
BRAVO! children’s concerts. Beginning in the 2010-’11 season, he
will be conducting four of the five
Classical Series performances.
For more information visit
www.princetonsymphony.org.
p.m.
Author Event, Classics Used
and Rare Books, 117 South Warren Street, Trenton, 609-3948400. Stephanie Elliott, author of
“Poneaseque: Goddess of the
Waters.” 2 to 4 p.m.
732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $22. 8 and 10:30
p.m.
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $17.50. 9:30 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Fairs
Bonnie McFarland, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Reservation. $20. 7:30 and 9:30
p.m.
Dessert and Comedy Night,
Kingston Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, Heathcote Road, Kingston. Mouthworks
Comedy Troupe presents a fastpaced show. E-mail kingstonladiesaux@yahoo.com. $10. 7:30
p.m.
Think Green Day, PNC Bank, 38
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-897-7450. Refreshments, games, prizes, green activities, shred truck, recycle buckets. Bring old eyeglasses, cell
phones, and computers to recycle. Tour of the environmentallyfriendly building. 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Fiber Festival and Spin-In,
Woodsedge Wools Farm, 78
Bowne Station Road, Stockton,
609-397-2212. www.alpacasllamaswoodsedge.co. Fiber farmers, knitters, spinners, and
weavers. Tour a working fiber
farm. Picnic on the porch. Ride
the farm wagon. Feed the alpacas
and llamas. Hands-on demonstrations of textile arts. Handcrafted products for sale. Free admission. $5 parking. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
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Faith
Kirtan Satsang, Krishna Leela
Center, 13 Briardale Court,
Plainsboro, 609-716-9262. www.krishnaleela.org. Musical mantra
chanting, group satsang, and discussion. 5 to 5:45 p.m.
Food & Dining
West Windsor Community
Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive
Parking Lot, Princeton Junction
Train Station, 609-577-5113.
www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, bakery
items, meat, coffee, tea, sandwiches, ice cream, pickles,
sauces, and flowers. Arts, crafts,
children’s activities, culinary
demonstrations, entertainment
programs, and wellness information. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free. 1 to 3 p.m.
“Gulpin n Grillin” features spicy
reds. 2 to 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Yoga and Meditation, Let’s Do
Yoga, The Estates, West Windsor, 732-887-3561. letsdoyogagmail.com. Multi-level yoga class
with meditation. Beginners are
welcome. Bring mat and blanket.
Call for location. $15. 7 to 8:30
a.m.
Raja Yoga, Integral Yoga Institute Princeton, 122 Carter Road,
Princeton, 732-274-2410. www.iyiprinceton.com. Reverend Jaganath Carrera, author of “Inside
the Yoga Sutras” and founder of
Yoga Life Society, presents a talk
about ethical principles, physical
practices, and meditation. Register. $30. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Open House, Riding High Farm,
145 Route 526, Allentown, 609689-0136. www.ridinghighfarm.org. Introduction to Crossroads, a
collaboration between Allies and
Riding High Farm, a farm dedicated to teaching horseback riding to
children and adults with disabilities. Hands-on training in the
equine and agricultural industries
for those with special needs who
have recently completed high
school. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Insight Meditation Open House,
Princeton Center for Yoga &
Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite
506, Skillman, 609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com. Presented by Beth Evard. Register.
Free. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
History
History Comes Alive, Hamilton
Veterans Park, 2202 Kuser
Road, Hamilton, 609-585-8900.
www.campolden.org. Civil War
living history with reenactors,
camps, and soldier life, from 2 to
8 p.m. Junior Camp Olden, a Civil
War day camp for ages 8 to 14,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register. 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Document Care Workshop,
Pennsbury Manor, 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville,
PA, 215-946-0400. www.pennsbudymanor.org. Register. $55. 10
a.m. to noon.
18th Century Colonial Clothing
Sewing Workshop, Old Barracks Museum, Barrack Street,
Trenton, 609-396-1776. www.barracks.org. Make a basic 18th
century dress. Register. $25 plus
materials. Second part of this
class is Saturday, July 11. 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Guided Tour, NJ State House,
West State Street, Trenton, 609633-2709. www.njleg.state.nj.us.
Guided tours hourly. Free. Noon
to 3 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Civil War Era Children’s Camp,
Camp Olden Civil War Museum,
2202 Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609581-3549. www.campolden.org.
Enlist as a soldier or lady of the
Civil War period and learn military
drills, camp life, songs, games,
and crafts. Reenactors present.
For ages 8 to 14. Register. $25.
Rain date is Sunday, June 21. 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
For Families
Open Bounce, Bounce U, 410
Windsor, 609-443-5867. www.bounceu.com. All ages, $6.95;
adults, free. 8:45 to 10 a.m.
Community Yoga, In Balance
Center for Living, 230 South
Branch Road, Hillsborough, 908369-4949. www.inbalancecenter.com. Mixed level class. $17. 9
a.m.
Hog Slopping and Weighing,
Howell Living History Farm,
Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville, 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. Watch the farmers wash, weigh, slop, and call
hogs. Help with pig chores including mixing feed, gathering pigweed, and filling wallows. Craft
program available. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Lectures
PC Computer Clinic, South
Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction,
732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info.
Chat with computer tech guys to
diagnose your computer’s problems and get remedies. 10 a.m.
Guided Tours: Daily 12:30 to 4:00pm
Platinum Dads and Men of Action Celebration, UIH Family
Partners, Marriott, Lafayette
Yard, Trenton, 609-695-3663.
www.uih.org. Awards for fathers,
role models, civil and business
leaders, and young men. Brunch,
music, speaker, awards, and
scholarships. Register. $25. 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Market Update Seminar, Weichert Realtors, 350 Nassau
Register. Free. 11 a.m.
Live Music
Larry Tritel, Thomas Sweet Cafe,
1330 Route 206, Skillman, 609430-2828. www.larrytritel.com.
Guitar and vocals. 9 a.m. to
noon.
Varuna, John & Peter’s, 96 South
Main Street, New Hope, 215-8625981. www.johnandpeters.com. 3
p.m.
Arturo Romay, Sotto 128
Restaurant and Lounge, 128
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-7555. www.sotto128.com.
Spanish guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Country and Bluegrass Music
Show, WDVR-FM, Lambertville
Assembly of God Church, 638
Route 518, Lambertville, 609397-1620. www.wdvrfm.org.
Heartlands Hayride Band. $10.
Food available. 6 to 8 p.m.
Chambourcin Release,
Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46
Yard Road, Pennington, 609-7374465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Governor’s Cup
Winner. Jazz, food, and libations
with winemaker Sergio Neri. Register. 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Register at 6:50 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Kristian Rex, Bowman’s Tavern,
1600 River Road, New Hope,
215-862-2972. 8 p.m.
Roe Ferrara & Steve, It’s A Grind
Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-2752919. www.itsagrind.com. 8 to 10
p.m.
American Hawk, Erini Restaurant, 1140 River Road, West
Trenton, 609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. 9 p.m.
Undertow, John & Peter’s, 96
Heroes Anonymous, Triumph
Brewing Company, 400 Union
Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com. $5
cover. Must be 21. 10 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Butterfly House Opening, Stony
Brook Millstone Watershed, 31
Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609737-7592. www.thewatershed.org. Kate Gorrie Memorial Butterfly house opens for tours and
questions. Donations invited. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Paleo Stone Tool Making, Washington Crossing State Park,
Washington Crossing State Park
Nature/Interpretive Center, 609737-0609. Presentation by Jim
Silk, regional reconstructive lithic
technologist. Native American artifacts on display. 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Terrific Turtles, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road,
Plainsboro, 609-897-9400. www.njaudubon.org. $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Ghost Walking Tour, Princeton
Tour Company, 98 Nassau
www.princetontourcompany.com.
Lantern-led walking tour to learn
about Revolutionary War ghosts,
ghosts who love theater, and
ghosts who chased women. $10.
7 p.m.
Schools
Socials
SAT Workshop, Ivy Insiders,
Plainsboro Public Library, 347281-3190. www.ivyinsiders.com.
Learn the Game Theory approach
to test taking in a two-hour workshop. Lily Fu presents a program
to raise baseline SAT score. Free.
10 a.m.
The Hub, Princeton United
Methodist Church, Nassau at
Vandeventer Street, Princeton,
609-924-0781. www.princetonumc.org. Social center for men
and women who have developmental disabilities. Non-sectarian.
Facilitators and volunteers organize meals, music, games, videos,
and crafts. Enter from the parking
lot in back of the church. Wheelchair accessible. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Book Sale
New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, College Farm Road and
Route 1, North Brunswick, 732249-2077. www.agriculturemuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singles
Princeton Singles, German
American Club, Uncle Petes
Road, Yardville, 609-883-1214.
Dinner and music by Rick and
Kenny. For ages 55-plus. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Princeton Singles, Somerset Patriots Stadium, 908-874-6539. Patriots vs. Southern Maryland Blue
Crabs. For ages 55-plus. Register. $9 to $12. 7:05 p.m.
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, Steppin’ Out Singles, Woodbridge Hilton, 120
Wood Avenue South, Iselin, 732656-1801. www.steppinoutsingles.com. Ages 40 plus. $15.
8:30 p.m.
Chinese Accupressure
& Professional Massage
c Herbal
Foot Medicine
rub, Foot Rub
c Foot Massage, Reflexology
c Deep Tissue Technique
c Truly Relieves Pain and Fatigue
c Back
15 Market Street ★ Trenton, New Jersey ★ (609) 989-3027
www.williamtrenthouse.org
The 1719 William Trent House Museum is owned, maintained and operated
by the City of Trenton, Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture,
Division of Culture, with assistance from the
New Jersey Historical Commission, Department of State
Music from Wales:
Ember performs on
Friday, June 19, at the
Folk Project, Morristown. 973-335-9489.
Gift
Certificates
Available
for the
Holidays!
164 Nassau St., 2nd floor, Princeton, NJ
609-252-9900 • cell 718-813-3827
Open 7 days a week 10am - 10pm - No appointment needed!
Sports
Tour of the Millstone River,
Rocky Hill Cycling Classic,
Sante Fe Grille, Washington
Boulevard, Rocky Hill. www.bikereg.com. Cycling and food.
Register. $15 to $20. 7 a.m.
Sunday
June 21
Fathers Day.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Trenton’s
Potential SoHo
Trenton Atelier, 33 Clark Street,
Roebling Complex, Trenton,
609-610-3624. www.trentonatelier.com. Open house for a future working industrial arts community, which will expand into a
holistic healing arts center, retail
sales spaces, galleries, dining,
and mixed use living loft spaces.
Refreshments. Donation, $20.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Classical Music
Concordia Chamber Players,
215-297-5972. www.concordiaplayers.org. Performing for
Princeton Festival. 3 p.m.
Opera New Jersey, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Preview of the
company’s upcoming season at
McCarter Theater, July 10 to 26,
includes excerpts from Mozart’s
“Abduction from the Seraglio,”
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s
“The Mikado.” Free. 3 p.m.
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Concordia Chamber Players,
Princeton Festival, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, 800595-4849. www.princetonfestival.org. Chamber music. $30. 4 p.m.
Pop Music
www.brtstage.org. Musicale featuring the pop standards of the late
1950s and early ‘60s. $29. 3 p.m.
World Music
Shen Yun Performing Arts, State
Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue,
www.StateTheatreNJ.org. Chinese
dance and music. $35 to $88. 7:30
p.m.
Art
campus., 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Plainsboro Public Library,
641 Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. Art chat with
the artist in conjunction with “Familiar
Places,” a solo show featuring watercolors
of the area by East Windsor resident Daniel
P. Turner Thomas, as well as “Miracle on
the Hudson,” a watercolor he created after
the recent crash. The painting, which has
been featured in the New York Times and
Fox 5 News, is being donated to the crew of
Flight 1549 in the fall. On view through
June 30. 3 p.m.
Drama
My Fair Lady, Bucks County Playhouse,
70 South Main Street, New Hope, 215-8622041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com.
Musical. $25. 2 p.m.
The Brothers Size and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, McCarter Theater at the
Berlind, 91 University Place, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Evening II of the
Brother/Sister plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Adult language and mature
themes. Evening I and II may be seen in
Soup Du Jour, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5
South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to
$29.50 includes dessert. 2 p.m.
The Full Monty, Paper Mill Playhouse,
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973-376-4343.
www.papermill.org. Elaine Stritch portrays
Jeanette Burmeister in the musical bare-itall story set in Buffalo, New York. For mature audiences. $56 to $84. Cast members
also include Wayne Wilcox, Michael Rupert, Joe Coots, Kelly Sullivan, and Milton
Craig. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
The Fantasticks, Princeton Festival, 185
Nassau Street, Princeton, 800-595-4849.
www.princetonfestival.org. Musical by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. $30 to $35. 2
p.m.
One-Act Festival, Passage Theater, Mill
Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery
streets, Trenton, 609-392-0766. www.passagetheatre.org. Works by the theater’s
Playwrights Lab feature one act plays by
Sonya Aronowitz of Newtown, James
Christy Jr. of Princeton, Lynn Elson of
Cranbury, Hope Gatto of Yardville, and Peter Gruen of Lawrenceville. $15. 3 p.m.
In the Red and Brown Water, McCarter
Theater at the Berlind, 91 University
Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.
Evening I of the Brother/Sister plays by
Tarell Alvin McCraney. Adult language and
mature themes. Evening I and II may be
seen in any order. $36 to $49. 7:30 p.m.
Film
Jersey Fresh, New Jersey International
Film Festival, Milledoler Hall, College Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-932-8482.
www.njfilmfest.com. $10. Appearance by
some filmmakers. 7 p.m.
Literati
Poet’s Invitational, Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org.
Poets, writers, and musicians are invited to
debut works. Register for a place to qualify
for free admission to the park. Rain or
shine. 2 p.m.
Conceptual Tour
Trenton Atelier, 33 Clark Street, Roebling
Complex, Trenton, 609-610-3624. www.trentonatelier.com. Open house for a working industrial arts community will expand into holistic healing arts center, retail sales
spaces, galleries, dining, and mixed use living loft spaces. Refreshments. Donation,
$20. Noon to 4 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Phantasy Quintet and More:
The Princeton Festival continues with a performance by the
Concordia Chamber Players on Sunday, June 21, in Taplin Hall,
Princeton University. 800-595-4849.
Register by phone or E-mail jeanette@princetonhistory.org. $7. 2 p.m.
Fairs
Lectures
Fiber Festival and Spin-In, Woodsedge
Wools Farm, 78 Bowne Station Road,
Stockton, 609-397-2212. www.alpacasllamaswoodsedge.co. $10. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Family Picnic, New Jersey Indian Association, West Windsor Community Park,
Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-799-9254. www.jinausa.org. Family
and cultural gathering with activities for
children and Indian food. $10 per family.
11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Overview of Project Management Professional Exam, West Windsor Library, 333
North Post Road, 609-799-0462. Seminar
to provide overview of the test format, prerequisites, and qualifications. Free. 2 to 3
p.m.
Live Music
Dick Gratton, Bistro Soleil, 173 Mercer
Street, Hightstown, 609-443-9700. Solo
jazz guitar. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tom Glover, Triumph Brewing Company,
400 Union Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com. 1 to 3 p.m.
Quest Theory, John & Peter’s, 96 South
Main Street, New Hope, 215-862-5981.
www.johnandpeters.com. 3 p.m.
Bob Egan, Bowman’s Tavern, 1600 River
Road, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2972. Open
mic and piano. 6 to 10 p.m.
Oldies Night, Hillbilly Hall Tavern and
Restaurant, 203 Hop-Wertsville Road,
Hopewell, 609-466-9856. www.hillbillyhall.com. Dance or sing the night away with DJ
Ron. 6 to 10 p.m.
Faith
Cherry Tree Club Graduation Celebration, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church,
TGIFridays, MarketFair, West Windsor,
609-799-1753. www.popnj.org. Pre-school
program graduates are celebrated. 8:30
and 11 a.m.
Food & Dining
NASSAU
H E L I C O P T E R S
H E L I C O P T E R S
Father’s Day Barbecue, Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington,
609-737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Register. $10. 1 p.m. to 4
p.m.
Father’s Day Barbecue, Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington,
609-737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Hamburgers, hot dogs, soda, wine by the glass or bottle. $10. 1 to 4
p.m.
Health & Wellness
Yoga to Awaken Your Creative Flow, Four
Winds Yoga, Roebling Factory, Trenton,
609-818-9888. www.fourwindsyoga.com.
Greet the day at Art All Night with yoga.
Bring a mat. All levels. Free. 7 to 10 a.m.
Yoga and Meditation, Let’s Do Yoga, 15
Jewel Road, West Windsor, 732-887-3561.
letsdoyogagmail.com. Multi-level yoga
class with meditation. Beginners are welcome. Bring mat and blanket. Register.
$15. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
History
Civil War and Native American Museum,
Camp Olden, 2202 Kuser Road, Hamilton,
609-585-8900. www.campolden.org. Exhibits featuring Civil War soldiers from New
Jersey include their original uniforms,
weapons, and medical equipment. Diorama of the Swamp Angel artillery piece and
Native American artifacts. Free. 1 to 4 p.m.
Summer Solstice Party, Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 609921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Family party with stories, music, games, food,
and crafts. $6 per child. 1 to 3 p.m.
From Revolution to Relativity, Historical
Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-9216748. www.princetonhistory.org. Classic
walking tour of downtown Princeton and
Princeton University includes stops at Nassau Hall, University Chapel, Woodrow Wilson’s homes, and Einstein’s residence.
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JOB LOSS
Have you recently become unemployed due
to downsizing, or just
not enough business?
These economic times
are putting incredible
strains on many people
and job losses are
mounting.
Salon Vis-à-Vis encourages you to spruce
up your image, while
you spruce up your resume. Salon Vis-à-Vis
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of services on Tuesday
and Wednesday through
April, to friends of the
community who are
finding themselves in a
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June 21
Stupidity and Mondo Topless,
The Record Collector Store,
358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. www.the-record-collector.com. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Brad Jacobs, John & Peter’s, 96
Outdoor Action
Stream Stomp, Washington
Crossing State Park, Visitor
Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609.
Wet hike in search of crayfish,
salamanders, frogs, minnows,
and other stream inhabitants.
Register. $5 per car. 1:30 to 2:30
p.m.
Politics
Cindy Sheehan, Coalition for
Peace Action, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry
Hill Road, Princeton, 609-9245022. www.peacecoalition.org.
“An Afternoon with Cindy Sheehan,” author of “Myth America”
whose son Casey died as a U.S.
soldier in Iraq in 2004. She attracted national attention when
she set up Camp Casey near
President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas the following year. 2
to 4 p.m.
Chess
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. For
advanced adult players. 1 to 5
p.m.
Sports
Softball Game, Outer Circle Ski
Club, Plainsboro Park, 609-7994674. www.outercircleskiclub.org.
Pick up game for adults over 21. 2
p.m.
Monday
June 22
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Negative or O Positive?
Blood Drive, University Medical
Center at Princeton, Medical
Arts Building, Witherspoon Street,
609-497-4366. www.princetonhcs.org. All blood types needed
— especially O negative and O
positive blood. Thomas Sweet
Pint for Pint ice cream program.
Free valet parking for donors.
Open Mondays to Fridays, 7:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Chinese Dance and Music: Shen Yun Performing Arts comes to the State Theater in New
Brunswick on Sunday, June 21. 732-246-7469.
Pop Music
Art
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 5000 Windrows Drive,
Plainsboro, 732-469-3983. www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony.
New members are welcome. 7:15
p.m.
Art Exhibit, Red Horse Gallery,
Freehold Raceway Mall, First day
for VSA Arts of New Jersey exhibit
featuring artists with disabilities.
Works by Vimala Gade, Matthew
Loscialo, Lois Monaghan, Tracy
Reinhardt, and Anthony Zaremba
on view to August 21. Meet the
artist reception on Thursday, July
9, from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery open
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
World Music
Celtic Woman: Isle of Hope,
Sovereign Bank Arena, Hamilton Avenue at Route 129, Trenton, 609-656-3222. www.comcasttix.com. Musical experience with Chloe, Lisa, Alex, Lynn,
and Mairead. $42 to $67. 7:30
p.m.
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Review: ‘Soup du Jour’
F
or the next-to-last production in the Off-Broadstreet
Theater’s Silver Anniversary season, Robert and Julia Thick have
chosen “Soup du Jour,” a popular
musical from the late 1990s, which
is being seen for the first time in
New Jersey. Subtitled “A Screwball Musical Comedy,” “Soup du
Jour” takes place in New York City
in the spring of 1939.
The soup of the title refers to the
leading attraction at a popular New
York City restaurant run by Stewart
Bailey (Nick Muni). The soup was
the special creation of Bailey’s father, who has recently died. Bailey
has misplaced the recipe and is in
despair about how to handle all the
customers waiting for their bowl of
soup. Adding to Bailey’s frenzy is
the fact that he is to be married the
next day to a snobby, social-climbing nitwit, Tiffany Vandervanden
(Carrie DeNito) whom the audience recognizes is impossible long
before he does.
At the same time, Katharine
Hawks, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning
journalist (Heather Diaforli-Day),
has been sent to the restaurant by
her frantic editor, J.P. Thompson
(sympathetically
played
by
Michael Lawrence). He wants her
to pretend to be a waitress looking
for a job so that she can steal the
recipe and thereby come up with a
story that will boost circulation
enough to save the paper. Hawks’s
enthusiasm for the task is tempered
by the fact that she had been planning to fly to London the very next
day to begin a major shift in her career. A tall, striking woman, Hawks
adeptly switches from being a not-
ed journalist to a conniving waitress.
Competing with Hawks for media glory is the newspaper’s food
critic, Shelly DeCoco (Tappany
Hochman). DeCoco no longer has
functioning taste buds, a fact she
obviously feels a need to keep under wraps. Besides, her real interest
lies in gossip and scandal. A voice
of reason in the midst of all this
nonsense is the barkeeper, Franklin
O’Sbea, played by Bill Bunting, a
first-rate singer and actor.
The music in “Soup du Jour” is
perhaps not memorable, but it is
Subtitled ‘a screwball
comedy,’ ‘Soup du
Jour’ is full of the requisite madcap characters, including a
journalist disguised
as a aitress, a food
critic whose taste
buds don’t function.
certainly pleasant. The songs often
have clever lyrics, and the music
fits the lyrics comfortably. Accompanying the singers, and playing an
overture to the first act and an entr’acte before the second, is a threeman band, with James Jarvie on
percussion, Steve Pasierb on bass,
and Timothy Brown and Peter
Wright alternating on piano. The
band is fun and never threatens to
dominate the singers; the percussion player’s wide range of instru-
ments goes from the expected
drums to the unexpected — bird
calls and the like. “Soup du Jour” is
Jarvie’s 28th show with OffBroadstreet. Musically, the show
still had some standard openingnight problems, but clearly the
band will settle in more, and presumably as the run goes on the
singers will be more on top of their
songs and the ones who were experiencing vocal problems will relax.
The set, designed by Thick, simultaneously
accommodates
Hawks’s office at the newspaper on
one side and part of Bailey’s
Restaurant on the other. For one
scene, the space between them
serves as Charlie Knickerbocker’s,
a nearby watering hole. The set
works well, and helps the actors
project their stories. The costumes
are by Ann Raymond, and as is usually the case with Raymond’s designs, they do their job without
calling attention to themselves. We
can thank Julie Thick for the entertaining choreography.
F
our of the six actors are OffBroadstreet veterans, some of many
past shows — this is number eight
for Diaforli-Day and number 10 for
Lawrence. The two making their
first appearance on the Off-Broadstreet stage are DeNito, who plays
Tiffany, and Hochman, who plays
Shelly. Hochman, it should be pointed out, is not actually a stranger to
the Off-Broadstreet — for many
years she was involved presenting
dessert or serving the tables.
Although this whole season has
been christened the Silver An-
Soup’s On: Bill Bunting of Hopewell, left, Heather
Diaforli-Day, and Nick Muni.
niversary season, and a celebratory
tone has permeated the publicity
materials all season long, the anniversary of the day the theater actually opened will occur during the
run of “Soup du Jour.” As the
Thicks describe it, on June 29,
1974, “34 adventuresome subscribers, a handful of friends, and a
few curious neighbors watched as
we embarked on a theatrical adventure.” What they have established
is something they should be proud
of, and there are many theatergoers
in this area who wish them many
more years of the same kind of success. — Barbara Westergaard
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. Through Saturday, July 11. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to $29.50
includes dessert. 609-466-2766 or
www.off-broadstreet.com.
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JUNE 17, 2009
Where to Go If You Can’t Sleep on Saturday, June 20
Art for the Summer Solstice: For Art All Night,
the future home of the Museum of Contemporary
Science is transformed into a 50,000 square foot
gallery. Photos this page: Frank Jacobs.
W
hen Michael Gum- Roebling wire rope used in suspenpert joined the board of Artworks sion bridges including New York’s
two years ago, he brought with him Brookly, Williamsburg, and Manfrom Pittsburgh a remarkably nov- hattan bridges, and San Francisel event idea — a community- co’s Golden Gate Bridge — now
based 24-hour marathon celebra- the future home of the Museum of
tion of the arts. The first Art All Contemporary Science. According
Night in Pittsburgh in 1998, held in to Gumpert, more than 300 voluna recently-purchased but still emp- teers have been recruited to help
ty commercial property, drew 101 with this year’s event.
artworks and 200 attendees; in
The event, according to Gum2006, it attracted over 10,000 visi- pert, embraces five goals. First, the
tors and the work of 883 artists.
event is participatory — giving
Now executive director of Art- artists (including children, teens,
works, Gumpert will enjoy his and novices) who normally might
third annual Art All Night in Tren- not have a chance to show their work
ton from 3 p.m. on Saturday, June in a gallery setting the opportunity to
20, through 3
do so. “This is
p.m. on Sunday,
empowering,”
Art All Night is ‘edgy,
June 21. In its
says Gumpert,
first year in
“and encoursomething different,
2007, Art All
ages people to
something cool,’ says
Night
drew
continue creatArtworks executive
1,700
guests
ing.” The event
and 370 artists
also seeks to
director Michael
all ages, skill
build commuGumpert.
levels,
and
nity, bringing
mediums. Last
people together
year the numwho may be
bers rose to 5,000 visitors and over different in many others ways but all
500 artists. This year an estimated share a love of art. According to de8,000 guests are expected. Unlike mographic data posted in Artworks’
most booth-oriented, daytime art website, visitors to last year’s Art All
fairs, Art All Night, Gumpert told Night were spread rather evenly
U.S. 1 before the first Art All agewise from the 16 to 25-year-old
Night, is “edgy, something differ- category, and each decade up
ent, something cool” (U.S. 1, June through the 56 to 65 category. Forty
20, 2007).
percent of attendees were from MerThe first year Art All Night took cer County (not Trenton), 20.6 perplace in the Artworks facility (his- cent from Trenton, and the rest from
torically home to a Sear Roebucks Bucks County, metro Philadelphia,
warehouse) in Trenton. Last year it and metro New York, as well as
moved to the Chambersburg sec- towns and counties including Monttion of Trenton in a sprawling gomery, Bordentown, Somerset,
50,000 square foot former Roe- Essex County, and Monmouth/
bling machine shop, which once Roosevelt. Gumpert says: “The
fabricated the world renowned building community goal reflects
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Round the Clock: Top: A family
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Michael Gumpert and his mother,
Leslie, right, at the 2008 Art All Night.
the idea that art is a common denominator amongst a very diverse grup
of people, people who would probably not interact with each other but
this event brings them together.”
One statistic Gumpert adds to the
posted information is that the ethnic
breakdown was 60 percent white,
and 40 percent non-white, a stamp of
diversity success in and of itself.
Gumpert also notes that not everyone was young, and not everyone
was from Trenton. “There were also
rich Princetonians.”
Other goals include growing
ideas — bringing creative people
together to forge new relationships
and generate new ideas to improve
Trenton; showcasing Trenton’s redevelopment potential; and promoting Artworks as an organization — offering classes, exhbiitions, original programming and
trainings, space rentals, volunteer
opportunities, and a future beautification initiative.
‘T
he concern this year is that
when we started out we designed
the event to be a ‘fun-raiser,’ and
this year we wanted to make it into a
fundraiser without diluting the five
very important goals,” says Gumpert. “We more aggressively pursued sponsorship opportunities, and
developed a whole host of ways that
people can spend their money at the
event — but still keep it free to attend and to submit art.” Visitors can
buy the very popular Art All Night
tee shirts and coffee mugs; a portion
of the food proceeds will go to Artworks, and if you end up purchasing
artwork you can designate a portion
to go to Artworks.”
Live music
from a spectrum of genres
— jazz, rock,
blues, club, and
family — will
be held on indoor and outdoor
stages. When night falls, visitors
can witness a glassblowing studio
on wheels outdoors and Modern
Metal Works will transform reclaimed elevator cables into “fire
bowls” for the age-old pastime of
“sitting around the campfire.”
Artists from Dentz Design will create wearable art. Art Fusion is a
jam sessions for artists, where
painters — and even tattoo artists
— will collaborate on art that
evolves right in front of spectators’
eyes. Four Winds yoga holds two
yoga classes on Sunday morning.
The Children’s Art Zone will be a
space for kids to design, build, and
create together on Sunday.
Gumpert says that in the food department they deliberately decided
against what he calls “carnival
food.” Instead, visitors can expect
to see Nomad Pizza (brick oven
pizza made on the back of an REO
Speedwagon truck) and Alysia’s
Brownies (we’re crossing our fingers she’ll have her triple chocolate
mocha ones). Carnivores can
choose from Howard’s Place, offering traditional American BBQ, and
Stewart’s Drive-in, and herbivores
can visit Catherine’s Vegan. Other
food and wine vendors include
Laurita Winery (which holds a
wine tasting on Saturday from 3 to
9 p.m., Zizi’s, and Trenton Kebab
House, including plenty of ethnic
and world offerings.
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can boast 50,000 square feet of exhibition space? Art All Night encourages submissions from every
type of artist — from “four-year-old
refrigerator artists, spirited novices,
and seasoned professionals.”
Artists may bring one — and only
one — piece of art to the registration
table on Friday, June 19, from 6 to 9
p.m. or on Saturday, June 20, from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers recommend that artists complete the art
registration form online (www.artworkstrenton.org) in advance. A
photo ID is required at registration
and pick up. More information is
available on the website.
During Art All Night visitors
can express interest in purchasing
artwork by filling out a purchase
offer form. Artists will then contact
interested parties. (No sales will
take place or be brokered onsite.)
“I think it’s almost magical to
see this many people be ecstatic
about this event,” says Gumpert.
“They see it as a part of Trenton’s
rebirth. There’s so much going on
in Trenton, so much that’s positive.
Bringing people to Trenton for Art
All Night is one way for them to
see what’s going on.
Art All Night, Artworks, Museum of Contemporary Science, Roebling Machine Shop, 675 Clinton
Avenue, Trenton. Saturday, June 20,
3 p.m. 24-hours of art, entertainment, and refreshments. Through
June 21, 3 p.m. 609-394-9436 or
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In the Galleries: Above: D&R Greenway’s new
exhibit, ‘Ribbon Life: The D&R Canal at 175,’ a collection of archival images, opens with a reception
on Friday, June 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road. 609-924-4646.
At left: 'Autumn's Carnival' by Dallas Piotrowski
won 'Best painting in the Show' at the Artsbridge
15th Annual Juried Art Show, on view through
Saturday, June 27, at Riverrun Gallery, 287 South
Main Street, Lambertville.
June 22
Dancing
Salsa Dance Lessons, International Arts Collaborative,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609333-0266. www.princetonsalsa.org. Jose (Papo) Diaz instructs
advanced beginners at 7; and beginners at 8:30 p.m. No partner
necessary. $20. 7 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. David
Kushner, author of “Levittown:
Two Families, One Tycoon and
the Fight for Civil Rights in American’s Legendary Suburb,” discusses his book with the AfricanAmerican interest book group.
7:30 p.m.
Faith
Adult Vacation Bible School,
Doylestown Presbyterian
Church, 127 East Court Street,
Doylestown, PA, 215-348-3531.
www.dtownpc.org. Through Friday, June 26. Register. $10. 9
a.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, University Medical
Center at Princeton, Medical
Arts Building, Witherspoon Street,
609-497-4366. www.princetonhcs.org. All blood types needed
— especially O negative and O
positive blood. Thomas Sweet
Pint for Pint ice cream program.
Free valet parking for donors.
Open Mondays to Fridays, 7:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Blessing and Dedication, St.
Francis Medical Center, 1435
Liberty Street, Trenton, 609-5995201. www.stfrancismedical.com.
LIFE (Living Independently for Elders), a program for frail elders in
Mercer County. 10:30 a.m.
Strength and Stamina, Princeton
Center for Yoga & Health, 50
Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com. Essential oils
and the aging process presented
by Nancy Orlen Weber. Register.
$20. Noon to 2:30 p.m.
Also, Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction. Introduction to the
eight-week two-hour class format
includes information about mindful meditation,yoga, and awareness. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
New Member Orientation, Professional Service Group of Mercer County, One Stop Career
609-292-7535. “How Can PSG
Help in Job Search?” Free. 10:30
a.m.
Career Paths, East Brunswick
Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, 732-390-6767. www.ebpl.org.
“Changing Jobs in Changing
Times” presented by Arnie Boldt.
Free. 7 p.m.
Singles
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for soups,
wraps, gelato, and tea, coffee,
desserts, or espresso. Register at
www.meetup.com/PrincetonArea-Singles-Network. 6:30 to 8
p.m.
Sports for Causes
Golf Tournament, Capital Health
System, Philmont Country Club,
Huntingdon Valley, PA, 609-3946091. www.capitalhealth.org.
Register. 8 a.m.
Golf Benefit, George Street Playhouse, Forsgate Country Club,
ult
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Opportunities
For updated listings visit www.princetoninfo.com.
Audition
Yardley Players has auditions
for “Bus Stop” on Saturday, August 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday, August 2, 1 to 4 p.m., at the
Mercer College’s communications
building. Cold readings from the
script. Call Howard Matter at 215675-0262 for an appointment.
Comedy?
Grover’s Mill Coffee House
seeks comedy for its second annual
Comedy and Caffeine Night on
Thursday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. 295
Windsor, 609-716-8771, www.groversmillcoffee.com.
Health
University Medical Center at
Princeton needs volunteers for the
blood donor program. All blood
types are needed, especially O negative and O positive. Open Mondays to Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(to 7 p.m. on Thursdays) Monday,
June 22, the donor room is open
from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Medical
Arts Building B, across from the
main entrance to the hospital. Free
valet parking for donors. Thomas
Sweet’s Pint for a Pint (of ice
cream) program available. Call
609-497-4366 for information.
American Heart Association offers a “Summer Walking Guide” including downloadable walking
plans, tips, and trackers to be physically active. Visit www.startwalkingnow.org or call 800-AHA-USA1.
Monroe, 732-846-2895. www.gsponline.org. Golf, lunch, dinner,
awards. Benefit for artistic and
educational programming. Register. $400. 11 a.m.
Tuesday
June 23
Subtle-Energy Wholistic Intentional Focus for Transformation seeks women ages 25 to 46
with hypothyroidism for a study.
Contact Enid Martinez at 201-6620264 or by E-mail at thehearthelix@yahoo.com for information.
Good Causes
Classics Books runs a books-athome program to benefit homes of
Trenton children. The store has
supplied schools and organizations
with books for children to take
home. Bring used books or financial contribution to Classics, 117
South Warren Street, Trenton.
Trenton students are invited to
drop in to choose a book.
D&R State Park seeks diners
who are canal lovers to benefit the
organization by patronizing restaurants that donate 15 percent of the
cost of your dinner. Eat at restaurants including Bell’s Tavern, Eno
Terra, Erini, It’s Nutts, Paulie Anna
Rose, Rocky Hill Inn, South Side
Grille, Lambertville Station,
Hamilton Grill Room, and Meil’s,
on Tuesdays, June 16 and July 7;
and Thursdays, June 25 and July
23. Some of the restaurants are only for one of the evenings. Visit
www.dandrcanal.com or call 609924-2683 for complete information.
Heroes for Hospice seeks comic books for a comic book show on
Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at 95 Old Short Hills Road,
West Orange. All money raised
benefits Saint Barnabas Hospice
and Palliative Care Center. Contact
Spiro Ballas at 973-322-4866 or Email sballas@sbhcs.com.
Park, Route 1 South, Edison,
732-548-2884. www.playsinthepark.com. Musical. Bring a chair.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Film
Princeton Festival, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Midsummer
Magic” preview features a
screening of Woody Allen’s 1982
film, “A Midsummer Night’s Sex
Comedy.” 7:30 p.m.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
How to Be a Vegetarian
Dancing
Vegetarian Diet for Health and
Well Being, South Brunswick
Library, 110 Kingston Lane,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3294000. www.sbpl.info. Sue Rose
presents healthy vegetarian alternatives. 7 p.m.
Country Line Dancing, Hillbilly
Hall Tavern and Restaurant,
203 Hop-Wertsville Road,
Hopewell, 609-466-9856. www.hillbillyhall.com. Instruction
throughout the evening. 7 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Wine Tasting, Eno Terra Restaurant, 4484 Route 27, Kingston,
609-497-1777. www.enoterra.com. Taste 10 wines. Register.
$15. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Product Cooking Presentation,
Miele Design Center, 9 Independence Way, Princeton, 800-8437231. www.mieleusa.com. Register. Free. 6 p.m.
Greenway Amphitheater at 202
Lunchtime music series. Free.
Noon.
Drama
Company, Plays-in-the-Park,
Capestro Theater, Roosevelt
Food & Dining
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Summer Programs
Arts Council of Princeton offers a variety of teen and adult
classes this summer from painting
to dancing. Visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-9248777.
Rider University will host day
and overnight ID Tech Camps, a
computer camp, on its Lawrenceville campus beginning Sunday, June 21, for ages 7 to 17. Visit
www.internaldrive.com or call
888-709-TECH.
George Street Playhouse offers summer acting classes for ages
5 to 17, Monday to Friday, through
August 7, as well as one-day workshops. Call 732-846-2895, ext 115
for information.
Pennington Studio offers five
and six week classes in cement
sculpture and metal casting techniques this summer. Call Rory Mahon at 609-477-4424 or E-mail rory98@hotmail.com.
Fall Classes
Paper Mill Playhouse offers
theater school for ages 4 to adult.
Contact Mickey McNancy at 973379-3636, ext. 2626 or visit www.papermill.org.
Wills & Estate Planning
Mary Ann Pidgeon
Pidgeon & Pidgeon, PC
Sports
Attorney, LLM in Taxation
Garden State Baseball League
has a high school and college unlimited Sunday wood bat league.
Visit www.gardenstatebaseball.com or call 732-382-4610 for information and registration.
600 Alexander Road
Princeton
609-520-1010
www.pidgeonlaw.com
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individualized
healthcare
solution
designed to
keep your
loved ones
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That’s LIFE
St. Francis
LIFE St. Francis is an individualized healthcare solution
designed to keep your loved ones at home.
Our services include:
• Medical & Nursing Care
• Transportation
• Help with meals and nutrition
• Home and personal care
• Drug Coverage (including over the counter)
• Physical and Occupational Therapy
• Attendance at LIFE Center
You are eligible for this program if you:
• Are 55 or older
• Live in Mercer County, Florence, Roebling or Bordentown
• Are certified by the state to need nursing home level of care
• Can live safely at home with the support of the LIFE Team
For more information about
LIFE St. Francis, call 609-599-LIFE (5433)
or visit www.stfrancismedical/life.org.
For services to be covered, participants must follow the care plan approved by the care team.
Participants may be liable for unauthorized services.
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June 23
6011. www.franklinandalison.com. 6:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Vegetarian Diet for Health and
Well Being, South Brunswick
Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000.
www.sbpl.info. Sue Rose presents healthy vegetarian alternatives. 7 p.m.
Wonder Walk for Families: Mystery of the Night, Duke Farms,
80 Route 206 South, Hillsborough, 908-722-3700. www.dukefarms.org. Explore the forest and
catch bugs with Michael Pollock,
New Jersey Audubon Society.
Register. $8. Rain date Wednesday, June 24. 8 to 10 p.m.
Gardens
Farmer Twilight Meetings,
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey, Rutgers Display Gardens, Cook
Campus, 112 Ryders Lane, New
Brunswick, 908-371-1111. www.nofanj.org. “Native Ornamentals”
presented by Bruce Crawford, director of the gardens. Register.
$15. 5 to 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Rossiter System Techniques,
Princeton Chiropractic Wellness Center, 33 State Road,
Suite B, Princeton, 800-2648100. Shoulder and neck pain, 10
a.m. to 1 p.m; back and hip pain,
2 to 5 p.m. Register. $100; $65 for
one session. 10 a.m.
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, 707 Alexander Road,
www.pleasegiveblood.org. Walkins are welcome. Tuesdays,
12:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays, 7 a.m.
to 2 p.m. 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Meditation Class, A Kneaded Escape, 405 Route 130 North, East
Windsor, 732-895-5926. www.akneadedescape.com. $16. 6 to
7 p.m.
For Parents
Special Education Parent Training, Family Support Organization, 3535 Quakerbridge Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-1200. “Resolving IEP Disputes with Mediation and/or Due Process.” Register. Free. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Politics
Meeting, Republican Women of
Mercer County, Nassau Club,
Princeton. www.rwomc.org. 6
p.m.
Singles
Princeton Singles, Elks Club,
Route 518, Blawenberg, 609275-5180. Lunch for ages 55plus. Register. $4. Noon.
Pizza Night, Yardley Singles,
Vince’s, 25 South Main Street,
Yardley, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6
p.m.
Sports
Women’s Backpacking Class,
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports,
Princeton Shopping Center, 301
North Harrison Street, Princeton,
609-921-6078. www.brmsstore.com. Information on equipment,
clothing, safety, hygiene, and
comfort. Free. 7 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Firecracker 5K Fun Run, YWCA
Princeton, Educational Testing
Service, Rosedale and Carter
roads, 609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. Annual 5k for runners, walkers, and family members of all ages. USATF certified
course and sanctioned event.
Benefit for programs. Rain or
shine. $25. 6 p.m.
Wednesday
June 24
Lectures
Meeting, Toastmasters Club
4139, Washington Library, 42
Robbinsville Allentown Road,
Robbinsville, 732-605-1362.
www.toastmasters.org. Visitors
are welcome. Free. 11:30 a.m.
Career Enhancement Skill Building Series, Neuro-Enhancement Strategies, Princeton Pike,
609-918-0089. www.neuro-enhancement.com. “Attention Grabbing Resumes” presented by Jeff
Schoener. Register at events@nlpwordsmythe.com. $15. 7 to
8:30 p.m.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Know Your Cabernet
Wine Tasting, One 53, 153 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609921-0153. Cabernet Sauvignon
of Napa served in two-ounce
pours accompanied by hors
d’oeuvres. Register. $50. 6:30
p.m.
Live Music
Outdoor Concerts
Franklin & Alison Orchestra,
Witherspoon Grill, 57 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-
Opera New Jersey, Palmer
Square, 609-921-2333. www.palmersquare.com. Arias and en-
★ Pegasus
★ Children’s
★ Academy
★ Come to Our FREE ★
Educational Family Fair!
Saturday, June 27th • 1 to 5 pm
281 Pennington-Lawrenceville Rd!
(right across Fyr-Fyter)
www.pegasuschildrensacademy.com
609-737-2693
From Stockholm: Stupidity, pictured above in
New York City, plays on Sunday, June 21, at the
Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown. www.the-record-collector.com
Pop Music
www.brtstage.org. Musicale featuring the pop standards of the late
1950s and early ‘60s. $29. 2 p.m.
REO Speedwagon, PNC Bank
Arts Center, Holmdel, 732-2032500. www.livenation.com. Prices
vary. 7 p.m.
Faith
For Families
Meditation and Buddhism, Yoga
Above, 80 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-613-1378. www.yogaabove.com. $10. 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey Birthday, Celebrate
New Jersey, New Jersey Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, 609-777-0881. www.nj.gov.
Public celebration features historical documents on display, award
for students and teachers, tours
of the museum, the State House,
the World War II Memorial, and
the State archives. Fife and drum
corps will perform. Register. Free.
2 p.m.
Family Concert, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Music
Together performance and CD
signing. 4:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
Drama
“Wines to Watch the Grass Grow
By” features aperitifs and sippers.
5 to 8 p.m.
Wine Tasting, One 53, 153 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609921-0153. Cabernet Sauvignon
of Napa served in two-ounce
pours accompanied by hors
d’oeuvres. Register. $50. 6:30
p.m.
Cheese Class, Bon Appetit,
Princeton Shopping Center, 609924-7755. www.bonappetitfinefoods.com. “Cow, Goat, and
Sheep Cheeses.” BYOB. Register. $50. 7 p.m.
$56 to $84. Through July 12. 7:30
p.m.
The Fantasticks, Princeton Festival, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, 800-595-4849. www.princetonfestival.org. Musical by
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones.
$30 to $35. 8 p.m.
The Tempest, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, College of
Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 973408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare’s mystical drama on the outdoor stage. Through
August 2. $29 to $53. 8:15 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Prostate Cancer Support Group,
Princeton HealthCare System,
731 Alexander Road, West Windsor, 888-897-8979. www.princetonhcs.org. Open discussion facilitated by Lois Glasser, oncology
social worker with Cancer Care;
and Karen Rust, University Medical Center at Princeton Cancer
outreach coordinator. Free. Noon
to 1:30 p.m.
Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite
635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com.
Meditation and inspirational readings with Susan Pie, spiritual
medium. Register. $30. 7 to 9
p.m.
Literati
U.S. 1 Poets, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Patricia Goodrich and
Rita Williams read from their
works. 7:30 p.m.
History
Fairs
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens. Tea before or
after tour. Register. $15. 11:15
a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Wednesdays on Warren, Trenton Downtown Association,
South Warren Street, Trenton,
609-393-8998. www.wednesdaysonwarren.com. Music, arts,
and food. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Free. 6 p.m.
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Lectures
Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, 732-5215000. www.monroetwplibrary.org.
“How to Live the Best You Can in
Challenging Times” presented by
Betsy Wiggins, a certified empowerment coach. Register. Free. 1
p.m.
The Awful Picnic: The General
Slocum Disaster, Middlesex
County Cultural Commission,
East Jersey Olde Towne Village,
1050 River Road, Piscataway,
732-745-4489. www.cultureheritage.org. Kathleen Hulser,
public historian for the New York
Historical Society presents a program about the steamer that
burned in the East River with
1,021 passengers. The high death
toll resulted in boat safety inspections. The burned hulk of the General Slocum was purchased by
Thomas Gregory of Perth Amboy,
the owner of a marine salvage
yard. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
Conversation Cafe, Princeton
Area Community Foundation,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House,
Princeton-Hightstown Road,
www.pacf.org. Public forum for
people to get together and talk
among neighbors. Register. Free.
7 p.m.
Live Music
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Showcase, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15-minute back to
back sets. Produced by Lance
Reichert of qbdigital.com. To sign
up E-mail lance@katmandutrenton.com. 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Dance Party, Erini Restaurant,
609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. DJ Nick Z. 9 to 1
a.m.
JUNE 17, 2009
Soir Du Femme, John & Peter’s,
96 South Main Street, New Hope,
Outdoor Action
Pontoon Boat Tours, Mercer
County Park Commission, Mercer County Park Marina, West
Windsor, 609-989-6540. www.mercercounty.org. Search for the
flora and fauna in the lake area.
Binoculars for birding invited. For
families and adults. 2 to 3:30
p.m.
Schools
Ballet Physique, Princeton
Dance and Theater Studio, 116
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-203-0376.
www.princetondance.com. Ballet
and pilates combination. No
dancing experience necessary.
$15. 9:30 a.m.
Thursday
June 25
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Life
Plate? Meet Food Plate
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane
and Route 1, Lawrence Township,
609-989-6922. www.mcl.org. “Explore the connection between
your Life Plate and Food Plate”
presented by Sally Jones, a life
coach. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
Classical Music
Cypress String Quartet, Princeton University Summer Concerts, Richardson Auditorium,
609-470-8404. www.pusummerchamberconcerts.org. Free tickets available at the box office at
6:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
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Get Your Hands Dirty: Sculptor Rory Mahon
holds five and six-week classes in various cement
sculpture and metal casting techniques, on weekdays, weeknights, and Saturdays, in his Pennington studio beginning the week of June 22.
609-477-4424.
Piano Competition Finals,
Princeton Festival, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, 800595-4849. www.princetonfestival.org. $20. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Patio at 502 Carnegie Center,
609-452-1444. Free. Noon.
Music Fest 2009, Mercer County,
South River Walk Park, Trenton,
609-448-7107. www.whatsgoingonthisweekend.com. Verdict
presents reggae and Caribbean
sounds. Food and beverages
available. Activities and prizes for
children. Bring blanket, chair, and
picnic. Free. 5 to 8 p.m.
Kids Gospel Music Festival,
First Baptist Church, Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater,
Community Park North, junction
of Route 206 and Mountain Avenue., 609-924-0877. Angels
Choir in concert led by Minister
William D. Carter III. Free. 6 to 7
p.m.
Arts Council of Princeton Concert Series, Princeton Shopping Center, North Harrison
Street, 609-921-6234. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com.
The Klez Dispensers. Free. 6 to 8
p.m.
Music in the Park Series, Lawrenceville Main Street, Weeden
Park, Main Street, 609-219-9300.
www.LawrencevilleMainStreet.com. The Tone Rangers present
country and blues. Bring a chair.
Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Rascal Flatts, PNC Bank Arts
Center, Holmdel, 732-203-2500.
8 p.m.
Art
Brunswick, 732-932-2222. www.brodskycenter.org. Papermaking
for ages 6 to 8, Sandra Sewing,
$150. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Drama
$56 to $84. Conversation about
the show in the mezzanine at
6:30 p.m. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical.
$20. 8 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Film
Dancing
Newark Black Film Festival, New
Jersey State Museum, Auditorium, 225 West State Street, Trenton, 609-292-5420. www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. Screening of “The Space Traders,” a film
about a conservative AfricanAmerican politician; “The First
Commandment,” The Virgin
Mary’s appearance in an inner
city housing project; and “Tang,”
the story of an African-American
couple on the dawn of the Black
Revolution. Register. 6 p.m.
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. $10.
8 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Christopher Beha,
author of “The Whole Five Feet:
What the Great Books Taught
Me.” 6 p.m.
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June 25
Good Causes
Benefit Evening, Bucks County
Performing Arts Center, Crossing Vineyards, 1853 Wrightstown
Road, Washington Crossing, PA,
215-493-3010. www.bcpac.org.
Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and music.
Register. $50. 6 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Butch Bradley, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $22. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
Backpacking through the Vineyards, The Inn at Fernbrook
Farm, 146 Bordentown Georgetown Road, Chesterfield, 609298-3868. Journey through the
vineyards on a hayride. Raindate
is Friday, June 26. Register. $65.
6 to 9 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Cross, Harris School of Business, 3620 Quakerbridge Road,
Trenton, 800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. Register. 8
a.m. to 9 p.m.
Women’s Self-Defense, CanDo
Fitness Club, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-514-0500. www.candofitness.com. Register. 7:30
p.m.
Kids Stuff
Creative Art for Kids Affected by
Autism Spectrum Disorder,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Artistic expression with
Pat Dahl, an art instructor for kids
with special needs. Register.
Free. 4:40 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Lillian Hellman Classic: Regina Giddens,
played by Kathryn Meisle (top), lectures her
daughter, Alexandra, played by Lindsey Wochley,
in 'The Little Foxes,' through Sunday, June 28,
at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.
973-408-5600. Photo:Joe Geinert
Advanced Abacus Math, Plainsboro Public Library, 641 Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. Demonstration of advanced abacus math
and NLP skills for ages 4 to 14 of
all levels. Register at 609-6512846. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Lectures
Informational Meeting, Licensed
Site Remediation Professionals
Association, Mercer College
Conference Center, West Windsor. www.lsrpa.org. For scientists,
engineers, and others with an interest in site remediation in New
Jersey. For information E-mail
membership@lsrpa.org. 6 p.m.
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane
and Route 1, Lawrence Township,
609-989-6922. “Explore the connection between your Life Plate
and Food Plate.” Register. Free. 7
p.m.
Life Planning, Neuro-Enhancement Strategies, Princeton Pike,
609-918-0089. www.neuro-enhancement.com. Presented by
Jeff Schoener. Register at
events@nlpwordsmythe.com.
$10. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Live Music
Life’s Other Side, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau
Street, 609-213-0940. Free concert of old time country/western
music with four-part harmony. 7
p.m. See story page 31.
Singer Songwriter Showcase,
Triumph Brewing Company,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. Hosted by Frank
Thewes. 9 p.m.
Dave Devlin, John & Peter’s, 96
Singles
Dinner, Yardley Singles, Cafe
Mulino Italian Restaurant, 938
Bear Tavern Road, Ewing, 215736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6 p.m.
Divorce Support Group,
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,
Hopewell, 609-213-9509. Support, personal growth, and social.
Call for location. 7:30 p.m.
Friday
June 26
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Is Querty a Word?
Folk Music
The Hickory Tree Chorus and
Bill Griese, Folk Project, Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21
Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, 973-335-9489. www.folkproject.org. $7. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Square, 609-921-2333. www.-
palmersquare.com. Musical Theater concert. Free. 2 p.m.
Uppper Princeton Swing Collective, Crossing Vineyards and
Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road,
Washington Crossing, PA, 215493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. Jazz and swing
standards. Rain or shine. Bring a
chair. Wine and cheese available.
Register. Concert, $10 to $15.
Buffet dinner, $25. 7 p.m.
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Concert in the Park, South
Brunswick Recreation, Beechwoods Park, 137 Beekman Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3294000. www.sbtnj.net. Mr. Ray
presents a family concert. Bring
chair or blanket. Picnics welcome.
Rain location is South Brunswick
Community Center, Woodlot
Park, 124 New Road, Monmouth
Junction. Free. 7 p.m.
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alling all writers and poets. U.S. 1 Newspaper invites you
to present your original short fiction, humor, short play, or poetry
for our special issue to be published on Wednesday, July 22.
This is an unusual opportunity to have your work published
and circulated and to actually be paid (a modest honorarium)
for your effort.
To participate in the U.S. 1 Summer Fiction issue, submit your
previously unpublished work in any of these categories: short story,
humor, play, or poetry. Please: No more than one entry per category
per writer. Submissions should not exceed 2,000 words (if longer
please indicate sections that may be deleted for space requirements).
All entries must be received no later than Thursday, June 25,
by mail to U.S. 1 Newspaper, 12 Roszel Road, Suite C-205,
Princeton 08540; by fax to 609-452-0033, or as an E-mail message
to fiction@princetoninfo.com (MS Word OK). Poetry should
also be accompanied by a hard copy. Authors retain all rights.
Preference will be given to central New Jersey writers
whose work addresses a theme or place relevant
to the greater Princeton business community.
Submissions from children are not encouraged.
Important: Be sure to include a brief biographical summary
with your submission, along with your name, address,
and daytime phone number.
Questions?
E-mail fiction@princetoninfo.com or call 609-452-7000.
Our writers' reception and publication party will take place
in August at a time and place to be announced. All are welcome.
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ne of Princeton’s bestkept secrets is John Weingart’s
WPRB show, “Music You Can’t
Hear on the Radio,” which airs
Sunday nights from 7 to 10 p.m.
It’s an eclectic mix of folk, stringband, bluegrass, blues, with a shot
of humor. Mark Hill, a member of
the band Life’s Other Side, describes their music just like that —
“It’s music you can’t hear on the radio,” he says. “It’s old country with
four-part harmony.” The band
gives a free concert on Thursday,
June 25, at 7 p.m., at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Thursday, June
25. “We’ll have a guest, Jeremy
Steele of Princeton, who plays the
pedal steel guitar. The sound is
very distinctive in country western
music. Also, a guest drummer,
John Straus.”
While Hill has a decidedly
mainstream day job — he is director of leasing at Hilton Realty —
the other four band members are all
Presbyterian ministers. Three are
retired: Wallace Alston, now living
in Maine, was a pastor of Nassau
Presbyterian for 22 years, then director of the Institute for Theological Inquiry; John Wiley Nelson,
now living in Provincetown, lived
in Princeton in the early 1980s, was
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Pop Music
No Doubt, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, 732-203-2500.
7:30 p.m.
p.m.
Art
Brunswick, 732-932-2222. www.brodskycenter.org. Papermaking
for ages 9 to 12, Sandra Sewing,
$150. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Drama
Romeo & Juliet, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Shakespeare’s love
story presented by Shakespeare
‘70. $14. 8 p.m.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
(Not) Quiet as a Church Mouse: Life’s Other Side
— Mark Hill, left, Don Mackenzie, Wallace Alston,
John Nelson, John McClure — pictured above at
a concert in Seattle. The drummer is unidentified.
Church of Trenton for 19 years,
and was one of the founders of the
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (he
came up with the acronym TASK).
Don Mackenzie, who now lives in
Seattle, attended Princeton Theological Seminary. The fourth minister, John McClure, is chair of the
graduate department of religion at
Vanderbilt School of Divinity, and
earned his Ph.D. from Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1984.
The band formed in the early
’80s, when all the band members
were working or studying in the
Princeton area. They recorded a
soundtrack for a documentary,
“Family Name” (1996), and performed at the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree at the Grand Ol’
Opry in Nashville (2005). They
played together for more than a
decade until they went their separate ways, but have gotten together
over the years for concerts in Santa
Fe, Utah, and Provincetown.
Hill, who is a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution,
comes from a family that dates
back in the area to the late 1600s
and first settled in Ringoes. In
1908, his great-grandfather had a
200-acre farm in Pennington,
which he sold to start Hill’s Grocery, which remained at the corner
of Witherspoon and Spring for 69
years until it burned down in 1977.
“My great-grandfather, grandfather, dad, mom, and brother and I
worked in the store,” says Hill,
who attended Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and
NYU.
So what brings them to Princeton? “I’m getting married the Saturday after the concert,” says Hill,
whose fiancee is Beth Ann
Tschaepe, a residential leasing
agent in Mercer County. The couple resides in Hopewell. “I play
with five bands in the area, including Stringzville, and all these musicians are coming to the wedding.”
Needless to say, the nuptials will
take place at Nassau Pres, where
Hill is a member.
Life’s Other Side, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street
(across from Palmer Square).
Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m. Free
concert of old country music with
four-part harmony. 609-213-0940.
p.m.
$30 to $35. 8 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Reservation. $20. 8 p.m.
and 10:30 p.m.
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
11 p.m.
Literati
Warehouse Book Sale, Scholar’s
Bookshelf, 110 Melrich Road,
Cranbury, 609-395-6933. Hard to
find titles including scholarly and
general interest books. Cash or
checks only. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Lowell Sanders, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Princeton Open House
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2 pm to 4 pm Daily
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139 Village Blvd
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JUNE 17, 2009
At the Movies
NJ Filmfest
“The Chef’s Letter,” “Warm
Blooded,” “ and “Split Ends,”
New Jersey International Film
Festival, Milledoler Hall, College
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732932-8482. www.njfilmfest.com.
$10. Appearance by some filmmakers. Friday, June 19, 7 p.m.
“Fowl Play,” “Humble Beauty: Skid Row Artsits,” and
“Hard Coal: Last of the Bootleg
Miners,” $10. Appearance by
some filmmakers. Saturday, June
20, 7 p.m.
“Melancholamorbus,”
“A
Valentine for Bernie,” “Lucy in
the Sky,” and “The Triumph of
William Henry Harrison,” $10.
Appearance by some filmmakers.
Sunday, June 21, 7 p.m.
Mainstream Movies
Confirm titles with theaters.
Angels and Demons. Thriller
with Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor based on Dan Brown’s novel. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Montgomery, Multiplex, Regal.
The Brothers Bloom. Film
about con men stars Adrien Brody,
Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel Weisz.
Montgomery, Multiplex.
Dance Flick. Comedy with the
June 26
Dena Blizzard and Chris Morris,
Bucks County Comedy
Cabaret, 625 North Main Street,
Doylestown, 215-345-5653.
www.comedycabaret.com.
$17.50. 9 p.m.
Faith
Women’s Red Tent Service and
Hike, Har Sinai Temple, Baldpate
Mountain, 609-730-8100. Picnic
dinner under the red tent, walk up
the mountain, Shabbat service,
and Oneg Shabbat. Bring a folding chair, jacket, and comfortable
shoes. Register. $10. Rain date is
Friday, July 10. 5:30 p.m.
Wayans brothers. AMC, Destinta,
Regal.
Drag Me to Hell. Thriller directed by Sam Raimi. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex, Regal.
Easy Virtue. Romantic comedy
with Jessica Biel and Colin Firth.
Montgomery.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Comedy with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner.
AMC.
The Hangover. Comedy about
a bachelor party in Vegas. AMC,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Imagine That. Comedy with
Eddie Murphy. AMC, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
Land of the Lost. Will Ferrell
stars in sci fi trip to an alternate universe. AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
My Life in Ruins. Comedy set
in Greece with Nia Vardalos and
Richard Dreyfuss. AMC, Garden,
MarketFair, Montgomery, Multiplex, Regal.
Night at the Museum: Battle
of the Smithsonian. Sequel features Ben Stiller at the Smithsonian. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
The Proposal. Romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock and Ryan
Reynolds. AMC, Multiplex, Regal.
The Soloist. Performing arts drama with
Robert Downey Jr. and
Jamie Foxx. Montgomery.
Star Trek. Sci-fi with
Kirk and Spock. AMC,
Destinta,
MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
State of Play. Russell
Crowe
and
Rachel
McAdams in drama about
politics. Montgomery.
Summer
Hours.
L’Heure d’ete. Garden,
Montgomery.
The Taking of Pelham
1 2 3. Remake of adventure in the NYC subways
with Denzel Washington and John
Travolta. AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Terminator Salvation. Action
with Christian Bale. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Up. Disney animation with
voices of Edward Asner, Jordan
Nagai, Christopher Plummer, and
John Ratzenberger. AMC, Garden,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Action with Hugh Jackman and
Liev Schreiber. AMC, Regal.
Year One. Comedy with Jack
Black and Michael Cera. Opens
June 19. AMC, Regal.
Free. 4 to 6 p.m.
Dick Gratton,
Chambers
Walk Cafe,
2667 Main
Street, Lawrenceville, 609896-5995. Jazz
guitar. 6 to 9
p.m.
The Mixxtape,
Grounds For
Sculpture, 18
Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton,
609-586-0616.
www.groundsforsculpture.org. Rock and
roll. Rain or
shine. $12. 7:30
p.m.
DJ Spoltore,
Grover’s Mill
Coffee House,
335 Princeton
Hightstown
Road, West
Windsor, 609716-8771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. Music from the
1960s and ‘70s. 7:30 p.m.
Richie Cole and his Alto Madness Orchestra, The Record
Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth
Avenue, Bordentown. www.therecord-collector.com. $15. 7:30
p.m.
15 Keys, It’s A Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. 8 to 10 p.m.
Musicology, Erini Restaurant,
609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. 9 p.m.
Little Big Thing, John & Peter’s,
96 South Main Street, New Hope,
Fast Lane, Triumph Brewing
Company, 400 Union Square,
New Hope, 215-862-8300. www.triumphbrew.com. $5 cover. Must
be 21. 10 p.m.
Mike Montrey Band, Triumph
Brewing Company, 138 Nassau
www.triumphbrew.com. Mike
Montrey’s solo album, “A Perfect
Reality,” is nominated for Asbury
Music Awards top release of
2008. 21 plus. $4. 10 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Cross, Nassau Club of Princeton,
6 Mercer Street, 800-448-3543.
www.pleasegiveblood.org. Noon
to 6 p.m.
Lectures
Career Beacon Workshops, Professional Service Group of Mercer County, One Stop Career
609-292-7535. “Building Stronger
Workshop Relationships Through
E-mail.” Free. 10:30 a.m.
Food & Dining
Live Music
Farmers Market, Greater Hightstown East Windsor Improvement Project, Memorial Park.
www.downtownhightstown.org. 3
to 7 p.m.
Photographic A rt
Living in
the Shadow
Bruce Wodder
Through July 5
Cooling Tower, Pottstown, PA
In the Small Gallery:
Princeton Arts Council
Children's Photography
Class Exhibit
Paper Mill, Georgetown SC
609-333-8511
14 Mercer Street • Hopewell, NJ
Saturday & Sunday • 12 - 5
www.photogallery14.com
Outdoor Action
Marsh Trails Volunteer Crew,
Mercer County Park Commission, Roebling Park, Nature Cen-
Feisty Hairdresser Takes on Global Landlords:
The New Jersey International Summer Film Festival’s closing weekend includes a screening of
‘Split Ends,’ a romantic comedy set on the Jersey
Shore, on Friday, June 19. www.njfilmfest.com
Venues
AMC Hamilton 24 Theaters, 325
Sloan Avenue , I-295 Exit 65-A, 609890-8307.
Destinta, Independence Plaza,
264 South Broad Street, Hamilton,
609-888-4500.
Garden Theater, 160 Nassau
MarketFair-UA, Route 1 South,
Montgomery Center Theater,
Routes 206 and 518, Rocky Hill,
609-924-7444.
Multiplex Cinemas Town Center
Plaza, 319 Route 130 North, East
Windsor, 609-371-8472.
Regal Theaters, Route 1 South,
‘Don’t Be the Bunny’: Rachel Wenitsky (Hope),
left, Jon Feyer (Mr. Cladwell), and ensemble in
Princeton Summer Theater's season-opener 'Urinetown, the Musical,’ opening on Thursday, June 18, at
Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University
campus. 609-258-7062.
ter parking lot, 609-989-6540.
www.mercercounty.org. Volunteers assist with basic trail maintenance, litter removal, and habitat Improvement projects. For
ages 16 and up. Register by Email to jlear@mercercounty.org. 9
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Bike the Path, Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park, Kingston
Canal House, 609-924-5705.
www.dandrcanal.com. 10-mile
bike ride to Griggstown. Bring
your own bicycle. Register. Free.
Subject to cancellation for inclement weather. 10 a.m.
Singles
A Patio Party, Princeton Elite
Club, Westin Hostel, Forrestal
Village, 201 Village Road, Plainsboro, 609-454-3183. www.princetoneliteclub.com. Caribbean
themed food pairing and tropical
inspired music. Register. $20. 7
p.m.
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889. www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for
men and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Scrabble
For Seniors
Performing Arts Series, West
Windsor Senior Center, 609799-9068. “Jerry Herman” presented by Ted Otten and Michael
Kownacky. Register. Free. 2 p.m.
Sports
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. Reading. $5
to $10 7:05 p.m.
SINGLES
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picture and contact number please. Box
235804.
Dark eyes, great sense of humor, 5’4”,
curvy, late 50s (look younger). I enjoy all
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concerts, beach walks, healthy cooking,
dining out, swimming, etc. Seeking polite, honest, financially secure, fun-loving gentleman type (55-70) who enjoys
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church, likes eating out, and family gatherings, movies, videos, grilling, the pool,
short trips, and wants a serious relationship. Box 235756.
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Saturday
June 27
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Witness
Performance Sculpture
Performance Sculpture Installation, Michener Art Museum, 138
South Pine Street, Doylestown,
215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Carole Frances
Lung, a sculptor, performance
artist, and social activist incorporates donated clothing into an
outdoor sculpture entitled “Hired
Out.” Lung works with two Bucks
County College art students
weaving the walls and roof of an
outdoor room mimicking the
shape of a prison cell from the
Bucks County jail through July 2,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On view to
Sunday, October 18. 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Yardley-Makefield Chamber Music Society, Bucks County Performing Arts Center, Yardley
Community Center, 64 South
Main Street, 215-493-3010.
www.bcpac.org. “Mostly Mozart”
features violin and piano duos, a
piano trio, and a piano quartet.
Discussion and refreshments.
Free. 4 p.m.
Princeton Festival, Princeton
University Chapel, 800-595-4849.
www.princetonfestival.org. Durufle Requiem conducted by Simon
Carrington. $30 to $50. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Square, 609-921-2333. www.palmersquare.com. Musical Theater concert. Free. 2 p.m.
Monday Blues, West Windsor
Arts Council, Nassau Park Pavilion, West Windsor, 609-9191982. www.westwindsorarts.org.
6 p.m.
Music in the Park, Blue Curtain,
Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater, Community Park North,
junction of Route 206 and Mountain Avenue., 609-924-7500.
www.bluecurtain.org. Stickmen
featuring Tony Levin, Pat Mastellotto, and Michael Bernier, and
Lily Neill. Rain date is Sunday,
June 21. Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
311, PNC Bank Arts Center,
Holmdel, 732-203-2500. www.livenation.com. Prices vary. 7
p.m.
I am originally from Hungary: Kind,
honest, with a sense of humor, I like to
learn new things. Independent, attractive, and more. I am looking for an intellectual man in the 68-75 age range who
is generous and wants to share his life
with someone. Box 227615.
I would like to meet a healthy, energetic and youthful retired or semi-retired
senior who loves theater, film, literature,
music, travel, learning, and life itself. I
am all of the above, plus pretty, petite, in
shape, outgoing, a successful professional, and more. Let’s explore to see if
we’d like to spend time together. Please
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Single black female, 55, slim, attractive, seeking male 56-plus, widowed or
single, honest, decent, kind, attends
Doo Wop, Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting Association, 54 Pitman
Avenue, 732-775-0035. www.oceangrove.org. Charlie Thomas’
Drifters, the Diamonds, Vito & the
Salutations, Emil Stucchio & the
Classics. $20-$45. 7:30 p.m.
p.m.
Art
Brunswick, 732-932-2222. www.brodskycenter.org. “Quick and
Dirty Book Arts,” Lisa Switalski,
$150. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Introduction to Bookbinding,
MGP Studio Arts, Plainsboro,
609-799-3941. Construct a pamphlet, an accordion book, and a
multi-section book. Register.
$100. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
campus., 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free.
2 p.m.
Drama
p.m. and 8 p.m.
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $16 to $20. 2 and 8 p.m.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 4 and 8 p.m.
Romeo & Juliet, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Shakespeare’s love
story presented by Shakespeare
‘70. $14. 8 p.m.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an under-
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maybe we’ll click. Box 235538.
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cover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
$30 to $35. 8 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Dancing
11 p.m.
Literati
p.m.
Author Event, Classics Used
and Rare Books, 117 South Warren Street, Trenton, 609-3948400. Kisha Green, author of
“Even If I Did”; Alison Hobbs, author of “One Taste;” Brittani
Williams, author of “Black Diamond”; and Derrick, author of “A
Hustler’s Worst Nightmare.” 2 to
4 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Lowell Sanders, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Reservation. $20. 7:30 and 9:30
p.m.
and 10:30 p.m.
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $20. 9:30 p.m.
Fairs
Annual Car Show, Bordentown
Elks, 11 Amboy Road, Bordentown, 609-947-4560. Music, food,
raffles, and cars and trucks older
than 1986. Entry fee, $15. Benefit
for the organization’s veterans
committee that has adopted six
units in Iraq. Presentation of trophies at 3 p.m. 9 a.m.
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FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE
DRAMA
MUSIC
PREVIEW
Princeton’s Most Enduring Summer Series
by Elaine Strauss
T
hree string quartets and a
piano trio provide evenings of intimate music in the 2009 lineup for
the summer chamber music concerts at Princeton University’s
Richardson Auditorium. The venerable series, founded in 1968,
opens this year with the Trio Con
Brio Copenhagen on Thursday,
June 18. The Cypress String Quartet plays Thursday, June 25; the St.
Petersburg String Quartet, Monday, July 13; and the Afiara String
Quartet, Monday, July 20.
Classics of chamber music ranging from Franz Joseph Haydn to
20th century Russians, via Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven, have been programmed, with
two outliers, both on the Afiara
program. The two unusual pieces
are Giacomo Puccini’s Crisantemi,
a little-heard elegy for string quartet; and John Zorn’s “Cat O’ Nine
Tails,” the 1988 commission that
initiated the 1953-born avantgarde composer/saxophonist into
writing for classical musicians.
All performances take place in
Richardson Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Tickets are free and may be picked
up at the Richardson box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. the evening of
the performance.
Two members of the St. Petersburg Quartet were available for a
telephone interview from San
Diego, California, where they were
performing in the “Mainly
Mozart” Festival. First violinist Alla Aranovskaya has been a member
of the quartet since its founding in
1985. Violist Boris Vayner, the
newest member of the ensemble,
joined in January, 2005. Aranovskaya, at 50, is the oldest member; Vayner, at 32, is the youngest.
“The two of us are really the managers,” says Aranovskaya.
The other members of the ensemble are violinist Alla Krolevich, 44; and cellist Leonid Shukayev, 48. The quartet expands to a
quintet for the Brahms Clarinet
Quintet with clarinetist Teddy
Abrams. Originally from San Francisco, Abrams has built a reputation as both clarinetist and pianist.
Aranovskaya is probably the
chief decision maker in the ensemble. “We argue about the music a
lot,” she says. “I’m usually more
convincing than the others. We’re
always looking at the form. What
we want is freedom within the
form. We don’t want anarchy.”
In 1985, the year Gorbachev
came to power, violinist Aranovskaya, along with violinist
Krolevich and cellist Shukayev
founded the St. Petersburg Quartet
in order to compete in the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition. Graduates of the Leningrad
Conservatory, they named the ensemble the Leningrad String Quartet. With the fall of Communism in
1991, when Leningrad resumed its
traditional name, the quartet also
changed its name out of loyalty to
the traditions of the city.
Vayner is the fourth violist to
play in the ensemble since its
founding. Krolevich, the original
second violinist, left the quartet in
1988 and rejoined the group in October 2005, 10 months after Vayner
arrived.
To fill the viola slot that went to
Vayner, the quartet considered
three candidates. “We invited them
to spend three days with us,” Aranovskaya says. “Each was assigned
the same program. It included the
Ravel Quartet. The Ravel has a very
important third movement part for
viola, where you can immediately
realize who’s playing with you. We
also asked the three to play Mozart
in order to see how they handled the
style. In half a year we could see
that we were a real group with
Boris. It was very comfortable.”
V
ayner speaks from the candidate’s point of view. “When you’re
invited by a group that you respect,
you don’t consider whether you
want them. You think: ‘Do they
want you?’ Being invited to audition by the St. Petersburg Quartet
was a great opportunity for me.”
A former member of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Vayner
contrasts quartet playing with orchestral playing. “For a violist it’s
most exciting to be in a quartet,
rather than in an orchestra,” he
says. “In a quartet you have to constantly switch from soloist to supporting roles. In fact, being in a
quartet is like always being a
soloist. In an orchestra, you have
no solos if you’re not the principal;
you don’t have to care about your
sound or your vibrato. In an orchestra, an individual doesn’t make a
difference; if you play better than
anyone else, no one will hear you.
“A chamber group takes time to
develop,” Vayner continues. “A
new quartet needs a couple of years
to blend. You have to make one
sound. You will not receive financial success right away. You have
to put in a lot of work first.”
Indeed, Krolevich’s re-entry to
the St. Petersburg Quartet after a
15-year absence required additional work. During that period she had
played in the Israeli Symphony Orchestra and other Israeli orchestras
as well as participating in chamber
music projects. “It was hard for her
to adjust to the quartet again,” says
Aranovskaya. “With only two of us
being old-timers, it was a hard time
for the quartet. We rehearsed every
day for four hours. We just kept on
working.”
When I observe that four hours a
day is a lot of practicing, Aranovskaya says, “Actually, when we
started the quartet and were preparing the program for the All-Union
competition, we practiced 17 hours
a day.”
The three founding members of
the quartet personally experienced
the shift from hard-line Communism to the softening that began
with Gorbachev and Perestroika in
1986. “Before Perestroika it was a
hard time for musicians,” she says.
“There was almost no possibility to
travel abroad. As a quartet you had
to get permission from the government.”
Because of the long-term competition between Moscow and St.
Petersburg (Leningrad) in Soviet
times, St. Petersburg was at a disadvantage. “Moscow had more
power, and always tried to show
musicians from Moscow, and hide
musicians from St. Petersburg,”
Aranovskaya says. “Our quartet
wanted to compete in Japan after
Perestroika, but the government refused to support us. We would be
permitted to go if we could find our
own money. We raised the money.
“When we got on the plane we
discovered that there was a quartet
from Moscow, also headed for
Japan. The Moscow Quartet was
supported by the government. We
knew them. It was the quartet with
whom we shared first prize in the
all Soviet-Union String Quartet
competition. So the Soviet Union
had two separate groups in Japan,
one of them supported by the government. We won second prize;
they failed after the first round. We
also got a special prize from
Lufthansa.” It was another victory
for St. Petersburg.
Free for All: The Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, left,
opens the Princeton University free summer chamber series on Thursday, June 18. The St. Petersburg Quartet, above, plays on Monday, July 13.
The St. Petersburg quartet came
to the United States for the first
time in 1989, invited to participate
in the Musicorda festival at Mount
Holyoke College in South Hadley,
Massachusetts. Founded in 1987
by Amherst professor Leopold
Teraspulsky and his wife, the festival closed in 2005. When Teraspulsky died in 2008, the obituary in the
Springfield (MA) Republican cited
bringing the St. Petersburg Quartet
to Massachusetts as one of his
achievements.
“We participated as quartet, performers, and teachers,” Aranovskaya says. “We were invited
each year. The program was popular for 17 years. It developed
groupies. We sometimes saw them
in Seattle.” Aranovskaya’s warm
feelings for the festival are palpable over the telephone.
In 1997 the St. Petersburg Quartet was invited to the Oberlin Conservatory as Quartet in Residence.
The residency ended in 2003 when
funding dried up. The members of
the quartet continue to live in Oberlin, Ohio. All are married; among
them they have eight children.
They return to St. Petersburg about
once a year. Aranovskaya told
WGBH radio host Richard Knisely, “Life is tough now in Russia.
There’s more freedom, but less
funding.”
M
usically, the Russian past
stays with the St. Petersburg Quartet. “We’re Russians,” Aranovskaya says. “We worry about playing in a Russian style, which is not
quite European. If we play identically with the Alban Berg Quartet,
nobody will call them Russian because they’re from Germany.” She
wards off the problem of sounding
overly Russian by paying attention
to the recordings of others, in tan-
When you’re invited by a group that you respect, you don’t
consider whether you want them. You think: ‘Do they want you?,’
says St. Petersburg Quartet’s newest violist. Boris Vayner.
dem with the St. Petersburg Quartet’s violist, Vayner. “Boris and I
listen to lots of recordings,” she
says, “looking for style in pieces.”
Transplanted to the United
States, the St. Petersburg Quartet
has shaped an American identity.
The ensemble has built a repertoire
of more than 120 pieces, and a
discography of more than a dozen
items. Among their CDs is the sixdisc boxed set of the complete
Shostakovich String Quartets on
the Hyperion label.
In addition, the quartet releases
its own otherwise unpublished
recordings through its website
www.stpetersburgquartet.com.
Called “Create your own CD,” the
arrangement permits potential
buyers to select their own tracks.
“What’s unique,” says Aranovskaya, “is that the choices
come from unpublished live concerts. If we’re satisfied with the
quality of a live recording, we
make it available. It’s kind of oldstyle. It’s not just downloading. We
sign the CD.”
Entrepreneurs, the St. Petersburg
Quartet this summer inaugurates a
successor to its beloved Musicorda
Festival. Devoted to string playing
and conducting, the St. Petersburg
International Music Academy takes
place at Beloit College in Beloit,
Wisconsin. Participants are offered
individual lessons, coaching in
chamber music or conducting, and
opportunities to perform with orchestra. Information is available at
www.stpetersburgacademy.com.
The academy runs from June 28 to
July 11. Two days after it ends the
quartet performs in Princeton.
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen,
Princeton University Summer
Concerts, Richardson Auditorium.
Thursday, June 18, 8 p.m. Free
tickets available at the box office at
6:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
609-470-8404
or
www.pusummerchamberconcerts.org.
Also, Cypress String Quartet,
Thursday, June 25, 8 p.m.; St. Petersburg Quartet, Monday, July
13, 8 p.m.; and Afiara String
Quartet, Monday, July 20, 8 p.m.
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Dealers’ Dealer Weighs In On Detroit’s Dilemma
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by Kathleen McGinn Spring
ruce Coleman, his Ewing Chrylser and Jeep dealerships
summarily snatched away, is fighting mad. Dick Greenfield, whose
Lawrence dealership has been
handed these spoils, is worried
about the ultimate price he will pay.
Brandon Baker is quite sure that his
Route 206 Chrysler dealership is
well-positioned for the new realities of the car business.
Sheldon Sandler, owner of the
only financial services firm in the
country whose sole focus is car
dealerships, is watching the drama
unfold and wondering what lies
ahead for the car industry. Sandler,
whose Skillman-based company,
Bel Air Partners, was deeply involved in creating big public dealership networks, is outraged over
Chrysler’s plan to reach profitability by abruptly dropping hundreds
of its dealers. When the subject
comes up, the generally easy-going
Sandler swings around in his deep
desk chair, from which he had been
checking his E-mail, and declares:
“It’s draconian! It’s counterintuitive. It’s dead wrong!”
And, he adds, echoing Coleman’s frequent references to creeping socialism, “they want to do it
with taxpayer money. There’s no
transparency. Somebody’s making
decisions over who should live and
who should die, and they’re doing
it with my tax money.”
“They’re taking people who are
running profitable business and
saying ‘you’re out of business,’”
adds Todd Berko, a Columbia
MBA and former publisher who is
one of Sandler’s partners. He
points out that deciding to go with
fewer locations “is opposite to
Home Depot, McDonald’s, Starbucks” and he doubts that “you can
cut your way to profitability.”
“They want fewer sales,
stronger dealers,” says Sandler,
“but they forgot a few things. This
is the first time we’ve heard that
sacrificing volume is the way to
build a business. We think there
was a loyalty to local dealers. Once
you cut a consumer loose, his affection is up in the air. He may
wind up with Honda or Toyota.”
Sandler’s company is 11 years
old and was formed because he was
in the right place at the right time,
had an “ah ha” moment, was smart
enough to recognize it, and brave
enough to act on it. The venture
was a detour from the safe career
path his entrepreneurial family in
Easton, Pennsylvania, wanted for
him. “My dad was a paperhanger,”
he says. “He didn’t have a very
good business. He wanted me to
work for the government.”
Sandler dutifully studied accounting at Penn State, graduating
in 1966, and promptly went to
work for the SEC. After 10 years,
he found his way to Wall Street,
ending up at Ladenburg Thalmann,
a small investment bank “that did
the work the big guys didn’t want
to do.” One of those deals involved
a Texas truck dealer, Rush Enterprises, that wanted to go public.
Sandler was the architect of the
1996 IPO, the very first for an automotive dealership. “I got a lot of
publicity for that,” he says. He also
got the idea for a business of his
own. “I didn’t think the big guys
would be interested in taking car
dealerships public,” he says. So he
opened a boutique firm to specialize in just that niche.
It turns out that he was wrong
about the big guys, he says with a
laugh. Before long the likes of
Morgan Stanley were involved in
what became a frenzy of public offerings. But Bel Air was able to
compete, and has been involved in
the sale or purchase of more than
Car Guys: Sheldon Sandler, seated, founded Bel
Air Partners, the only financial services firm solely
focused on car dealerships, soon after he put together the first IPO in the automotive industry.
Todd Berko, left, worked on consolidation deals in
many service industries before joining Bel Air.
Tom Butler, right, was previously in charge of acquisitions for AutoNation, the largest publicly
traded dealership network in the country.
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recent big deal involved the sale of
Princeton BMW to the Asbury Automotive Group, one of the largest
135 franchises with sales of over publicly traded dealership compa$4.5 billion and transaction values nies in the country.
in the $10 to $100 million range.
Sandler has done a fair amount
The company has worked on of jumping around in his work life,
dealership acquisitions all over the going from government worker to
country, but Sandler says that it has Wall Street banker to entrepreneur
a big business in the Northeast in in a brand new niche. Coleman, on
general, and in New Jersey in par- the other hand, has only had — and
ticular. He is not sure what part his only wanted — one job. Throughcompany’s physical presence has out the 1960s, while he was still too
played in getting these deals, but he
young to drive,
says that he has
he took the bus
found Skillman
to his family’s
‘This is the first time
an uncommonly
car dealership
good area from
that we’ve heard that
on
Spruce
which to do
Street in Ewsacrificing
volume
is
business.
It’s
ing, where his
the way to build a
close to his
father worked
Hopewell
business,’ says Shelwith his two
home, he likes
uncles. “I startdon
Sandler.
the depth of the
ed out washing
talent pool here,
cars,” he reand finds the
calls. Some 10 years later, his faeasy commute to New York City a ther, the late Lew Coleman, had
big plus. But he waxes most enthu- bought a dealership around the corsiastic about Trenton Airport. “Our ner on Olden Avenue, and Bruce
clients love to fly in there,” he says Coleman’s after-school job beof the small airport.
came his life. Along with his brother, Gary, another life-long car dealer, he now owns a Jeep/Subaru/Kia
mong his New Jersey deals, dealership on Olden Avenue in EwSandler represented Steve Kalifer ing and a Chrysler/Jeep dealership
and his partner, Byron Brisby, in Hightstown.
when they bought back their dealRecently he has been glued to
erships from AutoNation. (Kalifer, CSPAN, watching Jim Press,
who had worked for AutoNation Chrysler’s president, try to explain
after selling his dealerships to that to a Senate committee headed by
company, decided he would rather Jay Rockefeller just why the combe his own boss, Sandler explains.) pany needs to cut 769 of its dealers,
He represented the Sussman deal- including him.
erships in Atlantic City and the
Rockefeller, chairman of the
David Michael dealership in Free- Senate committee on commerce,
hold when they sold to public com- science and transportation, had
panies. He also advised the Turn- summoned Press and GM presiersville Auto Group in its sale to dent Fritz Henderson in a letter,
the Penske Group. A particularly dated May 21, in which he wrote:
challenging local sale, Sandler re- “While I am pleased to see that
calls, involved the Dayton Auto Chrysler is finally being responCenter, which went to a number of sive to the hundreds of local dealerdifferent buyers. The firm’s most ships throughout America waiting
A
Learning to Love the Kia: Genine Coleman, her husband, Bruce, and her
brother-in-law Gary Coleman (left to right foreground), sell Kias and Subarus
with the help of staffers (left to right background) Gary Smith, Denise
Dekovitch, Eric Mears, Tony Chiarello, Mike Konstan, Dean Hervey, John
Ryan, Scott Snyder, David Corrington, and John Marotte.
for answers about their livelihood
— many questions remain unanswered...I believe it is imperative
for Chrysler and General Motors to
immediately address the insufficient transition period, help dealerships recoup full inventory costs,
minimize job loss, and provide
consumers with access to quality
service.”
Riveted to the television coverage of the hearing, and gratified to
hear his dealership mentioned,
Coleman strongly agreed with
Rockefeller’s assessment of how
he and his fellow dealers were being treated. “I don’t believe that
companies should be allowed to
take taxpayer funds for a bailout
and then leave local dealers and
their customers to fend for themselves with no real plan, no real notice and no real help,” Rockefeller
told the automakers. “That is just
plain wrong.”
Those dealers “are looking into
a black hole right now,” while companies seem to be implying “that
the dealers themselves are responsible for the companies’ problems,” Rockefeller said.
Coleman cheered the Senator
on, agreeing with all of the points
that he made. “We have done noth-
ing wrong,” Coleman says. “We
did everything Chrysler wanted.
They had what they called ‘Project
2000.’They wanted to put Jeep and
Chrysler together. So in 1998 we
did our good duty and bought
Chrysler. We spent a lot of money.
It took a couple of years to get the
deal done. The Chrysler we bought
out had been in business since
1931.”
Chrysler’s position is that it
needs to cut dealers in order to survive. But Coleman says that the
company has been adding dealers.
“In the past 10 years, since I’ve had
the Jeep dealership, Chrysler has
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added two more in Mercer County Chrysler’s plan. “I think that
— Baker in Princeton and the Belle Chrysler wants a modern showroom with all three brands, and it
Mead Garage.”
As the Senate hearing wore on, wants it next to a dealer selling a
Coleman’s hope for any kind of a foreign brand.” Outselling domesreprieve dwindled to nothing. The tic brands, the foreign car dealers
company’s future was in the hands are a big draw for consumers.
of a bankruptcy court and he saw Chrysler’s hope is that car shopthat even the U.S. Senate would be pers, likely to be checking out Honunable to alter the course that the das, Toyotas, and Hyundais, will
company was determined to fol- look at their cars, too, if they are on
low. “But I had to fight,” Coleman display close by.
Sandler points out that the Baker
says. “I wrote to President Obama.
Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge dealership,
I spent $20,000 on a lawyer.”
Coleman’s Chrysler and Jeep just down the road from his Skillfranchises, for which he paid “in man office, is close to Honda,
the seven figure,” are to be given to Volkswagen, and Acura dealerDick Greenfield, another life-long ships, and has been spared.
Brandon Baker confirms that his
dealer. Greenfield sells Dodges,
dealership has
the
third
made the cut.
Chrysler brand,
But his heart
on Route 1 in
It initially appeared
goes out to the
Lawrence.
It
that being given ColeColemans. “I
initially
apknow how it
peared that beman’s Chrysler and
feels. It haping given the
Jeep dealerships was
pened to us
Chrysler and
a clear win for Greenwith Buick and
Jeep brands was
Pontiac,” he
going to be a
field. But now he’s
says. His dealclear win for
not so sure.
ership, foundhim, but now he
ed by his fais not so sure.
ther, Ed Baker,
During the first
week in June, any excitement at the had sold those two GM brands, but
prospect of getting the brands had as time went on, the tastes of their
been replaced by wariness. “They Princeton customers changed, and
told me it was a done deal three sales dropped. “GM wanted us
weeks ago,” he says. “But now out,” Baker recalls. The manufacthere are a lot of hoops to jump turer bought back the brands, and
through. We’d want the brands, but the Baker dealership, which had alnow it’s a matter of price. We don’t so been selling Chryslers, added
know where we are. We were told Jeeps in 1999. When Chrysler told
one thing, but it’s been changed 50 them that they could also have a
Dodge franchise at no cost, and
times.”
Greenfield did not want to go in- could become one of its favored
to specifics, but Coleman says the “Genesis” dealers if they built a
rumor is that Chrysler wants new showroom, they complied.
It was expensive, but Baker says
Greenfield, and other dealers who
are being given its brands, to build it was worth it. He also says that in
new showrooms, which he esti- addition to having all three
Chrysler brands and being located
mates could cost $2 million.
Sandler agrees that something near several foreign car dealerlike this is very probably ships, his business found favor
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The Right Combination: Brandon Baker’s Route 206 dealership has everything Chrysler wants. He sells all three of its brands, has built a new showroom, and is located near three high-traffic foreign car dealerships.
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Baker’s grandfather was a serial
car dealer who owned 50 dealerships in the Princeton area over the
years, including Tobin Chevrolet.
Now Brandon, a third generation car dealer, is looking forward
to adding brands to his showroom.
Chrysler’s sale to Fiat means that
he will add those cars to his mix,
starting with the Fiat 500, which
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of the few people to rejoice as gas
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All of this auto drama is happening around Sandler, who watches
with keen interest. A self-professed
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valuations for their dealerships,
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cost something to distribute cars to
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“Take it to the extreme,” he
says. “What if you manufacture
5,000 cars and have 5,000 dealers?” Surely getting the cars to all
of the lots would cost a lot more
than dropping off all 5,000 in one
place. But he is disturbed that the
numbers have not been made public. Chrysler is complaining that its
large network costs the company
too much money, but Sandler wonders if that is the case.
“It’s possible that they have a
point,” says Sandler, “but the
process (of cutting dealers) is
patently unfair. They’re blaming
the dealers for their problems.
They’re using bankruptcy to make
the decisions.”
Will the day come when Coleman, who retains a Subaru and a
Kia dealership, be glad to be rid of
the American brands? Will Greenfield be sorry that he was given
Jeep and Chrysler? Who will be the
ultimate winner? “Well, right now
you can say that Coleman has lost,”
says Sandler. “He’s off the field.
Greenfield is still on the field, but
has he won? We probably won’t
know for three years.”
Sandler’s company takes its
name from a car, a 1957 Chevrolet
Bel Air. “I was going to go with
‘Hudson,’” says Sandler. “That
was the first car I remember as a
kid. But the name was taken. My
cousin had a 1957 Bel Air. It was
really cool. That was the second
car I thought of.”
Right inside the front door of
Bel Air’s offices there is a large display case full of scale model Bel
Airs, their proud, sporty fins rendered in bold reds and cool blues.
Each model car represents a deal
that Bel Air has completed.
The car consolidation craze that
began in 1996 was just part of a
larger trend, says Berko. A George
Washington University graduate
(Class of 1974) who has been with
Sandler since 2000, Berko came
from a similar background. A
South Orange native who paid for
business school with the proceeds
from a book he wrote on Social Security, he also grew up in a blue
collar home with a father who was
unhappy in his work. “My father
sold carpeting,” says Berko. “He
hated it. He wanted to be a writer.”
Unlike Sandler’s father, the elder
Berko did eventually find career
satisfaction. He published a successful consumer magazine called
“Caveat Emptor” and wrote a number of books that he sold via mail
order, the same way that Berko
sold his Social Security book.
While being a solo entrepreneur
worked for Berko’s father, by the
late-1990s it was not working too
well for the owners of consumer
businesses in any number of industries. Competition from huge companies that were using their size to
create efficiencies of scale was
driving small companies of all
kinds to sell out to enormous category killer companies. It happened
with drug stores, funeral parlors,
courier services, hardware stores,
ambulance companies, “almost all
consumer businesses,” says Berko,
who specialized in these consolidations before joining Sandler and
concentrating on the auto industry.
The IPO, golden grail of the
1990s, formerly a sure-thing expressway to great wealth, was as
attractive in the auto business as in
any other. The biggest player was,
and is, Wayne Huizenga, who also
founded Waste Management and
the Blockbuster chain of video
stores. His AutoNation is “by far”
the largest publicly traded auto
company, says Sandler, who took
another of his associates, managing partner Tom Butler, from that
company.
D
escribing their first meeting, Butler says, “I wrote Sheldon
his first check.” That was back in
1998 when Sandler was just getting started in business and Butler
was busy amassing AutoNation’s
dealership empire. Butler, a Bucknell graduate (Class of 1982) who
holds an MBA from Wharton, was
senior vice president, corporate de-
‘People were buying
extra cars, play cars.
So much of that was
fueled by easy credit,’
says Sandler.
velopment for AutoNation. “Sheldon and I kept in touch through the
years,” he says. After nearly a
decade in Florida with AutoNation, Butler joined Sandler’s firm.
The move had the advantage of returning him to the Philadelphia
area, where he grew up. A Fort
Washington native, his father was
chairman of First People’s Bank.
The auto IPO era is over for
now, and the big public dealership
networks have by and large
stopped buying new dealerships as
they work on the profitability of the
dealerships they already own. That
is one reason that Butler left AutoNation after spending a decade
there directing the expansion of its
network.
“You need 50, 60, going on 100
dealerships, to go public,” says
Sandler. The deals have been done.
It is unlikely that more combinations will be formed any time soon.
Even the expansion of the five or
six big public automobile companies has slowed to less than a trickle. The sale of Princeton BMW to
Asbury Automotive was “the last
big public deal,” he says.
Everything in the auto world is
now in flux, and the Bel Air partners think that the car business is
forever changed.
“We never thought that we
would see less than ten million,
nine-and-a-half million,” says
Berko. He is standing in front of
the case of 1957 Bel Airs that were
unveiled with tremendous fanfare
to an adoring, car-loving public,
just trying out the new interstate
highways and eager for the release
of each year’s brand new, totally
re-designed cars. The millions he is
referring to are units, cars, the total
number sold in the United States in
a given year. “It’s the lowest since
1950,” he says. “Nobody thought it
would go so low.”
For many years the number was
pumped up by consumers eager to
drive the latest model — the 1957
Bel Air or the 1969 Pontiac Judge.
Japanese car manufacturers, with
their concentration on sound mechanics, rather than style, put an
end to that, says Berko. Their redesigns were less frequent than
those of their American counterparts, and less dramatic.
Foreign car makers, German as
well as Japanese, took more and
more business as consumers came
to see their cars as more reliable —
and often more fuel efficient.
American manufacturers, with
their big portfolio of individual
models, and their reputation — not
always deserved — for inferior
quality and gas mileage, began to
suffer. So began the slide into the
bankruptcy that is the immediate
cause for Chrysler and GMs termination of long-time dealers like the
Colemans.
But that isn’t what is driving the
huge plunge in car sales, says
Berko. That is not what caused the
crisis. He fingers the culprit with
just two words: Home equity. Or
rather lack of home equity.
“People used home equity loans
to buy cars,” Berko says. So many
homes have lost so much equity,
and so many banks have become so
much more cautious with their
lending, that discretionary car buying has ended.
“People were buying extra cars,
play cars,” Sandler adds. “So much
demand was fueled by easy credit.
No down payment, drive it today.
Cars were an impulse purchase.
That’s gone. There’s a sea change
with the attitude of consumers.
They’re more rational. They’re
more nervous.” He doesn’t see this
changing any time soon.
Berko points out that no one really needs to buy a new car every
year, or even every three or five
years. “When I was a kid, you
could have major repairs at 12,000
miles,” he says. “Now it’s 60,000
or 90,000. You have a three year or
a five year warranty. There’s no
reason to buy a new car. It’s a luxury, not a necessity.”
Among the car companies,
which will be the winners? “In the
short run, Honda, Toyota, Nissan,
possibly Hyundai and Kia, will be
the winners,” says Sandler. “Some
of the domestic cars that remain
will do well.”
One of the survivors probably
will be Saturn, whose hood was all
the way into the noose at the beginning of June. GM had announced
that it was closing the company’s
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Life in the Fast Lane
A
Monday that a number of cases of
swine flu are not reflected in the
state-released totals because they
are being diagnosed and treated in
the doctor’s office. “When a patient presents symptoms of a flu,”
Sellers said, “he is given what is
legendary Spring Hill, Tennessee,
factory, site of the widely touted
owner picnics held in the brand’s
early years. All of the dealers were
to be terminated. All of the showrooms were to be closed. The obit
had been written.
After these announcements, in
the last days of May, Sandler, making arrangements for an interview,
mentioned that he would be tied up
on June 4 and 5. “I’ll be in Detroit,
meeting with Penske,” he said. Coincidentally, Roger Penske, owner
of Penske Racing and also of
Penske Automotive, a 300-franchise, 40-brand automobile dealership network, turned up in the news
at just that time. “He had to postpone the dinner,” says Sandler, who
was in Detroit, all ready for the
meeting with the Penske, with
whom he had done deals in the past.
Penske’s appointment calendar
had to be rearranged. He was deep
into meetings, and on June 5 there
was surprising news. He was going
to buy Saturn, a purchase that is expected to go through and to save
350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs.
There is speculation that
Penske, who introduced the Smart
Car in the United States, will use
the Saturn network to bring ultragas-efficient foreign cars, possibly
from China, to the United States,
and to brand them as Saturns.
Sandler is bemused by this turn
of events. “It turns everything upside down,” he says. “The car business has never worked this way.
Always there was a car first, and
then there was distribution.”
Penske, legendary for his successes in auto racing, is putting the distribution channel first. He has said
that he will outsource manufacturing. “GM is doing the manufacturing for just a year-and-a-half,” says
Sandler. “Who will do it after
that?”
While he is withholding judgment on how well this upside down
car company will work, Sandler
has no doubts about Penske’s abilities. “I would bet on Roger,” he
says.
Sandler is also upbeat about his
own business. This has been a soft
year, but he and his associates are
keeping busy. Donald Keithley,
working from California, spends
nearly all of his time on the yearly
Bel Air car Elite Dealer Conference, which has featured the likes
of Jim Press, Chrysler’s president,
as keynote speakers. Sandler, who
does not advertise at all, says the
conference is an invaluable source
of business for his company.
He is currently wrapped up in a
case where he is appearing as an
expert witness, analyzing and testifying to a dealership’s value, and
everyone in the firm has a good
amount of similar work, putting
values on dealerships for everything from divorce cases to re-financings.
Butler, noting that the average
age of car dealers is in the 50s and
60s, sees big opportunities ahead.
While dealerships may not be sold
to public companies at the pace
they once were, there will always
been a market for most of them.
The dealer across town may be interested or a would-be entrepreneur might want to invest in a profitable car dealership.
“Either your kids buy your business, or you sell it,” he says. This
makes both Bruce Coleman and
Dick Greenfield potential Bel Air
clients. Each says that his children
show no interest in continuing the
family business. Right now it is
certainly not an easy way to make a
living. What’s worse, Chrysler and
GM have shown that even the most
solid, multi-generation car dealership, no matter how well-managed
There is concern that
H1N1 could mutate
over the summer, and
could reappear as a
more dangerous
strain in the fall.
called a ‘rapid response’ test.” If
that test shows the possibility of
swine flu, the patient is treated for
it and the state lab is not made
aware.
Clinical symptoms involve a
fever breaking 100 degrees, a sore
throat, and cough.
According to the Department of
Health and Senior Services’ “Influenza-Like Illnesses,” or ILI,
protocols, physicians should use
the rapid response test only if it will
influence management of the illness. Otherwise, treatment for the
flu, as with any strain of flu, is
mandated. If hospitalization is required, then the state’s labs are
made aware.
Swine flu has gained an enormous amount of press coverage,
which has surprised some in the
medical field. Don McNeil, a
spokesman for Capital Health Systems in Trenton, said the attention
to H1N1 has made it seem as if this
strain is worse than any other strain
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s the H1N1 strain of
swine flu spread to every corner of
New Jersey, and just days before
the first New Jersey resident died
of the disease, doctors at the University Medical Center at Princeton canceled a planned staff meeting. Carol Norris, a spokeswoman
for the hospital, said that the meeting was expected to draw “a couple
hundred people, and the thought
was, why bring together a very
large group of people in a very contained area if it’s not necessary?”
No doctors at UMC princeton
have contracted H1N1, she said,
but many felt that with cases on the
rise it was wiser not to expose anyone. The hospital itself has installed additional sanitizing stations and has asked anyone who
might be sick not to visit patients.
The H1N1 strain of influenza,
better known as “swine flu” officially reached global pandemic
status on June 11 when the World
Health Organization declared a
Phase 6 (pandemic underway)
alert. In New Jersey the number of
cases continues to grow in no discernible pattern. Almost every other area of the country — which has
confirmed more than 13,000 cases
of swine flu since it broke out in
April — contains pockets of infected people. According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta,
New Jersey is experiencing widespread outbreaks and has reported
235 case of H1N1 as of Sunday,
June 14.
These numbers, however, do not
necessarily reflect an accurate total. Valerie Sellers of the New Jersey Hospital Association, headquartered on Alexander Road, said
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of flu. It is serious in the sense that
more people than usual have contracted H1N1, and because it is not
traditional flu season, McNeil said.
But the illness itself has not proven
any worse than any other type of
flu.
There have been some fears, so
far unrealized, that H1N1 could
combine with other communicable
illnesses and become deadly. In
Europe, where swine flu first became a major issue in early April,
some were worried that H1N1
could combine with MRSA, a
treatment-resistant staph, and kill
thousands.
Peter Sandman, a risk management consultant based on
Ridgeview Road, has called the
outbreak “a lot worse than mild but
still a lot milder than catastrophic.”
In a recent interview in U.S. News
& world Report, Sandman stated
that he does not fear what H1N1 is
so much as what it could become,
which is anyone’s guess. He advises keeping an eye on Australia and
the southern hemisphere, where
outbreaks are just beginning and
where it is about to be winter and
flu season.
“Do a little planning and stay
vigilant for the fact that the situation could get worse,” he said.
Marc Whitman, an infectious
disease specialist at Capital
Health, said that H1N1 so far has
not caused great concern among
doctors because most cases have
been mild. There is, however, concern that H1N1 could mutate over
the summer, perhaps in the southern hemisphere, and reappear as a
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be snatched away in a second, with
no warning and no compensation.
But Coleman’s car dealership
has evolved through the years,
adding and shedding brands and
locations, just as the car industry
has evolved. Now the industry is
exhausted, battered by foreign
competition, brought low by the
deepest recession in two generations, and flummoxed by consumers who want tiny fuel efficient
cars when gas prices are up and
hulking SUVs when prices are low.
Surveying the scene at the
height of car choas and the depth of
the recession, Sandler looks for acceleration as soon as the dust settles. There will be a new day for the
car industry and for the Colemans
of the industry. Many of those shut
down by Chrysler will pick up new
franchises, he predicts. Others will
move more heavily into used car
sales, which is a higher margin
business than new car sales.
Sandler, a self-described car
nut, is doing his part to keep the industry robust. “I own three cars,”
he says.
“Wait, isn’t it four?” asks Berko.
“No,” replies Sandler, “I just
sold the Ferrari.” That leaves him
with a Mercedes SUV, a Porsche
Boxster, and a 1967 MG. No domestic cars? While he is not a typical consumer, Sandler’s answer
goes a little way toward explaining
Detroit’s woes. “We tend to buy
cars from our clients,” says Sandler. “Most of them sell foreign
cars. That’s where the money is.”
Bel Air Partners LLC, 71
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08558; 609-252-1125; fax,
609-252-1322. Sheldon Sandler, senior managing director.
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more dangerous strain in the fall,
Whitman said. He believes doctors
will stay on top of the matter and
that drug makers will be able to
have vaccines ready by fall. Last
week drug manufacturer Novartis,
which has offices in the Carnegie
Center, released its first batch of flu
vaccine.
Despite the flu’s rampant spread
through many parts of the world,
and its propensity for spreading
where people are gathered in
groups, travel has not slowed a bit,
according to Tracy Noble of AAA
in Hamilton. Noble, who admits
she was surprised to learn that travel plans have not fallen regardless
of talk about the flu and the economy, said Monday that people are
more interested in taking advantage of “some really fantastic
deals” on travel than on taking cover. “Some of the destinations have
changed,” she said. “But people
are still traveling and booking
cruises.”
Still, H1N1 is deadly. On Monday, June 15, state health commissioner Heather Howard announced
that a 49-year-old Essex County
man became New Jersey’s first
swine flu death, bringing the
worldwide number to 146. Howard
said the man had been hospitalized
on May 30 with pneumonia. He
had “multiple underlying medical
conditions,” she said.
It is, however, the reach, rather
than the death toll, that has gotten
the news. The first global flu pandemic since the Hong Kong flu
wiped out a million people in 1968
has affected thousands on six continents. It has spurred governments
to beef up public awareness of the
spread and nature of the illness,
and has led to increased demand
for medicines to treat it.
RWJ Foundation
Offers Buyouts
T
he Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation is offering buyouts
to more than one-third of its employees as it grapples with a 27percent decline in its assets.
The foundation offered an
early retirement program to 105
of its 281 staff members on Friday, June 12. Anyone whose age
and years at the foundation add
up to 70 is eligible for the buyout.
“Our assets dropped dramatically,” says Adam Coyne, director of public affairs for the foundation. “We’re not having financial difficulties, but we went
from a $10 billion foundation to
a $7 billion foundation. We lost
$3 billion in one year.”
He says the foundation is not
optimistic that its funds will
make up that drop any time soon.
“Think of the time it took us to
build our funds up,” he says.
“All modeling shows it will take
a long time to rebuild.” Robert
Wood needs to restructure to reflect its new financial reality, he
says.
Employees, who are being
given five years of credit, to be
added to their age/years of service total, have six weeks in
With schools letting out, the
spread of swine flu could cool. In
Mercer and Middlesex counties,
where there have been a combined
25 state-reported cases of H1N1,
schools have accounted for about
half of all cases. There have been
three cases reported in Lawrence
public schools, three at the
Lawrenceville School boarding
school on Route 206, two in the
Princeton district, and another in
West Windsor-Plainsboro.
Sellers said that hospitals across
the state have not changed their
message or their actions regarding
H1N1. “Some people coming into
the emergency department are
worried, but I have not hear one
word of worry from any hospitals.”
The responsibility for curbing
the spread of the flu has been put
directly in the hands of the public.
According to the state, the easiest
way to contain H1N1 is to stay
home if you think you have it or
might have been exposes to it. The
illness can be in your system up to
seven days before symptoms appear and can be spread long before
you even know you are sick. The
DHSS urges employees to remain
home when sick, and for all employees to wash their hands and
clean their work areas. CDC studies have shown that H1N1 virus
can live on surfaces for up to two
hours.
A full range of guidelines for
employers and employees can be
found
at
www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/workplace.htm.
— Scott Morgan
New in Town
Buttaci
&
Leardi,
212
Carnegie Center, Suite 206,
Princeton 08540; 609-9196311; fax, 609-524-2575.
Vincent Buttaci, managing
member.
Home
page:
www.buttacilaw.com.
Healthcare lawyers Vincent
Buttaci and John Leardi have
opened an office at Carnegie Center.
A 1997 graduate of the University of Scranton, where he earned a
bachelor’s in health administration, Buttaci studied law at the university of Oxford and received his
J.D. from Ohio State in 2000. He
which to decide whether to accept the buy-out offer. Coyne
says that all employees who
would be eligible for retirement
up to the year 2014 were offered
a buyout. The offers went to employees “across the entire foundation, from administrative support to senior management.”
Coyne declined to provide
specifics of the buyout offer,
saying the terms would differ for
each individual. He says that at
least some effected employees
were considering retiring in any
case, and that the buyout package would make retirement
more comfortable for them.
The buyouts are voluntary,
Coyne says. If too few employees accept them, “we will have
to make an evaluation,” he says.
“We will have to decide what
needs to be done.”
In addition to staff reduction,
the foundation has cut its travel
budget in half, closed a small office in Washington, and sought
suggestions from its grant recipients on how it can further
streamline its operations and
trim expenses.
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation,
College
Road East, Box 2316,
Princeton
08543-2316;
609-452-8701; fax, 609627-6422. Risa LavizzaMourey MD, CEO. Home
page: www.rwjf.org.
specializes in physician and group
cases in post-payment actions and
fraud.
Leardi also graduated from
Scranton in 1997 and earned his
J.D. from Seton Hall in 2004. Before going into business with
Buttaci, he practiced tort and product liability litigation at Porzio
Bromberg, where he defended
pharma and medical product manufacturers in liability and fraud
cases.
Russell Roofing, 812 State
Road, Suite 106, Princeton;
888-567-7663. Russell “Kip”
Kaller, owner. Home page:
www.russellroofing.com.
Russell Roofng, founded in
Oreland, Pennsylvania, in 1992,
has opened a Princeton office. The
company provides commercial and
residential roofing installations
and repairs.
Merger
Porzio Governmental Affairs,
41 West State Street, Trenton
08608-1214; 609-396-6100;
fax, 609-396-6400. Dennis F.
Marco, executive vice president. Home page: www.porziogovaffairs.com.
Nancy Becker Associates has
merged with Porzio Governmental
Affairs. Upon Becker’s retirement
in 2003, Princeton Communications Group, an advertising agency
headed by Larry Krampf, acquired
the firm. Working within that firm,
Nancy Becker Associates was led
by Lynn Nowack.
Nowack and her staff of five
have now left their offices at 132
West State Street in Trenton and
moved into the Porzio offices, at 41
West State Street.
Porzio was founded in 2006 and
is led by Dennis Marco, a veteran
lobbyist who began his career as a
special assistant to U.S. Senator
Bill Bradley.
Porzio Governmental Affairs is
an ancillary business of Porzio,
Bromberg & Newman, a Morristown-based law firm that recently
merged with, and gave its name to,
Matthews, Shepherd, McKay, an
intellectual property firm at 29
Thanet Road.
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Namesakes:
Greg Fontaine found
the name for
his construction business
in his two
daughters,
Anna and
Emily.
Crosstown
Moves
A&E Construction, 278 North
Main Street, Suite A, Pennington 08534; 609-7374425; fax, 866-461-6216.
Greg Fontaine, owner. Home
page:
www.aeconstructionnj.com.
Not long after Greg and Karen
Fontaine named their two daughters, the children returned the favor. Karen Fontaine opened an online children’s boutique, www.AnnaBean.com, in 1997 and
named it after her first daughter’s
nickname.
Six years ago, Greg Fontaine, a
15-year vet of the construction
trade, opened his own business on
Crusher Road in Pennington and
incorporated their second daughter’s name, Emily, into his designand-build enterprise.
Last month A&E Construction
moved to Main Street in Pennington and debuted its new design
showroom. The showroom highlights the company’s embracing of
new 3-D design technology, which
allows customers to see A&E’s designs in a more lifelike way, says
Karen, who helps her husband
around the business. She is still
busy with her own online business,
but often pitches in, she says.
Retired
Red Wolf Design Group, 220
Alexander Street, Suite 1,
Princeton 08540. Lynne
Wildenboer, owner. www.redwolfdesign.com.
After a run of nearly a quarter of
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Red Wolf Design on June 12.
The ad agency, most recently located on Alexander Road, was
known for its bold red and black
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Eugene Haring, 82, on June 4.
He was an attorney at McCarter
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Alexandre Buchbinder, 45, on
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Mary Elizabeth Clinkscales
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The goal of the institute is to
help educators better guide their
students in developing the skills
they will need to meet workplace
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that being part of a community is
associated with a decreased incidence of ailments like heart disease
and serious depression among seniors. “The advantage of living in a
place like Meadow Lakes where
people can be as independent as
they want but also participate in
communal activities,” says Zimmer, “is that it makes for an overall
healthier individual.”
The continuing-care industry is
growing but is starting to look a little different as baby boomers begin
to retire. Its biggest challenge, says
Zimmer, will be figuring out what
kind of living environment they require and whether the model as it
exists will serve them well. “People are living longer, healthier, and
are a lot more active,” he says, “and
the industry will have to respond to
that profile.”
Meadow Lakes, for instance,
has already introduced some innovation in its health and fitness facil-
A Healthy Career:
Jay Zimmer says the
shortage of skilled
healthcare workers
has created scores of
opportunities in the
field.
ity, adding a spa-like space to what
had been only a pool and fitness
center. Its dining service has also
gotten more creative. “It is a lot
healthier, with more choice,” says
Zimmer. “It has moved far away
from meat loaf and mashed potatoes.” He then details his dinner of
the previous evening, one of eight
or ten specials: a wheat berry salad
with roasted peppers and spinach,
poached salmon, and glazed carrots. “It’s like eating in a 4-star
restaurant,” he says.
Retirement communities are also
overcoming misconceptions about
what kinds of programs that seniors
like, says Zimmer. He adds that
Meadow Lakes does not offer Bingo games and in fact its residents are
more likely to participate in a lecture given by a Princeton professor.
As more and more baby
boomers are approaching or passing the traditional retirement age of
65, employment opportunities are
opening up in all phases of aging
and healthcare. But already, says
Zimmer, the healthcare system is
facing serious challenges related to
staffing:
Young and old. Younger people
are not interested in the field of aging. “The field isn’t as sexy as
working in Wall Street,” says Zimmer. One response by PHS Senior
Living is a five-year-old internship
program, supported by the company’s foundation. The program supports 20 to 25 college students
who, depending on their interests,
are assigned either to a particular
retirement community or to a department at the corporate offices.
Some have a background in social
work and others in business.
“We’ve had quite few people who
have continued and stayed in the
field, some hired by us,” says Zimmer.
Help wanted. Shortages exist in
essential medical personnel. In the
last decade or so medical schools
have begun to offer residency
training in geriatric medicine, but
there is still a considerable shortage of physicians board certified in
geriatrics. The problem, suggests
Zimmer, is salary levels in the
field. The reimbursement for a
doctor who finishes a first residency in internal medicine then an additional year fellowship in geriatrics is so low that they almost
can’t afford to practice.
Nurses are also in short supply,
both in hospitals and continuingcare communities, even though
many people are interested in the
profession. The problem is that it is
difficult to find people willing and
able to teach in nursing schools, he
says.
For nurses looking for positions,
Zimmer suggests that continuingcare communities offer some advantages over hospitals. “The big
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advantage is that there is a continuity of care within a community like
this,” he says. “Nurses get to know
patients over a long period of time,
as opposed to a hospital setting
where people are in and out and
nurses never get to build relationships and get to know patients.”
“We also offer a lot of stability, as
well as comparability in terms of
salary and benefits, and in some
cases we’re even better.” Then he
adds, “But it takes a special person
— you have to like old people.”
Shortages in rehabilitative
medicine. “Advancements in hip
and knee replacements and medicine in general have helped to keep
people going for a lot longer,” says
Zimmer. “But just as there is a
shortage in the nursing area, there
are shortages in the physical, occupational, and speech therapy areas
as well.” So far there are not many
programs out there either, he adds.
Meadow Lakes itself is growing, with 60 new apartments just
opening, and some communities
have long waiting lists.
“The industry is expanding and
the need for qualified employees is
always going to be there,” says
Zimmer. “It runs the gamut — not
only healthcare, but good business
managers, purchasing agents, and
dining and housekeeping staff.”
And the certified nursing aides and
home health aide business is also
growing tremendously, he adds.
Zimmer’s father was in the insurance business and his mother
was an accountant. After Zimmer’s
stint as director of outreach services at the Ocean County Office on
Aging, where he helped integrate
services for the homebound elderly, Zimmer served as director of the
office for several years.
He then worked in hospital administration for about 14 years,
first at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey in
Camden and then with the AtlantiCare Health System in Atlantic
City. In 1990 he got an MBA from
City University of New York’s
Baruch College.
At UMDNJ Zimmer wrote the
school’s first successful grant for
establishing a medical training
program in geriatrics and later
managing that grant. For seven
years he worked in his own healthcare consulting firm, HR Solutions, which focused primarily on
rehabilitation facilities. After selling that company in 2004, the sales
agreement prevented him from
starting a similar business, so for
two-and-a-half years he was chief
operating officer at the New Southwest Veterinary Management
Group in Tucson.
Not only did Zimmer come to
his current position with lots of experience in hospital management,
he also had some hands-on hospital
experience. During college he
worked as a respiratory therapist.
Zimmer believes this gave him a
certain perspective that the crop of
MBAs who started running hospitals in the late 1980s and ‘90s do
not have.
“I have always thought that one
of the things missing from the
healthcare industry is that people
who get into management positions don’t necessarily have that
bedside experience,” says Zimmer.
“It gives you the huge advantage of
understanding how difficult it is to
work at a bedside and how complicated the healthcare system is.”
The problem with the business
guys was that some of their concepts just didn’t work. “They don’t
understand patient care,” says
Zimmer. Often, for example, they
would send home sick patients too
early.
“They had a mandate to get people out in three or four days,” says
Zimmer, “and the kind of stress
that would place on care providers,
nurses, and therapists was unbelievable. The outcome was that you
would have people being discharged and then returned to the
hospital because they weren’t
treated adequately the first time,
and there’s still lot of that going
on.”
— Michele Alperin
Serving the Services
Thomas Edison State College
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Post-9/11 Veterans Educational
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the Veterans Administration so that
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school. TESC is about to launch
the Veteran Education Program,
which seeks to help veterans and
their family members maximize
their GI bill education benefits and
ease the transition for students
moving from active duty to veteran
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Single Offices, Office Suites, Virtual Offices, 50MB High Speed Internet, Great
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2nd Floor Office Condo in Montgomery Knoll: 500 sq. ft. 2 offices with
reception area. Call 609-924-9214.
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
1200-2100 SF
Cranbury Office or Retail: In Village
near Post Office. Three rooms on Main
Street. Good visibility. $1,200. Also three
rooms on Park Place, $965, good parking. 609-529-6891.
East Windsor, Route 130. 1 or 2 person office in professional building. Ample parking. $395 monthly. Call 609730-0575.
Furnished Office: 8 by 12 room in office suite, phone system installed, DSL
included, reception area, shared conference room with two attorneys. Fax and
copier available. Ample parking. Convenient Princeton Route 1 location. $500.
609-203-1088.
- Located in Cranbury, NJ
- Ideal location just off of Route 130, easy access
to Turnpike at 8 and 8A
- Skylight, exposed beams, full height windows
- Variety of private offices, conference and open plan
- Well suited for a wide range of office space users
- Call or email for more information and floor plan
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609-921-8844 or kcoleman@cpnrealestate.com
Time for a Change?
Commercial Space
for Lease
Lawrence
• 5,000 sq. ft. Will renovate
to your specs.
Ewing
• 800-2000 sq. ft. in professional
park. Near Rt. 31 & TCNJ.
• Near Lawrence Border.
1,000 sq. ft. 1st month FREE.
Buildings for Sale
Ewing
• 6,300 sq. ft. multi-tenant
office bldg.
Great upside potential.
Reduced $495,000.
• 12-unit apartment
money-maker. $690,000.
Wednesday, June 17
6 p.m.: Mercer Chamber, East
Windsor chapter, Employer Legislative Committee, $150. Hightstown High School. 609-6899960.
Thursday, June 18
Florence
• 2,000 to 12,000 sq. ft.
on Route 130 at NJ Turnpike.
Will renovate to your specs.
Real Estate
Management Services
Hopewell Boro
• 1,400 sq. ft. office/retail.
Pennington
• 400 sq. ft. 2-room suite
at Pennington Circle.
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degree program during active duty
and complete it using GI education
benefits after their service is up.
TESC is a member of Operation
College Promise, a group of colleges in the state that uses a
$100,000 ACE/Wal-Mart “Success
for Veterans” grant in order to provide statewide access to information that will help veterans to use
their education benefits.
Business Meetings
• 630 sq. ft. across
from Applebee’s. Great location.
• 2,025 sq. ft. Newly renovated.
Ideal for many uses.
• 1,000 sq. ft. retail on Rt. 33.
• 500-1,950 sq. ft. Near
Neshaminy Mall & PA. Turnpike.
Trenton/Lawrence Border
Hamilton
Bensalem, PA.
Hamilton: 2500 + sq. ft., Rt. 33 Office
Complex, Reception, 3 Offices, 2 bathrooms, large open space, 609-9360960, or gcrealestate@hotmail.com
7 Gordon Ave.
Lawrenceville
609-896-0505
2:30 p.m.: We Are BOOST, Open
house tour of JASKO building to
kick off summer lecture series on
redeveloping downtown, free. 15
West Front Street, Trenton,
jasko@weareboost.org. 206-2022883.
7:30 a.m.: Bartolomei Pucciarelli,
Business Getting Results,
Michael Pucciarelli. Free for firsttime attendees, but registration is
required. 2564 Brunswick Pike.
609-883-9000.
8:30 a.m.: NJ Bankers, “Un-
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AREA OFFICE RENTALS
Princeton, Trenton, Hamilton, Hopewell, Montgomery,
Ewing, Hightstown, Lawrenceville and other Mercer,
Somerset & Middlesex Communities. Class A, B and
C Space Available.
For details on space
and rates, contact
www.WeidelCommercial.com
Lawrenceville: Psychotherapy/professional service office, third floor suite,
2 offices available with shared waiting
and group therapy rooms. Handicapped
accessible. Copier, fax machine, and
kitchen included. High speed Internet
available. Great location on Princeton
Pike. Immediate availability. Contact
Rosemarie 267-391-7351.
Montgomery Knoll office Condo:
375 square feet 2nd floor carpeted usable office space divided as two offices
with windows with pleasant view and reception area plus private bathroom and
ample storage space. $750 per month.
Call or e-mail to info@connectingproducts.com, 609-688-1808.
Pennington - Hopewell: Straube
Center offices from virtual office, 25 to
300 square feet and office suites, 500 to
2,400 square feet. From $100 per
month, short and long term. Storage
space, individual signage, conference
rooms, copier, Verizon Fios available,
call
609-737-3322
or
e-mail
mgmt@straube.com www.straubecenter.com
Plainsboro - 700 SF to 3,000 SF Office Suites: in single story building in
well maintained office park off Plainsboro Road. Immediately available. Individual entrance and signage, separate
AC/Heat and electricity. Call 609-7992466 or E-mail tqmpropmgm@aol.com
Princeton - Heart of Downtown: single office with shared conference and
coffee rooms, parking available. Professional, non-therapeutic uses only with
low client traffic. Call 609-252-1111.
claimed Property: What a Financial Institution Holder Needs to
Know,” Robert Davidson, $225.
Forsgate Country Club. 908-2728500.
8:30 a.m.: Norris McLaughlin &
Marcus, “Hot Topics in Labor &
Employment Law 2009,” free. Call
ext. 4224. Bridgewater office,
ecmillerjr@nmmlaw.com. 908722-0700.
11:30 a.m.: Mercer Chamber,
“Promoting Your Business
through Social Networking Sites,”
$60. Scottish Rite Hall, Dunns Mill
Road, Bordentown. 609-6899960.
3 p.m.: NJTC, “What’s Next In IT?”
Darcy Lorincz, CEO, OriginDigital, $60. Rider University. 856787-9700.
5:30 p.m.: Middlesex Chamber,
Annual meeting and installation of
board. Herb Greenberg, CEO of
Caliper, on his book, “Succeed
On Your Own Terms,” $75. Forsgate Country Club. 732-7458090.
6:45 p.m.: SCORE Princeton,
“The Business Plan,” Ben Koenig,
free. Register at: Princeton Library, info@scoreprinceton.org.
609-393-0505.
Friday, June 19
10:30 a.m.: Professional Services
Group, career workshop or guest
speaker,” free. One Stop Career
Center, Yard Avenue, Trenton.
609-292-7535.
Monday, June 22
9 a.m.: Rutgers, “Mini MBA: Business Essentials,” one-week class
through June 26. Piscataway
campus. 732-445-5526.
5 p.m.: Raritan Valley College,
“Solar Panel Installation,” twoweek course through July 6,
Princeton - Location, Location: Jefferson Plaza, Princeton. 600/1200 sq.
ft., 1 block off Route 1, private entrance,
private
bathroom
and
parking.
$960/$1700 plus utilities. 609-5772793; hesaenviro@hesaenviro.com.
Princeton Prof. Office Park, off
Route One. 600 sq. ft. Perfect for Law
Firm, CPAs, Consultants, Medical. Call
732-329-1601 for details.
Princeton- 192 Nassau St. Two single offices available for lease. 251 SF &
404 SF. Can be leased individually or
combined. Please call 609-921-6060 for
details.
Princeton- Research Park Rt. 206
opposite Princeton Airport. 878 SF four
room office & 919 SF open space with
small kitchenette, please call 609-9216060 for details.
Princeton-Nassau Street: Sublet 13 rooms, 2nd floor, includes parking/utilities. Call 609-924-6270. Ask for Wendy.
Sublease Large Private Office. In
Princeton Commerce Center (near MarketFair). $495/mo plus share of utilities.
609-734-0004 or 609-977-7111.
Tired of an Office Park?: Unique office space available in historic building
with views of the Millstone River. Easy
access from Rt. 1. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette, receptionist included. Law library. Secretarial services
available. Friendly, professional atmosphere. Contact Liz: 609-514-0514;
ez@zuckfish.com.
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last minute changes or cancellations. Call to confirm.
$2,569. North Branch campus.
908-218-8871.
7 p.m.: East Brunswick Library,
“Changing Jobs In a Changing
Economy,” Arnie Boldt, free. Jean
Walling Civic Center,
jsaccenti@ebpl.org. 732-3906779.
Tuesday, June 23
8:30 a.m.: Mercer Chamber,
Lawrence chapter, breakfast
meeting, featuring Mayor Pam
Mount, $35. Rider University. 609689-9960.
7:30 p.m.: JobSeekers, Networking and support for changing careers, free. Parish Hall entrance,
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street.
609-924-2277.
Wednesday, June 24
7 a.m.: NJ SBDC, “Customer Experience Management,” $19.
Register at www.sbdcnj.com.
Telecourse. 609-771-2947.
JUNE 17, 2009
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE ADVICE
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Prime downtown location, turnkey, zoning privilege, long lease, positive ongoing business open potential for any cuisine. $295K, Call Zhen at 609-5787277.
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INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unique Rental Space zoning (I3), ordinance passed for retail and recreation
activities, ample parking all utilities, one
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Great locations, immediate occupancy.
Hi ceilings, load docks, drive ins. 700 sf
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beautiful building with thriving tenant
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Nassau Street Storage Space: 1227
SF and 2671 SF basement storage.
Clean, dry, secure space. Call 609-9216060 for details.
STUDIO SPACE
Studio space for classes, workshops, etc. 19 ft x 19 ft. space with lots
of natural light. $30 per hour. Kingston.
Call 609-468-1286.
HOUSING FOR SALE
Spring Lake: Perfect Victorian style
Beach House in Villa park area. Wraparound deck, 3-4 BR, 2.5 BA. 4 blocks
from beach at 418 Central. FSBO. 732359-6302. $985,000 OBO.
HOUSING FOR RENT
Country Setting: 1 possibly 2-bedroom apartment for rent. Duplex. Newly
renovated. Internet cable ready. $1,300
per month. Call for appointment: 732207-8373.
Cranbury House for Rent: Two bedrooms, one bath, all appliances, near
Post Office. Unique location in charming
village setting. Mid-July, $1,325. 609529-6891.
Ewing Near TCNJ: Two bedroom,
one bath apartment. All appliances. MidAugust. $850 including heat. 609-5296891.
Four-Car Garage Non-Heated for
rent or lease. Private residence. Perfect
for automobiles and/or long-term storage. Call 732-207-8373 or E-mail ultralee84@hotmail.com.
Hamilton Square: Two bedroom,
one bath apartment on Hughes Drive
across from MCCC and park. Shared
laundry. Good privacy. $895. Mid-July.
609-529-6891.
Pennington-W. Franklin Ave & Rte.
31: Two-storey single house, 4 BR, 2
Baths, DR, FR, Kitchen, Garage, Basement, Attic Storage, Landscape & Snow
Removal included; $2,400/mo + Utilities; Please call 609-737-3322, E-mail:
mgmt@straube.com
Princeton area four bedroom house
in wooded country setting - fireplace and
pond.
http://princetonrentals.homestead.com/. 609-333-6932
Somerset - Large Furnished Room:
Clean, cable, light kitchen, nonsmoker.
$550/month. Convenient to Routes 1
and 287. 732-828-4106.
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Lewisville Road, Lawrence Twp:
Residential Bldg Lot - 200’ frontage x
106’ (.41+ acre) wooded lot on a quiet,
secluded,
tree-lined
road
near
Lawrenceville Prep School. Approved
plan for residential dwelling. Easy access to U.S. 1, I-295, Route 206, and I95. Sale — Ridolfi & Associates, 609581-4848.
CONTRACTING
Handyman/Yardwork: Painting/Carpentry/Masonry/Hauling/All Yard Work
from top to bottom. Done by pros. Call
609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
CLEANING SERVICES
NEW CONSTRUCTION
FOR SALE
Rocky Hill
1026 Rt 518
Office/Medical Space
1250 SF-9000 SF
Trenton
10 Rutgers Place,
Professional Office Building
$425,000
Excellent downtown location!
Lawrenceville
168 Franklin Corner Road
3200 SF, 1350 SF, 1150 SF
Lawrenceville
168 Franklin Corner Road
from 500 SF to 3500 SF
Princeton
812 State Rd.
120 SF, 425 SF
Hamilton
127 Route 206
350 SF, 2260 SF, 3900 SF
Exit 8A NJ Tpke
1 Rossmoor Drive, Monroe Twp.
6900 SF (Bank, Rest., Various Uses)
950 SF (Hair Salon)
Bordentown
3 Third Street
2008 SF
Window Washing: Lolio Window
Washing. Also gutter cleaning and power washing. 609-271-8860.
HOME MAINTENANCE
Green your home with new energy efficient windows and cut your heating and
cooling bills by up to 50 percent. Federal
government program covers 30 percent
of installation cost. Free estimates and
guaranteed lowest prices from local
multimillion dollar company. Call Doug
Zehr at Premier Remodeling: 609-2163123.
Dr. Honey-Do List, Handyman for
Hire: Odd jobs/yard work/you name it.
$20 per man hour. Serving Mercer and
Hunterdon Counties and Bucks County,
Pa. Call Alex at 609-213-4899.
Handyman: Electrical, plumbing, any
projects around the house. 609-2756631.
Man With A Van/Handyman: Small
local moves, furniture assembly, appliance installation and other odd jobs.
Serving Mercer County and nearby areas 7 days a week. Reliable, courteous
and professional service at reasonable
rates. Call: 609-512-7248.
Reliable Lawn Service and Landscaping: Lis# 2750131. Mowing. Fertilizing. Mulching. Spring and Fall Clean
Ups. 609-209-5764.
DECKS REFINISHED
Cleaning/Stripping and Staining of
All Exterior Woods: Craftsmanship quality work. Fully insured and licensed with
references. Windsor WoodCare. 609799-6093. www.windsorwoodcare.com.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Art Designer: Young, sharp, intelligent art designer who can create and
put your ideas on paper, tee-shirts and
other. For more information please call
609-920-3518 during the hours of 10
a.m.-5 p.m. E-mail: supremacyclothinginc@gmail.com
Bookkeeper/Administrative Specialist: Versatile & experienced professional will gladly handle your bookkeeping and/or administrative needs. Many
services available. Reasonable rates.
Call Debra @ 609-448-6005 or visit
www.v-yours.com.
Virtual Assistant handling your business globally. Reports typed, transcription, emails, calendar mgmt, concierge
services & more. www.executivesonthego.com
saniyyah@executivesonthego.com Phone: 800-745-1166
Your Perfect Corporate Image:
Princeton Route 1. Virtual Offices, Offices, Receptionist, Business Address
Service, Telephone Answering Service,
Conference Rooms, Instant Activation,
Flexible Terms. Call 609-514-5100 or
visit www.princeton-office.com
COMPUTER SERVICES
Computer Problems Solved!!:
Computer Group of Princeton: set-up,
repair, software installation, virus removal. Phone 609-896-2239 or email:
dnatkins@gmail.com.
Contact:
Cosmo Iacavazzi
Bryce Thompson Jr.
cosmo@thompsonrealty.biz
bthompson@thompsonrealty.biz
Thompson Realty of Princeton
195 Nassau St. • Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel 609-921-7655 • Fax 609-921-9463
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Community Options, Inc.
Employment Exchange
Supporting People with Disabilities Since 1989
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C
ommunity Options, Inc., a contemporary nonprofit organization with a strong philosophy dedicated to providing excellent housing and employment for individuals with disabilities, is currently seeking
energetic and caring people for the positions of
Community Support Staff and Customer Support
Managers in Mercer County.
The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic about
assisting individuals in all aspects of their lives, including
social, recreational, and daily living activities. The CSM &
CSS use best practices and technology to teach people
w/developmental disabilities how to acquire the physical,
intellectual, emotional, and social skills needed to live as
independently as possible.
Community Support Manager Required: High school
diploma & valid DL, 1 year supervisory experience, 1 year
experience working with developmentally disabled individuals. Assist clients in maintaining independence by
providing hands-on care, recreation and community support services as well as monitor staff schedules, provide
training and manage residential budget.
Community Support Staff (Full-time, Part-time
and Substitute) to assist individuals with disabilities in
maintaining their independence by providing hands-on
direct care, recreation, and community support services.
Required: High school diploma & valid DL.
HOW TO ORDER
CAREER SERVICES
JOBS WANTED
HELP WANTED
Phone, Fax, E-Mail: That’s all
it takes to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Call 609-452-7000, or fax
your ad to 609-452-0033, or use
our
E-Mail
address:
class@princetoninfo.com. We
will confirm your insertion and
the price. It won’t be much: Our
classifieds are just 50 cents a
word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are
just 40 cents per word, and if
your ad runs for 16 consecutive
issues, it’s only 30 cents per
word. (There is a $3 service
charge if we send out a bill.) Box
service is available. Questions?
Call us.
Certified Professional Resume Writer, Licensed Career
Counselor: Assessments/job
search/career. Resumes/cover
letters. Guarneri Associates. Resumagic@aol.com.
866-8814055 toll-free.
send a check for $4 with your ad
and request a U.S. 1 Response
Box. Replies will be forwarded to
you at no extra charge. Mail or
Fax your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 12 Roszel Road, Princeton,
NJ 08540. You must include your
name, address, and phone number (for our records only).
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HELP WANTED
Avon Hiring: $10 to start.
50% percent of sales. 609-2755080.
Dog Groomer: Experienced.
Also a student to learn dog
grooming. Job guaranteed.
Princeton Junction location. 609897-9500. 609-477-4683.
ALL TRAINING PROVIDED! Excellent benefits
(FT staff): Health, Vision, Rx thru HORIZON BCBS!
Please fax resume to 609-514-0486
or e-mail to Resumes-ME@comop.org
EOE
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COMPUTER
SERVICES
Computer Service: Computer repair, computer training (offer
senior discount), data recovery,
free estimate. Cell: 609-2138271.
MARKETING
SERVICES
Write For You. Communications pro creates web copy, ads,
e-blasts,
sales
brochures,
newsletters, reports, presentations. Anne Sweeney PR. 732329-6629 www.annesweeneypr.com aspubrel@aol.com
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Bookkeeping services for
your bottom line: QuickBooks
ProAdvisor. Call Joan today at
Kaspin Associates, 609-4900888.
TAX SERVICES
Fast Paced & Growing Technology/
Security Consulting Firm
Based at Carnegie Center in Princeton, NJ: seeks a Full Time
Qualified Assistant to work on various office tasks. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Power Point, Word, Excel, etc.),
have a pleasant attitude, enjoy people, dress and act professional. Candidate must be a self starter who can work with direction
or on their own. Must be able to travel to Norwalk Connecticut
for administrative training and once a month meetings (all
expenses paid). Must be able to attend various trade shows in
NJ-NYC-Philly area up to 5 times a year (all expenses paid). Other
duties include: keeping web based time sheets and expense
reports, writing proposals, Project Management support, scheduling, working with Architectural & various clients directly. We
do some Law Enforcement work and background checks are
mandatory. 40 hours per week from 8:30AM TO 5:30PM MonFri. Paid holidays & vacation, Health Care benefits and 401k.
Salary is dependent on experience, $35-40/Yr with performance
based increases.
Interviews will be conducted on
July 2nd and July 6th
at Norwalk, CT corporate offices.
Call 203-838-4167 for appointment
and directions.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Job Worries? Let Dr. Sandra
Grundfest, licensed psychologist
and certified career counselor,
help you with your career goals
and job search skills. Call 609921-8401 or 732-873-1212 (License #2855)
JOBS WANTED
Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we
will run a reasonably worded
classified ad for you at no
charge. The U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted
section has helped people like
you find challenging opportunities for years now. We know this
because we often hear from the
people we have helped. We reserve the right to edit the ads and
to limit the number of times they
run. If you require confidentiality,
INSTRUCTION
Skinny Jeans Feeling a Little Snug? Blast your fat and rock
your core with a fusion of jazz
dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, and kickboxing. With
the power to burn 350-500 calories per class, it’s not your momma’s workout. Jazzercise Class
Info and coupon at www.jazzplainsboro-windsors.com 609890-3252.
Music lessons - Flute and
Piano: All ages/levels/beginners
welcome. Professional teacher.
609-936-9811.
Upscale, Classy Est. Staff:
Enjoy our hot pack service, an
oasis for your soul and spirit. Enjoy the deep tissue and healing
touch of our friendly, certified
massage therapists. Call: 609520-0050. (Princeton off Route 1
Behind “Pepp Boys Auto.”)
MENTAL HEALTH
Having problems with life issues? Stress, anxiety, depression, relationships... Children
and adults. Free consultation.
Working in person or by phone.
Rafael Sharon, Psychoanalyst
609-683-7808.
PSYCHOTHERAPY: Healing
problems at their source.
Body: Our barometer of decisions we make that hurt or heal.
Mind: discovering responsibility
and inner knowing. Spirit: deeper
level guidance through dreams
and pastlife therapy. Individuals,
couples. In person or phone. V.
Meluskey, Ph.D. 609-921-3572
PERSONAL
SERVICES
INSTRUCTION
HEALTH
Ariel Center for Joyous
Well-being: Offers holistic massage, nutrition and wellness
counseling, yoga. 609-4540102.
ISAGENIX — The Way to
Lose Weight: Ask me how. Lisa
Tatulli - 609-731-8666. / lisagt215@aol.com
Massage and Reflexology:
The benefits are beyond what
we even fathom. Experience
deep relaxation, heightened
well-being, improved health.
Holistic practitioner offering reflexology, Swedish and shiatsu
massage. Available for on-site
massage at the work place, etc.
Gift certificates, flexible hours.
Call Marilyn 609-403-8403.
Professional Job Needed:
Exceptional
EDI/EBusiness(X12, EDIFACT, XML,
etc.) experience along with Project Management, Business Analyst, and Account Management.
Please contact me at 973-7271575/
kdipierro@gmail.com.
Let’s arrange a meeting!
HEALTH
Tax Preparation and Accounting Services: For individuals and small businesses. Notary, computerized tax preparation, paralegal services. Your
place or mine. Fast response,
free consultation, reasonable
costs. Gerald Hecker, 609-4484284.
Transporter: Retired professional, 30 years local driving experience, will safely drive your
car to business, medical, shopping, airports. If no license, senior citizen, unable to drive, call
609-773-0459.
Experienced and Motivated
Office Assistant: seeks fulltime position. Proficient in customer service, organization, writing, MS Word, Excel, File Maker
Pro and Internet research. Enjoy
working with people of all ages
and backgrounds. Versatile and
reliable. Call 609-585-9230. Ask
fore Carol.
ADHD Coaching- For students, adults & parents of children challenged with attentional
issues, time management, procrastination or disorganization.
Our
experienced,
certified
coaches can help you find effective strategies and tools. Contact
us at 609-216-0441, nsvedosh@odysseycoaches.com,
www.odysseycoaches.com
Home Health Aide Certification: Course Registration June 1
to June 30, 2009. Classes held
at Lawrenceville. Call CJ at 800899-9611. FIRSTAT Nursing
Services.
Lessons in Your Home: Music lessons in your home. Piano,
clarinet, saxophone, flute and
guitar. Call Jim 609-737-9259 or
609-273-5135.
Music Lessons - Farrington’s Music: Piano, guitar, drum,
sax, clarinet, voice, flute, trumpet, violin. $28 half hour. School
of Rock. Join the band! Princeton
609-924-8282. Princeton Junction 609-897-0032. Hightstown
609-448-7170.
www.farringtonsmusic.com.
Piano lessons. All ages and
levels welcome. Experienced
professional with advanced degrees. Convenient Plainsboro
location. Call 609-378-5877.
SAT Mathematics Summer
Camp:
The
Lawrenceville
School. Week long camps
throughout June and July.
http://mathplotter.
lawrenceville.org/ mathplotter/
sat.htm (609)558-0722.
WEDDING
SERVICES
Meaningful Civil Marriages:
Officiated by Rev. James
McKenna. Call 609-306-2002.
civilceremony@optonline.net.
ENTERTAINMENT
Looking for a Different Kind
of Band to Play at Your Party?
Hall of Mirrors is a dynamic, original, rock band influenced by
classic rock, progressive rock,
classical and world music. The
group has performed at many
premier clubs in Mercer, Burlington and Bucks Counties including Katmandu and John and Peter’s. Hall of Mirrors has opened
for Spiraling (an ensemble led by
keyboardist Tom Brislin of: Yes,
Debbie Harry’s solo band, Meatloaf, and Camel), and has performed with the Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Lisa Bouchelle, and
Sharon Silvertein. To have Hall
of Mirrors play at your special
event, please call Vaughan at
609-259-5768.
Music for Private Affairs and
Clubs: Call anytime. Will fit your
budget. 609-737-9259 or 609273-5135.
One Man Band: Keyboardist
for your wedding or party. Perfect entertainment. You’ll love
the variety. Duos available. Call
Ed at 609-424-0660.
MERCHANDISE
MART
Computer with XP: Good
condition. $100 with trade. Call
609-275-6930.
Sterling Silver: Towle “Legato” 4 piece placesetting service
for 8 with 8 extra teaspoons, plus
sugar shell, butter knife and pie
server. Not monogramed. Perfect for the frugal bride or to supplement existing service. Kept
for best so nearly new. Prefer to
Scientist:
Cell Biologist
AD-4 Pharma is looking for
a scientist to establish and
conduct cellular and in vitro
biochemical assays to identify compounds with desired
biological activity.
The qualified scientist will
design, analyze and evaluate
data with minimal supervision. Effective written and
oral communication skills
are desired. Experience in
cell culture and working
effectively in a team environment are essential.
B.S/M.S. degree in Biology
or Biochemistry with 5 or
more years of drug discovery experience. Candidate
must have the legal right to
work in the U.S.
Interested candidates should
send their CV to
Dr. Matthew Sills at
msills@ad4pharma.com.
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MERCHANDISE
MART
sell as a set. $1,250 or best offer
for all pieces. Compare to Replacements prices and save.
Call 609-720-0008 weekday
evenings or leave message.
GARAGE SALES
Garage Sale: Saturday, June
20, rain or shine, 8-12. Furniture
and small items. Bannister and
Foxcroft Drive, between Princeton and Lawrenceville. 609-6831150.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609-457-5501.
WANTED TO BUY
Antique Military Items: And
war relics wanted from all wars
and countries. Top prices paid.
“Armies of the Past LTD”. 2038
Greenwood Ave., Hamilton
Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail
outlet is open Saturdays 10 to
4:00, or by appointment.
Attention Business Owners: Tired of running your business and looking for an exit strategy? You have options. We are
looking for a business to buy in
Princeton/Mercer County. Call
831-760-0007. Real Buyer —
Not a Broker.
Wanted
Baseball
Cards/Memorabilia: Football,
basketball, hockey. Cards, bats,
balls, photographs, programs,
autographs. Highest prices paid.
908-596-0976.
OPPORTUNITIES
Free Internet Advertising:
What’s the catch? None. Run a
classified in U.S. 1 and let us
post it at no additional charge on
the Internet at www.PrincetonInfo.com. Call 609-452-7000 or
visit www.PrincetonInfo.com for
additional advertising opportunities in U.S. 1.
PERSONALS
Free Classifieds for Singles:
Fax your ad to 609-452-0033 or
E-mail to info@princetoninfo.com. If you prefer to mail us
your ad, address it to U.S. 1 Singles Exchange, 12 Roszel
Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. Include your name and the address to which we should send
responses. We will assign a box
number and forward all replies.
JUNE 17, 2009
A
journalistic integrity
of publications such
as ours that do not
attain that level of
accuracy. Of course,
the Timesman was not surprised by
our woeful performance, given that
our mission as a community newspaper is simply to provide puff
pieces for community institutions
such as WWFM. That’s only his
opinion, of course, but he is entitled to it.
Now that apology: To the hardworking people of WQXR, who
have to operate under the specter of
a rumored sale by your parent company to help manage its cash flow
problems, we apologize for the
owners and the business managers
of the Times who put the paper into
such a bind in the first place; we
apologize for those who thought
that the Times could profit from a
real estate deal in midtown Manhattan and from a stake in the
Boston Red Sox (what kind of conflict does that pose for reporters
covering the rival Yankees?); and
we apologize for all those Times
“suits” who failed to implement a
profitable Internet strategy (how
many of those business guys took
23 percent pay cuts?).
On behalf of all them, we apologize. We hope it will brighten their
day, but we doubt it — all is not
happy in the land before time.
Richard K. Rein
ll is not happy for the dinosaurs still
living in the land before time. Up in
Boston, for example, the venerable
Globe has gone through a gutwrenching week or two that began
with management proposing an 8
percent pay cut for its unionized
newsroom employees, who said
forget about it. Management
promptly agreed to forget, and responded with a new proposal — a
23 percent pay cut.
At that point the parent New
York Times Company, which had
bought the Globe for $1.1 billion in
1993 and had declined even to consider a sale in 2006 when an offer
of $500 million was in the air, apparently began to sing a different
song. On Monday, June 15, the
Times’s own media columnist
asked six different media analysts
what price the Times might command for the 300,000 circulation
Globe. The answers ranged from
around $250 million to some negative number — the amount the
Times would have to pay a buyer to
take the Boston paper off its hands.
The high estimate came from
analyst John Morton, who noted
that a buyer paying that price
would impose cost cutting measures that would make the contract
just rejected look like “paradise.”
Can you imagine what it’s like
to be the editor of such a news operation? While all that corporate
crap is flying overhead, you have
to get a reporter to go to City Hall at
night, report on a municipal budget
hearing, and be excited enough to
stay awake during the deliberations and then report it all correctly
the next morning.
Of course mistakes are made
(see page 2 of this issue for some of
our most recent bloopers), and criticisms are expressed. Some
thoughtful responses add value to
the entire discussion. A U.S. 1 reporter’s recent column on his experiences serving as executor of his
mother’s estate drew an informative response from an attorney specializing in such estate work — see
page 4 of this issue. And the article
on town-gown divisions prompted
a letter writer to cite the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville in describing the longstanding role of
charitable and nonprofit organizations in American society.
But not all commentators are so
enlightened. And many are more
brutal than ever. Given that most
letters to the editor now come via
E-mail, and that many reactions are
posted by readers within seconds
as they read stories online, the artfully composed corrections of the
past (“reports of my death are
greatly exaggerated”) may become
dinosaurs themselves.
Our cover story of June 3 on the
classical radio station, WWFM,
generated some heated response.
One online critic wondered how
U.S. 1 could be so stupid as to ignore Princeton University’s student-run radio station, WPRB.
“It’s as if the reporter landed in
Mercer County from another planet,” wrote one. U.S. 1’s reporter
and the WWFM manager “should
know that it reduces your credibility to ignore the elephants in the
room.”
If we could engage that critic,
we would ask a question in return:
Isn’t it possible that — given the
clutter of radio signals on our dials
— the vast majority of central New
Jersey residents have no idea that
the elephant is even in the room?
That article on WWFM also
drew the ire of WQXR, the classical FM station in New York owned
by the New York Times. Our Between the Lines column on page 2
of this issue details our error in reporting the financial condition of
the station. But the Timesman
rein@princetoninfo.com
speaking on behalf of WQXR demanded more than a correction; he
also wanted an apology. Which he
is about to get.
But first a word about the lecture
that came with these demands. We
wish we could report it verbatim
but the Timesman asked that all
communication be private and not
for publication (if the government
Artfully composed
corrections of the
past (‘reports of my
death are greatly exaggerated’) may become dinosaurs
themselves.
could keep a lid on its employees
the way the Times does on its employees there wouldn’t have been a
Watergate or Iran contra scandal).
Suffice it to say that the lecture
began with an admonition about
the need for accuracy in reporting,
the insistence of the New York
Times on accuracy, and the lack of
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