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Unemployment Meets Faith, page 4; Gifts for Foodies, 16;
Dickens in the Present, 33; Fulfillment Firm Fills Up, 39.
Indie Pop Meets Folk Rock:
Hamilton native Sharon Kenny
debuts her new CD in a November 28
concert at Hamilton Manor.
Event listings page 12.
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Business Meetings
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Opportunities
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Survival Guide
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Where Unemployment Meets Faith
The Changing Face of Health Benefits
Scott Morgan: The Executor’s Last Lessons
Reviewing the All-Important Business Plan
Business Meetings
Best Bets
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Holiday Gift Guide
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Preview
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Day by Day, November 25 to December 3
Pat Tanner
Theater Review: ‘The Royal Family’
Theater Review: ‘Three Mo’ Divas’
Theater Review: ‘A Moon to Dance By’
The Newark Museum Pulls Out Its Earliest Collection
Life 101: Where Do We Start?
Opportunities
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Charles Dickens: Four Generations Later
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Company Index
Amazon.com, 34; Archos, 34;
AT&T, 34; Barnes & Noble, 34;
BlackBerry, 35; Capacity, 39;
Delaware River Basin Commission, 40; Delaware Valley United
Way, 40.
Firmenich, 40; Google, 34;
GPSEG, 40;Karcher Associates,
8; Key Financial , 5; La Cie, 38;
Lansing, 38; McCarter Theater,
40; Microsoft, 35; Motorola, 36.
NexMed, 39; NJ Symphony, 40;
Novatel, 35; OmniComm, 39; Omnivest, 39; Optima, 38; PD/LD, 39;
PDQ Press, 40; Plantronics, 38;
Princeton School District, 40; ProFACT Proteomics, 40.
Rider University, 40; Sprint, 34;
Strayer, 39; StrikeForce Technologies, 40; TESC, 39; Total Administrative Services, 5; Trinity Church,
4; Verizon, 35.
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e all have pictures in our
minds of the unemployed, but for
most of us, the important part of the
picture is that the unemployed person doesn’t look like us.
Yes, we know in our heads that
unemployment hits white collars
just as often as it does blue. Those
of us who feel safely employed are
sure that somehow, if we were in
their situation, things would be different. We would not be out of a job
for six months, nine months, a year.
Our credentials are better. We have
better connections. We would just
work harder.
It won’t happen to us.
The Jobseekers group, which
meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
at Trinity Episcopal Church, 22
Mercer Street, helps dispel that notion. The group has been meeting
weekly, except when Christmas
and New Year’s fall on Tuesday,
since it was founded in 1982. There
is no cost for meetings and reservations are not necessary. For more
information call Trinity Church at
609-924-2277.
The first thing you notice when
entering a Jobseekers meeting is
that everyone there really does
look just like you. They are middle-income, middle aged, and
come from all types of careers.
There are engineers, CPAs, academics, business analysts, pharmaceutical researchers, and corporate
lawyers.
It’s not too surprising in New
Jersey, a state with one of the highest percentages of college graduates in the nation, that everyone in
the room has at least one degree. In
fact, several had more than one
masters or Ph.D. A common topic
of conversation is “dumbing
down” the resume.
“I’ve taken two degrees and 20
years of experience off my resume,” reports one participant.
“Did it help?” he is asked.
“No,” he admits. “I’m still being
told I’m over qualified.”
Joe Levy, one of the facilitators
for the group, is also unemployed.
A systems engineer and management consultant, he first joined the
group as a client in 2003. When
Jobseekers founder, Niels Nielsen,
died, Levy and a few other alumni
stepped in and became facilitators
for the group. He has been committed to the group ever since, even
when he has had full-time employment.
While Levy has been out of
work before, this time it is different, he says. New Jersey has seen
its share of mergers, corporate
takeovers, downsizing, and layoffs
in the past, but this time the number
of people being laid off and the variety of industries affected is much
more widespread.
R. Greg Wheeler, one of the
participants in the group, explains
that the tasks of searching for a job
and keeping up your spirits are in-
Working On It: Greg
Wheeler, a frequenter of Jobseekers, says networking
with other unemployed folks is vital.
terrelated. “I’m an engineer.
Maybe that’s why I approach both
as a system,” he explains.
Wheeler received his masters in
electrical engineering in 1980 from
Clarkson University in New York.
He has worked for several companies, large and small, over the
years. He’s been a project manager,
a director of new product development, and a vice president. He
holds several patents. His last job
was as director and senior customer programs manager for Motorola.
“I’m really good at putting together high performance teams,
working with smart people to take
a project from the concept stage all
the way through production,” he
explains.
Wheeler is a single father with
four children, three of whom are
still in college. A long-time resi-
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
dent of the area, he has lived in
Mercer County for the past 22
years. Luckily, he says, that gives
him equity in his home. While so
far he has been able to continue the
tuition payments for his children,
he has decided that he will put his
home on the market if that becomes
the only way to keep his children in
school.
“One of the most difficult things
to do is keep up your spirits while
seeking a job,” says Wheeler. “It
affects so many areas of your life.
First and foremost, the sense of
self-esteem we feel from having a
job is taken away. Second, it is often difficult to measure success
during the job search. Finally, there
is the knowledge that you are not
providing for your family, and the
embarrassment of suddenly having
to seek unemployment or other assistance.”
Your unique process. “There is
no manual out there that gives a
step-by-step process that you can
follow and guarantee you’ll have a
job at the end,” says Wheeler.
Understanding that fact helps
keep up a person’s spirits in the
early phases of a job search. “The
first thing you have to do is develop
your own process,” he says. That
can include networking, making
phone calls, developing several resumes, each tailored to a particular
type of job.
The second thing to do: “Acknowledge that it’s tough,” Wheeler says.
Take care of yourself. Wheeler
and many of the other participants
at the Jobseekers meeting recommend exercise as an important way
to keep up your spirits. “Exercise
every day if you can, but at least
three or four times a week,” says
Wheeler.
Not only will exercise help keep
you in good shape physically and
mentally, exercising with others at
a gym, or just something as simple
as organizing a walking group, gets
you out with other people. After
years, maybe even decades, of
spending every day with co-workers, the loneliness of being at home
can be difficult for many people.
Set daily goals. Finding a way
to measure your progress is important in many ways, Wheeler says.
“It can be difficult to get away from
worrying about the job search. You
go to bed at night thinking about,
you wake up in the morning thinking about it.”
Setting specific goals — making
10 phone calls, completing and uploading an online resume, attending a networking meeting —
makes it easier to stay calm, knowing you have accomplished something specific in your search for a
job.
“Once you’ve done that you can
relax for an hour and watch a TV
show or go to a movie and know
that you’ve done something positive for your search,” he says.
Network. Networking is one of
the most important parts of any job
search. There are several types of
networking that anyone seeking a
job should do. Networking with
others who are also looking for
work is invaluable. There are several groups in the area besides Job-
seekers, and it never hurts to attend
several of them.
While it might seem counter-intuitive to network with others who
are also looking for work, Wheeler
says that other job seekers can help
you navigate the ropes of unemployment benefits and the search
for new training, or give you tips
on businesses that are hiring.
Knowing others who are in the
same boat as you is also one of the
best ways to keep up your spirits.
You should also be networking
trade groups in your industry.
“Make sure you that some of your
networking includes groups where
most of the people are employed,”
says Wheeler. These are the people
‘One of the most difficult things to do is
keep up your spirits
while seeking a job. It
affects so many areas
of your life.’
who might be looking to hire someone.
Get a career coach. “Career
coaching is a rather new industry
that has sprung up because so many
people are unemployed,” says
Wheeler. Many career coaches
have been unemployed themselves
at some time and “understand the
ropes.”
They can also help you develop
a process, explain the details of using websites such as Monster.com,
set goals, and give accountability.
There are a wide variety of job
coaches with a wide variety of
price ranges, says Wheeler.
One of the most important
things to keep in mind, says
Wheeler, Levy, and others who
have been unemployed more than
once, is that the job market will
turn around. Being ready when that
happens means that you will have a
head start on finding that new job.
— Karen Hodges Miller
Wednesday, December 2
The Changing Face
Of Health Benefits
A
s health benefits have
evolved over the last 32 years,
Robert Dash of Key Financial
Group has been in the thick of it —
implementing employer health
plans.
He started 32 years ago, when
most companies still offered a base
plan of Blue Cross for hospital expenses and Blue Shield for physician expenses in the hospital. As
technology
advanced,
Blue
Cross/Blue Shield added Rider J to
cover the expenses of new tests and
treatments, for example, radiation.
Eventually major medical was
added to Blue Cross/Blue Shield
coverage to reimburse for doctor
visits and lab work done outside of
hospitals. Employees were allowed to go to any doctor or hospital and would submit a claim form
for reimbursement. The insurance
company would reimburse according to a chart of “usual, customary,
and reasonable charges” — still
used today for out-of-network expenses; the doctor would then bill
the patient for the remaining balance.
Over the last two decades managed care — whether in the form of
HMOs, preferred provider organizations, or point of service plans —
has largely replaced its predecessors. Managed care brought with it
a significant change in the healthcare system. Physicians sign a contract with the insurance carriers requiring them to work within the
plan design and accept the co-pay
and the negotiated discounted rate
as payment in full.
“It was the first link that connected the health insurance industry with the medical profession,”
says Dash.
Dash is worried that managed
care has completely disconnected
consumers from the real costs of
healthcare. When he asks people
whether they know what a doctor
charged for a particular service,
they are clueless. All they seem to
know about is the size of their copay, which is not all that surprising,
since 92 percent of the claims filed
in this country are filed in network
and the individual is only responsible for the co-pay.
Dash will speak on “The Changing Face of Health Benefits,” for
the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants on
Wednesday December 2, at 8:15
a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 195 Davidson Avenue, Somerset. Other
speakers are Jack Hippen, vice
president of sales for Total Administrative Services Corporation, and
Lisa Otto, regional sales director
in New Jersey and New York for
the same company. Cost: $40. Visit www.njscpa.org.
What really interests Dash is
how to run the system more efficiently, and he prefers a consumerdriven approach built on consumer
awareness of healthcare costs.
“When, as a consumer, was the
last time you bought any kind of
product or purchased any service
without knowing the price?” he
asks. Furthermore, people usually
do not buy something until they
have
competitively
shopped
enough to know they are getting a
decent deal. But none of these basics apply in the managed care arena.
Although managed care did
bring together the medical community and the health insurance industry, says Dash, what it has failed
to accomplish is controlling and
managing costs. In its place, particularly for small to mid-size businesses, he would like to see consumer-driven health plans that include health savings accounts or
health reimbursement arrangements combined with high de-
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costs for business owners without
necessarily raising them for employees. The components are
twofold:
High deductibles. These reduce claims costs for the insurance
company and premiums for the
employer. Deductibles, says Dash,
go back to the original intent of
health insurance, which is coverage that protects employees and
their families from catastrophic
health costs. “A consumer-driven
health plan is really one that operates like most insurance operates,”
he says. “If you own a car, you have
insurance with a deductible.”
The deductible, explains Dash,
keeps smaller “nuisance claims”
away from the carrier, which has to
pay the same handling and processing expenses for any claim, regardless of size.
Because the deductible is set at a
threshold where a statistically
large number of people never exceed it, carriers have a reduced
amount they have to pay out. These
factors lower the cost to the carrier,
which passes the savings on to the
employer. This can reduce premiums by 25 to 40 percent in comparison to managed care.
Taxes. Using the tax code, employers can pay all or part of the
employee’s deductible cost. The
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health reimbursement arrangements — the employer can help
pay for unreimbursed medical expenses including deductibles, premiums, and co-pays. Any money
the employer contributes toward
the employee’s unreimbursed expenses is tax free for the employer.
Section 105 offers two options
for the employer. With a health
savings account, the employee has
an account similar to a 401k to
which the employer contributes
money. If employees get sick and
incur expenses, their expenses will
be reimbursed, but they get to keep
whatever money they do not use
for medical expenses.
The incentive for employees,
says Dash, is to be more aware of
costs and not to run to doctors unnecessarily. “We are trying to educate consumers to become more
knowledgeable and conscious of
costs and how to manage those
costs as they relate to their own
family and health,” he says.
The health reimbursement
arrangement is a plan whereby the
employer reimburses employees
for unreimbursed medical expenses. Whether employers contribute
all or just 80 percent of the deductible, they have reduced their
fixed costs, which are the premiums, and recognize a potential
cost, the amount of the reimbursement.
Dash recently created a health
reimbursement account for a firm
with 40 employees that reduced the
employer’s gross costs by
$104,000. Looking at the worst
case scenario of reimbursing the
entire deductible for every employee, the employer’s maximum
liability was $48,000.
These plans, of course, need to
be qualified plans, with appropriate documentation and government sign offs.
Dash comes from a blue collar
background in Elizabeth. His father started off as a milkman, moving from Brooklyn to Elizabeth because Dash’s grandfather and uncle were in the same business. His
father founded the Dash Box Company, which made and mended the
wooden cases that housed glass
milk bottles; Dash helped out in the
business.
Eventually his father started to
buy and manage property. “I attribute most of my success to my blue
collar values: make more and
spend less,” he says.
Dash saw himself as a street kid
growing up, but at Thomas Jefferson High School, a public high
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NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Scott Morgan
A
n advantage of being
the baby of the family is getting to
learn your lessons from watching
everyone screw up.
The flipside is, you’re the go-to
guy when it hits the fan. In the last
year of her life, my mother (who
had me when she was almost 40)
repeatedly told me that God had
sent me to her so late in life because
he knew she’d need me when she
got old and sick.
Not that I mind, but he could
have called me about it.
By nature of the fact that I a) was
the one who lived closest and b) actually survived my parents, which
two of my four siblings did not, I
got to play grown up when my
mother named me her executor.
Don’t worry, I won’t rehash all that
again. If you’re interested, feel free
to refer to the June 10, 2009, issue
of U.S. 1.
Instead, I will give you the last
set of lessons I learned from being
an executor, which essentially is a
list of jobs I would like to do less
than I would like to tongue-clean
my house.
Attorney. My first college degree was an associate’s in criminal
justice from Mercer County Community College. Being half the size
of every criminal on Earth, however, I ditched plans to be a cop and
entertained thoughts of going to
law school.
Had my criminal law teacher not
scowled at me in a discouraging
way, I might have given it a shot.
By now I would have paid somebody to just shoot me. Despite that
I get paid to find grammatical problems, I am not really a details guy.
Minutiae irks me. And attorneys
are entirely about the minutiae.
Though there are approximately
6.84 trillion details to an estate
transaction, details are impish.
They like to break from the herd,
spread out among every piece of
paper in creation, and hide among
galaxies of unimportant information. And they know that if you
miss just one, its buddies will soak
you in Vaseline and drag you into
the prison yard.
One positive is that I have developed a profound respect for attorneys and their per-hour rates. Stay
strong, brothers! I’ll be glad to cut
you a check next time.
Finance pro. I figured out years
ago that I couldn’t count to 21
without taking off my pants, so I always knew I didn’t have it in me to
have a financial career.
Taking for granted that I actually could do math, though, I still
couldn’t handle its inflexibility.
See, as a writer, if I put a period in
the middle of this sentence, it’s a
mistake that everyone will get
over. But depending on where I put
a period in this — 7500 — your
Being the baby
means having a great
window to the future,
but experience is just
as enlightening.
check will either make you really
happy or really mad. I can’t live
with that kind of pressure. As it is
I’m already waiting for some number groupie to tell me that it’s not
called a period when you’re dealing with numbers.
Real estate agent. I call my real
estate agent at least four times a
week, at all hours. I don’t even call
my wife four times a week, and I
love her.
Real estate people never seem to
be off the clock, and that offends
me greatly. I can make more money, I can’t make more time. So I
don’t see the up-side of having
your job follow you around on a
wireless network. And knowing
the kind of whiny crap I call my
agent about at various hours (because she said I could) leads me to
believe I’d last about two days before I started ending all my calls
with words like “yourself.”
Events planner. I’m good at
getting things together, though
much of my efficiency comes from
the fact that my mother’s side of
the family is all Italian women.
Quarter horses do not move as fast
they do through a phone chain. But
I’m fairly capable of pulling stuff
together.
I just freakin’ hate it. No two
people ever have the same schedule, and no one seems willing to get
together unless there either is a
dead body involved or free food.
Ideally, there’s both, and you just
tell your aunt the time and place
and let the Italian phone chain take
over.
Remove the Italian women and
Belly Fat?
the buffet table, though, and coordinating people is about as fun as a
beard of killer bees.
Insurance agent. Need I say
more?
Mover. Seriously, need I say
more?
General handyman. My dad
passed on his carpenter/handyman
genes to two of my brothers. Whatever was left blew up in fragments
in my hands, so I’m hit-or-miss
when it comes to handywork.
Preparing the house for a new
set of residents has been ghastly.
And my parents’ house was in fantastic shape. But decades have a
way of weathering paint and scuffing baseboards and developing
new electrical codes that outdate
what you have in the house. I’ve
spent seven months helping my
brother (and my wife) patch, paint,
buff, cut, re-fit, tighten, and trim
things I never knew we even had.
I’m a writer. I like my lifting to
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school for boys, he was captain of
the state champion football team.
“Football kept me on straight and
narrow,” he says. So did hard work
— driving trucks, digging ditches,
and unloading freight cars.
At the University of Connecticut, where Dash met his wife, he
majored in psychology and minored in sociology. “In sales and
marketing, I use psychology and
sociology every day of my life,” he
says. “I attribute my success in
sales to my understanding of the
human mind, how personalities are
formed, and what made us the way
we are.”
Dash and his wife have two children: Kevin, 25, who lives in Florida, and Nicole, 13.
What Dash describes as his first
real job was as a management
trainee at Allstate Insurance Company. Although it taught him lots of
basic business skills, he could see
that he was not meant for corporate
life. Even a move to a new office in
Long Island with a nice raise was
not enough to change his mind.
One day when he was out on a
job interview he was lost in the
parking lot at Roosevelt Field, a
big shopping mall in Garden City,
and was approached by a couple of
distinguished-looking men in
three-piece suits. One of the men
said to him, “You look lost. Are you
looking for a job?”
“I was a young guy looking
around for addresses,” Dash recalls, “and the next thing you know
I was selling life insurance for
Phoenix Mutual. I had never sold
anything in my life.”
Dash stayed with Phoenix from
1977 to 1985. Realizing that he
liked selling insurance and was
good at it, he decided he did not
want to be a career agent, but rather
to meet and develop clients and
find them the right carrier with the
right product. He moved back to
New Jersey and opened Robert
Dash Insurance, which later became Key Financial.
—Michele Alperin
Business Plans
Under Review
W
hen it comes to starting a
business, it’s a matter of basic
math: solid business plan + available financing options = show me
the money.
However, many new entrepreneurs underestimate the time it
takes to develop a detailed busi-
A business plan is the
one thing lenders always ask for, so you
have to put in the
work and do it well.
ness plan and effectively present it
to potential lenders and investors,
according to Karen Karcher of
Karcher Associates in Chester,
who says, though the equation
seems simple, it still takes hard
work and effort to ensure the numbers add up.
Karcher will present “How to
Obtain Financing and Business
Plan Review” on Wednesday, December 2, at 6 p.m. at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. Participants will receive a
business plan critique, as well as
advice and guidance from a financial institution representative. The
seminar is free, but registration is
required. Call 908-719-1027, or
visit www.raritanval.edu.
A business plan “is the one thing
lenders always ask for,” Karcher
says. “So you have to put in the
work. It takes time to really do it
well. The business plan makes you
think through all aspects of your
business. The business plan stares
you in the face, holds you accountable, and helps you set goals and
achieve them.”
Karcher grew up in West Orange, where he father was a salesman and her mother was a homemaker. She earned her bachelor’s
degree from Montclair State University and initially worked as a
chemist, but she enjoyed business
more. She then earned her M.B.A.
in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Karcher accepted a position
with AT&T, where she was assigned to create a new business
unit. “That meant putting a business plan together in order to have
it be approved by the executives.
After three times, we got final approval, and we created the AT&T
Universal Card.”
Karcher also oversaw a data
center and created a plan that
helped turn the business around in
less than a year, taking it from the
red to the black by merging centers
to reduce operating costs. In 2001
she started her own business,
which focuses on strategic business and marketing planning.
She has also worked with Raritan Valley Community College’s
Small Business Development Center since 2002, offering one-on-one
counseling and teaching various
seminars. “I love it because I get to
meet all different types of people
and learn about all different types
of industries,” she says.
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It’s All You: Karen
Karcher says business plans are what
focus you and what
hold you accountable.
trepreneurs must have business
plans. Lenders and investors review businesses plans to determine
how successful a venture will be,
so the plan must be detailed, organized, and succinct, Karcher explains.
“It’s sort of like a guide or a road
map to get from Point A to B to C to
D,” she says. “It keeps you accountable, and it’s a reference
point and keeps you on track. It
helps business owners make decisions and see how those decisions
affect their business.”
“Businesses that have business
plans grow a lot quicker and are a
lot more successful,” she adds.
“You don’t want to do things that
aren’t getting you where you want
to go. If it’s not working, you need
to take that step back and make
changes.”
Writing a solid business plan.
According to Karcher, a solid business plan should include several
components, including a description of the business, outline of the
target audience, marketing ideas,
organizational structure, operating
plan, overview of the competition,
your industry experience, and your
current clients or contracts.
“Discuss your business success
so far and show that people are
willing to buy from you,” Karcher
says. “You need to really define
your target market so you can market effectively, and you need to
look at your competition and figure
out how you’re going to compete.
If you don’t know who your competition is, you’re not going to be
able to differentiate your business.”
Another essential component,
Karcher says, is financial, both
cash flow and potential for return
on an investment. “Lenders are going to look into the financial to
make sure they are realistic. They
want to make sure they’re going to
get their money back. You need to
forecast your cash flow and show
that it’s a positive. When you’re
out of cash, you’re out of business.”
Show me the money. The most
common sources for financing,
particularly for start-up businesses, are banks, credit unions, venture capitalists and angel investors,
Karcher says.
“Networking is still key,” she
says. “It’s all about getting people
excited about your business. That’s
where the business plan comes in.
And you had better know what
you’re talking about. You can’t
wing it.”
It’s always important to do that
research piece and make sure that
you’ve done some due diligence on
your target market and your goods
or services and that you can show
you’ve gotten some traction by
having clients,” she adds.
Other
financing
options,
Karcher says, include a microloans
and Small Business Administration loans. Microloans are typically offered for $35,000 or less
through community nonprofit programs; SBA loans are typically between $100,000 and $2 million,
and the organization guarantees 90
percent of the loan to the lending
bank.
“The purpose of the SBA loan is
to encourage banks and credit
unions to loan to small business,”
Karcher explains. “It’s a safeguard
for the bank because they want to
make sure they get that money
back.”
While it might be more difficult
to obtain financing during the
country’s current economic tur-
moil and credit crunch, Karcher
says the down market actually provides an excellent learning opportunity for entrepreneurs, particularly those working on a business
plan.
“You have to understand the
economy and how it will affect
your business, and how you’re going to manage through the good
times and the bad times,” she says.
“You’re going to see the highs and
lows of the economy, and you need
to figure out now how to handle the
highs, even growth, and the lows.
You have to look at all the pieces of
the puzzle.”
—Kristin Boyd
Business Meetings
Saturday, November 28
10 a.m.: We Are BOOST, “Beanwood Networking & Grand ReOpening,” free. Beanwood Coffee, Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, localwisdom@weareboost.org. 609-379-2885.
Monday, November 30
10:30 a.m.: Get Hired Today!,
Weekly meeting for unemployed
professionals, $5. Center for Relaxation, 635 Plainsboro Road.
609-750-7432.
Tuesday, December 1
7 a.m.: LeTip Networking Group,
Tuesday Morning Networking,
free breakfast. Clarion Hotel at
Palmer Inn. 609-243-7860.
7:30 a.m.: Amper, Politziner &
Mattia, “Your Annual Financial
Checkup,” Robert Bechtel, Magyar Bank, $15. Call ext. 8516.
RVCC, North Branch campus.
908-526-1200.
8:30 a.m.: Business Development
Academy, “Financial Modeling
and Forecasting,” David Wanetick, $595. IncreMental Advantage, 609-919-1895.
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9 a.m.: NJICLE, “Civil Mediation
Training,” four-sessions with
Robert Marguiles, $850. NJ Law
Center, New Brunswick, CustomerService@njicle.com. 732-2148500.
12:30 p.m.: Keller Center, “How to
Write an Effective Business Summary,” Greg Olsen, free. Friend
Center, slanders@princeton.edu.
609-258-3979.
5 p.m.: NJICLE, “Intro to
Chancery Practice,” Paul Rowe,
$169. NJ Law Center, New
Brunswick. 732-214-8500.
7:30 p.m.: Jobseekers, Networking and support, free, Trinity
Church, 33 Mercer Street. 609924-2277.
Wednesday, December 2
8 a.m.: Mercer Chamber, “Breakfast Club,”, $35 Chauncey Conference Center, 666 Rosedale
Road. 609-689-9960.
8:15 a.m.: NJ Society of CPAs,
“The Changing Face of Health
Benefits,” $35. Holiday Inn, Somerset. 973-226-4494.
9 a.m.: NJICLE, “2009 Elder Law
College,: Donald McHugh, $179.
NJ Law Center, New Brunswick,
732-214-8500.
5 p.m.: Mercer Chamber, Trenton
Chapter, “Why Not Wednesdays?” networking, free. Baldassari Regency, Morris Avenue,
Trenton. 609-689-9960.
5:30 p.m.: Princeton Chamber,
“Business Leadership Awards
Gala,” $200. Jasna Polana,
Lawrenceville. 609-924-1776.
6 p.m.: RVCC, “How To Obtain Financing and Business Plan Review,” Karen Katcher, free. North
Branch campus. 908-218-8871.
Thursday, December 3
7:30 a.m.: Bartolomei Pucciarelli,
Business Getting Results,
Michael Pucciarelli. Free for firsttime attendees. 2564 Brunswick
Pike. 609-883-9000.
7:45 a.m.: Middlesex Chamber,
“The New Normal — Preparing
for Recovery,” Dennis Bone, Verizon, $45. Sheraton Hotel, Edison.
732-745-8090.
8 a.m.: Mercer Chamber, Robbinsville Chapter, monthly breakfast meeting and networking,
free. Roma Bank Headquarters,
Route 33. 609-689-9960.
9 a.m.: Lane4 Management,
“Thriving on Pressure: Mental
Toughness for Real Leaders,”
Graham Jones, free. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Witherspoon Street, tiana.kennedy@lane4performance.com. 609-7598929.
6 p.m.: RVCC, “Networking: A Professional and Personal Necessity,” Vicki Lynne Morgan, $40.
North Branch campus, cce@raritanval.edu. 908-218-8871.
Friday, December 4
“Annual Tax Seminar,” $145. MCCC Conference Center, West
Windsor. 973-226-4494.
“Bankruptcy: What CPAs Need To
Know,” $35. Holiday Inn, Somerset. 973-226-4494.
10 a.m.: Princeton University,
“2009 Princeton Sports Symposium,” Ben Sturner, Leverage
Agency, keynote, $50. Friend
Center,
info@sportssymposium.org. .
11:30 a.m.: NJ SBDC, “Success
Awards Luncheon,” $75. Forsgate Country Club. 800-4321565.
Saturday, December 5
8:30 a.m.: NJICLE, “2009 Child
Custody Symposium,” Stephen
Ceci, Cornell University, $229. NJ
Law Center, New Brunswick,
CustomerService@njicle.com.
732-214-8500.
10 a.m.: We Are BOOST, “Healthcare Career Fair,” free. Be Loved
Church, 471 Parkway Avenue,
Trenton, iwwweinfo@gmail.com.
609-466-2819.
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his holiday season, treat a loved one to a
day of guilt-less guilty pleasure with one of
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manicure, pedicure, mini-facial, makeup,
and hair styling all for only $195.
Or, look good and feel good with the Holiday Blisspectacular package. For just $299,
get a spa manicure and pedicure, makeup,
and hair styling, and relax with a one-hour
facial and one-hour massage. The special
lady in your life will feel like a queen for a
day with a holiday gift from Radiant Spa.
But if these packages aren’t for you, Radiant Spa Salon offers a wide variety of other
services. Get a gift card today to be used
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hy just watch “Dancing
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with the Stars” when
you can be the one danc-
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the gift of dance at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. No partner or experience required:
People of all ages and abilities can enjoy learning
American ballroom and
Latin-style dance in the studio’s fun atmosphere. Gain
confidence and get a great
workout while having a ball
with Fred Astaire’s professional instructors. Gift certificates come in any denomination for group or private
lessons and make a perfect
gift for anyone on your list.
Conveniently located in
Princeton Shopping Center,
the Fred Astaire Dance Studio offers an energetic and
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tive peels, hair extensions, massages, or any
of the spa’s other offerings.
Radiant Spa is easily accessible from
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spa. Custom hair styling and spa treatments
are available to every customer, and the
small staff prides itself on creating a warm,
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Stop by today to see the endless holiday
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exciting environment with
chic decor, a state-of-theart light and sound system,
and a full-sized ballroom.
You learn from the best at
Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire cofounded the company, and
his curriculum of dancing
fundamentals, style, and
grace shapes the studio’s
teaching.
Today’s
topnotch, international staff
consists of award-winning,
competitive dancers with as
much passion for teaching
as for dance. Fred Astaire
has taught countless individuals to dance the “Fred Astaire Way.” Add a loved one
to that number by giving the
gift of dance today.
Fred Astaire Dance Studio,
301 North Harrison Street,
Princeton. 609-921-8881.
www.fredastaireprinceton.com. See ad, page 30.
NEW BALANCE: MADE
BY THE HOME TEAM
93 fans are fanatical with
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good reason. First, the
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More than that, fans love
the superior comfort, style,
and fit of the 993. The 993 is
available in men’s sizes 7-16
B, D, 2E, and 4E widths and
women’s sizes 5-13 2A, B, D
and 2E widths. Come in and
speak with our knowledgeable staff and get properly
fitted for your New Balance
footwear needs at the independently owned and family operated New Balance
Princeton concept store,
open seven days a week.
New Balance Princeton,
439 Nassau Park Boulevard,
Princeton. 609-720-0103.
www.newbalance.com.
See ad, page 22.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Holiday Gift Guide
Get Ready For the Holidays With Koi SpaSalon
uy a Koi SpaSalon gift
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card for that special person on your list or pamper
yourself with a massage, skin
treatment, or new haircut
with color to look your best
for the holidays. Gift cards
are available online at
Koispa.com or by visiting Koi
SpaSalon at 125 Main Street
in Princeton Forrestal Village.
Koi SpaSalon takes pride in
having a caring, skilled, and
knowledgeable staff, which
provides its clients with the
most beneficial therapeutic
and aesthetic experience,
using the best products
available. Koi SpaSalon’s
comprehensive menu of
services includes varied
massage, skincare, nailcare,
makeovers, tanning and
waxing services. The salon
also offers complete hair
care services for men and
women including haircuts,
styling, coloring, perm and
straightening, as well as
men's cuts and beard trims.
Koi SpaSalon offers spa
parties, a unique health and
beauty
opportunity
for
groups. Spa parties are a
perfect way to celebrate
any occasion. Koi SpaSalon
can help you celebrate a
bachelorette or bridal party,
wedding day preparation,
pre-prom, milestone birthday, job promotion, graduation, family reunion, employee recognition, team building, or final exam prep party.
PRINCETON AIRPORT’S
GIFT OF ADVENTURE
hen you are looking for a gift that will alW
ways be remembered, try giving an Introductory Flying Lesson from Princeton Airport. Whether the person has expressed an
interest in learning to fly or you just wish to
give a gift of adventure, an Introductory Lesson is fun for people of all ages and gender.
The airport is open every day from 8 until
dark year round when the certificate can be
redeemed by appointment. An FAA-certified flight instructor will demonstrate the preflight inspection of the airplane to insure air
worthiness. Then the person will be seated in
the left seat of the airplane with the instructor
Koi SpaSalon customizes
each party to fit your group's
needs. For more information,
call and speak with a spa
party coordinator.
Koi SpaSalon, 125 Main
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in the right seat. Both will have their hands
and feet on the controls. The instructor will
talk the student through the take-off.
For $69 the person will be in the air about
20 minutes and for $159 the person will be in
the air for one hour. The time in the airplane
will count toward a license if the person decides to pursue a pilot’s license. Either way,
your gift will always be remembered. There
are many other suggestions for those who
are licensed pilots or for those who wish to
become one. Check the website.
To order a gift certificate, call Princeton
Airport at 609-921-3100; visit the airport between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.; or order from the
website: www.princetonairport.com under
“SCHOOL.” See ad, page 15.
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At Landau: Real Harris Tweed
andau Princeton is proud
Lshops
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contains up to 20 different
colors).
Renowned for its quality,
warmth, and durability, Harris Tweed is the only fabric in
the world governed by an
act of Parliament. The Harris
Tweed Authority monitors all
production. Every 50 meters
of fabric is inspected and
stamped, by hand, with the
ORB found in every genuine
Harris Tweed garment. Every
jacket contains a reference
number, which traces the
jacket fabric back to the
original crofter, and every
jacket comes with real
leather buttons and a mahogany hanger.
Harris Tweed was born in
1846 on the remote Scottish
Isle of Harris. The original fabric was like no other; dyed,
spun, woven, and finished
by hand. Since then the
crofters of the Western Isles
of Scotland have woven this
magical cloth (in Gaelic,
“The Big Cloth”) in their
homes.
Available in men’s sizes 38
short through 50 long and
originally $750, they are now
available for the Landau
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$399. Give a gift that will
keep giving for the next 30
years, a real Harris Tweed!
Landau’s of Princeton, 102
Nassau Street, Princeton.
609-924-3494. www.landauprinceton.com
See ad, page 22.
50 Percent Off All Watches
At Princeton North Diamond in the new and remodeled Princeton North Shopping Center, the
big-name watches are on sale for the holidays:
Rolex, Patek Phillipe, Citizen, Cartier, Movado,
Heuer. Stop by to get a great deal on a timeless
timepiece today!
Princeton North Diamond, 1225 State Road,
Princeton. 609-924-9400. See ad, page 28.
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Wednesday
November 25
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Trim Your Tummy
Tribal Belly Dance Class, One
Yoga Center, 405 Route 130,
East Windsor, 267-266-0297.
www.tribalbellysryle.com. Level
two, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Level 1,
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. $16. 7:15 p.m.
32,000 Points of Light
The annual Palmer Square tree lighting takes place on Friday,
November 27, 4:45 p.m., with the Princeton High School Choir, Holiday
Brass, and of course, Santa. Rain, snow, or shine. 609-644-3489.
Painting by Kathy Moralda, owner of Cranbury Station Gallery, 25 Palmer Square East
hibition and sale featuring works
of Princeton artist Thomas
George including brush and ink
drawings, abstract oil paintings,
watercolors, and the last remaining pastels of the Institute Pond
series. Through Thursday, December 31. 9 a.m.
Pop Music
Drama
An Evening with David Johansen, Patriots Theater at the War
Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-984-8400. www.thewarmemorial.com. Songs from the
New York Dolls, his solo records
with Buster Poindexter, the Harry
Smiths, and covers. $25. 7 p.m.
3 Mo’ Divas, Crossroads
Theater, 7 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-545-8100.
www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org. Musical journey featuring Laurice Lanier, mezzo soprano; Nova Y. Payton, soprano; and
Jamet Pittman, soprano. Blues,
jazz, soul, gospel, opera, and
Broadway. $40 to $65. 7 p.m.
The Producers, Bucks County
Playhouse, 70 South Main
Street, New Hope, 215-862-2041.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, PNC Bank, 2 North
Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215862-1525. www.pnc.com. Exhibit
of works by the late Jack Rosen, a
photographer who documented
decades of life in New Hope, includes photographs of Pearl Buck
and George Nakashima. On view
to January 31. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Exhibition and Sale, Princeton
Area Community Foundation,
15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville,
609-219-1800. www.pacf.org. Ex-
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. For newcomers. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.
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for up-to-date listings, cancellations, and late listings.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountry-
dancers.org. Instruction and
dance. $7. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Jim Norton, The Stress Factory,
90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $46. 8 p.m. and
10:30 p.m.
Faith
Interfaith Prayer Service, Clergy
of Lawrence Township, Adath
Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville,
609-888-7909. “Many Stories,
One God, One Town” features a
collection of written stories and art
pieces expressing the cultural,
ethnic, and religious diversity in
Lawrence. Canned food collection for the neighborhood pantry.
Light refreshments. Donations invited. 7:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
Fall Tasting Series, Blue Point
Grill, 258 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-921-1211. www.bluepointgrill.com. Prix-fixe fourcourse dinner for two. Register.
$95. 5 p.m.
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JAMIE SAXON
jsaxon@princetoninfo.com
Health & Wellness
Mixed Level Yoga, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com.
$15. 5:25 to 6:35 p.m.
two, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Level 1,
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. $16. 7:15 p.m.
Live Music
Bob Shetzline, Limelight, 812
North Easton Road, Doylestown,
PA, 215-345-6330. Piano bar. 6
to 11 p.m.
William Hart Strecker, Salt Creek
Grille, One Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro,
609-419-4200. 6 to 9 p.m.
Clifford Adams Jazz Organ Trio,
The Record Collector Store,
358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. www.the-recordcollector.com. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Among Criminals and Avra, All
Call Inn, 214 Weber Avenue, Ewing, 609-882-9729. Free. 9 p.m.
Lisa Bouchelle, Mike Matisa,
and Dino Colarocco, Sotto 128
Restaurant and Lounge, 128
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-7555. www.sotto128.com. 9
p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Could Mr. Ed Do This?
Zensational, pictured
with assistant trainer
Kim McCarthy, is
among the ‘horse
artists’ in the online
auction of Moneigh
paintings — abstract
paintings created by
horses — starting Sunday, November 29 on
eBay to benefit ReRun, a Thoroughbred
racehorse adoption organization in Helmetta.
Visit http://stores.eBay.com/The-ReRun-Shop.
Museum Shop
Holiday Boutique, Zimmerli Art
Museum, George and Hamilton
streets, New Brunswick, 732-9327237. www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu. Gift merchandise including woodblock prints, raku
pottery, jewelry, and children’s
books. Benefits museum programs. Open Tuesday to Friday,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; and
Wednesday, December 2, 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Singles
Dance Party, Steppin’ Out Singles, Crystal Ballroom, Radisson,
50 Gibson Place, Freehold, 732656-1801. www.steppinoutsingles.com. Ages 40 plus. $15. 8
p.m.
Thursday
November 26
Thanksgiving.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Burn
Calories for a Cause
Turkey Trot, Trinity Church, 33
Mercer Street, Princeton, 609924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.org. 5K fun run walk on a scenic route through Mercer Street
neighborhood that was home to
Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson,
Woodrow Wilson, and Grover
Cleveland. Benefit for the Crisis
Ministry food pantry. Bring a
canned good. Register. $30. 8
a.m.
Drama
Dancing
Salsa Dancing, HotSalsaHot,
Princeton YWCA, 69 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609-6517070. www.hotsalsahot.com.
Three levels of class instruction
plus social practice, $20. Only social practice, $7. 6:30 p.m.
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The Mixxtape, John & Peter’s, 96
South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
DJ Darius, BT Bistro, 3499 Route
1 South, West Windsor, 609-9199403. www.btbistro.com. 10 p.m.
Detour, Triumph Brewing Company, 400 Union Square, New
Hope, 215-862-8300.
www.triumphbrew.com. $5. 10
p.m.
DJ Rocky, Triumph Brewing
Company, 138 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-7855.
www.triumphbrew.com. $5. 10:30
p.m.
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Faith
Community Thanksgiving Service, Princeton Clergy Association, Princeton University Chapel, 609-258-3000. Bring a nonperishable food item for the Crisis
Ministry food pantries in Princeton and Trenton. 11 a.m. to noon.
Fresh Made To Order Sushi
Freshness is what matters in Sushi.
Comparable in quality & freshness to the
finest restaurants in the area.
Live Music
Tom Adams, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. 6 to 9 p.m.
Chris Harford and the Band of
Changes, John & Peter’s, 96
Friday
November 27
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well-prepared food and inexpensive prices.
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PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Artful Gifts
Sauce for the Goose, Arts Council of Princeton, Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 609-924-8777.
Opening reception for the annual
arts and crafts sale featuring
paintings, drawings, ceramics,
glasswork, holiday ornaments,
greeting cards, photography, jewelry, hats, and scarves. Through
December 21. Gallery hours are
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
4:30 to 7 p.m.
Folk Music
Battle of the Folk Projects
Bands, Folk Project, Morristown
Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown,
973-335-9489. $7. 8 to 11 p.m.
Art
Holiday Studio Tour, Covered
Bridge Artisans, The General
Store, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. Self-guided tour of mixed
media artist studios featuring pottery, paintings, stained glass,
hand-spun yarn, leather bags,
baskets, and decorative boxes.
Maps available online. 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Sidewalk Sale, Farnsworth
Gallery, 134 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown, 609-291-1931. Matted and framed liitededition prints
by photographer David Simchock. Special one-day-only discounts. Meet the artist. 1 to 9
p.m.
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November 27
Dancing
Latin Class, Actor’s
Dance Studio, 1012
Brunswick Avenue, Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register. $15. 7 to 8 p.m.
Dance Party, American
Ballroom, 569 Klockner
Road, Hamilton, 609-9310149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8 to 11
p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, McCarter
Theater, 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. www.mccarter.org. American
Repertory Ballet and
Princeton Ballet School
present the Tchaikovsky
holiday classic with choreography by Graham Lustig
and sets and costumes by
Zack Brown. $35 to $45. 1
and 4:30 p.m.
Drama
Gilbert Gotttfried
Saturday, 11/28, 8pm
$25,
$35
plus
2-Drink
min.
ONE
SHOW
ONLY!
For Tickets visit
www.catcharisingstar.com
or call 609-987-8018
Hyatt Regency Princeton • 102 Carnegie Center
The Thing About Men,
Off-Broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
609-466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical
comedy based on Doris Dorrie’s
screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry
Abramowitz, Tom Stevenson, and
Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
The Addams Family Murder
Mystery, Peddler’s Village,
Routes and 202 and 263, Lahaska, PA, 215-794-4000. . Interactive show by Without a Cue Productions. $47.95. 7:15 p.m.
Bon Bons and Sugar Plums: American Repertory
Ballet company member Rachel Jones in Spanish
Dance from Graham Lustig’s ‘The Nutcracker,’
Friday and Sunday, November 27 to 29,
McCarter Theater. 609-258-2787. Photo: Eduardo Patino
A Moon to Dance By, George
Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732246-7717. www.gsponline.org.
Jane Alexander, Robert Cuccioli,
and Gareth Saxe in Thom
Thomas drama about Frieda
Weekley, the widow of D.H.
Lawrence. $28 to $78. 8 p.m.
On the Town, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. Musical by Leonard
Bernstein and Jerome Robbins
devoted to celebrating New York
City. Directed by Bill Berry. Featuring Harriet Harris, Brian Shepard, Jeffrey Schecter, and Tyler
Hanes. $25 to $92. Conversation
series at 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m.
Film
Acme Screening Room, Lambertville Public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.nickelodeonnights.org. Screening of “Fados,”
a musical performance film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
2007. $5. 7 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Aries Spears, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-4242.
www.stressfactory.com. $24. 8
p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Tom Whitely, Lawrence Mullaney, Christine Fanelli, and
Matt Faison, Bucks County
Comedy Cabaret, 625 North
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $20. 9 p.m.
Craft Fair
Sauce for the Goose, Arts Council of Princeton, Witherspoon
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
Opening reception for the annual
arts and crafts sale featuring
paintings, drawings, ceramics,
glasswork, holiday ornaments,
greeting cards, photography, jewelry, hats, and scarves. Through
December 21. Gallery hours are
Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
4:30 to 7 p.m.
Faith
Ten Commandments Hike, Central NJ Council, Boy Scouts of
America, East Brunswick Jewish
Center, 511 Ryders Lane, East
Brunswick, 609-419-1600.
www.cnjescouting.org. Four-mile
hike to various different religious
institutions in the area. Register.
$9. 8 a.m.
Tree Lighting
Palmer Square, On the Green,
800-644-3489. www.palmersquare.com. Princeton High
School Choir, Holiday Brass, and
Santa. Strolling musicians from 6
to 8 p.m. Rain or shine. Free.
4:45 p.m.
Food & Dining
Holiday Wine Trail, Hopewell
Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road,
Pennington, 609-737-4465.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. $5 includes etched wine
glass and six wine samples.
Noon. to 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Deep Release, Yoga Above, 80
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609613-1378. www.yogaabove.com.
Hot yoga followed by long, slow,
and deep class. Register. $30. 6
a.m.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
History
Book Sale, Hunterdon County
Historical Society, 114 Main
Street, Flemington, 908-7821091. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhunter/hchs.htm. American history books focus on local,
state, and American tops. $1 to
$100. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
American History, Mercer Museum, Pine and Ashland streets,
Doylestown, 215-348-9461.
www.mercermuseum.org. Culinary historian Susan Plaisted
roasts fish and fowl while discussing the living quarters of a
Lenape village. $9 museum admission. Noon.
Kids Stuff
Drop and Shop, Bounce U, 410
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-443-5867. www.bounceu.com. Four-hour sessions for children ages 6 and up.
Pizza available. Register. $15.95.
8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Family Theater
Disney Live, Sun National Bank
Center, Hamilton Avenue at
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
U.S. 1
WAREHOUSE SALE
OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
ONE DAY SALE
SATURDAY
December 5, 2009
7:00am to 4:00pm
SPECIAL LOW HOLIDAY PRICES
Hair Dryers, Curling Irons,
Hair Accessories,
Small Kitchen Appliances
And Much More!!!
Route 129, Trenton, 800-2984200. www.comcasttix.com. $29
to $66. 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
A Christmas Story, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, 609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Family
drama based on Jean Shepherd’s
1983 movie. $14. Reception with
cast and crew follows performance. Holiday gift drive for Toys
for Tots in the lobby. Raffle to win
the leg lamp begins. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Meeting, Toastmasters Club,
Mary Jacobs Library, 64 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609306-0515. http://ssu.freetoasthost.ws. Build speaking,
leadership, and communication
skills. Guests are welcome. 7:30
p.m.
A New Spin on Holiday Green: Tour the official
residence of the Governor to view the ‘EverGreen,’ eco-friendly themed holiday decorations,
Wednesdays, December 2, 9, and 16, and
Sunday, December 13. Register at 609-683-0057.
Live Music
Happy Hour, Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Eric Dabb presents jazz guitar. Brick
oven pizza and wine available.
Free admission. 5 to 8 p.m.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. Solo
jazz guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Vinnie Rome, Limelight, 812
PA, 215-345-6330. Piano and vocals. 6 to 11 p.m.
ALL ITEMS WARRANTEED
DIRECTIONS:
NJ Turnpike to Exit 8
Bear right after Toll
Rt. 33E one mile, right on Milford Rd.
Go 3/4 mile, follow Warehouse Sale Signs
ITEMS ARE OF FIRST QUALITY, OVERSTOCK, DISCONTINUED, OR SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
Art Stephano, Salt Creek Grille,
Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200.
saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 10 p.m.
Mother Redcap, The Record Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. the-record-collector.com. $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
to present by West Windsor
singer. 8 p.m.
Astronaut Jacket*
$49.95
Jr. Bomber Jacket*
Starting at $44.99
A must have for your
future aviator
*12 months and up
Town
&
Country
Diner Bakery Bar
Served with Your Choice of House Salad, Caesar Salad, Cup of
Soup, Fresh Baked Bread & 2 Side Items (unless specified)
Natural Calve’s Liver $13.99
$9.99
Grilled Pork Tenderloin $16.99
$9.99
N.Y. Strip Steak $14.99
$9.99
Twin Chicken Shish Kebobs $15.99
$9.99
Topped with Onions and Served with Au Jus.
10 oz. Cooked to Perfection – Just the Way You Like It!
Served with Onion rings.
Visit Princeton
Pilot Shoppe
Marinated with Herbs & Served with Onions,
Mushrooms & Peppers. Served over
Rice Pilaf & with 1 Veg. (On the skewer.)
Broiled Sea Scallops $18.99
$9.99
Broiled Mixed Seafood Cakes $14.99
$9.99
Fresh Fillet Jersey Blue Fish $13.99
$9.99
Stuffed Broiled Flounder $17.99
$9.99
Fried Flounder $16.99
$9.99
Tilapia Bruschetta $15.99
$9.99
The airport is open every day from 8:00 until dark year round when the certificate can be
redeemed by appointment. An FAA certified flight instructor will demonstrate the pre-flight
inspection of the airplane to insure air worthiness. Then the person will be seated in the left seat
of the airplane with the instructor in the right seat. Both will have their hands and feet on the
controls. The instructor will talk the student through the take-off.
Hawaiian Ham Steak $12.99
$9.99
Breast of Chicken Parm $13.99
$9.99
For $69 the person will be in the air about 20 minutes and for $159 the person will be in the air
for one hour. The time in the airplane will count toward a license if the person decides they wish
to pursue a pilot’s license. Either way, your gift will always be remembered. There are many
other suggestions for those who are licensed pilots or for those who wish to become one. Check
the website.
Classic Mediterranean
Style Calamari $14.99
$9.99
Veal Cutlet Parm $15.99
$9.99
Where we have 1000s of gifts starting at $3.
Wild Caught, Tender Mixed Sizes. Served En Casserole with
Lemon & Butter Sauce.
www.princetonpilotshop.com
This Holiday Give An
Introductory Flying
Lesson $69 & up
When you are looking for a gift that will always be remembered, try giving an Introductory
Flying Lesson from Princeton Airport. Whether the person has expressed an interest in learning
to fly or you just wish to give a gift of adventure, an Introductory Lesson is fun for people of all
ages and gender.
To order a gift certificate, you can call Princeton Airport at 609-921-3100; visit the airport
between the hours of 8:00am – 6:00 p.m.; or order from the website www.princetonairport.com
under “SCHOOL”.
Open 7 Days:
8 am til 6 pm
PRINCETON AIRPORT
41 Airpark Rd. Princeton, NJ, 08540
609-921-3100
www.princetonairport.com
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All Day Every Day! All Year Long!
Served with Mushrooms, Garlic & Spices.
Served over Rice Pilaf & with 1 Veg.
Gift Certificates Available
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Three Delicious Cakes Served with Champagne
Sauce for Dipping.
Broiled, Served with Drawn Butter & Lemon.
Stuffed with Seafood, Served with Butter Sauce & Lemon.
Lightly Fried, Served with Cocktail & Tartar Sauce.
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Topped with Our Bruschetta Topping. Served over Rice Pilaf.
Grilled Virginia Ham Steak in Our Special Ham Marinade.
Served with Grilled Pineapple Rings.
Breaded, Fried & Topped with Tomato Sauce
& Melted Mozarella Cheese. Served with Side of Linguini.
Served over Linguini with Marinara Sauce (Complete).
Breaded, Fried & Topped with Tomato Sauce
& Melted Mozarella Cheese. Served with Side of Linguini.
Prime Rib $16.99
Full Lb! while it lasts!
Slow Roasted to Perfection & Served with Au Jus.
texas t-bone
$19.99 $15.99
Broiled Thick & Juicy.
Served with
Onion Rings.
$9.99
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Large 6 oz. Broiled Brazilian
Lobster Tail
Drawn butter sauce
for dipping. (Complete)
Only
$9.99
or Broiled Mixed
Seafood Cakes
2 Delicious Cakes with Champagne
Sauce for Dipping. (Complete)
Golden Fried Shrimp
Lightly Fried, Served
with Cocktail Sauce. (Complete)
Shrimp &
Sea Scallops Scampi
Sauteed Baby Shrimp
& Scallops in Garlic Sauce, Served
Over Rice En Casserole. (Complete)
Jumbo Lump
Crab Cakes
Twin, Delicious, Extra Jumbo
Lump Crab Cakes,
Lightly Fried. (Complete)
Only
$5.99
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Sea Scallops & Linguini $17.99
$10.99
Wild North Atlantic Salmon $18.99
$10.99
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Stuffed with Seafood & Served with Stuffed Clam
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$10.99
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SILK & TWEED'S BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU PARTY
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 5 p.m. -10 p.m.
148 Farnsworth Avenue 609-298-4456
HOB TAVERN CELEBRATION OF FRIENDS
Wednesday, Nov. 25, till 2 a.m.
146 Second Street 609-291-7020
HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING & SANTA'S VISIT
Saturday, Nov. 28, 5 - 6 p.m.
Intersection of Crosswicks Street & Farnsworth Avenue
SHOPPE 202 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Friday, Nov. 27 11-8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov 28 11-5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 29 11-5 p.m.
FARNSWORTH GALLERY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Photographs by Dave Simchok - Vagabond Vistas
Friday, Nov. 27, 5-9 p.m.
CAROLERS AT OLIVER a BISTRO
Saturday, Dec. 5, 6-10 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 6-10 p.m.
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Pat Tanner
I
love giving food-related
gifts almost as much as I enjoy receiving them. Here are some of my
favorites for the 2009 holiday season.
Give a cooking class. I suggest
a one-day class in the art of cheese
making from a top practitioner: Eran Wajswol of Valley Shepherd
Creamery in Long Valley, Morris
County. Route 1 denizens are familiar with his cheeses from the
many seasonal farmers markets he
participates in, including Lawrenceville and Princeton. Classes are
held once a month from April
through November, with students
returning 90 days later to pick up
their fully aged two-pound wheel
of cheese. Classes fill up fast. In
fact, a few in 2010 are already sold
out or near capacity. www.valleyshepherd.com. ($155)
Support area cookbook authors. The first volume of “Canal
House Cooking” from Lambertville’s Melissa Hamilton and
Christopher Hersheimer was issued last summer and has been garnering praise and notice, big time,
ever since. Call these modest but
elegant books a seasonal recipe
collection, as the authors do, or call
it a serialized cookbook, as the editors of Saveur magazine do;
they’re winners either way. The
second issue, just out, contains
simple but irresistible fall and holiday recipes. Can winter/spring be
far behind? www.thecanalhouse.com. ($19.95 per book or $49.95
for a yearly subscription of three
books)
Help someone on your list create a personal cookbook. When
Lorraine Bodger’s “Cook Up a
Cookbook” kit arrived unbidden
on my doorstep, I scoffed. In these
days of simplified desktop publishing, I reasoned, who couldn’t put
together a binder or spiral-bound
book of favorite recipes. Once I
delved inside, however, I began to
appreciate that it takes a bit more
thought, organization, and commitment than most of us realize —
and that some well-thought-out
professional advice goes a long
way towards producing the best
version of whatever cookbook may
be floating around in our heads.
The kit contains tools for organizing, personalizing, preserving, and
sharing recipes — even advice on
how to take food photos. ($21.95
list price)
Give a gingerbread house kit
you can’t mess up. Really. I came
across the Gingerhaus line of allin-one kits at last summer’s Fancy
Food Show and immediately knew
they were for people like me,
whose fantasies outdistance her
November 27
Choice Society, Tre Piani, 120
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515.
www.choicesociety.ning.com. Hip
hop, reggae, and pop music.
Drink specials, hors d’oeuvres. $5
admission. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Rainbow Fresh, Triumph Brewing Company, 400 Union
Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com.
Tribute to Led Zeppelin. $5. 10
p.m.
Dogg Driven, Triumph Brewing
Company, 138 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. $5. 10:30 p.m.
Phil Mazzara and Chris, It’s a
Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8
p.m.
John Bianculli Trio with Jackie
Jones, Christopher’s, Heldrich
Hotel, 10 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-214-2200.
www.theheldrich.com. 8:30 p.m.
La Violencia, the Royal Blues,
and Sourland Band, All Call
Inn, 214 Weber Avenue, Ewing,
609-882-9729. Free. 9 p.m.
Guy Peterson Trio, BT Bistro,
3499 Route 1 South, West Windsor, 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. Classic rock. 9 p.m.
Little Big Thing, John & Peter’s,
96 South Main Street, New Hope,
A portion of the sales
of Small World Coffee
benefits the Princeton School Garden
Cooperaitve.
skills. The genius here is that you
bake the pieces on a sturdy cardboard template that has tabs. You
mix the dough (included, and developed with the King Arthur Flour
people), cut out the flat panels, flip
them over, and bake. The kits include icing and decorations, which
you apply to the baked, flat panels,
and then assemble via the tabs.
Gingerhaus kits are available at
surlatable.com and kingarthurflour.com, but the best price I could
find for the full-sized, deluxe
house is at www.amazon.com.
($19.95). The Whole Foods chain
carries an all-natural version of the
smaller gingerbread chalet.
Design high-style fused-glass
tableware. If you haven’t yet dis-
Schools
Alumni Game, North Brunswick
High School Soccer Alumni Association, North Brunswick Park,
130 South, North Brunswick, 732470-6973. Annual Men’s and
women’s soccer alumni games.
Contact Patrick Fowler at pwfowler@verizon.net for information. 11 a.m.
Retail Therapy
Midnight Madness, Liberty Village Outlets, 1 Church Street,
Flemington, 908-782-8550.
www.premiumoutlets.com. 12:01
a.m. to 10 p.m.
Trunk Show, A Place to Bead, 41
Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-921-8050. Glass artisan
James Bielenberg presents glass
beads, silver beads, silver pendants, and finished jewelry. 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Indoor Farmers Market,
Woodsedge Wools Farm, 78
Bowne Station Road, Stockton,
609-397-2212. www.alpacasllamaswoodsedge.co. Area farm-
covered that Red Green Blue, the
drop-in arts and crafts studio at 4
Hulfish Street in Princeton, is not
for kids only, I encourage you to
take a look at the examples of some
very stylish, very adult, and very
useful plates, platters, and bowls of
fused glass on display. They are really fun to make. I should know: to
celebrate my birthday one year, 10
of my best buddies and I each made
a custom sushi plate. I suggest giving a gift certificate for two so the
recipient doesn’t have to go alone.
If you’re lucky, your recipient will
choose you. 609-683-5100. (Prices
start at $19.95.)
Give locavore coffee beans.
OK, so coffee doesn’t grow in New
Jersey, or anywhere near. But the
blend of beans created specially for
Princeton’s Elements restaurant by
Small World Coffee is as local as
you can get. The blend of beans
from Java, Sumatra, and Guatemala was personally selected by
the Elements staff, after numerous
“cuppings” at the Small World
roasting facility in Rocky Hill. Besides being served at the restaurant, one-pound bags of the blend
are sold at both Small World locations (14 Witherspoon and 254
Nassau) and online at smallworldcoffee.com ( $13.95 per pound).
Best of all, a portion of the sales is
donated to the Princeton School
Garden Cooperative. I told you it
was local.
Support a local restaurant.
While I’m on the subject of great
area restaurants such as Elements,
what dining out devotee do you
know who wouldn’t appreciate a
gift certificate to a favorite eatery?
Likewise, it’s hard for me to imagine any restaurant in the area that
wouldn’t be happy to oblige. Keep
in mind that especially during
these tight times our independent,
locally owned restaurants need and
deserve our support.
ers, foods, and crafts. $2 donation to benefit Slow Food Central
New Jersey. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singles
Singles Night, One South Rustic
Grill, 4095 Route 1 South, South
Brunswick, 732-355-1030. Happy
hours for singles 35 and up. DJ by
Music Express begins at 10 p.m.
Free food. Cash bar. No cover. 4
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.
Singles
Professional and Business Singles Network, Yardley Country
Club, 1010 Reading Avenue,
Yardley, 888-348-5544.
www.PBSNinfo.com. Dance party
and social. Cash bar. Jacket and
tie. Ages 40 to 65. $15. 8 p.m.
Drop-In, Yardley Singles, The
Runway, Trenton Mercer Airport,
Ewing, 215-736-1288.
www.yardleysingles.org. Music,
dancing, and cash bar. Register.
9 p.m.
Socials
Scrabble, Classics Used and
Rare Books, 117 South Warren
Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All
skill levels welcome. 6:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Mercer County Widows and
Widowers, Knights of Columbus,
1451 Klockner Road, Hamilton,
609-585-3453. Dance social. $8.
7:30 p.m.
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Saturday
November 28
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
One Lump or Two?
The Nutcracker Children’s Tea
Party, McCarter Theater, 91
University Place, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. Holiday treats
with costumed dancers from
American Repertory Ballet and
Princeton Ballet School’s holiday
classic. $45; children, $30. Performance tickets sold separately.
11 a.m.
World Music
Russian Music, East Brunswick
Library, Jean Walling Civic Center,
732-390-6767. ebpl.org. Oleg
Kruglyakov on balalaika and Terry
Boyarsky on piano present Russian folk music, romances, dances,
and classical music. 7 p.m.
Art
Store, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Self-guided tour of
mixed media artist studios featuring pottery, paintings, stained
glass, hand-spun yarn, leather
bags, baskets, and decorative
boxes. Maps available online. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Artists’ Gallery, 32
Coryell Street, Lambertville, 609397-4588. www.lambertvillearts.com. Coffee and conversation in conjunction with “A Room
with Two Views,” a shared exhibit
featuring works by Alla Podolsky
and Doug Sardo. On view to December 6. 1 to 3 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. American Repertory
Ballet and Princeton Ballet
School present the Tchaikovsky
holiday classic with choreography
by Graham Lustig and sets and
costumes by Zack Brown. $35 to
$45. 1 and 4:30 p.m.
Nutcracker, Roxey Ballet, College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall,
Ewing, 609-397-7616.
www.roxeyballet.com. Holiday
tradition. $14 to $50. 1 and 4 p.m.
Drama
3 Mo’ Divas, Crossroads Theater,
7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org. Musical journey featuring Laurice
Lanier, mezzo soprano; Nova Y.
Payton, soprano; and Jamet
Pittman, soprano. Blues, jazz,
soul, gospel, opera, and Broadway. $40 to $65. 3 and 8 p.m.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 4 and 8 p.m.
The Thing About Men, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
Rock the Night Away: Mother Redcap appears on
Friday, November 27, at the Record Collector,
358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. www.therecord-collector.com. Photo: Ed Farmer.
$29.50. 7 p.m.
The Addams Family Murder
Mystery, Peddler’s Village,
Routes and 202 and 263, Lahaska, PA, 215-794-4000. Interactive
show by Without a Cue Productions. $47.95. 7:15 p.m.
Film
Acme Screening Room, Lambertville Public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.nickelodeonnights.org. Screening of “Fados,”
a musical performance film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
2007. $5. 7 and 8:40 p.m.
Dancing
Ballroom Class, Actor’s Dance
Studio, 1012 Brunswick Avenue,
Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register.
$15. 2 to 8 p.m.
Argentine Tango Social Dance,
Central Jersey Dance Society,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Road, Princeton, 610297-2649. www.centraljerseydance.org. Intermediate lesson
on technique for dancing in small
spaces with Guillermo Elkouss
and Vittoria Natale. Open dancing
follows. No partner needed. All
levels welcome. Refreshments.
$12. 7:45 p.m.
Ballroom Dance Social, G & J
Studios, 5 Jill Court, Building 14,
Hillsborough, 908-892-0344.
gandjstudios.com. Standard, Latin,
smooth, and rhythm. Refreshments. BYOB. $12. 8 to 11 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, JaZams, 25 Hulfish Street, Palmer Square, 609924-8697. www.jazams.com.
Patrick McDonnell, creator of
“Mutts” comic strip, presents his
two newest books, “Wag!” and
“Guardians of Being.” He will also
Just for Kix: Patrick
McDonnell, creator of
‘Mutts’ comic strip,
presents his newest
books, ‘Wag!’ and
‘Guardians of Being,’
Saturday, November
28, JaZams, 25
Palmer Square East.
609-924-8697.
do an illustration presentation.
Books and comic collections will
be available for purchase and
signing. 3 to 5 p.m.
Author Event, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, 609799-0462. Jeff Markowitz, author
of “It’s Beginning to Look at Lot
Like Murder” discusses his latest
mystery. 3 to 4 p.m.
Good Causes
Brunch with Santa, Children’s
Home Society of New Jersey,
Notre Dame High School, 601
Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville,
609-882-0363. www.chsofnj.org.
“Snowflakes and Friends,” an
original Christmas play; games,
and refreshments. Crafts and gifts
may be purchased. Register. $5.
9:30 a.m. and noon.
Comedy Clubs
Gilbert Gottfried, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Reservation. 8 p.m.
Aries Spears, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $24. 8 and 10:30
p.m.
Catering, delicatessen, scrumptious sandwiches
A Princeton institution for more than a century
180 Nassau Street, 609-924-6269, fax 609-924-5442
www.coxsmarket.com
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November 28
Terry Gillespie, Lawence Mullaney, Christine Fanelli, and
Matt Faison, Bucks County
Comedy Cabaret, 625 North
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $20. 9:30 p.m.
Holiday Events
Forrestal Village, College Road
West and Route 1 South, Plainsboro, 609-799-7400. www.princetonforrestalvillage.com.
Horse and wagon rides, strolling
carolers, stilt walker dressed as a
toy soldier, holiday art project for
all ages. Photos with Santa from
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.; DanceVision
presents excerpts from the Nutcracker at 3 p.m.; movie classics
screened at 4 p.m. Cameras invited. Free. 3 to 6:30 p.m.
Old Fashioned Tree Lighting,
Downtown Bordentown Association, Farnsworth Avenue and
Crosswicks Street, Bordentown,
609-298-6970. www.downtownbordentown.com. Trinity
Methodist Church Praise Band,
sing-along, Santa, and tree lighting. 5 to 6 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farmer’s Market, Riverbank
Arts, 19 Bridge Street, Stockton,
609-397-9330. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
‘You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out’: The Pennington
Players present 'A Christmas Story,' opening
Friday, November 27, at Kelsey Theater. Pictured:
Steve Decker (Morrisville, PA) as the grown-up
Ralph and Jason Wilks (Princeton Junction) as
young Ralphie (holding an official Red Ryder Air
Rifle).609-570-3333.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.-
com. $5 includes etched wine
Noon to 5 p.m.
Wine Tasting, CoolVines, 344
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0039. www.coolvines.com. 2
to 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Days Saint, 901 Canal
Pointe Boulevard, West Windsor,
800-GIVELIFE. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meet and Greet Open House, HiTops, 21 Wiggins Street, Princeton, 609-683-5155. www.hitops.org. Open house for health center
focusing on health services for
ages 13 to 26 including sports
physicals, prevention visits, mental health screening, eating disorder screening, smoking cessation,
reproductive health care, and
breast health. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mixed Level Yoga, Holsome
Holistic Center, 27 Witherspoon
www.holsome.com. $15. 9:15 to
10:15 a.m.
9:30 to 11 a.m.
Yoga for Teen Athletes, Simply
Yoga, 4437 Route 27, Kingston,
609-895-1481. Register. $15. 1 to
2:30 p.m.
Agama Yoga, Princeton Center
for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland
Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, 609924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com. Intermediate series
with Andrew Reece. Register.
$35. 2 p.m.
History
Holiday Festival of Trees House
Tours, Pearl S. Buck House,
520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA,
215-262-0100. pearlsbuck.org.
Through Thursday, December 31.
Closed on Mondays. $8. 10 a.m.
For Families
Thanksgiving on the Farm, Howell Living History Farm, Valley
Road, off Route 29, Titusville,
609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. Horsedrawn hayrides or
sleighrides. Wreaths, flour, honey,
doorhangings, and handmade
items for sale. Sale of sleighbells,
brass and nickel plated bells, and
bell ornaments benefits the farm’s
restoration projects. Donations of
canned goods for area food banks
are invited. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “The Laser Nutcracker.” $6. 1
p.m. and 3 p.m.
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Review: ‘The Royal Family’
T
he George S. Kaufman
and Edna Ferber 1927 play “The
Royal Family” has returned triumphantly to Broadway in a Manhattan Theatre Club production.
The play is said to have been summarily disowned by the Barrymores, the ennobled theater family
whose lives appeared to have been
satirized. With satirical tongue-incheek, the authors, in turn, claimed
they never heard of the Barrymores. Nevertheless, the comedy
that is assuredly about a theater
family of similar stature prompted
a less than amused Ethel Barrymore to retaliate some 15 years after the play’s opening. Her response to Kaufman, when asked to
appear at a World War II benefit
was, “But I’m going to have laryngitis that night.”
Perhaps the esteemed matriarch
of the Barrymores didn’t take kindly to criticism about her family, but
the rest of us can hardly keep from
laughing at the lines and many flippant bon mots that punctuate the
fast and often funny dialogue. Perhaps it is a moot point whether or
not the Barrymores themselves inspired this delicious play about the
Cavendishes, a family of indomitable actors with insufferable egos.
Happily, everything this observer saw on the stage was a splendid
celebration of the theater and its often dotty and only occasionally disciplined disciples. A splendid company, under the direction of Doug
Hughes, has fully captured the extravagantly familial flavor at the
core of the play and fully resurrected a proper dynasty of theatrical dinosaurs.
Radiant
SPA & SALON
This production is not only
graced with the presence of Rosemary Harris as family matriarch
Fanny Cavendish, but each member of the ensemble appears as if
they have been literally commanded to carry the mantle of a great or
even near-great tradition. Not incidentally, Harris played the role of
Fanny’s daughter, Julie, in the
1975 Broadway revival (a co-production with McCarter Theater,
where the revival originated).
Things look bright and busy as
the curtain rises on set designer
John Lee Beatty’s resplendently
I was awed by Jan
Maxwell, as daughter
Julie, who tosses off
gems such as ‘Midnight isn’t as kind to
me as it used to be.’
decorated evocation of the
Cavendishes’ New York City residence. What could be more fun
than starting off a romp with a flustered maid (Caroline Stefanie
Clay) and an almost giddily servile
butler (played by the inspired and
definitely over-qualified David
Greenspan) coping with the incessant ringing of doorbells and telephones, the intrusion of luggagehauling porters, a physical trainer
in action, and the entrance of the
Deans — Herbert (John Glover)
and Kitty (Ana Gasteyer) — a pair
of battling married actors? Both
Glover and Gasteyer are to be com-
mended for performances that are a brilliant testament to fearless abandon.
If you love the theater, its lore and its
loonies, you can expect to be swept away
by the sheer ebullience
of “The Royal Family’s” excesses. If the
plot appears, in these
less
conspicuously
adoring days, as uncompromisingly addled as are the characters entrusted to it, the
text is brilliantly assured. To be sure, the
very royal and redoubtable Cavendish
family can be depended upon to put on a
show, if only for themselves.
F
anny Cavendish, the ailing
queen mother of the Cavendishes,
valiantly ignores the fact that she is
cued for her final exit speech. But
Fanny is a matriarch in control to
the last. Reigning in a manner that
could hardly be called imperious,
Fanny makes sure she retains her
star-status even among the scenestealing assortment of her offspring. With a flair for earthy resonance, Harris assumes a regality
that commands attention rather
than awe.
I was, however, awed by Jan
Maxwell, as daughter Julie, who
tosses off gems such as “Midnight
isn’t as kind to me as it used to be,”
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even as she aggressively engineers
our affection with a bravura performance of conspicuous overstatement. Kelli Barrett is pretty
and engaging as Julie’s daughter,
Gwen, who can’t decide between a
career and marriage. Fanny’s answer, “Marriage isn’t a career, it’s
an incident,” sums up the family’s
position.
The major scene-stealing is assigned to Reg Rogers as the incorrigible gone-Hollywood son,
whose performance (as he out-Barrymores John Barrymore) is
marked by its florid flourishes.
Tony Roberts is admirable as the
unflappable Oscar Wolfe, the
Cavendish’s theatrical manager
and Larry Pine brings a refreshing
restraint to the general chaos as
Julie’s long-term millionaire suit-
Family Ties: Jan
Maxwell, left, Kelli
Barrett, and Rosemary Harris.
or. Not to be overlooked are the
florid flourishes that costume designer Catherine Zuber has lavished upon the 1920s costumes.
++++ — Simon Saltzman
The Royal Family,” through
Sunday, December 13, Manhattan
Theater Club at Samuel J. Friedman Theater, 261 West 47th Street.
$57.00 to $111. 212-239-6200.
The key: ++++ Don’t miss;
+++ You won’t feel cheated; ++
Maybe you should have stayed
home; + Don’t blame us.
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irst there was the Three
Tenors, then Three Mo Tenors
twho sang their way through selections from the vast vocal musical
repertoire of the past 400 years.
Now enjoy Three Mo Divas, who
are exercising their right to show
off their extraordinary voices in
concert and in a show that left the
audience opening night at Crossroads Theater cheering, whistling,
and applauding in approval. Touring on and off, here and there
across the country since 2004 but
with various singers, this show,
which Marion J. Caffey conceived,
choreographed, and directed with a
light-hearted touch, is now in New
Brunwick through Sunday, December 6. It is a grand and glorious
concert that should satisfy everyone who loves terrific singing and
is able to feel the excitement that is
stirred by this grand company.
The program warns us that “Due
to the extraordinary vocal demands
of the show, the singers rotate the
operatic program.” So, let me be
clear that as a dynamite starter all
three divas — Laurice Lanier, Nova Payton, and Jamet Pittman —
chime in on a gloriously concerted
version of “Quando m’en Vo from
La Boheme. This is followed by
Pittman’s ravishing singing of “Io
son l’umile ancella” from Adriana
Lecouvreur. If there is anything to
prove after that it is how adept
these divas are at singin’ the blues,
Broadway, soul, spirituals, and the
gospel repertoire.
Dressed in sparkling black
dresses, then in more formal attire
in the second half, the divas are as
often disposed to compliment and
play off each other as they are given
an individual spotlight. Distinctly
different in physical type, these so-
November 28
Family Theater
Frosty and Rudolph, Bucks
County Playhouse, 70 South
Main Street, New Hope, 215-8622041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. $8. 11 a.m. and 1
p.m.
Party, McCarter Theater, 91
University Place, 609-258-2787.
with costumed dancers from
American Repertory Ballet and
Princeton Ballet School’s holiday
classic. $45; children, $30. Performance tickets sold separately.
11 a.m.
Road, 609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Family
drama with Pennington Players.
$14. 2 and 7 p.m.
‘Extraordinary Voices’: Jamet Pittman, left,
Nova Payton, and Laurice Lanier. Photo: Jim Bush
pranos can also be appreciated for
the differences in their vocal range
and timbre. To everyone’s delight,
they also express plenty of attitude
as well as their own distinctive personalities throughout the program.
The trio is backed up by six superb
musicians, including the group’s
outstanding Russian-born conductor/pianist, Annastasia Victory. I es-
This show left the
audience opening
night at Crossroads
Theater cheering,
whistling, and applauding in approval.
pecially enjoyed seeing how she
didn’t let her long bangs that kept
flopping over her eyes disturb her
virtuoso playing.
I
don’t like to play favorites but
Lanier, a mezzo soprano with a
very husky but resonant voice,
would often begin a song with a
note from so deep down inside of
her that I’m sure none of us have
ever heard it before. She provides
some of the most thrilling vocal
work in the blues category I’ve
ever heard, including “God Bless
the Child,” “Downhearted Blues,”
and “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” In
contrast, Payton is a smaller bundle
of dynamite but her bright, clear
lyric soprano pushed the rafters up
a few feet singing “Defying Gravity” from the Broadway musical
“Wicked” as well as with “Sum-
Lectures
Camera Club, South Brunswick
Arts Commission, South
Brunswick Community Center,
124 New Road, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. Free. 7 to 9
p.m.
Live Music
Acoustic Road, Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Classic rock. Brick oven pizza and wine available. $15. 5 to 8
p.m.
Country and Bluegrass Music
Show, WDVR-FM, Women’s
Club, 43 Park Avenue, Flemington, 609-397-1620. www.wdvrfm.org. Heartlands Hayride Band.
$10. Food available. 6 to 8 p.m.
Cafe Improv, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
mertime” from Porgy and Bess and
“My Funny Valentine,” all from
the Broadway catalogue. Emphasizing her gift as a dramatic soprano Pittman sang with intense feeling the aria “Your Daddy’s Son”
from “Ragtime.” She also moves
as easily from the jazzy inferences
of “Solitude” to the rhythm and
blues beat with “Everything Must
Change.”
An homage to the Andrew Sisters (“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”)
led the way to “Seasons of Love,”
from “Rent,” and the title song
from “Little Shop of Horrors,” all
of which proved how easily you
can get from Hollywood to Broadway. There are about 34 songs in
the two hour show, with some pop
tunes reduced to a single chorus in
a “Medley of Memories.” Be assured that these three divas will
create for you a memory of an exceptional entertainment, one that
includes the perhaps obligatory
gospel
number
(“Sweeping
Through the City”) that had everyone converted, at least for the moment. To be sure, we can see the
glory in these three voices and in
the great music that should make us
all give thanks. One disappointment: The program states that
Lanier would sing “Mon Coeur
S’Ouvre A’ Ta Voix” from “Samson and Delilah.” She didn’t. If and
when she does, I’ll make it my
business to come back down to
Crossroads Theater just for that.
— Simon Saltzman
Three Mo’ Divas, through Sunday, December 6, Crossroads Theater, 7 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick. $40 to $65. 732-5458100.
Street, 609-924-8777. cafeimprov.com. Music, poetry, and comedy.
Register to perform. $2. 7 p.m.
William Hart Strecker, Salt Creek
Grille, One Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro,
609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. Concert. 7 to 10 p.m.
Franklin Alison Orchestra, Salt
Creek Grille, One Rockingham
Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 10 p.m.
Riverside Traveling Band, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 8 p.m.
Dave Allikas, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. Comedy
songs for all ages presents songs
from his CD, “Songs You Wish
You’d Written,” a look at modern
life from a different angle. Free. 8
to 10 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Review: ‘A Moon to Dance By’
I
don’t know what exactly
brought Franz Lehar’s 1905 operetta “Die Lustige Witwe” (translated from the German as “The
Lusty Widow” but more commonly known in the English-speaking
world as “The Merry Widow”) to
mind as I was watching Thom
Thomas’s immensely entertaining
play, “A Moon To Dance By,” now
playing through Sunday, December 13, at George Street Playhouse.
But I can attest to with assurance
that Lehar’s adored heroine doesn’t hold a candle to Thomas’s heroine. When it comes to the joyous
containment of lust and/or merriment, Jane Alexander wins hands
down in her sensually ripe portrayal of Thomas’s real-life Germanborn heroine and widow Frieda
Lawrence (nee von Richthofen).
Yes, Frieda was the cousin of the
German pilot known as “the red
baron”) but more famously known
as the mistress and then wife of author D.H. Lawrence and the inspiration for the women in his novels
(Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Women
in Love, Sons and Lovers, etc.)
Frieda was married to Ernest
Weekley, a professor at Nottingham University, when she deserted
him and her 12-year-old son, Monty, and his two sisters in 1912 to be
with Lawrence.
But Thomas’s play is only indirectly concerned with Frieda’s relationship with Lawrence, whom
she married in 1914 shortly after
her divorce. It focuses on her affair
with Angelo Ravagli (Robert Cuccioli), her devoted and much
younger but just as hot-blooded
Italian lover, and also with her
long-estranged,
stiff-necked,
British-raised 39-year-old son
Monty Weekley (Gareth Saxe).
What a combustible and contrasted
trio they make in a play that speculates very perceptively about a
meeting between these otherwise
very real people. Lawrence, who
died in 1930 at the rather young age
of 45, actually initiated and encouraged Frieda’s affair with Angelo after he had become impotent.
The play takes place at the
Lawrence ranch near Taos, New
Mexico. The year is 1939. Monty,
now married with children, has
come from England to effect if not
a reconciliation then a personal
coming-to-terms with his mother
Affecting a slight
German accent, Jane
Alexander is near to
heartbreaking in this
role.
as well as with his long pent-up
feelings of hate and abandonment.
War clouds are forming and there is
the possibility that Frieda and her
Italian lover, officially aliens, will
be under the scrutiny of the allies.
H
owever scorned by Victorian society for her behavior, Frieda
remained, however, true to her nature, being in a virtual state of perpetual ecstasy for living life as she
wanted and for loving whom she
pleased without regrets. Has the
time at last come
when she might be
able to re-bond with
the
nevertheless
openly hostile and
resentful
Monty?
And is her fulfilled
impassioned
life
with Angelo threatened by separation
because of the impending war?
The playwright
considers this episode in Frieda’s life at
a time that is ripe for
speculation
and
marked by uncertainty. Middle-aged
Frieda is as ferociously committed to
her passions in middle age as ever and we see her as an
unapologetically sensuous and
free-spirited woman. Alexander,
who first shot to prominence and
received a Tony Award in 1968 for
Broadway’s “The Great White
Hope,” is unquestionably seductive in the role.
Alexander’s distinguished career
subsequently on stage, in films, and
on TV is also notable for being married to “The Great White Hope” director Ed Sherin. Sherin is at the
helm again and has inspired a performance by Alexander that (as the
title infers) is as luminous as the
moon that shines above the three
emotionally volatile people in designer Stephanie Mayer-Staley’s
lovely patio-on-the-desert setting
(atmospherically lit by Andrew
David Ostrowski). Affecting a slight
German accent, Alexander is near to
heartbreaking as she tries to break
the ice with Monty by furtive embraces and earnest explanations for
her desertion. Even more exciting to
watch is the way Alexander responds in kind to Angelo’s rages and
then playfully lures him into submission with her beckoning charm.
Saxe, who recently portrayed
Hamlet for the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, uses a refined
British accent to support Monty’s
rigidity and his seemingly inflexible nature. But Monty’s armor is
bound to be cracked, and through
Saxe’s complexly revealed portrayal, we see the full force of his
unleashed anguish. Notwithstanding that Angelo is the most levelheaded and humor-endowed of the
three, the mustachioed Cuccioli affords us the opportunity to see the
good-looking lover as a stabilizing
force and as Frieda’s equal in all
t
ul
d
A
Of Mothers and Sons:
Gareth Saxe and
Jane Alexander.
things pertinent and passionate.
With its bracingly portrayed, welldefined characters within a literate
and lilting text, “A Moon To Dance
By” is a good bet for life above and
beyond New Jersey.
The play received its East Cost
premiere in February of this year at
the Pittsburgh Playhouse. This production is having its New Jersey
premiere.
— Simon Saltzman
“A Moon To Dance By,”
through Sunday, December 13,
George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick.
$37.50 to $71.50. 732-846-2895 or
www.GSPonline.org.
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November 28
DJ Tone Capione and DJ Mo, All
Call Inn, 214 Weber Avenue, Ewing, 609-882-9729. Free. 9 p.m.
Sharon Kenny, Hamilton Manor,
Cellar, 30 Route 156, Hamilton,
609-581-6782. www.myspace.com/sharonkenny. Concert of the
Hamilton native’s debut album,
“Pianocentric.” A graduate of Nottingham High School, she is the
musical director for “Tony N Tina’s
Wedding.” $10. 9 p.m.
DJ Davey Gold, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor,
609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. 10 p.m.
Splintered Sunlight, Triumph
Brewing Company, 400 Union
Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com. $7.
10 p.m.
The Unoriginals, Triumph Brewing Company, 138 Nassau
www.triumphbrew.com. $5. 10:30
p.m.
Outdoor Action
Greenway Walks, D&R Greenway, The Rawlyk Farm, 609-9244646. www.drgreenway.org. Walk
led by Bill Fawlyk. Register. Free.
9:30 a.m.
Book Sale
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Hardbacks, $1; paperbacks, 50 cents;
miscellaneous media and art at
bargain prices. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Farmers Market
609-397-2212. www.alpacasllamaswoodsedge.co. Area farmers, foods, and crafts. $2 donation to benefit Slow Food Central
Singles
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, Days Hotel, 195 Route 18,
East Brunswick, 732-656-1801.
www.steppinoutsingles.com.
Ages 40 plus. $15. 8:30 p.m.
Socials
Knit n Stitch, Classics Used and
Rare Books, 117 South Warren
Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All
skill levels welcome. Ages 8 and
up. Noon.
Anniversary Networking and
Grand Re-Opening, Beanwood
Coffee Shop, 222 Farnswoth Avenue, Bordentown, 609-3241300. www.beanwood.com. Personal, social, and business networking. Ribbon cutting at 1 p.m.
Live performances throughout the
day. Food drive to assist area
needy families. Menu sampling.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday
November 29
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Chinese Acrobats
Cirque Shanghai Bai Xi, Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial,
Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609984-8400. www.thewarmemorial.com. Chinese acrobatic stage
performance. $27 to $52. 7:30
p.m.
Classical Music
LEGRO. www.njsymphony.org.
James Gaffigan, conductor; and
Eric Wyrick, violin, present works
of Mozart and Schumann. $20 to
$82. 3 p.m.
Sunday Musicale Series, Steinway Musical Society, Jacobs
Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike,
Lawrenceville, 609-434-0222.
www.steinwaysocietyprinceton.org. Pauline Yang presents
works by Scarlatti, Beethoven,
Brahms, and Granados. Recital
and reception benefits the scholarship program. $18. 3 p.m.
Sunday Evensong Series, Christ
Church, 5 Paterson Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-6262.
www.christchurchnewbrunswick.org. Andrew Filippone, trumpet. Vespers and concert. Free. 4
p.m.
Art
Store, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Self-guided tour of
mixed media artist studios featuring pottery, paintings, stained
glass, hand-spun yarn, leather
bags, baskets, and decorative
boxes. Maps available online. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. American Repertory
Ballet and Princeton Ballet
School present the Tchaikovsky
holiday classic with choreography
by Graham Lustig and sets and
costumes by Zack Brown. $35 to
$45. 1 and 4:30 p.m.
Mozart’s Jupiter, New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra, State
Theater, New Brunswick, 800-AL-
‘Blue Tango’: Cartoonist, playwright, and author
Jules Feiffer gives a free talk on Wednesday,
December 2, 4:30 p.m., at the Lewis Center for
the Arts, 185 Nassau Street. Open to the public.
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The Newark Museum Pulls Out Its Earliest Collection
W
hat better way to
mark 100 years in the museum
business than to trot out your very
best. That’s what’s happening in
Newark, where the eponymous
museum has installed a lavish array of vases, bowls, and other fine
ceramic vessels to celebrate the occasion. In the process, the remarkably beautiful display, drawn almost exclusively from the museum’s internationally renowned
holdings, also makes material note
of this state’s long history as an international pottery center.
“100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930” tracks the notion
of ceramics as art from the Gilded
Age of the 1880s to its evolution
into studio pottery by the outset of
the Great Depression. The assembled works, which are the product
of one of pottery’s most creative
eras, are on view through Sunday,
January 10.
“One hundred years ago, pots
were art,” says exhibition curator
Ulysses Deitz, senior curator and
curator of decorative arts. “The
vase was the ideal art object because, while still ‘functional,’ it
could be admired purely for its
beauty. Artistic pots were also
more accessible to the public than
paintings and sculpture — the perfect kind of art for the newlyfounded museum in 1909.”
Newark was one of the earliest
museums to consider ceramics as a
serious art form, according to museum director Mary Sue Sweeney.
The exhibition functions nicely as
a celebration of that institution’s
pioneering role. “Each of these objects was purchased as a work of
art,” says Deitz. As such “100 Masterpieces,” a generous sampling of
works made by the people whose
creative enterprise translated pottery into a fine art, reveals the aesthetic potential of this workaday
medium. Deitz points out that the
exhibition essentially “exemplifies
the Arts and Crafts Movement in
America.” And, with almost 20
percent of the featured works produced in New Jersey, the collection
serves an easy-to-take reminder of
this state’s role as a center for the
production of fine ceramics.
People have been making pots in
New Jersey for some 4,000 years.
By 1000 B.C., local Woodland people were using pots to cook their
food. Pottery was made in Burlington when we were still a British
colony. And in the years following
the Revolution the area surrounding
Perth Amboy became a major center for the production of stoneware
jugs. In Princeton, the neighborhood surrounding Nassau and Harrison streets — now known as Jugtown — was home to several potteries. Recent archaeological digs and
records indicate potters were at
work in villages all over the state.
By the late 19th century, Trenton had become a leading ceramics
center. Charles Fergus Binns, the
English-born potter who became
known as the “Father of the studio
pottery movement,” whose work is
included in the Newark exhibition,
and who helped stage the first museum exhibitions, had his American beginnings as director of the
Trenton School of Technical Science and Art. Moreover, when it
came to the establishment of pottery as art to be taken seriously,
much of the earliest energy in this
country came from the Newark
Museum.
The range and quality of the permanent collection, and of this exhibition, is the fruit of the pioneering
work of John Cotton Dana,
Newark’s founding director. The
collection began with an exhibition
in 1910, one year after the museum
by Helen Schwartz
was founded. Dana began to acquire pots, made exhibition pottery
available for sale to support the
artists, and staged a series of exhibitions that drew wide attention to
the medium.
The featured vessels in the display connect the viewer with those
early days. “Out of the 110 works
in this exhibition, 75 were purchased when they were new,” says
Deitz,” noting that many of the others were also purchased new by
donor families.
Over time the museum’s holdings became the best documented
and one of the most comprehensive
pottery collections in this country.
Exhibited as a collection only
twice in the past 25 years, in 1984
and 1994, the current exhibition remains in the landmark category.
“We’re the only museum in the
United States who can do a show
like this says Deitz, warning viewers, “if you don’t see it now, it may
be a long time before there is another chance.”
The exhibition functions as a
chronology of the potters’ art. Beginning with Victorian roots, it
travels through time, making note
of china painters, the minimalist art
pot, and painterly and sculptural art
pots. In the process, the viewer is
introduced to the notable potters
and potteries that shaped the genre,
and the rich and varied surfaces
that they produced. A generous
sampling of Fulper, some Lenox,
and works from Clifton, and Ott
and Brewer, along with smaller
potteries such as Metuchen’s Volkmar, contribute to a strong New
Jersey presence.
On Friday, November 27, at
12:30 p.m., at the museum’s
Thanksgiving Family Festival, visitors will be able to watch a potter
‘One hundred years
ago, the vase was the
ideal art object because, while still ‘functional,’ it could be admired purely for its
beauty,’ says senior
curator Ulysses Deitz.
making a ceramic vessel on a wheel.
There will also be a search for buried
treasure, ancient storytelling, and a 2
p.m. performance by Thunderbird
American Indian Dancers.
N
ewark Museum also turns
the spotlight on an important area
pottery with “The Lenox Legacy:
America’s Greatest Porcelain,
1889-2005,” on view through
through July, 2010. From its
founding in Trenton in 1889 as the
Ceramic Art Company, to the closing of its last New Jersey factory in
2005, Lenox made some of the
finest porcelain produced in the
United States. Since 1918, it has also been the source of official White
House china. Examples of three
presidential services (Wilson, Truman, and Reagan) are on display.
Also included are unique handenameled porcelain vases and dinner plates, minutely detailed porcelain figurines, and modern designs.
In a more contemporary voice,
the museum is also featuring a display of minimalist, painterly work
in stoneware and porcelain by
Toshiko Takaezu, the internationally noted potter who lives and
works in Hunterdon County.
In addition to the Newark Museum exhibit, you can go to Parsippany to view a modest but representa-
Porcelain Palette: From
top: covered jar in the
‘Persian’ style, 1890,
Royal Crown, Royal
Crown Derby Porcelain
Works, Derby, England;
vase with twisted base,
molded porcelain with
crystalline glaze, 18941900, Valdemar Engelhardt for Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark; bowl with
mottled blue-violet glaze,
1917-18, Byrdcliffe Pottery, Woodstock, New
York; and ‘Effigy’ bowl
with ‘blue of sky and blue
matte’ glazes, 1914,
Fulper Pottery Company,
Flemington, New Jersey.
tive sampling of some of the best of
Arts and Crafts pottery in period
setting at Craftsman Farms, the
house museum which was home to
Gustav Stickley (stickleymuseum.org). Installed as they would
have been when Stickley lived
there are some three dozen vessels
from some of the best known potteries of the period: among them
Byrdclyffe, Greuby, and Saturday
Night Girls, as well as Clifton
(Newark) and Fulper (Flemington/Trenton).
Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum in Cadwalader Park, has a
permanent gallery installation of
Trenton-made pottery. In additon,
Fulper and Stangl ware, made in
Flemington and Trenton, will be
the featured attraction in the museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Utility
and Artistry: Works of the Stangl
and Fulper Potteries,” from December 3 through May 2, 2010.
Exhibition curator Peter Miessner says the exhibition will function as a trip through ceramic time,
taking viewers through the history
of the pottery, from its inception as
Hill’s Pottery Manufactory in
1815, through its evolution into
Fulper in the 1860s, and of course,
the full run of Stangl.” He says that
one of his goals is to encourage enthusiasm for the genre, “ for viewers to go home with a sense of awe
and wonder at the beauty of Stangl
and Fulper.”
Starting with Fulper’s stoneware, the exhibition will progress
to the Vase-Kraft line with inclusions from the pottery’s early and
later periods and a sampling of extremely rare carnival ware. Some
of Stangl’s little-seen work, including its very first line, called Fulper
Fayence, will also be on view as
well as another introduced in 1926
called Fulper-Stangl, and some
handmade art ware. Miessner will
give a lecture and tour of the exhibit on Sunday, January 10, at 2 p.m.
The Pottery Society of Trenton
offers a close look at pottery made
in that city. Their website (potteriesoftrentonsociety.org) offers a
vast amount of historical information and a self-guided tour of Trenton sites with notable art tile installations.
On Saturday, April 17th, 2010,
PSOT will sponsor a public symposium, “Staying Alive: The HillFulper-Stangl Pottery in a Changing Marketplace,” at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, to
be followed by a reception and
viewing of the exhibit at Ellarslie.
100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930, Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark. On view through Sunday, January 10. 973-596-6550 or www.NewarkMuseum.org.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2009
November 29
Ewing, 609-397-7616. www.roxeyballet.com. Holiday tradition. $14 to $50. 1 and 4 p.m.
Drama
The Thing About Men, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
$29.50. 1:30 p.m.
Broadway. $40 to $65. 3 and 7
p.m.
Holiday Festival of Trees House
Tours, Pearl S. Buck House,
520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, PA,
215-262-0100. www.pearlsbuck.org. $8. Noon to 3 p.m.
Faith
Theology on Tap, Princeton Theological Seminary, Fridays, MarketFair, West Windsor. Discussion of the crossroads between
life and theology led by Josh
Scott. Geared to young adults. Email joshua.scott@ptsem.edu for
information. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farmer’s Market, Riverbank
Arts, 19 Bridge Street, Stockton,
609-397-9330. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. $5 includes etched wine
Noon to 5 p.m.
Pairing Wine and Chocolate,
Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road,
Washington Crossing, PA, 215493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. Wine and chocolate tasting and learning materials. Register. $35. 2 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Tango Class, Actor’s Dance Studio, 1012 Brunswick Avenue, Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register. $15.
4 to 8 p.m.
Yoga and Meditation, Let’s Do
Yoga, 15 Jewel Road, West
Windsor, 732-887-3561. letsdoyoga@gmail.com. Multi-level
yoga class. Beginners are welcome. Bring mat and blanket.
Register. $12. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Holiday Events
History
Tree Lighting, New Hope Chamber of Commerce, Logan Inn,
215-862-9990. www.newhopechamber.com. Tree lighting, musical entertainment, Santa and Mrs.
Claus, cider, hot chocolate, and
chestnuts. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and
monetary donations for the Salvation Army. Free. Rain or shine.
5:30 p.m.
From Revolution to Relativity,
Historical Society of Princeton,
Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau
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. Register by phone or E-
Dancing
mail jeanette@princetonhistory.org. $7. 2 p.m.
For Families
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “The Laser Nutcracker.” $6. 1
and 3 p.m.
Family Theater
Party, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787.
with costumed dancers from American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School’s holiday classic.
$45; children, $30. Performance
tickets sold separately. 11 a.m.
Road, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family drama with
Pennington Players. $14. 2 p.m.
Cashore Marionettes, Raritan
Valley College, North Branch,
998-725-3420. www.raritanval.edu. “Simple Gifts” at 2 p.m.
“Life in Motion” at 7 p.m. $25
each. 2 p.m.
Cirque Shanghai Bai Xi, Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial,
Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-9848400. www.thewarmemorial.com.
Chinese acrobatic stage performance. $27 to $52. 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Intro to Online Social Networking, Center for Relaxation and
Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road,
Suite 635, Plainsboro, 609-7507432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Basics of using connections to enhance business
and professional contacts. $10.
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Difficult Questions Roundtable,
Westerly Road Church, 25
Westerly Road, Princeton, 609924-3816. www.westerlyroad.org.
Roundtable discussions concerning life, faith, suffering, evil, and
Christianity, discussed by Pastor
Husband and Wife Artists: ‘Star Dog’ by Barbara
Grossman, from ‘Cajori/Grossman: Forming the
Figure,’ a duo exhibit with her husband, Charles
Cajori, on view through Sunday, December 6,
Rider University Art Gallery. 609-896-5033.
Matthew Ristuccia, Westerly
Road Church; Rajan Matthews,
Chuck Hetzler, and David Ward.
Lecture, buffet dinner, and discussion. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Live Music
Jerry Topinka, Salt Creek Grille,
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com.
Jazz brunch. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tom Glover, Triumph Brewing
Company, 400 Union Square,
New Hope, 215-862-8300.
www.triumphbrew.com. Irish and
cover tunes. 1 to 4 p.m.
Scott Rednor, John & Peter’s, 96
215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 3 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Life 101: Where Do We Start?
B
efore he published
“Tuesdays with Morrie” in 1997,
Mitch Albom was just one sports
journalist and columnist among
others. But with the publication of
this reflection on his weekly visits
with his former college professor,
Morrie Schwartz, who was dying
from Lou Gehrig’s disease, Albom
was transformed into a popular author whose books sold in the millions.
“Tuesdays with Morrie” was not
written with fame in mind but
rather to help his old mentor pay
his medical bills and maybe to
work through Albom’s own feelings about life’s end. “It was supposed to be a small book,” says Albom in a phone interview from
Rochester, New York, where he
was on a book tour, “but it became
very popular and changed the
course of my life — having an opportunity to see somebody who is
dying in front of you and teaching
you lessons about what is important in life.”
The warm reception of this book
led to more books by Albom addressing spiritual questions. In
2003 he published “5 People You
Meet in Heaven,” a novel about a
man who awakens in heaven where
his earthly life is explained to him
by five people who had changed
the course of his life. In 2006 he
followed with “For One More
Day,” a novel about a mother and a
son that explores the question:
What would you do if you could
spend one more day with a lost
loved one? These books all became
successful television movies, with
“Tuesdays with Morrie” and “For
One More Day” produced by
Oprah Winfrey.
His latest book, “Have a Little
Faith,” moves back to the personal
realm, exploring the relationships
he developed with two very different religious leaders, his childhood
rabbi, Albert Lewis, and the pastor
of a struggling African American
church, Henry Covington. He interweaves the two men’s tales, the
questions he poses for them, and
the different roles that faith plays in
each of their lives. He reads from
his work and has a signing on Wednesday, December 2, at the Glazier
Center in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Despite being actively involved
in the Jewish world through his
college years, Albom had never really developed an adult understanding of the role religion can
play in a person’s life. He writes,
for example, “I saw religious customs as sweet but outdated, like
typing with carbon paper.” His one
remaining religious practice was a
leftover from childhood — a oncea-year visit to his parents on the
High Holidays to attend services at
his old synagogue.
When he began his conversations with Lewis, Albom’s preconceived notions about what a spiritual leader must be like were also
leftovers from his youth. For example, he put his rabbi way up on a
“holy man” pedestal and was a little startled when he turned out to
be, well, a human being. Albom also did not realize that clergy could
truly value religions other than
their own, and expresses surprise at
the wise advice Lewis offered him:
“You should be convinced of the
authenticity of what you have, but
you must also be humble enough to
say we don’t know everything.”
The friendship between Lewis
and Albom grew out of an unusual
request. After Albom spoke at his
childhood synagogue, Lewis invited Albom to give the eulogy at his
funeral. Albom agreed, but only on
the condition that he would be able
to get to know Rabbi Lewis as a
man. That he did,
and Albom came to
love Lewis as a wise
and gentle person
whose strength was
his ability to connect
with other people.
Albom’s book is,
more than anything,
a tribute to Lewis’s
humanity.
The two men met
often over the ensuing eight years, chatting about all manner of theological
conundrums: whether God exists, why
bad things happen to
good people, why
God allows wars,
what is the source of true happiness,
and what positive role religious ritual can play in a person’s life.
In fact, it was one of Lewis’s
teachings that pushed Albom to
reach beyond himself to try to understand a different culture and religion — through a Christian man of
faith. In chapters interspersed with
those about Lewis, Albom traces
the life of Henry Covington from
the early death of his father into a
life of crime and drugs that ironically landed him with a seven-year
prison sentence for a murder he did
not commit. After he was released,
In writing ‘Have
a Little Faith,’ Albom
had to throw out his
preconceived notions
of what a spiritual
leader must be like.
Covington got a job and married his
long-time girlfriend, but soon the
tragedy of losing his first child,
born prematurely, pushed him into
drug dealing again, and eventually
he started taking drugs himself.
A
ccording to Albom, Covington found his way back to Jesus
after he miraculously escaped being killed after a desperate hold-up
at gun point of two drug dealers.
He eventually became a pastor to
the homeless, the addicted, and the
poor through the I Am My Brother’s Keeper Ministry, a formerly
fancy Detroit church that was now
close to ruin. Covington, through
his own faith, was able to give his
parishioners what they needed to
survive and, with the help of articles Albom wrote, to begin fixing
the huge hole in the church’s ceiling as well.
Albom was born in 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey, but after a short
sojourn in Buffalo, New York, his
family settled in Oaklyn, New Jersey, near Philadelphia.
Albom says he has always been
creative. He yearned to be a cartoonist as a child and after teaching
himself to play the piano, focused
on establishing himself in a musical career. After getting a bachelor’s degree in sociology from
Brandeis University in 1979, Albom moved to New York, performed for several years in Europe
and America, and wrote and
recorded several songs. “I was a piano player and a song writer, doing
the starving artist thing in New
York,” he says. But he was not really succeeding and decided to try
something else that was creative,
but less dependent on luck and
more on hard work. So he volunteered to work for a local weekly,
the “Queens Tribune.”
Realizing that he had some apti-
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Mitch Albom, author
of the international
bestseller, ‘Tuesdays
with Morrie,’ again
tackles life’s big
questions.
tude for journalism, he went for a
master’s degree at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and later a master of business administration at Columbia
University’s Graduate School of
Business. He paid his tuitions in
part through gigs as a piano player.
When Albom finished journalism school, he landed in sports
journalism. “It was where the work
was,” he says. “It was not that I was
particularly interested in sports.
People have always been my interest — profiles of people and individual stories of people, as opposed to games.” After freelancing
for Sport magazine and other publications, Albom was offered his
first full-time job — as a feature
writer and eventual sports columnist for the Fort Lauderdale News
and Sun Sentinel in Florida.
In 1985 Albom moved to Detroit
to become a sports journalist for
the Detroit Free Press, where he
still writes a column. He has published several anthologies of his
sports columns. Albom also hosts a
daily talk show on WJR radio and
appears regularly on ESPN Sports
Reporters and SportsCenter.
Through the friendships he captures in “Have a Little Faith,” Albom came to understand that his
charitable activities were really the
outlet that gave expression to his
spiritual yearnings. Over the last
decade or so, he has founded four
charities, whose missions range
from helping disadvantaged children get involved with the arts and
encouraging volunteerism to funding shelters for the homeless and
helping faith groups who care for
the homeless to repair the spaces in
which they carry out their work.
For Albom, then, his latest book
opened the door to an adult understanding of the role religion or
“faith” was actually playing in his
own life. “It has taken away a lot of
my cynicism towards faith and
reintroduced me to the way one can
lead a faithful life,” he says. “It’s
not just about attending services
and saying prayers; it’s about caring for your fellow human beings,
taking care of them when they need
help — that is being faithful.”
Author Event, Jewish Learning
Academy, Glazier Center, Newtown, PA. Wednesday, December
2, 7:30 p.m. Mitch Albom, the author of the internationally acclaimed “Tuesdays with Morrie,”
talks about faith and introduces his
new book, “Have a Little Faith.”
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Socials
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Re-Wire Your Brain
for the Holidays
Stress Relief for the Holiday
Season with Five Easy Tools,
Neuro-Enhancement Strategies, Princeton Pike, 609-9180089. www.neuro-enhancement.com. “Whole Brain Learning with
Application NLP” presented by
Jeff Schoener. Register at
events@nlpwordsmythe.com.
$25. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Too,
Mason Gross School of the
Arts, Nicholas Music Center, 85
George Street, New Brunswick,
732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Free. 8 p.m.
Are You My Mother? ‘Cats’ by the late photographer Jack Rosen, from a solo exhibit on view
through January 31, PNC Bank, 2 North Main
Street, New Hope. 215-862-1525.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 5000 Windrows Drive,
Plainsboro, 732-469-3983. www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony.
New members are welcome. 7:15
p.m.
Dance
Ewing, 609-397-7616.
www.roxeyballet.com. Holiday
tradition. $14 to $50. 10 a.m.
Drama
Frankie & Johnnie, Center Playhouse, 35 South Street, Freehold, 732-462-9093. www.centerplayers.org. Staged reading and
discussion of drama by Terence
McNally. Free. 8 p.m.
Dancing
238-2944. “Pain Solutions: Without Drugs or Surgery” presented
by Dr. Matthew Speesler and other therapists. Register. Free. 7:30
p.m.
History
Ceremonial Groundbreaking,
Historical Society of Princeton,
Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker
Road, Princeton, 609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Celebrate the launch of construction.
Register. 10 to 11 a.m.
Lectures
Meeting, Get Hired Today!, Center for Relaxation, 635 Plainsboro
Road, 609-588-8874. www.meetup.com/gethiredtoday. For unemployed professionals. $5. 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Live Music
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.
Dave Allikas, The Court Tavern,
124 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-7265. Comedy
songs for all ages presents songs
from his CD, “Songs You Wish
You’d Written,” a look at modern
life from a different angle. Free.
10 p.m.
Literati
Politics
Plainsboro Literary Group,
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Nibbles, conversation, and readings.
6:30 p.m.
Woodrow Wilson School,
Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Kenneth Liberthal
speaks. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Health & Wellness
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Clare Bridge Brookdale Senior
Living, 1645 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-5864000. www.brookdaleliving.com.
“Caring for Your Loved One with
Alzheimer’s and Dementia” presented by Cecilia Bertrone, geriatric nurse practitioner, who will
present an overview of the disease and its treatment. Dinner included. Register. Free. 6 p.m.
Workout 101, Optimal Exercise
Studio, 27B Maplewood Avenue,
Cranbury, 609-490-7710. Workshop featuring the equipment
found in most commercial health
clubs. Register. $20. 7:30 to 8:30
p.m.
Wellness Education Foundation, Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, 732-
Singles
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Register at
www.meetup.com/PrincetonArea-Singles-Network. 6:30 to 8
p.m.
Tuesday
December 1
World AIDS Day
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
How to Save a Life
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, College of New Jersey,
2000 Pennington Road, Ewing,
800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Opportunities
Arts Nominations
VSA Arts of New Jersey seeks
applications for arts achievement
and Dare to Imagine Awards programs. The achievement awards
are presented to students with disabilities who are classified, 14 to
21 years old, not to exceed 12th
grade, who show outstanding
achievement in and commitment to
an art form. Education in the arts
awards are presented to educators
and administrators for establishing
high quality arts programs for classified students. Dare to Imagine
awards recognize adults who have
made a positive difference in the
life of a person or persons with disabilities. Deadline for nominations
and applications is Monday, January 11.
Call for Submissions
Lawrence Library seeks original works of a staged reading, 10
minutes in length, for up to five
characters. Six plays will be chosen for the second annual One-Act
Play Festival, on Saturday, April
24. Deadline is Sunday, December
20. E-mail to Ann Kerr at akerr@mcl.org.
World Languages
Mercer County Library System offers Mango Languages online language-learning system to
patrons with a valid library card.
Courses are offered in French,
Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, ESL for Polish speakers, and
ESL for Spanish speakers. Visit
www.mcl.org, click on electronic
resources/ home office languages,
and enter the barcode on the back
of your library card. Call 609-9896923 for information.
Scholarships
Eden Institute offers $1,000
scholarships to high school seniors
who are planning college majors
and future careers in special education or related disciplines. Visit
www.edenautismservices.org for
application. Deadline is Friday,
April 9.
Good Causes
Howell Farm seeks contributions for an auction to benefit the
restoration of the farm’s Henry
Phillips House. The auction will be
held Saturday, November 21. Contact Danielle Hougton at 609-7373299 or E-mail dhoughton@howellfarm.com.
Alexia’s Belly Dance and Beyond is hosting Zumba for a Cure
to benefit the Rally Foundation’s
childhood cancer research. Sign up
for any five zumba classes and the
registration goes to Rally Foundation. Classes, an energetic dance
workshop based on Latin and other
world dance styles, are at the Drum
& Dance Learning Center, at Avalon Road and Quakerbridge Road,
Lawrence. Visit www.drumdancecenter.com or call 609-324-7383.
Can Do Fitness is collecting
food items including canned
meats, fish, chili, fruit, vegetables;
peanut butter; and boxed meals, to
benefit the Community FoodBank
of New Jersey. 121 Main Street,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro.
Through Monday, November 30.
PEAC Health & Fitness is collecting new, unwrapped toys for
Jazz & Blues
Dancing
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, Mason
Gross School of the Arts,
Nicholas Music Center, 85
732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. $10. 8 p.m.
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. Instruction
and dancing. No partner needed.
$3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Art
Holiday Exhibit, Gold Medal Impressions, 43 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609606-9001. www.goldmedalimpressions.com. Photographer
Richard Druckman features a limited number of collection-quality
photographs from Super Bowls,
Giants, Jets, Eagles, Yankees,
Mets, Nets, Devils, Flyers, Rutgers, Georgetown, and West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School
North and South images.
Through December 20. Call for
hours. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Drama
Health & Wellness
Gentle Therapeutic Yoga, Susan
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Open House, Sunny Health Center, 16 Seminary Avenue,
Hopewell, 609-466-1227. Free
15-minute massage. Register. 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.
World AIDS Day Observance,
Michener Art Museum, 138
South Pine Street, Doylestown,
215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. A candlelight vigil
starts at Starbucks Coffee, 10
North Main Street, Doylestown,
and ends at the museum, where
visitors are invited to a special
Children’s Gallery exhibit, “The
Gift of Giving VIII,” and panel discussion, “The Next Generation of
HIV/AIDS: The Youth Crisis.”
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underprivileged children. Bring a
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Call for Artisans
Robbinsville High School
seeks crafters and artisans for Cutting Edge Arts and Crafts Fair on
Saturday, March 20, at 155 Robbinsville Edinburg Road, Robbinsville. Applications accepted
through Monday, February 1. Call
609-448-5466 for information.
Reflexology
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Public Tour, Cottage Club, 51 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, 609-921-6137. www.princeton.edu/~cotclub. Tours of the Georgian Revival clubhouse built in 1906. Past
members include James Forrestal ‘15,
F.Scott Fitzgerald ‘17, Jose Ferrer ‘35, Governor Brendan T. Byrne ‘49, Senators
William W. Bradley ‘65, and William Frist
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Computer Tips and Tricks, Ewing SeniorNet Computer Literacy Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, 609-882-5086. www.ewingsnet.com. “Should I Upgrade to Windows
7?” presented by David Soll, Omicron Consulting. Free. 1 p.m.
Thunderbird Alumni Association, Nassau
Inn, Tap Room, 10 Palmer Square, Princeton, 609-933-1621. www.thunderbird.edu.
Networking and social. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
How to Screen Nannies and Babysitters,
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane and Route
1, Lawrence Township, 609-586-7757.
www.mcl.org. Presentation by Ronald J.
Coughlin, president of the New Jersey Violence Prevention Institute. Register. Free. 7
to 8 p.m.
Gadget Guru, Princeton Public Library,
65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Douglas Dixon of
Manifest Technology presents the hottest
digital devices, gadgets, and accessories.
Free. 7 p.m.
Workshop, Rider University, Memorial 310,
Lawrenceville. http://osgw.wordpress.com.
“Graphic Design Techniques” workshop presented by John Lemasney, an artist, sculptor, designer, technologist, writer, poet, and
manager of Instructional Technology at Rider University. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
In My Hometown: Sharon
Kenny, a Hamilton native,
debuts her CD ‘Pianocentric’
with a concert on Saturday,
November 28, at Hamilton
Manor, 30 Route 156,
Hamilton. 609-581-6782.
John Bianculli Trio with Jackie Jones and
Jon Peretz, Bensi Restaurant, The
Shoppes at North Brunswick, 787 Shoppes
Boulevard, North Brunswick, 732-9931300. www.bensirestaurants.com. No cover. 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Princeton Ski Club, Romeo’s Restaurant,
Plainsboro, 732-329-2067. princetonski.org.
Get acquainted social. Register. 6 p.m.
Politics
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Robertson Hall, Bowl 016, 609258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Mickey Edwards speaks. 4:30 p.m.
Live Music
Colleges
Open Mic Night, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 7
p.m.
Focus on Career Success, Mercer County
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703311. www.mccc.edu. Information about the
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classic rock on Saturday, November 28,
at Hopewell Valley
Vineyards, 46 Yard
Road, Pennington.
609-737-4465.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
O Tannenbaum
Festival of Trees, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. Galleries
adorned for the holidays by area
businesses and garden clubs. $5.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Classical Music
Rutgers Symphony Orchestra,
Mason Gross School of the
Arts, Nicholas Music Center, 85
732-932-7511. “Shostakovich 5.”
Kynan Johns conducts. $25. 8
p.m.
Spectrum Concert, Princeton
University Chapel, Washington
Road, 609-258-3654. “Harp Extravaganza,” a recital featuring
the students of Elaine Christy.
Free. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, PNC Bank, 2 North
Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215862-1525. www.pnc.com. Exhibit
of works by the late Jack Rosen,
a photographer who documented
decade of life in New Hope, includes photographs of Pearl Buck
and George Nakashima. On view
to January 31. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Exhibition and Sale, Princeton
Area Community Foundation,
15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville,
609-219-1800. www.pacf.org. Exhibition and sale featuring works
of Princeton artist Thomas
George including brush and ink
drawings, abstract oil paintings,
watercolors, and the last remaining pastels of the Institute Pond
series. Through Thursday, December 31. 9 a.m.
Architecture
Down the Garden Path Lecture
Series, Princeton University
School of Architecture, Betts
Auditorium, Princeton, 609-2583741. www.soa.princeton.edu.
“The New Landscape of Collaboration,” Shane Coen, Minneapolis. Free. 6 p.m.
Drama
www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org. Musical journey
featuring Laurice Lanier, mezzo
soprano; Nova Y. Payton, soprano; and Jamet Pittman, soprano.
Blues, jazz, soul, gospel, opera,
and Broadway. $40 to $65. 10
a.m.
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Individualized Menopause Assessments
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programs in business and management, health careers, and
computer literacy. 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday
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On the Town, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. Musical by Leonard
Bernstein and Jerome Robbins
devoted to celebrating New York
City. Directed by Bill Berry. Featuring Harriet Harris, Brian Shepard, Jeffrey Schecter, and Tyler
Hanes. $25 to $92. 7:30 p.m.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, F.M. Kirby
Theater, Drew University, Madison, 973-408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare comedy with Steve Wilson, Elena
Shaddow, and Daniel Stewart.
$34 to $50. Preview. 7:30 p.m.
Betrayal, Mason Gross School
of the Arts, 85 George Street,
www.masongross.rutgers.edu.
Harold Pinter drama. $25. 8 p.m.
Little Faith.” $36 and $54 with a
book. 7:30 p.m.
Kathleen M. Thomsen, MD, MPH
Health & Wellness
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Escape Through Meditation,
East Brunswick Library, Jean
Walling Civic Center, 732-3906767. www.ebpl.org. Volunteerled meditation session. Free.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
two, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Level 1,
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. $16. 7:15 p.m.
Women’s
Health & Wellness
252 West Delaware Ave.
Pennington, NJ 08534
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Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. For newcomers. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Joyce Carol Oates,
author of “Little Bird of Heaven,”
reads from her new novel of erotic
romance, tragic violence, and
ghosts of the past. 5:30 p.m.
Authors Night, Princeton Area
League of Women Voters,
Princeton Township Municipal
Building, 400 Witherspoon Street.
Authors Mimi Schwartz, “Good
Neighbors, Bad Times”; Letitia Ufford, “The Pasha”; and Scott Sipprelle, “The Golden Dog.”
Dessert. 7 p.m.
Readings and Workshops, Raritan Poets, East Brunswick Library, Two Jean Walling Civic
Center, 732-257-3088.
www.ebpl.org. Free. 7 p.m.
Author Event, Jewish Learning
Academy, Glazier Center, Newtown, PA, 215-497-9925. Mitch
Albom, the author of the internationally acclaimed “Tuesdays with
Morrie,” talks about faith and introduces his new book, “Have a
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Located in the Princeton Shopping Center
Public Tour, Cottage Club, 51
Prospect Avenue, Princeton, 609921-6137. www.princeton.edu/~cotclub. Tours of the Georgian Revival clubhouse built in
1906. Past members include
James Forrestal ‘15, F.Scott
Fitzgerald ‘17, Jose Ferrer ‘35,
Governor Brendan T. Byrne ‘49,
Senators William W. Bradley ‘65,
and William Frist ‘74, John
McPhee ‘53, and A. Scott Berg
‘71. The club is in the New Jersey
and National registers of historic
places. Free. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Stroller Strides, Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge
House, 158 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Walking
tour of Princeton for moms, dads,
grandparents, caregivers, and
their tiny tots. Town and university
sites. $7. 10 a.m.
Festival of Trees, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Galleries adorned for the holidays by area
businesses and garden clubs. $5. 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Also, Tour and Tea. Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens. Tea before or
after tour. Register. $15. 11:15 a.m. to 2:15
p.m.
Holiday Open House, Drumthwacket
Foundation, 354 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-683-0057. www.drumthwacket.org. Tour of the official residence
of the Governor of New Jersey featuring
“EverGreen,” an eco-friendly theme created
by garden clubs throughout the State. Register. $5 donation. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For Parents
Special Ed Support Group, Family Support Organization, 3535 Quakerbridge
Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1200. Free. 6 to
8 p.m.
Man Trouble: Milo (Barry
Abramowich, near right) and
Cindy (Pam Jorgensen, far
right) probe the waters of a
possible relationship as a disdainful waiter (Tom Stevenson) looks on in Off-Broadstreet's ‘The Thing About
Men,’ through Saturday, December 19. 609-466-2766.
Lectures
Volunteering, Princeton Senior Resource
Center, West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, 609-924-7108. “Building a Resume for an Encore Career,” a workshop
designed for people who are planning to retire from one career, for retired people, and
currently unemployed seniors. Register.
Free. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
At the Movies
Confirm titles with theaters.
2012. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Also known as “The Amazing Story Of Strange Love,” a Bollywood romantic comedy. Multiplex, Regal.
Amelia. Drama about the life of
Amelia Earhart. AMC, Multiplex.
An Education. Drama with Peter Sarsgaard and Emma Thompson. Montgomery.
Astro Boy. Animated family
film. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex.
Boondock Saints II: All Saints
Day. Bloody sequel. AMC.
The Box. Thriller with
Cameron Diaz. AMC, Destinta,
Multiplex, Regal.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. Suspense with
John C. Reilly. Destinta.
Couples Retreat. Comedy
about four couples. AMC, Multiplex, Regal.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
Animated holiday film. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
The Fourth Kind. Thriller
about alien abductions. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex, Regal.
Law Abiding Citizen. Thriller
with Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex, Regal.
London Dreams. Hindi film.
Regal.
Men Who Stare at Goats.
Comedy about war with George
Clooney and Ewan McGregor.
AMC, Montgomery, Multiplex, Regal.
Michael Jackson’s This is It.
Documentary of Jackson’s last
days. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex,
Regal.
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Paranormal Activity. Sci-fi
thriller. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex,
Regal.
Pirate Radio. Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Bill Nighy in film
about rock and roll in the 1960s.
AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Montgomery, Multiplex, Regal.
Precious: Based on the Novel
Push by Sapphire. Drama. Garden, Montgomery.
Saw VI. Thriller with Tobin
Bell. AMC, Destinta.
A Serious Man. Drama with
Richard Kind portraying a man in
1967. Montgomery.
The Stepfather. Thriller with
Sela Ward and Dylan Walsh. AMC,
Destinta.
Twilight Saga: The New
Moon. Opens Thursday, November 19. AMC, Destinta, Garden,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal .
Where the Wild Things Are.
Family film based on Maurice
Sendak’s book. AMC, MarketFair,
Multiplex.
Zombieland. Comedy thriller
with Woody Harrelson. AMC.
New Tricks:
‘Old Dogs’ opens on
Wednesday, November 25, starring Ella
Bleu Travolta, left,
Conner Rayburn,
Robin Williams, and
John Travolta.
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,
West Windsor, 609-520-8700.
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,
Classical Music
Why Kiss Another Frog This
New Year’s Eve?, Neuro-Enhancement Strategies, Princeton Pike, 609-918-0089. www.neuro-enhancement.com. “Recognize Your Perfect Mate” presented by Jeff Schoener. Register
at events@nlpwordsmythe.com.
$25. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Politics
For Seniors
Meeting, South Brunswick Republican Committee, Pierre’s,
Georges Road, Dayton. www.sbgog.org. Visitors are welcome. 7
p.m.
Legal Services, Mercer County
Connection, 957 Route 33,
Hamilton, 609-890-9800.
www.mercercounty.org. Legal
services for Mercer County resident age 60 plus. Power of attorney, wills for small estates, living
wills, social security, Medicare
problems, consumer matters, tenants’ rights, and bankruptcy. Register. Free. 10 a.m. to noon.
Afternoon Concert, Princeton
University Chapel, Washington
Road, 609-258-3654. Free. 12:30
to 1 p.m.
Holiday Concert, Princeton Theological Seminary, Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, 609-497-7890. www.ptsem.edu. Handbell concert features one of the world’s largest
handbells, on loan from Malmark,
Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of handbells. Free and open
to the public. 8 p.m.
Museum Shop
Holiday Boutique, Zimmerli Art
Museum, George and Hamilton
streets, New Brunswick, 732-9327237. www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu. Gift merchandise including woodblock prints, raku
pottery, jewelry, and children’s
books. Benefits museum programs. Open Tuesday to Friday,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday
and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 10
a.m. to 9 p.m.
Socials
Central Jersey Mothers of Multiples, Hamilton Library. www.cjmom.org. Meeting for mothers
with twins, triplets, and more. E-
Thursday
December 3
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: An 18th
Century Christmas
Holly Nights, Pennsbury Manor,
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road,
Morrisville, 215-946-0400.
www.pennsburymanor.org. Candles, luminaria, and torches illuminate William Penn’s 43-acre
historic plantation for Holly
Nights, a family celebration with
music, carol singing, bonfires, hot
mulled cider, and historic crafts
demonstrations. Guided tour of
the manor house by candlelight.
$9. 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Fall Extravaganza! It’s All On Sale!
Rider Furniture
4621 Route 27, Kingston, NJ
609-924-0147
Monday-Friday 10-6; Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-5
Design Services Available.
www.riderfurniture.com
Rafael C. Castro, M.D., P.A.
Board-Certified in Internal Medicine
• Primary Care Physician
for Patients 15 Yrs. & Up
• Thorough and
Personalized Care
• New Patients Welcome
We Listen!
Most Insurances Accepted
Saturday and Evening Hours Available
Spanish & Tagalog spoken.
mail membership@cjmom.org for
information. 7 p.m.
Singles
Open House, Raritan Valley
Community College, Route 28,
North Branch, 908-253-6688.
www.raritanval.edu. Information
for adults including transferring
old credits earned from other colleges and universities, CLEP exams, and other lifetime learning
options. Register. 6 p.m.
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Shopping
Eric Daab Trio, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor,
609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. Jazz guitar. 8 to 11 p.m.
John Bianculli Trio with Jackie
Jones and Jon Peretz, Bensi
Restaurant, The Shoppes at
Flemington, 100 Reaville Avenue,
Flemington, 908-788-5400.
www.bensirestaurants.com. No
cover. 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Colleges
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Jazz & Blues
Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensemble, Mason Gross School of the
Arts, Schare Recital Hall, New
Brunswick, 732-932-7511.
Free. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
That’s Amore: Dean Martin &
Friends Holiday Special, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609984-8400. www.thewarmemorial.com. $25 to $65. 7 p.m.
Winter Musicale, Bristol Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Holiday music.
Through Sunday, December 20.
$29. 8 p.m.
Art
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788. princetonartmuseum.org. Highlights of the
collections, new acquisitions, and
special exhibitions. Free. 3 p.m.
Rafael C. Castro, M.D., P.A.
Princeton Professional Park
601 Ewing Street
Suite C-18 • Princeton
609-924-1331
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SINGLES
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• Board certified physiatrists,
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MEN SEEKING WOMEN
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
SEEKING FRIENDS
I am a widower for six years:, in my
70s, NR, NS, grandfather of five girls
(ages 6-13). 6’, 178 lbs, a well-known
professional artist and retired art educator (teacher, supervisor). I enjoy art exhibits, music, and dance programs,
films, theater, reading (history, art, and
sports buff), quiet time at home. I walk
about 45 minutes per day. Box 236262.
Sgt. Pepper - Caught your eye ... As
you can surmise, I am an avid Beatles
fan along with most oldies. I am 58 youthful, a kind person with many interests. You must love dogs and animals.
You must be a kind, caring person. I
would like to hear about you. Linda,
Box 236243
Conventions (Computer, Scifi, Fantasy,
etc), Window shopping in New Hope,
PA., and many other things. I also like to
visit the UK, when I can. If you’re interested or know of a group, let me know...
I am looking to stay close to my age
group, if possible. (Mid 20s thru late
40s). Box 236239
Very youthful, attractive, DF, 5’4”,
brunette, fun-loving — loves to laugh,
dance, oldies, good music, theater, concerts, good movies, good healthy eating
in and good restaurants dining out. 62,
look 10 years younger. Recent clear
photo appreciated. Ages 55-72. Box
236259
Professional, bright, single attractive female with a fun-loving personality wishes to meet intelligent, kind,
earthy, peaceful people of both genders,
ages 50-70, for friendship, going to social events. Please be honest, sincere,
and genuine. Non-smokers and nonheavy drinkers. Positive outlook — enjoy dancing, the arts, laughing, good
times, good restaurants. Prefer Princeton-area friends or nearby. Be healthy,
mentally and physically, wholesome,
cultured, refined, decent human beings.
Box 236259
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
Hi Guys, Want to be with a good, decent, caring, loving woman, someone
who will make you feel like you are alive
and have a reason to live again? When
is the last time you felt you had a reason
to wake up? Well I’ll make that change.
I’m a tall senior citizen, 63 years young,
looking for someone who is like I am. I
have blue eyes, dark hair, and am fullfigured and love life. Pets, smiling,
laughing, and enjoying living, but life
hasn’t been feeling that way, so that is
where you come in. Together we could
start a new beginning. I am nice to know,
down-to-earth, and real. And I’ve been
told a number of times I’m attractive. So
what do you say? Write me back and
let’s talk. White men only. Please include your phone number and I’ll call
you. Thank you for your time. You’ve got
nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Box 236268
Petite, fit, Jewish lady, 60, active,
bright, college-educated, down-toearth, enjoys life. World traveler, lover of
the arts, seeks a down-to-earth JPM, a
gentleman, age 60-75 for companionship, and friendship. Love the Phillies
and the Eagles, AC, good conversations, and sense of humor. Box 236273
December 3
Art Exhibit, Ellarslie, Trenton
City Museum, Cadwalader Park,
609-989-3632. Opening reception
for “Utility and Artistry: Works of
the Stangl and Fulper Potteries.”
On view to May 2. 6 to 8 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Red Horse Gallery,
Freehold Raceway Mall. Meet the
artist reception for VSA Arts of
New Jersey exhibit featuring the
works of Kasey Tararuj, who has
been living with a disability for
eight years. On view to January 8.
Gallery open Monday to Friday,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 6 to 8 p.m.
Late Thursdays, Princeton University Art Museum, Campus,
609-258-3788. Extended hours to
Where is my cowboy? Hi! SWF who
enjoys country music and men who are
well-behaved, groomed, handsome —
and think with their heart. Looking for a
white, down-to-earth gentleman between 48-57 with a sense of humor. I
want to be swept off my feet. Waiting to
hear from you. You won’t be sorry! Box
236231
Looking for a relationship: I’m a 47
year old with brown hair and brown
eyes, 4’11” short. I like movies, long
walks, and going to the gym a lot. I’m
looking for someone to be with, talk to,
and watch TV with. I can also cook. I live
in Monmouth Junction, NJ.
SEEKING FRIENDS
35-year-old White Male seeking social group or friend in the Mercer
County area (willing to stretch out of this
area, if needed), who share similar interests with me. I am into D&D, Movies,
explore the special exhibitions
and collections. Many evenings
feature film screenings, musical
performances, and activities.
Free. 7 to 10 p.m.
Dance
Dance Plus Fall, Mason Gross
School of the Arts, New Theater,
85 George Street, New Brunswick, 732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Works by
faculty choreographers. $25. 8
p.m.
Drama
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Broadway. $40 to $65. 8 p.m.
Betrayal, Mason Gross School
of the Arts, 85 George Street,
Harold Pinter drama. $25. 8 p.m.
The Miser, Princeton Shakespeare Company, TBA, 609258-1500. www.princeton.edu/psc. Moliere. $10. 8 p.m.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, F.M. Kirby
Theater, Drew University, Madison, 973-408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare comedy with Steve Wilson, Elena
Shaddow, and Daniel Stewart.
$34 to $50. Preview. 8 p.m.
Crime and Punishment, Theatre
Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater,
Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org.
Based on Dostoyevsky’s novel.
$12. 8 p.m.
Dancing
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,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Theodore Cross, author of “Waterbirds,” a book featuring photographs taken in Alaska, Texas, Siberia, and South Pacific. The Princeton resident, now
85, began photographing in
midlife. 5:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
ART
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MUSIC
PREVIEW
Charles Dickens, Four Generations Later
V
ery jolly transatlantic laughter interrupted my conversation by phone to London with Gerald Charles Dickens, the great,
great grandson of the famous Charles Dickens. So much laughing, it’s hard to imagine
him playing the role of Scrooge. But he does,
along with the other characters so familiar to
all of us from the holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol — Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, old
Fezziwig, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet-to-Be, plus at least 20-something more in his one-man show, which takes
place on December 12, at Villa Victoria
Academy Theater in West Trenton. Dickens
recreates all these characters with a minimum of costume adjustments and a few
props. He has performed here in America on
a number of occasions, following the lead of
his great great grandfather, who famously
read “A Christmas Carol” to U.S. audiences
in 1867.
Gerald Dickens first stepped forward with
his own performance in 1993 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the book’s first
publication. “It wasn’t my idea but I was
asked to do a reading for a charitable event. I
just used the version that Charles Dickens
had used himself, one he had edited down
from the original story to a workable length
script.”
Of course he had always known about his
famous ancestor. But just imagine, as a
young boy on a Sunday afternoon watching a
story on television, maybe “A Tale of Two
Cities” or “Oliver Twist” and at the end,
“There was my name on it. It was incredible.” This is how the progression goes: Gerald’s father, David, was in publishing; his father, Gerald, was an admiral in the Royal
Navy; his father, Henry, was a lawyer; and
his father was Charles Dickens.
Since that first performance, Gerald Dickens’s enactment of the famous Christmas
tale has become a cottage industry with performances at theaters, schools, art and literature festivals, and even on cruise ships.
Many are the feature of a charitable event.
The December 12 performance at Villa Victoria Theater benefits the Foundation for
Student Achievement — “whose mission is
to provide an exceptional Catholic education
for the students of the Diocese of Trenton.”
Christmas has always had a special significance for Gerald Dickens. He remembers as
a child of five or six listening to his father and
his uncle sharing duties reading the family
treasure, “AChristmas Carol,” to him and his
cousins. It was part of their seasonal ritual. “I
could tell you absolutely everything that
would happen on Christmas Day at our
home. It always followed the same pattern
— just like the Cratchit family. And we always had turkey and Christmas pudding.
Mum would set it on fire with flaming
brandy. If she could carry it into the dining
room and all around the table without the
flames going out, that foretold a very special
year ahead.”
Christmas time also marked the eureka
moment when Gerald decided to become an
actor. When he was around seven years old,
his school put on a holiday pageant, a nativity play told from the point of view of the animals outside the stable. “I was a very shy
young boy and didn’t want to talk much, but
everyone in the school had a part. I was cast
as a rooster. My parents were given the job of
making my costume so my dad built a this
huge rooster 20 times the size of the other animals.” When young Gerald made his entrance in the play, the audience burst out
laughing. He immediately decided: “This is
it. This is the life.” From then on, he tried to
get into every school play and did, then ex-
by LucyAnn Dunlap
panded to local theater. He’s been acting ever
since.
He went to college in Kent for two years
where, although it wasn’t a theater school, he
studied drama. He admits, “I didn’t have a
spectacular academic career.” Again, he is
laughing. Giving up on academia, he performed with a theater troupe in England.
“We did a lot of comedy, but aimed for some
variety as well, performing some musicals, a
little Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, as well as
some things we wrote ourselves.” Almost
everything he does now is Dickens related.
“I’d love to act in some other things as well.
But this is where I am now, maybe later.” He
is 46 years old. There’s time. In addition to
“A Christmas Carol,” he performs other
Dickens projects including one-man shows
of “Mr. Dickens Is Coming,” “Nicholas
Nickleby” and “Sketches by Boz.”
“My goal with ‘A Christmas Carol’ is to
make sure people have a good time. I try to
not make it too serious, something to be
revered. It’s just a good story. When the audience comes at the beginning they’re coming
to see a show. At the end, they’re part of a
show. That’s what I try to achieve. Everybody is traveling through this story together.
“I have a different take on Scrooge. The
important thing about him is that he has to be
recognizably the same character at the end as
he was at the beginning. You can’t have a
complete villain at the start who turns out to
be a saint. You have to have the same man 12
hours later — that’s the span of the story. In
the early stages there has got to be this glimmer that he can change. And at the end there
has to be a glimmer that he is still a very harddriven person. He is above all an incredible
business man. He’s got a successful finance
business in the leading world economy at
that time. So he must have been quite clever.
He can’t just be a cartoon character for the
story to really work.”
R
ecently Gerald took his 10-year-old
son Cameron to see the new Disney movie of
“A Christmas Carol.” He says, “It’s a story
he loves and has seen performed many times.
His opinion of the film was not exactly favorable. Cameron Dickens will surely carry
on the family tradition.
In an article written by Bruce Weber for
the the New York Times in 1998, when Gerald Dickens was making one of his first forays in a performance schedule in the United
States, he quoted the artistic director of the
Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis regarding
the message of “A Christmas Carol.” “By the
end, Scrooge has come ‘round to believing
we must have, if not socialism, then a great
deal of social democracy. It’s fascinating that
audiences embrace a notion from a 19th-century British writer. If a 20th-century American writer said the same things, he’d be
viewed as left-wing fringe.”
Charles Dickens’s writing spoke to his
concerns about the social ills of England in
his time. However, there are a lot of Scrooges
still among us, Wall Street wheelers and
dealers who are now finding the finger of
guilt pointed at them as the world struggles
with the economic downturn. Gerald Dickens says, “‘A Christmas Carol’ was exceedingly relevant when it was written. That’s
why it was so successful.” Then, with a
somber tone totally erasing all the previous
laughter, he adds, “Today is it unbelievably
relevant to do.” (He stresses the word unbelievably.) “We haven’t actually moved on at
all.” In his writing, Dickens dealt with many
different issues. But thinking of today, Gerald wonders what his great great grandfather
would make of it all.
On a brighter note, “A Christmas Carol” is
generally noted to be the number one fundraising event for schools and non-profit the-
‘I have a different take on Scrooge. The important thing
about him is that he has to be recognizably the same
character at the end as he was at the beginning.’
Strictly Victorian: Gerald
Charles Dickens is the great,
great grandson of Charles
DIckens.
aters in America. I think Charles Dickens
would be pleased by that.
A Christmas Carol, Diocese of Trenton,
Villa Victoria Academy Theater, 376 West
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perform in his great-great-grandfather’s
classic tale. Benefit for Foundation for Student Achievement. Register. $25. 609-4067400 or www.dioceseoftrenton.org.
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If the Wish List is an E-List, Think Small & Portable
M
aybe you can’t take it
with you, but with today’s portable
digital devices you can come awfully close — from business documents to personal media collections. And with wireless connectivity to news and messages, it’s like
you never left any of it behind.
So are you checking out
portable devices for this holiday
season? The Consumer Electronics
Association (www.ce.org) hopes
so, and its annual holiday survey of
consumers shows that electronics
continue to be hot with consumers.
Last year’s holiday season was
clobbered by the collapsing economy, and the CEA sees consumers
still being frugal, projecting that
total spending on holiday gifts will
rise about 4 percent this year, to
$764 per household, still down
from $882 in 2007. But 29 percent
of that gift spending will be on consumer electronics products, up 8
percent from last year.
The CEA is projecting a 6-percent growth rate in CE unit sales
for fourth quarter 2009, compared
to the 6.3 percent loss last year.
This growth will be driven by computers and audio/video equipment
— especially portable devices.
Meet the Author:
Technology writer
Doug Dixon speaks
on the latest gadgets
and digital devices on
Tuesday, December
1, at 7 p.m. at the
Princeton Public Library. 609-924-8822.
by Douglas Dixon
The CE product holiday gift
wish list — devices that people
want to receive — is similar to last
year’s, but with new portable devices entering the top 10 lists for
both adults and teens. The wish list
for adults: notebook PCs, portable
media players, flat panel TVs,
video game systems, digital cameras, E-readers, iPhones, Blu-ray
disc players, desktop PCs, and
smartphones.
The teen wish list has even more
emphasis on portable devices, with
portable media players at the top,
mobile phones at number four,
portable game devices at seven,
and another new category, netbooks, at number nine.
Topping the list of CE products
people are planning to give as gifts
echoes these trends, so people
might actually be getting the gifts
they want.
The CEA reports that several
trends have emerged for holiday
shopping. There’s more focus on
CE products at mass merchants
(like Wal-Mart) instead of electronics stores, an effort to spread
out the “Black Friday” peak with
earlier and ongoing deals, and an
attempt to raise consumer spending by offering low-end and higher-functionality products, as well
as through aggressive bundling of
related products.
E-Book readers and more.
Portable media players and handheld gaming systems are fine for
quick web browsing, but the threeinch screens are not great for extended viewing, especially if you
are reading text. So E-Book readers like the Amazon Kindle feature
six to nine-inch screens, closer to
The Whole World At Hand: Cell phones
have evolved into all-encompassing
communications devices. Clockwise from
top left, the Archos 5, Apple iPhone, and
Motorola Droid.
the experience of reading an oldfashioned paper book (www.amazon.com/ kindle).
The Kindle with the six-inch
screen sells for $259 and holds
some 1,500 books in the size of a
tablet. The larger Kindle DX, for
$489, has a 9.7-inch screen and
holds 3,500 books.
The recently announced Barnes
& Noble Nook is a bit thicker and
heavier than the Kindle but adds a
3.5-inch color touchscreen display
below the E-Ink screen for control
and navigation, a microSD slot for
expansion storage, and a replaceable battery. Selling for $259, it’s
based on the Google Android platform (www.nook.com).
To expedite your purchase, and
avoid the pain of having to sync
books though a PC, the Kindle and
the Nook include a built-in cellular
modem (with Sprint and AT&T data service, respectively) that can
connect directly to the
bookstore servers to
browse and download
titles to preview and
buy. The service
comes with the device; there’s no additional
monthly
charge. The Nook also
adds Wi-Fi for faster
access, with free service at Barnes & Noble
stores.
One drawback with E-Book
readers, however, is the E-Ink
“electronic paper” display, where
the dark “ink” dots drawn on the
page remain until the display is rewritten — unlike LCD displays,
which need power to remain lit and
therefore are turned off when not in
use. As a result, the Kindle can run
on its battery for four days, or two
weeks with the wireless turned off.
But once you have an intelligent
portable device with a large display
and wireless service, it can perform
other useful functions. So while
the Kindle and Nook are not suitable for motion video, action
games, or color images, they do
have some general player features,
including displaying PDF files,
playing audiobooks and music, and
even basic web browsing, albeit
best for text-centric sites.
Amazon reports that the Kindle
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Books and Movies:
PSPgo, near right,
and Barnes & Noble’s
Nook, the hot-selling
E-book reader.
is the bestselling item across all 5 GB monthly allowance (5 cents
product categories on its website. per MB overage). Or you can pay
But like songs and movies on as you go with a DayPass plan at
iTunes and apps on the iPhone, the $15 for 24-hour access.
real action is in the online store. As
Netbooks for mobile. Yet anof November Amazon offers more other approach to finding computthan 360,000 books in the U.S. er-like functionality in a relatively
Kindle Store, including 101 of 112 inexpensive portable device is, of
New York Times bestsellers, as course, to use a computer. But you
well as more than 90 U.S. and in- pay a premium for squeezing high
ternational newspapers and maga- tech components into lightweight
zines.
laptops like the Apple MacBook
Barnes & Noble has more than a Air, which starts at $1,499
million titles available.
(www.apple.com/macbookair).
Both Amazon and Barnes & NoInstead, consumers are turning
ble are extending services from E- to a new category, the netbook,
Book devices to PCs (and Macs) which is easy to carry and easy to
and other portable devices, includ- connect to the Internet. They have
ing the iPhone, iPod touch, and larger screens than pocket devices
BlackBerry. Amazon automatical- plus a full keyboard, but trade for
ly syncs your bookmarks and last lower performance and capacity.
page read across devices so you Netbooks typically run Windows
can continue reading on what ever XP or Linux, with your favorite
device is handy at the moment, and typical applications, and are great
Barnes & Noble supports “digital for basic document editing, web
lending” of titles to friends across access, and E-mail. They’re also
the different platforms.
great for playing web videos but reIf, however, you are looking for ally are not designed for activities
a Nook for Christmas, you’re al- like 3D games or video editing.
ready too late. Barnes & Noble has
Netbooks are typically a third to
sold out of the reader and will not one half the size of traditional lapship them again until January 4.
tops, and weigh around two to four
Mobile broadband. As you be- pounds. They have smaller discome used to enjoying wireless plays, 7 to 10 inches, with adequate
connectivity, you’ll also become memory (1 GB) and storage (more
more aware of the limitations of like 10 to 100 GB). They typically
Wi-Fi — fighting to hold on to a use the Intel Atom processor, detable at the cofsigned speciffee shop, or findically for moing yourself desConsumer electronics
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can instead take
about connecadvantage of all
tivity, so they
those cellular phone towers scat- have Wi-Fi built in and typically altered across the country and sign so support mobile broadband servup for mobile broadband service. ice. However, this requires yet anYou basically are buying another other service contract with a cellucell phone with associated data lar carrier. Some carriers offer disservices, except the cellular con- counted netbooks, like they disnection is embedded in a smart- count other mobile phones, as long
phone or laptop or other peripheral, as you sign up for a long-term servsuch as a card for your laptop.
ice plan.
The best of both: Mobile WiSmartphones: Doing It All. If
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able from Verizon Wireless and in a pocket-potable device, then
Sprint, takes this idea one step fur- you really need a smartphone. But
ther by converting cellular broad- what is a smartphone? It’s phone
band service into a Wi-Fi hot spot plus Internet, connectivity and
(www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/m storage, text and multimedia, and
obilebroadband/?page=prod- more, all in one multi-tasking deucts_mifi). Just turn it on, and it vice.
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These devices are no longer priup to five simultaneous wireless marily defined as phones — neiconnections, including laptops and ther the Apple iPhone nor the Veriother portable devices. Getting on- zon Droid have dedicated phone
line couldn’t be easier — any Wi- keys. Instead you place calls from
Fi device can now be connected your contacts list and answer on the
anywhere.
touchscreen display.
The MiFi is tiny and light and is
More generally, smartphones
powered through the USB port, or are Internet communications deits battery for up to four hours of vices, with text messaging, instant
active use, 40 hours on standby. It’s messaging, E-mail, and now visual
available from Verizon Wireless voice mail. And they are PC refor $99 with a two-year service placements for Internet access,
plan.
with more devices adding Wi-Fi
However, while the cellular car- for enhanced web browsing and
riers offer “unlimited” service downloads, plus built-in GPS for
plans for voice calls and even some location-based maps and services.
smartphones, they are not thrilled
Smartphones are expected to be
about offering bottomless data media players — the iPhone
service for computers — users through iTunes, and others in less
could swamp the mobile network integrated ways — as well as meby watching streaming video or dia recorders with cameras and midownloading files all day. As a re- crophones. Plus the Internet consult, the Verizon mobile broadband nection opens up streaming media
data plans for the MiFi have serv- playback and uploading your own
ice caps, starting at $39.99 per media to share online.
month with a 250 MB monthly alHowever, some smartphones
lowance (and then 10 cents per MB have less emphasis on serving as
overage), or $59.99 a month with a personal digital assistants, with
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are actually clearly differentiated
for different target markets. Each
has significant lock-in that will not
make it easy for users to switch
platforms on a whim.
At a high-level view:
— The iPhone syncs with your
desktop iTunes media library and
is moving online with MobileMe;
— The Windows Mobile platform syncs with the familiar Windows desktop environment and is
getting more touch-friendly;
— The BlackBerry integrates
with enterprise back-end business
systems and is adding multimedia
for more personal uses;
— The Android platform syncs
with the Google online “cloud”
services and is adding business
support;
— The new Palm Pre/WebOS
platform is a re-think of the smartphone interface, and helps users
bridge and integrate across multiple online services.
These mobile devices are also
developer platforms, so the push
for signing up developers to build
third-party application software
has now extended from the desktop
(remember Windows vs. Macintosh?) to portable environments.
The next step in convergence is all
about the “apps.”
Apple’s strength is not just in the
sexy hardware. Its products also
come with dual ecosystems around
the iPhone and iPod touch, the
desktop integration with the iTunes
Store to organize and purchase music, movies, and TV shows, plus
the wireless integration with the
iPhone App Store to download free
and inexpensive software applications to customize your device
(www.apple.com/iphone/appstore).
Apple already has more than
100,000 applications available.
More than 50 million iPhone and
iPod touch users have downloaded
more than 2 billion apps. Competitors like Microsoft, Google, and
Palm are developing their own app
stores but are far behind.
S
o the Apple iPhone continues to define the category for
smartphones. It was upgraded in
June to the iPhone 3GS, with improved speed and performance,
hands-free voice control, and a
higher-res 3 megapixel autofocus
camera that now records video. It’s
a little bigger then the iPod touch
and is available with 16 GB for
$199 and 32 GB for $299.
Microsoft also updated its
smartphone platform in October to
Windows Mobile 6.5, now rebranded as Windows Phone in case
the PC connection was not clear
enough
(www.windowsphone.
com). Windows Phone is available
on a wide variety of hardware designs from many manufacturers,
with tools like Office Mobile to edit your documents, Media Player
Mobile for playing music and
video, and Internet Explorer Mobile for web browsing.
In addition, the new Microsoft
My Phone service syncs your
phone data to the web so it is
backed up and accessible if you
lose your phone or upgrade to a
new model (http://myphone.microsoft.com). Plus, you can use it to
find a misplaced phone, forcing it
to ring, locating it on a map, or even
wiping it remotely if it is truly lost.
While Windows Mobile 6.5 is a
step toward making the Windows
Phone platform more touch-friendly, the underlying tools still retain
the Windows desktop feel with
small menus and controls, so the
phones still include a stylus.
The latest innovation in the
smartphone market, however, is
the Verizon Wireless Droid smartphone from Motorola, which
shipped in November (www.droiddoes.com). This is the first phone
based on the updated Google Android 2.0 mobile phone software
platform (www.android.com). It’s
priced at $199 from Verizon, with a
new two-year agreement.
The Droid is a thicker, heavier
phone designed as a slider phone
with a full QWERTY keyboard, a
large 3.7-inch display at significantly higher resolution. There also is a 5 megapixel camera with
LED flash.
Droid includes integrated Wi-Fi
for fast communications and
browsing and GPS for locationaware searching and mapping —
including free real-time turn-byturn Google Maps Navigation. The
Android 2.0 platform also supports
fully integrated voice search and
real multi-tasking. For example,
applications download quietly in
the background as you continue using the device.
The Android platform is focused
on sync-ing to your life online in
the Google cloud, with Gmail and
Google Contacts and Calendar.
Version 2.0 also extends to more
traditional business uses (multiple
accounts, Exchange support).
However, the Droid is missing
common functionality that will be
expected by people interested in
switching from PDA phone platforms like Windows Mobile and
Palm. Particularly glaring are the
absence of out-of-the-box support
for sync-ing desktop data and files
(as in Outlook and Office documents), and limited media player
support, with no built-in support
for managing and sync-ing media
as we’re used to from iTunes.
Convergence. This year all that
talk about “convergence” has real-
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ly come to fruition in portable devices, but at an entirely new level:
the introduction of apps — hundreds of thousands of them, available to customize your device,
many even for free. Your portable
device could be a stand-alone multi-function powerhouse, but it’s actually being more entangled with
integration with other data and
services and app marketplaces.
This is good news for consumers in terms of choosing and
customizing the one device that
can do it all. And it’s good for manufacturers and service providers,
encouraging you to lock-in to their
platforms as you become more enamored with specific apps and connected to their services.
The lock-in is further strengthened to the extent that you buy
copy-protected content, from Ebooks to music to videos, that
might be no longer accessible on
your future platforms.
So it’s no longer just a question
of which device, it’s also a question
of which services — which ecosystems — make sense for you.
Desktop sync-ing with Outlook
/ Exchange, media management
and purchases through iTunes,
and/or interfacing online with the
Google cloud? It’s your data, your
life, your interests, that you can organize, carry, and access wherever
and whenever you need them.
Wireless Internet for personal
media players. Clearly, portable
media players have retained their
broad popularity, as they have extended from MP3 music players, to
video players, to even more multifunction devices. And portable devices are going wireless with Wi-Fi
connectivity, with more open support for accessing information and
media over the Internet, instead of
having to download and sync from
a PC.
The Apple iPod Nano is the exemplar of a small video player, in
an amazingly sleek and colorful
package. But the new Nano, introduced in September, breaks Apple’s image of simplicity by piling
on advanced features previous
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Answering the Call from God – And Many Mortals, Too
T
by Jamie Saxon
he day after Christmas
last year the Vatican announced its
debut iPhone app — an electronic
version of the Breviary (Catholic
prayers and readings) in five languages. Monsignor Paul Tighe,
secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications told the Associated Press
that the church is “learning to use
the new technologies primarily as a
tool or as a means of evangelizing,
as a way of being able to share its
own message with the world.” Less
than a month later the Vatican announced a deal with Google, which
owns YouTube, giving the Pope his
own YouTube channel. According
to digitaljournal.com, viewers can
watch the Pope pontificate at various church events.
At about the same time Monsignor Walter Nolan, right, the 76year-old pastor at St. Paul’s
Catholic Church on Nassau Street,
was tiring of going through cell
phone after cell phone, thanks to
the chewing frenzies of his chocolate lab puppy, Toby. When his
phone contract was up, Nolan says,
“I figured with all the running
around I do, I’d do much better
with a BlackBerry.” Now he’s
plugged in 24/7 and can check his
two E-mail accounts wherever he
is, and just as importantly, check
his two favorite sports websites,
ESPN and the Mets.
He also checks the daily news
bulletins and Catholic News USA
headlines. As a member of a national priest conference, he uses his
BlackBerry to “swap thoughts”
with other priests. A self-described
collector of stories, Nolan often
tucks away stories he has read on
his BlackBerry, perhaps to be used
later in a homily or sermon.
For Nolan, who rises at 5:30
a.m. every day (often having been
called in the middle of the night to
attend to a sick or dying parishioner), life can be hectic: “I’ll be at
a big meeting on Friday, then hop a
plane to South Carolina to be part
of an ordination of a priest I know,
then fly back Saturday night to do
two masses at St. Paul’s, then I’ll be
in a car to Manalapan to be part of a
friend’s installation as a pastor. I
could not be comfortable doing
that without the BlackBerry.”
Last year — for Catholics, the
year of St. Paul — Bishop John
Smith of the Trenton diocese invited Nolan and several other priests
on a 10-day trip to Turkey and
Greece to follow St. Paul’s steps
and visit historical sites pertaining
to the saint. “I used it more or less
as a retreat,” says Nolan. “The nice
thing was that my staff could get a
hold of me, ask any question they
wanted to. It was almost like I wasn’t even gone, in terms of making
decisions. I set meetings up. I didn’t miss a beat.”
On the trip he took full advantage of his Blackberry’s international capabilities and also texted
back and forth with colleagues and
parishioners — and his sister, who
lives in their hometown of Jersey
City. When he returned he put all
his photos of the trip on a digital
photo frame, which automatically
scrolls through the photos, on the
side table in his office.
Just last week, one of his parishioners, a member of Jasna Polana,
finally convinced Nolan to join
him in a round of golf, after bug-
ging him for ages. “I don’t normally like to take time away from here,
but I could do that [because of the
BlackBerry].” It turned out that on
that day, Nolan was in the middle
of handling a crisis with a parishioner and had several phone calls
and E-mails out to people to help.
“Around about the 16th hole —
case solved, situation resolved.”
Nolan grew up in Jersey City,
where his father was a steam fitter
and his mom stayed at home. He
graduated from Fordham University with a degree in pharmacy in
1954. He was a pharmacist for
many years until he decided to go
to divinity school.
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He has spent his entire religious
career in the area, starting out as a
priest at St. Gregory’s in Hamilton.
He then became chaplain at Notre
Dame High School in Lawrenceville (where the football field
is named after him), then chaplain
at Rider University, then priest personnel director for the diocese. In
1997, after the priest at St. Paul’s
died, he was asked to come to
Princeton. “Well, asked isn’t really
the right word,” says Nolan. “The
bishop tells you.”
Nolan knows he has to bump up
his technology quotient to stay
with the times. He uses a GPS and
his BlueTooth in the car and sets
the alarm on his BlackBerry to
make sure he leaves for meetings
and appointments on time. There’s
a camera set up in the choir loft and
the church videotapes a mass each
weekend and sends it to the Princeton Care Center, a nursing home.
“We now have a website —
everything’s on that website — and
we’re thinking about more things,
maybe putting homilies and sermons on Facebook and Twitter.”
He says young people are so used
to E-mail, for example, that they
barely even use the phone anymore. “I’ll get an E-mail from
someone who wants to get married
and then two weeks later they call
and say, ‘When’s our first appointment?’”
Nolan might not have an E-mail
address for God in his BlackBerry’s address book, but he came up
with something just as good. A
couple of Christmas Eves ago,
Nolan hatched the brilliant idea of
having someone call him in the
middle of the children’s service,
when all the children are gathered
up front. When Nolan’s BlackBerry rings he says to the kids, “Hold
on, let me get this. Hello?” Then he
covers the receiver and stage whispers to the kids, “It’s God!”
He says their eyes get as big as
saucers. Nolan then proceeds to tell
God that a whole lot of very good
children are right in front of him.
He pulls out several of their “ways
I’ve been good this year” messages, which the kids have handwritten on little pieces of paper and
tucked under the baby Jesus on a
pillow, and reads them into the
phone. Even when Nolan’s saying
mass or hearing confessions, he’s
never far from the virtual world. “I
just put my BlackBerry on vibrate.”
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found only in competitive products (www.apple.com/ipodnano).
This fifth-generation update
adds a slightly larger screen (from
2 inches to 2.2) with 8 GB of storage for $149, or 16 GB for $179.
But then Apple pours in more
functions — somehow squeezing
in a microphone and speakers, FM
radio, a video (but not photo) camera, and even a pedometer.
You can’t ask for much more in
a small player, but with a slightly
larger package you can get a bigger
and more readable screen, trade in
the dedicated control pad for a
touch-screen interface, and add
Wi-Fi wireless connectivity to access and download online content.
For example, the new Microsoft
Zune HD, introduced in October,
features a bright 3.3-inch touchscreen OLED display, with a new
full-screen Internet browser
(www.zune.net/zunehd). You also
can download and stream music
over Wi-Fi, and download games
and other applications.
The new Zune now supports
digital HD Radio. However, the
“HD” in the name actually is for
the new support for downloading
HD video — although viewing the
video in full HD requires a separate AV Dock accessory connected
to your HDTV. The new Zune is a
bit bigger and heavier and is available with 16 GB for $219 and 32
GB for $289.
And there’s the Apple iPod
Touch, also refreshed in September to its third generation. This is
basically an iPhone without the
phone (or camera), with a 3.5-inch
touchscreen display good for
browsing the web over Wi-Fi
(www.apple.com/ipodtouch). It’s
still pocket-sized, with 8 GB for
$199, 32 GB for $299, and the new
64 GB for $399.
Once you’re using these devices for significant web browsing, a larger display can help replace your laptop, at least on some
trips. For example, the Archos 5
Internet Tablet, introduced in November, has a 4.8-inch touchscreen display, so you get a much
better view of web pages (www.archos.com/products/imt/archos_5it). It’s available with
32 GB of flash memory for $379,
and with a hard drive with 160 GB
for $399 or up to 500 GB for $499.
Handheld Game Systems.
While media players have evolved
into wireless web devices and are
adding downloadable applications
for fun and gaming, there is another class of devices that is converging from a different direction —
portable game systems like the
Nintendo DS and Sony PSP families that are also portable media
players with wireless access.
The new Sony PSPgo has a 3.8inch display that slides to access
the PSP gaming controls, in a
smaller size than the previous
PlayStation Portable designs. It’s
priced at $249 (www.us.playstation.com/PSP).
The dual-screen Nintendo DSi
is smaller than the PSPgo, but features two 3.2-inch screens plus
two low-res cameras, and is priced
at $169 (www.nintendodsi.com).
These systems have built-in WiFi and support web access, but are
obviously more focused on wireless gaming with others. But the
real value in wireless is to link you
with the associated Sony and Nintendo online stores for buying media and games.
Handheld game systems are for
more than just the kids — if you’re
an gamer dreading a long plane
flight, these devices go beyond
media players to offer commercial
game titles and dedicated gaming
controls that can make your trip
pass much more quickly.
Accessories for Portable Devices
B
luetooth Headsets. Since
smartphones are so much more
than a phone, it’s a shame to hold
them up to your face to talk when
you could be checking your calendar at the same time. So get yourself a Bluetooth headset and keep
talking without tying up your
hands.
Today’s Bluetooth headsets
have very impressive noise reduction capabilities, using dual microphones to separate your voice from
the background, wind screens for
outdoor use, and sophisticated digital signal processing. You actually
can stand near a noisy fan, running
water, or between trains, and your
caller will hear only your voice,
even sounding fairly natural in not
too hostile conditions.
And you’ll typically find that
you no longer need to hold the
headset in place with an earloop, or
with an earplug rooted in your ear
canal — new earbud designs have
an attached loop that gently nestles
into the folds of your outer ear for a
more comfortable fit.
You can choose from a broad array of designs, from fun to functional, compact to more accessible.
For example, the Aliph Jawbone
Prime features an “invisible” button design with a subtle texture, in
vivid “Ear Candy” colors as a
lifestyle statement for all-day users
($129, www.jawbone.com).
The Jabra BT530 has a straightforward design with clearly
marked controls that are great for
occasional users ($79, www.jabra.com).
The Plantronics Discovery 975
with boom mic extension to get
closer to your voice includes a protective case that doubles as a booster battery for long road trips ($129,
www.plantronics.com), while the
Plantronics Voyager PRO has a
retro over-ear design with boom
mic and the electronics in a pod behind the ear, for comfortable longterm use in an office or on the road
($99).
Sharing your music and
videos. These portable devices
make great personal media players
but aren’t so useful for sharing the
fun. They have tiny speakers and
small screens that are les visible
off-angle. Even a laptop is not
good for viewing by more than a
few people.
So carry your own pocket-size
projector like the second-generation 3M MPro120 Pocket Projector. This projects an image from 8
to 50 inches diagonal (up to 3 1/2
feet away). At 10 to 12 lumens it’s
bright enough to see in the light
and includes a built-in speaker.
You can hook up to a laptop (with
VGA), analog video (component
A/V), or to iPods with a separate
cable ($349, 3mmpro.com).
The similar Optima PK102 Pico
Projector adds internal memory to
store photos and videos ($249,
www.optomausa.com).
You also can boost your audio
with portable speakers. For example, the Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker is a cylinder around 3 3/8 inches
wide and is available with an audio
connector, or in a USB version for
laptops ($39 / $49, www.alteclansing.com). LaCie USB/FireWire
Speakers provide 1 watt each of
stereo sound for laptops in a curvy
design powered over USB or
FireWire ($29-$79, www.lacie.com).
Even power goes wireless. Our
increasing dependence on portable
gadgets has a downside — all the
different power adapters and cables required to keep them
charged. More devices now use
USB as a standard connector for
data interfacing and power, which
at least reduces the need to drag
along custom connectors.
Listen Here: The Altec Lansing Orbit
Speaker packs a
huge audio punch in
a little package.
Of course, there are three USB
connectors — full-size (on laptops), mini (on some players and
phones), and micro (on Bluetooth
headsets), so you’ll need cables for
each. But with USB wall adapters
and car adapters, as well as USBbased portable batteries, things are
getting at least a little simpler.
Yet if everything else is going
wireless, why not power? We’re
not talking about pulling energy
out of the air, or beaming voltage
around. The idea is that you can
just sit your device down on the
table and it charges, without the
muss and fuss of wires and connectors.
Sound good? Well, we’re not
quite there yet, but several companies are on the path. The first products have a charging mat that you
plug in the conventional way, plus
compatible sleeve adapters that
you attach to your portable devices. They also include universal
adapters with micro USB interfaces.
Powermat
(www.powermatusa.com) uses magnetic induction
technology, so your device snaps
into position on the mat. The Wildcharge system, available as the Duracell MyGrid, uses conduction
technology with direct contact
(www.duracell.com/us/mygrid).
These typically charge at the same
rate as the device’s own charger.
And no, they don’t spark if you
put metal on them, or fry you if you
touch them.
Of course, these products use incompatible technologies, so there
will be a shake-out period in the
market as the companies push to
get their technology built directly
into portable devices. Someday
we’ll expect everything from conference room tables to kitchen
counters to supply power.
Portable storage and the
cloud. All these devices depend on
flash memory to provide storage
that is lightweight and relatively
inexpensive for significant capacity. Many also provide a memory
card slot for additional storage,
with postage-stamp SD cards for
cameras and fingernail microSD
for phones and players.
Memory cards also come in
more expensive higher-speed versions, but these are only needed if
your device requires such performance, for example for recoding HD
video or shooting bursts of highres photos. And the new SDXC
(eXtended Capacity) format promises even higher capacities, up to 2
terabytes.
Another portable device, the
USB “thumb” drive, has replaced
floppy disks and CDs as convenient portable storage for backup
and sharing. New “system in package” technology has squeezed all
the electronic components into a
single miniaturized sealed unit, so
USB drives like the Verbatim Tuff’N’-Tiny can fit 8 GB in half the
size of an SD card (around $29,
www.verbatim.com). Or to carry
your storage more conventionally,
the LaCie iamaKey is a standardsize metal key with a USB interface on the end, holding up to 32
GB for $99 (www.lacie.com).
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Life in the Fast Lane
C
apacity LLC, an order
fulfillment firm based in North
Brunswick’s warehouse and distribution hub, is growing and consolidating in one fell swoop.
On November 19 the company
announced that it had signed a twoyear lease for the entire facility at
1101 Corporate Road. The 130,275
square-foot warehouse, built in
1980, sits on 11 acres.
Arlen Fish, Capacity’s CFO and
one of its four founders, said the
deal shores up space for the company’s growing business, directly
next to where it opened its doors in
2000. Capacity is not moving, it is
just consolidating its three buildings into a contiguous space.
Fish said the move allows Capacity to grow in the future without
having to move. Just a few years
ago Capacity had fewer than 150
workers, counting full-time and
temporary help. Today the company employs more than 40 full-time
and 150 temps daily.
Fish credits the doddering economy with allowing his company to
grow. In such an economy, he said,
companies re-think their outsourced warehouse space and try to
streamline their operations. Capacity leases four warehouse facilities,
all in the North Brunswick area,
typically to companies in need of
maximizing warehouse space.
A typical example is the company’s first client, NetGrocer.com,
which had a warehouse with 30foot ceilings, but was only utilizing
eight feet. According to co-founder
and chief strategic officer Tom
Campbell, the Capacity consolidated NetGrocer’s inventory and
leased out the remaining space to
others.
Such refinements come part and
parcel to a bad economy, but Fish
said that Capacity’s business has
improved for good reasons too.
“We cater to small and mid-size
companies. Occasionally one of
them breaks out and moves beyond
that size, and that fosters our
growth too.”
In general, Capacity is set up to
serve clients that, at the low end,
ship half a dozen items to consumers every day and ship a few
orders a week to businesses,
Campbell said. Its speciality is
“pick and pack” business, where
individual items are received from
a vendor and sent, often just one, or
several, at a time to consumers or
to boutiques.
“People use us as a cost-savings
measure,” said Fish, a former senior associate with JP Morgan
Chase, who earned his bachelor’s
in accounting from Wisconsin and
his MBA from NYU.
Scott Belfer, Lou Belfer, and
Mindy Lissner of CB Richard Ellis
represented the sublandlord.John
Maloney of CB Richard Ellis represented Capacity.
Capacity LLC, 1112 Corporate
Road, Monmouth Junction
08852; 732-745-7770; fax,
732-745-0450. Jeff Kaiden,
CEO.
www.capacityllc.com.
Grants Received
Thomas Edison State College, 101 West State Street,
Trenton 08608-1176; 888442-8372; fax, 609-9848447. George A. Pruitt, president. www.tesc.edu.
TESC, which specializes in distance learning, has received a
$250,000 grant from the federal
Department of Education to expand the ways in which college
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courses are delivered. The school
will use the two-year grant to integrate cloud computing — Internetbased applications that can be accessed anywhere at any time — into its course system, and lessen
technical issues for students.
The school expects to develop
40 new courses, configured for delivery via flash drives, by 2011.
TESC introduced flash drive,
which allows students without
steady access to a computer to finish assignments offline and link up
to submit them.
College president George Pruitt
said the grant allows TESC to deliver its courses to students “all
over the world, even where broadband Internet access is limited.”
TESC has hundreds of students
who live in remote rural areas and
who serve abroad in the military.
Pruitt said the college is developing a second-generation of flash
drive-based courses that use cloud
computing technologies to store
course content for mobile students.
The goal is to develop programs
that can be accessed on the students’ schedules.
Henry van Zyl, the college’s
vice provost of directed independent adult learning, said the grant
will make the school “able to reach
a level of flexibility and access that
is unprecedented, and that goes beyond recreating the online experience in an offline setting.”
PD/LD Inc. (Photo DiodeLaser Diode), 30-B Pennington-Hopewell Road, Pennington 08534; 609-5647900; fax, 609-564-7901.
Vladimir Ban, president.
www.pd-ld.com.
PD-LD, a Pennington-based developer of photonics and diode
technology, has received a
$495,000 grant from the Edison Innovation Clean Energy Fund to develop a Raman solar analyzer,
which will be used to improve the
manufacturing of solar cell panels
and evaluate existing panels to ensure optimum efficiency.
The analyzer will evaluate solar
cell materials in solar cell panels
and assess their structure, composition, and uniformity. PD-LD
plans to develop the analyzer over
the next 18 months
Acquisitions
NexMed (USA) Inc. (NEXM),
89 Twin Rivers Drive, East
Windsor 08520; 609-3718123; fax, 609-426-9116. Vivian Liu, CEO. Home page:
www.nexmed.com.
NexMed, a developer of transdermal and topical drugs, announced on November 23 that it
will acquire San Diego-based contract research organization BioQuant for $21.1 million by year’s
end. NexMed is the developer of
Alprox-TD and Femprox creams
for ED and female sexual arousal
disorder, respectively.
Bio-Quant conducts research
for in vitro and in vivo drug discovery, as well as pre-clinical development services. The deal is expected
to give NexMed a revenue generator and outlet for its testing.
Bassam Damaj, co-founder of
Bio-Quant, will become CEO of
NexMed, replacing Vivian Liu.
Liu, who became NexMed’s CEO
in 2007, will stay on as executive
vice president, and lead the business development and licensing efforts for the firm’s clinical programs. Mark Westgate will remain
as NexMed’s CFO.
The deal is awaiting NexMed
shareholder approval.
New in Town
Strayer University, 3150
Brunswick Pike, Suite 100,
Crossroads Corporate Center, Lawrenceville 08648;
609-406-7600; fax, 609-7718636. Michael Volpe, campus
dean. www.strayer.edu.
The national college, with more
than 70 campuses catering to
working adults, has opened a campus in Lawrenceville.
The school offers bachelor’s degree programs in high demand
technical and business fields such
as accounting and information systems, plus an MBA program.
The campus’ dean is Michael
Volpe, a human relations and communications professional who began his career as an assistant manager and training manager at
Chemical Bank in 1982. Volpe,
who holds a bachelor’s in American history and a Ph.D. in communications from Temple, plus a master’s in classics from Penn State,
has worked as a consultant and customer service professional at more
than a dozen companies.
OmniComm Systems (OMCM), 1100 Cornwall Road,
Suite 111, Monmouth Junction 08852; 732-960-2820.
Ken Light, general manager.
www.omnicomm.com.
OmniComm Systems, the Florida-based developer of data capture
software for the pharmaceutical
and bioscience industries, has
opened an office in Monmouth
Junction.
According to Ken Light, general
manager, the facility will offer
training, project management,
software development, customer
care, and consulting services. The
location, says Light, puts the company equidistant from Rutgers’
New Brunswick campuses and
Princeton University. “This office
gives us access to the broad pool of
clinical research and technology
professionals,” he says.
Light is a graduate of SUNY
Binghamton, where he received
his bachelor’s in accounting in
1980. He also holds a master’s in
computer science from Fairleigh
Dickinson. A veteran of the lifesciences industry, Light has also
held positions at BusinessEdge Solutions and Oracle.
OmniComm is the developer of
TrialMaster, a software that allows
clinical trial sponsors to collect,
send, and analyze patient histories,
dosages, and adverse events.
Name Changes
Omnivest Group, 47 Hulfish
Street, Suite 210, Princeton
08542; 609-986-1007; fax,
609-921-1731. Tom Sowanick and Frits Besselaar, copresidents. Home page:
www.omnivestgrp.com.
Clearbrook Partners, a wealth
management firm for high-net
worth clients that was once part of
Clearbrook Financial, is now an independent firm with a new name.
OmniVest split from Clearbrook
Financial at 600 College Road East
in March, but has kept the same
personnel, according to service
manager Ruby Schmidt.
Frits Besselaar and Tom Sowanick are co-presidents of the firm.
Besselaar holds a bachelor’s in international relations from the University of Richmond and a master’s
in real estate development and finance from Columbia. In 1991 he
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(Near Princeton Medical Center and
RWJ Hospital): $3200/month. Re/Max
of Princeton 609-452-1887/609-9020709 (Ali).
2nd Floor Office Condo in Montgomery Knoll: 500 sq. ft. 2 offices with
reception area. Call 609-924-9214.
194 Nassau Street, 953 sq. ft. office
for lease. Reception area, three offices,
kitchen, storage, private restroom, single parking space included. Please call
609-921-6060 for details.
Downsizing? Expanding? Montgomery Knoll: Route 206, Skillman.
1500 sq. ft., newly painted, new carpet,
move-in condition. 7 offices plus ample
secretarial space, kitchen, copy room,
(2) half baths, great parking, principals
only. Call 212-223-0404.
East Windsor, Route 130. 1 or 2 person office in professional building $375
per month. Call 609-730-0575.
OFFICE RENTALS
OFFICE RENTALS
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
For Rent: 1140 Sq. foot office/warehouse space in Bordentown, NJ area.
Please call 609-298-7667 to inquire.
Hamilton: 1,895 SF office space for
lease, consisting of four offices, conference room, two work stations and reception area. Close to RWJ University Hospital and Capital Health Systems.
Please call 609-924-8100 for details.
Montgomery Knoll, one two-window office for rent. Check www.he-realty.com for more info.
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 - Psychotherapy Office:
Available Mondays. Large office (20 x
founded Princeton Investment Advisors to invest the assets of his
family, which founded one of the
first pharmaceutical contract research organizations in Princeton.
Sowanick, who also is the firm’s
CIO, once served as CIO of the Private Client Group at Merrill Lynch,
where he also was in charge of
global macro research. He earned
his bachelor’s in economics and literature from American University,
and pursued graduate studies in
economics from the same school.
Crosstown Moves
ProFACT Proteomics, 1 Deer
Park Drive, Monmouth Junction 08852; 732-246-1190;
fax, 732-246-3118. David
Golub, CEO. www.profactproteomics.com.
ProFACT Proteomics, an earlystage cancer drug developer, has
moved from the EDA’s Commercialization Center for New Technologies to Deer Park Drive.
The company applies proprietary proteomics technology — the
large-scale study of proteins — toward the development of therapeutics, diagnostics, and medicines
principally for cancer.
ProFACT was founded in 2004
by David Golub, former CEO of
LigoChem Inc.; COO Matthew
Kuruc, former president of Affinity
Technologies who holds a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from
Rutgers; and Swapan Roy, the
firm’s chief science officer.
Leaving Town
PDQ Press, 43 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Princeton Junction; 609-799-2800..
15), elegantly furnished, in prof office
building at 1000 Herrontown Road.
$250/month. Contact: Dr. Washton,
awashton@gmail.com, 917-699-7882.
Princeton Junction: Prof. Office
space in highly visible spot near trains.
All utilities/maintenance included in rent,
except electric. Units from $450 to
$2330 per month. Call Ali at Re/max of
Princeton 609-452-1887 or cell 609902-0709.
Princeton Prof. Office Park, off
Route One. 600 sq. ft. Fully furnished
and equipped. Perfect for professional
organizations, shared use considered,
$995. Call 732-329-1601 for details.
Quaint professional building in
Lawrenceville: 600 sq. ft. office on first
floor; private entrance, ample parking,
Lawrenceville-Pennington
Road.
Please call 609-896-1442/e-mail maryjeannictakis@verizon.net.
Single-room ground floor office in
Princeton, Nassau Street, for sublease
by primary lessee. 13x8 feet overall,
partially furnished if desired by renter.
Available immediately. $400/month.
Ralph at 609-529-9027.
CLASSIFIED BY EMAIL
class@princetoninfo.com
Commercial printer PDQ Press
has merged with Fenn Four Press
and moved its operations to
Philadelphia. The Princeton Junction telephone number still works.
Deaths
Richard Feldman, 66, on November 21. He was a podiatrist for
30 years with offices in Philadelphia, Hamilton, and Ewing.
Vincent Fanelli, 43, on November 21. He was a chemist at Firmenich from 2000 to 2005.
James Crowley, 79, on November 18. Crowley worked in the administrations of presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson and
was chief executive of the
Delaware Valley United Way.
Constantine Pavlides, 62, on
November 17. He was the founder
of the Greater Philadelphia Senior
Executive Group, a networking
group that meets at the Princeton
Hyatt, and former CEO of StrikeForce Technologies in Edison.
Richard Albert, 63, on November 17. He served as supervising
engineer of the Delaware River
Basin Commission from 1975 to
2000. In 2000 he became restoration director for the Delaware
Riverkeeper Network. He also ran
Albert Scientific, which markets a
stream pebble classification tool..
Warren Simmons, 82, on November 15. A retired executive for
R.H. Macy & Co., he served on the
boards of McCarter Theater, the
New Jersey Symphony, the
Blairstown Project, and the Dean’s
Advisory Board at Rider.
Ward Campbell, 56, on November 12. He was a science
teacher in the Princeton School
District and an environmental project manager for brownfield redevelopment in New Jersey.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
U.S. 1 Classifieds
OFFICE RENTALS
Sublease Large Private Office. In
Princeton Commerce Center (near MarketFair). $495/mo plus share of utilities.
609-734-0004 or 609-977-7111.
SUBLEASE: Princeton Forrestal Village, 2,300 sq. ft., furnished, available
immediately entirely or willing to share,
George 310-924-1696.
Wellness Center of Bordentown:
7x10.5 SF space for rent. Call for details.
609-903-6762 or 609-324-2900.
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
NEWTOWN/YARDLEY, PA: Fine,
custom art gallery. 18 years established.
Dixie Curtice, Broker/Sales Associate,
Weidel Realtors, Cell: 215-499-4629.
PRINCETON
PREMIER
Art/Photo/Frame Shop, turn-key, highvolume, ideal location. Financing. Dixie
Curtice, Broker/Sale Associates, Cell:
215-499-4629.
INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unique Rental Space zoning (I3), ordinance passed for retail and recreation
activities, ample parking all utilities, one
1200’, one 2000’, one 2500’ one 3600’,
and one 10,000. Located at 325 and 335
New Road, Monmouth Junction. Call
Harold 732-329-2311.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
HAMILTON FLEX WAREHOUSE Hard to find small flex spaces at CHEAP
pricing. 1800 - 15,000 SF. Fresh new
spaces in great location @ Rte
1/295/95.
High
ceilings/loading
docks/drive-in. Brian @ 609 731 0378 or
brushing@firstprops.com.
HAMILTON OFFICE- 2,000 sf loft office for $1795/mo plus utilities! Skylights, windows, lots of light, open floor
plan, great location. Also, 500-2,100 SF
of first-floor space. WILL NOT LAST must see! CHEAP! Brian @ 609 731
0378 or brushing@firstprops.com.
LAMBERTVILLE RETAIL / OFFICE /
FLEX. Several spaces available from
500 - 4,000 SF. Prime location, tons of
parking, bright storefront spaces with
upgrades throughout at BARGAIN lease
rates! MUST SEE! Brian @ 609 731
0378 or brushing@firstprops.com.
Princeton address at Carnegie
Center. Executive office with separate
entrance. Inviting reception area with
spacious storage closet. Beautifully
landscaped office park. 15-month sublet. $1,700 per month. 748 sq ft. Contact:
Louise Gray, 212-727-1444.
STUDIO SPACE
Studio space in Wellness Center
for classes, workshops, groups, etc.
19 ft. x 19 ft., high ceiling, lots of natural
light. $30 per hour. Kingston. Call 609468-1286.
HOUSING FOR RENT
Country Setting: 1 possibly 2-bedroom apartment for rent. Duplex. Newly
renovated. Internet cable ready. $1,100
per month. Call for appointment: 732207-8373.
Princeton Ranch: 3 BR, LR, FR, DR,
office, laundry, A/C. Remodeled, great
location,
Littlebrook
School.
$2,750/best offer. 973-683-1113.
Two bedroom apartment. W/D. Very
convenient to Princeton Junction train
station and Route 1. Located on Washington Road. $950 plus utilities. Available 12/15. 609-252-1111 or 609-9158787.
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Buy Bank-Owned Properties: Free
list with photos and strategies to save
money.
www.seizedpropertycheap.com. RE/MAX Tri County.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Investment/Vacation Property for
Sale: Vermont condo with spectacular
views of Stratton and surrounding
mountains in the year-round resort area
INVESTMENT
PROPERTY
of Manchester. 3 bedrooms+ loft. Low
taxes, fully furnished, a great get-away!
$290,000. clamshell54@yahoo.com.
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
House & office cleaning. Princeton,
Hopewell, W. Windsor areas. References, free estimates. Barbara: 609394-5934 or 609-933-6701.
Office & Home Cleaning. Professional cleaning, no job is too small!
Background check available. Call 908635-4992 or spotsout@live.com.
Patty’s Cleaning Service: Serving
Plainsboro,
the
Windsors,
the
Brunswicks, and Brandon Farms since
1978. Thorough, honest, and reliable.
Free estimate. 609-397-2533.
Quality Commercial Cleaning: We
offer great office cleaning, good rates
and most of all, good quality of work. We
are insured and bonded. For a free estimate, please call Lidia, 609-989-7799.
Window Washing: Lolio Window
Washing. Also gutter cleaning and power washing. 609-271-8860.
HOME MAINTENANCE
Handyman: Electrical, plumbing, any
projects around the house. 609-2756631.
Man With A Van Service: Pick-up and
delivery service, small local moves, and
light hauling. Serving Mercer County and
nearby areas 7 days a week. Reliable,
courteous and professional service at
reasonable rates. Call: 609-512-7248.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Bookkeeper/Administrative Specialist: Versatile & experienced professional will gladly handle your bookkeeping and/or administrative needs. Many
services available. Reasonable rates.
Work done at your office or mine. Call
Debra @ 609-448-6005 or visit www.vyours.com.
Unique Virtual Assistance: We offer
services to streamline your business
chaos, virtually. www.uniquevirtualassistance.com. 1-877-472-8817.
Virtual Assistant assisting clients
worldwide. Reports typed, transcription,
E-mails, calendar mgmt, concierge
services & more. www.executivesonthego.com
saniyyah@executivesonthego.com 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
Any problems with computer, network, Internet? Repair, install, on-site
services. Call 732-710-7416 any time.
Computer Service: Computer repair,
computer training (offer senior discount), data recovery, free estimate.
Cell: 609-213-8271.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bookkeeping Services for Your
Bottom Line: QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
Call Joan today at Kaspin Associates,
609-490-0888.
TAX SERVICES
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, 609-448-4284.
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WEST WINDSOR - 950-3200 SF
HEALTH
Office / R&D / Warehouse
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 609-4038403.
Massage Therapy: 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: 609-520-0050. (Princeton off
Route 1 Behind “Pep Boys Auto.”)
Wellness Center of Bordentown:
Stressed over the holidays? Treat yourself to a therapeutic massage. Gift certificates available. $10 off first-time
clients! 609-324-2900.
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.
INSTRUCTION
ADHD Coaching- Reach your fullest
potential. Adults challenged by problems of focus, attention, impulsivity, disorganization, starting and completing
tasks, time management, forgetfulness,
procrastination. Our experienced, certified Princeton-area coaches can help
you find effective strategies and tools.
Call Homer Mullins at 404-387-1400 or
hmullins@odysseycoaches.com;
http://www.odysseycoaches.com.
• Immediate Occupancy
• Flexible Lease Terms
• Ample parking
• Walk to restaurants
• Expansion potential
William Barish
bbarish@cpnrealestate.com
609-921-8844
www.cpnrealestate.com
★
Commercial Property Network, Inc.
We Have a Place For Your Company
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NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Richard K. Rein
So what’s the excuse this time? It can’t be
raking leaves — we know that from last time
.We suspect it might have something to do with
that 25th anniversary reception held Tuesday
night at Tre Piani restaurant. We can only hope
that the boss took advantage of the moment
to thank all the readers who attended in person.
And we will take this opportunity to thank
the rest of you, who make this all possible.
Home for Sale - Princeton address
Employment Exchange
HELP WANTED
JOBS WANTED
Loan Originators Needed: $3,000$5,000/Month potential income. No experience needed - full training provided.
No license required - earn while you
learn. Work toward ownership - part
time/full time. Call today 1-800-7897943.
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, 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).
Looking for Part Time waiter for Indian restaurant in Princeton NJ, daily 69 p.m., call 646-596-5456.
Property Inspectors: Part-time
$30k, full-time $80k. No experience, will
train. Call Tom, 609-731-3333.
Real Estate Sales: No Experience
Needed, Free Training, License Info
Available.
Weidel
Realtors.
careers@weidel.com, 800-288-7653
x260, www.weidel.com.
CAREER SERVICES
Job Worries? Let Dr. Sandra Grundfest, licensed psychologist and certified
career counselor, help you with your career goals and job search skills. Call
609-921-8401 or 732-873-1212 (License #2855)
JOBS WANTED
3BR, 2.5 baths. Cool, creative & very unique home in mature Nelson Ridge
Community, off Cherry Valley & Carter. Wrapped in trees, stone drive, new
4BR septic, new 20 year hardy-plank siding, windows, recent roof. Both
sides w/brick & beam exterior. Home conveys barn-like impression, 2-car
garage. Interior w/brick & beam/2 sides, wide plank HW floors throughout.
2-story LR w/floor to ceiling glass wall, open plan main floor, 2 story brick FP,
2nd FP in great room. Bluestone patio, yard filled w/ varied plantings,
2nd natural stone & boulder patio area. Clearly not a typical home, ideal for
couple, creative singles/pairs or more. Wonderful neighborhood w/children,
quiet street, great access to P-ton & surrounds. Flexible terms: Sale, Lease,
Lease-purchase, Home-sale contingency OK, flexible occupancy, Brokers
protected, owner is licensed realtor. Asking $575,000 or $2500/month.
Contact cpnweb@aol.com or 609-731-6076
It’s Time!
Power Wash & Repaint
Exterior Before Winter
Interior & Exterior Painting
Owner-operated, highest quality work
for over 40 years in the Princeton area.
Julius H. Gross, Inc.
609-924-1474
www.juliushgrosspainting.com • juliushgross@comcast.net
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.
Trenton/Lawrence Border
• 12-unit apartment
money-maker. $690,000.
Hamilton
• 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.
ESL Tutor - All Ages / Levels: Improve your English! Speak and write
better — learn grammar, pronunciation,
and American expressions. Experienced ESL Professor. Excellent references. 609-658-6914.
Lessons in Your Home: Music lessons in your home. Piano, clarinet, saxophone, flute and guitar. Call Jim 609737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
Math, Science, English & SAT Tutoring: Available in your home. Brown
University educated college professor.
Experienced with gifted, under-achieving and learning disabled students. Free
initial consultation. Call Bruce 609-3710950.
Seeking a full-time office administration/clerical/bookkeeping
position. Experienced in MS Word, Excel,
Outlook, Quick Books, contract/bid
preparation/administration, NJ prequalifications, and contract vendor system. Notary public. Team player, reliable, dependable, able to work independently and multi-task. Resume and
references available upon request.
Please contact 609-356-3600.
ENTERTAINMENT
MERCHANDISE MART
Disc Jockey. Ambient DJ Service
provides customized music and entertainment services for corporate, formal
and family events. Please contact us at
609-672-1270 or info@ambientdj.com.
www.ambientdj.com.
Firewood: 609-577-9739. Seasoned. 1/4, 1/2, and full cord deliveries.
Gather ‘Round the Piano and Sing
Your Favorite Carols: Pianist available
for your holiday party. Song sheets included. 609-924-8591.
I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609457-5501.
Live drawings (caricatures). Attraction for birthdays, meetings etc. Princeton, Lawrenceville area. Richard Druch
- artist: 609-532-3676, druchstudio@comcast.net.
One Man Band: Keyboardist for your
wedding or party. Perfect entertainment.
You’ll love the variety. Duos available.
Call Ed at 609-424-0660.
Princeton Music Connection. All
styles of live music for Weddings, Private & Corporate Holiday Parties. 609936-9811. www.princetonmusic.com.
SAT and ACT Tutoring — Reading,
Writing, Math: Boost your scores with
outstanding private instruction by experienced college English professor and
high school math teacher. Let us help
you succeed! Reasonable fee. Many
excellent local references. 609-6586914.
Mayco Golf Supplies(an Amazon affiliate store): For the finest golf supplies
and accessories visit our website at
www.maycogolfsupplies.com.
Fax:
609-860-5260.
CLASSIFIED BY EMAIL
7 Gordon Ave.
Lawrenceville
609-896-0505
Lidia Pilarska
823 Pine Street
Trenton, NJ 08638
609-610-0333
advertising agencies who has recently
transitioned to the creative side. Tactical
content experience includes web,
brochures, ads, Power Point presentations (including design capabilities), direct response, white papers, ghostwriting, PR releases, etc. Contact actioncopywriter@aol.com or call 609-4604195.
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 609897-0032. Hightstown 609-448-7170.
www.farringtonsmusic.com.
Science and Math Tutoring: Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry.
Taught by college professor. 17 years
experience. Recipient of two national
teaching awards. Discoverygenics 609581-5686.
I can take care of your
house this winter!
Do you have plans to travel
for a long time? Maybe you
own a house in a warm
destination and you would
feel more comfortable to
leave knowing that someone is taking care of your
house and your pets?
My name is Lidia, I am 35,
I don't smoke. I don't have
kids nor pets. I have a good
driving record and no criminal history. I run my own
business and I am myself
a house owner in New
Jersey. I can provide you
with business and personal
references. I can take care
of your house and pets in
exchange for living in your
house during your absence.
If you have any questions
feel free to call me.
Senior Copywriter: A highly strategic, professional copywriter seeking fulltime or freelance-to-fulltime position.
Deep experience in healthcare professional, patient and consumer marketplaces. Expert in development of targeted, action-oriented and emotion-based
copy promotion. Former senior pharmaceutical marketing director and senior
vice president for two major healthcare
SPORTS
ADOPTION
Adopting your newborn is our
dream. Endless love, secure future
awaits your baby. Beverly & Jeff 1-800971-3212 Exp. Pd.
MERCHANDISE MART
Dell Laptop with Windows XP:
$120, cell phone 609-213-8271.
✦ Experience
✦ Honesty
✦ Integrity
Florence
• 500-1,950 sq. ft. Near
Neshaminy Mall & PA. Turnpike.
INSTRUCTION
class@princetoninfo.com
• 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.
Bensalem, PA.
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
Experienced and cheerful caregiver seeking employment. Experienced
with all age groups as well as pets. I
speak English, Russian, and other languages. I have a background in physical
therapy. Call Rita at 609-213-0510. Alternate number: 609-883-6267.
HELP WANTED
Sales & Rentals
STOCKTON REAL ESTATE
...A Princeton Tradition
32 Chambers Street • Princeton, NJ 08542
1-800-763-1416 • 609-924-1416
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
WANTED TO BUY
Wanted - Baseball Cards/Memorabilia: Football, basketball, hockey.
Cards, bats, balls, photographs, programs, autographs. Highest prices paid.
908-596-0976.
OPPORTUNITIES
Business Opportunity: Take over a
fully operating beauty salon in a populated area, equipped with all new fixtures and interior decor. Please call 609289-7667 to inquire.
Help local charities when you shop
online. You shop, we give! http://shopdonate.com.
Why not have a DEBT free holiday?
Work at Home United is an honest
home-based biz. No MLM, no RISK. We
do not sell, stock, or deliver any product.
Free training and website. Must love
talking to people and able to work at
least
15-20
hours
a
week.
www.WAHU4ME.com.
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