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Judy Scheide made to protect the Project, the nonviolent effort by
environment of Princeton. In 2001 civil rights activists to integrate
the Scheides made a leadership gift Mississippi’s segregated political
that made a real difference in per- system. Princeton was fortunate to
manent preservation of an impor- have Robert Moses, one of the key
tant gateway to Princeton. With leaders of the Project, speak at the
their support, D&R GreJohn
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enway Land Trust preSchool on Sunday, Noserved what is now
between vember 16, at the openknown as Farm View
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sion and trail connection
Summer Exhibit for
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Students.”
of Route 206), and ensured the
Curated by the Wisconsin Hismagnificent open view of the his- torical Society, the exhibit and the
toric Coventry Farm land with a events surrounding it were presentconservation easement.
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A proposal would have placed Public Library, Not in Our Town,
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and decide which people get promoted,” he says.
Now Kuenne is taking this approach a step further in an attempt
to identify characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. “Is entrepreneurial success just a random
event, or is there some kind of systematic pattern to entrepreneurial
success that we can understand?”
he says.
Kuenne’s company is currently
engaged in research into this topic
by interviewing several hundred
CEOs. He says he plans to write a
book based on what he finds, and
create a test to examine the natural
strengths and weaknesses of a businessperson against the four cornerstones he has identified.
Although Kuenne says he is not
employing academics to create the
test with a high degree of scientific
rigor, he believes the experience of
Rosetta is a “tried-and-true” methodology that will prove to be a useful approach to understanding the
intersection of business and personality.
“We believe these four cornerstones are integral ingredients to
entrepreneurial success,” he says.
“It’s not really about corporate
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Wong Fleming’s
National Reach
w
hen Fortune 500 companies need representation in employment and discrimination cases,
they often turn to a law firm founded and led by a woman who began
her legal career on the other side of
the courtroom. L inda Wong,
whose first job after college was in
the state Division of Civil Rights,
has built her Alexander Roadbased firm, Wong Fleming PC, into
one of the largest minority-owned
firms in the country, with more
than 50 lawyers working in 18 offices throughout North America.
Wong will be honored at the
Princeton Regional Chamber of
Commerce’s 2014 Business Leadership Awards Gala, Wednesday,
December 3, at 7 p.m. at TPC Jasna
Polana. For more information, visit
www.princetonchamber.org or call
609-924-1776. Also honored at the
dinner will be business leader of
the year Anthony Kuczinski, CEO
of Munich Reinsurance America;
community leader of the year Judith Hutton, CEO of YWCA of
Princeton; and entrepreneur of the
year Eleanor Kubacki, CEO of
EFK Group.
James Thurber, vice president of
public affairs at Thomas Edison
State College and a member of the
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committee that decided which
businessperson to honor as “Innovator of the Year,” credits Wong
with building one of the largest and
fastest-growing law firms headquartered in the Princeton region.
“Her vision was to become a
global law firm that businesses will
seek out because of the expertise of
the attorneys that are available to
respond to their needs,” he says.
“The feedback I’ve heard is that the
associates at Wong Fleming consider it a really great place to work
and that it has a great management
team that’s really supportive of the
development of associates.”
Wong, the youngest of five children, grew up in Westwood, where
her parents owned the China Joy
restaurant. She graduated from
Rutgers in 1974 and worked at the
state Division of Civil Rights as an
investigator.
“As an investigator, I was working with a lot of lawyers. I liked the
practice of law, and I was thinking
to myself, ‘I could do what a lot of
these lawyers are doing,’” she recalls. She went to Rutgers School
of Law, graduating in 1982. At that
point, she switched to the office of
legislative services, where she
worked as a public advocate on beContinued on following page
INSIGHTS & ARGUMENTS
n November, as autumn
slides into oblivion, I become really impatient for winter. It’s as
though Thoreau himself were at my
side, insisting that I chronicle signs
of the season about to take the
stage.
My most inescapable proof of
autumn’s end is this week’s reaping
of the corn. Most silver-gilt expanses of rustling leaves have vanished, leaving orderly and luminous stubble. One stalk-swathe remains on Cold Soil Road near Terhune’s. I make detours to experience it, especially as dawn light
suffuses last cornstalks. Yes, I will
miss these bright sentinels. But I
am, at the same time, delighted.
Their vanishing grants permission
for winter.
My other irrevocable sign is the
final gilding of Norway maples.
Everywhere I drive, these imposing trees flaunt golden raiment.
They remind me of grand dames
descending the grand staircase of
the S.S. France. Those women processed imperiously, in a rustle of
silks and gems. The Norways are
more subtle — giving voice to
crispness. This weekend, these majestic trees will give it all up in impatient flurry, dropping all garments at once, the bright fabric still
a-ruffle at their roots.
Gingko trees fling blinding
coins to all points of the compass,
— Midas in a tizzy. Other leaves
whisk from brown to down. Yes, I
shall miss the fauve palette of recent weeks. But I’ve been avid for
winter since scarlet first seeped into the woodbine vines. When vines
turn roseate, it’s because their fruit
is ripe to feed migrating birds.
Those hues announce the season
when forests return to sculptural
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tion of twined limbs, black as jet zing through the Abbott Marshbead necklaces in the Roaring 20s. lands. Warren Liebensperger, one
Pure Balanchine, Martha Graham of two men I term “godfathers of
— balletic energy concealed ever the Marsh,” came into D&R Greenway with a list of winter ducks he
since spring. Let the dance begin.
One doesn’t fall lightly in love had seen that very morning, comwith winter. A great disruption can plete with numbers. Like Thoreau,
be required. Such as my move to Warren is eagerly chronicling the
see the seasons round in Provence new season.
For those who protest that win— October into August — in the
late 1980s. The south of France ter is lifeless, go where the life is.
doesn’t have winter. Stiff cacti, Tread the broad, enticing Pole
noisy palm trees, the January erup- Farm trails in Lawrenceville. Hike
tion of impossible Marguerites St. Michaels Farm Preserve in
(white daisies), forced me to see Hopewell. On the former, elegant
harriers have already returned,
that I require winter.
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suffuse coursing low over reaped fields.
Provence in all seasons. When mis- Soon short-eared owls will emerge
tral (wild winds hurtling from the from its wintry woods, not waiting
Alps all down the Rhone) whirls ‘til dark. From the far observatory
across the garrigues (rough open platform, a nightly procession will
fields of wild herbs), the air was surround the viewer, a constellapungent with thyme and sage and tion of soundlessness.
St. Michaels also lures birds
lavender. Yes, in the time of the
grape harvest, the air smelled like with carefully orchestrated grasswine. But I needed cinnamon and es. Kestrels have been a highlight
nutmeg and ginger. I yearned for this year, as though tiny stained
whiffs of a baked potato freshly glass windows had taken wing.
opened on a nippy night; the fruited Their bluebird boxes worked well
in spring — some of this welcome
allure of bayberry candles.
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The Abbott Marshlands are ever
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be courting soon. The Marsh hides
nests of horned owls, whose calls
will ring like carols on the frosty
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very straight lines of rose-shaped
prints as they hunt in new-fallen
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Our winter is the stripped-down,
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her presence. Choosing to be in our
state in the cold time, snowies
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successfully hunting by night. If
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When Doctors Become Patients: The Specter of Long Term Disability
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prevent doctors from continuing
to earn a living in their chosen
specialized field, claims for longterm disability may arise. Many
physicians and other professionals have personal disability policies intended to cover this eventuality. Some have coverage
available through their practices
or other employer, on an individual or group basis.
We have seen increasingly exacting scrutiny applied by disability insurance carriers to claims
filed by healthcare professionals
because many older policies
contain terms more favorable to
the insured than policies written
over the last 15 or so years,
some suspect that practitioners
have the clinical knowledge to
embellish claims, and salaries
are typically higher than in other
occupations which can generate
substantial claims well above
seven figures. Consequently,
payment of disability benefits
presents significant exposure to
insurance carriers over the life of
a claim. The stakes are high for
all involved.
Typically benefits are calculated based upon the difference between pre-and post-disability income and the benefit stream can
run to age 65. Claims for persons
working in medical occupations
can involve musculoskeletal injuries, coronary issues, repetitive
stress injuries, or chronic debilitating conditions.
Claims under group policies
trigger a more complex legal
analysis under a standard less
advantageous to claimants. A
federal statute (ERISA) supplies
the legal standard to establish a
payable claim, which is harder
for a claimant to satisfy.
In most instances, however,
privately owned individual policies are implemented. Ideally,
the policy will provide coverage
on an “own” occupation basis,
which is defined precisely to mirror the specific type of medical
practice so that a claim for benefits is payable if the claimant is
rendered unable to perform the
important or material duties of his
or her occupation.
Issues as to what defines the
claimant’s occupation can be significant. Some insureds are engaged in more than one “occupation,” and some policies provide
that the insured’s occupation is
the recognized specialty defined
by the practice; issues can arise
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when, say, a physician works
both in an ER and in occupational medicine. When securing coverage it is critical to get the most
favorable definition of the insureds actual “occupation” in language that defines “disability” as
the inability to perform that specific occupation. Analysis of the
claim can involve examining the
percentage of time devoted to
each specialty within a broader
“occupation.”
Some policies are written on an
“any” occupation basis that restricts coverage unless the claimant is unable to perform the duties
of any occupation for which he or
she is fitted by education and experience, a much more exacting
standard to meet. Some policies
provide for crossover from “own”
occupation to “any” occupation after 24 months.
Claims by medical practitioners, generally fall within the
“own” occupation definition. Policies will cover total disability, or
the inability to perform the “important” or “material and substantial” duties of the defined occupation. Some will include residual disability coverage, intended to cover the inability to
perform one or more of the important duties of an occupation,
or the inability to perform in the
practice on a full time basis. For
example, a practitioner who can
see patients for consults but
whose dexterity is limited so that
no surgical procedures can be
performed may not be able to
stay in the same practice.
In addition to medical evidence of treatment, diagnosis,
objective medical testing, and related information investigated by
the insurance company, extensive financial records including
tax returns must typically be analyzed, involving the doctor’s accountant or financial advisor in
the process. Often CPT code information must be compiled and
dissected to tease out what procedures were performed pre-and
post-disability, for comparison
purposes. Problems can arise
when the coding information is
imprecise or does not capture
the true nature of the limitation.
Although much of the information provided in support of a claim
is documented in various files and
records, a successful claim often
requires going beyond the claimant statement and related forms.
Humanizing the claim and providing “day in the life” narrative state-
ments from the claimant and others familiar with their daily activities or job responsibilities can
help ensure that the insurance
carrier analyzes and considers all
nuances and variables impacting
the claimant’s ability to perform
his or her duties in the former occupation.
If a physician’s disabling conditions have seriously impacted
or severely limited their ability to
focus, stay on task, and present
the detailed information necessary to accurately document the
claim, legal counsel and financial
advisors can assist by reviewing
policy documents, assembling
supporting proofs and presenting
all within a timely basis to document the claim.
Insurance carriers typically rely on vendors and internal or external medical consultants to
gather and analyze claims, especially those that fall within more
obscure practice areas or involve
uncommon, atypical, or idiosyncratic illnesses, symptoms, or injuries. Every claim is different
and invariably there are individualized factors that must be fully
explored and properly presented
so the final review and decision
on the claim is based upon an
accurate and complete record.
Anyone seeking to protect an
income stream should purchase
policies affording long-term disability benefits tailored specifically to suit their needs. Paying premiums as a young professional
can seem wasteful or unnecessary when balanced against student loans or other pressing obligations, but setting those protections in place early will pay dividends if illness or injury strikes
suddenly, decades later, abruptly
terminating or impairing the ability to earn a livelihood.
Thomas J. P ryor, Esq . is a
shareholder in the P rinceton law
firm of Stark & Stark and Chair of
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Group. www.stark-stark.com.
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half of developmentally disabled
people. From 1990 until 1994, she
was assistant director for the Division of Civil Rights.
In 1994 she decided to found her
own law firm in Edison, starting
with just three people, including
her husband and law partner, Dan
Fleming, a 1981 Villanova graduate who received his law degree in
1984 from Catholic University in
Washington, D.C..
At first the firm did a mix of employment litigation on behalf of
employees as well as employers in
addition to work on behalf of
banks, corporations, and litigation
involving failed savings and loans.
In the late 1990s, Wong took on
several high-profile employment
cases, and in the early part of 2000,
the firm had to make a choice
whether it wanted to represent
plaintiffs or defendants. “We decided to make a complete switch
and just represent corporations and
their interests,” Wong says. “We
were starting to have some conflicts of interest.”
Today Wong Fleming represents
companies in employment litigation and also helps train companies
in how to avoid discrimination
lawsuits in the first place. Wong’s
work on the other side of the courtroom gives her an advantage there.
“The plaintiff’s litigation matters
that I handled were very large cas-
wong Fleming represents companies in
employment litigation
and helps train them
in how to avoid discrimination lawsuits
in the first place.
es, and when defending employers
I have a lot of insight into what
goes into the litigation strategy of
plaintiffs when they are presenting
these cases in court.”
Wong Fleming also does a lot of
intellectual property lawsuit defense, representing banks and financial institutions in bankruptcy
matters and defaulted commercial
loans, and representing businesses
that have had litigation brought
against them involving construction and accidents.
Wong lived in Princeton for 30
years, where she raised her two
daughters. Today she lives in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Wong says that as an AsianAmerican lawyer, she has not experienced truly blatant discrimination
on the job, but that she has been
stereotyped occasionally. “I’ve
been in some depositions where
people have kind of stereotyped
me, and I think they may take advantage of you because of the way
you look. They think they can act
rudely towards you during your deposition. And it’s possible that people have stereotyped me when I’ve
been in court or even with regard to
hiring the firm,” she says.
Thurber says Wong’s biggest innovation was to create a national
law firm that offered experienced
and competent attorneys that was
also dedicated to diversity. “It’s a
different way of conceptualizing
what it means to be a law firm composed primarily of minorities and
women attorneys,” he says. “They
focus first on providing the highest
quality representation to the clients.”
Among the partners at Wong
Fleming are a high percentage of
women and people of color. The
firm won the Minority Corporate
Counsel Association’s 2014 Thomas L. Sager award for promoting
diversity in the legal field. The firm
has also participated in many bar
organizations and community
groups that promote diversity.
“There are some people who
have this stereotypical notion that
if you are a minority law firm, you
can’t be as good as some of the other law firms that are out there,”
Wong says. “But once people see
us making presentations at bar
functions and also see us in court, I
think it’s a good demonstration for
people that a company can hire minorities and be a woman-owned
law firm and get excellent results.”
— Diccon Hyatt
Business Meetings
Tuesday, December 2
7 a.m.: BNI Ivy League, Free networking event. Eatery at Overlook, 100 Overlook Center. www.
bniivyleague.com, 609-529-3371.
7 a.m.: Capital Networking Group,
Free. Princeton United Methodist
Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue,
Princeton. , 609-635-1411.
7:45 a.m.: Edge Networking Business Referral Group, Weekly networking meeting. Free. Dolce &
Clemente, 2 North Commerce
Square Robbinsville. www.edgenetworking.org, 609-259-0072.
8 a.m.: MidJersey Chamber,
Breakfast club. $10 members,
$15 nonmembers. Interstate Motorsport, 109 Titus Mill Road, Pennington. www.midjerseychamber.
org, 609-689-9960.
10 a.m.: Monroe Public Library,
Series presented by Middlesex
County Department of Workforce
Development focuses on job
search techniques, employer expectations, and jobs in demand.
Register. Free. 4 Municipal Plaza,
Monroe. www.monroetwplibrary.
org, 732-521-5000.
2 p.m.: Computer Learning Center
at Ewing, Q&A session at 1:30
p.m. Top Tech Gifts for Holiday
Giving with tech expert Doug Dixon. 999 Lower Ferry Road. clcewing.org, 609-882-5086.
6 p.m.: Association for Corporate
Growth NJ, Four Cornerstones to
Breakout Growth. Chris Kuenne,
founder and CEO of Rosemark
Capital Group and founder of Rosetta. $85, $110 Nonmembers.
Westin Princeton. www.acgnewjersey.org, 609-249-0040.
7:30 p.m.: JobSeekers, Networking and job support, free. Trinity
Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.
trinityprinceton.org, 609-9242277.
Wednesday, December 3
7 a.m.: BNI Diversity, Free networking. Long and Foster, 33
Princeton Hightstown Road,
[email protected]. 704560-2475.
7 a.m.: BNI West Windsor chapter,
weekly networking, free. Community Room, Pellettieri Rabstein &
Altman, 100 Nassau Park Boulevard. www.bniwestwindsor.com,
609-529-5491.
2 p.m.: New Jersey Small Business Development Center at TCNJ, Breakthrough Executive
Leadership Session 4: Human
Resources. $39. The College of
New Jersey. www.njsbdc.com,
[email protected]. 609-7712947.
5:30 p.m.: Princeton Chamber,
Business Leadership Awards Gala. TPC Jasna Polana. www.princetonchamber.org, 609-924-1776.
Thursday, December 4
7 a.m.: BNI Fusion, Free networking. Palmer Clarion Inn, 3499
Route 1, Princeton. www.bninjpa.
org, 609-638-3740.
7 a.m.: BNI Growth by Referral
(Montgomery), Free Networking.
Princeton Elks Club, 354 Route
518, Skillman. www.bninjpa.org,
732-494-8200.
7 a.m.: BNI Tigers Chapter, Weekly networking. West Windsor Arts
Center, 952 Alexander Road,
Princeton Junction. www.bni-tigers.com,
7 a.m.: BNI Top Flight, Free. Americana Diner, Route 130 North,
East Windsor, 609-915-0458.
November 26, 2014
hoLiday gadgets: aRe W
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by Douglas Dixon
re you planning to rush
out and buy the new Apple Watch
when it becomes available next
year? Are these “wearables” like
smart watches and Google Glass
eyewear the next technological
phase on the path to implanted
“body tech?” Of course, we like
carrying our electronic devices
pretty much everywhere we go, but
do we really need them adorning
our bodies?
On the other hand, maybe it
would be cool (or perhaps we’ll
call it “a high-leverage strategic
business advantage”) to have a
heads-up display floating in front
of our eyes so we can track current
news, carry on multi-tasking communications, and have a face-recognizing camera that will tell us
who the heck it is that we are talking with.
Google Glass is an early cut at
this general idea of the personal
heads-up display. It’s basically a
thin frame holding a small display
that curves out above your eye. You
then can add various designs of
pop-in sunglass shades or traditional frames for prescription lenses.
The idea is that Glass can display information from your phone
right before your eyes, providing
updates from incoming messages
to sports scores. Then you can respond, and initiate actions, using
the touchpad or Google Now voice
commands (“OK Glass”). You also
can use head gestures to control
Glass — tilt up to wake and see notifications, or nod up to turn back
off.
The Glass Explorer Edition is
expensive ($1,500), somewhat
clunky, and definitely off-putting
to normal humans. Even with
shades or frames installed, the result still is not subtle, with a box of
electronics that wraps around the
right side of your face, including a
touchpad surface, audio output —
and a camera. So not only do you
look weird, but you threaten people
with the possibility that you are
surreptitiously filming them. As a
result, movie theaters were among
the first to ban Glass.
So while I have seen groups of
people wearing Glass at tech conferences, I really haven’t noticed
them anywhere else, much less
when walking in downtown Princeton. On the other hand, we have
gotten used to people with earpieces walking down the street talking
to themselves, so this may just the
beginning of an adjustment period.
G et Smart. OK, so maybe smart
glasses are not a mass market product — yet — but analysts including
Juniper Research have reported
that wearables like smart watches
have grown 40 percent year-toyear to 2014, and will continue to
have strong growth in the following years.
b
ut why do we need smarter
watches? Actually, in some ways
it’s a natural progression — think
back to the huge pulley-driven medieval clocks in cathedral towers,
which pendulum technology
helped reduce into long grandfather clocks in the home, followed
by the development of the mainspring, which led to smaller portable clocks for carriage rides and
then to personal pocket watches.
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the convenient and popular choice.
Wristwatches also became fashion
jewelry, adorned in precious metals and jewels, as well as tech
showpieces, with mechanical day/
date displays and phases of the
moon.
Then the development of electronic devices pushed us back to
the pocket watch again, as we have
stopped wearing wristwatches and
now check the time by reaching
into our pocket or bag for our
smartphone. But again the phone is
so far away buried in a pocket —
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and light device that has great power and capabilities, but we also
want larger screens. The growth in
display sizes is illustrated by the
iPhone (and similar products): The
iPhone 4 in 2010 had a 3.5 inch diagonal display, the iPhone 5 grew
to 4 inches in 2012, and the new
iPhone 6 line stretches pockets
with the iPhone 6 at 4.7 inches and
the iPhone 6 Plus at 5.5 inches.
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Phone I nteraction: However,
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to accept or reject calls, acknowledge messages, and control music
playback. The watch then will need
some kind of interactive control:
buttons, touch-screen, and/or
voice.
V oice Peripheral: We are becoming comfortable with taking to
our devices, with intelligent personal assistants like Apple Siri,
Google Now, and Microsoft Cortana. This seems a natural fit for
smartwatches, to overcome the
clumsiness of trying to interact
with a miniature display and small
buttons by adding a microphone so
we now can talk to our wrist. Of
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Computer Platf orm: Like the
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Peripheral or Stand-alone:
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miles walked, and then shows your
calories burned. The Fitbit One
($99) then adds stairs climbed and
sleep tracking to monitor the quality of your sleep cycles. These of
course also interface to smartphone
apps to display graphs of your ac-
Google watches: Once a smart watch gets smart
enough, it also becomes a computing platform.
tivity over time, and sync online
with cloud services to add further
encouragement through badges for
major milestones and competition
with friends.
Once you start using a fitness
tracker, however, and want it monitoring you day and night, it’s obviously more convenient to have it on
your wrist, where it also provides
the bonus of a built-in clock. The
Fitbit Flex (also $99) then basically
moves the pocket tracker to a thin
and light wrist band.
Yet once you have a wrist device
in constant communication with
your smartphone, it’s an obvious
next step to have it also display
smartphone notifications, as in the
Fitbit Charge ($129), which adds
Caller ID display (but not other notifications).
The other next step for a fitness
band is to add additional body sensors, including for heart rate, skin
temperature, galvanic skin response (for stress), or even UV
light (for sun exposure). So, for example, the Fitbit Charge HR ($149,
coming next year) adds continuous
heart rate monitoring without significantly enlarging the band.
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Labebe: Our Inspiration; Your Magical Dining Experience
L
abebe was a hospitable
woman whose door was
always open. She was a loving wife and nurturing mother
who made sure that anyone
who came to her house was
well fed. From her we learned
the art of hospitality, the nature of creativity, and the importance of working together. This restaurant is a tribute
to Labebe — the woman,
mother, and grandmother
who inspired a tradition.
Labebe was born and
raised in the beautiful village
of Jwar el Hawz in Lebanon.
She came from a family of
farmers who took great pride
in their work, who valued
family and friends, and who
understood the importance
of good company. Labebe
began to create magic in
the kitchen as a young woman where she used fresh produce, livestock, and spices
that were abundant in the
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region. The aromas that
spread throughout her house
were mouth-watering and
the recipes she created have
been passed down through
generations of our family. It is
our honor and privilege to
bring fresh, healthy, local ingredients to your table at Labebe Restaurant.
Please join us in celebrating delicious, fresh food with
great company in a magical
setting at Labebe Restaurant. A gift card to Labebe
makes a great gift for the holidays. We look forward to
hosting you and your family.
Labebe, 2150 Route 130
North, North Brunswick. Open
noon to 10 p.m. Monday to
Thursday; noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 9
p.m. Sunday. www.labeberestaurant.com. 732-6586400. See ad, page 12.
M
ikonos Greek restaurant
offering
traditional
Greek food. Located at 50
Scotch Road in Ewing, we offer full catering as well as
pickup and delivery.
Book your holiday party today whether it's dine-in or a
catering event. We are the
answer for all your traditional
Greek food needs.
We offer many vegetarian
dishes as well as the most
popular beef and lamb gyro,
chicken, Pork souvlaki.
Our many reviews speak
for themselves. People simply love the food and the service as well as the atmosphere.
Call us today at 609- 8839333 to inquire about gift certificates for the holidays.
Mikonos, 50 Scotch Road,
Ewing. 609-883-9333. See ad,
page 11.
Amalfi's: A Gift for
the Whole Family
A
t Amalfi’s Bar and Restaurant, you’re always
part of the family. And family
is at the core of this popular
Lawrenceville
restaurant.
Here the Moriello family (Dad
Ciro, Mom Rosanna, and
sons Luigi, Antonio, and
Dario) has even made room
for more of the extended
family — the patrons who
have made Amalfi’s such a
popular spot since it opened
15 years ago.
The family has renovated
its lounge area, which now
seats up to 80 people. Friday
and Saturday evenings now
bring live music, and Sundays
bring football for fans of every team. The family has
added flat-screen TVs and
purchased the NFL Sunday
Ticket package from DirecTV.
Speaking of grabbing a
drink, Amalfi’s Happy Hour is
the best part of any day,
B roth ers L u ig i, D a rio, a nd A ntonio M oriel l o.
thanks to some new bar specials and the always fun atmosphere of the expanded
lounge. And the Moriello
family has created a Fresh
Raw Bar, offered on the
weekends along with a
beautiful dessert display
case.
Whether it is a date night
destination, a family dinner,
a corporate function, or a
festive celebration, Amalfi’s
is the perfect choice, whether you dine in, take home the
best pizza in town, or have
some dinner delivered to
your door. You’ll come in a
customer and leave as part
of the family. Call today for
information about gift cards.
Amalfi’s, 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road, Lawrenceville.
609-912-1599.
www.amalfis.com. See ad,
page 13.
Jersey Fresh Gifts from Terhune
T
erhune Orchards' holiday
gift baskets and boxes are
made with quality ingredients and beautiful seasonal
items. Filled with goodies
from Terhune Orchards and
other favorite New Jersey
products, our gift baskets
and boxes stand out because they are unique.
Our baskets and boxes
can be filled with homegrown apples, apple butter,
locally made chocolate,
honey, nuts, snacks, and
fresh-baked fruit breads,
brownies, and cookies. You
can send a big box of apples
or create a sampler with everything we have to offer.
Our gift baskets can be delivered locally in Lawrenceville
and Princeton, or picked up
in the store. Gift boxes can
be shipped anywhere in the
country. If you pick them up,
you can include a bottle of
our award-winning wine.
Wine gift boxes can be
shipped to New Jersey and
Florida.
Gift
boxes and baskets
start at $25. They can be ordered at terhuneorchards.
seasons gReetings &
Give the Gift of Grounds For Sculpture
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ive the Gift of Grounds
For Sculpture!
Gift of GFS! - This charming
package provides the total
Grounds For Sculpture experience! Your gift includes
park admission for two
guests, private guided walking tour, and a $50 gift card
to the famed Rat’s Restaurant, known as one of the
most romantic (and delicious) dining destinations in
the region. Call 609-586-0616
or stop by today! $125 (value: $162)
GFS Membership – Give a
gift that lasts year-round with
a Grounds For Sculpture
membership. Members receive free admission for one
year, exclusive invitation to
exhibition openings, plus savings and special offers year-
com, 609-924-2310, or by visiting our farm store at 330
Cold Soil Road in Lawrenceville.
See ad, page 14.
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on dining, shopping, and
performing art programs. Visit groundsforsculpture.org/
Membership.
Rat’s Restaurant Gift Cards
– Amazing food, thoughtfully
prepared and artfully presented, never goes out of
style. Whether it’s a hostess
gift or to show client appreciation, Rat’s Gift Cards are
available in any denomination and are available yearround. Shop online at ratsrestaurant.com/GiftCards, call
609-584-7800, or stop by today!
Grounds For Sculpture, 18
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton.
www.groundsforsculpture.
org. 609-586-0616. See ad,
page 13.
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Outdoor Action
Thanksgiving Day walk, Friends
of princeton Nursery Lands,
145 Mapleton Road, Kingston,
609-683-0483. www.fpnl.org.
Walk with Karen Linder, president
of the association. Register. Free.
10 to 11:30 a.m.
wednesday
November 26
Sports for Causes
Live Music
Clifford Adams Trio, The record
Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth
Avenue, Bordentown, 609-3240880. www.the-record-collector.
com. $20. 7:30 p.m.
open mic, Alchemist & barrister,
28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-5555. www.theaandb.
com. Hosted by Eric Puliti. Registration begins at 9 p.m. 21 plus.
10 p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, American repertory ballet, McCarter Theater,
91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.
org. Tchaikovsky’s score with a
cast of more than 100 dancers including ARB’s professional dancers, ARB trainees, and Princeton
Ballet School students. 7 p.m.
On Stage
Lost in Yonkers, bristol riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Coming of age
story. $31 and up. Through November 30. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
robert Dubac’s The book of moron, bucks County playhouse,
70 South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-2121. www.bcptheater.
org. Comedy about a man finding
his inner voices. $32.75 and up. 2
and 7 p.m.
The Fabulous Lipitones, George
Street playhouse, 9 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732246-7717. www.gsponline.org. A
capella musical comedy by John
Markus and Mark St. Germain.
Through December 14. 2 and 8
p.m.
elf, paper mill playhouse, 22
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973376-4343. www.papermill.org.
Holiday musical based on the film.
Through January 4, 2015. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Newcomer’s Dance, American
ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.
americanballroomco.com. $10. 7
to 9 p.m.
Good Causes
weekly meeting, rotary Club of
Hamilton, Princeton Manor, 661
Route 33, Hamilton. Networking
and luncheon. $20. 12:15 to 1:30
p.m.
Food & Dining
Cornerstone Community Kitchen, princeton United methodist
Church, Nassau at Vandeventer
santa &
his toys
Santa (Sheldon Bruce Z eff) is surrounded by toys for K elsey Theater’s
production of ‘ Miracle on 3 4 th Street’ through Sunday, N ovember 3 0.
Front row: Julia P atella, left, Addison Blumberg, and Jeanette Smith;
D ylan K atz, middle left, Maya K arp, Teddy Brendel as H arry Finfer, H udson Orfe,
and Makenna K atz; and Christina P ullen, back left, Fiona Misiura, K immy Graham,
Jack L ynch, and Andrew R eiman.
Street, Princeton, 609-924-2613.
www.princetonumc.org. Hot
meals served, prepared by TASK.
Free. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Farm Markets
Trenton Farmers’ market, 960
Spruce Street, Lawrence, 609695-2998. thetrentonfarmersmarket.com. Open Wednesday to
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Wellness
Community Hatha Yoga Class,
St. David’s episcopal Church,
90 South Main Street, Cranbury,
609-655-4731. www.stdavidscranbury.com. $5. 3 to 4 p.m.
History
Festival of Trees, morven museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. www.morven.
org. Holiday trees decorated by
area businesses, garden clubs,
and organizations. $6. On view
Wednesdays to Sundays through
the holidays. Noon to 4 p.m.
Tour and Tea, morven museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens before or after
tea. Register. $20. 1 p.m.
Outdoor Action
preschool program, Stony
brook millstone watershed, 31
Titus Mill Road, Hopewell, 609737-7592. www.thewatershed.
org. Nuts to You. Register. $15. 1
to 2:30 p.m.
pre-Thanksgiving Hike and pro-
gram, mercer County park
Commission, Baldpate Mountain, Fiddler’s Creek Road, 609303-0700. www.mercercountyparks.org. Five mile hike on challenging trails for teens and adults,
free. Also “Celebrate the Harvest”
for ages 8 to 12, $10. Register. 2
to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
November 27
Thanksgiving. Postal and bank
holiday.
Singles
Dancing
Dance party and Social, professional and business Singles
Network, LaQuinta Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, 610-3485544. www.PBSNinfo.com.
Dance instruction followed by
dancing. No partner needed.
Cash bar. Ages 40 plus. Register.
$15. 6:45 p.m.
Argentine Tango, viva Tango,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609948-4448. vivatango.org. Class,
open dance, socializing, and refreshments. No partner necessary. $10. 9 p.m.
Socials
english Language Conversation
Series, pennington Library, 30
North Main Street, Pennington,
609-737-0404. www.penningtonlibrary.org. Facilitated by Bambi
Hegedus. Register by E-mailing
[email protected]
10 a.m.
Sports
Lawrence Lacrosse Club registration open, Lawrence Lacrosse Club, 11 Edgehill Avenue,
Lawrenceville, NJ, 609-226-3253.
www.lawrencelacrosse.com. Programs include little laxers for preK through first grade, in-house
program for first and second graders, girls program for third through
sixth graders and boys program
for third through eighth graders.
The club is in need of volunteer
and assistant coaches. E-mail
[email protected] for
information.
Wellness
Jazzercise Fundraiser for
plainsboro Food pantry,
plainsboro recreation, Plainsboro Municipal Building, 641
Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,
908-890-3252. www.jazzercise.
com. “Huff and Puff Before You
Stuff.” Bring food item(s) for
Plainsboro Food Pantry as admission to class. For more information contact Mary Jane at 908890-3252 or mjjazz81@verizon.
net 8 a.m.
Thanks-Giving Yoga for Core
Strength and Flexibility, princeton Center for Yoga & Health,
Orchard Hill Center, 88 Orchard
Road, Skillman, 609-924-7294.
www.princetonrelaxercise.com.
Z ora Sabrina leads a peaceful but
intense journey into opening up
the joints and the mind. Deep
breath work with mixed level asanas. For all levels. Register. $15.
9:30 to 11 a.m.
Turkey Trot, mercer County
park, 334 South Poast Road,
West Windsor, 609-924-2277.
mercercountyturkeytrot.com. 5K
run and 1 mile walk. Participants
encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to
TASK. Register. $25. 8 a.m.
Turkey Trot, Trinity Church, 33
Mercer Street, Princeton, 609924-2277. trinityturkeytrot.org. 5K
run walk race through Princeton.
Benefits Crisis Ministry of Mercer
County, Urban Promise Trenton,
Housing Initiatives of Princeton,
and Trenton Children’s Chorus.
Donations of non-perishable food
for the Crisis Ministry are invited.
$40. 8:30 a.m.
5K Turkey Trot, Hopewell valley
wrestling parents, Rosedale
Park, Federal City Road, 609273-3337. www.
hopewellturkeytrot.org. Fifth annual cross country. Register. $25.
9 a.m.
Thanksgiving Flag Football, City
of Trenton, Capital City Sports
Complex, formerly Calhoun Park,
609-489-5869. Five players to a
team to raise awareness for diabetes. Bring a canned food for
charity. 9:30 a.m.
Friday
November 28
Classical Music
Chopin piano Concerto No. 1,
New Jersey Symphony orchestra, Richardson Auditorium Princeton University, 800-ALLEGRO.
www.njsymphony.org. Stefan
Sanderling, conductor, and Inon
Barnatan, piano. 8 p.m.
Folk Music
The minstrel Acoustic Concert
Series, Folk project, Morristown
Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown,
973-335-9489. www.folkproject.
org. CD release concert by Mike
Agranoff. $9. 8 to 11 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Champian Fulton, Italian bistro
Lounge, 441 Raritan Avenue,
Highland Park, 732-640-1959.
Solo piano. 6:30 p.m.
Live Music
music and merlot, Hopewell valley vineyards, 46 Yard Road,
Pennington, 609-737-4465. Wine
by the glass or bottle, brick oven
pizza, and cheese platters are
available. Hopewell Valley Vineyards’ Jazz Ensemble. 6 to 9 p.m.
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Larry Tritel, paint the roses Tea
House, 37 West Broad Street,
Hopewell, 609-466-8200. Guitar
and vocals. 7 to 10 p.m.
bob egan, bowman’s Tavern,
1600 River Road, New Hope, PA,
215-862-2972. w Open mic and
sing-a-long night. 8 p.m.
open Stage, Dr. Lou’s place,
1501 Homberger Avenue, Roebling, 609-447-0158. Fully
equipped stage. E-mail [email protected]. 9 p.m.
Art
Holiday Studio Tour, Covered
bridge Artisans, Cultural Arts
Center, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Self-guided tour of
mixed media artist studios in Lambertville, Stockton, and Sergeantsville areas and guest artists
at the cultural center. Oil paintings, pottery, sculpture, stained
glass, and more. Maps available
online. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, American repertory ballet, McCarter Theater,
91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.
org. Tchaikovsky’s score with a
cast of more than 100 dancers including ARB’s professional dancers, ARB trainees, and Princeton
Ballet School students. Annual
“Nutcracker Sweets” party at 3:15
p.m. Tickets sold separately. 1
and 4:30 p.m.
On Stage
robert Dubac’s The book of moron, bucks County playhouse,
70 South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-2121. Comedy about a
man finding his inner voices.
$32.75 and up. 2 and 7 p.m.
Little women, off-broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical based on the life of Louisa
May Alcott and her sisters. $29.50
to $31.50 includes dessert. 7 p.m.
elf, paper mill playhouse, 22
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973376-4343. www.papermill.org.
Holiday musical based on the film.
Through January 4, 2015. 7 p.m.
Lost in Yonkers, bristol riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
Coming of age story. $31 and up.
Through November 30. 8 p.m.
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Lawrence Antique Gallery: Next Auction December 21
awrence Antique Gallery will
hold its next Decorative
Asian & Fine Art Auction on
Sunday, December 21, at 10
a.m. Preview days will be held
Thursday through Saturday, December 18 through 20, from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m.
This sale includes approximately 500 lots. Featured estates are of Asian, American, European, and some Japanese, including many fine export porcelains, antique glassware, jewelry,
bronze Buddha statues, many
scroll paintings, and fine framed
art prints.
One special framed original
print we are pleased to present in
our sale is from artist J.W. Fosdick, a pyrographic art pioneer
who created the “Queen Elizabeth I.” The Smithsonian American Art Museum has another of
Fosdick’s pieces, “The Adoration
of St. Joan of Arc,” in its permanent collection.
Online bidding platforms will
be facilitated by www.liveauctioneers.com and www.invaluableauctions.com Live floor bids
are at a 22 percent buyers commission.
You may contact us at, info@
lawrenceantiquegallery.com or
at 609-512-7142.
Lawrence Antique Gallery, 9
Princess Road, Suite A, Lawrenceville.
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Germain. Opening night. Through
December 14. 8 p.m.
miracle on 34th Street, Kelsey
Theater, mercer Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
West Windsor, 609-570-3333.
Family holiday dram. $18. 8 p.m.
Dancing
Newcomer’s Night, Joy2Dance
Studio, 178 Route 206, Hillsborough, 908-431-5146. www.
joy2dance.com. Workshop for beginner ballroom and Latin dancers. Singles welcome. $20. 7 p.m.
Folk Dance, princeton Folk
Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-912-1272. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance.
No partner needed. $5. 8 to 11
p.m.
Comedy
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vic Dibitetto and Steve Trevelise, Catch a rising Star, Hyatt
Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Comedy Night, Station bar and
Grill, 2625 Route 130 South,
Cranbury, 609-655-5550. www.
stationbarandgrill.com. Hosted by
Mike Bonner. 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
wine Trail weekend, old York
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wine, and food. Noon to 5 p.m.
wine Trail weekend, Unionville
vineyards, 9 Rocktown Road,
Ringoes, 908-788-0400. www.
unionvillevineyards.com. Noon to
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Holiday wine Trail weekend,
working Dog winery, 610 Windsor-Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.
workingdogwinerynj.com. Music
by John Alberici. Bring a snack.
$5 includes tasting glass. 2 to 5
p.m.
Health
Support Group, Nicotine Anonymous, Lawrence Community
Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-2184213. www.nicotine-anonymous.
org. For anyone with a desire to
stop using nicotine. Free. 7 p.m.
Wellness
black Friday Detox, one Yoga
Center, 405 Route 130 North,
East Windsor, 609-918-0963.
www.oneyogacenter.net. Led by
Elizabeth Trimble. $20. Noon to
1:30 p.m.
Kundalini meditation, Fellowship in prayer, 291 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 732-642-8895.
Led by Acharya Girish Jha. Register. $25. 7 p.m.
History
Holiday Trolley Tours, princeton
Tour Company, Downtown
Princeton, 609-902-3637. www.
princetontourcompany.com. Ride
past the homes and hangouts of
Princeton luminaries such Albert
Einstein, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, TS Eliot, Robert
Oppenheimer, and more. Register. $15. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Annual Train Show, old City Hall
restoration project, Old City
Hall, 11 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, 609-203-0541. Train
display and memorabilia. Donations to the restoration project are
invited. Noon.
For Families
Reunion
Holiday wine Trail weekend,
Terhune orchards, 330 Cold Soil
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-9242310. www.terhuneorchards.com.
Wine tastings, sample baked
goods, visit the barn yard, wagon
rides, and more. Noon to 5 p.m.
St. Anthony High School, Stone
Terrace by John Henry, Hamilton,
609-585-9794. Dinner and dancing for graduates of 1973 to 1976.
Open bar. Register. $75. 7 to 11
p.m.
Lectures
Job Seekers, princeton public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
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Divorce recovery program,
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Jeff Levine, paint the roses Tea
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morris Arboretum: A place For All Seasons
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by Ilene Dube
the Commonwealth of PennsylvaIn order to keep out deer, the arnia. Here visitors learn about the boretum has a fence all around.
relationship between plants, people Schatz recounts how a pair of Jack
he first thing I have to and places, integrating science, art, Russell Terriers were recruited to
say about the Morris Arboretum — and the humanities.
keep deer out of the rose garden,
which is open all year and opens its
The Morris Arboretum was but it failed.
annual holiday Garden Railway on founded in 1887 as Compton, the
As we walk around the undulatFriday, November 28 — is how private estate of siblings John and ing grounds, we see little yellow
easy it is to get there. It took 50 Lydia T. Morris. The Morrises were cards dangling from each tree. I ask
minutes from Princeton, there was Quakers who never married, and Schatz why each tree has its own
no traffic, and much of it was a heirs to the I.P. Morris iron manu- credit card.
pleasant route. Even though our facturing company. They traveled
“They’re not credit cards,” she
area is rich with nature preserves the world, bringing back plants and says. “They identify the tree.” Each
and parks and sculpture gardens, ideas to Compton.
there are compelling reasons to
The Morrises purchased the
make the journey to the Morris Ar- land in incremental parcels. It was
At the morris Arboreboretum.
barren, with poor soil that drained
tum visitors learn
Just before getting to the 92-acre too quickly, but they hired the best
about the relationship
horticultural oasis, owned and op- gardeners and architects, and over
erated by the University of Penn- time they
between plants, peowere
able
to co-favorite
enrich the
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restaurant,
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and
the
humanities.
and was willed to the
operated here, fed by the Wissa- University
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in Hillsborough.
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healthy,
and I feelinthe food at Ricky’s
hickon Creek. The Wissahickon 1932.
Thai lets me do that. Where one might expect
flows through the Morris Arborecard
the botanical name,
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of
and make muffins.
Ricky’s
where
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before the arboretum was
there has
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nothing
couldwell
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University of Pennnative
plants grow
in willed
tasted
ever.
Schatz, at the visitor center — at the environment
at Ricky’s where
the
food
is
among
the
best
I’ve is listed as 1932.
in which they sylvania, the date
one time the carriage house for the originated.
tastedShe
ever.points to a native
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My favorite
appetizer is the Jurd Wood Sen, a
estate — and the very first thing Bottlebrush
buckeye. With com- can identify the large tree growing
Schatz tells us is that this is an arbo- pound leaves,
robust,
chicken
basedflowers
soupis with
glass
noodles,
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ourSen,
heads.
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Gardens is a garden. We have gar- hummingbirds.
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generous
chunks
of
chicken.
and baby corn, replete with
dens here, but an arboretum is a makesmushrooms
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pest colonizing under the needles
of the conifer.
IPM, or Integrated Pest Management, is used at the arboretum
— rather than spraying routinely
for pests, chemicals are used only
when needed to target a specific
problem. Biological control may
be used to combat certain pests.
John and Lydia shared a love of
history and art, and established a
tradition of placing sculpture in the
garden that continues today. “Two
Lines,” a kinetic sculpture by
George Rickey, marks the location
at the top of the hill where the original Compton house stood.
Schatz takes us through the
cherry allee. She has been leading
tours of the arboretum for 23 years,
and in that time has become a master gardener and completed the horticulture program at the Barnes
Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. She takes us to Pennock Garden, started at the arboretum by
Linden Pennock in memory of his
wife, Alice. Pennock was a prominent Philadelphia florist. His
Meadowbrook Farm, located in
Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, was
taken over by the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society.
“Orange and blue were Alice’s
favorite colors, so you see a lot of
those here,” says Schatz. During
my visit a few weeks ago and looking around the very formal terraced
garden, I see lilies and daylilies,
butterfly bush and eupatorium,
canna, and calendula. She takes us
to a secluded area to see a rectangular fountain, copied from one in the
Alhambra in Spain.
At the top of the stone steps we
see three giant sequoias that
marked the entrance to the original
Compton house with an orange
balustrade and a water feature.
The signature tree of the Morris
Arboretum is a Katsura, planted
between 1901 and 1909, and it truly has to be seen. Its multi-branching trunks sweep out horizontally,
creating a giant upside-down spider of a form. Schatz tells us that
even hurricanes and tornadoes do
not affect the spreading pendulous
branches, and people in Asia plant
this tree near their homes because
they believe it will bring prosperity. “But don’t plant it too close to
your house — it really needs room
to spread. The roots grow beyond
the canopy.”
In the fall, when the leaves fall
and decompose, they are said to
smell like caramel or cotton candy.
“Katsura are not usually found in
garden centers,” says Schatz, “because most people are seeking trees
with a significant flower.”
The katsura is one of a number
of champion trees in the arboretum.
An oak, with a 90-foot spread, is
believed to predate the Morrises,
and may have been planted 250
years ago. The oak allee, planted in
1905, is interplanted with holly and
oakleaf hydrangea so that it is not a
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wiped out.
The story of trees in this country
in not always a happy one. One of
its best trees, the chestnut, was lost
to a blight at the turn of the 20th
century. The chestnut was a valuable source of wood for everything
from building to firewood. So many elms succumbed to Dutch Elm
Disease.
And now the ash borer threatens
to decimate that species. Here at the
arboretum, a Chinese elm, with a
spread of 80 feet, is resistant to
Dutch Elm Disease and a model for
an urban street tree. And perhaps
here, at the research facility, a
method to control the ash borer, and
maybe even find a new disease-resistant chestnut, will be found.
A yellow buckeye, at 90 feet tall,
is a native tree that gives shade,
feeds animals with its hard brown
nut, and has a visually appealing
flaky bark and colorful fall foliage.
It’s part of a section called “Bark
Park,” filled with trees that have
visible exfoliation, such as the
Stewardia and paperbark maple.
we walk to the meadow,
where bronze statues of John and
Lydia, in their Victorian garb, are
looking out and surveying the fruits
of their labors. Summer concerts
take place in the meadow.
The stone spring house, once the
ice house, has been turned into a
sitting garden next to a stream. For
the 25th anniversary of the arboretum, the Morrises had the Mercury
Loggia built. A Greek-inspired
structure with views of the Arboretum, it includes “Mercury at Rest.”
Mercury was the god of commerce
and travel, and this is a reproduction of a sculpture excavated from
the Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town in the shadow of Mount
Vesuvius. Mercury’s winged sandals allowed him to fulfill his role
as messenger to the gods.
Under the Loggia is the Grotto,
an underground cave and passageway, and you walk under a grape
arbor to enter it. This leads to a
shady garden — a welcome relief
on a hot day — filled with ferns,
Fothergilla (in the witch hazel family), wild ginger, and more paperbark maples that thrive in the moist
atmosphere.
I see trees I have never before
heard of, such as a Persian Parrotia.
Native to Iran and in the witchhazel
family, it is multi-branching and
has bark like a sycamore.
The Morrises built a log cabin in
1908 to entertain friends. One
could sit on the porch and contemplate the stream and woodlands.
The building was cool in summer
and provided the warmth of a fireplace in the winter. Log cabins
were featured at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial and soon became
popular in American estates. This
cabin was similar to a style built in
the Adirondacks, where the Morrises would vacation. Victorians
saw log cabins as a symbol of civilization’s mastery over the wilderness.
“Even though Lydia and John
were Quakers, they were not immune to Victorian taste for the ornate and splashy,” says Schatz. A
Fernery is in a Victorian greenhouse with a goldfish pond and
stone arbor covered with ancient
spore-bearing plants, a little Buddha tucked into an alcove.
The takeaway: From a sign in
Out on a Limb, a family friendly attraction that is like the High Line of
the Morris Arboretum — “Imagine
if every family planted a tree. We
would help reduce climate change,
cool our homes and buildings, create new forests, and sustain communities for future generations.
Trees provide us with food and
medicine, and scientific studies
show how a view of trees helps patients recover faster and students
concentrate better. Tree planting
improves the quality of neighborhoods and communities.” Amen.
M orris A rboretum of the U nive rsity of Pennsylvan ia, 100 East
Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia, open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
$8 to $16, 215-247-5777, www.
business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml.
The G arden R ailway: A quarter-mile of model-train track, seven
loops and tunnels, 15 different rail
lines, cable cars, bridges, and model trains that cruise past scaled replicas of historic monuments and
Philadelphia-area
landmarks
adorned with thousands of twinkling lights for the holidays. Trains
run Friday, November 28, through
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grand opening on Saturday, November 29, 1 to 3 p.m., free with
admission.
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Family events, Garden Theater,
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As Good As It Gets, Hamilton
public Library, 1 Justice Samuel
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Acme Screening room, Lambertville public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.
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Union Streets, followed by meet
Santa and screening of “Muppet
Christmas Carol.” Free. 4:30 p.m.
Children’s Home Society of New
Jersey, Notre Dame High School,
601 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence, 609-915-7774. www.
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games, holiday crafts, a performance by the auxiliary, and Santa. Holiday bazaar features homemade crafts and baked good. Refreshments and goody bags. $5
benefits the infant foster care program. 9:30 a.m. and noon.
Good Causes
Hair It Is, Foxmoor, 1053 Washington Boulevard, Robbinsville,
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Jersey Jumpers, Central Jersey
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Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.
centraljerseydance.org. Swing,
jitterbug, and lindy hop. Lesson
followed by an open dance. $12.
No partners needed. Beginners
welcome. 7 p.m.
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Joy2Dance Studio, 178 Route
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Lesson followed by social. For
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Social Dance, G&J Studios, 5 Jill
Court, Suite 15, Hillsborough,
908-892-0344. $15. 8 p.m.
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West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
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In books, visual voyages for Children of All Ages
I
by Ilene Dube
don’t usually advertise my age, so let’s
just say it’s a decade past the halfway mark in
double digits. The reason I mention this is
because I love children’s books.
What could be more magical than getting
under the covers and reading to eager listeners about fantastic foxes, curious monkeys,
three little bears sitting in chairs, and a quiet
old lady whispering hush?
My greatest thrills come from reading to
my grandson. When we are lucky enough to
sleep under the same roof, I tuck him in and
give explicit instructions for the morning after: let his parents sleep but bring a pile of
books into my room. Wake me if sleeping.
He loves this part, entering the room with
giggles.
Other times we read over Skype, and I
hold up the pictures to the screen, peering
over the top to watch his curious face. The
books are created to bring joy to all generations of readers. If the adult did not love reading it, it would not be as enjoyable for the
young listener. We take the visual voyage
together.
Happily, the gallery at the College of New
Jersey is exhibiting “A Visual Voyage: Exploring the Media and Styles of Award Winning Children’s Book Illustrators” through
Sunday, December 14. Some of my favorites
— William Steig, Faith Ringgold, and Chris
Van Allsburg — are among the author/illustrators featured.
There are more than 50 works of art by 20
artists. They are winners of Caldecott Medals; Coretta Scott King Medals; Pura Belpre
Medals; and more.
In order to win the Caldecott, the top prize
for an American illustrator, the art must work
with the text, complementing the story, not
fighting or overwhelming it. In a picture for
“Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,” Steig
painted a father donkey in a pin-striped suit
bowing his violin behind a music stand, a
mother donkey in a yellow and turquoise
polka-dotted dress in a blue toile chair knitting red yarn — her donkey tail gently laps
High wire Act: Emily Arnold
McCully won a Caldecott
Award for her 1992 book
‘ Mirette on the H igh W ire,’
with illustrations inspired by
photographs and paintings of
P aris from the 18 90s.
over the armrest — and young Sylvester, an cide what to illustrate and how best to do it.”
The exhibit was proposed and curated by
unclothed donkey, sits on the floor playing
with toy trucks and car. The entire family unit Dr. Deborah Thompson, associate professor
is contained within a blue square rug, giving of elementary and early childhood educaso much more dimension to the words “Syl- tion. “We though it was a great idea to colvester Duncan lived with his mother and fa- laborate with another department, broadening our reach by including both education
ther.”
and art students to under“A Visual Voyage”
stand the collaborative
features illustrations that
process,” says gallery diare realistic, surrealistic,
‘ A visual voyage’ fearector Emily Croll, who
impressionistic, exprestures illustrations
traveled around the
sionistic, and naive. Wathat are realistic, surNortheast to gather the
tercolors, oils, acrylics,
works from the various
collages, prints, drawrealistic, impressionartists.
ings, and photographs are
istic, expressionistic,
Thompson started by
among the means through
and naive.
generating a list of 50 to
which the illustrators tell
60 award-winning artists.
stories.
“Then we went through
“Pictures should convey, enhance and extend the meaning behind to see who we could get,” she says. “We
the words,” writes Barbara Kiefer, professor made sure we had a balance of gender and
of children’s literature at Ohio State Univer- ethnicity.”
Thompson grew up surrounded by books
sity, in the introduction to the exhibition catalog. “Authors use elements of literature to — both her parents were teachers in Dyerscraft a story; likewise, artists make use of the burg, Tennessee, during the 1960s, when lielements and principles of design, particu- braries were segregated. “My parents bought
larly line, shape, color, and value, as they de- lots of books — Dickens, Shakespeare, and
coffee table books with masterpieces of art.
My siblings and I grew up listing to classical
music. I didn’t know you could major in children’s literature.” As an undergraduate at
Tennessee State University she studied language development and literacy strategies,
then earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. at
Ohio State University, with her research interests in cultural variations of folk and fairy
tales, and multicultural children’s literature.
“Although a picture book contains a reproduction of the artist’s finished work,”
writes Kiefer, “the quality of the original media often enhances visual meaning.” Here we
see the cut paper collage of David Wisnewski, which fools the eye in seeming to be three
dimensional. Wisnewski, who died in 2002
at age 49 — five years after winning the
Caldecott — graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and
worked as a puppeteer. It was after having
children that he began to write and illustrate
books, and considered himself a self-taught
artist. David’s illustrations are created using
an X -Acto knife and thousands of strokes
and blades on paper. His intricate, multi-layered illustrations begin with sketches that he
traces one element at a time onto colored paper, eventually piecing everything together
with photo mounts and foam tape.
Many of the artists are multi-talented.
Faith Ringgold is a painter, sculptor, performance artist, and writer. The Caldecott
Award-winning “Tar Beach” comes from her
story quilt that combines autobiography, fictional narrative, painting, and quilt making.
It is based on memories of her parents and
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Did you know that “Polar Express” author/illustrator Van Allsburg was a successful sculptor, exhibiting at the Whitney Museum and elsewhere before he made picture
books? His wife, an elementary education
teacher, encouraged him to illustrate works
for children.
An artist’s life influences the type of illustrations. Mary Azarian, whose woodcuts
have illustrated such books as “Snowflake
Bentley,” was a student of 20th-century
printmaker Leonard Baskin while at Smith
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hilltop farm in Vermont. There she and her
family farmed with horses and oxen, kept
chickens, sheep, a Jersey milk cow ,and a
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life on the farm became the inspiration for
many of her prints.
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drove up to Plainfield, Vermont, to pick up
the prints from Azarian, and also to Stowe for
the work of Jan Reynolds, who illustrates the
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with photographs.
Sometimes the technique employed is as
intriguing at the subject. Coretta Scott King
Award-winner and “Max and the Tag-Along 1890s paintings of Paris as well as photoMoon” author Floyd Cooper uses a subtrac- graphs of the city. Her illustrations show the
tive method, erasing paint to produce imag- influence of French Impressionism.
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Brooklyn-born and Bronx-raised Steig
scratchboard.
didn’t start writing and illustrating children’s
Illustrators are often influenced by other books until he was 61, following a long caartists. Van Allsburg adreer as a New Yorker carmires German symbolist
toonist. The Caldecott
Max Klinger, Maxfield
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A picture book is very
Parrish, and Grant Wood,
children’s books include
much like a play, says
Steig was looking at Pi“Shrek.”
author/illustrator emcasso, and E. B. Lewis
While it’s wonderful
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Express” illustration of
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chief curator of the Eric
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Carle Museum of Picture
elves work the sleigh and
scenes, building to a
Book Art, during a recent
red brick factory buildclimax.’
visit to the gallery. The
ings are lit with gold from
museum is a lender to the
inside, the illustrations
exhibition.
make one hunger for the
A picture book is very much like a play, story. It’s like looking at chocolates in a dissays author/illustrator Emily Arnold McCul- play case that you can’t eat.
ly, who won a Caldecott for “Mirette on the
Thankfully, Croll has arranged shelves of
High Wire.” “You select a cast, create cos- the books of each of these illustrators, so
tumes and set, then arrange the scenes, build- visitors can satisfy their desire. Not only is it
ing to a climax.”
a visual voyage, but an introduction to new
To prepare for “Mirette,” she relied on books worth checking out of the library —
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architecture, the house was built
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with historic souvenirs, books,
and more. E-mail DRMS@
netcarrier.com for information.
Free admission. 1 to 4 p.m.
For Families
Hayrides, wreaths, and Sleighbells, Howell Living History
Farm, 70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville, 609-737-3299. www.
howellfarm.org. Horsedrawn hayrides or sleighrides. Donations of
canned goods for area food banks
are invited. Sleighbells sold benefit the farm’s restoration projects.
Handmade items sewn by the
Pleasant Valley Stitchers, flour
and honey, evergreen wreaths,
and doorhangings also available.
Donations of canned goods will
be accepted for area food banks.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Holiday wine Trail weekend,
Terhune orchards, 330 Cold Soil
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-9242310. www.terhuneorchards.com.
Wine tastings, sample baked
goods, visit the barn yard, wagon
rides, and more. Noon to 5 p.m.
Holiday Laser Lights premiere,
New Jersey State museum, 205
West State Street, Trenton, 609292-6464. www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. Laser light program
set to seasonal music favorites.
$7. 1 and 3 p.m.
Outdoor Action
princeton Canal walkers, Turning Basin Park, Alexander Road,
Princeton, 609-638-6552. Threemile walk on the towpath. Bad
weather cancels. Free. 10 a.m.
Shopping News
Annual Christmas bazaar, Holy
Cross Lutheran Church, 280
Crosswicks Street, Bordentown,
609-298-2880. www.hclconline.
org. Vendors, crafters, music,
food, and pictures with Santa. Email [email protected] for information. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Horse Show
princeton Show Jumping, Hunter Farms, 246 Burnt Hill Road,
Skillman, 609-924-2932. Free. 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sports
princeton Hockey, Baker Rink,
609-258-4849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Michigan State Mankato. $10. 7 p.m.
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Classical Music
Chopin piano Concerto No. 1,
New Jersey Symphony orchestra, State Theater, 15 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 800-ALLEGRO. www.njsymphony.org.
Stefan Sanderling, conductor, and
Inon Barnatan, piano. 3 p.m.
Live Music
Larry Tritel, paint the roses Tea
House, 37 West Broad Street,
Hopewell, 609-466-8200. Guitar
and vocals. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell valley
vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. . Wine by
the glass or bottle and cheese
platters are available. Geoff Hazzelrigg. 2 to 5 p.m.
Lecture in Song, princeton public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 609-924-9529.
www.princetonlibrary.org. “They
Wrote the Words Part 2” presented by Fred Miller. 3 p.m.
paula ryan, Alchemist & barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.
theaandb.com. 10 p.m.
miracle on 34th Street, Kelsey
Theater, mercer Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
West Windsor, 609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Family
holiday drama presented by M&M
Stage Productions. $18. 2 p.m.
Lost in Yonkers, bristol riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Coming of age
story. $31 and up. 3 p.m.
Family Theater
Disney Live! mickey’s music
Festival, Sun National bank
Center, Hamilton Avenue at
Route 129, Trenton, 800-298-
4200. www.comcasttix.com. $31
to $91. 1 and 4 p.m.
Film
Sunday matinee, ewing Library,
61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. www.mcl.org. Screening of
“Fill the Void.” For ages 18 and Tommy Zucchetti Anthony Zucchetti
up. 2 p.m.
25 Route 31 S • Pennington, NJ 08534
Afternoon movie, Hickory Cor(in the Pennington Shopping Center)
ner Library, 138 Hickory Corner
609-730-1244
Road, East Windsor, 609-44825 Route 31 S • Pennington, NJ 08534
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1330. www.mcl.org. Screening of
[email protected] (in the Pennington Shopping Center)
“Words & Pictures.” Register.
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Art
Holiday Studio Tour, Covered
bridge Artisans, Cultural Arts
Center, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Self-guided tour of
mixed media artist studios in Lambertville, Stockton, and Sergeantsville areas and guest artists
at the cultural center. Oil paintings, pottery, sculpture, stained
glass, and more. Maps available
online. Free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holiday Studio Tour, Covered
bridge Artisans, Cultural Arts
Center, Sergeantsville, 609-3971535. www.coveredbridgeartisans.com. Self-guided tour of
mixed media artist studios in Lambertville, Stockton, and Sergeantsville areas and guest artists
at the cultural center. Oil paintings, pottery, sculpture, stained
glass, and more. Maps available
online. Free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hello Holidays, Grounds For
Sculpture, 126 Sculptors Way,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.
groundsforsculpture.org. Brunch,
tea party, and more. 11 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, roxey ballet,
College of New Jersey, Kendall
Hall, Ewing, 609-397-7616. www.
roxeyballet.com. Holiday tradition
directed by Mark Roxey. $15 to
$50. 3 p.m.
On Stage
Little women, off-broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical based on the life of Louisa
May Alcott and her sisters. $29.50
to $31.50 includes dessert. 1:30
p.m.
elf, paper mill playhouse, 22
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973376-4343. www.papermill.org.
Holiday musical based on the film.
Through January 4, 2015. 1:30
and 7 p.m.
The Fabulous Lipitones, George
Street playhouse, 9 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732246-7717. www.gsponline.org. A
capella musical comedy by John
Markus and Mark St. Germain.
Through December 14. 2 and 7
p.m.
VC helps clients focus on beauty, inside and out
When
Angela
Pantaleone
decided to open up VC Salonspa
in 1995, she wanted customers to
connect with their true selves upon
entering the Robbinsville salon.
“Nothing makes my day more
than when someone says that they
never knew they could look like
this—so beautiful and so amazing,”
Pantaleone said.
Located in Town Center’s Building
B at 2350 Route 33, Pantaleone has
molded VC to be a place where
customers can focus on their health
and well-being, and come out
looking really great.
“We strive to provide a service
and a sense of well-being to our
guest,” Pantaleone said. “The
surroundings in which people live
are crucial because all of these
things can change the way you
feel.”
The staff at VC keeps an eye out
if clients are having a rough day
or are in a bad mood, and always
strives to provide services that shift
clients into a positive frame of mind.
“Our mission is to make people
feel great, and make people look
and feel beautiful and fabulous
every day,” Pantaleone said.
“Having the ability to help people
love what they look like is the
is extremely proud of. She said she
greatest gift and something we strive
continually looks for people who are
for day after day, year after year.
a great fit at the salon.
For instance, we love using makeup
“I love my team, our community
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and our industry,
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and we are always
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looking for the right
The salon has been
people to join our
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salon in the nation,
said.
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you want to excel
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guest
service,
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cutting or coloring,
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when someone
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VC
features
coming in. With the
Angela Pantaleone
many
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level of mastery in
for hair, including
our business today, I
conditioning services that both
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of the hair, Umbrella brand
The VC team—which includes
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cuticle damage on the hair, which
helps the color to last longer, and
enhances shine for deeper and
richer tones, Pantaleone said.
Pantaleone
and
her
staff
participate in the major events
such as Oribe Backstage, New
York Fashion Week, New Jersey
Fashion and Beauty Week and
in-house
editorial
shoots
that
provide creative inspiration for
the team to bring to the clients.
This—along with an environment
that focuses on the four elements
of earth, air, fire and water—gives
clients what Pantaleone believes
are exceptional services in an
exceptional environment.
In addition to all of the hair
services, VC offers services for skin,
including hydrafacials, massages,
nails and sunless tanning. A number
of packages may be purchased,
which include spa, party, bridal, and
prom packages.
VC Salonspa is located at 2350
Route 33 in Robbinsville’s Town
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aren Thompson, founder of
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Although bras are an everyday
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should not feel like you are suffocating! While some styles have a
higher level of compression than
others, you should never feel as
though you cannot breathe. Instead, you should look and feel
great because shapewear is the
perfect way to slim down in seconds, and can make you look up
to 10 pounds slimmer. It targets
problem areas by slimming the
tummy, waist, rear, and thighs. It
is perfect under everyday clothing or under special occasion attire.
Myth: You only need one good
bra
Fact: You don’t want to wear
the same bra every day because
it will stretch out and decrease
the life of the bra. We recommend that every woman has a
bra wardrobe containing six essential bras. You want to have
four everyday bras, three nude
and one black, along with a racerback bra and a strapless bra.
Once you build your bra wardrobe with these essentials you
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Faith
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Christian Choirs, Robbinsville
Seventh Day Adventist Church,
2314 Route 33, Robbinsville, 609587-7076. www.ccchoir.com.
Concert sung by children and
adult choruses. Free-will offering.
3 and 6 p.m.
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wine Trail weekend, Unionville
vineyards, 9 Rocktown Road,
Ringoes, 908-788-0400. www.
unionvillevineyards.com. Noon to
5 p.m.
Holiday wine Trail weekend,
working Dog winery, 610 Windsor-Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.
workingdogwinerynj.com. Music
by Vic Della Pello. Bring a snack.
$5 includes tasting glass. 1 to 5
p.m.
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Food & Dining
Pre-K
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Thursday,
(609)986-1702
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a.m. (609)
Cultivating Inner peace for everybody, Center for relaxation
and Healing, 666 Plainsboro
Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro, 609750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. With Najan Narayanaswamy. $20. 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Yoga and Sound Healing: the
Heart Chakra, one Yoga Center,
405 Route 130 North, East Windsor, 609-918-0963. www.oneyogacenter.net. Dalien, aka 13
Hands, presents postures and sequencing designed to open the
mid and upper back, chest, and
neck; a 40-minute savasana with
gongs, crystal bowls, native
flutes, and other percussion; and
chanting. Register. $35. 3 to 5:30
p.m.
History
Annual Train Show, old City Hall
restoration project, Old City
Hall, 11 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, 609-203-0541. Train
display and memorabilia. Donations to the restoration project are
invited. Noon.
Historic House Tour, prallsville
mills, 24 Risler Street, Stockton,
609-397-3586. www.DRMSStockton.org. Tour the home of
John Prall Jr., the merchant, miller, and owner of Prallsville Mills.
An example of late 18th century
architecture, the house was built
219 years ago. Craft gallery featuring local artisans, and gift shop
with historic souvenirs, books,
and more. E-mail DRMS@
netcarrier.com for information.
Free admission. 1 to 4 p.m.
walking Tour, Historical Society
of princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Two-hour walking tour
around downtown Princeton and
Princeton University campus. $7.
2 p.m.
For Families
Holiday wine Trail weekend,
Terhune orchards, 330 Cold Soil
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-9242310. www.terhuneorchards.com.
Wine tastings, sample baked
goods, visit the barn yard, wagon
rides, and more. Noon to 5 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Genice Armstrong memorial
bike ride, Shiloh Community
Development Corporation, Shiloh Baptist Church, 340 Rev. S.
Howard Woodson Way, Trenton,
609-433-6947. shilohcdc.org.
Bike ride from the Princeton
Theological Seminary on Mercer
Street in Princeton to Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton to promote
awareness of the need for child
adoption services. Riders collect
donations for pledges to ride from
1 to 15 miles. Register. $30. Bike
rentals available. Rain or shine.
2:30 to 6 p.m.
monday
December 1
Outdoor Concerts
Annual Tree Lighting, bordentown, Crosswicks and Farnsworth, Bordentown, 609-2984332. Santa, carolers, holiday
music, refreshments. 6 p.m.
Pop Music
rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 1065 Canal Road, Princeton, 732-236-6803. www.jerseyharmonychorus.org. For women
who can carry a tune and attend
weekly rehearsals. 7:15 p.m.
Art
Art exhibits, ewing Library, 61
Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. “Colleagues,” an exhibit of
drawings and paintings by Paul
Mordetsky and Kyle Stevenson.
On view to December 30. 10 a.m.
Art exhibit, peAC Fitness, 1440
Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, 609883-2000. www.peachealthfitness.com. First day of art exhibit
with works by Jeff Gottfried of Delaware Wood Carving in West
Trenton. On view to December
31. 10 a.m.
plainsboro Artists’ Group,
plainsboro public Library, 9
Van Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
Painters, sculptors, mixed media
artists, and photographers meet
to exchange ideas and connect
with each other. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Dance
The Nutcracker, roxey ballet,
College of New Jersey, Kendall
Hall, Ewing, 609-397-7616. Holiday tradition directed by Mark
Roxey. $15 to $50. 10 a.m.
Literati
Author event, Hamilton Library,
1 Samuel Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton.
Rodney Richards, author of “Episodes,” a poetic memoir of surviving bipolar disorder in the modern
age, presents a memoir and creative non-fiction class. 1:30 to
4:30 p.m.
November 26, 2014
Thinking Allowed Series, princeton public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-9529. Dancer, choreographer,
and director Bill T. Jones discusses his new
book “Story/Time: The Life of an Idea” with
Princeton University dance professor Judith
Hamera. 7 p.m.
Singles
relaxercise, princeton relaxercise,
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Orchard Hill Center, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, 609-924-7140. Move mindfully to release tension and increase flexibility based
on the Feldenkrais Method. $17. Noon.
monthly meeting, Compassionate
Friends, Capital Health System, 1445
Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton,
609-516-8047. www.tcfmercer.org. Bereavement support group for those who
have lost children at any age. 7 p.m.
The Feldenkrais method, Feldman Chiropractic, 4418 Route 27, Kingston, 609252-1766. www.feldmanchiropractic.com.
Register. First class is free. 7 p.m.
Adults with ADHD Facilitated Support
Group, Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,
Princeton Speech Language and Learning
Center, 19 Wall Street, Princeton, 609-7317556. $5. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Socials
Health
Singles Night, Grover’s mill Coffee
House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.
groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for soups,
sandwiches, desserts, tea, coffee, and conversation. Register at www.meetup.com/
Princeton-Singles 6:30 to 8 p.m.
eSL Conversation Class, plainsboro
public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, 609275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Register. 7 p.m.
Stamp Collecting, Coryell’s Ferry Stamp
Club, Washington Crossing United Methodist Church, 1896 Wrightstown Road,
Washington Crossing, PA, 908-806-7883.
Program followed by an auction. 7:30 p.m.
Jrecovery Anonymous, Jewish Family &
vocational Service of middlesex County,
32 Ford Avenue, Milltown, 732-777-1940.
Peer support group for Jewish alcoholics,
addicts and anyone (family, friends) affected by addiction. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Lectures
video Camera basics, princeton Community Television, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, 609-252-1963. www.princetontv.org.
Register. Free with $20 annual membership. 6:30 p.m.
Chess and Your Child, princeton public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-9529. Presented by Yaefong Dong
and his daughter, chess champion and
PHS junior Alice Dong. Teen center. 7 p.m.
Not In our Town, princeton public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Fireplace on
second floor, 609-924-9529. www.
princetonlibrary.org. Discussion on race facilitated by the Princeton-based interracial
and interfaith social action group. 7:30 p.m.
Nathan Hook band, New brunswick Jazz
project, Tumulty’s, 361 George Street,
New Brunswick, 732-640-0021. www.nbjp.
org. $4 soda charge for 21 and under. Jam
session at 9:30 p.m. 8 to 11 p.m.
Tuesday
December 2
Mental Health
Support Group, The push Group, Saint
Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton
Avenue, Hamilton Square, 609-213-1585.
For men and women with anxiety disorders.
Free. 7 p.m.
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Classical Music
Holiday Concert, westminster Choir College, Bart Luedeke Center Theater, Rider
University, Lawrenceville, 609-921-2663.
www.rider.edu. Rider University Band and
the Blawenburg Band. Conducted by Jeffrey Rife. Free. 7:30 p.m.
princeton Sound Kitchen, princeton University Department of music, Taplin Auditorium, 609-258-2800. Various artists and
ensembles performing works by Elliot Cole,
Quinn Collins, Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Florent Ghys, Wally Gunn, Andrew Lovett, and
Jason Treuting. Free 8 p.m.
Shadows of the ’60s: R aritan Valley Community College holds a tribute to Motown including music by the
Four Tops, the Temptations,
and the Supremes on Saturday, N ovember 29.
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Jazz & Blues
bob Smith organ Trio, Amici milano, 600
Chestnut Avenue, Trenton, 609-396-6300.
An evening of jazz and blues with Bob
Smith on guitar and vocals, Tommy Pass on
organ, and Lenny Pucciatti on drums. Musicians are welcome. 7 to 9:30 p.m.
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R ev iew: ‘ T h e F ab ulous L ipitones’
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by Simon Saltzman
rass sitcom humor —
unashamedly laced with overt racism and unapologetically graced
with snippets of vocal harmony —
constitutes “The Fabulous Lipitones,” a mostly flat yet also occasionally funny comedy with songs
running at the George Street Playhouse.
In this collaboration of John
Markus and Mark St. Germain
three members of a barber shop
quartet suddenly find themselves
without their fourth, a founder who
died quite suddenly following a
heart attack only a week before
their scheduled appearance at a national contest to be held in Reno,
Nevada. His funeral service opens
the play. It provides a quite funny
opportunity for the three remaining
members of the group to sing “After You’ve Gone.”
These three friendly, middleaged white guys do find a replacement. The trouble is that he’s a
dark-skinned, turban-wearing Sikh
who is not only a few generations
younger but may also be an illegal
alien. It isn’t the worst idea for a
situation comedy, but it’s also one
that unfortunately cannot be sustained for two hours plus.
Thankfully, director Michael
Mastro is in close harmony with his
four actors, who have a gift for garrulous back-and-forth banter. It
helps that they also have good ears
for their concerted musical offerings and do their best to provide
some dimension to their one-dimensional characters.
The plot’s main aim is to show
how quickly the three old-timers
with their traditional but tired rep-
ertoire become open and receptive
to the refreshingly outgoing personality of the new recruit, a very
charming and personable Baba
Mati Singh (Rohan Kymal). This is
not an easy task as Baba, who is
called Bob, is suspected, not without some reason, of being a terrorist by the group’s resident (“I don’t
negotiate with terrorists”) bully
and bigot Phil Rizzardi (Donald
Corren), who notices the ceremonial dagger that Bob carries around
his waist.
For a while Phil, an out-ofshape owner of a gym and health
spa, insists that he would prefer a
‘ The Fabulous Lipitones’ is a mostly flat
yet also occasionally
funny comedy with
songs running at the
George Street playhouse.
career as a Tom Jones-type attraction at the local Holiday Inn. He
seems willing to let the group dissolve their long-time musical association and with it their dedication to competitive barbershop
singing, rather than accept this
amiable and eager immigrant into
the fold. The Fabulous Lipitones
has kept the name given by their
now deceased member, Andy
Lipinsky, despite its resemblance
to the popular medicine for cholesterol.
The men do eventually come
around and see how the talented
Bob will bring a new vitality and
unique style to their program.
Working with him to get rid of his
“vibrato” is one of the play’s more
comical moments as is Bob’s horrified response to the lyrics of such
oldies as “Bird in a Gilded Cage,”
“I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl
that Married Dear Old Dad),” and
“Bill Grogran’s Goat,” which he
calls “the barbershop apocalypse.”
The only thing likely to have the
audience wondering is how this
hardly “fabulous” quartet got as far
as it has in competitions. Bob, the
play’s most interesting character, is
well prepared to offset the slurs
hurled by Phil, whose ignorance
with regard to foreigners and their
cultural differences is the play’s
most compelling, if also its most
abrasive, aspect. A digressive part
of the plot also involves a possible
raid by immigration authorities.
The jokes aside, many of them
groaners, I could feel the audience
becoming less and less receptive
and/or tolerant to Phil and the type
he shamefully represents in our society.
Standing up to fitness phony
Phil after 30 years of being bullied
suddenly feels good to both Wally
Smith (Wally Dunn), a pudgy pharmacist who is looking for a “pharmacette” through an online dating
service, and Howard (Jim Walton).
The latter is an accountant with a
bedridden wife (unseen) and
whose finished basement (nicely
furnished with the contestants’
memorabilia by set designer R.
Michael Miller) serves as the pri-
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A Holiday Tradition Since 1964
barbershop Q uartet: R ohan K ymal, left, as Baba
Mati Singh, Jim W alton as H oward, D onald Corren as P hil R izzardi, and W ally D unn as W ally
Smith at George Street P layhouse.
mary setting for the play that takes
place in the present in London,
Ohio.
A standout performance and fine
singing by Kymal, who is making
his George Street Playhouse debut,
goes a long way in keeping this
play diverting. Broadway veteran
Walton is excellent as Howard,
whose determination to keep the
group together is rewarded as is the
support he gets from the also excellent Dunn. Corren, in another
George Street Playhouse debut, has
to work the hardest to earn our affection as the abrasive Phil. He almost pulls it off by the time we get
to the Lipitones Competition Finale, which features a “Sailor’s Hornpipe” by St. Germain. The big
question: Will they pull off the win
by beating the favorite the Sons of
Pitches?”
St. Germain and Marcus have
previously worked together on
“The Cosby Show.” Their dialogue
shows Marcus’ flair for wacky
quips, wise cracks, and flippant
repartee amid endless bickering.
There is otherwise no evidence of
the dramatic sensibility that
marked such fine plays by St. Germain as “Freud’s Last Session,”
“Camping with Henry and Tom,”
and “Becoming Dr. Ruth.”
The F abulous L ipitones,
G eorge Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick.
Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8
p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2
p.m., and Sundays at 7 p.m. through
Sunday, December 14, $25 to $68.
732-246-7717 or www.georgestreetplayhouse.org.
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bright lights and ornaments. The
holiday season seems to have
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area. Sudden cold winds and
frigid temperatures are forcing
downtown dwellers to bundle up
and seek shelter to their favorite
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Live Music
open mic, Trenton Social bar
and restaurant, 449 South
Broad Street Trenton, 609-9897777. www.allaboutjazz.com. 8
p.m.
Dance
winter Dance Concert, raritan
valley Community College,
Route 28, North Branch, 908-7253420. www.rvccarts.org. Choreography by Paulette Sears. $12. 8
p.m.
On Stage
The Time machine, monroe public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza,
butternut squash soup, corn
bread stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and of
course the expected roasted turkey breast with cranberry relish.
Soup, entrees, carving stations,
salads, side dishes, deserts —
you name it, the Tap Room has it
covered.
Although the Tap Room is
geared up and ready to go tomorrow, the holiday celebrations
continue on. This is the holiday
season, and for that, there is
plenty to indulge in. There will be
holiday-themed drink menus and
deliciously crafted seasonal
menus that offer a nice variety of
quality options that you won’t be
able to find elsewhere in town.
On Wednesday, November
26, and Friday, November 28,
there will be a DJ playing at the
Tap Room at 10 p.m. with a $5
cover. Make sure to come early
to save your spot in line, because
these nights host a completely
packed venue every year. On
Black Friday, just outside the
Yankee Doodle Tap Room on the
Green, the streets of Palmer
Square fill up with spectators to
watch the Annual Tree Lighting
Spectacular at 4:45 p.m. Princeton loves to get into the spirit of
the holidays.
Yankee Doodle Tap room,
10 Palmer Square, Princeton,
NJ, 609-688-2600.
Monroe, 732-521-5000. www.
monroetwplibrary.org. Presentation by H.G. Wells’ classic by Raconteur Radio. Free. 4 p.m.
The Fabulous Lipitones, George
Street playhouse, 9 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732246-7717. www.gsponline.org. A
capella musical comedy by John
Markus and Mark St. Germain.
Through December 14. 8 p.m.
Dancing
Film
The Hunger Games, Hamilton
public Library, 1 Justice Samuel
A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609581-4060. www.hamiltonnjpl..
Free. 10 a.m.
An Afternoon at the movies,
robbinsville Library, 42 Allentown-Robbinsville Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. www.
mcl.org. Jersey Boys. Register
online. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
International Folk Dance, princeton Folk Dance, Kristina Johnson Pop-Up Studio, Princeton
Shopping Center, 609-921-9340.
www.princetonfolkdance.org. Ethnic dances of many countries using original music. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance.
No partner needed. $5. 7:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Literati
Author event, Lawrence Library,
Route 1 South, 609-585-6200.
www.mcl.org. Rodney Richards,
author of “Episodes,” a poetic
memoir of surviving bipolar disorder in the modern age, presents a
memoir and creative non-fiction
class. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
writers room, princeton public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-9529. www.
princetonlibrary.org. For fiction
and non-fiction writers to read
their work and get feedback. 7
p.m.
poetry workshop, Delaware valley poets, Lawrence Public Library, Darrah Lane, 609-8829246. www.delawarevalleypoets.
com. Visitors welcome. Bring 10
copies of your poem. Free. 7:30
p.m.
Good Causes
Tree of Lights and remembrance Ceremony, rwJ Fitness
and wellness Center, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609584-5900. www.rwjhamilton.org/
education. Reserve a bulb; $10
donation for silver, $20 for gold.
Donations benefit RWJ Hamilton
Auxiliary’s pledge to RWJ Hamilton. Register. Free. 6 p.m.
Craft Fairs
Holiday Art Show, raritan valley
Community College, 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, 908526-1200. www.raritanval.edu.
Exhibition and sale featuring ceramics, sculptural pieces, prints,
silk scarves, woven apparel and
more. Refreshments wil be
served. Noon to 8 p.m.
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Faith
Care and Feeding of the Soul,
Congregation beth Chaim, 329
Village Road East, West Windsor,
609-799-9401. www.bethchaim.
org. Explore Judaism with Cantor
Stuart Binder. Free. 11 a.m.
Food & Dining
Film, Suppers program, Whole
Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street.
www.thesuppersprogram.org.
Screening of “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.” 7 to 1 p.m.
Health
Lectures
Chess Club, princeton public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-9529. www.
princetonlibrary.org. With David
Hua and Amnon Attali. Register.
Free. 4 p.m.
The Lottery: where Does the
money Go?, rwJ Fitness and
wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. Register. Free. 11 a.m.
Networking, ACG New Jersey,
Westin, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 203-260-0223. “The Four
Cornerstones to Breakout
Growth” presented by Chris Kuenne, founder and CEO of Rosemark Capital Group. Cocktails,
hors d’oeuvres, and presentation.
Register. $110. 6 p.m.
medicare and resources, pennington Library, 30 North Main
Street, Pennington, 609-7370404. www.penningtonlibrary.org.
“Learning About Your Insurance
Options” presented by Bob Brehon of the State Health Insurance
Assistance Program. 6:30 p.m.
For Families
babytime, robbinsville Library,
42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road,
Robbinsville, 609-259-2150.
www.mcl.org. Ages 6 to 24
months, accompanied by an
adult. Online registration begins
November 18. 10:30 a.m.
Create a..., robbinsville Library,
42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road,
Robbinsville, 609-259-2150.
www.mcl.org. All ages, accompanied by an adult. 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
music with pat mcKinley, monroe public Library, 4 Municipal
Plaza, Monroe, 732-521-5000.
www.monroetwplibrary.org. A musical program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Tuesdays, December 2, 9, 23, 30.
11:45 a.m.
Starlight express, monroe public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza,
Monroe, 732-521-5000. www.
monroetwplibrary.org. Storytime.
Tuesdays, December 2 to 23. Ages 3 to 5. 7 p.m.
For Parents
breastfeeding Support Group,
rwJ Fitness and wellness
Center, 3100 Quakerbridge
Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900.
www.rwjhamilton.org/education.
Join other new mothers and learn
about breastfeeding techniques,
parenting issues, and how to prepare to return to work. No registration required. Free. 12:30 to 2
p.m.
Family Theater
Charlotte’s web, paper mill
playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive,
Millburn, 973-376-4343. www.
papermill.org. Autism-friendly
performance. $12.75. 4 p.m.
Singles
pizza Night, Yardley Singles,
Vince’s, 25 South Main Street,
Yardley, PA, 215-736-1288. Register. 6 p.m.
For Seniors
widows and widowers Social
Club, monroe village, 117 Half
Acre Road, Monroe, 732-5216400. Discussion, presentation,
and more. 1:30 p.m.
wednesday
December 3
Classical Music
So percussion, princeton University Department of music,
Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street, 609-258-2800. “Amid
the Noise,” a re-orchestration of a
multimedia work written by Jason
Treuting, a member of the group.
Princeton Laptop Orchestra and
Princeton Percussion Ensemble
also perform. Free. 8 p.m.
portraits: P hotos by R on Villegas are on view at
Gallery 14 in H opewell through Sunday, D ecember 14 .
Jazz & Blues
Pop Music
wendy Z offer Jazz Trio, princeton music Connection, Marketfair, Route 1 South, West Windsor, 609-936-9811. Featuring
Brad Mandigo, piano; Bobby
Boyd, drums; and Wendy Z offer,
flute/vocals performing holiday
classics. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Najwa parkins Group, New
brunswick Jazz project, Hyatt,
2 Albany Street, New Brunswick,
732-640-0021. www.nbjp.org. No
cover. 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Community Concert, Lambertville Library, 7 North Main
Street, Lambertville, 609-3970275. www.lambertvillelibrary.org.
“Season’s Greetings” features
performances by area artists and
selections from the Lambertville
Historical Society third annual
holiday CD. 7 p.m.
Live Music
open mic, Amalfi’s, 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road,
Lawrenceville, 609-912-1599. 7
p.m.
open mic, Alchemist & barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.
theaandb.com. Hosted by Eric
Puliti. Registration begins at 9
p.m. 21 plus. 10 p.m.
Art
Art exhibit, Z immerli Art museum, George and Hamilton
streets, New Brunswick, 732-9327237. Museum open. 10 a.m. to 9
p.m.
Dance
winter Dance Concert, raritan
valley Community College,
Route 28, North Branch, 908725-3420. www.rvccarts.org.
Choreography by Paulette Sears.
$12. 8 p.m.
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Navigators from Lower Bucks
Hospital will offer assistance and
answer questions on Tuesdays
through February 10. Bring state
issued identification and 2013
federal tax return or three recent
pay-stubs. First-come, first
served basis. For more information contact Library. 3 to 7 p.m.
Joint-Friendly Fitness, optimal
exercise, 27B Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-462-7722.
www.optimalexercisenj.org. Bill
DeSimone, ACE-certified Health
Coach, explains how to avoid
workout injuries. $20. Call to register. 6 to 7 p.m.
Non-Surgical Approaches to
Knee and Shoulder pain, rwJ
Fitness and wellness Center,
3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Register.
Free. 6 p.m.
Support Group, National multiple Sclerosis Society, Robbinsville Senior Center, 1117 Route
130, Robbinsville, 609-799-9585.
www.nationalmssociety.org.
Learn, share, and socialize in a
positive setting. 7 to 9 p.m.
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Pennsylvania, 215-788-7891.
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Riverside Theatre accompanied
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elf, paper mill playhouse, 22
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much Ado About Nothing,
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Jersey, F.M. Kirby Theater, Drew
University, Madison, 973-4085600. www.shakespearenj.org.
$35 to $70. 7:30 p.m.
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Street playhouse, 9 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 732246-7717. www.gsponline.org. A
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Feature Films, South brunswick
Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000.
www.sbpl.info. Screening of
“Chef,” 2014. Free. 6:30 p.m.
The Hunger Games, Hamilton
public Library, 1 Justice Samuel
A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609581-4060. www.hamiltonnjpl.org.
Free. 7 p.m.
Film and Discussion, princeton
public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 609-924-9529.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of “15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story”
followed by a discussion led by
members of The Campaign to end
the New Jim Crow Princeton
Chapter and the Princeton University’s Students for Prison Education and Reform group. Kenneth Young of Florida was 15
when he received four life sentences for a series of armed robberies. The film, part of the Point
of View series, follows his legal
battle. 7 p.m.
National Theater event, Garden
Theater, Nassau Street, Princeton. thegardentheatre.com.
Screening of “Skylight.” $18. 7:30
p.m.
Dancing
Newcomer’s Dance, American
ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.
americanballroomco.com. $10. 7
to 9 p.m.
ballroom Dancing, Stardust
ballroom, 363 West Browning
Road, Bellmawr, 856-931-4000.
www.stardustbellmawr.com. Monday Blues Jazz Orchestra, a
23-member ensemble, performs.
Casual dress. Family friendly.
$20. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
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Life of an Idea: Choreographer Bill T.
Jones appears at
P rinceton P ublic L ibrary in conversation
with P rinceton U niversity dance professor Judith H amera on
Monday, D ecember 1.
Good Causes
meeting, west windsor Lions
Club, Bog Restaurant, Cranbury
Golf Club, Southfield Road, West
Windsor, 609-275-0363. 7 p.m.
Craft Fairs
Holiday Art Show, raritan valley
Community College, 118 Lamington Road, Branchburg, 908526-1200. www.raritanval.edu.
Exhibition and sale featuring ceramics, sculptural pieces, prints,
silk scarves, woven apparel and
more. Noon to 8 p.m.
Faith
Christmas and Chanukah: what
Do Those Traditions mean?,
monroe public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, 732-5215000. Discussion to understand
and appreciate holiday traditions
presented by Rabbi Brooks Susman of Congregation Kol Am in
Freehold, and Chris Bellitto, chair
and professor of history at Kean
University. 1 p.m.
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Farm Markets
Trenton Farmers’ market, 960
Spruce Street, Lawrence, 609695-2998. Open Wednesday to
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.
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Holiday open House, Drumthwacket Foundation, 354 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-6830057. “Fantasy Through the Arts”
is this year’s holiday decor theme.
In partnership with New Jersey
Ballet Company, New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Theater Alliance, and New
Jersey Garden Club. Self-guided
tours of the official residence of
the Governor of New Jersey. Registration required. Free. 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
Festival of Trees, morven museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. www.morven.
org. Holiday trees decorated by
area businesses, garden clubs,
and organizations. $6. On view
Wednesdays to Sundays through
the holidays. Noon to 4 p.m.
New Jersey Then and Now, New
Jersey State Library, 185 West
State Street, Trenton, 609-2782640, ext. 172. njstatelib.org. Author David Veasey. Contact Cindy
Warrick at cwarrick@njstatelib.
org or call 609-278-2640 ext. 172
to RSVP. Free. Noon.
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Railroad Place, Hopewell, 609466-1625. Independent technology consultant Doug Dixon discusses the latest gadgets for the
2014 holidays. Free. 7 p.m.
Knitting Circle, Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence, 609-989-6920. Registration suggested. 7 p.m.
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hours. Wednesday, December 3
and Tuesday, December 30. Stop
by the Youth Services Desk to
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p.m.
Toddlin’ Tots, monroe public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, 732-521-5000. Wednesdays
December 3 to 17. Ages 18-36
months with caregiver. Registration begins November 25. 9:30
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workshops. Smoking Cessation
from 6:30 to 7:30 and Weight
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optional CD. 6:30 p.m.
Health Seminar, Feldman Chiropractic, 4418 Route 27, Kingston, 609-252-1766. “Nutrition Response Testing” focuses on hidden nutritional deficiencies that
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money management, plainsboro
public Library, 9 Van Doren
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on making informed financial decisions presented by a representative of PNC Bank. Discussion
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planning for retirement for public employees’ retirement Systems, United way of Greater
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South B runswick Public L ibrary invites donations for several
charitable organizations during the
holiday season.
• Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania: A collection box for new
stuffed animals is located in the
children’s department of the library. Monetary donations are also
welcome. Deadline is Thursday,
December 18.
• South Brunswick Food Pantry:
Donate unexpired, unopened nonperishable food items to the bin in
the library’s entrance lobby.
• South Brunswick Social Services: All donations are welcome,
especially gift cards to local food,
pharmacy, and dry goods stores, or
adopt a family. Make checks payable to South Brunswick Human
Intervention Trust Fund, and send
to South Brunswick Township,
Box 190 Municipal Complex,
Monmouth Junction 08852, attention LouAnne Wolf. Call LouAnne
at 732-329-4000, ext. 7674.
• Sunshine’s Pets: Donate pet
toys, useful pet items, and unexpired, unopened pet foods in the
designated box in the library’s entrance lobby.
• Toys for Tots: Donate new, unwrapped children’s toys. Collection boxes are located by the cafe
and inside the South Brunswick
Municipal Building. Deadline is
Monday, December 8.
• Trenton Rescue Mission: Donate new or gently used clothing
and coats to the designated collection box located by the Cafe in the
Library. Deadline is Tuesday, December 23.
Children’ s H ospital at Saint
Peter’ s U nive rsity H ospital has a
toy drive from noon to 4 p.m. on
Sunday, December 21, at the Imperia Banquet Hall, 1714 Easton Avenue, Somerset. Participants are
asked to bring a new, unwrapped
toy or two, or make a monetary donation at the event to benefit children who are being cared for at hospital. The event for all ages includes
holiday music, snacks, games for
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Capital Singers of Trenton and
Trenton Community Singers
present
Winter Songs VIII
Featuring Cantata 142 ~ Bach
and works by
Handel | Tschesnokoff | Christiansen
Wilberg | De Cormier | Rutter
RICHARD M. LOATMAN, Founding Director and Conductor
ELLEN J. DONDERO, Assistant Conductor
LOUIS F. GOLDBERG and SPENSER PRICHARD
Accompanists
KATRINA KORMANSKI, Special Guest Artist, Cello
Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 4pm
Sacred Heart Church
343 South Broad Street | Trenton, NJ 08608
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $18 Advance Purchase
$15 Senior Citizens and Children under 12
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December 4
Classical Music
princeton University orchestra,
princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, 609-258-9220.
Four Sean-nos Songs arranged
by Dan Trueman and Donnacha
Dennehy. Mahler. $15. 7:30 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Jim Nuzzo, Italian bistro
Lounge, 441 Raritan Avenue,
Highland Park, 732-640-1959. 7
p.m.
Lee Hogans Q uartet, New
brunswick Jazz project, Makeda, 338 George Street, New
Brunswick, 732-640-0021. www.
nbjp.org. $5 cover. 8 to 11 p.m.
Student Jazz ensemble performance, welpe Theater, raritan
valley Community College, 118
Lamington Road, Branchburg,
908-725-3420. Featuring works
by Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus and more.
$12 general, $8 students and seniors. 8 p.m.
University Freddie Hubbard ensemble, princeton University
Department of music, Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center, 609258-2800. Free. 11 p.m.
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A merican L egion Post 401 has
its annual Toys for Tots drive and
will be accepting new, unwrapped
toys through Monday, December
15, at 148 Major Road, Monmouth
Junction, any time after 2 p.m.,
seven days a week. For more information or directions call 732-3299861.
N orth B runswick Public L ibrary is collecting for the Marine
Corps Reserve Toys for Tots gift
drive. Bring new, unwrapped toys
for children up to 16 years old to
benefit children in need for the holidays. The library is at 880 Hermann Road in North Brunswick.
Call 732-246-3545 for information.
Stein A ssisted L ivi ng at 350
Demott Lane, Somerset, is collecting nonperishable food items for
the Franklin Township Food Bank.
There is a container in the lobby.
Deadline is Monday, December 1.
Call 732-568-1155 or E-mail info@ wilfcampus.org for information.
Volunteer Please
N ew Je rsey B lood Servi ces, a
division of New York Blood Center, which supplies blood products
and services to 60 hospitals
throughout the state, is in need of
volunteers at blood drives. The
blood service volunteer is an integral member of the collection team
whose task it is assist donors with
registration, escorting and canteen
duties, and to watch for post donation reactions. Volunteers should
have the ability to relate to the public, be able to perform different
jobs as needed, and have the willingness to follow the rules. Contact
R. Jan Zepka at 732-616-8741 or
rzepka@ nybloodcenter.org for information.
Education
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offers accelerated classes during
the winter session for new, current,
and visiting students. Students may
choose classes in biology, English,
Live Music
bo and Teddy, paint the roses
Tea House, 37 West Broad
Street, Hopewell, 609-466-8200.
Noon to 1 p.m.
Holiday Cheer: music and merriment with Ian Gallagher, robbinsville Library, 42 AllentownRobbinsville Road, Robbinsville,
609-259-2150. www.mcl.org.
Register online. 1:30 p.m.
open mic Night, Grover’s mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. 7 p.m.
paul plumeri band, Alchemist &
barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-5555. 10 p.m.
Art
Art exhibit, Artists’ Gallery, 18
Bridge Street, Lambertville, 609397-4588. Opening reception for
the 19th annual holiday exhibition
featuring works by the 16 gallery
artist members. On view to February 1. 4 to 7 p.m.
On Stage
elf, paper mill playhouse, 22
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973376-4343. Holiday musical based
on the film. Through January 4,
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plaid Tidings, bucks County
playhouse, 70 South Main
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mathematics,
communications,
history, psychology, and world languages. Four-week sessions are
available at the West Windsor
Campus and six-week sessions are
with MercerOnline. Visit www.
mccc.edu. Classes begin Monday,
December 15.
High School Drama
Paper M ill Playhouse invites
high schools to showcase their musical arts programs on a state level.
The program, modeled after the
Tony Awards, serves the entire
state and has paved the way for
many professional actors.
The musicals are adjudicated by
a group of 70 evaluators with each
school receiving four independent
evaluations. The Rising Star
Awards gala ceremony will be held
Tuesday, June 2. Any accredited
New Jersey school that produces a
musical between January 15 and
April 12, is eligible to participate.
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will be entered into the program.
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p.m.
Audition
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February 1 and 8, from 1 to 5 p.m.,
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Winthrop, “Gary Indiana” or
“Wells Fargo Wagon;” and Marian
Paroo, “Goodnight My Someone”
or “My White Knight.” Quartet
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from the show. Pick-a Little ladies
may try “Pick-a Little” or any song
from the show. All others may
choose any song from this show including “Wells Fargo Wagon” or
“76 Trombones”
Visit yardleyplayers.com for information and an application.
Bring a recent photo of yourself
and a resume. Wear dance or comfortable shoes for dance audition.
Prepare a song from the show. Call
Marge Swider at 215-968-1904 for
an audition appointment.
The Fabulous Lipitones, George
Street playhouse, 9 Livingston
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Markus and Mark St. Germain.
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Shakespeare Theater of New
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ART
FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE DRAMA MUSIC
PREVIEW
Curiosity Leads to New works with ‘ old Style’ Irish Sound
by Susan van Dongen
T
he haunting melodies
and stark harmonies of ancient
Irish vocal music will be heard in
Princeton thanks to the musical curiosity of Dan Trueman, professor
of music at Princeton University,
director of the Princeton Sound
Kitchen (PSK), and founder of the
Princeton
Laptop
Orchestra
(PLOrk).
Princeton University Orchestra’s concerts on Thursday, and Friday, December 4 and 5, both open
with the premiere of “Four Seannos Songs” by Princeton composition faculty Trueman and Donnacha Dennehy, and showcasing Irish
singer Iarla O Lionaird. These concerts are a preview of the orchestra’s January tour of Ireland, to include performances in Limerick,
Dublin, and Belfast.
Led by conductor Michael Pratt,
the orchestra will also perform
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4,
featuring alumna Katherine Buzard, a 2014 Princeton graduate, as
soprano soloist, continuing the
group’s longstanding engagement
with the music of Mahler.
A poem from the famous collection “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
(The Youth’s Magic Horn) provides the text for the vocal part of
the symphony’s final movement, a
song that expresses a child’s vision
of life in heaven.
“Having performed Mahler’s
monumental third symphony last
April, Mahler 4 will be another step
for our students on our exploration
of this towering figure — and we
invite listeners from those concerts
to take the journey with us,” says
Pratt. “We are thrilled to be performing with the distinguished
Irish artist Iarla O Lionaird, both in
Princeton and in his homeland.”
The concerts will take place in
Richardson Auditorium on the
campus of Princeton University.
O Lionaird has earned international acclaim for his innovative
approach to this repertoire of traditional Irish vocal music known as
sean-nos, or “old style.” A recording artist since childhood, he is the
lead singer in Ireland’s the Gloaming, which Trueman describes as a
super-star band in the world music
genre. Signed to Peter Gabriel’s
Realworld label in the 1990s, O Lionaird recorded several albums
with Afro Celt Sound System, and
he also sang on Gabriel’s 2000 release “OVO.” He has also collaborated with musical luminaries such
as Robert Plant, Nick Cave, and
Sinead O’Connor.
Lionaird has sung for audiences
in Carnegie Hall in New York and
the Royal Opera House in London;
you may have also heard O Lionaird’s voice in the evocative
soundtracks to the films “Gangs of
New York” and “Hotel Rwanda.”
Trueman met O Lionaird
through his friend and fellow fiddler/composer Caoimhmin O
Raghallaigh while the Princeton
resident was studying at Trinity
College in Dublin. (Trueman and O
Raghallaigh have just released
their duo fiddle project “Laghdu,”
Collaborators: Iarla O L ionaird, left, D an Trueman, and K atherine Buzard.
and they will tour to support the album this winter, including a February 3 performance in Princeton.)
“I went to Ireland on a Fulbright
and lived there with my family
from 2010 to 2011,” Trueman says.
“Caoimhmin introduced me to Iarla, and also Donnacha Dennehy,
who we ‘stole’ from Trinity — he’s
now a colleague here in Princeton.
I was originally commissioned to
arrange the sean-nos for Iarla and
orchestra by the Irish Arts Council
for the RTE — Ireland’s equivalent
to our National Public Radio. After
their premiere, I spoke to Michael
Pratt and he fell in love with them,
and decided to program them this
year with the Princeton University
Orchestra.”
H
e goes on to explain that “arrangement” isn’t quite the right
word to describe the sean-nos.
“They’re pieces that have songs
within them,” Trueman says.
“They are very much old songs that
Iarla learned from his great aunt, a
great singer of sean-nos, which go
way back into the mists of time.
There is nothing about them that I
changed; Iarla sings them the way
he usually sings them, with all the
rich ornamentations.”
Before his studies in Dublin he
had very little exposure to seannos, he says. “I knew the American-Irish music that we hear, and I
knew Caoimhin’s playing, but it
wasn’t until I spent time in Dublin
with all those people that I really
started to learn about it, and even
more so when I started to make arrangements of these pieces. It was
extra fortunate that Iarla included
me in the commission, and that’s
when I really got into it, really got
my head inside the music, transcribed, and wrote down every little detail.”
Sean-nos are usually sung a cap-
pella, in Gaelic, with complex runs
or sequences of notes. Lovers of
traditional Irish music might hear
similarities between the vocalizations of the sean-nos and the improvisations a musician might make
on the uilleann pipes. Sean-nos are
also not written down, but are
passed along from teacher to student or from older family members
to young ones. The fact that they
are not written down in musical
manuscripts was challenging to
Trueman.
“Sean-nos are taught by ear, and
Iarla doesn’t really read music,”
Trueman says. “In some of my
transcriptions, his ornamental singing makes it into the orchestra —
the winds sound a little like keening — but it’s all derived from Iarla’s singing.”
“Because the sean-nos are not
subject to the same rules and ideas
about music, I had to figure out
how to communicate (them)
through music, how to write them
down and fit them into a beat, for
example,” Trueman adds. “I could
have written them down in the traditional way and had Iarla squeeze
his singing into it, or Iarla could
lead the orchestra.”
“As it worked out, Iarla can sing
the songs the way he knows, but
they were transformed into something new,” Trueman continues. “I
was actually terrified at the outset
of the project, because I had recordings of Iarla singing these
songs, and they are so beautiful. I
thought, ‘I’m going to make these
worse.’ So, I am very pleased by
the fact that they’re different but
they work so well.”
Born and raised in Long Island,
composer, fiddler, electronic musician, and instrument inventor Trueman began studying violin at the
age of 4. His father is a physicist at
Brookhaven National Laboratory
in Upton, Long Island, and his
mother is an artist.
He began his academic career
studying physics at Carleton College in Minnesota, then studied
composition and theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, as well as at
Princeton. Trueman has taught
composition at Columbia University and Colgate University. He’s
been at Princeton since 2002,
where he teaches composition,
counterpoint, and electronic music.
In the late 1990s, with Norwegian heritage on his mother’s side
— and decades after classical violin
lessons — Trueman fell in love with
the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle.
“It was one of those mind-blowing moments every musician has,
when you hear something and you
can’t believe it — you have to figure out how to play it,” Trueman
says. “It’s turned out to be my lifelong obsession.”
The Hardanger fiddle is quite
different from its American cousin,
elaborately decorated and with an
extra set of strings, which gives it a
distinctive sound. The fiddle is also
used in an unusual way: at summer
music festivals in Norway, when
the sun never really sets and music
lovers come out to dance all night,
the Hardanger fiddle can be tuned
to arouse and energize the sleepy
dancers. Norwegians call it “trollstilt,” which translates to “the devil’s tuning.” That word inspired
Trueman to create a duo of the
same name with his wife, guitarist
Monica Mugan.
The Hardanger fiddle has deeply
affected all of his work, whether as
a fiddler, a composer, or musical
explorer. In addition to Trollstilt,
Trueman has worked with numerous musicians and ensembles, including QQQ (pronounced “triple
q”), the American Composers Orchestra, So Percussion (now in
residence at Princeton University),
S ean- nos are not written down, b ut are passed along from teach er
to student or from older family memb ers to young ones.
the RTE Concert Orchestra, the
Brentano and Daedelus string
quartets, and the Crash Ensemble.
Princeton residents Trueman
and Mugan have two children,
nine-year-old Otto, who is mostly
interested in soccer, and 13-yearold daughter Molly, who is already
a talented singer, and also plays
guitar and piano.
“She has no idea how much talent she has,” Trueman says, “She’s
always had good ears, but I’ve
watched her develop perfect pitch
in the last year.”
In addition to Trueman’s teaching, involvement with PLOrk, directing the PSK, and touring
“Laghdu” with O Raghallaigh, he
has a major project lined up with O
Lionaird, poet Paul Muldoon, and
the ensemble eighth blackbird.
“We’re planning a new record
and evening-length piece set to premiere a while from now — in the
autumn of 2017 — but we’re already at work on it,” Trueman says.
“We are also planning on an extension of the orchestral sean-nos
project over the next few years,
with the Boston Modern Orchestra
Project.”
“Iarla is the driving force behind
this — Iarla will sing, and I’ll play
the fiddle,” he continues. “Paul has
been writing absolutely stunning
text, in Irish and English, very
much influenced by the sean-nos.
We’re just beginning workshops in
Philadelphia with eighth blackbird,
figuring out how to make this piece.
I’m a little overwhelmed by the opportunity and challenged as to how
to put this into a musical realm.
Fortunately, it’s a true collaboration and these should be some interesting sessions.”
F our sean-nos Songs and G ustav M ahler’ s Symphony N o. 4,
Princeton U nive rsity O rchestra,
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton. Thursday and Friday, December 4 and 5. 7:30 p.m. $15 general
admission, $5 students. 609-2589220. www.princeton.edu/utickets. For more on Dan Trueman,
visit www.manyarrowsmusic.com.
November 26, 2014
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Once you’ve added this range of
capabilities, the fitness band has
developed into a serious computing platform, so it is ready to become a full-fledged smartwatch.
The Fitbit Surge ($249, coming
next year) adds features including
notifications, music control, GPS
tracking, and a touch-screen display, but is still positioned as a “Fitness Super Watch,” with the emphasis on fitness. It’s also grown
significantly from a thin fitness
band, both in width and in bulk, especially with the addition of the
GPS sensor.
Holiday Tech Talks
Doug Dixon’s upcoming
holiday gadget talks in the
central New Jersey area:
Tuesday, December 2,
1:30 p.m., Computer Learning Center at Ewing, 999
Lower Ferry Road, Ewing.
www.clcewing.org.
Wednesday, December 3,
7 p.m., Hopewell Public Library, Hopewell Train Station, 3 Railroad Place,
Hopewell. www.redlibrary.
org
Saturday, December 20,
noon, Philadelphia Area
Computer Society, Super Giant food store, 315 York Road,
Willow Grove, PA. http://pacsnet.org
For more information visit
Dixon’s website, www.manifest-tech.com.
In comparison to companies like
Fitbit, Apple is clearly positioning
the Apple Watch not only as a
watch (that of course has strong fitness features), but as jewelry. And
Google and its partners like Samsung also are more watch- oriented.
Which makes the recent Microsoft announcement of the Microsoft Band a very interesting contrast. The Microsoft Band ($199) is
first a fitness device, designed to
monitor and assist with serious
workouts. It also supports smartwatch productivity features including notifications and alerts. The
design is clearly a band, with a thin
rectangular (not squared) color
touch-screen display, and even is
intended to be worn with the display facing in on your wrist.
The Band is agnostic — working with iPhone, Android, and
Windows Phone devices. It also
integrates with the Microsoft
Health online cloud service for data analysis and guided workouts. It
has a microphone for voice input, a
GPS sensor for route tracking, and
includes a battery of other sensors
to collect data about your performance, for heart rate, galvanic skin
response, skin temperature, and
UV exposure.
First Watch
w
hile fitness bands are great
for focused use, they are a big commitment for a first-time user. Instead, you can start out with a simpler pocket tracker to get used to
counting steps and monitoring
your activity. Or perhaps you are
more of a watch person anyway,
and again you do not need to dive in
with a high-end model. Instead you
can look at the different models
from the point of view of finding
the basic requirements that you
need.
The most basic smartwatch,
then, would simply provide alerts
and notifications from your phone.
You don’t need a big display or
fancy graphics to do this. Instead,
you only need a line of plain text.
And this is what the Martian Notifier watch ($129) provides. It’s a
standard looking watch with analog hands (albeit available in a
range of colors) that has a small
window at the bottom of the face to
display a scrolling line of text.
The Martian watches work with
both Apple iPhone (iOS) and
Google Android phones. When
you get a call or other notification,
the watch vibrates and displays the
associated text. It also provides
some interaction: you can shake
the watch to reject an incoming
call, tap the glass to dismiss or recall a notification, snap a photo remotely, and locate your phone.
However, interacting physically
with a watch is very limiting, which
is why voice control seems like a
much more useful option. The
Martian Voice Command watch
line ($249 to $299) then adds both
a noise canceling microphone and
a directional personal speaker, so
you can issue voice commands, listen and respond to messages, and
even carry on hands-free (but not
wrist-free) phone calls.
Yet while these watches satisfy
our core requirements for a smartwatch, it’s natural to have a hankering for more features, and particularly for a larger graphical display.
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The other focus of the Pebble
watch is as a customizable platform. There are over 1000 apps
available that you can preview and
download through the Pebble app.
Or develop your own apps to connect the watch to your phone or online services.
As a sign of the times in how
small companies like Martian and
Pebble can find funding to get new
products to market, both of these
watch lines were developed using
Kickstarter.com to find enthusiasts
to back the product development
and sign up as the first round of
customers.
eanwhile, the major players also are moving into the smartwatch market, albeit with rather
different approaches. Microsoft is
actively on the fitness side, Apple
is the fashion model, and Google is
spreading a wide net. As with Android for smartphones and tablets,
Google’s Android Wear is a software platform that can be adapted
by different manufacturers to very
different physical designs and
looks.
Android Wear supports smartphone features like notifications
(including from social media and
other apps), has a big emphasis on
voice control and voice search, and
has a fitness component with apps
to monitor real-time progress and
display daily summaries.
The early watch designs include
the Samsung Gear Live ($199)
with a bright rectangular screen,
and the interesting Motorola Moto
360 ($249) designed as a “modern
timepiece” with a round display.
LG has also circled the square, first
introducing the clearly tech-look
LG G Watch ($229) with a 1.65
inch rectangular display, and then
recently releasing the LG G Watch
R ($299) with a circular display.
The Watch R has the appearance of
a very traditional watch, complete
with an outer dial with minute
marks (which also cleverly serves
to mask the frame around the display).
Round watches provide a more
traditional and non-tech look with
traditional analog hands, in comparison to unabashed rectangular
displays with digital readouts and
room in the corners for graphical
weather updates. You can imagine
the manufacturing pain of converting a 2-D rectangular grid of pixels
into a circular display, so it’s clear
that companies think that there is a
significant demand for such lesstech looks.
equal opportunity: The Martian Victory watch
can work in sync with either Apple or Android
phones. Jabra’s MOVE wireless stereo headphones ($99) can play for up to eight hours.
From Apple:
Not the iWatch
A
pple did not invent the
smartphone or tablet categories, or
online music or downloadable app
stores, but it definitely revved up
these products into high-visibility
mass-market products. Will it do
the same with the smartwatch?
The first thing to notice about
the upcoming Apple Watch (due
“early” next year, or maybe closer
to spring) is that it is not an
“iWatch,” although it is an accessory for the iPhone. Instead, the
Apple Watch is presented as a fashion piece, a “precision timepiece,”
available in two case sizes (for
smaller or larger wrists), and in
three “distinctive collections,”
each with a multitude of models.
The base Apple Watch at around
$350 has a stainless steel case and
sapphire crystal. The Apple Watch
Sport has an anodized aluminum
case and strengthened glass, for a
rumored price of around $500. And
the Apple Watch Edition is the fullon fashion piece with an 18-karat
gold case and “exquisitely crafted
bands and closures,” for a rumored
price of several thousand dollars.
Apple also declines false modesty by describing its product as
“everything a watch should be.”
The watch displays notifications
and other information, has a pressure-sensitive screen for interaction, and adds a “Digital Crown”
button to use as a controller by
turning and pushing. It has a microphone and speaker for voice interaction, plus a heart rate sensor for
fitness monitoring (but not GPS).
Where Apple can really make a
difference, however is in the integration between phone and watch,
since Apple controls both the hardware and the software on each end.
Beyond the core applications and
notifications, Apple is modifying a
broad range of its apps not only to
display text more effectively on the
smaller screen, but also to work together — so, for example, you can
view a text message on your watch,
start responding, and then switch
back to your iPhone to continue
working on the response before
you send it. Similarly, you can review E-mails on the phone and
mark or even trash them.
Apple’s design sense also shows
with the clever display for its fitness monitoring app. This shows
three nested colored circles that fill
in and close up as you move closer
to your activity goals for each day.
The app monitors time on the
move, brisk exercise, and simply
standing up (for at least one minute
in 12 different hours during the
day).
As it has done with iMessage
and FaceTime communications directly between iPhones, Apple also
is introducing Digital Touch apps
to connect directly between Watch
wearers. This includes simple apps
to send a finger sketch or even a
simple “thinking of you” tap, as
well as a Walkie-Talkie app to talk
wrist to wrist.
Apple also brings interaction
with the outside world out to the
Watch with Passbook display of
bar codes for tickets or boarding
passes, and integration with Apple
Pay to buy coffee from your wrist.
In Gear w/ Samsung
I
n addition to Google and Android, Samsung has become a great
competitor to Apple, as shown by
its sales success and the years of
patent litigation between the two
companies. Unlike Apple, Samsung has a diverse product line
with lots of choices for consumers,
including its Gear wearable line,
which spans fitness bands to both
general Android smartwatches as
well as smartwatches that integrate
with Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
However, the big news from
Samsung is the new Samsung Gear
S watch phone. The physical design features a 2-inch curved display, so it fits more comfortably by
matching the contours of the wrist.
The smartphone features include
the expected notifications and information, a full QWERTY keyboard on the touchscreen for text
entry, and health and fitness monitoring using the built-in GPS and
heart rate sensor.
But the final detail that makes
the Gear S tick is the inclusion of
3G cellular wireless. Yes, this is a
realization of the Dick Tracy
2-Way Wrist Radio, in that you can
make and receive phone calls on
the watch totally independently of
a smartphone. As a result, you purchase the Gear S through a carrier
like a smartphone, complete with a
cellular data plan. It’s available for
around $299 to $399.
Body Tech
S
o are wearables the next big
thing? Will we all be talking to our
wrists and holding our watch to our
ear by the end of next year?
Is a smartwatch actually useful
at all? On this question, I’d give a
qualified yes, although it’s a big ad-
November 26, 2014
New From Verizon:
Personal Mini-Drone
For Home (or Yard)
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Verizon’s mini-drone,
priced at around $100,
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3300-6500 SF
J
ust to emphasize how far we
have come with the integration of
wireless and technology and miniaturization, Verizon Wireless
kindly opened up their Holiday
Gift Guide and sent me the Parrot
MiniDrone Rolling Spider to try
out.
Yes, you too can have your own
personal mini drone, for around
$99, to fly around your house or
yard, do tricks, and shoot photos.
What makes the Rolling Spider
work so well is that is a quadricopter, with four rotors. This design is
particularly popular for drones, as
it allows for smaller motors and
blades and easier control. The Rolling Spider has onboard sensors and
processing that allow it to launch
itself from the floor at the push of a
button, and then hover still in the
air until you move it.
As a result, normal people can
fly this drone, even without video
game reflexes. You use the Parrot
FreeFlight app on your smartphone
(iOS, Android, or Windows Phone)
to fly in any direction, turn, and
move up and down. It also has
built-in tricks, to flip 360 degrees
justment to start wearing a watch
again. It is handy to just glance at
your watch to check who is calling,
or see a reminder of an appointment, or to skim an incoming message. It’s even better when you realize that you’ll never be embarrassed by having your phone ring at
a meeting again. Just keep your
phone silenced and stash it in your
pocket or bag. Then when you feel
a vibration on your wrist you can
just casually glance at your watch
to see what’s happening, instead of
rudely reaching in your pocket and
fiddling with your phone.
On the other hand, smartwatches can be rather expensive, especially for a tech device that faces a
limited lifetime before obsolescence. In addition, these are peripheral companions to a smartphone with its own limited lifetime.
So it’s not clear that smartwatches
will be a huge mass market by
themselves, much less for large investments in high-end smartwatch
jewelry.
But these can become a nice
business, and maybe smartwatches
will become relatively common in
three or four years — just in time to
start considering moving on to bionic implants. Consider the fashion possibilities!
Accessories:
Useful and Even Fun
For your holiday shopping
consideration, here are some ex-
amples of interesting accessories
that can be useful and fun, whether
you are working with a laptop, at
home with a tablet, on the road with
a smartphone, or out walking with
a smartwatch.
Wireless speakers let you enjoy
and share your music at home,
streaming your music collection
wirelessly from your device so you
can hear the music louder and
clearer, or share the audio from a
movie or streaming sports event.
They often also can be used as a
speakerphone.
The Ultimate Ears UE BOOM
Bluetooth wireless speaker ($199)
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forward or backward — again then
automatically stabilizing and hovering in place.
And as a proper drone, it even
has a downward-facing camera, so
you can take photos using the
smartphone app.
This is definitely a mini drone,
ridiculously light about 2 ounces,
with the body around 2 1/2 by 1 1/4
inches, and the rotors spanning a 7
inch diameter. The Rolling part of
the name comes from a pair of large
wheels that you can clip on to help
protect it from bumps indoors, and
to allow you to roll it along floors,
walls, and ceilings. You also can
use the MiniDrone outdoors, but
it’s really too light to handle a
strong breeze. And it cannot carry
the weight of a heavy battery, so it
runs only around five to eight minutes on a charge.
This is just part of the amazing
range of capabilities that wireless
brings to your electronic devices.
At the same time, your smartphone
can be flying the drone, playing
music on a wireless speaker (and
from a wireless disk), signaling a
notification on your smartwatch,
and updating your email from the
Internet. This stuff really does
work.
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13 hours, or can be used as a power
pack to recharge your phone.
For more dedicated storage, the
tery. Ultimate Ears is the leading Western Digital My Passport Wiresupplier of professional earphones less is an external USB drive that
for touring and professional musi- also supports Wi-Fi access ($199
cians, and the UE BOOM lives up for 1 TB , $249 for 2 TB). It can be
to that reputation by delivering hooked directly to a computer for
strong sound that fills a room. The fast USB 3.0 access, and has an SD
cylinder shape provides 360 sound card slot.
in all directions, can be secured in a
Portable power packs can recup holder, and is water resistant charge your devices on the go, so
for outdoor use.
you will never be without them.
The Sonos PLAY:1 compact Most have USB power ports that
wireless speaker ($199) is part of a can charge any device with the aplarger picture, the Sonos Wireless propriate cable.
HiFi System. Sonos offers a range
The Ventev line of battery charof speaker and related products to gers illustrates the range of options.
“wire” your whole house with The Ventev Dashport r2240 dual
sound, with speakers in every USB car charger ($29) is a tiny bulroom. Since the system uses your let for your car cigarette adapter
house’s Wi-Fi network, and not lo- that provides two USB charging
cal Bluetooth, it can be controlled ports, each with 2.1A capacity for
for anywhere, and with any com- charging tablets. The ports even are
puter or portable device, to have illuminated so you can locate then
the music follow you from room to in the dark. For daily use, the Venroom, or to program different play- tev Powercell 3015 battery charger
lists for each area. The PLAY:1 is a ($39) is a thin and light slab that
great stand-alone speaker in its can provide up to 12 hours of talk
own right, with sound that can full time. And for longer trips, the Venmultiple rooms, and
tev Powercell
then you can up6000+ combinagrade to two speaktion
charger
Never be embarers for stereo, or
($74) is a multigrow into wholerassed by having
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Chargesync calessly over Bluebles for chargtooth, and typically
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also can be used
with an optional cable (for example that are colorful for easy identificaon airplanes), and even continue to tion and flat and tangle-resistant.
In your home, you can get rid of
work passively when the battery
runs out. They also tend to have all your “wall-wart” USB charger
button controls for answering adapters, by building USB power
phone calls and controlling music into your AC receptacles with
products like the NewerTech Powplayback.
The Phiaton Chord MS 530 er2U AC/USB wall outlet. These
Bluetooth noise canceling head- fit into standard electrical boxes,
phones ($349) are great-looking with the usual two grounded threeand -sounding higher-end head- prong AC outlets, plus two USB
phones with strong active noise power ports with spring-loaded
canceling. They fold up for travel, safety shutters. The Power2U outbut use solid metal construction, lets are available for 15A residential ($27) and 20A circuits for ofweighing around 10.3 ounces.
In comparison, the Jabra MOVE fice or kitchen/garage ($27).
Then so you can see what you
wireless Bluetooth stereo headphones ($99) are light at only 5.6 are doing, check out the MPOWounces and play for up to eight ERD Luci Solar Lanterns (starting
hours. They provide quite good at $14). These are designed to prosound (albeit without noise reduc- vide affordable and clean solartion), with a clean and solid design powered lighting for remote places
and people, squeezing down a disk
with stainless steel arms.
For minimal visible impact dur- one inch thick and five inches in diing phone calls, the Jabra Stealth ameter, and then inflating to five
Bluetooth headset ($99) is amaz- inches high.
ingly small and light at 2.57 inches
Cases and keyboards can prolong and only 0.28 ounces. It has tect your precious devices and
noise reduction and sound en- make interacting with them easier
hancement, can pair to two devices when you need to do some serious
at a time, and adds a dedicated but- writing, more than tapping or
ton to take advantage of voice con- speaking a brief message.
trol (Apple Siri or Google Now).
The Speck iGuy kid-friendly
Wireless storage allows you to protective case ($39 for iPad, $29
bring along much larger collections for iPad mini) protects your tablet
of music and movies and photos with flexible but tough EVA foam.
and files than could fit on your The iGuy can stand on his own two
smartphone or tablet, and share feet for small people to watch a
your goodies with others. Since all video, and has two grabbable arms
devices from laptops to smart- for them to carry him.
For sit-down use, the Logitech
phones support Wi-Fi, you can
open up portable disks and drives Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard
for shared access by turning them ($49) serves as a full-size desktop
into their own local Wi-Fi hotspot. keyboard for a laptop, and also has
The Kingston MobileLite Wire- a built-in slot to position a tablet or
less G2 wireless multi reader ($69) even a smartphone for typing. It
is a small 5 x 3 inch device with also has a dial to switch between up
both a SD card reader that you can to three different wireless devices.
Finally, when you need to repair
use to access cards from digital
cameras and a USB port for thumb your laptop or small electronics dedrives and portable disks. You can vices, the NewerTech Portable
view and copy media and files be- Toolkit ($17) includes tweezers
tween your devices and the exter- and scissor claps, nine assorted
nal storage, and share with up to screwdrivers, and two pry tools.
eight users simultaneously. It also And the Newer Tech iSesamo Pry
connects though to your home Wi- Tool ($9) is a stainless steel blade
Fi or via an Ethernet port for exter- designed for popping open even
nal Internet access. It runs for up to the more recalcitrant devices.
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Life in the fast Lane
b
AMNet, a wireless Internet Service Provider company
based on Yardville Hamilton
Square Road, is selling a new system that lets high school players,
coaches, and fans watch instant replays just like they could at an NFL
game.
After buying a wireless transmitter from BAMNet, sports teams
(or the organizers of any other
event) can record on-the-field action with iPads, and feed the video
to up to 2,000 spectators using mobile devices in the stands or on the
sidelines. Viewers using the Replay Locker app can pause, rewind,
or slow down the action as they
watch, and they can keep the video
on their devices when they leave.
The technology is a shift in direction for BAMNet, which was
founded in 1997 to provide dialup
Internet access to remote areas.
CEO David L. Sobin, above right,
says the idea for Replay Locker
came about several years ago when
one of the company’s clients on the
West Coast asked them if they
could build a smartphone-based instant replay system for high school
football games.
“He had searched for a WiFi
company that could provide a way
to do that,” Sobin says. “He started
with the big companies and got
turned down by everybody. They
all said ‘there is no way you can do
that. That’s not how WiFi works.
You can only have a few people at a
time sharing a WiFi signal if you
are sharing a video. If more than
three or four people use it, it slows
down and doesn’t work.’”
BAMNet’s technology relies on
a lesser-used WiFi protocol called
multicast, in which a WiFi transmitter broadcasts one signal shared
by every receiver rather than each
device having its own signal. Multicast allows thousands of people to
bAmNet’s replay
Locker has caught on
in several California
high schools and has
proven perfect for
coaching football
games.
receive the same signal simultaneously, not unlike a radio or television broadcast.
While there are a number of
competitors now offering instant
replay services, BAMNet differentiates itself by working with multiple wireless cameras, and with
thousands of receivers. For crowds
over 2,000, more nodes could be
used to boost the capacity. Each
node costs about $3,500.
BAMNet is now marketing Replay Locker across the country. It
has caught on in several California
high schools and has proven perfect for coaching football games.
Bakersfield High School’s football
team used Replay Locker in its
2013 season, in which it won a state
championship.
“They won the championship in
part because they had a tool the
other team didn’t,” Sobin says.
“They used replays both during
practice and during games. Imagine having the offense coming off
the field between plays, and the offensive coach calls them over, and
immediately shows them the last
play. They can see what they did
wrong, or what the defense is doing
and find countermeasures by actually watching the instant videos.”
Football is naturally suited to replays because it is divided into dis-
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changed the direction of BAMNet.
Sobin grew up in Brooklyn, where
his father was an electrical technician. “My father used to go around
with antennas taking signal
strength readings to put antennas
on buildings in the best locations to
give TV service to apartment
dwellers,” Sobin recalls.
Sobin learned to love technolo-
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crete plays. A modification was
made to Replay Locker to make it
work better for continuous sports
such as basketball where there are
only sporadic breaks in the action.
For those sports, an operator of one
of the cameras can hit a “highlight”
button when something interesting
happens, which captures the previous 10 seconds up until the operator presses another button to stop
the highlight. That feature allows
viewers to focus on scores or key
moments in play.
BAMNet recently demonstrated
Replay Locker at a flag football
game in New York. “The parents
love it because they get to keep the
footage,” Sobin says. “They get to
show their friends, and review it.
All the parents who had iPhones or
iPads with them were running the
app.” The app was also the subject
of a segment on the Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton sports show
on WFAN in New York.
Sobin has begun the early stages
of marketing Replay Locker and
hopes to introduce it to more high
schools and more kinds of events,
such as military training.
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Fortune 500 company and we all
made out very well.” Ariel’s Communications Systems Group was
sold to Cabletron Systems for $50
million in 1998.
Sobin joined BAMNet in 1999.
Bamnet had been founded two
years earlier to provide Internet access to people in remote areas who
could log in by using a modem to
dial a toll free number, 10-10-2000.
Users didn’t even need to sign up
for an account; the charges would
just show up on their phone bill.
The company still provides dialup Internet access to a small number of people to this day, but has
abandoned the 10-10-2000 scheme.
It costs a penny a minute. “Dialup
is really a legacy service that we offer out of the goodness of our
hearts,” Sobin says.
The company’s main line of
business is in providing Internet
connections via WiFi, mainly in
beach towns on the Jersey Shore
and the Florida Keys. Vacationers
at beach houses can sign up for a
WiFi account for $25 a week. Sobin
says the company’s business has
declined in several shore towns
since Sandy struck in 2012.
The company also sells WiFi
nodes that people can use to set up
their own local networks and essentially become a local Internet
Service Provider, charging whatever they choose for access.
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gy at a young age and graduated
from the Polytechnical Institute of
Brooklyn at 20 with a master’s in
engineering. He went on to work at
Bell Labs as an engineer where, in
the early 1980s, he ran a group that
created DSL, a technology that allowed high speed data connections
over phone lines.
“It was the early ‘80s and nobody cared, because there was no
Internet,” he says. “In 1994, with
the Internet really taking off, I suggested to a vice president that this
was something that could change
everything.” DSL allowed users to
access the Internet without tying up
a phone line, a huge advantage at
the time. He says he suggested putting money and resources into DSL
to develop it to the point where it
could compete against its competitors, cable and fiber-optics.
“The person I told that to was
later quoted in the trade press as
saying, ‘On the Information Superhighway, we view DSL as a cul de
sac and we don’t want to go there,’”
he says. “I was so upset I quit and
took all of my top people with me
and started a DSL company that became a division of Ariel Corporation. It was subsequently sold to a
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BAMnet currently has six employees in its headquarters. Sometimes, Sobin finds himself out in
the field setting up a wireless network, with an antenna, trying to
find the best spot for it. “It’s ironic,” he says. “My father would go
from mountaintop to mountaintop
siting antenna,s and here I am doing a very similar thing.”
— Diccon Hyatt
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Changes at Tyco
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t has been good times for past
and present leadership of Tyco International, the fire protection and
security company that recently appointed a new chief technology officer.
Tyco’s new CTO, Daryll T. Fogal, will work from the company’s
U.S. headquarters at 9 Roszel
Road. Fogal was previously CTO
of Eaton Corporation’s electrical
sector. “Technology is the key to
advancing our leadership position
in the industry, so we are pleased to
have a technology leader of
Daryll’s caliber join us in this critical role,” said Tyco CEO George
Oliver in a press release. “Daryll’s
extensive experience leading largescale engineering and R&D organizations, his previous responsibility
for developing an ‘Internet of
Things’ strategy and execution
model, and his strong general management and operations mindset
will enable him to provide the strategic leadership necessary to
achieve our growth and innovation
vision.”
Fogal’s hiring comes as Tyco
rolls out its “Tyco On” services
platform, which allows users to
control various devices, systems,
and services, and allows Tyco technicians to operate complex systems
using a mobile phone app.
Tyco also purchased Qolsys, a
Silicon Valley home automation
company. In a press release, the
company said the purchase was to
give Tyco a foothold in the nascent
industry of connecting household
devices to the Internet, a trend
sometimes called “The Internet of
Things.”
T
yco also completed a legal
maneuver — merging with its international subsidiaries — that will
allow it to move its global headquarters and place of incorporation
from Switzerland to Cork, Ireland.
The company already has a global
business services center there.
“After a thorough review, our
board has concluded that a move to
Ireland is in the best interests of
Tyco’s shareholders,” Oliver said.
“Businesses have the best opportunity to thrive in stable, predictable
environments. Ireland’s businessfriendly atmosphere and its well
established legal and regulatory
framework and corporate governance standards provide Tyco with
the most favorable conditions for
maximizing returns for shareholders over the long term, and this
move is a logical next step in building on our expanded presence in
Ireland.”
Tyco, whose upper management
works at Roszel Road, joins a
growing number of companies that
are run from America but headquartered in Ireland, which has
lower corporate taxes. The move
from Switzerland followed passage
of a Swiss law called the Minder
Initiatie in 2013 that limited executive pay and bonuses.
In January Tyco’s former CEO,
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Tyco on: CEO
George Oliver is overseeing an initiative to
enable customers to
control devices over
the Internet.
Leo Dennis Kozlowski, was paroled from prison. He had served
more than six years for fraud and
larceny charges related to his taking $81 million in unauthorized bonuses while leading Tyco. Court
records indicated he led an extravagant lifestyle with his bonuses,
buying such luxuries as $15,000
umbrella stands.
Meanwhile his successor, Edward Breen, was rewarded for his
turnaround efforts when he retired
under good circumstances in January, 2013. Breen, who took Kozlowski’s job in 2002, collected
more than $150 million in pay,
stock options, and bonuses when
he stepped down. He was credited
with staving off bankruptcy, firing
the board that oversaw Kozlowski’s tenure, and quadrupling the
company’s cash flow in his first
year.
His successor, Oliver, was president of Tyco’s Safety Products Division from 2006 to 2010, and
president of Fire Protection since
2011. He was previously an executive at GE, including CEO of its
Water Technologies division. He
has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
Tyco International Ltd. (TYC),
9 Roszel Road, Princeton
08540; 609-720-4200; fax,
609-720-4208. George R.
Oliver, chairman and CEO.
www.tyco.com.
Three New Leases
At Princeton Pike
Three companies have signed
leases totaling 57,000 square feet at
Princeton Pike Corporate Center
on Lenox Drive in Lawrenceville:
J. Knipper and Company, Management Planning, and Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott. The site’s
owner, Prism Capital Partners,
credited a recent multi-million dollar upgrade of the eight-building,
800,000 square-foot property for
attracting the new tenants.
J. Knipper and Company, Inc.,
which provides end-to-end samples management services to the
pharmaceutical industry, leased
23,000 square feet of space at 1009
Lenox Drive. Headquartered in
Lakewood, the firm recently acquired a Pennsylvania-based company; the lease at Princeton Pike
Corporate Center will accommodate the relocation of that division.
Sab Russo from Mercer Oak Realty
served as tenant broker in the longterm transaction.
National law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC
committed to 22,550 square feet on
second floor of 2000 Lenox Drive.
The Pittsburgh-based practice,
which will relocate its regional of-
fice to the property from West State
Street in Trenton, was represented
by Ed DaCosta from CBRE in the
long-term lease.
At 1000 Lenox Drive, Management Planning Inc., a financial services firm, leased 11,370 square
feet. The company, which provides
tax-based valuations, valuations
for financial reporting purposes,
and transaction and advisory services, will take occupancy of its
third-floor space in a relocation
move from Poor Farm Road. Roby
Bull from Jones Lang LaSalle
served as tenant broker.
“The improving economy has
brought renewed velocity to the office leasing market, with companies coming off the sidelines to
make strategic real estate decisions
as they position themselves for
growth,” says Edwin Cohen, a
principal with Prism Capital Partners. “The Princeton submarket, in
particular, is seeing significant interest, and our latest leases — including one relocation from out of
state — speak to its appeal.”
Prism, which is based in Bloomfield, bought the office building in
2013 along with Angelo, Gordon &
Company. “We are committed to
providing an environment that fosters both tenant retention and new
leasing interest,” Cohen says. “Our
recent surge of leasing activity indicates we are on the right track.”
Management Moves
mercer Alliance to end Homelessness, 3150 Brunswick
Pike, Suite 230, Lawrenceville 08648; 609-844-1006;
fax, 609-895-1245. Frank
Cirillo, executive director.
www.merceralliance.org.
The Mercer Alliance to End
Homelessness has appointed Frank
Cirillo, the current director of the
Mercer County Board of Social
Services, as its new executive director.
“Frank Cirillo brings a wealth of
experience and a proven commitment to the task of ending homelessness; the board feels there
could be no better candidate for the
job,” said Clifford Goldman, chairperson of the Mercer Alliance
board. Cirillo was recognized as a
Champion for Change by the White
House in 2012 for his work on redesigning the system of family
homelessness in Mercer County.
A 1971 graduate of Rider, Cirillo has a long history of service in
the public sector as an administrator and elected official. He has been
employed by the Board of Social
Services for 43 years and has
served as its director since 2004.
Cirillo is past president of the
County Welfare Directors’ Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Child Support Council, and
currently serves as an appointee to
the Governor’s Interagency Council on Homelessness.
He served on the Trenton City
Council from 1991 to 2002 and
served as Council president from
1999 to 2002.
“Frank’s leadership will make
the Alliance stronger and our mission to end homelessness in Mercer
County a reality. He will be no
stranger to the Mercer County social service and business community,” Goldman said.
New in Town
Fordoz pharma, 1 Deer Park
Drive, Suite P, Monmouth
Junction 08852; 732-6044342; fax, 732-968-4458. Xin
He,
www.fordozpharma.
com.
Fordoz Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company, has opened its headquarters on Deer Park Drive. Fordoz makes delivery systems for
lipid-based drugs.
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92 Nassau Street - princeton: Two
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Classroom space on Nassau
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When the boys were
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tially a tourist attraction celebratmovement. “The very thought that
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trying to rescue the show,
Dick Ebersol, along with
his actress wife, Susan Saint
James.
When John Belushi died I contributed some reporting on that
story. Soon I was a dead celebrity
guy. (Alas, by the time the greatest
all-time dead celebrity was minted,
Princess Diana, I was out of freelancing and into editing and publishing.)
5.) Don’t forget that relationships also matter. At the Princeton
“under 30” panel, Amanda Hess,
now a staff writer at Slate, recalled
that her first job at a newspaper
was doing data entry. “But it got
me into an office with all these
smart people,” she said, and they
no doubt provided important connections as she built her career.
When I quit Time magazine I
was an angry young man of 23. But
I must have had an ounce of good
judgment in me, because I never
burned the Time Inc. bridge. A few
years later I was freelancing for
People and Money magazines,
both part of the same family.
6.) The currency of our business
is the story, not the compilation of
facts. Early in my career I learned
this the hard way. I was convinced
there was a story in the emerging
wave of criticism of standardized
tests and Educational Testing Service in particular. I wrote a laborious piece detailing the social and
psychometric science surrounding
the issue. Steven Brill wrote a
piece that began with the revelation that the staff of the nonprofit
ETS would soon enjoy a golf
course and swimming pool on its
corporate campus. Guess whose
story made the bigger splash?
7.) Don’t be afraid to marvel at
the world around you. If the story is
the cornerstone of our business,
then we writers and editors are the
story tellers — the spotlight is on
us as we attempt to lure readers into some sort of engagement with
our publication. The fact that we
are bound by the facts does not prevent us from presenting the facts in
the most compelling way possible.
The work of some journalists
these days reminds me of the old
story about the cub reporter sent
out to interview a man who reportedly could sing both bass and tenor
at the same time. When the kid
came back to the office the excited
editor wanted to know the details.
“It’s not a story,” the young reporter sighed. “The guy has two heads.”
8.) Keep a greater goal as you go
about your daily grind — writing a
book, for example. Having a book
idea in mind was the other piece of
advice John McPhee had for young
writers. The 20-somethings on the
Princeton panel had a modern-day
caveat, however. Publishers are so
eager to convert “trending” topics
into books that they will grab an
idea from a single magazine piece.
Noreen Malone, the senior editor
at New York magazine said she had
been approached after writing an
article on millennials coping with
the recession. “The idea of spending a year on a topic I wasn’t jazzed
about seemed depressing.”
Added van Zuylen-Wood: “A
lot of my friends have been roped
into writing books. The publishers
don’t care about you; they just
want to make a few bucks.”
Writing a book. That was a goal
of mine when I started freelancing
back in 1971 or so. And still is all
these years later. But the great
thing about journalism is that it’s
never too late and you’re never too
old. If I can figure one a book deal
in the next year or two, I will volunteer to appear on a panel at
Princeton. They can call it “How to
Succeed in Journalism Before the
Age of 70.”
RichaRd K. Rein
ast week in
this space I wrote
about tracking down John McPhee,
the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction writer, to ask him what advice
he might give to aspiring young
journalists.
The question was a follow up to
one I had asked McPhee more than
40 years ago, and I was happy to
discover that McPhee’s valuable
advice from the 1970s still held
true today. While McPhee and I
were kicking around the subject
over the phone, he mentioned an
upcoming discussion at Princeton
University featuring a panel of five
young journalists — all age 30 or
younger — speaking on an enticing topic: “How to Succeed in
Journalism Before the Age of 30.”
The discussion was organized
by two of McPhee’s colleagues in
the cadre of writer-professors sharing insights into their craft through
Princeton’s Department of the Humanities (the university does not
have a school of journalism). One
was Joe Stephens, a Washington
Post investigative reporter (and
three-tie finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize), who just began a five-year
teaching appointment at Princeton.
The other was Richard Just, the
editor of National Journal magazine and formerly the editor of the
New Republic. More important,
Just is a young guy himself (Princeton 2001), and he invited a panel
of 20-something journalists that
included the following:
Marin Cogan, contributing editor at New York Magazine and
writer for ESPN the Magazine;
Eliza Gray, staff writer at Time
Magazine; Amanda Hess, staff
writer at Slate; Noreen Malone, senior editor at New York Magazine;
and Simon van Zuylen-Wood, staff
writer at Philadelphia Magazine
and contributing writer at the National Journal.
A good panel. But when I
showed up, I was equally impressed by the turnout of some 20
undergraduates who broke away
from their dinner routine to get the
skinny on how to break into journalism. I’m not sure any more
would have shown back in the late
1960s, when I was an undergraduate and looking ahead to a career in
journalism.
Given all doom and gloom
hanging over the journalism profession, and all the input I have received on this subject, I decided I
should do what all journalists seem
to do in this information age: “aggregate” the collective advice to
young people considering or just
beginning a career in journalism.
So I will (tempered, peppered, and
sweetened by some gritty observations gleaned from nearly 50 years
as a professional writer).
1.) Try everything. McPhee’s
advice to me 40-plus years ago still
rings true today. You might struggle as a sports reporter but shine as
a science writer. You could become
lost in the possibilities of writing a
long-form magazine piece but be a
whiz a cranking out copy for a
breaking news show on cable TV.
There is only one way to find out.
[email protected]
2.) Don’t think you have to be
working at a big league publication
to acquire the skills of a big league
writer. A few weeks ago Jill
Abramson, the recently deposed
managing editor of the New York
Times, spoke on the Princeton
campus. She had this advice for
young journalists, as quoted by
Krystal Knapp of the online news
site, Planet Princeton:
“Don’t limit where you want to
work to only Tiffany brands. There
are a number of new media organizations where you can do great
Advice to those considering a career in
journalism: It’s never
too late and you are
never too old.
work. It’s a great time to be a young
journalist out there looking for
work. It’s not a great time if what
you want to be doing right off the
bat is a 4,000 word article. You
need experience to deliver that
kind of story.”
w
hen I was starting out as a
freelancer, I had part-time job with
the little Town Topics community
paper that paid the rent. One week
I wrote up a three or four-paragraph
piece on a group of Hodge Road
residents who were protesting the
purchase of a house on their street
by a group believed to be a cult. I
didn’t think much of the story, but
then I heard that members of the
group — flashy young ladies —
had come into town and purchased
every available copy of Town Topics at every newsstand in town.
That struck me as remarkable.
My subsequent look into the group
became a much discussed
4,000-word piece in New Jersey
Monthly.
3.) Don’t judge success by your
social media presence. Noting the
ratings game played by some journalists based on number of Twitter
followers or Facebook “likes,” Simon van Zuylen-Wood of Philadelphia Magazine at the Princeton
“under 30” panel suggested some
better benchmarks: “Are you satisfied with your work? Are you
proud of it?”
4.) Be smart about one specific
topic. This advice also was offered
by van Zuylen-Wood. While a
young journalist needs to be open
to any and all possibilities (remember item 1 above), it doesn’t hurt to
be known as go-to guy in a specific
subject area.
When I was starting out as a
freelancer, I got an unenviable assignment to do a story on the new
star of Saturday Night Live, a show
that had just gone into a tailspin.
The new leading man had the unfortunate name of Charles Rocket
— imagine the headlines. I did the
story to no great applause, but I got
a reputation as an SNL guy. Eddie
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LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
catherine Stinson
$2,050,000
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP
Nancy r Willever
$320,000
LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
grandview Avenue
$569,000
PrINcETON
Amy Stackpole Brigham
$715,000
PrINcETON
Amy Stackpole Brigham
$2,250,000
COMMERCIAL
NEWLY PRICED
CallawayHenderson.com
LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
Janet Stefandl
$394,000
LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
Patricia moran
$569,000
PrINcETON
Norman ‘Pete’ callaway
$815,000
EASTON cITY
Alison Stem
$2,950,000
WSJ “House of the Day”
CRANBURY
609.395.0444
LAMBERTVILLE
609.397.1700
MONTGOMERY
908.874.0000
PENNINGTON
609.737.7765
EWINg TOWNSHIP
Sue Havens
$409,000
PrINcETON
Susanne Ams
$595,000
PENNINgTON BOrOugH
Barbara Blackwell
$820,000
PrINcETON
Province Line road
$3,375,000
Realtor® Owned
PrINcETON
carolyn Spohn
$425,000
LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
David Schure
$599,000
LAWrENcE TOWNSHIP
Patricia moran
$849,900
PrINcETON
Norman callaway Jr.
$4,995,000
Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Subject To Errors, Omissions, Prior Sale Or Withdrawal Without Notice. Landscape with House and Ploughman, used with permission.
PRINCETON
609.921.1050