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Bargains via the Computer, page 4; Museum of the TV, 24;
Opera NJ’s Comedy & Tragedy, 32; Burgdorff Merges, 34.
Business Meetings
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Preview
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Opportunities
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PRST STD
Singles
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Jobs
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Meet the Recession Busters:
From Coupons to Consignment
New on Nassau:
Couture for Less
U.S. 1 talked to a dozen professionals to find out how
they are coping during the recession.
Read their tales of scoring big bargains,
making clever deals, & proclaiming, ‘Yes, we can!’
Kathleen McGinn Spring and Jamie Saxon report, page 35.
Princeton's Business and Entertainment Weekly
Katie McFarland
of Greene Street
Consignment with
Prada shoes
(just $54!) and a
Spenser & Jeremy
halter dress ($22!).
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steady stream of people using our
free classified ads. And the number
of people responding (paying the
about how much money he could princely sum of $1 for us to forsave by advertising in our paper. ward their letter on to the person
That’s great to know, the customer placing the ad) seems to be on the
replied, but what I really want to rise.
On Monday of this week, for exknow is how much money I can
ample, we received four replies to
make by advertising.
That was then and now is, well, singles ads. One advertiser currently running an ad in
one of the deeper and
this issue — see page 31
more prolonged recessions that most of us
Between — already has 12 responses (we keep
have
encountered.
The
count). The appeal: The
While we still believe
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person seeing your ad
that there is a lot of
either works or lives
good, profitable business taking place in the central within the U.S. 1 circulation area.
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gests, lots of people are discover- much it would cost. The answer is
ing new ways to save money (or re- yes and it’s free. Go to the events
discovering some old ones that our listings of this paper (beginning on
depression-era parents tried to in- page 12 of this issue) or click on the
still many years ago). And, totally events link at our home page,
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ing rates, this newspaper offers
One of the vignettes in our cover
some bargains of its own.
story involved our editor shopping
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tell you, hunting for a job usually phone numbers of the plumbers he
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fo.com. He had a list of 25 to
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INSIDE
Interchange
4
Fireworks, Flags & Open Space
4
Survival Guide
5
Get a William Patterson Degree At MCCC
Saving Money Using Your Home Computer
Making the Leap from You To ‘You Inc.’
The New Realities of the Global Market
RVCC Cuts a Bold Green Path
KMM’s Ozone Action Partnership Program
Corporate Angels
Business Meetings
Preview
5
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7
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12-32
Day by Day, July 1 to 11
5 Ways to celebrate July 4th
Theater Review: ‘Stunning’
A Library That Travels Back in Time to the Beginning of TV
The Sweeping Influence of Japonisme on French Art
Opportunities
At the Movies
U.S. 1 Singles Exchange
Opera NJ Moves Seamlessly from Tragedy to Comedy
Cover Story
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Recession Busters: From Coupons to Consignment
Fast Lane 33
Jobs 46
Classifieds
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Company Index
Alfred L. Kettell, Jr., Esq., 42;
Antares Pharma, 34; Bristol-Myers Squibb, 34; Burgdorff ERA,
34; Church & Dwight, 33; Clearbrook Financial, 42.
Coldwell Banker, 34; CRP In-
dustries, 33; Electrosonic Systems, 42; Ewing SeniorNet, 5;
KMM, 44; MCCC, 5; Mt. Cook
Pharma, 42.
Pharmasset, 42; Q-Med Scaninavia, 34; RVCC, 43; Stentys, 42;
Stonybrook Millstone Watershed,
4; True North Dynamics, 6.
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his Fourth of July holiday weekend thousands of New
Jerseyans will get out their red,
white and blue and celebrate our
nation’s independence by exercising our right to enjoy the freedom
of the outdoors.
But what many of us might not
realize is that while we flock to our
local parks, historic sites, and
recreation areas to enjoy family
picnics, nature hikes, bike rides,
canoeing, and kayaking we are actually taking advantage of resources that would not have been
preserved without the Garden State
Preservation Trust.
The Garden State Preservation
Trust, the state’s bank account for
open space, historic site, and farmland preservation, has helped protect nearly 300,000 acres throughout New Jersey since its inception
in 1998 — including more than 500
acres of the Stony Brook-Millstone
Watershed Association’s own watershed reserve in Hopewell Township. The trust’s funding, matching
contributions, and other administrative amenities have enabled
hundreds of towns in all 21 counties, nonprofit organizations, and
other groups to create new parks,
preserve farmland, and protect
sources of clean drinking water
and our treasured wild spaces.
Today with its funds completely
drained, the Garden State Preservation Trust is at a critical crossroads. On Thursday, June 25, the
state legislature passed Voter
Choice for Open Space, giving voters the opportunity to replenish the
by Jennifer Coffey
Garden State Preservation Trust in
November.
The bill calls for a $400 million
investment over two years — or
$10 annually per household for the
life of the bond — delivering
much-needed funds to ensure we
all have wildlife habitats, clean wa-
We lose open space
in New Jersey at a
rate of roughly 15,000
acres per year.
ter, historic sites, local food
sources, and recreation areas to enjoy, including natural gems like the
Sourland Mountains, Millstone
River and Stony Brook corridors,
Franklin Township’s Six Mile Run,
and the Princeton Ridge.
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, as one of the
126 members of the NJ Keep It
Green coalition, which represents
everyone from sportsmen and
farmers, to park advocates, environmentalists and conservationists, urges Governor Jon Corzine to
sign the Voter Choice for Open
Space bill and continue the state’s
tradition of listening to the voters’
decision on open space funding.
Since 1961 New Jersey voters
have demonstrated strong and consistent support on 12 statewide
open space ballot questions, approving all 12. And in recent
polling by the Nature Conservancy
of 600 likely voters, 80 percent favored voter choice.
We are all worried about our financial health, but the benefits of
protecting open space in New Jersey go well beyond the initial costs.
According to analysis by the national Trust for Public Land, with a
$400 million investment in open
space and farmland, every $1 invested would return $10 in economic value through natural goods
and ecosystem services over the
next 20 years — producing benefits such as clean water, flood control, and local agricultural products, while creating jobs and providing additional economic benefits from historic preservation and
park development projects.
We continue to lose open space
in New Jersey at a rate of roughly
15,000 acres per year. As the most
densely populated state in the nation we can ill afford to not preserve and protect our natural and
historic treasures for current and
future generations to enjoy.
If you plan on exploring the
great outdoors this Fourth of July
weekend,
contact
Governor
Corzine at 609-292-6000 and tell
him to support Voter Choice for
Open Space and let you decide to
replenish the Garden State Preservation Trust.
Coffey is policy director for the
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed
Association. Now celebrating its
60th annversary, the association
protects clean water and the environment across central New Jersey. Visit www.thewatershed.org.
JULY 1, 2009
SURVIVAL
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EDITOR:
SCOTT MORGAN
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Wednesday, July 1
William Patterson
Degrees At MCCC
W
ayne-based William Paterson University has become the
latest college to offer bachelor’s
degree programs that can be taken
at Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus.
Joining Fairleigh Dickinson
University and Felician College,
William Patterson will offer bachelor’s degrees in early childhood education/elementary education, liberal studies, and psychology to students who complete associates degrees at MCCC. The classes,
taught by William Patterson faculty, begin in September and will
take place in late afternoons,
evenings, Fridays, and weekends
at the campus, as well as online.
The two colleges will host an
open house for those interested in
learning more about the program
on Wednesday, July 1, at 6 p.m. at
MCCC’s West Windsor campus.
Faculty advisors and staff from
WPU and MCCC will be on hand
to answer questions.
The deal adds William Patterson
to a growing list of schools that offer bachelor’s degree completion
programs at Mercer. FDU offers
programs in business and technology and hospitality management,
as well as a master’s completion
program in hospitality management through Mercer. Felician offers a bachelor’s in nursing. Mercer also has a deal with Philadelphia’s Drexel University that allows MCCC students to transfer
their credits to Drexel in pursuit of
a nursing bachelor’s online.
MCCC president Patricia Donohue says that one of the college’s
goals is to increase opportunities
for area students. “Our students
have been asking for the opportunity to complete bachelor degrees
in education on our campus,” Donahue says. “This is ideal.”
While students will not need to
travel to William Paterson University to complete their degree, they
will be full-fledged William Paterson students and will have access
to the institution’s library, information technology resources, and other student benefits.
Though they will attend classes
at Mercer, students are still considered William Patterson students
and will pay its tuition and fees.
For more information, call 609570-3307.
— Scott Morgan
Tuesday, July 7
Saving Money
With Your Computer
‘M
ost people use their computers almost solely for E-mail and
browsing,” says Steve Kieley, an
instructor and faculty member at
Ewing SeniorNet. “But there are
many ways your computer can
save you significant money.”
An easy one? “Don’t print,”
Kieley says. “People say, ‘Can you
make a copy and send it over,’ but
with E-mail you don’t need it.”
And while it sounds obvious,
Kieley says a number of people
used to seeing things on paper routinely forget that they do not need
to waste the ink
Saving paper and ink is one of
the “28 Ways to Save Money Using
Your Computer,” which will be
presented by Kieley on Tuesday,
July 7, at 2 p.m. at the Ewing Senior and Community Center, 999
Lower Ferry Road.
“For those who already shop online, this presentation will highlight several ways to save that I’m
sure will be new to them,” Kieley
says.
The program is free and is the
first of SeniorNet’s “Computer
Tips and Tricks” series since it was
rescheduled from the second to the
first Tuesday of each month. For
more information or directions call
609-882-5086 or 609-883-1776,
ext. 6206. Or you can visit
www.ewingsnet.com
It’s the S. As a monthly learning
session, “Tips and Tricks” has had
numerous discussions about finding deals online. And many of
those who have taken courses
through SeniorNet are worried
about giving their credit card or
bank account information to a machine, Kieley says.
But there are ways to tell if you
are in a secure end of cyberspace.
One way is to look for the little
padlock symbol at the bottom or
top of the screen, but another, less
common tell is the beginning of the
URL.
All web addresses begin with
http — a secure one begins with
https, Kieley says. That added letter is extremely difficult to fake
and is, when in conjunction with
the padlock, one of the simplest
ways to know your information has
not landed in the wrong hands.
Coupons. For the bargain
hunter there are plenty of online
sources for coupons you can use in
an actual store. Sites such as retailmenot.com or deallocker.com offer a hefty supply of coupons on
everything from photos to
footwear.
You are often limited to major
retail outlets, however; and one
thing to watch out for, Kieley says,
is the limited-supply coupon. Retailers limit the number of usable
coupons for any promotion but the
website does not necessarily tell
you that.
Consequently, people looking to
print them out find they can’t. “It
can be very frustrating,” Kieley
says.
Less on shipping. Akin to
coupon sites, there are sites devoted to telling you which sellers offer
what shipping deals. Dealtracker.com is probably the most
popular, Kieley says. Sites like this
can help you gauge whether it costs
less to buy in a store or have something sent to you.
Kieley offers a tip: For big-dollar items, like HDTV sets, it almost
always is cheaper to buy online. If
you want to get a feel for an item
you could always drop into a store
and check it out, he says, but check
online before you buy. The savings
High Tech Savings:
Steve Kieley offers
‘28 Ways to Save
Money Using Your
Computer’ on July 7.
could be significant.
Prior to his life as a volunteer
SeniorNet instructor and computer
bargain guru, Kieley worked for
PSE&G for 39 years.
A mechanical engineering graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, he holds a master’s from
NJIT and retired in 2003, as
PSE&G’s director of asset management.
Kieley worked in electric distribution field operations and construction around the state and consulted on management structures
and practices for electric companies in Brazil, Oman, Peru, and
Chile.
A former president and member
of the board of the Engineers Club
of Trenton, Kieley also serves on
the board of the PSE Federal Credit Union in Somerset.
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wning your own business.
It’s the American dream, and today’s economic realities mean that
even more people are pursuing it.
The number of people who reported themselves to the IRS as
self-employed has doubled in recent years, says Carl Muehleisen,
a self-employed human relations
consultant who owns True North
Dynamics in Ewing. But the shift
from employee to employer can be
a difficult adjustment. “The mindset of the cubicle is different than
the mindset needed by the business
owner,”
Muehleisen
says.
“Whether the person is a sole proprietor, a professional who employs only himself, or has employees, learning to think in this new
way is an important part of becoming an entrepreneur.”
Muehleisen will share his
thoughts on “Getting from You to
You Inc.: You’re Not Who You
Used to Be,” at the next Business
Leaders lunch sponsored by Team
Nimbus on Wednesday, July 8, at
11:30 a.m. at Camillo’s Cafe in the
Princeton Shopping Center. Cost:
price of lunch. Contact Lorette
Pruden at 908-359-4787 or [email protected].
Muehleisen opened True North
Dynamics about five years ago after many years as a personnel officer with the human resource department of the Mercer County
Board of Social Services. He continues working with county government agencies throughout New
Jersey to design and deliver training and workshops in the areas of
leadership development, perform-
You Incorporated:
Carl Muehleisen
wants would-be entrepreneurs to know
just what they are
getting into when they
take the plunge.
ance management, employee relations, labor relations, management
and strategic planning, and workforce planning and development.
He received his bachelor’s degree in English from what was at
the time known as Trenton State
College, where he also received a
master’s degree in education in
1979. He is active in the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, where
he has been a board member and
president of the New Jersey chapter, as well as the Princeton chapter
of the Human Resources Management Association, an affiliate of
the state HRM, where he currently
serves as treasurer.
Leaving the safety of the corporate environment for self-employment is “going from the known to
the unknown,” says Muehleisen.
The corporate world provides a
support system for its employees.
The corporate worker doesn’t
work alone. There are other team
members, an administrative assistant, even such simple things as office supplies are usually easily
available.
Then, of course, there is the security of a paycheck that appears
regularly in the bank account. “Going from employee to self-employed is leaving all of that comfort
and safety,” adds Muehleisen, “and
for many people it also means
learning not only what they are
good at, but how to market that
skill to other people.”
Know who you are, not who
you used to be. People who have
been in the corporate world for
many years know who they are in
relation to the job that they have.
When they leave that world, which
is harder for people who are laid off
than for those who choose to leave,
one of the first things they often
have to do is “get over who they
used to be and think about who
they want to be now,” Muehleisen
says.
While that discussion can lead
into many areas, Muehleisen suggests new business owners pay
particular attention to four questions: What are you good at? What
do you want to do? With whom can
you do it? How will you promote
what you are offering?
So what are you good at?
“When I worked with the government for 30 years I was a generalist
in human relations, because that is
what was expected of me,”
Muehleisen says. “I was exposed
to a wide array of problems and reacted to a wide variety of situations. I needed to be an expert in
leadership development, in employee management, in health and
safety, in labor relations, in compliance. When I left the govern-
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ment and became a consultant I
could have chosen to specialize in
any of those areas.”
What do you want to do? As
with most people, Muehleisen did
not love each of the areas of his expertise equally. “In translating my
skills from employee to self-employed I was able to look at what
areas of the human relations profession I really wanted to work in”
he says.
“Before I could decide what to
offer potential clients I needed to
find out what I wanted to do.”
For Muehleisen that soulsearching led him to the area of
leadership training and performance management. “I work with
managers and small business owners to help them find their voice, to
learn how to communicate more
effectively with their employees
and with their customers,” he explains. “Many areas of leadership
training carry over for business
owners who want to develop excellent relationships with their customers.”
With whom will you work?
Knowing what you have to offer
potential customers and clients is
only the first step in the process of
moving to You Inc., says
Muehleisen. Your product or service might be the best in the world,
but if no one wants to buy it, you
don’t have a business. “You have to
make sure that people want what
you are offering,” he adds. “You
need to design your offering according to your clients’ needs.
What are your clients’ pain points?
More importantly, what are their
aspirations? If you can develop an
offering that gives your client a lift
— that helps them to reach their
goals — then you really have
something.”
How will you promote yourself? “When you are a business
owner you are your brand; that’s
one of the reasons I call it You
Inc.,” says Muehleisen. “You
aren’t just promoting a product,
you are promoting yourself —
your expertise, your reliability,
your service.”
Be warned, though. Self-promotion is one of the hardest pieces
of the entrepreneur puzzle for
many former corporate employees
to learn, Muehleisen says. For the
small business owner promotion
means more than “finding the right
message and the right strategy for
delivering it,” he says. It means realizing that every time you deliver
a service or make a contact with an
employee you are promoting yourself.
Act Globally:
Jonathan Rowe says
that the new rules of
globalization have
shrunk the world.
The process of moving from
employee to entrepreneur is one of
“ongoing self-discovery” says
Muehleisen. “It’s a journey and I
don’t claim to be an expert at it. I’m
just a fellow traveler who may be a
little farther along the path.”
— Karen Hodges Miller
Thursday, July 9
The World Is Flat;
Your Job Is In Peril
W
hen Jonathan Rowe
teaches his class in international
business at Mercer County Community College, the first thing he
does is show a video about globalization based on Thomas Friedman’s book, “The World Is Flat.”
“His thesis is that we live in a flat
world, and that means it is no
longer possible for individuals or
businesses to shelter themselves in
their own little domestic corners,”
says Rowe. Globalization affects
everyone and is a reality we will all
have to learn to live with. It presents businesses not just with challenges but also with opportunities.
Market-oriented reforms in developing countries like Russia,
China, and India have created opportunities for investment in businesses and in entrepreneurs. Yet an
increasingly educated populace
and rising middle class in these
countries also competes for jobs
with Americans. “It used to be that
young kids in China and India were
starving for food and now they are
starving for our jobs,” says Rowe.
“That’s probably the biggest challenge of globalization.”
“There used to be certain jobs
that wouldn’t be outsourced,” he
continues. “If you were in a service
industry or had a technical or college-level education, you would be
safe from having your job sent
somewhere abroad.” But with advances in technology and cheaper
communication, outsourcing does
not just mean moving factory jobs
overseas to countries with cheap
labor; now high tech jobs are following suit.
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JULY 1, 2009
The Business Edge
A
A Letter from the Chairman
s we leave June behind and
enter into a new month I would like to
take this opportunity to thank everyone
who participated in one of the Chamber’s
largest “fun” raisers of the year, our Annual Golf & Tennis Outing. The success
of this event would not have been possible without our energetic Golf and Tennis
committee led by Chairman Jim D’Ovidio of Brown Dog Marketing, as well as
our day of event volunteers, silent auction
donors and Chamber staff members.
Special thanks to Cheri Durst, Director
of Special Events and Zack Brigman, our
Special Events Intern. Thank you to our
Gold Sponsor Bank of America and Silver Sponsor Princeton Fuel Oil. A highlight of the post-outing dinner was the
special recognition given to the National
Junior Tennis League of Trenton for its
ongoing work to strengthen the character
and enhance the lives of youths in the
greater Princeton region.
July begins with a “bang” at the Chamber’s Monthly Membership Luncheon on
Thursday, July 9 — also my 20th wedding
anniversary — when we warmly welcome Esther Dyson as our guest speaker.
Esther is a world-renowned writer, forecaster, and investor in emerging technologies, emerging companies, and emerging
markets, and we look forward to her interesting perspectives and insights on Silicon Valley, genomes, Russia, and space.
What better way to cool off at the end
of a hot July day than by joining us at the
How Can You Weave Together
Silicon Valley, Genomes, Russia,
And Space Into a Single Talk?
Futurist, investor
(founder of EDventure) au-
Lawrence H. Krampf
Chairman, Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors,
CEO, Princeton
Communications Group, Inc.
Mid-Summer Marketing Showcase, presented by the Bank of Princeton, on Tuesday, July 14, on Palmer Square Green.
This free event is becoming well-known
throughout the Princeton region, and with
food, fun, and networking for both business and community members, this could
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thor, Internet pioneer, and often dubbed the “First Lady of
Cyberspace,” Esther Dyson
will speak at the Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Monthly Membership Luncheon Meeting on
Thursday, July 9, at the
Princeton Marriott Hotel and
Conference Center. Dyson
will talk about her varied interests and then join in a lively discussion session where
attendees can ask about anything from investment strategies to health care.
The meeting will begin at
11:30 a.m. with a networking
reception, followed by a buffet luncheon and the program
at noon, and will adjourn at
1:35 p.m. Cost to attend is
$40 for Chamber members
and $50 for non-members
and walk-ins. Reservations
can be made at www.princetonchamber.org or by calling
609-924-1776.
Dyson, named by Forbes
magazine as one of the most
powerful women in American business, is a study in
contradictions. She’s widely
regarded as one of the most
influential voices
in technology —
but she’s not a
programmer or
high-tech executive and doesn’t
even have a
phone at home.
She started out as
a magazine fact
checker but ended up managing
her own venture
capital fund. She
has rarely, if ever,
voted, but she’s
an active technology policymaker in Washington.
Dyson
was
born circa 1952 to prominent
mathematician Verena Huber-Dyson and physicist and
futurist writer Freeman
Dyson. Her father worked at
the prestigious Institute for
Advanced Study, and Dyson
grew up accustomed to seeing Nobel laureates at the
dinner table. An aspiring
novelist, she started her own
mini-newspaper at age 8 and
later worked as a page in the
public library.
Recently returned from
five months training as a cos-
Esther Dyson:
World-renowned Writer,
Forecaster and Investor in
Emerging Technologies,
Emerging Companies and
Emerging Markets.
monaut in Russia, Dyson has
resumed her 10 part-time
jobs as director of nine startups and one publicly traded
marketing
conglomerate
(WPP Group). Born in
Switzerland and raised in
Princeton, Dyson is now continuing her education from a
base in New York City.
JULY 1, 2009
Mid-Summer Marketing
Showcase Committee Plans
‘Green’ Event on the Square
Members of
the Chamber’s
Mid-Summer
Marketing
Showcase
Committee recently met to
continue planning for this
signature
Chamber
event, where community members join business, retail, and food vendors on Tuesday, July 14, on the
Green at Palmer Square. This free, popular event is
in its third year and is open to the public.Left to right,
upper row: Dave Hoeffel, Sound Choice Disc Jockeys; Peter Crowley, Princeton Regional Chamber of
Commerce; Travis Linderman, MacLean Agency;
Madolyn Greve, Gloria Nilson, GMAC Real Estate;
Committee Chair Kimberley Slater, Saums, Interiors;
Zack Brigman, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce; Event Sponsor Scott Beresford, Bank of
Princeton, and Cheri Durst, Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Making Cents of
Tomorrow’s
Economy: Your
Business – Your
Plans – Your Risk
Tolerance Level
B
usiness activity is picking
up and corporate profits are returning. Find out how your business
can benefit from this economic upturn from Tom Sowanick, financial analyst and Bloomberg TV
commentator, who will speak at
the Princeton Regional Chamber
of Commerce Business Before
Business Breakfast on Wednesday,
July 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30
a.m.at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer
Street. Cost is $20 for Chamber
members and $30 for non-members. Reservations in advance are
required and can be made at
www.princetonchamber.org or at
609-924-1776.
As chief investment officer,
Sowanick is an industry veteran
with 29 years of financial services
experience. Prior to joining Clearbrook Financial Sowanick held
several senior executive positions
at Merrill Lynch, including chief
investment officer for the Private
Client Group. Sowanick has been
recognized by Institutional Investor and Harvard Business
School, and is featured on
Bloomberg TV.
Sowanick received a bachelor’s
degree in economics and literature
from American University and
pursued graduate studies in economics at the same school. He
holds Series 7, 63, 24, 86, and 87
securities licenses, and was recognized as an Institutional Investor
All American. He is widely published in the global economic are-
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Sustaining Sponsors 2009
With great appreciation, the Chamber thanks the following companies
and organizations who have shown their support and loyalty to the Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce by becoming Sustaining Sponsors.
Our Sustaining Sponsors enable us to take the Chamber to an advanced level
which allows the resources for greater benefits and enhanced programs and events
to our members and the business community.
PLATINUM
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Tyco International, Fox Rothschild LLP
GOLD
Verizon, NRG Energy, Leigh Photo & Imaging, Glenmede
SILVER
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C., Nassau Inn, Princeton Communications Group Inc.
Nelligan Sports Marketing, Inc., Heartland Payment Systems
BRONZE
Accenture
Bank of America
Bank of Princeton
Bartolomei Pucciarelli
Bovis Lend Lease
Brown Dog Marketing
Capital Health
CareersUSA
Community Options
Eden Autism Services
ETS
Munich ReAmerica
NAI Fennelly
Ortho-McNeil Janssen
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
PNC Bank
Princeton Air Conditioning
Princeton Fuel Oil Inc.
Princeton HealthCare System
Princeton Internet Group
Princeton Marriott Hotel &
Conference Center at Forrestal
Princeton University
PSE&G
Sarnoff Corp.
Stevens & Lee
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From the Chairman
Continued from page 8
very well develop into central
New Jersey’s largest summertime fete.
And if you think that nothing happens in August, don’t
forget about the Thursday, August 6, Monthly Membership
Luncheon, which will focus
on healthcare.
If you are a non-profit
healthcare-related organization and would like a complimentary exhibit table at the
pre-luncheon reception to promote your products and
events, please call Deb
Kilmer, Director of Communications at the Chamber of-
fice for details on how your organization can participate.
The Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce continues to support business
through its programs, committees, special initiatives, and
the strength of our members.
Together, in both bad and
good economic times, we
make a difference.
Your Chamber is your
voice and continues to be your
platform for business.
I wish you a very happy and
safe 4th of July holiday and invite you to call myself or Peter
Crowley, President & CEO,
with issues you feel we should
be addressing, or to learn
about the many ways we can
offer support for your business.
Energy Star Program Makes Chamber Offices More Efficient
I
n a move reflecting the growing
interest corporations and organizations are showing in improving the
energy efficiency, comfort, and value
of their office space, Princeton Air
has performed an office energy assessment for the Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce Headquarters, at 9 Vandeventer Avenue.
“As a Chamber we feel it is extremely important to be as efficient
and sustainable in our business practices as possible. Learning more
about saving energy and becoming
sustainable helps us educate our
members to learn more about the cost
benefits of sustainability” says Peter
609-531-4444
Toll Free:
888-NEO-8880
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3371 Brunswick Pike, Suite 203 • Lawrenceville, NJ
Crowley, President and CEO of
the
Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Princeton Air
has
partnered
with
GreenHomes America,
the largest industry-accredited,
singlesource provider
of home performance contracting
(HPC) in New Jersey and New York,
to deliver the “Energy Star” home improvement program.
Princeton Air delivers a full
line of services including comprehensive home assessments, windows and doors, furnaces and
boilers, on-demand hot water
heating, insulation and air-sealing, indoor air quality, and solar
hot water systems. Beyond delivering in-home comfort and addressing common problems such
as drafts and ice damming, Princeton Air also helps homeowners
conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions to help them do
their part to protect the environment and reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil. Princeton
Air works with the “Home Performance with Energy Star” program
and is a Building Performance Institute accredited organization.
Scott Needham, President of
Princeton Air, is excited about the
partnership. “We are thrilled to be
part of the GreenHomes America
team. We’re already a leader in
Colin McCollough,
Home Performance
Evaluator at Princeton
Air, explains to Peter
Crowley, President and
CEO of the Princeton
Regional Chamber of
Commerce how Princeton Air and Green
Homes America can
lower the total cost of
operating the Chamber’s office space.
HVAC, but home performance will
help us take comfort and energy savings to a whole new level for our customers.”
For additional information about
the Princeton Regional Chamber of
Commerce, its programs and activities, visit www.princetonchamber.org
For additional information about
Princeton Air, visit www.princetonair.com.
Save the Date
28th Annual Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
Trade Fair & Culinary Showcase
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September 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m
Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village.
Booth packages will be sent to Chamber members soon.
Also a seminar on social networking is being planned for this
event. Stay tuned for more details or call Cheri Durst at 609-9241776 ext. 105.
JULY 1, 2009
Nominations Sought
For Entrepreneur of the Year
down to three finalists. Finalists
I
t’s fast and easy! Nominate a will be interviewed in person by
Chamber member as Entrepreneur our judges.
of the Year before Friday, July 10.
Take advantage of this opportunity
to nominate a colleague today.
The Entrepreneur of the Year
will be honored at the Annual Business Leadership Awards Gala on
December 2 at Tournament Players
Club Jasna Polana, along with our
Leader of the Year and Innovator
of the Year honorees.
Nominees must be a Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce
member and must have been in
business for a minimum of three
years. Self-nominations are acceptable.
Selection is based on Small
Business Administration guidelines for growth, community contributions, ability to overcome obstacles, and staying power. Once
nominated businesses are asked to
complete a more extensive questionnaire. Questionnaires will be
mailed to our judges and narrowed
Benefits of becoming Entrepreneur of the Year include:
* An award presented by Bank
of America at the 2009 Annual
Business Leadership Awards Gala.
* Publicity in area newspapers
and appropriate Chamber publications.
* Bank of America awards a
$500 donation to the winner’s favorite charity.
* Qualification for state and national recognition.
* Recognition on website,
monthly event calendars and
weekly E-lerts.
Please contact Cheri Durst at
609-924-1776, ext. 105, or
[email protected] for
further details.
The Entrepreneur of the Year
Award is sponsored by Bank of
America.
Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
Foundation 2009 Educators Institute
The 2009 Educators
Institute took place on
Left to right, Karen Jezierny,
Chair of the Board, Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Catherine
Reeves, Chair of the Princeton Regional Chamber of
Commerce Education Committee; Peter Crowley, President and CEO, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce; Title Sponsor Anna
Lustenberg, Verizon; Steven
McGill, Novo Nordisk, Pharmaceuticals,. and Supporting
Sponsor, Peg Forrestel, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
June 23, 24, and 25 and
hosted 30 middle and
secondary level educators from central, northern and southern New
Jersey. The group of
teachers learned about
careers in the varied
fields of HealthCare and
visited host sites, Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton,
Meadow Lakes Senior
Living, and SERV Behavioral Health.
Teachers who participated in this year’s Institute will receive professional
development
hours based on attendance and the submission of a lesson plan showing how they incorporated the Institute experience into their teaching curriculum. The
annual Educators Institute provides a better understanding of the
skills and training students need to
enter into the workforce and is an
avenue for students, through their
teachers, to learn of career choices
available to them. The Institute also is a vital link between educators
and the business community.
Title Sponsor of the 2009 Educator Institute is Verizon; Supporting Sponsors are ETS and OrthoMcNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Thank you to Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals and WW-P Education
Foundation.
Spotlight On CareersUSA
T
he economy has not stopped Melissa Tenzer, CareersUSA’s President, and CareersUSA has continued to provide exceptional staffing services to a huge range of industries for more than 20 years. CareersUSA has
expanded its service to cover all levels of staffing from a warehouse professionals to an executive director of a non-profit. Committed to staffing
excellence, CareersUSA combines in-depth workforce and workplace
expertise with technological innovation to recruit and place the best candidates for the job.
Being on the cutting edge of evolving recruiting and operational methods allows CareersUSA to deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations time and again. New innovative ways to keep clients coming back
include web-based skills assessments, electronic timecards and invoicing, and expanded payroll services.
Call CareersUSA for all your human resource needs and ask for Melissa Tenzer at 609-919-9100, or E-mail [email protected].
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The Princeton Chamber Welcomes
Its Newest Members . . .
JERSEY MORTGAGE COMPANY
PACESETTER VENTURES
PRINCETON INSURANCE COMPANY
RGB DESIGN
SHOWHOMES OF PRINCETON
SIMMONS BUSINESS SERVICES
W&K SYSTEMS
. . . and Renewing Members
Alchemist & Barrister, Inc.
Amper, Politziner & Mattia, P.A.
Archer & Greiner
Best Western Princeton Manor Inn & Suites
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer Co.
Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co.
Community News Service, LLC
Contact of Mercer County
Cranbury Golf Club
David Lerner Associates, Inc.
Eagles Peak Spring Water, Inc.
Flaster Greenberg, P.C.
Gale Company, The
Goodrich Corporation SUI
GPC Biotech
Inn at Glencairn
Bob Tona
Michael Hierl
Shekhar Kuckreja
Russell Bruzzano
Carla Cheifetz
Anthony Simmons
Hannington Musinguzi
Interiors by Decorating Den
Kearns Graphics, LLC
McGraw-Hill Employees Federal Credit Union
Mercadien Consulting
Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness
MicroDose Technologies
MWH Advertising, Inc.
Presbyterian Homes Foundation
Princeton Online
RM Termite and Pest Control
Rue Insurance
Small Business Development Center
Stout’s Charter & Bus Service
Sussna Architects P.A.
Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader & Le
Terra Momo Restaurant Group
Welchester’s Concierge
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
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FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE
DRAMA
MUSIC
PREVIEW
DAY-BY-DAY EVENTS, JULY 1 TO 11
Wednesday
July 1
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: 99 Bottles of Belgian Beer
Belgian Beer Dinner, Stage Left,
5 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-828-4444. www.stageleft.com. “Twelve Percent Imports” with five course dinner.
Register. $89. 7 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Philly Horn Band, Doylestown
Community Performing Arts
Council, Central Park, 425 Wells
Road, Doylestown, PA, 215-3489915. www.doylestownpa.org.
Nine-piece group including guitar,
drums, keyboards, saxophones,
trumpet, percussionist, and six
vocalists. Bring blankets, chairs,
and picnics. At Central Bucks
West High School, 375 West
Court Street, if raining. Free. Fireworks follow concert. 7:30 p.m.
Spend a Night Out (Literally) with the Bard
The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents Shakespeare’s
magical and mysterious romance ‘The Tempest’ in the outdoor
amphitheater, a replica of an ancient Greek theater nestled into the
hillside, at the College of St. Elizabeth, in Morris Township, through
Sunday, August 2. 973-408-5600.
Pop Music
Def Leppard, PNC Bank Arts
Center, Holmdel, 732-203-2500.
www.livenation.com. Prices vary.
7 p.m.
Art
Gallery Display, West Windsor
Library, 333 North Post Road,
609-799-0462. Art exhibit features abstract art by William Wilson. On view to July 31. 9 a.m.
Art Exhibit, Daniel P. Turner
Thomas, Gourgaud Gallery,
Cranbury, 609-448-0560. www.danielpturnerthomas.com. “Familiar Places” featuring watercolors of Plainsboro, Cranbury, and
West Windsor locations, as well
as “Miracle on the Hudson,” a watercolor created after the recent
crash. The painting, featured in
the New York Times and Fox 5
News, is being donated to the
crew of Flight 1549 in the fall. On
view through July 31. 10 a.m.
Drama
The Full Monty, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. Elaine Stritch portrays
Jeanette Burmeister in the musical bare-it-all story set in Buffalo,
New York. For mature audiences.
$56 to $84. Through July 12. 7:30
p.m.
The Music Man, Bucks County
Playhouse, 70 South Main
Street, New Hope, 215-862-2041.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 8 p.m.
The Tempest, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, College of
Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 973-
408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare’s mystical drama on the outdoor stage. $29 to
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Company, Plays-in-the-Park,
Capestro Theater, Roosevelt
Park, Route 1 South, Edison,
732-548-2884. www.playsinthepark.com. Musical. Bring a chair.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Film
Movie Series for Seniors, Princeton Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, 609-497-2484.
Screening of “The Triplets of
Belleville.” Register. Free. 1 p.m.
Artists and Art, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of “Beautiful Losers.” Free. 7 p.m.
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Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569
Klockner Road,
Hamilton, 609-9310149. www.americanballroomco.com. For
newcomers. $10. 7 to
9 p.m.
Contra Dance,
Princeton Country
Dancers, Suzanne
Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction and dance. $7.
7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
$32
3-Course
Prix Fixe Dinner
Monday - Saturday
thru August
Literati
Readings and Workshops, Raritan
Poets, East Brunswick Library, Two
Jean Walling Civic
Center, 732-2573088. www.ebpl.org.
Free. 7 p.m.
Plus:
Does not include
tax, gratuity
or drinks.
Expires 8-31-09.
Good Causes
Volunteer Orientation
Meeting, HomeFront, 1880 Princeton
Avenue, Lawrenceville, 609-989-9417.
www.homefrontnj.org. Information about volunteer opportunities. Register. 6 p.m.
Fairs
Kutztown Festival, Fairgrounds,
Route 222, between Allentown
and Reading, 888-674-6136.
www.kutztownfestival.com. Family-oriented festival that celebrates
Pennsylvania Dutch folklife. Juried folk artists, American craftsmen, music, country dancing,
children’s activities, quilt sale,
and food. $12. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farm Market, Hopewell Train
Station, 1 Railroad Place, Hopewell, 609-466-8330. Farm-fresh
Special
$25 Wine List
www.lahieres.com
Witherspoon St. ~ Princeton, NJ
609-921-2798
It’s a Dog’s Life: 'Hello Laughing Dog' by Kim
Roberston, from 'Twisted,' opening with a reception
on Friday, July 3, 6 to 9 p.m., at Riverrun Gallery
287 South Main Street at the Laceworks Building on
Route 29 South, Lambertville. 609-397-3349.
TOM YUM GOONG
AUTHENTIC THAI CUISINE
One of the Best Thai
Restaurants in Princeton!
Come Enjoy Authentic Thai Food Prepared by a Family from Bangkok
vegetables, breads, maple syrup,
meats, and more. 2 to 7 p.m.
Margarita Tasting, Valley Wine &
Spirits, Hopewell Crossing, 800
R Denow Road, Pennington, 609730-1119. www.valleywinespirits.com. Free. 5 to 8 p.m.
Wine Regions of the World, Mercer County College, 1200 Old
Trenton Road, 609-570-3311.
www.mccc.edu. “International
Comparison of Rieslings” pre-
sented by Bruce Smith, a wine
educator. Register. $35. 6:30
p.m.
Belgian Beer Dinner, Stage Left,
5 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-828-4444. www.stageleft.com. “Twelve Percent Imports” with five course dinner.
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Free. 7 p.m.
For Families
Mark the Magician, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.com. Magician
Mark Zacharia presents a family
program. Free. 4 p.m.
Family Concert, Barnes &
Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-716-1570. www.bn.com.
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For Parents
Special Ed Support Group, Family Support Organization, 3535
Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton,
609-586-1200. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Parent Anonymous Meeting,
Family Support Organization,
3535 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1200. Share questions, concerns, problems, and
solutions about parenting. 6 to 8
p.m.
Lectures
UFO Ghosts and Earth Mysteries, UFO and Paranormal Study
Group, Hamilton Township Library, Municipal Drive, 609-6318955. www.drufo.org. Pat Marcattilio facilitates monthly meeting.
Free. 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Live Music
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Showcase, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15-minute back-toback sets. Produced by Lance
Reichert of qbdigital.com. To sign
up E-mail [email protected]. 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Dance Party, Erini Restaurant,
1140 River Road, West Trenton,
609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. DJ Nick Z. 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m.
Socials
Meeting, Outer Circle Ski Club,
Charlie Brown’s, Kingston. www.outercircleskiclub.org. Discuss skiing, hiking, tennis, rafting, camping, softball, and happy hours.
Open to age 21 plus. 8 p.m.
Thursday
July 2
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Start Your
4th with a Bang
Fireworks, Spirit of Princeton,
Princeton Stadium, 609-6834008. www.spiritofprinceton.homestead.com. Independence
Day celebration. Picnics welcome. Bring blankets or chairs. 7
p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Carnegie Center Concert Series,
Patio at 502 Carnegie Center,
609-452-1444. Free. Noon.
Arts Council of Princeton Concert Series, Princeton Shopping Center, North Harrison
Street, 609-921-6234. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com.
The Blawenburg Band. Free. 6 to
8 p.m.
Music in the Park Series, Lawrenceville Main Street, Weeden
Park, Main Street, 609-219-9300.
www.LawrencevilleMainStreet.com. Riverside Bluegrass present
bluegrass. Bring a chair. Free. 7
p.m.
Pop Music
Dolce Suono, Ocean Grove
Camp Meeting Association, 54
‘Art You Can Touch’: ‘What Tail’ by Dana
Stewart, from the Straube Center’s new outdoor
sculpture garden, opening with a reception on
Thursday, July 9, noon to 4 p.m., Route 31 at West
Franklin Avenue, Pennington. 609-737-3322.
Pitman Avenue, 732-775-0035.
www.oceangrove.org. Featuring
Mimi Stillmann, Geoffrey Deemer,
and Charles Abramovic. $13.
7:30 p.m.
Drama
$56 to $84. Conversation about
the show in the mezzanine at
6:30 p.m. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Urinetown, Princeton Summer
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $20. 8 p.m.
Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 973408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare’s mystical drama on the outdoor stage. $29 to
$70. 8:15 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Film
Newark Black Film Festival’s
Youth Cinema, New Jersey
State Museum, Auditorium, 225
West State Street, Trenton, 609292-5420. www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. Screening of “Global Wonders.” Free. 1 p.m.
Also, screening of “This Is My
Africa,” a documentary described as “a 50-minute crash
course in African culture.” Speaker is Zina Saro-Wiwa, writer, filmmaker, and director. Register.
Free. 6 p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. $10.
8 p.m.
JULY 1, 2009
For Italian Wine Lovers: Wine educator
Bruce Smith kicks off a series of four
evening classes called ‘Wine Regions of the
World,’ on Wednesday, July 1, at Mercer
County College: 'International Comparison
of Rieslings,’ 'Central Italy and Tuscany,'
'Umbria, Marche, Lazio, and Abruzzo,' and
'Southern Italy and Sicily.' 609- 570-3311.
Comedy Clubs
Joe Derosa, The Stress Factory,
90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8 p.m.
Peace is Patriotic
Coalition for Peace Action, Monument Park, Nassau Street and
Route 206, Princeton, 609-9245022. www.peacecoalition.org.
Annual gathering begins with a
picnic (bring food, chairs, and
blankets). Speakers include Carole Stiller, president of Million
Mom March Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence in New Jersey; Shapoor Vali, an IranianAmerican from West Windsor;
Bryan Miller, executive director of
Ceasefire NJ; Reverend Isaac
Miller, an Episcopal minister from
North Philadelphia. If raining, picnic is cancelled and program will
be held in Princeton Borough
Hall. 6 p.m.
Fairs
and Reading, 888-674-6136.
Fireworks
Independence Day Celebration,
East Windsor Township, Etra
Lake Park, East Windsor, 609443-4000. www.east-windsor.nj.us. Jerry Rife’s Rhythm Kings
Dixieland Jazz Band, a six-piece
band, presents jazz. Trenton
Brass Quintet Plus One, also a
six-piece ensemble, presents
“Americana.” Fireworks at 9:30
p.m. Bring blankets and chairs.
Barbecue grills and vendors
available. Free. Raindate is Sunday, July 5. 6 p.m.
Fireworks, Spirit of Princeton,
Princeton Stadium, 609-6834008. www.spiritofprinceton.homestead.com. Independence
Day celebration. Picnics welcome. Bring blankets or chairs. 7
p.m.
Food & Dining
Happy Hour, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor,
609-919-9403. Discount appetizers and drinks. 4 to 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, New Jersey Blood
Services, 167 New Street, New
Brunswick, 800-933-2566. www.nybloodcenter.org. Unique drive
for O blood, the most common
blood type. 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Caregiver Support Group,
Alzheimer’s Association, 196
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 800-883-1180. www.alz.org. 1 p.m.
Lifeworld, Kingston Wellness
Associates, 4446 Route 27,
Kingston, 215-598-7225. www.thenewtemperament.com. “Getting Past Yourself: A New Look at
Temperament” presented by
Michael Edelstein. Prerequisite is
to take the online assessment.
Register. $65. 7 to 9 p.m.
Overeater’s Anonymous, Princeton Alliance Church, Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609750-7349. www.overeatersanonymous.com. 12-step program with meetings, studies, discussion, and speakers. 7:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Creative Art for Kids Affected by
Autism Spectrum Disorder,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Artistic expression with Pat Dahl,
an art instructor for kids
with special needs.
Register. Free. 4:40 to
5:30 p.m.
Fireflies in the Park,
Plainsboro Recreation
Park Ranger Division,
Community Park, Scotts
Corner Road, 609-7990909. www.plainsboronj.com. The secret life of
fireflies. Free. 8:30 p.m.
Family Theater
East of the Sun and West of the
Moon, Princeton Summer Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater,
609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Family show
is an outer space love story
based on a Norwegian myth that
inspired Beauty and the Beast.
$5. 11 a.m.
The Gustafsons, Bristol Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. “Amazing
World of Magic,” family-friendly
magic show. $15. 1 and 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane
and Route 1, Lawrence Township, 609-989-6922. www.mcl.org. “Understanding and Managing Your Investment Portfolio”
presented by David Seto, Spes
Investment. Register. Free. 7
p.m.
De-Clutter Club, South
Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Share organizing and
de-clutter tips together. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Singer Songwriter Showcase,
Triumph Brewing Company,
138 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. Hosted by Frank
Thewes. 9 p.m.
Singles
Happy Hour, Yardley Singles,
Makefield Highlands Golf Club,
1418 Woodside Road, Yardley,
PA, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 5 p.m.
Divorce Support Group,
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,
Hopewell, 609-213-9509. Support, personal growth, and social.
Call for location. 7:30 p.m.
Friday
July 3
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: If You’ve
Got the Kids Today
Day Out with Thomas: The Hero
of the Rails Tour, Delaware River Railroad Excursions, 99 Elizabeth Street, Phillipsburg, 866468-7630. www.thomasandfriends.com. Ride with Thomas
the Tank Engine, arts, crafts, storytelling, and music for preschoolers and their families presented
by HIT Entertainment. $18. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Folk Music
Mike Agranoff, Folk Project,
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, 973-335-9489. www.folkproject.org. Guitarist. $7. 8 p.m.
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Outdoor Concerts
Independence Day Celebration,
South Brunswick Recreation,
750 Ridge Road, Monmouth
Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbtnj.net. Music followed by fireworks. Raindate is Sunday, July
5. Bring chairs, blankets, and picnics. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Lunch: Tues – Fri
3-Course Power Lunch
Dinner: Tues - Sunday
Indoor/Outdoor Dining
Catering On
and Off Premises
Art
Art Exhibit, Riverrun Gallery,
287 South Main Street, Lambertville, 609-397-3349. Opening reception for “Twisted,” a shared
exhibit of bejeweled doll-faced
clocks by Allan Sassman, paintings by Paul Matthews, digital art
by Pearl Mintzer, portraits of drag
queens by Rodney Miller, and
wild sculpture by Ed Adams. On
view to July 26. 6 to 9 p.m.
Michener Art Museum, 138 South
Pine Street, Doylestown, 215-3409800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Docent-led tour in conjunction
with “An Evolving Legacy: Twenty
Years of Collecting at the Michener Art Museum.” 7 p.m.
Drama
Romeo & Juliet, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Shakespeare’s love
story presented by Shakespeare
’70. $14. 8 p.m.
Soup Du Jour, Off-Broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress. $27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. Elaine Stritch portrays Jeanette Burmeister in the musical
bare-it-all story set in Buffalo,
$56 to $84. Through July 12. 8
p.m.
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $20. 8 p.m.
$70. 8:15 p.m.
$5. 8:30 p.m.
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8 to 11
p.m.
Closed
Sunday
s in
July &
August
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English Country Dance, Lambertville Country Dancers, Titusville United Methodist Church,
7 Church Road, Titusville. www.Lambertvillecountrydancers.org.
No partner needed. Beginners
welcome. $8. 8 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8 and
10:30 p.m.
Fairs
and Reading, 888-674-6136.
Food & Dining
Farmers Market, Greater Hightstown East Windsor Improvement Project, Memorial Park.
www.downtownhightstown.org. 3
to 7 p.m.
Wine Tasting, Joe Canal’s
Liquors, 3375 Route 1 South,
Lawrenceville, 609-520-0008.
www.ultimatewineshop.com.
Free. 4 to 6 p.m.
Catering, delicatessen, scrumptious sandwiches
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History
Middlesex County Cultural
Commission, Cornelius Low
House, 1225 River Road, Piscataway, 732-745-4177. www.cultureheritage.org. “New Jersey’s Gilded Age: Opulence,
Struggle, and Innovation,” an exhibit focusing on the years when
New Jersey’s industrial growth
was at its peak. The exhibit spotlights education, child labor, immigration, and union movement.
Through November 29. 8:30 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.
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$5. 11 a.m.
World of Magic,” a family-friendly
magic show. $15. 1 and 7:30 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Live Music
Young Artists Workshops,
Princeton Summer Theater,
Hamilton Murray Theater, 609258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. “Musicals:
the Workshop” explores where
the Broadway musical came from
and how it is different. For ages 7
to 12. Register. $30. 1 to 4 p.m.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. Jazz
guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Trinidelphia, Triumph Brewing
Company, 138 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. $5 cover.
10:30 p.m.
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Laura Crisci Plus John Eddie’s Guitar Player:
Laura Crisci and Whoever Shows Up (yes, that’s
the name of the band) accompanied by PK
Lavengood, John Eddie's guitar player, appears
at the acoustic showcase on Wednesday, July 1,
at KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Trenton.
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family Theater
Rapunzel, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. $8.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Singles
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889. www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for
men and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, Steppin’ Out Singles, Forge Inn, 1002 Route 9,
Woodbridge, 732-656-1801.
www.steppinoutsingles.com.
Ages 40 and up. $15. 8:30 p.m.
Drop In, Yardley Singles, Washington Crossing Inn, River Road,
PA, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 9 p.m.
Scrabble
Classics Used and Rare Books,
117 South Warren Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All skill levels
welcome. 6:30 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday
July 4
Independence Day. Postal and
bank holiday.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Step Back
in Time to 1776
Independence Day, Washington
Crossing State Park, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Route
32, Washington Crossing, PA,
215-493-4076. www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing. Celebrate the holiday with Thomas
Paine and George Washington,
reading of the Declaration of Independence, colonial children’s
games, ring the traveling Liberty
Bell, hear the firing of the cannon,
and tour the historic buildings. $8.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Classical Music
Concert Under the Stars, Riverside Symphonia, Tinicum Park,
Erwinna, PA, 609-397-7300.
www.riversidesymphonia.org.
Bring a picnic and celebrate the
holiday with a performance of
light classical, popular, and patriotic favorites. Gates open at 6
p.m. $22. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
International Summer Music Series, Liberty Village Outlets, 1
Church Street, Flemington, 908782-8550. Helena and Maria
Mehalis present pop and rock. 1
to 4 p.m.
A Tribute to Neil Diamond,
Burlington County Amphitheater, 5 Pioneer Boulevard, Westhamptom, 609-265-5068. www.co.burlington.nj.us. Tom Sadge, a
Neil Diamond impersonator since
1987, and the Joey Pucci Band.
Blankets and lawn chairs invited.
Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Star-Spangled Sousa Salute,
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
Association, 54 Pitman Avenue,
732-775-0035. www.oceangrove.org. Allentown Band conducted by Ronald Demkee performs in celebration of Independence Day. Special guest
soloists. $20 to $45. 8 p.m.
Drama
’70. $14. 2 p.m.
$56 to $84. 2 and 8 p.m.
Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. Musical. $16 to $20. 2 and 8 p.m.
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‘A 50-Minute Crash Course in African Culture’:
Writer/filmmaker/director Zina Saro-Wiwa
speaks at a free screening of her film ‘This Is
My Africa’ on Thursday, July 2, at the New
Jersey State Museum, as part of the Newark
Black Film Festival. Register at 609-292-5420.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 4 and 8 p.m.
dessert. 8 p.m.
Dancing
No Name Dance California Mix,
Central Jersey Dance Society,
Universalist Congregation, 50
Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. American dance country waltz with Donna Reinhart followed by open dancing. No partner
needed. $12. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8 and
10:30 p.m.
Fairs
and Reading, 888-674-6136.
Faith
Kirtan Satsang, Krishna Leela
Center, 13 Briardale Court,
Plainsboro, 609-716-9262. www.krishnaleela.org. Musical mantra
chanting, group satsang, and discussion. 5 to 5:45 p.m.
Food & Dining
West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Parking Lot, Princeton Junction Train
Station, 609-577-5113. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, bakery items, meat, coffee,
tea, sandwiches, ice cream, pickles, sauces, and flowers. Arts,
crafts, children’s activities, culinary demonstrations, entertainment programs, and wellness information. The Isosceles Trio
present swing music, jazz, Latin,
and funk. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Band members include Elliot
Craeger on guitar, Sam Lavery on
bass and cello, and Sam Lewin
on drums and percussion. They
attended Princeton High School
and are now rising sophomores in
college.
18th Century Foodways, Johnson Ferry House, Washington
Crossing State Park, New Jersey,
609-737-2515. Food historian Susan McLellan Plaisted demonstrates ice cream making using
recipes and techniques of the late
18th century. Also basket weaving, early toys, and gardening activities. Parking fee. 1 to 5 p.m.
History
Exhibition, Morven Museum, 55
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609924-8144. www.morven.org. First
day for “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits,” an exhibit featuring modern photographs selected from
the National Portrait Gallery’s collections, part of the inaugural
traveling exhibition from the
Smithsonian’s Museum of African
American History and Culture. On
view to September 27. 11 a.m.
Independence Day, Washington
Crossing State Park, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Route
32, Washington Crossing, PA,
215-493-4076. www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing. Cele-
brate the holiday with
Thomas Paine and George
Washington, reading of the
Declaration of Independence, colonial children’s
games, ring the traveling
Liberty Bell, hear the firing of
the cannon, and tour the historic buildings. $8. 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Old-Fashioned
Celebration, Fonthill Museum, East Court Street and
Swamp Road, Doylestown, 215348-9461. www.mercermuseum.org. Recreation of an early 20th
century July Fourth celebration
including a decorated bike parade, a town ball game (19th century baseball), a watermelon eating contest, old-time games, and
live music. $4. Noon to 5 p.m.
For Families
Open Bounce, Bounce U, 410
Windsor, 609-443-5867. www.bounceu.com. All ages, $6.95;
adults, free. 8:45 to 10 a.m.
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ice Cream Party, Howell Living
History Farm, Valley Road, off
Route 29, Titusville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. Music, games, contests, ice cream
making, sodas, sundaes. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Youth Art and Food Explosion,
We Are Boost, Planet Havana,
449 South Broad Street, Trenton,
206-202-2883. www.weareboost.org. Food, music, art, and
networking. $20. Free for children
12 and under. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
High School Musical I, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
www.brtstage.org. Family show.
$8. 11 a.m.
Rapunzel, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. $8.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
$5. 11 a.m.
Live Music
Dick Gratton, Halo Pub, 4617
Nottingham Way, Trenton, 609586-1811. 7 to 10 p.m.
The Trips, Triumph Brewing
10:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Walking Tours, Princeton Tour
Princeton, 609-902-3637. www.princetontourcompany.com.
Presidents tour, 1 p.m.; townie
biking tour, 2 p.m.; gown walking
tour, 4 p.m.; and ghost tour, 7
p.m. $10 to $20. 1 p.m.
Natural Dyes, Washington
Crossing State Park, Visitor
Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609.
Explore colors derived from wild
plants. $5 per car. 1 to 3 p.m.
Singles
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, Steppin’ Out Singles, Holiday Inn, Route 1 North,
Princeton, 732-656-1801. www.steppinoutsingles.com. Ages 40
and up. DJ. Cash bar. $15. 8 p.m.
Socials
The Hub, Princeton United
Methodist Church, Nassau at
Vandeventer Street, Princeton,
609-924-0781. www.princetonumc.org. Social center for men
and women who have developmental disabilities. Non-sectarian.
Facilitators and volunteers organize meals, music, games, videos,
and crafts. Enter from the parking
lot in back of the church. Wheelchair accessible. Free. 6:30 p.m.
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JOB LOSS
Have you recently become unemployed due
to downsizing, or just
not enough business?
These economic times
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and job losses are
mounting.
Salon Vis-à-Vis encourages you to spruce
up your image, while
you spruce up your resume. Salon Vis-à-Vis
is offering 50% OFF
of services on Tuesday
and Wednesday through
April, to friends of the
community who are
finding themselves in a
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Salon Vis-à-Vis
31A Hulfish Street,
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609-683-9776
July 4
Sports
Trenton Thunder Baseball, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. New Britain. $5 to $10
7:05 p.m.
Sunday
July 5
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hint — Get
There Early and Picnic
Concert and Fireworks, Cranbury, Main Street, 609-395-0900.
Concert and fireworks. Rain date
is Monday, July 6. 7 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Gourgaud Gallery,
23 North Main Street, Cranbury,
609-395-0900. www.gourgaudhist.htm. “Familiar Places,” landscape watercolors of Daniel P.
Turner Thomas. On view to July
26. Gallery hours are Monday to
Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Opening
reception on Sunday, July 12, 1 to
3 p.m. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus. 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Drama
Ways to Celebrate July 4th
Wednesday, July 1
Philly Horn Band, Doylestown Community Performing
Arts Council, Central Park, 425
Wells Road, Doylestown, PA,
215-348-9915.
www.doylestownpa.org. Nine-piece group including guitar, drums, keyboards,
saxophones, trumpet, percussionist, and six vocalists. Bring
blankets, chairs, and picnics. At
Central Bucks West High School,
375 West Court Street, if raining.
Free. Fireworks follow concert.
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 2
Independence Day Celebration, East Windsor Township,
Etra Lake Park, East Windsor,
609-443-4000. www.east-windsor.nj.us. Jerry Rife’s Rhythm
’70. $14. 2 p.m.
dessert. 2 p.m.
$56 to $84. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 973408-5600. www.shakespearenj.org. Shakespeare’s mystical dra-
Kings Dixieland Jazz Band, a sixpiece band, presents jazz. Trenton Brass Quintet Plus One, also a
six-piece ensemble, presents
“Americana.” Fireworks at 9:30
p.m. Bring blankets and chairs.
Barbecue grills and vendors
available. Free. Raindate is Sunday, July 5. 6 p.m.
Fireworks, Spirit of Princeton, Princeton Stadium, 609-6834008.
www.spiritofprinceton.homestead.com. Independence
Day celebration. Picnics welcome.
Bring blankets or chairs. 7 p.m.
Friday, July 3
Independence Day Celebration, South Brunswick Recreation, 750 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000.
www.sbtnj.net. Music followed
by fireworks. Raindate is Sunday,
ma on the outdoor stage. $29 to
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Dancing
Ballroom Dance Social, G & J
Studios, 5 Jill Court, Building 14,
Hillsborough, 908-892-0344.
www.gandjstudios.com. Standard, Latin, smooth, and rhythm.
Refreshments. BYOB. $12. 8 to
11 p.m.
Fairs
and Reading, 888-674-6136.
children’s activities, quilt sale, and
food. $12. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
July 5. Bring chairs, blankets, and
picnics. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 4
Old-Fashioned Celebration,
Fonthill Museum, East Court
Street and Swamp Road,
Doylestown,
215-348-9461.
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Recreation of an early 20th century July Fourth celebration including a decorated bike parade, a
town ball game (19th century
baseball), a watermelon eating
contest, old-time games, and live
music. $4. Noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 5
Concert and Fireworks,
Cranbury, Main Street, 609395-0900. Concert and fireworks. Rain date is Monday, July
6. 7 p.m.
Concert and Fireworks, Cranbury, Main Street, 609-395-0900.
Concert and fireworks. Rain date
is Monday, July 6. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farmers Market, Lawrenceville
Main Street, 16 Gordon Avenue,
www.LawrencevilleMainStreet.com. Vegetables, fruits, flowers,
herbs, meat, and poultry. 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Trenton Farmers’ Market, 960
Spruce Street, Lawrence, 609-6952998. www.thetrentonfarmersmarket.com. Farm vendors, food
producers, wineries, cooking
demonstrations, and musical entertainment. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
JULY 1, 2009
History
From Revolution to Relativity,
Historical Society of Princeton,
Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Classic
walking tour of downtown Princeton and Princeton University includes stops at Nassau Hall, University Chapel, Woodrow Wilson’s homes, and Einstein’s residence. Register by phone or Email [email protected]. $7. 2 p.m.
For Families
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family Theater
World of Magic,” a family-friendly
magic show. $15. 2 p.m.
Live Music
Dick Gratton, Bistro Soleil, 173
Mercer Street, Hightstown, 609443-9700. Solo jazz guitar. 11
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tom Glover, Triumph Brewing
Company, 400 Union Square,
New Hope, 215-862-8300. www.triumphbrew.com. Irish and cover
tunes. 1 to 4 p.m.
Also, Open Mic Night. Perform
solo or with the house band. Register. 9 p.m.
Salsa Dance Lessons, International Arts Collaborative,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609333-0266. www.princetonsalsa.org. Jose (Papo) Diaz instructs
advanced beginners at 7; and beginners at 8:30 p.m. No partner
necessary. $20. 7 p.m.
New Member Orientation, Professional Service Group of Mercer County, One Stop Career
Center, 26 Yard Avenue, Trenton,
609-292-7535. “How Can PSG
Help in Job Search?” Free. 10
a.m.
Socrates Cafe, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, 609799-0462. Discussion group. 7
p.m.
Health & Wellness
Sports
Blood Drive, University Medical
Center at Princeton, Medical
Arts Building, Witherspoon Street,
609-497-4366. www.princetonhcs.org. All blood types needed
— especially O negative and O
positive blood. Thomas Sweet
Pint for Pint ice cream program.
Free valet parking for donors.
Open Mondays to Fridays, 7:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Yoga, Lawrence Library, Darrah
Lane and Route 1, Lawrence
Township, 609-989-6922. www.mcl.org. All levels. Register. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
Compassionate Friends, Raymond Dwier Center, 392 Church
Street, Groveville, 609-516-8047.
Support group for families following the death of a child of any age
and to provide information to help
others be more supportive. 7:30
p.m.
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. New Britain. $5 to
$10 7:05 p.m.
Dancing
Singles
Havana’s, New Hope, PA, 215736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 2 to 6 p.m.
Professional and Business Singles Network, Holiday Inn, 100
Independence Way, Monmouth
Junction, 888-348-5544. www.PBSNinfo.com. Speed dating
mixer, dance social, and beach
party. Ages 35 to 65. Dressy attire. Cash bar. Register. $30.
Dance and party, $15. 5:30 p.m.
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Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. For
advanced adult players. 1 to 5
p.m.
Sports
Softball Game, Outer Circle Ski
Club, Plainsboro Park, 609-7994674. www.outercircleskiclub.org.
Pick up game for adults over 21. 2
p.m.
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. New Britain.
$5 to $10 6:05 p.m.
Monday
July 6
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Free Yoga — Namaste
Yoga, Lawrence Library, Darrah
Lane and Route 1, Lawrence
Township, 609-989-6922. www.mcl.org. All levels. Register. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Just Breathe
Meditation Class, A Kneaded Escape, 405 Route 130 North, East
Windsor, 732-895-5926. akneadedescape.com. $16. 6 to 7 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Greenway Amphitheater at 202
Screwball Comedy: ‘Twentieth Century’ (1934),
starring Carole Lombard and John Barrymore,
screens on Monday, July 6, at the County Theater, Doylestown. www.countytheater.org.
Carnegie Center, 609-452-1444.
Lunchtime music series. Free.
Noon.
Concerts on the Landing, Patriots Theater at the War
Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive,
Trenton, 609-984-8400. www.thewarmemorial.com. Paul Plumeri
and Joe Zook. Free. Noon.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 5000 Windrows Drive,
Plainsboro, 732-469-3983. harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. New
members are welcome. 7:15 p.m.
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Our Capital City’s
Premier Historic Site
Guided Tours: Daily 12:30 to 4:00pm
Drama
Health & Wellness
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Johnson & Johnson, 1125
Trenton Harbourton Road, Titusville, 800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 7:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
Cross, 707 Alexander Road,
West Windsor, 800-448-3543.
www.pleasegiveblood.org. Walkins are welcome. Tuesdays,
12:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays, 7 a.m.
to 2 p.m. 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Meditation Class, A Kneaded
Escape, 405 Route 130 North,
East Windsor, 732-895-5926.
www.akneadedescape.com. $16.
6 to 7 p.m.
Qigong, Ruth A. Golush, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-426-9693. Meditative exercises for balance. Register. $20. 6:30 p.m.
Film
Family Fun Saturdays:
July 18th, 2 pm
Enjoy Making
Ice Cream
a la Colonial Times!
Ample Free Parking
15 Market Street ★ Trenton, New Jersey ★ (609) 989-3027
www.williamtrenthouse.org
The 1719 William Trent House Museum is owned, maintained and operated by the City of Trenton,
Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture, Division of Culture, with assistance from the
New Jersey Historical Commission, Department of State
France presented by Isabelle
Boxler-Sipp from Domaine
Agape. Two seatings. Register.
$85. 6 p.m.
The Birds, County Theater, 20
East State Street, Doylestown,
PA. www.countytheater.org. 1963
Hitchcock classic. Also Wednesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. 4 p.m.
Dancing
Country Line Dancing, Hillbilly
Hall Tavern and Restaurant,
203 Hop-Wertsville Road,
Hopewell, 609-466-9856. www.hillbillyhall.com. Instruction
throughout the evening. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Winemaker Seafood Dinner,
CoolVines, Blue Point Grill, 258
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0039. www.coolvines.com.
Four-course seafood tasting
menu and five wines from Alsace,
Kids Stuff
Read & Pick on the Farm: Blueberries, Terhune Orchards, 330
Cold Soil Road, 609-924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Storytime, craft activity, and fruit or
vegetable picking for pre-school
to age 8. Register. $7. 9:30 a.m.
and 11 a.m.
Lectures
Meeting, Toastmasters Club,
CUH2A, 1000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, 609-844-1212. www.tmdistrict38.org. Bring lunch.
Beverages provided. Noon.
Computer Tips and Tricks, Ewing SeniorNet Computer Literacy Center, 999 Lower Ferry
Road, 609-882-5086. www.ewingsnet.com. “28 Ways to
Save Money Using Your Computer” presented by Steve Kieley.
Free. 1:30 p.m.
Thunderbird Alumni Association, Nassau Inn, Tap Room, 10
Palmer Square, Princeton, 609933-1621. www.thunderbird.edu.
Networking and social. Free. 6 to
8 p.m.
Career Enhancement Skill
Building Series, Neuro-Enhancement Strategies, Princeton Pike, 609-918-0089. www.neuro-enhancement.com. “Powerful Negotiations: Powerful Persuasion Strategies Over any Situation” presented by Jeff Schoener. Register at [email protected]. $15. 7 to
8:30 p.m.
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Tech Talk. free. 7 p.m.
Science Lectures
Laser Concert, Raritan Valley
College, Planetarium, College
Center, North Branch, 908-5261200. www.raritanval.edu. Best of
Pink Floyd. $6. 8:30 p.m.
Live Music
Franklin & Alison Orchestra,
Witherspoon Grill, 57 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-9246011. www.franklinandalison.com. 6:30 p.m.
Schools
Information Session, Waldorf
School, 1062 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. Register.
8:45 to 10 a.m.
Singles
Pizza Night, Yardley Singles,
Vince’s, 25 South Main Street,
Yardley, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6
p.m.
Sports
609-394-8326. www.trentonthunder.com. New Hampshire. $5 to
$10 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday
July 8
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Blues and Funk al Fresco
Sarah Ayers, Doylestown Community Performing Arts Council, Chapman Park, East Road,
Doylestown, PA, 215-348-9915.
www.doylestownpa.org. Operatrained blues singer and her band
deliver blues, funk, and jam
styles. Bring blankets, chairs, and
picnics. At Central Bucks West
High School, 375 West Court
Street, if raining. Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Kid Rock, PNC Bank Arts
7 p.m.
Drama
$56 to $84. 7:30 p.m.
The School for Wives, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey,
F.M. Kirby Theater, Drew University, Madison, 973-408-5600.
www.shakespearenj.org. Comedy by Moliere with translation by
Richard Wilbur. Through July 26.
$29 to $53. 7:30 p.m.
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Film
Movie Series for Seniors,
Princeton Senior Resource
Center, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-4972484. Screening of “Slumdog Millionaire.” Register. Free. 1 p.m.
The Birds, County Theater, 20
East State Street, Doylestown,
PA. www.countytheater.org. 1963
Hitchcock classic. 7 p.m.
Film Screening, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. “From Book
to Opera to Sendak” is presented
by Paul Chapin, choral music
teacher at Riverside School.
Screening of “Where the Wild
Things Are,” an opera by Oliver
Knussen. Discussion for children
and adults follows. Free. 7:30
p.m.
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. For
newcomers. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction
and dance. $7. 7:40 to 10:30
p.m.
Literati
Poets Wednesday, Barron Arts
Center, 582 Rahway Avenue,
Woodbridge, 732-634-0413.
Readings by Tony Gruenewald
and Alissa Pecora. Free. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farm Market, Hopewell Train
Station, 1 Railroad Place,
Hopewell, 609-466-8330. Farm
fresh vegetables, breads, maple
syrup, meats, and more. 2 to 7
p.m.
Wine Regions of the World, Mercer County College, 1200 Old
Trenton Road, 609-570-3311.
JULY 1, 2009
www.mccc.edu. “Central and Tuscany” presented by Bruce Smith,
a wine education. Register. $35.
6:30 p.m.
Speaking Circle, Comprehensive Communication Services,
610 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,
609-799-1400. Facilitates the development of connection and
presence for individuals seeking
greater public speaking confidence. Register. $25 to $65. 7:30
to 9:30 p.m.
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation
Center is a comprehensive
physical rehabilitation hospital
that offers all the therapies and
specialty medical programs
you need to help you to return
to a full and active life.
• 166-bed facility dedicated
solely to physical
rehabilitation
• Acute, Subacute and Brain
Injury rehabilitation located
within one facility
• Board certified physiatrists,
physicians specializing
in physical medicine
and rehabilitation, direct
all rehabilitation programs
• State-of-the-art 23,000 sq. ft.
Outpatient Health Center
History
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens. Tea before or
after tour. Register. $15. 11:15
a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Kids Stuff
St. Lawrence
Rehabilitation Center
Make Your Own Opera, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Workshop for ages 5 to 8 presented by
Paul Chapin, choral music
teacher at Riverside School. Explore the construction of
Sendak’s book, compose and
perform music to fit the drama,
and compare the music to that of
a professional composer. Screening of “Where the Wild Things
Are,” an opera by Oliver Knussen,
followed by a discussion, is at
7:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
2381 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2024
fax 609-844-0648
www.slrc.org
609-896-9500
Radiant Spa & Salon is Happy
to Announce the Return of
Lectures
Live Music
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Showcase, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15-minute back-toback sets. Produced by Lance
Reichert of qbdigital.com. To sign
up E-mail [email protected]. 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Dance Party, Erini Restaurant,
1140 River Road, West Trenton,
609-882-0303. www.erinirestaurant.com. DJ Nick Z. 9 to 1
a.m.
The Wallace Brothers, Triumph
Brewing Company, 400 Union
Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com. No
cover. 9 p.m.
Sports
$10 7:05 p.m.
Thursday
July 9
Victor Christiano
Music Fest 2009, Mercer
County, Mill Yard Park, Trenton,
609-448-7107. www.whatsgoingonthisweekend.com. Arturo Romay with Latin jazz. Food and
beverages available. Activities
and prizes for children. Bring
blanket, chair, and picnic. Free.
Noon to noon.
Alex Mitnick and the Kaleidoscope Band, Arts Council of
Princeton, Princeton Shopping
Center, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Family
concert. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Music in the Park Summer Series, Monroe Township Cultural
Arts Commission, Open Grove
Gazebo, Thompson Park, Forsgate Drive, 732-521-4400. www.monroetownshipculturalarts.com.
Vince Giordano and the
Nighthawks, an 11-piece orchestra, presents music of the 1920s
and ’30s. Bring chair or blanket.
Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Music in the Park Series, Lawrenceville Main Street, Weeden
Park, Main Street, 609-219-9300.
www.LawrencevilleMainStreet.com. Reock and Roll present
rock. Bring a chair. Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Duo con Brio, Ocean Grove
www.oceangrove.org. Featuring
Hugh Sung and Ray Chen. $13.
7:30 p.m.
Art
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Princeton
Children’s Book Author
Author Event, Learning
Express, Princeton Shopping
Center, 301 North Harrison
Tad Troilo, author of “Rosie Fights
the Twisted Wind,” has a booksigning. A playwright, columnist,
and fiction writer, Troilo lives in
Princeton with his wife and two
daughters. 6 to 8 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Jazz Concert, Princeton Public
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Kaczorowski Valosin
Band, a jazz trio, in concert. 7:30
p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Patio at 502 Carnegie Center,
609-452-1444. Free. Noon.
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Helping our Patients Return
to a Full & Active Life
Health & Wellness
Senior Services, West Windsor
Library, 333 North Post Road,
609-799-0462. Assisted living
and adult day care services presented by Buckingham Place representatives. 6:30 p.m.
U.S. 1
Adult Workshop: Picturing
Spring Photography, Grounds
For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, 609-689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org.
First of four sessions working with
composition, light, and surroundings. For all levels. Presented by
Sally Davidson. Register. $65.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m
Art Exhibit, Straube Center, 100
and I-108 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington, 609-737-3322.
www.straubecenter.com. Opening reception for “Art You Can
Touch” featuring a number of
large outdoor three-dimensional
art works by J. Seward Johnson,
Carole Fuerman, Cynthia Eardley, Rory Mahon, Ayami Aoyama,
and others. Curated by Richard
Butterfoss. Indoor display areas
highlighting E. Gyuri Hollosy and
the permanent collection. Free.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Red Horse Gallery,
Freehold Raceway Mall. Meet the
artist reception for VSA Arts of
New Jersey exhibit featuring
Blues, Funk & Jam:
Opera-trained blues
singer Sarah Ayers
and her band perform
outdoors on Wednesday, July 8, at Chapman Park, Doylestown. 215-348-9915.
artists with disabilities. Works by
Vimala Gade, Matthew Loscialo,
Lois Monaghan, Tracy Reinhardt,
and Anthony Zaremba on view to
August 21. 6 to 8 p.m.
Drama
$56 to $84. Conversation about
the show in the mezzanine at
6:30 p.m. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
The Glass Menagerie, Princeton
Summer Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062.
www.princetonsummertheater.org. Tennessee Williams drama.
$20. 8 p.m.
www.shakespearenj.org. Comedy by Moliere with translation by
Richard Wilbur. $29 to $70. 8
p.m.
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Film
Newark Black Film Festival’s
Youth Cinema, New Jersey
State Museum, Auditorium, 225
West State Street, Trenton, 609292-5420. www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. Screening of “Chato and the Party Animals” and
“The Incredible Voyage of Bill
Pinkney.” Free. 1 p.m.
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July 9
Newark Black Film Festival, New
Jersey State Museum, Auditorium, 225 West State Street, Trenton, 609-292-5420. www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. Screening of “Dreams Deferred: The
Sakia Gunn Film Project,” a documentary about a 15 year-old student. Speaker is Charles B.
Brack, producer and director.
Register. Free. 6 p.m.
Foreign Films, Lawrence
Library, Darrah Lane and Route
1, Lawrence Township, 609-9896922. www.mcl.org. Screening of
“Munyurangabo,” 2007. 6:30
p.m.
Dancing
Dancing by Peddie Lake, 112
Etra Road, Hightstown, 609-4438990. www.dance.homestead.com. Six-week dance class offering instruction by Candace Woodward-Clough in swing, foxtrot,
waltz and Latin dancing. Beginners at 7:30 p.m.; intermediates
at 8:30 p.m. Register. $84 per
person. 7:30 p.m.
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. $10.
8 p.m.
Good Causes
Soiree, Community Justice Center, 270 Lambert Drive, Princeton. www.nj-communityjusticecenter.org. Marjorie Blaxill hosts a
soiree to benefit the organization.
Tea tasting by Taking Tea in Style.
Postponed from June 13. Donations invited. 4 to 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
Health & Wellness
Cross, Johnson & Johnson, 199
Grandview Avenue, Skillman,
800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Overeater’s Anonymous, Princeton Alliance Church, Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609750-7349. www.overeatersanonymous.com. 12-step program with meetings, studies, discussion, and speakers. 7:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Juggling in the Park, Plainsboro
Recreation Park Ranger Division, Morris Davison Park,
Plainsboro Road, 609-799-0909.
www.plainsboronj.com. For ages
five and up using bean bags and
tennis balls. Free. 6:30 to 7:30
p.m.
For Families
Author Event, Learning
Express, Princeton Shopping
Center, 301 North Harrison
Tad Troilo, author of “Rosie Fights
the Twisted Wind,” has a booksigning. A playwright, columnist,
and fiction writer, Troilo lives in
Princeton with his wife and two
daughters. 6 to 8 p.m.
Musical Comedy: Tappany Hochman of Hopewell and Michael Lawrence of Princeton star in
‘Soup du Jour,’ through Saturday, July 11, at OffBroadstreet Theater in Hopewell. 609-466-2766.
For Parents
Total Transformation Program,
Family Support Organization,
3535 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1200. Seven-week
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disrespectful behavior in a child.
Register. Free. 10 a.m. to noon.
Family Theater
$5. 11 a.m.
Lectures
Building a Website, The Arts
Stockton, 21 Risler Street, Stockton, 609-883-0207. www.theartsstockton.com. Presented by
Robert Burger, a digital arts professor at Union County College.
Register. $25. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Science Lectures
Laser Concert, Raritan Valley
College, Planetarium, College
Center, North Branch, 908-5261200. www.raritanval.edu. Laser
U2. $6. 8:30 p.m.
Live Music
Singer Songwriter Showcase,
Triumph Brewing Company,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. Hosted by Frank
Thewes. 9 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Pontoon Boat Tours, Mercer
County Park Commission, Mercer County Park Marina, West
Windsor, 609-989-6540. www.mercercounty.org. Search for the
flora and fauna in the lake area.
Binoculars for birding invited. For
families and adults. 2 to 3:30
p.m.
Schools
Parent-Child Class, Waldorf
School, 1062 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. First of a
weekly series through August 6.
Register. $375. 9 to 11:45 a.m.
Colleges
Express Enrollment, Mercer
County College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570-3311. www.mccc.edu. Meet with advisor, take
placement test, and register in
one visit. Register online for
noon, 2, or 4 p.m. Noon.
Singles
Washington Crossing Inn, River
Road, PA, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 5
p.m.
Divorce Support Group,
Hopewell Presbyterian Church,
Hopewell, 609-213-9509. Support, personal growth, and social.
Call for location. 7:30 p.m.
Sports
$10 12:05 p.m.
Friday
July 10
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: A ThreeDay Party in New Hope
Savor New Hope, New Hope Arts
Council, New Hope, 215-8629606. www.newhopeartsinc.org.
Three-day celebration of the arts
and artists of the region features
outdoor concerts, theatrical performances, art gallery receptions,
demonstrations, food, children’s
activities, and cooking classes.
Noon.
Classical Music
Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera
New Jersey, McCarter Theatre,
609-258-2787. www.opera-nj.org.
Donizetti opera. $15 to $110. 8
p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Nassau Brass, Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. Brass
ensemble. Rain or shine. Bring a
chair. Wine and cheese available.
Register. Concert only, $15. Buffet dinner and concert, $25. 7
p.m.
Courtyard Concerts, Grounds
For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, 609-689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org.
Chris Barron in solo performance.
Rain or shine. $15. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Artists’ Gallery, 32
Coryell Street, Lambertville, 609397-4588. www.lambertvillearts.com. First day for “Dusty, Dirty,
and Delayed,” a shared exhibit
featuring photographs by John
Treichler and watercolors and
acrylics by Richard Harrington.
On view to August 2. 11 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Art Exhibit, Grounds For Sculpture, Toad Hall Shop, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Opening reception
for metal artwork exhibit by Sandra Webberking. On view to September 27. 5 to 7 p.m.
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Review: ‘Stunning’
T
he advantage of writing
about something you know pays off
handsomely for multi-award-winning playwright David Adjmi. Born
and raised in the Midwood section
of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community, Adjmi creates an astonishingly provocative perspective of
three lives that collide within it —
more specifically, a 16-year-old
girl, her tyrannical much older husband, and the black maid who
comes between them — in his play,
under the superb direction of Anne
Kauffman.
Commendably cast and with
Kauffman’s direction, this Lincoln
Center Theater/LCT3 production
affords Adjmi’s play every advantage in making its position clear
and convincing. Careening courageously, but never recklessly, between satire and melodrama — and
ultimately tragedy — “Stunning”
is an eye-opening, intimately focused look into the marriage of a
couple within a sect that guards its
insularity and its ingrained religious/cultural identity.
The play seems not to be as concerned with the deeply embedded
social practices and the restrictions
that come from a prescribed Syrian-Jewish indebtedness to family
as it is with the changes that happen
within 16-year-old Lily (Cristin
Milioti), who may or may not have
been tricked into a marriage to garment tycoon Ike Schwecky (Danny
Mastrogiorgio) to save her reputation. Lily also feels the pressure of
being a respectful wife, a compliant baby machine, as well as keeping up appearances by efficiently
maintaining the running of the icy
McMansion.
Ike is not only a scoundrel in his
private life, but also in his business
affairs, which are tied to a partnership with his brother-in-law, Jojo
Dweck (Steven Rattazzi). Mastrogiorgio is both amusingly and terrifyingly adept at exercising Ike’s
disarmingly calculated authority,
chauvinism, and narcissism. But
our empathy understandably is
with Lily, despite her equally terrifying lack of education (she left
school to marry at the age of 16).
The opening scene is a hilariously concerted over-layering of
‘Stunning’ is an
astonishingly provocative perspective
of three lives that
collide within Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish
community.
superficial chit-chat between Lily,
her sister, Shelly Dweck (Jeanine
Serralles), and their unmarried
friend, Claudine (Sas Goldberg).
Their girly camaraderie and their
distinct Brooklyn-ese quickly begin to reflect their limited parameters. Wealthy, self-absorbed, and
fashion-possessed, these materialistic women clearly have no inclination or desire to be more than
what they appear to each other. All
hell breaks loose after Lily reluctantly hires Blanche (Charlayne
Woodard), a 43-year-old black
woman (“you were supposed to be
Chit-Chat Runs Deep:
Sas Goldberg, Cristin
Milioti, and Jeanine
Serralles.
Puerto Rican”) as a live-in maid.
What is it that prompts Blanche to
start giving shape and perspective
to Lily’s limited intellectual and
cultural range? Why has Blanche,
who speaks four languages, listens
to classical music while she cleans,
and talks of her degrees from various colleges, resorted to work as a
maid?
The plot gets to the heart of the
matter during Ike’s absences on
business trips. The intimacy that
grows between Blanche, whose
worldly sophistication appears enviable, and Lily, whose latent feelings are beginning to stir, becomes
the catalyst for a drastic change in
Lily’s relationship with Ike.
M
ilioti is a delight as the
young woman who moves endearingly from being an easily distracted, selfish ditz to ravenous seeker
of knowledge in both literal and
sexual terms. Of the many formidable performances given by
Woodward, she is a standout as
Blanche. We see her take this complexly defined character with a
troubled past from a position of
power to points of insecurity, fear,
and worse. Of all the lessons prescribed in Blanche’s syllabus, the
one that includes the sampling of
fine wine is especially amusing.
Perhaps it is opportune that
“Stunning” arrives on the heels of
two other Off-Broadway plays —
“Groundswell” and “Pure Confi-
dence” — in which the characters’
socio-economic backgrounds are
key dramatic components to the
drama. The former deals with the
economic realities of black and
white citizens in post-Apartheid
South Africa and the latter with the
realities of life for black slaves and
white slave owners in the Confederate South, and after the Civil War.
Ironically, the racial-cultural roots
and edicts that define the prescribed destiny of Syrian-Jews are
not those that would be compatible
with the values of others. Unlike
other minorities, they stand proudly aloof, apart, and unobstructed.
However we may choose to
stand on this, “Stunning” gives us
an unforgiving look at an aggressively insular sect, and how its selfperpetuating fundamentals regarding business, making money, and
controlling personal lives affect
generation after generation. A
background in the religious, social,
and business ethics that control
American Syrian Jews isn’t a prerequisite (a recent New York Times
Magazine article gave one perspective), as Adjmi’s play speaks critically and courageously for itself.
To his credit as a first-hand observer, his play expertly serves two purposes: the first to see the parameters that define this community,
particularly the value they put on
money and material possessions.
The second is to see how Lily,
through Blanche’s mentoring and
tutoring, acknowledges and experiences the birth of her own rebellious spirit, her quest for knowledge, and her right to explore and
discover herself.
If “Stunning’s” dramatic arc ultimately appears more than a bit
compromised by a startling, almost
schizophrenic denouement, the
key scenes that shape the play are
nevertheless vividly dramatized.
Particularly vivid is David Korins’s ultra modern set design, a
sprawling and icy interior of white
on white furnishings and mirrored
walls. That they also have shapeshifting qualities, under Japhy
Weideman’s ultra bright lighting,
adds to the spectacular effect. Miranda Hoffman’s wonderful haute
couture costume designs make
their point by also being funny.
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July 11, Duke Theater, 229 West
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A Library That Travels Back in Time to the Beginning of TV
H
by George Point
ow is this for irony?
Just weeks ago, analog TV sets
across America went dark. Just
months from now, the matrix of TV
screen-shaped ceiling lights at the
David Sarnoff Library will go dark
for the last time.
Opened in 1967 by RCA at the
Sarnoff Research Center, the
David Sarnoff Library is a repository of research archives, exhibits,
and a content-rich Web site that
documents the life of communications visionary and corporate dynamo David Sarnoff (1891-1971),
as well as the history of milestone
achievements of radio, television,
electronics, and communications,
both analog and digital, told
through a collection that contains
25,000 photographs and thousands
of notebooks, reports, publications
and artifacts.
“Yes, it is ironic,” says Alex
Magoun, curator and executive director of the library. “Depending on
how you date it, the color TV standard was established around 1953
and the monochrome black and
white standard around 1941. Both
of them were basically RCA systems standards for broadcasting.
Color picture tubes still live on in
many households, and the LCD still
lives on in a variety of devices.”
The Sarnoff Corporation, the research company that has occupied
the campus since RCA ended operations in 1986, will cease hosting
the library at the end of this year.
“Sarnoff Corporation is a for-profit
company,” Magoun says, “and any
business person understands the
need to make decisions on a bottom-line basis. If the library does
not tangibly benefit the company’s
contract research or product sales,
then the decision to no longer support its operation is a rational one.”
Magoun grew up in Manchester-by-the-sea, MA, where his father was a municipal bond trader,
and his mother was director of the
Lynn Historical Society in Lynn,
MA. He earned a bachelor’s in history from Trinity College in Hartford in 1981, a master’s in history
from the University of East Anglia,
England, in 1983, and a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2000. He began his association with the library
in 1994, when he began visiting to
research his doctoral thesis.
“That’s when I discovered the
importance of the collection,” he
says. “Because when my advisor
suggested the library as a possible
source for my dissertation, it’s an
even chance I didn’t know who
David Sarnoff was.”
He became an official member
of the RCA “family” in 1998. “It
began to sink in that this was an extremely amazing, creative, inventive site for technologists and I
could perhaps, with various forms
of support, turn it into a public-private enterprise that could serve the
public, serve the company, serve
schoolchildren, and serve the researchers,” Magoun says.
“This has become a crossroads,
as many libraries are. If you look at
libraries like Plainsboro’s library
or Princeton’s library, it’s not so
The library traces the
history of milestone
achievements of radio, television, electronics, and communications, both analog
and digital, through a
collection that contains 25,000 photographs and artifacts.
much the quiet place where people
are squirreled away with books, although that is still a fundamental
role, as it is a place for community
groups and the exchange of information, and a resource of information and the gatekeeping that can
direct you to other places.”
H
e notes that the Sarnoff library drew about 1,500 people in
2008, from individual visitors to
school field trips. He also receives
hundreds of E-mail or phone inquiries annually from researchers
all over the world; like the researcher who was looking into the
origins of the now ubiquitous
LCD. “The beginnings of liquid
crystal display technology were
here,” Magoun says, “in Somerville, Raritan, and Optel further
up Route 1. It’s the researchers
who, digging through the lab notebooks and the technical reports, are
the ones that will point out what
people have forgotten, because nobody bothered to ask the original
people; research that ends up in
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He also notes the professional
audiences that the library has hosted, ranging from the ACM/IEEE
computer science people to the
Einstein Alley Board, local Chambers of Commerce and the New
Jersey Technology Council. “The
library has become a showcase for
what New Jersey has done, is doing, could do,” he says.
Magoun says that one of the best
parts of the job has been meeting a
wide variety of members of the socalled RCA family, from the
Sarnoff family members down to
the 90-year-old engineers and the
60-year-old technicians, and their
children and grandchildren. “They
all have a story to tell,” he says,
“and for all the cynicism one might
have about corporate paternalism,
the feeling in general about the
RCA family strikes me as legitimate, and if not unique in American corporate annals, at least relatively rare.”
Another side of his stint at the library has been his role as tour
guide for thousands of young people, college students from Rider,
Mercer County College or TCNJ
who, prior to taking the tour, had no
idea about the straight line that can
be drawn between the discoveries
chronicled at the Sarnoff Library
and the electronics they use to
communicate, listen to music, and
watch videos.
Magoun is particularly enthused
about speaking to the hundreds of
grade school students who come in
for field trips. “I’ve seen them alternately light up with historical awareness, or an awareness of the science
and engineering that goes on at a
very basic level that leads to this sort
of work,” he says, “and thinking that
maybe they could do this.”
He remembers a girl from
Branchburg, who, when asked
“How many of you are good at
math?” replied “Well, I’m good at
math, but I don’t like it.”
“I like to think that by the end of
that session that we had convinced
her and some of her classmates that
it’s not just fun to invent, but that
you can make a serious contribution to solving problems,” he says.
“Not just like David Sarnoff and
the RCA people, but in medicine,
the environment, or in energy.
“That’s what gets the kids really
excited,” he continues. “That that’s
what they want to make a mark in,
and then to have this historical context from ‘my state’, ‘my county’,
‘my region,’ and think that maybe
they’re going to be a part of this,
and ideally stay in New Jersey instead of disappearing to California,
or Atlanta or some other place.”
Magoun, who has been notified
that his position at the library will
end at the end of this year, has been
participating in the search for a new
home for the library. He hopes that
the entire collection can be kept intact in the care of a single institution. “The power of this library is its
TV, pre-TiVo: Above: Color TV, circa 1946 —
the research staff at RCA Laboratories invents
the world’s first electronic, monochrome compatible color television system. Below: A 1957
ad promoting the ‘big’ 21-inch RCA color TV.
holistic nature,” he says. “We could
distribute the computer-related material to one museum, the video displays and the televisions to another
museum and the archive to an
archival repository, and they’ll all
take good care of them, but then
you’ve lost the fact that this is the
20th century’s version of the (Menlo Park, NJ) Edison site. New Jersey punted on the original Edison
site, which is why it’s in Michigan
at the Henry Ford Museum.
“The challenge is, between the
state of the economy and the fact
that larger institutions have their
own strategic plans and exhibition
plans, how are you going to make
room for this valuable but unanticipated resource?”
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On a recent tour of the library, I
asked Magoun what he would save
if disaster struck and he only had
time to save one exhibit. He pondered a moment as he glanced
around the room. “The color picture tube was a crowning achievement, he says, “but there are millions of them around the world.
Perhaps the liquid crystal displays,
or Sarnoff’s telegraph key. We
haven’t talked about it, but see that
silver, ice cream cone shaped picture tube? That’s the predecessor of
all black and white picture tubes.
“The first thin film transistors,
or TFT’s are here, and I believe this
electron microscope is the oldest
intact production model, at least
outside of Germany. Then there are
the lab notebooks and the technical
reports...”
Perhaps we should just hope that
Magoun and the powers that be
find a way to save it all.
David Sarnoff Library, 201
Washington Road, 609-734-2636,
www.davidsarnoff.org. Tours of
the library may currently be scheduled between 9:30 am and 6 p.m,
Monday through Friday. A donation of five dollars per person is
suggested. You must book your
tour in advance by contacting Alex
Magoun at [email protected], or 609 734-2636.
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July 10
Art Exhibit, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer
Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511.
www.photosgallery14.com.
Opening reception for “Hackensack Crossings,” an exhibit featuring the works of Jim Hilgendorf;
“Still Lifes with Fruit,” by Martha
Weintraub; and “The Second
Line,” by Ed Greenblat. Through
August 7. Meet the photographers on Sunday, July 12, 1 to 3
p.m. 6 to 9 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Monmouth Museum,
Brookdale Community College,
Newman Springs Road, Lincroft,
732-747-2266. www.monmouthmuseum.org. Opening reception
for Oil paintings by Shin-Young
An. On view to August 9. Gallery
talk on Wednesday, July 22, at 7
p.m. 6 to 8 p.m.
Drama
Finian’s Rainbow, Actors’ NET,
635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Musical comedy about a leprechaun. Through
July 26. $20. 8 p.m.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s musical presented by
Yardley Players. Reception with
cast and crew follows performance. $16. 8 p.m.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress.
$27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
$56 to $84. 8 p.m.
The Glass Menagerie, Princeton
Summer Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, 609-258-7062.
www.princetonsummertheater.org. Tennessee Williams drama.
$20. 8 p.m.
www.shakespearenj.org. Comedy
by Moliere with translation by
Richard Wilbur. $29 to $70. 8
p.m.
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Dancing
Dancing by Peddie Lake, 112
Etra Road, Hightstown, 609-4438990. www.dance.homestead.com. Four-week dance class offering instruction by Candace
Woodward-Clough in swing, foxtrot, waltz and Latin dancing. Beginners at 7:30 p.m.; intermediates at 8:30 p.m. Register. $56
per person. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
11 p.m.
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From the National Portrait Gallery:
‘Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African
American Portraits, ’ a traveling exhibit,
opens on Saturday, July 4, at Morven
Museum, 55 Stockton Street. 609-924-8144.
Pictured: Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882) was
a leading African American abolitionist, clergyman,
and one of the leaders of the abolition movement.
editions, serigraphs, lithographs,
and sports memorabilia. Register.
$10. 6 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Kyle Grooms, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8 p.m.
Bob Nelson, Terry Gillespie, and
Teri Valentine, Bucks County
Comedy Cabaret, 625 North
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $17.50. 9 p.m.
on a Norwegian myth
that inspired Beauty
and the Beast. $5. 11
a.m.
Lectures
Cross, Holiday Inn, 339 Monmouth Street, Hightstown, 800448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 2 to 7:30 p.m.
Project Reemployment, Jewish Family
and Children’s Services of Greater
Mercer County, Congregation Beth
Chaim, 329 Village
Road East, West
Windsor, 609-2430390. www.jfcsonline.org. Register. $50 for four sessions and two personal assessments by a
certified career counselor. 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Career Beacon Workshops, Professional
Service Group of
Mercer County, One
Stop Career Center,
26 Yard Avenue,
Trenton, 609-2927535. “Mock Interviews.” Free. 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
English Conversation Class, West
Windsor Library,
333 North Post Road,
609-799-0462. For all
skill levels. 1:15 p.m.
Science Cafe, Princeton Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson
Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609924-7108. “Biofuels” presented
by Jim Manganaro, a semi-retired
engineer consultant. Coffee and
tea available. Register. Free. 2
p.m.
Kids Stuff
Live Music
Young Artists Workshops,
Princeton Summer Theater,
Hamilton Murray Theater, 609258-7062. www.princetonsummertheater.org. “Playwriting”
for ages 7 to 12. Register. $30. 1
to 4 p.m.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. Jazz
guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Chris Barron, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Rain or
shine. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Peter Tork, Shoe Suede Blues,
and The Doughboys, The
Record Collector Store, 358
Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown.
www.the-record-collector.com.
$20. 7:30 p.m.
Scott Langdon, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. 8 to 10 p.m.
Rainbow Fresh, Triumph Brewing Company, 400 Union
Square, New Hope, 215-8628300. www.triumphbrew.com. $5
cover. 10 p.m.
FE, Triumph Brewing Company,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. $5 cover. 10:30 p.m.
Fairs
Noon.
Food & Dining
Farmers Market, Greater Hightstown East Windsor Improvement Project, Memorial Park.
www.downtownhightstown.org. 3
to 7 p.m.
Liquors, 3375 Route 1 South,
www.ultimatewineshop.com.
Free. 4 to 6 p.m.
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For Families
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family Theater
Beauty and the Beast, Bucks
County Playhouse, 70 South
Main Street, New Hope, 215-8622041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. $8. 11 a.m. and 1
p.m.
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men and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Drop-In, Yardley Singles, The
Runway, Trenton Mercer Airport,
Ewing, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Music, dancing, and cash bar. Register. 9
p.m.
Scrabble
Classics Used and Rare Books,
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JULY 1, 2009
The Sweeping Influence of Japonisme on French Art
A
by Helen Schwartz
small exhibition of
late-19th century works at the Jane
Voorhees Zimmerli Museum in
New Brunswick paints a telling
picture of a time when a passion for
things Japanese cast a wide spell. ln
the process, the assembled objects
and images join forces with other
works on view at the museum to
tell a story of epic proportions.
Culled from the Kusakage-Griffis Japonisme Gallery while it is under renovation, the assembled decorative objects, paintings, and fine
china serve as a narrative that
speaks of world history, a pivotal
era in the arts, and the evolution of
the modern aesthetic. “Japonisme
Highlights: Paintings and Ceramics
from the Collections” is also a reflection of the Zimmerli’s important
role in uncovering and telling that
story, and an indication of the scope
and scale of the museum’s holdings.
The story begins in the 1850s
when Japan opened its doors to the
rest of the world after more than
two centuries of self-imposed isolation. At the time, objects from
that country flowed into the West,
capturing the imagination of artists
and collectors with their exotic
look — an artistic vocabulary that
was antithetical to the prevailing
aesthetic. Before long, shiploads of
oriental bric-a-brac-fans, kimonos,
lacquers, bronzes, and silks poured
into England and France, filling
the windows of galleries and
shops. On the crest of that wave of
graphic exotica were woodcut
prints; works whose lack of perspective and shadow, flat areas of
strong color, compositional freedom, and asymmetrical and abstracted design had a profound effect on the nature of art and craft in
France and Belgium. In the
process, the advent of Japonisme
broke down the barriers between
the fine and decorative arts.
According to former Zimmerli
director Dennis Cate, who brought
the museum from minor gallery
leagues into the top five percent of
university museums during his
three-plus-decade tenure, the discovery of Japanese art gave much
needed graphic tools to French
artists who were desperately seeking change. “The academic style
was going stale at the time. The
more radical artists, who were rebelling against the formal demands
of the academy, looked to other
sources. Japan and its art became a
liberating force; a new world they
could borrow from.”
The Paris Exposition Universelle
of 1867 enriched the available mix,
bringing a further influx of Japanese
wares along with some of the earliest Japanese visitors to that city. It
was not long before the public, too,
was hooked, and a collecting frenzy
was in the works. The term “Japonisme” was soon coined by a French
art critic to describe the sweeping
influence of Japanese style on
French art and craft.
The influence of the Japanese
aesthetic was powerful and longlived. By the turn of the 20th century, it had engendered dramatic
changes in the nature of art and design on both sides of the Atlantic.
Beginning in France, architecture,
pottery, painting, prints, books and
magazines, and even fashion took
on a new and often improved look,
echoing the interest in precisely detailed nature forms and exquisitely
balanced sense of design that were
the hallmarks of Japanese art and
artifact.
Cate notes that to some degree,
Japonisme laid the foundation for
modernism. “Art slowly moved
away from the direct representation of nature. It became a compromise between realism and abstraction. Artists became more interested in color and composition, less in
the literal image.”
A star-studded galaxy of artists
that included Pierre Bonnard,
Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and James
McNeill Whistler has since been
credited with “grafting on to the
tired stump of Europe the vital
shoots of Oriental art.” The focus
on Japan even reached behind the
footlights to give rise to such masterful works as Madame Butterfly
and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado.
The exhibition functions nicely
as a virtuoso demonstration of the
powerful impact and graphic appeal of the Japanesque. Drawn
from the museum’s landmark holdings in this field, it serves as a minisurvey, making graphic note of significant aspects of the style. In the
process, it combines nicely with
several other works on view at the
museum to chart the eloquence of
that style and demonstrate its material breadth and graphic energy.
The “Japonisme” exhibit includes paintings, dinnerware, vessels, serving pieces, and a large
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Second Nature: Clockwise from left: ‘Night Owl,’
1879, oil on canvas, Charles Caryl Coleman
(American, 1840-1928); earthenware plate with
transfer-printed design from the Rousseau Dinner
Service, circa1866-75, by Felix Braquemonde
(French, 1833-1914); and ‘La Japonaise, 1876,
slip-cast stoneware with polychrome enamels,
Joseph-Théodore Deck (French, 1823-1891).
enameled statuette of a kimonoclad figure. Emblematic of the
movement are four elegant dinner
plates from the Rousseau service
designed by Felix Braquemond, an
innovative artist who pioneered the
use of motifs culled from Japanese
art. Covered with precisely detailed images of flowers, birds, and
fish, copied from a Japanese illustrated book, the service was exhibited to great acclaim at the Paris
Exposition of 1867, where the innovative use of such motifs on
Cate notes that, to
some degree, Japonisme laid the foundation for modernism.
French porcelain created a sensation. La Japonaise, the slip-cast
polychrome three-dimensional figure by Joseph-Theodore Deck —
one of the earliest artists to embrace Japonisme — nicely illustrates the genre’s lavish use of pattern and rich and varied color. A
stoneware vase with oxblood glaze
by Ernest Chaplet — another major
figure in the movement — echoes
the form and glazing of ancient traditional vessels while approaching
modernist style in affect. And
paintings by French and American
artists show how Japanese style
was given a Western voice.
C
hristine Giviskos, associate
curator of 19th century European
arts, who staged the exhibition,
says that these objects were selected for their importance. “We chose
our most famous examples. The
Deck statue is notable. The work of
Gallet and Chaplet, who designed
some of the vases, was crucial to
the development of art nouveau.”
The story of Japonisme and its influence continues with a pleasing
glow in a nearby gallery, with “Art
Nouveau Illuminated: Lamps from
the Sigmund Freedman Bequest.”
Again pattern and nature forms set
the style. But here it has evolved into a more organic, Westernized
mode using the whiplash curves of
art nouveau, a muted palette, and irregular organic forms. Opulent
lamps from French and American
workshops include several exqui-
site examples by Tiffany Studios as
well as a sampling of French manufacture. As in earlier Japanese-influenced work that echoes nature
forms, botanicals, and insects are
among the most-used motifs.
Domed, leaded glass shades are
decorated with vines, blossoms, and
buds. Bamboo and lily pads are
wrought into sculptural metal bases.
And in one Tiffany lamp we see an
opaque shade that was meant to
temper the harsh glare of the newly
introduced electric light bulb.
According to Giviskos, these
lamps speak of the creative energy
that marked the style. “The manner
in which the Japanese treated nature in decoration challenged western artists to look at standard motifs in new ways.”
Many of the works in the 19thcentury European galleries also
make reference to the impact of
Japonisme. A new display of prints
from the permanent collection,
which goes on view on Monday, July 6, includes telling examples.
Among them are a pair of landscapes by Jules Chadel in which
Giviskos says the use of woodcut as
the medium was directly influenced
by Japanese prints. She also makes
note of the artists’ strong interest in
Japan in three prints from an album
by Georges Bigot, who lived and
worked in Japan for 20 years. And,
she says that a calendar by Henry
Somm, with its inclusion of fans,
lanterns, and a Japanese screen, essentially illustrates the story of how
the passion for Japanese style
changed what art was about in the
late 19th-century France.
The Zimmerli and Rutgers University have a long history with
things Japanese. Taro Kusukabe,
one of the first Japanese students to
study at an American institution of
higher education, enrolled at Rutgers College in 1867, where he became the first student to receive an
American degree. William Elliot
Griffis, an 1869 Rutgers College
graduate, was one of the earliest
scholars of Japanese.
The focus on Japonisme gathered energy and took shape at the
Zimmerli in 1975 when the museum joined with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Walters Art
Gallery to stage “Japonisme: The
Japanese Influence on French Art,
1854-1910,” which broke new
ground. Cate, who organized that
exhibition, says that it was the first
major display to examine the dimensions of the Japanese influence
in the west by focusing broadly on
paintings, prints, and the decorative arts. “Our show was our the
first to deal with all media, to look
broadly at Japonisme.” He says
that this landmark exhibition
changed the way scholars considered the subject. “The exhibition
codified Japonisme as an area of
research. It became a legitimate
form of study. Before then it was
viewed as a side note within the
context of other subjects.”
Over the years, a significant portion of gallery space at the Zimmerli has been devoted to changing
exhibitions concentrating on the
Japanese-influenced art of late
19th century France, “The Circle
of Toulouse-Lautrec” and “Flora
and Fauna: The Japanese Influence
on the Depiction of Nature in Western Art, 1875-1925” among them.
In the process, the museum has
built a collection of Japonisme that
makes it a major center for the
study of the genre.
Giviskos says the Zimmerli’s
holdings are among the most significant, anywhere. “I don’t think
any other museum has made the
same effort in organizing important exhibitions and collecting.”
Art Exhibit, Zimmerli Art Museum, George and Hamilton
streets, New Brunswick. On view
to Friday, July 31. “Japonisme
Highlights: Paintings and Ceramics from the Collection,” French
and American paintings and ceramics inspired by Japanese art and
aesthetics.
732-932-7237
or
w w w. z i m m e r l i m u s e u m . rutgers.edu.
The Zimmerli is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in July and for
the entire month of August.
JULY 1, 2009
Saturday
July 11
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Chinese Philosophy
The Wisdom of Lao Tzu, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Modern
interpretation of Tao Te Ching
Chinese philosophy is presented
by Jonathan Chao, a lecturer for
Tao’s Culture. Free. 2 to 4 p.m.
Classical Music
Encore Opera Series, Opera
New Jersey, Meadow Lakes, 300
Meadow Lakes, Hightstown, 609799-7700. www.opera-nj.org.
Arias and ensembles. Open to
the community. Register. Free.
1:30 p.m.
Abduction from the Seraglio,
Opera New Jersey, Berlind at
McCarter Theater, 609-258-2787.
www.opera-nj.org. Mozart opera.
$59 to $90. 8 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
International Summer Music Series, Liberty Village Outlets, 1
Church Street, Flemington, 908782-8550. 1 to 4 p.m.
Music Fest 2009, Mercer County,
Mercer County Park Marina, West
Windsor, 609-448-7107. www.whatsgoingonthisweekend.com.
Party Dolls presents pop music
from the 1960s to ‘80s. Food and
beverages available. Activities
and prizes for children. Bring
blanket, chair, and picnic. Free. 5
to 8 p.m .
Summer Concert Series, Morrisville, Williamson Park, Delmorr
Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-2958181. www.morrisville-boro-gov.com. First Time Around Band.
Bring a blanket or chair. Free. 6 to
8 p.m.
School of Rock, West Windsor
Arts Council, Nassau Park Pavilion, West Windsor, 609-9191982. www.westwindsorarts.org.
Free concert in “Celebrate Americana” summer music series.
Bring chairs or blankets. Inside
Panera if raining. 6 p.m.
Zydeco-A-Go-Go and the Brockington Ensemble, Burlington
County Amphitheater, 5 Pioneer
Boulevard, Westhamptom, 609265-5068. www.co.burlington.nj.us. Zydeco band and a gospel
choir share the bill. Blankets and
lawn chairs invited. Free. 7 p.m.
Pop Music
Judas Priest, PNC Bank Arts
7 p.m.
Abba the Tour, Ocean Grove
www.oceangrove.org. Revival of
the classic tunes of ABBA with
some of the original band members. $20 to $35. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street,
Doylestown, 215-340-9800.
www.michenerartmuseum.org.
First day for “Painting the People:
Images of American Life from the
Maimon Collection.” On view to
October 18. 10 a.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus., 609-258-3788. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. 2 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Queenstown
Gallery, 24 West Broad Street,
Hopewell, 609-466-0817. www.thequeenstowngallery.com.
Opening reception for “Offshoots,” an photographic exhibit
by Ed Eckstein, a professional
photographer for more than 35
years. On view to September 7.
Open Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; and Sundays, 11 a.m to
4 p.m. 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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Drama
$56 to $84. Cast talk back after
the matinee. 2 and 8 p.m.
www.shakespearenj.org. Comedy
by Moliere with translation by
Richard Wilbur. $29 to $70. 2 and
7:30.
www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $25. 4 and 8 p.m.
Finian’s Rainbow, Actors’ NET,
635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Musical comedy about a leprechaun. $20. 8
p.m.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features an undercover reporter working as a waitress.
$27.50 to $29.50 includes
dessert. 8 p.m.
$70. 8:15 p.m.
Dancing
Ballroom Blitz, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Unitarian
Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road, 609945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Tango workshop with
Del Camden followed by open
dancing. No partner needed. $12.
7 p.m.
English Country Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne
Patterson Center, Monument Drive, 609-924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction and dance. $8. 7:30 to 11
p.m.
11 p.m.
Good Causes
Bastille Day Ball, Trinity Counseling Service, Bedens Brook
Club, 240 Rolling Hill Road, Skillman, 609-915-0313. www.trinitycounseling.org. Benefit for the organization that offers counseling
services to people in need in the
greater Princeton Area. Register.
$150. 6 p.m.
215-345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $17.50. 9:30 p.m.
Fairs
Noon.
Blueberry Festival, Kingston
Presbyterian Church, 4565
Route 27, Kingston, 609-9218895. www.kingstonpresbyterian.org. Music, games, along
with blueberries, cake, and ice
cream. Tour a fire truck with the
Kingston Volunteer Fire Company
volunteers. Food drive for South
Brunswick Food Pantry. Free admission. 6 to 8 p.m.
Art About and for the Garden: ‘’42’ by Bert
Furnari from ‘Garden of Artistic Delights,’ a group
show extended to Friday, July 24, at Artworks,
19 Everett Alley, Trenton. 609-394-9436.
West Windsor Community
Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive
Parking Lot, Princeton Junction
Train Station, 609-577-5113.
www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, bakery
items, meat, coffee, tea, sandwiches, ice cream, pickles,
sauces, and flowers. Arts, crafts,
children’s activities, culinary
demonstrations, entertainment
Comedy Clubs
Food & Dining
Ron Long, Artie Fletcher, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Reservation. $20. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Kyle Grooms, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8
and 10:30 p.m.
Rob Holloway, Comedian Red,
and Buffalo Morgan, Bucks
County Comedy Cabaret, 625
North Main Street, Doylestown,
Farmers Market, Montgomery
Friends of Open Space, Village
Shopping Center, Routes 206
and 518, 908-359-9665. www.Montgomeryfriends.org. Organic
vegetables, breads, flowers, popcorn, honey, and pasture-fed beef
and pork. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Farmers Market, Pennington Market, 25 Route 31, Pennington, 609737-0058. Local produce, cooking
classes, live music, environmental
workshops, and demonstrations of
earth-friendly products and ideas.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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908-720-7464
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SPA & SALON
Faith
Kirtan Satsang, Krishna Leela
Center, 13 Briardale Court,
Plainsboro, 609-716-9262. www.krishnaleela.org. Musical mantra
chanting, group satsang, and discussion. 5 to 5:45 p.m.
programs, and wellness information. West Windsor Arts Council
presents an art program. 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
A Walk in the Vineyard, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard
Road, Pennington, 609-7374465. Noon to 5 p.m.
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Second Saturday
New Hope Chamber, New
Hope, 215-862-9990. More
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arts and crafts galleries, and
specialty shops offer hors
d’oeuvres, demonstrations,
exhibitions, and entertainment. Candlelight guided
walking gallery tour begins
at Main and Mechanic
Streets at 6:55 p.m. Free. 6
to 9 p.m.
Gardens
Organic Victory Garden Series,
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey,
Princeton Day School, 650 Great
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nofanj.org. “How to Preserve
Fresh Fruits by Canning, Freezing, and Drying.” Register. 1 p.m.
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Insight Meditation Open House,
Princeton Center for Yoga &
Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite
506, Skillman, 609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com. Presented by Beth Evard. Register.
Free. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
The Song of the Healing Crystal
Bowls, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive,
Suite 506, Skillman, 609-9247294. www.princetonyoga.com.
Presented by Jay Schwed. Register. $35. 7 to 9 p.m.
History
Albert E. Hinds Memorial Walking Tour: African American Life
in Princeton, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
609-921-6748. Walking tour of
Princeton presented by Shirley
Sattfield features the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian
Church, the former Witherspoon
School for Colored Children, and
Paul Robeson’s birthplace. Register by phone or E-mail
[email protected].
$7. 10 a.m.
Guided Tour, NJ State House,
West State Street, Trenton, 609633-2709. www.njleg.state.nj.us.
Guided tours hourly. Free. Noon
to 3 p.m.
Civil War and Native American
Museum, Camp Olden, 2202
Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-5858900. www.campolden.org. Exhibits featuring Civil War soldiers
from New Jersey include their
original uniforms, weapons, and
medical equipment. Diorama of
the Swamp Angel artillery piece
and Native American artifacts.
Free. 1 to 4 p.m.
For Families
Open Bounce, Bounce U, 410
Windsor, 609-443-5867. www.bounceu.com. All ages, $6.95;
‘Romeo and Juliet’:
James Introcaso and
Heather Duncan star
in Shakespeare ’70s
‘Romeo and Juliet,’
through Sunday, July
5, at Kelsey Theater.
609-570-3333.
adults, free. 8:45 to 10 a.m.
Community Yoga, In Balance
Center for Living, 230 South
Branch Road, Hillsborough, 908369-4949. Mixed level class. $17.
9 a.m.
of the Rails Tour, Delaware River Railroad Excursions, 99 Elizabeth Street, Phillipsburg, 866468-7630. Ride with Thomas the
Tank Engine, arts, crafts, storytelling, and music for preschoolers
and their families presented by
HIT Entertainment. $18. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
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Auditions
Maurer Productions has auditions for “Hollywood Arms” on
Friday, July 10, 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, July 11, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and
Sunday, July 12, 11 a.m .to 6 p.m.
at Mercer College, West Windsor.
Visit www.mponstage.com for information and to schedule an appointment. Six women, five men,
and three children are needed.
Villagers Theater has auditions
for “What the Bellhop Saw,” a
door-slamming British farce, on
Tuesday, June 30, at 7 p.m.; and
Sunday, July 5, at 2 p.m. Readings
will be from the script. Visit www.villagerstheatre.com or E-mail
[email protected] for information.
Somerset Valley Players has
auditions for “The Emperor’s New
Clothes on Saturday, June 27, noon
to 3 p.m.; and Monday, June 29, 7
to 9 p.m. Actors needed are ages 15
to 50, five men, and four women.
Visit www.svptheatre.org or call
908-369-7469.
West Windsor Library has auditions for Halloween Playfest on
Saturdays, July 25 and August 1
and 8, 2 to 4 p.m.; and Wednesdays,
July 29 and August 5, 7 to 9 p.m.
For ages 8 to 17, one actress 18 to
30; and one actress, 30 to 45.
Teenage guitar or keyboard players
are needed. Auditions will consist
of reading from the scripts. 333
North Post Road, West Windsor.
Contact Michael Kerr at 609-2758901 or E-mail [email protected].
Salsa Mambo Class
Pennington Ewing Athletic
Center presents an eight-week salsa mambo partner dance course beginning Friday, July 10, at 7:30
p.m. Jose Papo Diaz instructs.
1440 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing.
$85 to $95 per person. Call 609883-2000 or E-mail [email protected] for information and registration.
Health
New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services is distributing “Speak Up When You’re
Down,” a card with signs and resources for treatment of postpartum depression and other perinatal
mood disorders which can affect
women before, during, and after
pregnancy.
Visit
www.njspeakup.gov, call 800-328-3838,
or visit Jewish Family & Children’s Service, 707 Alexander
Road, West Windsor, Jewish Community Development Council, 4
Princess Road, Lawrenceville; or
Princeton YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton.
Princeton Healthcare System
offers “Safe Sitter,” a course for
ages 11 to 13, on Thursday and Friday, July 23 and 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at Hamilton Area YMCA, 1315
Whitehorse Mercerville Road,
Hamilton. Register. Bring lunch.
$65.
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www.princetonhcs.org.
Trees
Arbor Day Foundation offers
“What Tree is That?” a booklet to
make it easier to identify trees in
New Jersey for $5. Visit www.arborday.org for an interactive version or to order the booklet.
School
William Paterson University
offers bachelor’s degrees in early
childhood education and liberal
arts at Mercer County College.
Open house on Wednesday, July 1,
at 6 p.m. Call Laurene Jones at
609-570-3307 for information.
Phillips’ Mill offers free photo
workshops to introduce digital
photography programs. Five biweekly meetings on Tuesdays, 7 to
10 p.m., during July, August, and
early September. $200. Visit
www.phillipsmill.org or call 215862-9568 to register.
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Ellarslie presents a summer art
and theater camp for ages 6 to 13,
Monday to Friday, August 3 to 14,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your lunch.
Register. $250.
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association offers Kindercamp Tuesday to Thursday,
June 30 to July 2, 9:30 a.m. to
noon. For children who have completed kindergarten and entering
grade 1 in September. $75 plus current Watershed membership. Visit
www.thewatershed.org or 609737-7592.
Kings of Kingdom offers vacation Bible School with Jean Prall
Rosolino, director of Youth Stages
drama program, at Trinity Church,
33 Mercer Street, Kingston. For
ages four years to fourth grade.
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Wrzeszez at 609-924-2277 or [email protected].
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Holy Cross Center of Learning presents religion classes, mass,
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recitation, and workshops. Volunteer aides are needed to assist the
students in the classroom as well as
during other activities. For information contact Rose Anna Romanello at 609-882-4567.
New Jersey Blood Services
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drives. Call Jan Zepka at 732-6168741 for information.
Fresh Air Fund seeks volunteer
host families to share a home with
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Rock and Roll Boot Camp, a
two-week program, 3570 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 11 a.m. to
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At the Movies
Confirm titles with theaters.
Angels and Demons. Thriller
with Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor based on Dan Brown’s novel. AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex.
Away We Go. Romantic drama
starring John Krasinski and Maya
Rudolph in search of a place to
raise their family. AMC, Montgomery, Multiplex, Regal.
Cheri. Romantic drama set in
France stars Michelle Pfeiffer and
Kathy Bates. Montgomery.
Drag Me to Hell. Thriller directed by Sam Raimi. AMC, Destinta.
Easy Virtue. Romantic comedy
with Jessica Biel and Colin Firth.
Montgomery.
Food, Inc. Documentary about
food industry in the United States.
Montgomery.
The Hangover. Comedy about
a bachelor party in Vegas. AMC,
Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex,
Regal.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Animation with voices of
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo,
Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah.
AMC, Destinta, Regal.
Imagine That. Comedy with Eddie Murphy. AMC, Destinta, Regal.
Land of the Lost. Will Ferrell
stars in sci-fi trip to an alternate
universe. AMC, Multiplex.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
Animation with voices of Ben Stiler and Chris Rock. AMC.
My Sister’s Keeper. Drama
about a child with leukemia starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, and Alec Baldwin. AMC, Garden, MarketFair, Montgomery,
Multiplex, Regal.
New York. Hindi drama about
the effects of 9/11. Multiplex, Regal,
Night at the Museum: Battle
of the Smithsonian. Sequel features Ben Stiller at the Smithsonian. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
The Proposal. Romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock and Ryan
Reynolds. AMC, Destinta, Garden,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Public Enemies. Crime drama
with Johnny Depp and Christian
Bale. AMC, Destinta, Garden, Regal.
Star Trek. Sci-fi with Kirk and
Spock. AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
The Stoning of Soraya M. Drama about life in an Iranian village.
Montgomery.
Homemade wheat bread available for tasting throughout the
day. Freshly ground wheat flour
for sale. Parking and admission
are free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
July 11
Wheat Harvest, Howell Living
History Farm, Valley Road, off
Route 29, Titusville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. Visitors can try their hand at milling in
the granary from 1 to 3 p.m.
Family Theater
Steps (That’s What Kids Do II),
Bristol Riverside Theater, 120
Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-
Summer
Hours.
L’Heure d’ete. Montgomery.
The Taking of Pelham 1
2 3. Remake of adventure in
the NYC subways with
Denzel Washington and
John Travolta. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Terminator Salvation.
Action with Christian Bale.
AMC, Multiplex, Regal.
Transformers: Revenge
of the Fallen. Action with
Megan Fox and Shia
LaBeouf. AMC, Destinta,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Up. Disney animation with
voices of Edward Asner, Jordan
Nagai, Christopher Plummer, and
John Ratzenberger. AMC, Destinta, Garden, MarketFair, Multiplex,
Regal.
Year One. Comedy with Jack
Black and Michael Cera. Opens
June 19. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
0100. www.brtstage.org. Family
show. $8. 11 a.m.
Beauty and the Beast, Bucks
County Playhouse, 70 South
Main Street, New Hope, 215-8622041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. $8. 11 a.m. and 1
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Hitchcock on the Big Screen: ‘The Birds’ will be
screened on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 7 and
8, at the County Theater, Doylestown.
www.countytheater.org
Venues
AMC Hamilton 24 Theaters, 325
Sloan Avenue , I-295 Exit 65-A, 609890-8307.
Destinta, Independence Plaza,
264 South Broad Street, Hamilton,
609-888-4500.
Garden Theater, 160 Nassau
is an outer space love story based
on a Norwegian myth that inspired Beauty and the Beast. $5.
11 a.m.
Lectures
Conversation Cafe, Princeton
Area Community Foundation,
West Windsor Farmers Market,
Vaughn Drive, West Windsor,
609-219-1800. www.pacf.org.
Public forum for people to get together and talk among neighbors.
Register. Free. 9 a.m.
Job Hunting: Resumes, Resources, and Research, Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal
Plaza, Monroe, 732-521-5000.
www.monroetwplibrary.org. Presentation focuses on online tools
to help with resume writing, job
searches, job skills, and researching potential employees.
Register. Free. 10 a.m.
The Wisdom of Lao Tzu, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. Modern
interpretation of Tao Te Ching
Chinese philosophy is presented
by Jonathan Chao, a lecturer for
Tao’s Culture. Free. 2 to 4 p.m.
Live Music
Country and Bluegrass Music
Show, WDVR-FM, Lambertville
Assembly of God Church, 638
Route 518, Lambertville, 609397-1620. www.wdvrfm.org.
Heartlands Hayride Band. $10.
Food available. 6 to 8 p.m.
Richard Reiter Swing Band, East
Brunswick Public Library, Two
Jean Walling Civic Center, 732390-6767. www.ebpl.org. Swing
standards. 7 p.m.
Peter Tork, Shoe Suede Blues,
and The Gripweeds, The
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West Windsor, 609-520-8700.
Montgomery Center Theater,
Routes 206 and 518, Rocky Hill,
609-924-7444.
Multiplex Cinemas Town Center
Plaza, 319 Route 130 North, East
Windsor, 609-371-8472.
Regal Theaters, Route 1 South,
New Brunswick, 732-940-8343.
Record Collector Store, 358
Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown.
www.the-record-collector.com.
$20. 7:30 p.m.
Roe Ferrara and Steve, It’s a
Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8
to 10 p.m.
Turtle Soup, Triumph Brewing
Company, 400 Union Square,
New Hope, 215-862-8300. triumphbrew.com. $5 cover. 10 p.m.
The Shaxe, Triumph Brewing
10:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Stream Stomp, Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park, Kingston
Canal House, Kingston, 609-9245705. www.dandrcanal.com. Explore water critters with Stephanie
Fox. For ages 4 and up. Register.
Free. 1 p.m.
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Lenore
Look, creator of the Alvin Ho series, chapter books about an
Asian-American second grade
student. 3 p.m.
Night Hike, Washington Crossing State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Naturalistguided hike and campfire. Bring a
flashlight. Register. $5 per car,
8:30 p.m.
Singles
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
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MEN SEEKING WOMEN
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
Asian Single, 35, 5-feet-4, no kids.
Kind, honest, passionate, down-toearth, seeking single woman who kind,
loving, with a little sense of humor. Interests include traveling, long walks, jogging. Prefer any race. Write back with
picture and contact number please. Box
235804.
I would like to meet a healthy, energetic and youthful retired or semi-retired
senior who loves theater, film, literature,
music, travel, learning, and life itself. I
am all of the above, plus pretty, petite, in
shape, outgoing, a successful professional, and more. Let’s explore to see if
we’d like to spend time together. Please
reply only if you’re a “fit.” Box 227008.
around but once in this world and it goes
by so quickly. If you are looking for that
special person, this might be the one.
Write Box 235842.
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
Black female, non-smoker, 66,
5’10”, full figured, fun loving, honest, educated, financially secure is seeking a
honest, fun loving, non smoking, man,
65-76, that is financially secure for a serious relationship. I enjoy traveling, theatre, museums, sports, dining out, reading non fiction, cards, board games, music, and discussing current events with
that special person. Race is not important. Box 235862.
Singles Groups
Very honest, loyal, hardworker,
very romantic and passionate, attractive
@ plus and very educated hispanic lady
on her 40’s looking for someone very
special who needs company, love, loyalty and fun, someone who believes in human being, not in racism or differences
between people, spiritual not religious.
Box 235863.
White widow over 65, vivacious and
charming for companionship. I also like
to read, write, and carry on a good conversation. Would like to meet a white
male, well put together, over 65, who is
retired and not completely satisfied with
being alone. Remember: One goes
Princeton Singles, new members call Marcia at 908-874-5434.
A 50s-plus social club with more
than 100 members who meets for
pitch and putt, house parties, theater, dining, and dancing. For information on moderately-paced
hikes on second and fourth Saturdays along D&R Canal, call Barbara Fuchs at 609-896-1170.
NEW! Princeton Singles Yahoo Group, [email protected]
Professional and Business
Singles Network, events hotline
800-537-3859 or visit www.PBSNinfo.com. A 30,000-member organization that hosts 30 to 50 activities per month at locations between central Jersey, Philadelphia,
and Wilmington. House parties,
dances, seminars, cultural events,
after work socials, and speed dating. Ages 30s to 60s. Newcomers
are welcome, membership is not
required, however, $65 one year
membership provides member
with a lower event activity fee. For
more information call Ralph Israel
toll free 888-348-5544.
Single Moms, Hillsborough/Princeton Area, 908-884-6842.
Single moms, ages 35-50, get together once a month at area restaurants. E-mail: [email protected].
Separated and Divorced Support Group, contact Gregg Flanner at 609-588-0790. Meets Monday nights, 7:30 p.m., St. Gregory’s Catholic Church Community
Center, 4690 Nottingham Way,
Hamilton.
Single
Women
Friends
Group, Mercer/Middlesex/Monmouth County area. A lively club
of single, divorced, widowed, and
never married straight women,
ages late 40s to early 60s who enjoy dining out, the theater, movies,
and single events. To join or for
more information contact via Email at [email protected].
Singles on the Move, 856-5892844, www.singlesonthemove.org. South Jersey’s social club for
singles age 35 to mid 50s.
Singles Speak-Up Toastmasters, 609-371-0803. Improve your
speaking while having fun. Meets
second and fourth Fridays at 7:30
p.m., Mary Jacobs Library, 64
Washington Street, 1/2 mile east of
Woman, age 70, interested in meeting someone with a desire to share
some life experiences. Also there are
short trips that could be more fun with
someone along. Starting a day having
breakfast once a week would be nice. I
am intelligent, educated, healthy, attractive, and interesting. I don’t know how to
meet people and think this might be one
way. Box 235840.
HOW TO RESPOND
How to Respond: Place your note in
an envelope, write the box number on
the envelope, and mail it with $1 cash to
U.S. 1 at the address above.
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Singles By Mail: To place your free
ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 12
Roszel Road, Princeton 08540, fax it to
609-452-0033, or E-mail it to [email protected]. Be sure to include
a physical address for responses.
intersection of routes 518 and 206,
in Rocky Hill. The group socializes
at the nearby Sante Fe Grill after
meetings.
Singles Walking Club, Margaret Bynum, E-mail [email protected].
Group
meets on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. to walk and
talk. Afterwards we may have
lunch or go for another event together. Ages 50 and up.
Steppin’ Out Singles, 732-6561801. Ages 35 plus. steppinoutsingles.com or E-mail [email protected]. Dance parties.
Travel Singles Group, E-mail
Gail at [email protected].
Widows and Widowers, Mercer County chapter, 609-5878959 or 609-896-3818.
Yardley Singles, 215-7361288, www.yardleysingles.org, or
E-mail [email protected]. Activities such as movie
and pizza nights in Bucks County.
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Central Jersey Successful Divorce Support Group, divorcesupportmeetup.com/298. Or visit
the website of founder Christina
Rowe, author of “Seven Secrets to
a Successful Divorce,” secretsofdivorce.com.
Dinnermates, 732-759-2174. A
dinner and networking group for
business and professional singles
that meets Friday and Saturday
evenings at fine restaurants. Mates
are grouped together according to
age (30s to 50s) and there are
roughly 200 members to date.
www.dinnermates.com or E-mail
[email protected].
Divorce Recovery Group,
609-647-7875. For divorced and
separated men and women. Meets
weekly Mondays, 7 p.m., Montgomery Ministries, 1377 Route
206. E-mail Amanda Mathisen at
[email protected].
609-581-3889. Non-denominational, all ages. Two support group
sessions a month, one seminar a
month, Princeton Church of Christ,
33 River Road, Princeton. E-mail
[email protected].
Etz Chaim Sociable Single Seniors, call Eli at 609-655-5137.
Discussion, socializing, and refreshments.
Jersey Jumpers, 609-6839798. Singles and swing dance.
Third Fridays, beginner dance lessons at 7:30 p.m., swing dance from
8:15 to 11:15 p.m. No partner necessary, all levels welcome. $10; $7
students. Unitarian Congregation
of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
www.centraljerseydance.org.
Mercer County Single Volunteers, www.mcsvnj.org, for all
ages 21+. A non-profit with the
motto “connect by helping others,”
organizes volunteer projects for
singles to help the community
while interacting with other likeminded people. Also hosts numerous social activities. For more information call 609-737-2362. For
listings of upcoming volunteer and
social events, visit www.mcsvnj.org.
Mercer County Widows and
Widowers, 609-585-3453. Meets
fourth Friday. Dance socials.
Single black female, 55, slim, attractive, seeking male 56-plus, widowed or
single, honest, decent, kind, attends
church, likes eating out, and family gatherings, movies, videos, grilling, the pool,
short trips, and wants a serious relationship. Box 235756.
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SEEKING FRIENDS
ARMANI • CHANEL • HERMES
DWM, 60s, N/S, semi-retired in great
shape & financially secure. Seeks WF,
N/S, 50s-60s with similar interests. I live
in active lifestyle with many & varied interests. I enjoy hiking, biking, dancing,
concerts, NYC, nature, family, tennis,
the beach & mountains, and dining out.
Comfortable in black tie or jeans. Possible LTR. Box 206284.
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JULY 1, 2009
FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE
DRAMA
MUSIC
PREVIEW
Opera NJ Moves Seamlessly from Tragedy to Comedy
S
oprano Lisette Oropesa
portrays the tragic star of Gaetano
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lamermoor”
on opening night for Opera New
Jersey’s 2009 season at McCarter’s
Matthews Theatre on Friday, July
10. But playing comic characters is
also part of her background. The
thoughtful, perky 25-year-old, simultaneously down-to-earth and
insightful, reflects on the difference between tragic and comic
roles in a telephone interview from
her home in New Orleans.
“Comic characters don’t often
deal with life and death,” Oropesa
says. “When it’s comedy you have
to make the audience love the character. Then you can sing them as
character roles; you can make funny sounds, make funny faces, and
move funny. In some ways comic
roles are easier.
“With a tragic heroine you have
to keep her plausible. Tragic heroines often do ridiculous things. You
don’t want to make the audience
think: `What an idiot to do those
stupid things. I can’t believe that
Gilda went banging on the door for
that no-good duke.’” She refers to
the moment in Verdi’s Rigoletto
when the naive Gilda, blinded by
love, is doomed to death because
she knocks on the door of the inn
where her lover, the shameless
duke, is having a tryst with another
woman.
Oropesa’s observation is a
handy point of entry for Opera
New Jersey’s current season,
which consists of one tragedy and
two comedies. Running from Friday, July 10, to Sunday, July 26, at
McCarter, the productions consist
of “Lucia” on July 10, 18, and 26
(matinee); Mozart’s “Abduction
from the Seraglio” on July 11, 16,
19 (matinee), and 24; and Gilbert
and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” on
July 12 (matinee), 17, and 25.
Matinee performances are at 2 p.m.
Except for the July 16 performance
of “Abduction,” which begins at
7:30 p.m., evening performances
are at 8 p.m. Performances of “Lucia” and “Mikado” take place in the
large Matthews Theatre at McCarter. “Abduction” is presented in
the 243-seat Berlind Theater.
“Lucia di Lamermoor” is based
on Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel
“The Bride of Lamermoor.” The
opera premiered in 1835, within 20
years of the publication of the novel. The setting is 16th-century
Scotland. Lord Henry Ashton (Enrico) wishes his sister, Lucia, to
marry Arthur Bucklaw (Arturo).
She, however, loves Edgar of
Ravenswood (Edgardo), an enemy
of the family. Henry shows Lucia a
forged letter which reveals Edgardo’s supposed commitment to another woman. Dismayed, Lucia
agrees to marry Arturo. After the
wedding ceremony, Lucia murders
Arturo. She then goes mad and
dies. Hearing about her death,
Edgardo kills himself.
The “mad” scene is a high point
of the opera dramatically and musically. A display of virtuoso vocalism, the solo segment requires Lu-
by Elaine Strauss
cia to hold the attention of the audience for 20 minutes. For an extended period, Lucia sings with the accompaniment of a solo flute; sometimes instrument and voice are in
unison.
I ask Oropesa how she prepares
for the task. “It’s a challenge,” she
says. “The ‘mad’ scene comes at
the end of the opera, after you’ve
already sung the rest of it. It follows lots of physical activity —
throwing things, and being on the
ground; you have to have stamina.
“Vocal preparation is basic. It’s
not just a matter of psychological
preparation. If you’re not there vocally, you’ll ruin your performance. You want your voice to be a
palette; you want to use all the colors that God gave you. You want to
give out emotion without hurting
yourself vocally or doing anything
weird. Technique is the foundation.
“I do warm-up exercises for
building up my voice and keeping
in shape,” Oropesa continues. “Besides that, there’s eating well,
drinking a lot of water, getting exercise, and sleeping well. I don’t
feel my best after a whole pizza. I
feel best when I can be agile and
have my voice do what I want.
‘I
’ve spent a couple of years
learning ‘Lucia’ and coaching for
the role,” Oropesa says. “You’re
doing psychological preparation
all along, but you can overdo it. I
tend to be too emotional and too involved. That can be dangerous. My
goal is to be there emotionally and
still have the space to feel comfortable in the role. I don’t want to hurt
myself vocally. Still, it’s important
to be in the moment for the performance, and not fake it emotionally.”
Donizetti’s writing helps convey the character of Lucia, Oropesa says. “It’s already there in the
score. Luckily enough, a lot of
sounds that a mad person makes
are written into the music. There
are passages where Lucia goes a
long time without taking a breath;
the phrases are extremely long.
She’s not even conscious that she
needs to breathe. Then, there are
extremely high notes, extremely
low notes, and lots of runs.
“In the mad scene, the text says
one thing, and the vocalism says
something else. In the section with
the flute there are a couple of moments of complete insanity. People
are scared of you when you sing
that.
“I don’t have to add a whole lot
to the mad scene,” Oropesa concludes. She has encountered a similar situation in Giacomo Puccini’s
“La Rondine,” where she sings the
comic role of the maid. “There, too,
the interpretation was already written into the music. I never thought I
had to ‘try’ [she underlines the
word with her voice] to make it
funny.”
Oropesa sings each day, but
guards against overstressing her
voice. She limits the amount of
time she spends singing aloud; and
she limits her vocal volume. “I do a
lot in my head,” she says. “Once I
know the entire role, I start making
a sound. I can sight read pretty
well, but if I’m in my room, learning a role, I’m not going to sing.
You can understand a role without
making any sound. I believe in conserving my voice. I want to practice
efficiently. You can sing a lot, a lot,
a lot, and tire yourself out. If I’m
going to exert myself two hours a
day, I want to practice the hard
parts and the transitions, not work
on the parts that I sing very well.”
“On the other hand, you have to
be able to sing the entire role,”
Oropesa says. “I don’t believe in
‘marking’ — singing down an octave or singing softly. With colleagues, I believe in singing out. It’s
like lifting weights. ‘Marking’ the
whole time and singing out for the
first time at the performance is not
wise. It’s like not rehearsing at all.
“Of course, if have to rehearse a
scene three or four times in a row, I
will not sing full voice. Or take the
‘mad’ scene. You can’t sing it six
times in a row without ‘marking.’”
Oropesa was born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge.
Her mother, a singer, has a degree
in vocal performance. “She’s one
of the greatest singers I ever
heard,” Oropesa says. “After my
sister and I were born, she decided
she needed a regular gig; now she
teaches public school in Baton
Rouge. I’m the oldest of three.
Both of my sisters are musical, but
they don’t admit it. We used to harmonize, and do karaoke. My dad
has had muscular dystrophy for as
long as I can remember. He couldn’t walk well, and cooked for us
when we were young.
“I played flute for about 12 years
because I didn’t want to copy my
mother. When I was finishing high
school, my mom said, ‘You would
like opera; you like reading and
there’s a lot of literature in opera. I
auditioned for Robert Grayson at
Louisiana State University. He
wanted me to be part of the vocal
program. For a while, I did flute
and vocal, but I realized that I
couldn’t keep up.
“If not for the flute, I would have
missed out on several advantages
that I have,” Oropesa says. “The
flute has the same range as my
voice. By studying flute I learned
to sight read well, I learned scales,
and developed a good sense of theory. I could take musical dictation,
or analyze chords.
“Even now, I finger through vocal parts as if I were playing them
From Mozart to ‘The Mikado’: Featured opera
New Jersey singers include, clockwise from
above left: Lisette Oropesa, Anne Carolyn Bird,
Jonathan Boyd, and Scott Scully.
on the flute. I know what different
pitches feel like. I play piano by
ear, and am able to listen. A lot of
singers get by on how pretty their
voices are.”
Oropesa was a winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions, a four-tier nationwide
search for talented young singers.
The entry level of the competition
takes place in 45 districts. District
winners compete in 15 regions. The
regional winners earn a trip to New
York for the semi-finals, where approximately 10 competitors are selected for the finals. Finalists compete in a public concert accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Five of the finalists are chosen as Grand Winners.
“It was like American Idol,”
Oropesa says. “I couldn’t believe
that I kept going on to the next
round. They spend a lot of time
preparing you for the finals with
orchestra. You get to know what
coaching is like at the Met. You sit
in the cafeteria and see famous
artists walk by.
‘T
hen I was in the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program,” Oropesa says. “It
was like three years more of the finals. It was like grad school.” The
Lindeman program offers rigorous, comprehensive training to
prepare young artists for major careers in opera.
In 2007, while Oropesa was in
the Lindemann program, the Met
called her on short notice to substitute as Susanna in Mozart’s “Mar-
‘I’ve spent a couple of years learning ‘Lucia’ and coaching for the
role,’ Lisette Oropesa says. ‘You’re doing psychological preparation
all along, but you can overdo it.’
riage of Figaro.” “It was a blur,”
she says. “I was asked to cover the
role because the person singing Susanna was very pregnant. The night
before the final dress rehearsal,
they said they wanted to put me on
for that and for the first and second
performances.
“I rehearsed for six hours the
day of the dress rehearsal,” Oropesa says. “Luckily for me, I had sung
the role before. My colleagues
helped. My Figaro [Erwin Schrott]
was very physical and improvisational. We just went with the flow.
The ‘Marriage of Figaro’ is all in
the text: ‘Come over here.’ ‘Go
fetch something there.’ It’s not like
filling time as in ‘bel canto.’ It’s a
perfect opera. I felt scared, but I felt
wonderful. Susanna is a chance to
be serious and funny at the same
time.”
In contrast to being catapulted
into “Figaro,” Oropesa’s participation in “Lucia” is leisurely. She
sings the role for the first time in a
fully staged performance with
Opera New Jersey on Friday, July
10, after rehearsals over a period of
more than three weeks. “I’m glad
it’s a traditional version of the
opera,” she says.
Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera
New Jersey, McCarter Theater. Friday, July 10, 8 p.m.; Saturday, July
18, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, July 26, 2
p.m. Donizetti opera. $15 to $110.
609-258-2787. www.opera-nj.org.
Abduction from the Seraglio,
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p.m.; Thursday, July 16, 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday, July 19, 2 p.m.; and Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. Mozart opera.
$59 to $90.
The Mikado, Opera New Jersey, McCarter Theater. Sunday, July 12, 2 p.m.; Friday, July 17, 8
p.m.; and Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m.
Gilbert & Sullivan. $15 to $110.
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Life in the Fast Lane
C
RP Industries is proud
of its German roots. The company,
a distributor of automotive parts
and industrial products, even plans
to celebrate the opening of its new
North American headquarters facility in Cranbury with a day of
German food and music, says
Michael Palm, vice president of
marketing.
The company, founded in 1954
by Adam Schilge, is not itself German, but it was built to be North
America’s conduit for German tire
company Continental, which made
tires for the Volkswagen Beetle.
CRP retains ties to the firm, now
called ContiTech, along with other
German automotive brands.
CRP’s new 108,000-square-foot
warehouse and distribution center
is nearly double the size of the company’s previous headquarters in
Carteret. That site, Palm says, had
served as CRP’s North American
HQ since 1962. “We had owned
and operated our own land,” Palm
says, “and had to expand due to
growth in all our sectors.”
The company provides some of
the most recognized brand names in
the auto parts and industrial markets, including ContiTech Automotive Belts, Rein Automotive Parts
and Accessories, Pentosin Technical Fluids, CRP Industrial Highpressure Thermoplastic Hose, and
Perske High-Speed Motors.
Palm says CRP had added to its
Carteret site four times over the
years and finally grew too big for itself. About two years ago the company scouted around for a new piece
of land — one it could buy. “We like
to own our own land,” Palm says,
Edited by Kathleen McGinn Spring
and it wanted a tract that would not
put an undue relocation burden on
the facility’s 80 employees.
He says the company settled on
Cranbury because of its notoriety
as a warehouse-friendly place, and
because it could secure a nine-acre
piece of land pre-zoned for a distribution center. The company broke
ground with developer J.G. Petruc-
CRP settled on Cranbury because of its
notoriety as a warehouse-friendly place,
and because it could
secure a 9-acre parcel
pre-zoned for a distribution center.
ci in June, 2008, and laid the foundation in the fall. “It went up pretty
fast,” Palm says.
The site offered CRP the chance
to make some changes, allowing
for better flow of the workspace
and increased attention to environmental concerns. At the 65,000square-foot Carteret facility, certain large orders would take up to
two days to fill, with two or three
pick-packers working on the order.
With the better space — not to
mention the increased room, which
allows for about 12,000 pallet
spaces compared to Carteret’s
4,000 — a single pick-packer can
complete the same order in 24
hours.
The site includes a workflow-efficient assembly and production
shop and an office/work station design that is conducive to improved
communication between key functional departments. With more bay
doors the company is able to handle additional incoming freight in a
more timely manner while also
processing outgoing orders more
quickly.
On the green side, the new plant
sports a white roof to reflect the sun
to reduce heat transfer, a reinforced
roof structure to accommodate an
array of solar panels in the future, a
recycling program, and motionsensored lighting.
No manufacturing happens
here, Palm says. Rather, the site
imports containers and bulk products and assembles them into packages for the wholesale market. The
facility is built to allow expansion
within its walls, he says, but not
through any additions. “We’ve
pretty much maxed out our space.”
Palm, a former head of worldwide marketing for language institute Berlitz, says the new facility
has paid off in unexpected ways.
The employees, for example, are
really excited to see geese crossing
the street. Highly industrialized
Carteret did not afford such luxuries. “We’re really excited to be
here,” Palm says. “This is such a
nice change of pace.”
— Scott Morgan
CRP Industries, 35 Commerce
Drive, Cranbury 08512; 609578-4100; fax, 609-655-5300.
Dan Schildge, president.
www.crpindustries.com.
Arm & Hammer’s
Tribute to Billy Mays
A
t 163 years old, and best
known as the leading U.S. producer of baking soda, Church &
Dwight is not generally thought
of as a flamboyant, in-your-face
sort of company. Yet it has had a
big hit with OxiClean, and freely
attributes that cleaning product’s
success to popular pitchman Billy Mays.
On Sunday, June 28, the North
Harrison Street-based company
paid tribute to Mays, who died
suddenly in Florida that morning
at the age of 50 after returning
from Philadelphia, where he was
filming a new OxiClean commercial. Bruce Fleming, the
company’s chief marketing officer, issued a statement saying,
“We are shocked and saddened
by the untimely passing of Billy
Mays, who served as OxiClean
spokesperson for more than a
decade and who deserves much
of the credit for making OxiClean a household name.
“Billy was the best of the
pitchman genre that he pioneered. His enthusiasm for life
was infectious and he will be
sorely missed by the Arm &
Hammer family and all who
knew him. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family.”
Mays began his career as a
pitchman on the boardwalk in
Atlantic City. While he sold
many products, none is more
closely associated with his
cheerful, overstated sales spiel
than OxiClean, the lead product
in the portfolio of OrangeGlo, a
Colorado-based company that
Church & Dwight acquired in
2006.
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Burgdorff ERA, 264 Nassau
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manager.
Home
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The Nassau Street Burgdorff
ERA real estate office will close on
Thursday, July 2, as Burgdorff consolidates operations by joining
forces with Coldwell Banker, its
sister company. Tracy Devine, vice
president and office manager, says
that 24 of the 30 agents in her office
will move to Coldwell Banker’s
Princeton Junction office. Five
agents will relocate just down the
street to Coldwell Banker’s 10
Nassau Street office, and one agent
will move to a Hillsborough Coldwell Banker office near her home.
Devine says that, while the
Burgdorff/Coldwell Banker consolidation is set to go through by
the end of July, her office is moving
right away. “We don’t waste time,”
she says. “We want to minimize
any disruption for our agents.”
Burgdorff was founded in 1958
in Murray Hill by Jean and Douglas Burgdorff. Douglas Burgdorff
died in 1968, and Jean sold the
company to NRT (then called National Realty Trust) for $8 million
in 1996. After the sale, the company operated as an ERA franchise.
Devine says that the bulk of the
company’s market was in northern
New Jersey, but that her Princeton
office had done a good job in anchoring the southern part of the
state.
In fact, while real estate sales in
New Jersey are reported to be just
half of what they were in 2005,
Devine says that her office is “absolutely up from last year.” Sales,
she says, have come from the confluence of first time homebuyer tax
credits, the move-up buys resulting
from these sales, low interest rates,
and on-target pricing by sellers.
“The buyers see value,” says
Devine, who has been with
Burgdorff for 21 years.
The money-saving consolidation will leave Coldwell Banker
with 63 offices and 3,700 associates in New Jersey.
Devine says that she and her
agents see positives in the move.
“Our office is charming,” she says,
“but there is more room in the
Princeton Junction office.” There
will probably be fewer walk-ins,
including the international home
buyers who have strolled across
the street from the university in the
past, she says, but there will be
more parking.
What’s more, says Devine, “this
gives us substantial market share.”
FDA Approves
Antares’ Needle-Free
Injections
Antares Pharma Inc. (AIS),
250 Phillips Boulevard, Ewing 08628; 609-359-3020;
fax, 609-359-3015. Paul K.
Wotton, president and CEO.
Home page: www.antarespharma.com.
Antares Pharma shares rose as
much as 74 percent on Monday,
June 29, after the FDA approved
the needle-free injections it has developed for use in treating patients
with human growth hormone.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries,
which is based in Israel, has been
given approval to use Antares’needle-free injection device to administer its Tev-Tropin human growth
hormone.
Antares President and CEO Paul
Wotton said it was the first approval in the Teva-Antares collaboration.
Human growth hormone protein
is administered to children with
growth hormone deficiency, the
companies said. The needle-free
injection allows patients to avoid
needles and allows for “rapid injection speed.”
Needle-free injectors push a fine
stream of liquid that penetrates the
skin and is dispersed in subcutaneous tissue, and from there it is
distributed throughout the body.
Down-Sizing
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 75-85
Orchard Road, Princeton
08540.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is closing
its offices on Orchard Road and
moving employees who had
worked there to other BMS offices
in central New Jersey.
Brian Henry, a spokesman for
BMS, says that the Orchard Road
offices housed about 300 workers,
most of them help desk support.
Their move, he says, is part of the
company’s “ongoing initiative to
reduce operating expenses.”
Acquisitions
Q-Med Scandinavia, 103
Carnegie Center, Suite 301B, Princeton 08540. Home
page: www.q-med.com.
Q-Med AB, the Sweden-based
parent company of Q-Med Scandinavia, recently completed a deal
with Oceana Therapeutics that
ended Q-Med’s presence in the
Princeton area.
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by Kathleen McGinn Spring
and Jamie Saxon
hile it seems that al- fact we discovered a number of
most everyone has a tactic for websites for bargains and coupons,
avoiding reality — spending time including half.com for books and
on Facebook is a big one, as are videos, and couponmenot.com.
pedicures — when asked point- One of our own editors shops at
blank, what are you doing to save Stop & Shop in Pennington not onmoney, the answers come tripping ly because it’s close to her house
off the tongue.
and has a fantastically affordable
We called a dozen area working organic house brand for virtually
professionals, pretty much at ran- all the items on her list, but the
dom, and we only got three anony- store prints coupons on the back of
mous comments: one from a fami- the receipt, and she gets $2 off her
ly who raids their township get-rid- already-cheap $16 haircut at the
of-all-your-junk day for printer
SuperCuts next
cartridges
to
door. Everybring them to
one’s eating out
Staples
for
We asked people
less and when
credit to get
they do go out
how they are cutting
new ones; one
they are frecorners but we also
from a woman
quenting more
who says she
thought it important
affordable
would rather
restaurants and
to ask people what
bag groceries at
BYOB. And lithey
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give
up.
the Acme than
brary use is
give up her
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books
and
and one from a Lawrenceville resi- videos.
dent who has found a free yoga
We also thought it important to
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know about it for fear it will fill to up. While several people say they
overflowing. And one socialite we are buying less wine, nobody is
saw consigning clothes at the new giving it up entirely, some are buyGreene Street Consignment shop ing fewer bottles of good wine and
on Nassau Street (see story this others are trading down to lower
page) declined to be interviewed. priced wine. Nobody will give up
And one eldercare consultant we their gym memberships, although
contacted said she didn’t feel she some have switched to more afcould participate because her busi- fordable gyms. Others have put
ness is doing so well she isn’t cut- their memberships on a six-month
ting back at all. Of course we hate hiatus.
her.
There are those who can’t live
We found a number of common- without their daily Starbucks, and
alities: Craig’s List and eBay were everyone with kids says they make
cited frequently, and plenty of people have mastered the art of
coupons, both paper and virtual. In
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black Tahari pants for about $20), I
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and exercise more you actually
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Manhattan, I could go to sample
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the necessary sacrifices to give
their children good-quality music
and dance lessons and to send them
to good camps. Many say they will
still spend money for good-quality
produce (and go to the area’s many
farmers markets to buy local) and
many are buying more organic produce, despite its higher cost.
What we found particularly interesting was that people who are
still employed, who are not even
being subjected to sporadic furloughs, are spending cautiously.
They are either fearful about job
security or they have realized that
their spending they weren’t being
careful with their money. Remarkably, now that they have cut back,
they find that they’re enjoying life
more, and spending more time
with family and friends in ways
that don’t have a price tag attached.
Michele Tuck-Ponder
‘I
’m on Facebook at the moment but I’m really supposed to be
telecommuting,” says Princeton
Township resident Michele TuckPonder, when reached for a telephone interview. As executive director of the Women’s Fund in
Union, Tuck-Ponder says that she
has a fancy title but working for a
non-profit means she doesn’t have
a fancy salary — yet she still has to
look like she has one. Her husband,
Reinhold Ponder, is an attorney at
Ponder & Williamson in Princeton.
“I’m a huge eBay person,” she
says. “I need to dress pretty nicely
for work. I would never walk into
Nordstrom’s to buy a St. John’s
suit, which can go for $2,000. I got
one on eBay for $99. I got a pair of
$100 spinning shoes for $25.” In
addition to signing up for alerts
when her desired items are up for
sale, her secret eBay strategy is to
go to the store, get the item number
or style number, and then punch it
into eBay. “I’ve even done it with
lingerie. There’s this bra that Oprah
wears called La Mysterie. It normally goes for $88. If you go on
eBay you can get one for $29.”
With two children, Jamaica, 10,
and William, 2, she buys all her
videos on eBay as well.
“Saving money is a really fun
game. I’m always bragging, look, I
got this for this much. I get such a
kick out of it. My mother always
used to say to me, don’t always pay
‘I need to dress nicely for work. I got a
$2,000 St. John’s suit
on eBay for $99,’ says
Michele Tuck-Ponder.
full price, just be creative and patient. I research prices.” If she
wants diapers for William, she
types in “diaper coupons” into
Google and almost always gets a
printable coupon she can take to
the store. She says she gets handme-downs for her son from friends.
“All kinds of people give me
clothes. Sometimes clothes show
up on my porch and I don’t even
know who they’re from.”
When it comes to food, TuckPonder has a unique way of keeping costs down. “I’m a cook, so one
of the things I do is, if they have coconut milk on sale at the supermarket, I buy five cans. Then I put coconut milk into Google or epicurious.com, then make that recipe. It’s
forcing culinary experimentation.”
She admits to a penchant for exotic ingredients, but she has also
taken this tack with salsa, canned
soup, beans, and canned tomatoes.
“I am cooking through my pantry
and freezer.” Do her kids always
eat what she makes? “I make them
eat it. I’ve had a couple of clunkers.
I don’t have money in my budget to
do pizza and Chinese. I can’t remember the last time we went out
to eat.”
She raves about her aerogarden,
an indoor soil-less garden that she
got at Bed, Bath, & Beyond with,
of course, a 20 percent off coupon.
Instead of paying $2 or $3 for a
package of basil that inevitably
shrivels up in the refrigerator, she
grows it in her aerogarden along
with dill, oregano, thyme, even lettuce, 365 days a year. “We’re trying
to reduce waste. If I only need half
a head of lettuce, that’s all I pick.”
She does draw the line, however.
“My makeup and hair are non-negotiable. I’m in the paper a lot, so I have
to look good.” As for her hair, she
says, “Not only do I pay, I drive to
Hackensack (to get my hair done).”
She buys her makeup from Sephora
and also doesn’t skimp on what she
puts on her children’s skin, using
brands such as Eucerin and never the
house brand. “As I’ve gotten older”
(she’s 51), I’m really careful about
what I put on my body.” There’s one
more thing she won’t give up.
“Star...bucks...Cof.fee,” she sounds
out as if articulating to a foreigner.
“Soy...latte.” That’s $4 a day that
won’t go in the piggy bank.
Mike Briehler
M
ike Briehler is a busy guy.
The owner of PEAC Health and
Fitness on Route 31 Pennington, he
has just started Inhouse, a marketing firm with offices on Main
Street in Pennington. His days start
early, and they start with savings in
mind.
“I get up at 4 a.m. and log onto
Craig’s List,” he says. “I plug in
Pennington/Hopewell/Titusville to
see what was just listed. I don’t
have a lot of time, and this is a good
way to browse.” He wants an air
compressor and is confident that
“one day a small air compressor
will come up.”
Meanwhile, he has scored some
amazing bargains. His strategy is
all nonchalance. He sees something he needs, politely informs the
seller of the (low, low) price he is
willing to pay — and then just
waits. If he doesn’t get his prey,
fine. But quite often he does.
“I saw a brand new $2,500 king
size mattress,” he recounts. “They
wanted $1,000 for it. I wrote and
said ‘if you’re ever willing to take
$200 for it, let me know.’I got a call
on Easter. They said ‘it’s not what
we want to take, but we’re moving
to an apartment and we have to get
it out of here.’” Briehler drove over
and picked up the mattress. “It was
still in the plastic,” he marvels.
The father of four, including
three-month-old Cooper, Breihler
also scored a $900 crib, offered on
Craig’s List for $300, for $50. The
family selling it lived just half-amile away, which is a big plus for
Breihler, who knows to the dime
how much it costs to drive to any
given location. “We coupon shop,”
he says. “I had a $5-off coupon for
formula at Sam’s Club, where it
was $25. It would have been $38 in
the supermarket. It costs me 70
cents to drive my Honda pick-up to
Sam’s Club.” Coupon, plus bargain
price, minus low-cost drive
equaled a worthwhile saving for
the Breihler household, which also
includes his wife, Michelle, a yoga
and pilates instructor, their twoand-a-half-year-old, Kole, and two
older
children,
25-year-old
Michael, and 20-year-old Kelly.
These small savings add up, and
Breihler hopes that substantial energy improvements in his home
will generate even bigger savings
Early Bird: Mike
Briehler, father of four,
gets up at 4 a.m. and
logs onto Craig’s List.
down the road. “I have a 40-yearold home,” he says. “I replaced all
the windows, converted from oil to
gas, and put in 12-inch insulation. I
found that it only costs 10 percent
more to go from 6-inch to 12-inch
insulation.” With the paltry interest
banks are paying, Breihler says it
makes much more sense to “invest
in your house.”
“I wouldn’t buy plastic shoes for
the kids, but I will buy kids’clothes
at garage sales,” says Breihler. “I
look for minimal packaging. Cereal in a cellophane bag is a good value. I’m very price conscious. I always think that way. My family
had two restaurants. I grew up with
spreadsheets, budgets. I’m always
looking for value spending.”
Janie Hermann
J
anie Hermann, technology
librarian at the Princeton Public Library, could write the book on
JULY 1, 2009
money management. Five years
ago, she and her husband, Ed Hermann, who works in software configuration management at ETS,
adopted their son, Alex, from Russia. It was a major expense, and the
couple “cut everything to accomplish this,” she says.
This year they were all set to
ease up a bit as Alex made the leap
from day care to public kindergarten in Lawrence Township.
“Day care is so expensive. You
can’t believe it,” says Hermann.
“It’s $1,100 to $1,200 a month. It’s
like a second mortgage.”
Just as that expense lifted,
though, the recession settled in. she says, “If you can’t pay for
“We both have secure jobs,” says something in 12 months, you can’t
Hermann. “Well, I think our jobs afford it.”
are secure. But there were no raises
Both Hermanns, who put 30 perthis year.” The economy is trou- cent of their combined salaries into
bling enough to the couple that savings accounts, have second
they have cut back even further jobs. “I work online as a freelance
than they did during the day care librarian for Q&ANJ.org 30 hours
years. “With no day care, we a month,” says Hermann. “I work
thought we would do this and that. from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. I can do it in
We have money in the bank, but it’s my pajamas while I’m watching
the uncertainty.” So rather than liv- television. It’s good money. It’s our
ing it up, the Hermanns are “exam- fun money.” More extra cash
ining everything” with an eye to comes from Ed Hermann’s second
living lean.
job. “He gives music lessons,” says
“We haven’t been out as much,” his wife. “Guitar is his passion.”
says Hermann. “We’ve cut dinner
Despite the extra income, there
and a movie from two times a will be no vacation this summer.
month to once a month. We’ve cut “We were thinking of Myrtle
out magazines and we cut back to Beach,” says Hermann. “We have
basic cable.” She laughs as she ad- the money, but we don’t want to
mits to a 21st century oddity. “We spend it.” She is willing to spend in
just have one TV,” she says, “it’s other areas, though. “Alex is going
10-years old and it’s not a flat to the ESF Day Camp at the
screen.” Also, the color is going.
Lawrenceville School,” she says.
Despite her enviable downtown “I feel safe with him there. I won’t
Princeton work location, Hermann send him to a discount camp. I have
packs her lunch. “It’s the biggest to know he is well taken care of.”
savings,” she says. “Even at a Likewise, she is determined to
Princeton cafe, lunch is $9 or $10.” keep him in “the things he wants,”
With lunch in the bag, Hermann which currently include gymnasand her husband devised a plan to tics and swimming.
cut down on budget-wrecking imShe is also willing to spend more
pulse purchases. “Whenever either for fresh, local produce. “I like to
of us wants to buy something spend $125 a week on groceries,”
above a set limit, we have to call she says, “but lately it’s been more
the other.” The limit has fluctuated, like $150.” To help make up for the
but is generally either $25 or $50. A
high cost of
recent example
produce, she
involved
a
has “dropped
crock pot. “It
Janie Hermann gets
soda altogethhad some difer.”
her son’s hand-meferent features.
High on the
downs
from
on
an
It was all digiHermann’s list
tal. And it was
online mom’s forum.
of must-haves
on sale,” Heris a gym memmann recounts.
bership, but she
Before heading to the cash register, has switched from a full-service
though, she called her husband. gym to Retro Fitness in Lawrence.
“He reminded me that we already It’s no frills, but it’s half the price.
have two sizes of crock pot,” she This was not a big sacrifice, she
says. “He asked ‘do we need it says, because “we didn’t have time
now?’”
for the classes anyway.”
On the energy front, all of the
The family’s plan for rock botfamily’s old appliances were tom media costs — everything
swapped for new, energy efficient from books to DVDs — is no surmodels. “There was no big change prise. “We use the library,” says
with the kitchen appliances,” says Hermann.
Hermann, “but there was a big
change with the washer and dryer Sarah Unger
and the hot water heater. I was surprised at how much energy they
ith three kids aged 17, 13,
sucked up.” More savings come
from hanging clothes outside to dry and 10, Sarah Unger, development
in the warm months and from run- and communications director of
ning the dishwasher just three Crisis Ministries in Trenton, and
times a week and stopping it before her husband, Michael, chief administrative officer of the Atlantic
it gets to the dry cycle.
For Alex’s clothes, Hermann Foundation in Hamilton, have vitaps into her online moms’ forum. sions of college bills dancing in
“I have an online friend in Chica- their heads. But while Unger says
go,” she says. “Her son is six they are in a good position because
months older than Alex.” She pays they have never lived beyond their
her friend the cost of shipping and means she actually hesitates to cut
back too much.
“throws in a few bucks.”
“When a household tightens its
Choosing low maintenance pets
for Alex, Hermann went with her- belt, others feel it down the line.
mit crabs. Rather than consuming There’s always a consequence to
cases of food, the little creatures that: a service provider, manufacthrive on the bits of carrot, and, turer, or restaurant is being affected
Hermann reports, her five-year-old in some way. We’re sensitive to
thoroughly enjoys watching them. wanting to support local businessHermann uses credit cards, fa- es,” says Unger. “It’s one thing to
voring those that give rewards, and cut back; it’s another thing to do it
likes to put big purchases on store so severely you’re actually hurting
cards that offer 12 month no-inter- the economy.”
She notes that both she and her
est promotions. She warns, however, that choosing a no-interest op- husband have short commutes to
tion of longer than 12 months can their jobs, so that cuts down on gas
damage a credit rating. Besides, use. “We don’t have an enormous
W
house to heat or cool. We’re very
content with the feel of our neighborhood and our friends, instead of
the size of our house,” says the Ewing resident. The Ungers don’t
have to spend lots of money to go
out to eat or have a social life, because it’s right in their backyard.
“We live in a neighborhood where
potlucks rule, it’s very much a patio
kind of neighborhood.”
She says a weekly grocery shopping excursion is a thing of the
past. “Instead I shop more on an asneeded basis so less goes to waste.”
She can be found at Trenton Farmers Market on a Saturday, which
she says is “extremely economical.” With what she calls a “onetwo punch” she then pops into Halo right next door and nails her best
bargain: antibiotic- and hormonefree milk for a mere $1.10 a halfgallon. It would be $3.69 a halfgallon at the supermarket. With
three kids, the family drinks 8 to 10
half-gallons a week.
Unger says Crisis Ministries has
seen a 30 percent increase in the
number of people coming in for
help over the last 12 months.
“We’re at a new normal.” A couple
of weeks ago, on the first day of the
weekly Wednesday farmers market
the nonprofit holds at its East
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Recession-Proofing the Family: Michael and
Sarah Unger, left, live in a neighborhood ‘where
potlucks rule.’ Greg and Robin Johnson, above,
have family meetings with their kids, Paige and
Matthew, to discuss their budget.
Hanover Street headquarters, it
served more than 200 families in
three hours. To qualify client families must demonstrate financial
need. The market offers fresh produce, donated by Whole Foods and
Philabundance, a food rescue
agency. “We’re starting to get offers from people who want to share
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“Because of the state of the
economy people are appreciating
what they have, at least with regard
to our supporters,” Unger says.
“People are definitely taking seriously the needs of others; people
are still very freely sharing. I think
the economy has crystallized that.”
And while Unger cuts corners
by buying less red meat and visiting the library more often, there’s
one thing she will not give up: cable. “I gotta watch my Law & Order. I’m an addict. I watch all of
them.”
Robin Johnson
‘W
e started to feel the effects of the recession in 2007 with
higher gas prices and higher food
prices,” says Robin Johnson, director of legal and governmental affairs for the New Jersey Higher education Student Assistance Authority in Trenton. She and her husband,
Greg, an attorney at Wong Fleming,
at 821 Alexander Drive, live in
Lawrence with their two children,
Matthew, 15, and Paige, 11.
Johnson says she and her husband hide nothing from their kids
when it comes to budgeting. “We
have a very forthright approach
with them about finances and about
life in general and the impact the
rise in costs will have on our lives.
We talk about it in ways that our
parents never did. Greg and I are
both the youngest in large families,
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and we both lost our fathers at a
young age, and so we had some
very harsh realities that we had to
face very young.
“The best gift we can give our
children is to be honest and direct,
not to scare them or make them insecure but to make sure they are
aware of what’s gong on in our
lives. Our parents thought the best
way to keep us safe was to keep
everything from us, which has an
overall negative effect in terms of
security — you know something’s
going on but you don’t know what.
Kids are sensitive to the dynamics
of the home.”
After two years, Johnson says the
recession just seems like the norm
now, “making the kids aware, OK,
we have to tighten our belt, cut costs
when necessary.” Johnson says it’s
essential to know your prices. “I
may find myself going to two or
three supermarkets to get the best
prices.” Wegman’s, for example, is
not always more expensive. “The
Wegman’s house brand of peanut
butter is cheaper than ShopRite’s.
And their produce is outstanding
and priced competitively. I try to be
watchful and know my prices.” The
Johnsons have a family meeting
every Sunday to compare schedules, plan menus for the week, and
shop accordingly.
“My kids love to say so-and-so
has the newest phone. I say, I don’t
care what that person has, I don’t
know what their budget is. I know
what the Johnson family budget is’
For special items we delay gratification until we have extra discretionary funds. I’ll say, That’s not in
the budget this week.”
She says she has made sacrifices
so that her kids can attend Art
Youniversity in Hamilton for theater and dance. “It is a great experience for them. The whole artistic
side develops them more wholly.”
She says that her daughter really
wanted to go to an expensive sleepover camp this year. They’re doing
the camp but as for the rest of her
summer, “we’ll have to figure it
out,” Johnson says.
Johnson won’t give up her gym
membership — or some of her
magazine subscriptions. “This was
such an historic year for AfricanAmericans, I wouldn’t give up my
subscriptions to Ebony and Jet. We
grew up on that and it was really
critical that we maintained those
subscriptions. We gave up others.
It was really important for us as a
family to have those magazines in
our home at this time.”
The Johnsons have cut back on
going out to breakfast, which they
enjoy, and now typically just have
a Sunday morning brunch after
church, which Johnson says is a
nice way to connect with friends.
“While it’s a challenge sometimes
trying to prioritize all the things
that are important, in the long run I
think we’re setting an example for
our children that just because there
are some financial difficulties that
this whole country is facing you
can respond in a way that’s healthy
and not doom and gloom.
“With preparation and cooperation, people can find that middle
ground.”
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ome people we spoke with
have been bargain hunters all
along, it’s just that now it’s almost
chic to be that way. Suzanne Nelson, a real estate agent with Prudential, Fox, & Roach in Princeton
says she and her husband, Kevin,
associate director of field development for Bristol-Myers Squibb,
who moved to Plainsboro eight
years ago from Kansas, have always lived that way. “We always
try to spend the least amount for the
best quality. It’s just a philosophy.”
In the midwest, Nelson, who has
three children, now 19, 16, and 14,
got hooked on yard sales for her
children’s clothing. “I just got a
bunch of those Rubbermaid bins
and labeled them with different
sizes, so I could buy ahead. My
friends and I were finding things
that still had the tags on them.” The
Nelsons mastered the art of the
yard sale, culling a mailing list for
future sales by having people fill
out postcards, and holding wine
and cheese preview nights before
Extreme Bargainista:
Suzanne Nelson,
inset, embellished a
vintage dress with antique hankies for her
daughter, Mackenzie,
pictured above on
prom night with Oskar
Roenn, an exchange
student from Denmark, in front of the
Century sofa Nelson
got on Craig’s List.
each sale. “This was way before
eBay. We were flipping things
then, even before flipping was
fashionable.”
Her top two sources for bargains
are Craig’s List and the Red,
White, and Blue thrift store in
Hamilton. On Craig’s List she got a
Century (one of the Cadillac
brands of furniture) down-blend
sofa, ottoman, and chair for about
$700 (the sofa alone retails for
more than $2,000) from a woman
in Freehold who was downsizing.
Nelson simply rented an Enterprise
cargo van to pick it up. She got a
three-year-old Ethan Allen set —
sofa, two chairs, and ottoman —
that normally retails for $4,500 for
$500. “I just happened to see it and
I was the first one to E-mail them.
Kevin got our John Deere riding
mower on Craig’s List from the
Grover’s Mill neighborhood and
drove it back.”
Perhaps one of the best-kept secrets in the area is the thrift store
Red, White, & Blue at 2055 Nottingham Way in Hamilton (www.redwhiteandbluethriftstore.com).
It is a giant space, and it’s not unusual to see BMWs and Mercedes
parked in the lot (how do you think
rich people stay rich?) “It is the
best, it’s just very fun,” says Nelson, who could find a bargain at
Tiffany’s if you gave her enough
time. “You have to know that 6 out
of 10 times you go there you won’t
find anything.” But when you do
find something, it’ll make you feel
like you live in 90210. “Some of the
stuff is so high-quality.” She got a
Mackenzie-Childs (an upscale china and home furnishings store on
57th Street in Manhattan) iced tea
pitcher and three tall glasses for
$10. A Juicy Couture track suit for
$9.95. A North Face down ski coat
for $20. A $300 pair of Stuart Wietzman women’s shoes for $2.97.
“There’s tons of Abercrombie &
Fitch. And there are always Uggs.”
Even when Nelson pays full
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under $15.
price for something, there’s savings involved, and often savings in
time and money. For example, she
bought two $100 Brooks Brothers
tailored Oxford shirts, but thanks
to a special ingredient in the fabric
she never has to iron them or dry
clean them. “I just pull them out of
the dryer and they’re perfect, every
time.”
Her home ec classes back in
middle school have served her
well. A superb seamstress, Nelson
dolled up a vintage dress for her
16-year-old daughter for the prom
this year. Her daughter’s friend
gave her the dress, and Nelson decorated the hem with rickrack and
added netting underneath to make
it fuller. “She wanted a very expensive $100 swimsuit this year. I said,
you wear that dumb prom dress
one time; you wear a bathing suit a
million times.” After she started
work on the dress, she happened
one day to toss an old vintage hanky on it from a pile that was on the
table. “The dress literally began to
come to life. I made a collage of a
bouquet of flowers from the hankies, and it was amazing on her. I
saw all the girls in their dresses and
nobody had anything like it.”
Her husband, Nelson says, “is
the big coupon man. He says it’s
like he’s making one-third more on
his paycheck. He cuts them from
the Star-Ledger or gets them online. Mostly for food, toothpaste,
paper towels. I refuse to do that. I
don’t have the patience. So that’s
his realm. Kevin doesn’t believe in
buying a store brand or generic; get
the good brand on sale and pay less.
The kicker is that it gets down to the
point — what with doubled
coupons and sales — that they’re
paying you to take it out of the
store, they somehow take it off
what you owe them. That’s how we
end up with 13 jars of barbeque
sauce. I had to give away jars of
barbeque sauce when we moved
here because I didn’t want to pack
them. We have excessive amounts
of food here. Pasta, for example.
We could not go to the store for the
rest of the summer except for milk,
bread, and eggs.”
What also helps is Kevin’s huge
vegetable garden. “Kevin has always had a garden, ever since I met
him over 20 years ago. He grows
asparagus, mixed greens, snow
peas, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, cilantro, potatoes, and
onions.” They compost, too. “You
just figure everybody’s doing it, it
just becomes what you do.”
They switched from Comcast to
FiOS, which saves them $100 for
the first six months, and then $60 a
month after that. Nelson gets on
the Mazda dealer website before
she takes her car in for servicing
and almost always finds a coupon
(“all dealers do this but they don’t
mention it”). But she won’t give up
sending the dogs to the groomer.
And she won’t give up her cleaning
lady, although now she says she
can only afford to have the first
floor of the house done.
“I never really understood why
someone would brag about how
much they paid for something. I
think it’s more fun to brag about
how little you paid.”
Coby Green-Rikfin
C
oby Green-Rifkin, director
of marketing at Grounds For
Sculpture, says one of her bestkept secrets for dining out inexpensively is right there at work. Rat’s
restaurant offers a $38 prix fixe
menu, with appetizer, entree, and
dessert. “You sit on the patio and
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Green-Rifkin, who is single, lives
in Kingston. She says she has cut
back on her landscaper, and is now
doing the lawn every two weeks instead of every week. She is planning
to buy a reusable water bottle to cut
down on bottled water purchases
and she’s reduced her weekly manipedi’s to a pedicure every three
weeks at Nail Zone in the Windsor
Green Shopping Center. For $30,
she says, “When I sit there in the
massage chair, the polish on my toes
becomes irrelevant. It’s the experience of being pampered for a halfhour or if they’re not busy, for an
hour.” She does her fingernails herself.
One trick Green-Rifkin is happy
to share is her wine-buying tactic.
She goes to Joe Canal’s, and asks
one of the wine-expert employees
to put together, say, a nice mix of
six or eight bottles of Pinot Grigio,
each for under $15. She also says
she’s doing more hand-washing of
dry cleanable clothing. “And I’ve
rekindled my love affair with
Loehmann’s (in East Brunswick),”
where she recently scored three
Cynthia Steele dresses, which normally go for about $300 each, for
$40 to $60 each.
What won’t she give up? Like
many people we talked to, she
won’t give up her FiOS. Nor will
she give up her once-a-month massages ($80/hour), or her gym membership at Princeton Wellness and
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Helen Patterson
‘When boneless chicken is
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there,” says Helen Patterson, an attorney assistant with the Attorney
General’s office in Trenton. “Buy
it, put it in the big freezer.” Patterson lives with her husband, David,
who also works for the state in the
Department of Transportation, and
13-year-old son, also David, in
Lawrenceville. Their daughter,
Elizabeth, is in college.
“Elizabeth buys her textbooks
on half.com or buys them used. I
told her to be a deal-maker on campus, that’s an order. She makes
jewelry and I’ve advised her to sell
it on campus. People will buy it.”
Patterson’s friend turned her onto the website retailmenot.com.
“I’m all over that. They list restaurants. For example, you can look up
Uno’s, and see if there are any
coupons. That helps with rationalizing that it’s OK to go out. I’ve gotten
coupons for Kohl’s, Borders.”
Not only has she given up
Blockbuster, she’s also given up
NetFlix. “I won’t rent movies because I’m frugal. I go on the Mercer County library website and
look up what I want to see. If the library doesn’t have it, they’ll order
it. And you get to keep it for a
week. The Lawrence Library is enroute from my work to my house,
so I’m not using any more gas.”
Patterson is very conscious of gas
use. “I won’t just jump in my car
and go to Wegman’s anymore. If
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Elizabeth is visiting a friend in the
area, I say, stop at Wegman’s on
your way back and pick up whatever it is that we need.”
They are scaling back on red
meat and drinking less wine. When
son David wanted to do a summer
program for the bass guitar for
$1,000 at Princeton School of
Rock, where he has been taking
lessons, Patterson knew she needed an alternative. While in Music
& Arts, a store in Mercer Mall, she
mentioned her dilemma, and discovered the store offers a summer
program of weekly lessons culminating in an end-of-summer concert, for just $100. “I’m seriously
considering it,” she says.
She has also cut way back on
charitable giving. While she had
freely written annual checks in the
past to organizations such as the
Vets and Special Olympics, she
says she doesn’t give nearly as
much now. “I said no a lot this
year.” She is adamant about supporting the arts, however, and is a
subscriber to Passage Theater in
Trenton. She and her husband recently attended its annual gala, and
paid $75 a ticket. “Even though
that’s not a lot for a gala ticket, I really had to think that through.”
What she won’t give up is concert
and theater tickets — she recently
enjoyed “Movin’ Out” at the State
Theater. “That gives me joy.”
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Rosi Schwarz
West Windsor, 13,000/SF Sale or Lease
hile people who are employed may say they have to cut
back to make ends meet, what do
the unemployed do? Rosi Schwarz
recently lost two jobs, almost back
to back. First she was hired in a
temp to perm job assisting in the
executive director’s office at the
Foundation for New Jersey Public
Broadcasting at NJN. But when
NJN lost a lot of funding, many
employees were let go, Schwarz
among them. One of Schwarz’s coworkers who was also let go became the president of the Rita
Allen Foundation and asked
Schwarz to help set up the foundation’s first permanent office.
Again, it was a temporary position
and Schwarz felt it would have become permanent. But the organization’s auditors advised the president to hire someone with a strong
financial background instead.
Schwarz’s unemployment has
run out, and she was not working
long enough to be eligible for funds
from the economic stimulus package. “They keep pulling rules out
of the woodwork,” she says. Single, Schwarz is trying hard to hold
onto her home in Ewing. “I stopped
buying clothes, period. I shop at
Sam’s Club, and everything I buy
gets preceded by the question: do I
really need this? Makeup, anything
that could be considered impulse
purchases, are gone. I’m not eating
meat at all.”
Schwarz says she has to have
her printer for sending out resumes
but has found a way around the
high price of printer ink. Even the
multi-packs at Sam’s are too expensive. She now buys ink online
and refills her cartridges. She used
to have three telephone lines —
one each for home, office, and fax
— and is now down to one, with a
$60 switching device that differentiates the rings for phone and fax.
She consigns clothes at Second
Time Around, a consignment shop
in Pennington where she volunteers. She has cancelled all magazine subscriptions and switched
from dealer repair to gas station repair for her Subaru.
For stress relief, Schwarz says
she walks and does other exercise,
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time with her cat. She also credits
support from her family and “a great
group of women I met through the
NORWESCAP Career and Life
Planning Center (www.norwescap.org) in Flemington. “There is a
lot of energy floating around these
days, and I just keep trying to latch
onto and generate positive energy
and avoid the negative.”
Richard K. Rein
T
ime is money, U.S. 1 editor
Richard K. Rein likes to say, and he
evokes that cliche often as he
spends money here or there in pursuit of his impossible dream of a
newspaper that edits itself.
So when the hot water heater at
his house went on the blink, the decision to replace it rather than trying to make repairs was almost a
foregone conclusion. (“Almost”
because four years ago, when both
of the air conditioner units at his
house konked out and the repairman made two fruitless — but expensive — attempts to fix them,
Rein decided to forego air conditioning. Since then he and his family have survived with window
fans and an attic fan.)
But the hairshirt existence does
not extend to cold showers for the
parsimonious publisher. A contractor was summoned and offered an
estimate of $2,200 for a replacement unit. At that point Rein did the
previously unthinkable: He decided
to get a second opinion — a reaction
that he now realizes was a total
product of these recessionary times.
“Normally I’d say, ‘sure, maybe
I can save $200, or even $500 on
the heater. But if the new one lasts
as long as the old one, 14 years,
what’s the savings per year? And
how does that compare to the cost
of scheduling appointments, getting home to open up the house for
estimators, and all the other stuff
that’s included in ‘shopping
around’?”
But in 2009 the suddenly budget-conscious editor and publisher
decided to shop around. The result:
Two trips during the work day from
the office to the house and back and
numerous cell phone calls. The
process also included sorting
through one apples and oranges aspect to the estimates — one contractor said that the venting system
in the basement might be in violation of the construction code and
based his estimate on that fact; the
other said it would not be a problem, but promised to make any
changes necessary at no extra cost
to make it compliant. “It was a
crazy day,” says Rein. And at the
end of that day Rein had saved —
drum roll, please — about $100.
Rein claims to have no regrets.
“If I hadn’t done it I’d still be losing sleep for spending more than
$2,000 on a hot water heater.” And
who would wish a sleepless night
on someone in a house with no air
conditioning.
Wendy Pearman
‘W
e weren’t trying to keep
up with the Joneses,” says Wendy
Pearman. “We were the Joneses.” In
her former life, before a divorce,
Pearman lived in an 8,000-squarefoot home, vacationed in Caribbean
hideaways, and bought anything
that caught her eye. “If I saw $300
boots I liked in Macy’s, I would buy
them and then call the New York
store and tell them to send me any
other color they had in size 8.”
Her marriage to a central New
Jersey developer was not happy, as
she writes in her new book, “Better
Not Bitter” (available at www.iuniverse.com), but it was a marriage in
which budgeting played no part.
Now, 14 years later, Pearman,
who had never worked before her
divorce, is assistant to Tom Szaky,
founder and president of Terracycle. She is also something of an ex-
Less Is More: Wendy
Pearman says the key
to managing in a recession is to become
‘low maintenance.’
pert on living on less — much less.
She devotes part of her book to tips
on doing so.
Her employer is the clever Trenton recycling company that gives
discarded materials new lives as all
manner of hip products — flower
pots from fax machines, book bags
made from juice containers. Pearman says she got the job “because I
am Terracycle!”
“I reuse everything,” she says.
When she eats out she comes prepared to cut her meal in two and put
half into a container that once
housed another meal. She indulges
a taste for high quality organic food
by keeping freshly ground $17-a-jar
cashew butter on her shopping list.
“But,” she says, “I eat every last bit,
and then I reuse the container.”
For the legions of people suddenly facing living on less, Pearman has some basic advice: “If
you’re looking to get through this
period of your life with less stress,
you are going to have to be — or
become — low maintenance.”
She has done so, and sums up
the results this way: “I stopped coloring my hair,” she says. “I’m gray,
and I’m fine.” In addition, she
counsels, “If you need to shop, go
to a consignment store. You can get
an Ann Taylor for $2.95. Every
Ann Taylor in my closet is from a
consignment store.” Pearman advises against lingering in any shopping venue. “Stay away from the
mall,” she says. “Every time you
walk in to get your hair cut, you’ll
walk out with impulse purchases.”
Even more important than her
low maintenance advice, is Pearman’s counsel to be relentless and
creative in getting what you really
want — for little or nothing.
This is how she made her way
into the job market. “I never pay
for a class,” she says. “If I need to
learn Excel or Outlook, I go to a
temp agency, where they teach you
for free.” While she was doing just
this a couple of years ago, a temp
agency owner asked if she was
comfortable enough with Outlook
to take a job with Princeton University. She was, and she worked
for the university before landing
the job at Terracycle. A Rider University graduate who earned her
degree while raising her three children, she has also worked for the
state. The benefits were great, she
says, but as a single woman she
need to earn more, and hopped
from job to job until she found one
she loved that paid a good wage.
Pearman, who lives in Pennington with Paul Chiaverini, a remodeler, loves to travel, and “we travel
well,” she says. Some trips are
funded through her part-time job
with Mary Kay. “People laugh,”
she says, “but it’s $3,500 a year,
and I get my make-up half price.”
Other trips come as a result of volunteer work. “I was a coach for the
American Stroke Association,” she
says. “I worked with couch potatoes who wanted to run a marathon.
It started out as volunteer work, but
then I got a stipend.” She took on
the work partly out of a passion for
the sport and a desire to help others
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achieve the high of running a
marathon and partly “so I could
travel.” She went with her runners
to races around the country.
Reaching even further, she went
online to look for Habitat for Humanity home building projects
abroad. She was hoping for something in Africa, but came upon an
undersubscribed trip to New
Zealand at the end of 1999. “No
one wanted to go, it was Christmas,” she says. But she quickly realized that taking part in building
four homes for poor families
would mean that she could see the
very first sunrise of the new millennium. She sent emails to friends,
soliciting help to her get there. The
donations came in and she was able
to spent 19 days in New Zealand.
Pearman is as passionate about
her home as she is about running
and traveling. “If you love your
home, you don’t have to go out all
the time.” Her house is small, she
says, and is furnished inexpensively — Paul just made a new light fixture from pipes — but she thoroughly enjoys being there.
Still she is not about to give up
dining out altogether. She cuts the
cost not only by taking home half
of her meal, but also by bringing
her own wine, which, she says, cuts
the cost of enjoying good wine by
some 75 percent.
Her guiding philosophy is: “If I
can’t afford it, I don’t buy it.” She
says that she is far happier in her
new life than she was when she was
spending with abandon. Says Pearman: “It’s a lot of work being the
Joneses.”
Mary Bennett
Business is better than ever
for Mary Bennett, a CPA with a pri-
vate practice in Lawrenceville.
“I’m getting a lot more referrals,”
she says. “No one trusts anyone
anymore.” Loyal longtime clients
are sending their friends to her, and
many are now old enough that they
are sending their children as well.
“Honestly, I have a decent income,” says Bennett, who has two
grown sons. “I have the money to
buy from catalogs, to buy clothes
and knick knacks. But I don’t. My
savings are down to two-thirds of
what they were. I’m going to be 60
soon, and I’m worried.” She says
that she is constantly coming
across economic doom and gloom
stories, and she believes them. She
thinks that preparing for an uncertain future is imperative.
“It’s time to be careful, to be accountable,” says Bennett, who began to work on economizing just
about one year ago. She is looking
at all of her expenses — big and
small. “I re-financed the house at a
really good rate,” she says. A competitive master diver, she cuts her
utility and water bills a bit by
showering at the pool. Her book
budget, once $40 to $50 a month, is
down to zero. “I love to read,” she
says. “But now I use the library.”
Overspending on food has never
been a problem. “I eat peanut butter
and eggs,” she says. “I’ve always
been conservative in what I eat. I eat
at home. I make chicken on the
weekends and have leftovers.”
But Bennett is not about to cut
down on travel. “I travel three to
four times a year,” she says. She has
recently been to Scotland, and visited New Zealand not long ago. Many
of her trips are connected to the diving meets. She will not cut back on
them, but she is now searching for
cheap hotels. “The last time I
stayed at the official meet hotel, at
$100 a night,” she says. “From now
on, I’m staying at the Motel 6.”
The money she saves can go toward paying for the one expense
Bennett absolutely, under no circumstances, will cut. “I am not giving up my cleaning lady!” Bennett
exclaims. “She adds so much to my
quality of life.”
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Tanisha Nash Laird
‘T
here’s no shame in the dollar store,” declares Tanisha Nash
Laird, executive director of the
Trenton Downtown Association.
She is full of smart shopping tips as
her household adjusts to a new income level while her husband,
Roland Laird, transitions from a
job on Wall Street to a new life as
an author, publisher, speaker, and
developer.
Funny as she tries out frugal,
Laird says of one economy measure: “I made some household
cleaner — with mixed results.”
Other strategies have been home
runs. “I have set up a separate
Gmail account just for coupons
and offers,” says Laird. The idea
occurred to her when a store offered a 10 percent off “just for giving my E-mail.”
Not wanting to clog up her main
account, she added the new discounts-only account. She checks in
on the offers a few times a week,
and has reaped big savings. Recently she found an offer for 80
percent off designer jeans. At about
the same time another retailer was
offering its E-mail customers an
even bigger discount on blazers. “It
was a splurge,” says Laird, “but I
got six blazers for $140. My new
look is jeans and jackets, and these
are ready to wear to work.”
Embarked on a new fitness routine that has her at the gym at dawn,
Laird says she’s putting much
more thought into wellness. “If
you’re sick, that costs money,” she
says. “There is a connection between wellness and money.” Her
family, which includes three-yearold Imani, eats out much less, tries
to avoid fast food, and enjoys fresh
produce. “My toddler loves fruit
mixed with vegetables,” she says.
“I buy what’s in season and make a
nice smoothie. She loves it. It feels
like a treat.”
Family vacations are now woven into Roland Laird’s speaking
engagements whenever possible.
The author of “Still I Rise: A Histo-
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lothes are often a target
for bargain hunters. Among the
consignment and second hand
clothing shops in the greater
Princeton area:
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413 Mercer Street, Hightstown
08520. Program of Community
Action Service Center, open
Wednesday-Thursday 10 a.m.- 7
p.m.; Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5
p.m. 609-448-2702. rise-community-services.org/greatergoods-thrift-store/aboutgreater-goods/.
Greene Street Consignment, 162 Nassau Street,
Princeton 08542. 609-924-1990.
www.greenestreetconsignment.com.
Hopewell
Consignment
Shop Antique Co-Op, 47 West
Broad Street, Hopewell 08525.
Open Wednesday-Sunday 11
a.m.-5 p.m. 609-466-9640.
Nearly New Shop, the
Princeton Day School, 234
Nassau Street, Box 75, Princeton 08542. Consignment shop
for the whole family, benefiting
the Princeton Day School scholarship fund, fine used clothing.
609-924-5720; fax, 609-9247278.
Princeton
Consignment
Boutique, 1378 Route 206, the
Village Shopper, Skillman
08558. Consignment shop specializing in women’s designer
clothes. 609-924-2288.
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ry of African Americans,” he
speaks around the country, and
when possible, his family joins
him, exploring free and low-cost
local attractions, and scouting out
budget hotels along the way. Closer to home, Laird says, “We’re doing things we should do anyway.
We’ve always had museum memberships, but now we’re actually
using them.”
The Lairds are now scrutinizing
every expense. “We’ve downloaded Google Doc’s budget template,” says Tanisha Laird. “We
have taken a cold, hard look at
what we’re withdrawing, and
where it’s going.” They have cut
subscriptions they were never using, including at least one that each
of them was paying for, unbeknownst to the other.
Cutting out the unused and duplicate subscriptions was easy, but the
biggest budget cut was a tough one.
“I wanted my husband to give
up his season tickets to the Sixers,”
says Laird, “but I didn’t want to ask
him to do it. He loves basketball,
and I know he wanted to pass the
tickets on to Imani someday.” But
Roland Laird made the decision on
his own, saving the family “thousands of dollars,” says his wife.
She knows how hard it was. “I’m
so proud of him,” she says.
The family is feeling good about
its tightened budget.
“We’re blessed,” says Laird.
Speaking not just for her family, but
for many central New Jersey families, she says, “we went through a
time of endless abundance.” There
was heedless spending, driven in
part by severe time deprivation.
Now there is more thought attached
to every purchase.
But new frugality or not, some
things are still firmly on the “must
have” list. Laird pays more for a
full service gym, where she watches movies her husband has loaded
onto her iPod, thereby, she points
out, saving the expense of DVDs.
And, she adds emphatically: “I will
not give up my pedicures!”
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Greene Street
wandered into Greene Street Consignment on Nassau Street, where
Nassau Interiors used to be. At first
I didn’t really think it could be a
consignment shop, which usually
have the aura of the back of your
mother’s closet under all the Christmas wrapping paper, replete with
the bad carpet. This place looked
like a Soho boutique — fashionable
dresses on the mannequins in the
window, well-organized racks
well-spaced throughout the store,
even the price tags had the snappy
Greene Street logo and looked like
a “real” store, not like you were
scrounging through the $5 bin at the
Hospital Fete.
Something else struck me too.
The clothes were in impeccable
condition — spotless, pressed.
Then I started to notice the labels
— good stuff, definitely A-list. I
thought, this place is very Sex &
the City, I could see the girls
bouncing in here after Sunday
brunch. Then my eyes lighted on
the prize: a pair of cream linen
lined cuffed Ralph Lauren trousers
— in my new size. Price? 25 bucks.
I’m so there. These pants are classic, classic, classic and they were in
impeccable condition.
Later I got store manager Jami
Shirey on the phone and found out
the back story. Greene Street, which
has four locations and is owned by
sisters Lynne and Donna Mastrilli,
was started 20 years ago by their father on, big surprise, Greene Street
in Philadelphia. When the sisters
took the store over, Lynne had just
finished running two clothing stores
in a mall and wanted to apply her retail and merchandising experience
to the consignment store. Eventually they opened Greene Street stores
in Bryn Mawr and Lambertville,
and moved the Philly store to South
Street. The Princeton store is their
fourth store.
“They brought the retail feel into a consignment store,” says
Shirey. “People are not sure right
away, is this a consignment store?
It has a really nice feel. It’s just literally the set-up, I think it’s just
having it organized by type of
clothing item and treating the
clothes as if they aren’t secondhand clothing. Everything is looking its best.” Women’s shirts, for
example, are all categorized into
button-down shirts, dressy shirts,
cotton shirts, and so on. “It’s like
when you walk into the Gap and
see a rack of the same type of shirts.
It’s all about being organized and
making sure that everything is as
presentable as it can be. It falls into
the category again of trying to
make it organized for the shopper.”
Shirey says they are “very selective” about what clothes they accept for consignment. “We don’t
want the three-year-old cotton shirt
that is visibly worn. We want the
items that are in very good condition, no stains, the thing that
you’ve bought, worn once or
twice, and weren’t even sure in the
first place that you wanted it. People come in with bags of tee shirts
— those won’t sell.” Shirey described the level of clothing they
do accept as “the Gap on up.”
Designer bargains abound — an
Yves St. Laurent handbag that retails for about $1,000 was priced at
$495, “still high,” s ays Shirey,
“but at the same time it came in in
impeccable condition. We have a
lot of Coach handbags, a few Prada
and definitely Kate Spade. We had
a pair of Prada boots that retail for
about $600 priced at about $175.
We had a pair of Tori Birch flats
that retail for about $120 priced
around $38 or $48 — they were
gone within hours of having them
out.” There is also a men’s section
in the store, and a clearance section.
Consignors don’t need an appointment and there is no fee. “We
go through anywhere from 10 to 20
bags of clothing a day, but that does
not mean we accept that many,”
says Shirey. A minimum of 10
items are accepted at a time and a
separate contract is written out
each time a consignor brings in
clothes. Accepted clothes then go
out on the floor about four weeks
later and stay for 60 days or until
they are sold, whichever comes
first. The split is 60 (Greene
Street), 40 (consignor). Shirey says
consignors come from all over the
area, including people who live in
Manhattan but work in Princeton.
She has four tips for would-be
consignors as they scour their closet for items to consign: the clothing
must be clean, only one to two
years old, stylish, and in good condition. “Even if something is in
good condition, if it’s from the
‘80s, we still don’t want it.” They
do bend the rules a bit, for example,
“if someone comes in with something that’s one of the Target
brands, but it’s cute and stylish, we
may take it.”
All I know is that I keep getting
compliments on my formerly very
expensive Ralph Lauren trousers.
Next up, pull all that bigger-sized
clothing out of my closet and bring
it to Greene Street. That way I
won’t be tempted to fall off the
wagon.
— Jamie Saxon
Greene Street Consignment,
162 Nassau Street, 609-924-1990.
www.greenestreetconsignment.co
m. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday, 10 am. to 9 p.m.; and
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fast Lane
nary tract medicine Deflux and incontinence medicine SolestaT,
along with future products that utilize
Q-Med’s
proprietary
NASHAT technology.
As part of the transaction
Oceana Therapeutics acquired QMed Scandinavia and closed QMed’s Carnegie Center office,
moving its employees to Oceana’s
American headquarters in Edison.
Oceana can be reached at
www.oceanatherapeutics.com or
by calling 732-318-3800.
New Funding
Stentys, 103 Carnegie Center,
Suite
B-109,
Princeton
08540; 609-853-0110; fax,
609-275-6155. Hikmat Hojeibane, chief technology officer. www.stentys.com.
Stentys, a medical technology
company specializing in the design
of new-generation stents (small
metallic tubes used in the treatment
of blocked coronary arteries), has
announced the completion of a Series B financing round with the
closing of an additional $4.2 million from Credit Agricole Private
Equity.
The “B” round also included
Sofinnova and Scottish Equity
Partners, which made a joint contribution of $18 million during the
B-series financing.
Stentys, based in Paris, was
founded in 2006. It has developed
a new-generation stent, specially
designed for use in the treatment of
acute myocardial infarction and
blocked coronary-artery bifurcations.
Treatment of acute myocardial
infarction (commonly referred to
as “heart attack”) accounts for almost half of stent implantations
worldwide, a market of some $5
billion.
Since March, 2008, Stentys has
completed an initial clinical trial
involving 40 patients, demonstrating that its self-expanding stent can
be implanted safely and easily.
This second financing of the Series
“B” round will be used, in part, to
begin European marketing of the
first self-expanding stent for the
treatment of myocardial infarction.
Crosstown Moves
Clearbrook Financial LLC,
600 College Road East, Suite
3400, Princeton 08540; 609921-8989; fax, 609-9218941. John Morris, CEO.
Home page: www.clearbrookfinancial.com.
Clearbrook Financial, which
provides financial solutions to the
institutional investment community, has moved from Hulfish Street
to College Road East.
Alfred L. Kettell Jr. Esq., 215
North Main Street, Pennington 08534; 609-737-9898;
fax, 609-737-7405.
Alfred Kettell has moved his
law office from Route 31 to North
Main Street. He specializes in real
estate and municipal law.
Leaving Town
Electrosonic Systems, 684
Whitehead Road, Lawrenceville 08648. Andrew Kidd,
general manager. www.electrosonic.com.
The New Jersey office of Electrosonic, a corporate AV communications firm headquartered in Burbank, California, has moved to
Burlington.
The office, managed by Andrew
Kidd, covers sales to museums,
visitors centers, gaming, and
broadcast markets in the Northeast. The firm can now be reached
at 609-239-6930.
Mt Cook Pharma Inc., 214
Carnegie Center, Suite 100,
Princeton 08540. www.mtcookpharma.com.
Less than a year after it moved
into Carnegie Center, Mt. Cook
Pharma has left New Jersey.
The firm, which develops medicines for urological disorders, is
now headquartered within the offices of Paramount BioCapital, a
pharmaceutical development and
healthcare investment firm. All inquiries to Mt. Cook can be directed
to 212-554-4300, or through
www.paramountcapital.com.
Lease Renewed
Pharmasset Inc., 303-A College Road, Princeton 08540;
609-613-4100; fax, 609-6134150. P. Schaefer Price,
CEO.
www.pharmasset.com.
Pharmasset Inc., a biotech focused on treatments for viral infections, has renewed its 30,894square-foot lease at 303 College
Road East for another five years.
The drug developer’s new term begins in May, 2010. The single-story, 61,000-square-foot building is
part of College Park at Princeton.
To the Editor:
Correction
Thank you for your June 10 reference to our collaboration agreement with Brighter Ideas Inc. We
are already producing new inventions to leverage their knowledge
of proteases and our capabilities
for statistical analysis and software
development.
We would like to correct one aspect of the story — the name of our
suite of pathway-centric research
collaboration and data management tools is BioPathwise.
G. Scott Lett, Ph.D.
President, the BioAnalytics
Group, 241 Forsgate Drive,
Jamesburg
Police Reports
Theft. A resident of West Windsor was the victim of theft on June
23 between 6:45 a.m. and 10:30
p.m. at the Wallace permit lot at the
Princeton Junction train station.
Officer Lee Brodowski said someone broke the driver’s side front
window of the victim’s car and
stole a GPS unit mounted on the
windshield.
Someone stole a printer from
the Information Technology Building at Mercer County Community
College sometime between June
15 and June 21, Officer Michael
Bollentin said.
A resident of East Windsor was
the victim of credit card theft on
June 20. Sergeant Brian Gallant
said someone used the victim’s
credit card at the Target in Nassau
Park. He said the victim reported
that her wallet had been stolen
from her handbag about an hour
earlier at the Quakerbridge Mall.
Deaths
Anthony Federico, 55, on June
28. He had been the Princeton Borough police chief since June, 2001.
A Lawrence resident, he was a 29year veteran of the police force.
Alec Gallup, 81, on June 22.
Along with his brother, George
Gallup Jr., he was chairman of the
Gallup Poll until 1996. The Gallup
Poll was founded by his father in
1935.
JULY 1, 2009
Survival Guide
1989 American businesses were
barred from competing in many
countries. Today opportunities for
investments and sales exist in Eastern Europe, but American businesses also have to compete with
foreign businesses for customers.
“You may never have thought
that a Chinese or Russian brand
would be in competition with you,
gunning for American customers,”
Rowe says. But they are, and a
business in a formerly communist
nation might even put an American
company out of business.
Low tariffs are here to stay.
The World Trade Organization,
was formed after World War II and
three-quarters of the world’s nations are members. This organization was a response to protectionist
measures like the 1930 SmootHawley Act, which enacted tariffs
averaging 40 percent to protect
American products.
The World Trade Organization
supports open markets and relatively low tariff levels — averaging about 3 percent — among
members, and one of its rules is
that once a tariff goes down, it cannot go up. This also is mandated by
international treaty.
Members can lodge complaints
against other members, and Rowe
believes it is important to play by
the rules and follow these procedures. Rowe criticizes President
Bush’s imposition of tariffs as high
as 30 percent on steel in 2002, after
Brazil was accused of dumping
steel onto the American market at a
price lower than the market price
there. Rowe says that Bush’s action
violated international law.
Rowe also believes it is important for the United States to be a
good player on the global scene,
and businesses should respond to
global competition by improving
efficiency and looking for the opportunities that a globalized world
offers.
Rowe himself supports low tariffs. “As a capitalist I think government protection against competition, whether foreign or domestic,
makes business less efficient,” he
says. If a particular company can
no longer competitively produce
for its market, then the global market is perhaps sending a message it
should listen to. He offers as an example the many textile manufacturers that used to be in the
Philadelphia area. “Many do not
exist in American anymore,” he
says. “Manufacturing is something
that the second world, the developing world, does better than we do.”
Be Flexible. Once the United
States economy gets through the
global financial crisis Rowe thinks
that American business will be
well-prepared to compete in a
globalized world. We have entrepreneurs at the ready and a well-educated public, but most of all, says
Rowe, we have a market-oriented,
capitalistic economy that is flexible and capable of making changes
to meet the challenges of globalization.
“Companies should always be
open to change,” says Rowe.
“They should be flexible and erect
new businesses where there are
current needs.”
The businesses that react quickly to technological change will be
successful. Take the cell phone
business — 20 years ago its technology was novel, and today it is a
multi-million-dollar
globalized
business. “We don’t want to live in
a world where a person who is
working in a plant that manufactures VHS videotapes feels too attached to his job and wants to produce VHS videotapes forever,”
says Rowe. We want our DVDs,
MP3 players, and iPods.
“In many respects, it is scary,”
Rowe admits. People want the
comfort and security of a guaranteed job and pension, but in a flat,
global world they may well get laid
off and have to either find another
job or re-train. In the end this will
result in everyone’s betterment,
says Rowe. “We need to have such
a system that leads to growth and
an overall higher standard of living, the greatest good for the greatest number.”
Like Thomas Friedman, Rowe
is optimistic about the future, despite fear mongering that everything will be outsourced and Amer-
You might never have
thought that Chinese
or Russian brands
would be gunning for
American customers,
but they are.
ica is done for. “With free trade and
free investment, and with a marketoriented economy, America will
tend to make the best of it,” says
Rowe.
Rowe grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, where he still lives. He
graduated in 1995 from the
Berkelee College of Music with a
degree in music business and music competition. He plays guitar,
but realizing it is tough to make a
living in music, he accumulated
several additional degrees, all from
Temple University: the first, following in a family tradition where
his father and two older brothers
are lawyers, was a J.D.; the second
was an MBA, and the third a master’s of law.
Rowe started teaching as an adjunct at community colleges in
Philadelphia and Bucks County.
He is in his fourth year of full-time
teaching at Mercer, where, for over
10 years, he has taught courses in
business law, international business, political science, and constitutional law.
Rowe strongly recommends
that anyone who does business in
the United States should learn
about international business. He
suggests reading the Wall Street
Journal, reading informative Internet sites and books like Thomas
Friedman’s, keeping tabs on your
industry and being alert for any
changes on the horizon; hiring a
person with a strong knowledge of
global business; and of course taking classes or seminars in international business.
“You have to be aware of the international dynamic,” says Rowe.
“This dynamic is a reality, like the
weather, that you have to learn to
deal with.” — Michele Alperin
RVCC Paves the
Green Way
R
aritan Valley Community
College has become the first community college ever to sign an environmental stewardship agreement with the federal EPA, in connection with the school’s self-contained power plant and its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint.
School spokeswoman Janet
Thompson says that the agreement is “a living agreement,”
meaning that it outlines a commitment to everyday efforts to conserve resources and reduce waste.
According to the EPA, recognition as an environmental steward
requires continuous improvement
on environmental policies in line
with the agency’s policies, practices, and specifications for efficiency. As part of the agreement
the school must engage in Energy
Star building and planting proce-
dures to reduce energy waste, expanded recycling, reduction in
diesel emissions, and increased
water efficiency.
The agreement also means that
RVCC must remain up to date with
EPA regulations and guidelines, increase the involvement and recognition of the school’s stakeholders
in sustainability programs, and
partner with area governments on
environmental initiatives.
The college’s recognition for its
environmental friendliness was
bolstered by the opening of its cogenerator power plant last summer.
In August RVCC unveiled its $14.5
million power plant that provides
heat and power to the North
Branch campus. Built with the help
of a $1 million incentive grant
from the state Board of Public Utilities — and $13.5 million from the
school itself — the plant generates
1.4 megawatts of electricity. This
power couples with an absorption
unit that converts exhaust gases
from the engines to 320 tons of
cooling or hot water — enough to
bypass the school’s conventional
boilers. The plant provides as
much as 85 percent of the campus’
power and is estimated to save the
school $400,000 a year.
In addition to the power plant,
RVCC has introduced several
small initiatives around the campus, such as supplying more recycling containers, installing more
energy-efficient lights and occupancy sensors in classrooms, recycling kitchen waste into compost,
and planting sustainable vegetation along the steps outside the science building. The school also has
installed solar-powered scoreboards and traffic signs, as well as a
heating system in the science
building that uses waste heat from
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Flexible Terms. Call 609-514-5100 or
visit www.princeton-office.com
875 Square Foot Professional Office
Space
in
Princeton
for
$1,600/month rent. Call 732-213-1343
for details.
Cranbury Office or Retail: In Village
near Post Office. Three rooms on Main
Street. Good visibility. $1,200. Also three
exhaust fans to heat fresh air
through the vents.
RVCC president Casey Crabill
credits the school’s Social Justice
Club, the Raritan Environmental
Action League, and RVCC Cares
with shepherding the college
through the agreement process and
with maintaining its focus on increased environmental friendliness. In addition to the EPA’s conditions, Crabill says, students have
led the drive to eliminate plastic
trays and Styrofoam cups in the
dining hall, plus oversee clean-up
days and earth Day projects around
the campus.
— Scott Morgan
KMM Ozone
Keep Middlesex Moving Inc.
is launching its 2009 Ozone Action
Partnership program, an E-mail
alert program aimed at reducing
ozone pollution on an individual
basis. On days when ozone levels
will be unhealthy, KMM will Email ozone alerts that will provide
tips on how to cope with the weather and ways to reduce ozone pollution on that given day: Driving
less, carpooling, using public transit, refueling in the evening, or
postponing lawn mowing can
make an important improvement in
both the air and our health.
To receive the free alerts, log on
to www.kmm.org and click on the
“Ozone” button or call 732-7454318
or
E-mail
[email protected].
Corporate Angels
State
Pennington
Farm Insurance’s
office has donated
more than 500 weight loss and fitness kits through the Isles Group,
Urban League Guild, numerous
churches in Mercer County. The
kits, part of the national “50 Million Pound Challenge” campaign
OFFICE RENTALS
OFFICE RENTALS
AREA OFFICE RENTALS
Princeton, Trenton, Hamilton, Hopewell, Montgomery,
Ewing, Hightstown, Lawrenceville and other Mercer,
Somerset & Middlesex Communities. Class A, B and
C Space Available.
For details on space
and rates, contact
www.WeidelCommercial.com
rooms on Park Place, $965, good parking. 609-529-6891.
East Windsor, Route 130. 1 or 2 person office in professional building. Ample parking. $395 monthly. Call 609730-0575.
Lawrenceville: Psychotherapy/professional service office, third floor suite,
2 offices available with shared waiting
and group therapy rooms. Handicapped
accessible. Copier, fax machine, and
kitchen included. High speed Internet
available. Great location on Princeton
Pike. Immediate availability. Contact
Rosemarie 267-391-7351.
Monroe Township: 450 square foot
stand alone building, across from Clearbrook, $825/month + utilities. 609-6558700.
Montgomery Knolls Office Rt. 206:
1500 sq. ft. fully furnished or empty 4 private offices, partitioned open space, 2
bathrooms one with shower, kitchenette, and plenty of parking at door
developed
by
Ian
Smith
(www.50millionpounds.com), include an introductory book for the
weight loss challenge and a pedometer. The office also has provided scales and support.
NRG Energy’s Carnegie Center employees participated in the
company’s annual Global Giving
Community Day, on which employees lend a hand to various local
charitable organizations.
Approximately 150 Princeton
employees volunteered at seven
organizations throughout Mercer
County: Painting an office, cleaning and organizing the library and
basement, and participating in arts
and crafts projects with children at
Better Beginnings Child Development Center in East Windsor; refurbishing computers, stocking
shelves in the food pantry, and filling activity bags for children at
HomeFront in Trenton; weeding,
mulching, and planting at the Isles
Garden in Trenton; sorting food
and loading trucks at the Mercer
Street Friends food bank in Ewing;
helping with gardening, cleaning
rooms for the children’s summer
camp, and moving furniture at the
Princeton YWCA; tutoring adults
enrolled TASK’s adult education
program; and refurbishing decks
and painting a group home at Enable Inc. in Hamilton Square.
Wells Fargo, with offices
around the Princeton region, recently awarded a $2,500 grant to
Family Guidance Center/Family &
Children’s Services in Hamilton.
The grant will support financial literacy programs, homeownership
education, and foreclosure prevention services provided by the
agency’s Consumer Credit Counseling Service.
Business Meetings
Wednesday, July 1
5 p.m.: Mercer Chamber, Trenton
Chapter, “Why Not Wednesdays?” networking, free. Settimo
Cielo, East Front Street, Trenton.
609-689-9960.
Lease with option to buy Furnished
$2800 Mo. Empty $2500 Mo. Call 609203-2189, Email: [email protected]
Pennington - Hopewell: Straube
Center offices from virtual office, 25 to
300 square feet and office suites, 500 to
2,400 square feet. From $100 per month,
short and long term. Storage space, individual signage, conference rooms, copier, Verizon FIOS available, call 609-7373322 or e-mail [email protected]
www.straubecenter.com
Plainsboro - 700 SF to 3,000 SF Office Suites: in single story building in
well maintained office park off Plainsboro Road. Immediately available. Individual entrance and signage, separate
AC/Heat and electricity. Call 609-7992466 or E-mail [email protected]
Princeton - Location, Location: Jefferson Plaza, Princeton. 600/1200 sq.
ft., 1 block off Route 1, private entrance,
private
bathroom
and
parking.
$960/$1700 plus utilities. 609-5772793; [email protected].
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All events are subject to
last minute changes or cancellations. Call to confirm.
Tuesday, July 7
8 a.m.: Mercer Chamber, Golf and
Tennis Classic, $250 Mercer
Oaks Golf Course. 609-6899960.
2 p.m.: Ewing SeniorNet, “28
Ways to Save Money Using Your
Computer,” Steve Kieley, free.
999 Lower Ferry Road. 609-8825086.
6:30 p.m.: MCCC, “Starting a
Home-Based Business with Little
or No Money,” Martin Mosho,
$25. West Windsor. 609-5703311.
7:30 p.m.: JobSeekers, Networking and support for changin careers, free. Trinity Church, 33
Mercer Street. 609-924-2277.
Wednesday, July 8
8:15 a.m.: SkillPath Seminars,
“Leadership Development and
Team Building,” $199. Clarion Hotel at Palmer Inn. 800-873-7545.
6 p.m.: NJ SBDC, “Financing Your
Business,” free. Sovereign Bank,
Pennington Road, Pennington.
609-771-2947.
Thursday, July 9
11:30 a.m.: Princeton Chamber,
Monthly Membership Luncheon,
featuring Esther Dyson on Russia, genomes, and outer space,
$45. Princeton Marriott. 609-9241776.
JULY 1, 2009
OFFICE RENTALS
HOUSING FOR SALE
Princeton Prof. Office Park, off
Route One. 600 sq. ft. Perfect for Law
Firm, CPAs, Consultants, Medical. Call
732-329-1601 for details.
Spring Lake: Perfect Victorian style
Beach House in Villa park area. Wraparound deck, 3-4 BR, 2.5 BA. 4 blocks
from beach at 418 Central. FSBO. 732359-6302. $985,000 OBO.
Princeton- 192 Nassau St. Two single offices available for lease. 251 SF &
404 SF. Can be leased individually or
combined. Please call 609-921-6060
for details.
Princeton- Research Park Rt. 206
opposite Princeton Airport. 878 SF four
room office & 919 SF open space with
small kitchenette, please call 609-9216060 for details.
Princeton-Nassau Street: Sublet 13 rooms, 2nd floor, includes parking/utilities. Call 609-924-6270. Ask for Wendy.
Sublease Large Private Office. In
Princeton Commerce Center (near MarketFair). $495/mo plus share of utilties.
609-734-0004 or 609-977-7111.
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
Princeton Restaurant For Sale:
Prime downtown location, turnkey, zoning privilege, long lease, positive ongoing business open potential for any cuisine. $295K, Call Zhen at 609-5787277.
INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unique Rental Space zoning (I3), ordinance passed for retail and recreation
activities, ample parking all utilities, one
1200’, one 2000’, one 2500’ one 3600’,
and one 10,000. Located at 325 and
335 New Road, Monmouth Junction.
Call Harold 732-329-2311.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
HAMILTON WAREHOUSE - Call the
“Flexperts”! 700 to 100,000 SF WH/
Dist/ Showroom/ Ofc/ Shop/ Mfg/ Studio. Units Avail. CHEAP RENTS! Creative modern recycled new sunny
spaces. Great locations, immediate occupancy. Hi ceilings, load docks, drive
ins. 700 sf office @ $945. 2,000 sf @
$1595. 4,000 sf @ $2595. 7,000 sf @
$2,900. 16,000 sf @ $7,900. Other
sizes available. ASK ABOUT OUR
$.99/SF SPECIAL DEAL! MUST SEE!
Brian @ 609-731-0378 or [email protected]
Lambertville
Office/Retail/Flex
Space: 500 to 2,500 SF available. Hi
ceilings, OH doors, tons of parking,
beautiful building with thriving tenant
base. Hi speed ready. CHEAP — Call
for rates! Brian @ 609-731-0378 or
[email protected].
Nassau Street Storage Space: 1227
SF and 2671 SF basement storage.
Clean, dry, secure space. Call 609-9216060 for details.
Quality Office Space at Affordable Prices
HOUSING FOR RENT
Cranbury House for Rent: Two bedrooms, one bath, all appliances, near
Post Office. Unique location in charming
village setting. Mid-July, $1,325. 609529-6891.
Ewing Near TCNJ: Two bedroom,
one bath apartment. All appliances.
Mid-August. $850 including heat. 609529-6891.
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Pennington-W. Franklin Ave & Rte.
31: Two-storey single house, 4 BR, 2
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Rocky Hill
1026 Rt 518
Office/Medical Space
1250 SF-9000 SF
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Professional Office Building
$425,000
Excellent downtown location!
Lawrenceville
168 Franklin Corner Road
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Lawrenceville
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Princeton
812 State Rd.
120 SF, 425 SF
Hamilton
127 Route 206
350 SF, 2260 SF, 3900 SF
Exit 8A NJ Tpke
1 Rossmoor Drive, Monroe Twp.
6900 SF (Bank, Rest., Various Uses)
950 SF (Hair Salon)
Bordentown
3 Third Street
2008 SF
Plainsboro: 3 bedroom ranch house
on wooded lot. Full basement and attic.
Central AC. Nonsmoking. $1850. 609683-1515
or
908-229-9056
or
www.tinyurl.com/ngnxok.
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house in wooded country setting - fireplace and pond. http://princetonrentals.homestead.com/.
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room, basement, garage. 732-8733895.
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Call 609-468-1286.
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Roomy! Solidly built 1974, main level
+1800 sq. feet. Three-plus bedrooms, 2
baths, 2-3 car garage. Quick access Rt.
1, NJ Tpk, GSP, Rt. 130. Offered as-is
by owner but no major problems,
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(FSBO), or send E-mail, Subject Big
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packet.
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Pa. Call Alex at 609-213-4899.
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We do some law enforcement work and background
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more information please call
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of 10 a.m.-5 p.m. E-mail: [email protected]
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Friendly, fast growing company is looking for your superb
telesales skills. 20 hours a week
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don’t cold call — warm calls only.) Must have at least 2 years of
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order processing and reporting,
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candidate will have very strong
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phone manners and have excellent computer (MS Word, Excel)
and database entry skills. E-mail
your resume to Dolphin Comput-
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Problems
Solved!!: Computer Group of
Princeton: set-up, repair, software installation, virus removal.
Phone 609-896-2239 or email:
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Bookkeeping services for
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free consultation, reasonable
costs. Gerald Hecker, 609-4484284.
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pick-up truck available for moving items both large and small.
Reasonable prices. References
provided. Call Galen M. Valley.
609-672-8365.
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online travel companies? Want
to speak with a real person and
not
a
computer?
Plainsboro/Montgomery Travel
is your one stop travel resource.
With over 32 years experience
we provide travel arrangements,
weekend getaways, cruises, allinclusive Caribbean and customized European experiences.
We handle it all. Contact Jo Ann
at 908-431-1600 or E-mail
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Certified Professional Resume Writer, Licensed Career
Counselor: Assessments/job
search/career. Resumes/cover
letters. Guarneri Associates. [email protected].
866-8814055 toll-free.
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Grundfest, licensed psychologist
and certified career counselor,
help you with your career goals
and job search skills. Call 609921-8401 or 732-873-1212 (License #2855)
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use appropriate technological
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Verma MBA, 201-401-3980,
[email protected]
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(Analytical
Chemist)
Pharmaceuticals,
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development & validation, all
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pharmaceuticals, analytical scientist or regulatory or QA (or any
other suitable position). Please
call Kumari at 732-841-4185 or
E-mail:
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INSTRUCTION
Massage and Reflexology:
The benefits are beyond what we
even fathom. Experience deep
relaxation, heightened well-being, improved health. Holistic
practitioner offering reflexology,
Swedish and shiatsu massage.
Available for on-site massage at
the work place, etc. Gift certificates, flexible hours. Call Marilyn
609-403-8403.
drum, sax, clarinet, voice, flute,
trumpet, violin. $28 half hour.
School of Rock. Join the band!
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Upscale, Classy Est. Staff:
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touch of our friendly, certified
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Behind “Pepp Boys Auto.”)
MENTAL HEALTH
Having problems with life issues? Stress, anxiety, depression, relationships... Children
and adults. Free consultation.
Working in person or by phone.
Rafael Sharon, Psychoanalyst
609-683-7808.
PSYCHOTHERAPY: Healing
problems at their source.
Body: Our barometer of decisions we make that hurt or heal.
Mind: discovering responsibility
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level guidance through dreams
and pastlife therapy. Individuals,
couples. In person or phone. V.
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Home Health Aide Certification: Course Registration June 1
to June 30, 2009. Classes held at
Lawrenceville. Call CJ at 800899-9611. FIRSTAT Nursing
Services.
Keyboard lessons for kids
and adults. Learn a song per lesson!!. $40/Hour. Your place,
evenings and weekends. E-mail:
[email protected].
Lessons in Your Home: Music lessons in your home. Piano,
clarinet, saxophone, flute and
guitar. Call Jim 609-737-9259 or
609-273-5135.
Music Lessons - Farrington’s Music: Piano, guitar,
Piano lessons. All ages and
levels welcome. Experienced
professional with advanced degrees. Convenient Plainsboro location. Call 609-378-5877.
SAT and ACT Tutoring for
Reading, Writing and Math:
Boost your scores with individualized attention targeting your
specific needs. Reasonable fee exceptional instruction. Experienced certified teacher / professor. Many local references. 609658-6914.
SAT Mathematics Summer
Camp:
The
Lawrenceville
School. Week long camps
throughout June and July.
http://mathplotter.
lawrenceville.org/ mathplotter/
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Tennis court around and
want to learn how to use it? Tennis lessons for beginners, kids,
and adults. $40/Hour. Email:[email protected]
ADHD Coaching- For students, adults & parents of children challenged with attentional
issues, time management, procrastination or disorganization.
Our
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certified
coaches can help you find effective strategies and tools. Contact
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www.odysseycoaches.com
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SERVICES
Meaningful Civil Marriages:
Officiated by Rev. James
McKenna. Call 609-306-2002.
[email protected].
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Music for Private Affairs and
Clubs: Call anytime. Will fit your
budget. 609-737-9259 or 609273-5135.
One Man Band: Keyboardist
for your wedding or party. Perfect
entertainment. You’ll love the variety. Duos available. Call Ed at
609-424-0660.
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roots back to African
Americans and slavery.
Given the wisdom that comes with
age and the exposure to life’s other
side, you had the feeling that these
guys know what they’re singing
about when they break out some of
the classic country weepers, such
as “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”
or “Someone Told My Story in a
Song.”
And I suspect a minister in need
of a sermon could spin one from
any of several songs performed
that evening in the Presbyterian
sanctuary. Alston, a tenor playing
an acoustic guitar, stood out on
several numbers, including “Farther Along.”
Tempted and tried we’re oft
made to wonder
Why it should be thus all the
day long
While there are others living
about us
Never molested though in the
wrong.
Farther along we’ll know all
about it
Farther along we’ll understand
why
Cheer up my brother live in the
sunshine
We’ll understand it all by and
by.
The penultimate selection by
Life’s Other Side, “Angel Band,”
was my favorite:
The latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is nearly run.
My strongest trials now are
past.
My triumph is begun.
Oh come angel band,
Come and around me stand.
Bear me away on your snowy
wings
To my immortal home.
It’s a good show, and I envy the
retired ministers for being able to
still be on stage — in the race —
even in their retirement. And while
I regret I have no musical abilities
to present to the angel band (if it
even considers me), I will tell them
that I am not exactly a musician,
but that I do try on keyboard.
Well and Appearing in Popular
Culture.”
Don Mackenzie was attending
Princeton Theological Seminary
when the group first came together.
He retired in 2008 as minister and
One nice thing about
music is that you can
keep performing long
after athletes have
hung up their cleats.
head of staff at the University Congregational United Church of
Christ in Seattle, where he still
lives.
And there was Wallace Alston,
the head pastor at the esteemed
Nassau Presbyterian Church, and
subsequently president of the Center of Theological Inquiry. Alston’s
lineage was imposing: His father
was a Presbyterian minister with
an even more prestigious affiliation: Wallace Alston Sr. was a
Union Theological Seminary
alumnus who led a church in Atlanta, and for 22 years was the
president of Agnes Scott College in
Decatur, Georgia.
Even more intriguing for me
was that, while in Princeton, Alston lived right across the street
from me on Park Place. In all that
time I never had a clue that the minister had ever picked up a guitar or
had ever sung anything other than a
solemn hymn. But, as I learned later, Alston has been singing and
playing guitar since he was a
teenager.
And I discovered, as I googled
the minister (now retired and splitting his time between Maine and
New York City), that his ministerial pedigree was more complicated
than it might seem. In fact Alston’s
son, Macky, had produced an independent film, “Family Name,”
about Alston’s tracing of his family
Former Denny’s Restaurant
3331 Brunswick Pike, Rt. 1
Lawrenceville, N.J.
Corner of Mercer Mall Shopping Center
Total Frontage Visibility from Route 1.
Freestanding Building.
FOR LEASE
2936 Rt. 1 • Lawrenceville, N.J.
6,000 S.F. Divisible to 3,000 S.F.
Zoned Retail. Total Frontage Visibility
from Route 1. Adequate Parking.
Call 609-610-5128
Time for a Change?
Commercial Space
for Lease
Lawrence
• 5,000 sq. ft. Will renovate
to your specs.
Ewing
• 800-2000 sq. ft. in professional
park. Near Rt. 31 & TCNJ.
• Near Lawrence Border.
1,000 sq. ft. 1st month FREE.
OPPORTUNITIES
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Free Internet Advertising: What’s
the catch? None. Run a classified in
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charge on the Internet at www.PrincetonInfo.com. Call 609-452-7000 or visit
www.PrincetonInfo.com for additional
advertising opportunities in U.S. 1.
name and the address to which we
should send responses. We will assign
a box number and forward all replies to
you ASAP. People responding to your
ad will be charged just $1. See the Singles Exchange at the end of the Preview
Section.
I Want to Buy Your Business: Tired
of running your business and looking for
an exit strategy? You have options. We
are looking for a business to buy in
Princeton/Mercer County. Call 831-7600007. Real Buyer — Not a Broker.
HOW TO ORDER
condition. $100 with trade. Call 609275-6930.
Sterling Silver: Towle “Legato” 4
piece placesetting service for 8 with 8
extra teaspoons, plus sugar shell, butter
knife and pie server. Not monogramed.
Perfect for the frugal bride or to supplement existing service. Kept for best so
nearly new. Prefer to sell as a set.
$1,250 or best offer for all pieces. Compare to Replacements prices and save.
Call 609-720-0008 weekday evenings
or leave message.
GARAGE SALES
Le Parc I Garage Sale: Multi home,
July 18, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 2 Elm Court, West
Windsor. Look for the balloons. Info:
917-414-0020. No rain date.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob
at 609-457-5501.
WANTED TO BUY
Antique Military Items: And war
relics wanted from all wars and countries. Top prices paid. “Armies of the
Past LTD”. 2038 Greenwood Ave.,
Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4:00,
or by appointment.
CLASSIFIED BY EMAIL
[email protected]
PERSONALS
Free Classifieds for Singles: And
response box charges that won’t break
the bank. To submit your ad simply fax it
to 609-452-0033 or E-mail to [email protected]. If you prefer to
mail us your ad, address it to U.S. 1 Singles Exchange, 12 Roszel Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540. Include your
Phone, Fax, E-Mail: That’s all it takes
to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Call 609452-7000, or fax your ad to 609-4520033, or use our E-Mail address:
[email protected]. We will
confirm your insertion and the price. It
won’t be much: Our classifieds are just
50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40
cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16
consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents
per word. (There is a $3 service charge
if we send out a bill.) Box service is available. Questions? Call us.
Buildings for Sale
Ewing
• 6,300 sq. ft. multi-tenant
office bldg.
Great upside potential.
Reduced $495,000.
Trenton/Lawrence Border
• 12-unit apartment
money-maker. $690,000.
Hamilton
• 630 sq. ft. across
from Applebee’s. Great location.
• 2,025 sq. ft. Newly renovated.
Ideal for many uses.
• 1,000 sq. ft. retail on Rt. 33.
Florence
• 2,000 to 12,000 sq. ft.
on Route 130 at NJ Turnpike.
Will renovate to your specs.
Bensalem, PA.
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Richard K. Rein
ike any well
intentioned father (notice I didn’t say good father) I try to
encourage my kids in their dreams
whenever I can. Since both of my
teenage sons are musically inclined, I took them over to the Nassau Presbyterian Church the other
evening to hear a group called
“Life’s Other Side” perform.
I didn’t expect the kids to like
the music — old-time country, hillbilly, and a few gospels songs —
but I did hope they would appreciate the fact that a bunch of guys
well into their middle age were still
performing live music in public.
(And as far as I could tell alcohol
was not involved, except in some
of the lyrics.) If my kids were in
sports, I doubt I could find an analogous group playing football in
their 50s or 60s or beyond. It’s one
of the nice things about music.
It’s also nice to see anybody at
any age pursuing some “other
side” of life. In this case the aptly
named group was brought together
by Mark Hill, by day a commercial
real estate executive with Hilton
Realty and at night and on weekends a standout guitar player with
several different rock ’n’ roll and
blues bands.
Four other performers on stage
that night at the Presbyterian
church must have felt right at home
— they are all involved in the ministry. John McClure was a graduate
student at the Princeton Theological Seminary in the early 1980s (he
is now chair of the graduate department of religion at Vanderbilt
School of Divinity in Nashville)
and he and Hill performed together
in a rock band.
McClure put Hill in touch with
some other musically inclined pastors. John Wiley Nelson lived in
the Mercer County area from 1979
to 1998, and was a pastor at the
First Presbyterian Church of Trenton for 19 years. He was a cofounder of the Trenton Area Soup
Kitchen, and came up with the
acronym T.A.S.K. He now lives in
Provincetown, MA, and has written a book, “Your God Is Alive and
U.S. 1
Real Estate
Management Services
Hopewell Boro
• 1,400 sq. ft. office/retail.
Pennington
• 400 sq. ft. 2-room suite
at Pennington Circle.
7 Gordon Ave.
Lawrenceville
609-896-0505
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
1200-2100 SF
- Located in Cranbury, NJ
- Ideal location just off of Route 130, easy access
to Turnpike at 8 and 8A
- Skylight, exposed beams, full height windows
- Variety of private offices, conference and open plan
- Well suited for a wide range of office space users
- Call or email for more information and floor plan
Kevin D. Coleman, Exclusive Broker
609-921-8844 or [email protected]
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