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RON EMRICH,
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BARBARA GITENSTEIN,
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SIDNEY GOLDFARB, Urological Surgeon
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MYRA GUTIN, Rider University Historian
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RUSH HOLT, U.S. Congressman
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After considering the potential
wrath of readers upset with the
comparison of Barack to Jesus
tory teacher or standardized test Christ (though at this point it’s hard
writer composing a question tying to imagine anyone minding the
the Obama presidency to cultural comparison), we then turned our
references: How would you com- attention to Atlas and settled on a
pare the early days of Barack Oba- final design.
In the meantime we will hold
ma’s first term to each of the folonto that photo of
lowing figures:
the cross. When the
Jesus Christ. Our
Between
political
honeyquick answer would be
The
moon
is
over
and
that Obama enters ofwhen
President
fice with plenty of
Lines
Obama is being
crosses to bear, and exblamed for everypectations so high that he had better be able to walk on water. And, thing, then that photo might be a
you could argue, the cross borne by more appropriate piece of political
Jesus was intended to atone for our imagery. Can’t happen, you say?
sins, and Obama’s cross today in- Well that’s what most people were
cludes making up for some of our saying about Obama’s presidential
sins — unrealistic mortgages and dreams less than two years ago.
the greed of the financiers who
sold them.
Atlas. The new president does
indeed have the weight of the
world upon his shoulders. From
the Middle East to the midwest, ordinary people are looking to
Barack to solve their problems.
very day I see professional
Hercules. Fixing the economy,
people
dumbstruck when presentdodging inflation, reducing our reed
with
an unexpected question,
liance on Middle East oil, preserving both our cities and open space challenge, or comment. A typical
— all these certainly seem to qual- nervous response is “Ah,” “Um,”
or “Hmm,” followed by “I don’t
ify as herculean tasks.
know.”
When we began producing this
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of a figure bearing a cross up a hill. think on their feet? Wouldn’t it be
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Anne Seltzer Development
Strategies, 9; Baxter Construction,
42; BlackRock, 41; Cognetics, 39;
College of NJ, 38; Colliers Houston, 41; Crossroads of the Revolution, 37; D & R Greenway, 35;
Deutsch Communications, 35; Dynamis Therapeutics, 8; Eagleton
Institute, 35; EANJ, 37; Edison
Venture Fund, 5; ESA Marketing,
7; ExpertPlan, 42; George School,
38; George Street Playhouse, 40;
Sidney Goldfarb, MD, 33; Hall Institute, 36.
Issues Management, 43; Johnson & Johnson, 41; Keep Middlesex Moving, 9; Lawrenceville
Farmers Market, 35; LLM Style,
38; McCarter Theater, 32; MCCC,
38; Monmouth Lighting, 43;
MTAACC, 42; Multi Video Labs,
43; Nanopv Corp, 43; NJ Banking
and Insurance, 32; NJ Hospital
Association, 32; NJ Tech Council,
32; NJIT, 9; NRG, 34; Preservation
NJ, 34; Princeton Adult School, 8;
Princeton Arts Council, 40; Princeton Community Works, 9.
Princeton Hospital, 40; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, 42;
Princeton Public Library, 32;
Princeton University, 32; Princeton YWCA, 32; Rider University,
36; Rocky Top Dog Park, 39; Rutgers, 32; Sapien, 5; SBDC, 7;
Stony Brook Watershed, 34; Terracycle, 34; Triton Info Tech, 43;
Voxware, 5.
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question as if in a classroom, interview, or even in front of a large audience.
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one another and to feel comfortable. The toastmaster provided
positive feedback on their response. In this program, there is no
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The second scenario required
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student to feel as if they were
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to the student speaker.
In the third scenario, we introduced role reversal. The students
had the opportunity to ask the
Toastmaster an off-the-cuff question and evaluate their response.
The Toastmaster demonstrated
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manner. It was nice to see the feedback the students provided during
this scenario. A little encouragement goes a long way.
The students were encouraged
to practice eye contact, proper posture, vocal variety, and facial expression as well as other speaking
skills. Each student was provided
with positive feedback throughout
the program. Several teachers from
both high schools participated in
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In today’s competitive world,
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early age. Parents should take advantage of all opportunities available, whether it’s a program available through their school or with a
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Jerry Stone,Gil Stamler,
Barbara MacNeill,
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Small business
Insurance
A
s jobs are being trimmed at
large corporations more Americans than ever have taken the
plunge and are starting their own
businesses. Most who own a business can tell you that being the boss
entails a big “to-do” list and making sure the business and its key
players are properly insured can
easily be forgotten.
Business insurance is not a matter to be taken lightly. Nothing
would be more disruptive to the potential success of an enterprise than
to lose a primary contributor due to
an unexpected death, extended ill-
ness, or disability. Fortunately,
there are steps that business owners can take to make sure protection is in place if such an event
should occur.
Protecting key employees. The
viability of a business can be
placed in serious jeopardy if a key
person is lost permanently or for an
extended period of time. Forwardthinking business owners should
implement key-person protection
to help defray costs associated with
losing or replacing that individual.
Ideally, a business purchases a
policy on each key employee and is
named as the owner and beneficiary of the policy. Keep in mind that
the primary purpose for such a policy is not to benefit the employee
whose life is covered but to protect
the company.
Business continuation. In circumstances in which multiple individuals own a company it is crucial
to have a buy-sell agreement in
place, typically funded with life insurance. Such a policy outlines
specific triggering events, such as
death, long-term disability, or retirement.
This gives surviving owners a
way to purchase the interests of the
owner who died, became disabled,
or retired. The goal is to make it financially feasible for remaining
owners to pay for the buyout while
providing a fair settlement for the
interest being sold. Such an agreement is based on a current valuation of the company, so it is important that any buy-sell agreement be
regularly updated.
Executive benefits. Additional
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ance for individuals. In this instance, the employee is the owner
of the policy and can name his or
her own beneficiaries. This kind of
additional benefit for a key contributor can help a company retain
top talent.
Another option in creating such
a benefit is to use a “split dollar”
approach. In this case, the company pays the premiums, but has an
agreement with the covered employee to repay the premium to the
company with interest. Those payments are made from life insurance proceeds if the employee
dies, or from the cash value if the
individual’s term with the company ends. The remaining proceeds
go to the named beneficiaries such
as family members.
Preserving wealth. If all goes
well, a business can turn out to be
the most valuable family asset.
That is why business owners need
to pay careful attention to issues
surrounding the disposition of a
company after they die. While a
buy-sell agreement is a critical part
of any separation strategy from a
company, individual owners also
need to consider how best to preserve their estate. Legal documents such as wills and trusts can
take on added complexity. If the
business has attained significant
value, you may want to consider
using life insurance to help protect
the value of assets being passed on
to heirs from estate tax liability.
One of the key advantages that
life insurance offers is that it can be
used on a selective basis to help
protect the business and individual
owners to enhance the overall
compensation package of key employees. If you own or plan to start
a business, consider adding a life
insurance review to your to-do list.
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Allegra suggests the following
strategies for companies to weather the immediate future:
oe Allegra, general partner at
Redirect marketing focus. The
the Lenox Drive-based Edison
first thing to do is to change marVenture Fund (www.edisonvenketing messaging and positioning
ture.com), knows high-technology
to resonate more with buyers, says
business from the inside out. Now
Allegro. He suggests talking more
a venture capitalist, he was CEO of
about saving money and return on
the company he co-founded,
investment than
Princeton Softbuying prodech (now part
ucts and servicof IBM), and
The first thing to do is
es to drive busihas spent most
nesses forward.
to
change
marketing
of his adult life
It’s also impormessaging and posibuilding and
tant to focus
selling
softtioning to resonate
marketing and
ware products.
advertising dolmore
with
buyers.
In the softlars on brand
ening econoawareness so
my, he sees the
that potential customers recognize
industry struggling and assesses
a company, which can help to genthe situation without mincing
erate leads.
words. “Most companies are faced
Change the marketing mix.
with the problem that the companies they sell to are not buying any- Companies are cutting budgets for
the softer sides of marketing where
thing.”
To gather insights on how com- the correlation between money
panies should proceed in this cli- spent and results is not always
mate, he has invited CEOs and other senior executives of small techContinued on following page
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Next Shoe: Private Mortgage Insurance
t is hard to know when the
proverbial “next shoe” will
drop in the current economic
crisis but recently credit lenders
in my practice have experienced
attempted policy rescissions for
their mortgage insured accounts
where suddenly and without any
notice the private mortgage insurer (the “Company”) has attempted to rescind its insurance
policy on specific accounts.
This is especially true for policies issued on mortgage accounts closed during 2005-2006,
the peak years of residential real
estate values. Their letter often
contains language to the effect
that the application’s underlying
appraisal was “false, incorrect or
incomplete” and was “material to
the decision to insure” or something similar thereto. The reality
is that private mortgage insurers
now realize that they are likely to
be hit with a rash of claims on
loans they have underwritten
since the real estate bubble has
burst and home values in many
geographic regions have declined precipitously. Rather than
brave the tempest and honor
their policies they have elected to
get in front of the wave through
this novel rescission approach.
Attempted private mortgage
recessions such as these, need
to be handled promptly by qualified counsel. The credit lender’s
appraiser should be put on notice
and invited to put his carrier on
notice of the pending claim. The
appraiser should also be requested to review the appraisal
used for the original underwriting
to make certain that the facts
contained therein are accurate
and to verify the comps used.
There should simultaneously be
a demand for the insurance com-
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clear — trade shows, print advertising like brochures, and other collateral material. Instead they are
optimizing their websites to ensure
that when people are looking for
products or services like theirs,
their company site appears near the
top of their search lists. Again the
goal is lead generation.
By Bari J. Gambacorta
pany’s new appraisal. Payments
should be made to the Company
in the regular fashion even if they
are returned initially. Counsel
should review the Company’s
Master Policy and any exclusions and give the Company any
required notice pursuant thereto
in anticipation of the pending litigation.
While this recommended
course of action often puts credit
lenders and their appraisers (often with mutual business interests and longstanding relationships) at odds, New Jersey’s Entire Controversy Doctrine makes
a second lawsuit against the appraiser itself impossible. Counsel, experienced and sensitive to
these relationships, can normally
soften the prospects of the pending suit by a telephone call explaining the circumstances and
promising full cooperation in the
litigation prior to issuing his written demand.
If litigation is commenced it is
imperative to ascertain if the financial institution has other insured loans with the Company
and it is normally advisable to
seek declaratory relief in the
Complaint seeking to maintain
coverage on all those other loans
where policies exist. Additionally,
it may be time to take stock and
ascertain the possible exposure
of those other loans since the
Company’s intentions to “rescind” its policies may signify
well-founded concerns for its adequate capitalization. Prudence
would suggest that a lender at
least recognize the additional
risks such mortgage insured
loans may poise to a lender’s
portfolio. Certain or all of these
loans may well be singled out for
“special handling”.
If the lender has any concern
about the appraisal questioned
or any other appraisals insured
by the Company then it should
hire an independent review appraiser to offer an independent
view on the appraisal or appraisals. If there are any weaknesses in the case it is better to
know up front. This may well affect the negotiation strategy with
both the Company and the appraiser’s insurance company.
In these “recession” situations, it’s a simple “shoe-in” to
seek guidance and move swiftly
in order to preserve the credit
lender’s rights. Normally the
bank’s counsel will need a copy
of the notifying letter, a copy of
the appraisal used by the Company to determine that the underlying appraisal was “false”, a
copy of the original appraisal and
a copy of the Company’s Master
Policy currently in effect with the
credit lender.
Bari J. Gambacorta is a
Shareholder in Stark & Stark’s
Bankruptcy & Creditor’s and Collections groups and can be
reached at 609-219-7447 or by
E-mail at [email protected].
Adjust pricing strategies. Dur- tomer and over time may upgrade
ing a downturn, when cash is tight, to a higher-cost product. “You
a helpful response is to be flexible don’t lose a sale, but gain a sale at a
about payment terms and to offer lower entry price,” he explains,
lower entry prices. “Building the “and it’s easier to upsell a customer
first version of a software product than to interest a prospect.”
is incredibly expensive,” says AlAllegra grew up in Hawthorne.
legra, “whereas subsequent sales An economics major with a conare lower. If a customer can’t af- centration in computer science at
ford half a million dollars, but can Rutgers, he graduated in 1975. He
give you $150,000 a year for the also earned an MBA at New York
next four years, that may be a strat- University.
egy to get people to buy something
Right out of college Allegra
sooner rather than later.”
spent a couple of years with McConsider becoming a soft- Donnell-Douglas Automation, and
ware-as-service company. In this in 1977 joined Applied Data Rebusiness model companies do not search, where he stayed until the
purchase software but, instead pay firm was bought by Computer Ass o c i a t e s
a monthly fee to
(www.ca.com)
use software
in 1989. Then
from the softWhen cash is tight,
he and several
ware compacolleagues left
ny’s
servers.
be flexible about payto
create
Probably the
ment terms and to ofPrinceton Softmost famous
fer lower entry prices.
ech,
whose
example
is
products
are
w w w. s a l e s primarily dataforce.com,
whose product is a customer rela- base utilities sold to large companies throughout the world.
tionship management system.
In early 1998 the nine-year-old
Software-as-service has been a
big trend over the last three to five Princeton Softech was bought by
years, says Allegra, because the Mountain Lake-based Computer
upfront costs of buying into soft- Horizons, and then in 2002 the
ware-as-service are a lot less than a company was purchased with private equity. A little over a year ago
software purchase.
Restructure your product of- it was sold to IBM. Allegra also
ferings. “Instead of giving some- founded the Software Association
one the full functionality of a prod- of New Jersey, which was eventuuct up front,” says Allegra, “com- ally folded into the New Jersey
panies may restructure it so it is Technology Council.
In 2001 Allegra joined the Edimore of an entry-level product,
with less functionality and lower son Venture Fund, which invests in
cost.” This way, even if a company expansion-stage companies that
can’t afford to purchase the full have $5 to $20 million in revenue.
product now, it becomes your cus- These companies have built prod-
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coming teleclasses cost $19 each).
Then the center surveyed businesses in its database and found an
overwhelming interest in classes
they did not have to drive to, and
were available morning and night.
The SBDC has released its first
list of the teleclasses, which include topics such as “Writing Creative Copy That Sells,” “E-mail
Marketing,” “Landlording 101,”
and “Mistakes to Avoid When
Building your Website,” among
several more. Each is targeted to
the small business owner and is offered on multiple dates and at varying times — 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 7 p.m.,
and 8 p.m. Allen says the SBDC
survey showed favor for this approach, and so far, the center has
set a schedule of about a course a
Redrafting Lines:
week, through June. The schedule
Joe Allegra says the
can be viewed at the SBDC website.
new business enviSilverman’s class will likely be
ronment will involve
what the SBDC is targeting — a
breaking up the tradismaller group of varied business
tional packaging of
owners who will be able to learn
better in a smaller “classroom” enservices into more
vironment. And the class will proflexible components.
ceed the way most in the series will
— after registering students will
get a toll-free phone number, a pass
ucts, have some customers, and are code, and the course materials delooking to expand their sales and livered to their inboxes.
A Bayonne native, Silverman
marketing. Edison Venture Fund
helps them to professionalize and graduated magna cum laude from
build national and international Jersey City State College with a desales and marketing organizations. gree in English education. She had
The fund has been in business for taught high school in Jersey City,
22 years and has made over 160 in- then picked up real estate during
vestments, 40 of them in New Jer- her husband’s transfers as a plant
sey.
—Michele Alperin manager for a national industrial
laundry company. She got into
marketing after serving as an editor
for the sociology and political science publishing company Transaction, housed at Rutgers University.
Moving to real estate, Silverman did well until one of her early
his is Ellen Silverman’s recessions took half her clients out
fourth recession. A 30-year veteran of business. She then formed the
of marketing and economic mood Pluckemin-based Ellen Silverman
swings, Silverman has not just seen Associates (www.esamarketing.
biz), where she still does marketing
it all, she has learned from it.
The big lesson: You can cut your 30 years later and teaches many
advertising, but you can’t cut the business and marketing courses.
marketing. If you disappear entireStaying visible. Do some netly from the radar when times are working. “Get out and go to a
tough, you are that far behind your meeting,” Silverman says. A criticompetitors who bothered to stay cal mistake business owners make
visible in choppy seas.
in tough times is shrinking into the
In any recession, Silverman
woodwork until
says, the first
things get betthing
small
ter.
Don’t tell people that
businesses
But
now
want to do is
more than ever,
you fix leaks. Explain
gut their advershe says, busito them why not calltising budgets.
ness
owners
ing you to fix it will
And for some
need to conbusinesses,
nect, with other
cost them dearly.
maybe adverbusiness owntising in the paers as well as
per or on the radio isn’t really nec- with their clients. Keeping in touch
essary. But even if that’s true, keep- with new and longtime customers
ing your business in the minds of helps remind them you exist. And it
customers, current and future, is gives you a chance to try some secabout a more personal approach.
ond-tier networking.
Silverman will share such
Getting clients to sell you.
knowledge when she teaches “Ac- When you reach out to customers,
centuate the Positive in a Negative Silverman says, “turn them into
Market,” one of the first in a series sales people.” Don’t ask them for
of teleclasses through the Small referrals that you then have to call
Business Development Center at yourself, ask them (as a favor) to
the College of New Jersey on forward your name and company
Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m. to a couple of their own associates
Cost: $19. Register at www.sbdc- through E-mail. You might just get
nj.com or call 609-771-2947.
a call from someone who needs
The teleclass series is a new ini- you to fix their problem.
tiative for the SBDC, says director
Don’t list your services, exLorraine Allen. The idea, she
plain
why they’re needed. When
says, began last year when her office looked at ways to expand the it comes to problems, every cusreach and audience for small busi- tomer has them. But whether you
ness courses. “For people today, are the one they call to help them
there is so much to choose from through it depends on the message
and there is no time,” Allen says. you send.
If you do advertise, use your
Small business owners want to
take courses and want to get new space as a way to position yourself
ideas, but it is becoming increas- in your prospect’s eye. Say you’re
ingly tough for many owners to get a roofer. Should you put little busiclassrooms in set places at set ness card adds on a ganged-ad page
with 20 other roofers who all fix
times.
So the SBDC put together the leaks? Absolutely not. Don’t tell
idea to launch a series of telephone people you fix leaks — “What
seminars that take about an hour roofer doesn’t fix leaks?” — make
and are highly affordable (all the them realize that a minor leak to-
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day will get to be an expensive leak
tomorrow if they don’t call you
now. You must position yourself as
the best solution to the problem,
and position your cost as a wise investment.
Link up. Social networking is
an obvious thing businesses should
be doing. But not all of them are.
Silverman says all business owners
need to get onto LinkedIn, or other
networking pages and interconnect
with clients. “If you give,” she
says, “you will get.”
Another obvious thing that
some businesses still overlook: A
website. Even if it is just a page or
two, and even if it is inexpensive,
Silverman says, get a website and
make sure people know it exists.
“What good is a website nobody
goes to.”
Rethink the package deal. Retail owners especially tend to do
some drastic things in down
economies. Namely, they start
slashing prices.
A better move, says Silverman,
is to reconsider your merchandise.
One client of hers has a line of custom products with a higher-end
price. Rather than cut the sale
price, Silverman says her client has
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Friday, January 23
When Serendipity
Pays Off Big Time
I
n l992 a fortunate group of
voluntary male subjects in a Welsh
village participating in a test for
angina medicine encountered a
beneficial surprise for themselves
and their wives. An angina medication would have been profitable,
but the accidentally resulting Viagra — well, don’t you wish you had
a big piece of that action.
Likewise, Avon’s Skin-So-Soft
was headed for a tidy little profit as
a moisturizing lotion before it was
discovering that Skin-So-Soft was
the most effective non-DEET (carcinogenic) mosquito repellent in
existence. Every year 3 million
people die of malaria and 700 million are afflicted with mosquitoborne diseases. The cream became
a benefit both for humankind and
company, beyond everyone’s
wildest expectations.
Over at Dynamis Therapeutics
(www.dynamis-therapeutics.com)
in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, it appears serendipity may have struck
again. The process of searching for
a diabetes treatment appears to
have to led to a very profitable Meg
21 skin cream that might have
pleased even Ponce De Leon. At
the Bioscience Collaborative’s upcoming seminar, “The Intersection
of Diabetes and Dermis,” biochemist Alice Marcy, Dynamis
Therapeutics’ scientific operating
officer, will explain how this fortune befell and how the fight
against diabetesgoes. This seminar
will be held on Friday, January 23,
at 11 a.m. at the Economic Development Authority Commercialization Center, North Brunswick.
Cost: $20. Visit www.biosciencecollaborative.com.
Marcy’s involvement with human healing was nurtured early on.
The daughter of a physician father
and nurse mother, Marcy grew up
in Wayne and Westfield, and attended Rutgers, earning her bachelor’s in zoology. She then earned
her doctorate in biochemistry at
Johns Hopkins University and a
postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard. Returning to New Jersey,
Marcy took a position with Merck
& Co. evaluating various license
agreements.
Marcy had heard of Dynamis
Therapeutics first in 1997, when
Philadelphia’s Fox Chase Cancer
Center partnered with the Ben
Franklin Technology Center to
form the company. Their mission
was to develop pharmaceuticals
for the treatment of various diabetes complications. Marcy herself
joined the firm four years ago to
trace the diabetes destruction at a
molecular level. Then, in 2006, researchers discovered Meg 21 — a
combination of natural amino
acids and a sugar substitute that
had a visible effects on wrinkles
and skin aging.
The company quickly formed its
Dynamis Skin Science Division
A search for a diabetes cure might just
unlock the secret of
reversing the physical signs of aging.
and marketed the wonder cream
Meg 21. Today hundreds of stores
and spas throughout 40 states are
selling the face treatment, advanced formula, and hand treatment. Spas and health centers are
selling this over-the counter treatment to clients. Dynamis is profiting very well, thank you, and
meanwhile helping to fund the diabetes research going on at Fox
Chase.
“What we’ve got around here at
Dynamis,” laughs Marcy, “is a
bunch of very young-looking researchers all working on diabetes
treatments.”
Diabetes research. While the
distance between discovery sought
vs. the discovery found may seem
great, the skin as the body’s largest
organ provides a lot of latitude, explains Marcy. Diabetes results
from abnormal glucose levels in
the blood. This may be caused by
the body’s inability to create glucose-controlling insulin or the an
excessive intake of glucose
through food. Either way several
metabolic disorders may occur, including excessive urination, poor
circulation, blindness, inability to
blood clot, and several skin problems.
Seeking to trace the disease
from its source, Dynamis scientists
examined reactions from the
body’s initial intake of sugar. Any
ingested sugars that turn to glucose
in your body, will naturally hit the
JANUARY 21, 2009
blood stream and by a cross-linking method called “glycation,” attach to certain proteins. This naturally occurring process takes place
in the dermis — that secondary layer of skin beneath the outer epidermis, which is also home to hair follicles and the like.
As this bonding of proteins and
sugars takes place, a toxic molecule 3DG (3-deoxyglucosone) is
produced. This vicious little molecule inflames the skin and all it
touches. It literally oxidizes the
lipids, essential in all cells, and
triggers the host of diabetes symptoms. Marcy and her team sought
to mediate this reaction by finding
an enzyme that would inhibit its
creation. On the way, they stumbled over Meg 21.
Sugar to skin. Aging is simply
nature’s way of letting you fall
apart. Even if you only eat tofu and
shredded cardboard, your body
will take in some glucose and some
amounts of glycation will occur.
When it does 3DG works its destructive magic on the dermis as
well. Even without diabetic levels
of glucose, 3DG attacks the two
basic elements of the dermis: collagen and elasticum, making them
stiff and brittle. Skin begins to sag,
crack, and with time you no longer
resemble your high school prom
picture.
By applying Meg 21’s active,
trademarked ingredient Supplamine, the enzymatic production
of 3DG becomes inhibited.
Through a complex reaction, 3DG
becomes encased in this amino
sugar and amino acid compound
and is thus nullified.
Once again, chemistry comes to
the rescue of will power, and vanity energizes true research. With
enough Meg 21 treatments, Americans can keep on shoveling down
the refined sugar and still look
young. And if we all purchase
enough of the cream, we might
even fund a way to repair the damage this sugar does to our bodies.
As a modest proposal, of course,
we might practice some culinary
restraint and eschew our youth
fetish.
Either way, Meg 21 provides a
powerful reason to keep on funding low-profit research. You just
never know.
— Bart Jackson
Saturday, January 24
How To
Launch a Business
N
JIT will host an all-day, four
workshop event for first-time entrepreneurs on Saturday, January
24, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the
NJIT Campus Center in Newark.
Cost: $30. Call 973-596-3443 or Email [email protected].
The free, featuring opportunities for questions and networking,
kicks off with “I Have an Idea,
Now What?” at 10 a.m. The lecture
will be led by Jerry Creighton,
executive director of the NJIT Enterprise Development Center
(www.njit-edc.org).
A closer look at legal and intellectual property considerations follows at 10:30 a.m. with NJIT alumnus Ron Panitch, a partner in
Philadelphia-based law firm Panitch, Schwarze, Belisario & Nadel
(www.panitchlaw.com).
How and where to find funding
on the state, federal, and private
levels is the focus of a talk at 11
a.m. by Steve Royster of the state
Economic Development Authority
(www.nj.gov/njbusiness).
Judith Sheft, associate vice
president of technology development at NJIT, wraps up the morning sessions at 11:30 a.m. with a
discussion on available resources
at NJIT to assist a budding entrepreneur.
Deciphering Public Transit
important contact and web inforK
eep Middlesex Moving mation. The Reader is also availInc., the non profit transporta- able in Spanish.
tion management association for
Middlesex County, has released
the Transit Schedule Reader, a
laminated page providing detailed information on how to
navigate NJ Transit train schedules and Middlesex County bus
schedules.
Numbered instructions correspond with actual train and bus
schedules and maps, and contain
The afternoon session includes a
candid one-hour panel discussion
starting at 12:30 p.m. with Marge
Perry, of MZM Construction
(www.mzmcc.com) of Newark.
Informal networking follows at
1:30 p.m.
The event is coordinated by the
NJIT Alumni Club. A continental
breakfast and box lunch will be
available.
Monday, January 26
Community Works
I
n case you have not noticed,
it’s bleak out there. Money that
flowed freely a decade ago is now
in short supply, and cutbacks are
happening everywhere. Even in
non-profits.
Unfortunately, says Anne
Seltzer, of the Great Road-based
consulting firm Anne Seltzer Development Strategies, non-profits
are cutting back in the one area
they need now more than ever:
fundraising.
“No non-profits can afford to
stop fundraising now,” Seltzer
says. It is a message she hopes to
bring across when she hosts “Raising Money In Difficult Times,” one
of 20 workshops that make up the
12th Annual Princeton Community
Works event on Monday, January
26, at 5 p.m. at the Frist Center.
Cost: $29. Register at www.princetoncommunityworks.org, or call
609-924-8652.
The funny thing is, Seltzer says,
there’s no reason for non-profits to
ease up. “If you look at giving over
the last 40 years,” she says, “giving
to philanthropies in tough times is
not as bad as you would think.”
Even in some of the worst downturns in the last half-century, she
says, most donations have stayed
relatively level. At worst they have
dipped 6 percent. But for organizations with missions deemed more
vital to people — such as food shelters — donations often go up in bad
economies.
Typically the hardest hit, Seltzer
says, are the arts and education organizations. Particularly the latter,
she theorizes, because given that
Princeton is a seat of education,
business in that field tends to be run
very professionally already.
A marked change in giving by
individuals, Seltzer says, is that
now more than even a few years
ago people are informed and passionate about specific causes, and
give readily to those they believe
in. Another noticeable change in
fundraising is a more flexible
structure. Fast fading are the days
when organizations would ask for
specific dollar amounts to be paid
in a specific time frame, on a
schedule. “Non-profits today just
want to keep people giving.”
Building
Relationships.
Whether courting individuals or
companies, however, the main avenue for success in non-profit
fundraising, says Seltzer, will be to
keep in touch personally. “It’s all
about personal relationships,” she
says.
“Many assume that reading a
transit simple is a simple task.
But for the first time user,or for
someone who uses mass transit
infrequently, just unfolding a
schedule may be daunting,” said
Bill Neary, executive director at
KMM.
For more information, call
732-745-4465, or E-mail [email protected].
And while now is not the time to
skimp on fundraising efforts,
Seltzer suggests non-profits look at
their methods wisely. The best
donors to contact are those with
whom an organization has an existing relationship. One in which people have actually met, not just
talked over the phone. All donors
are important, she says, but some
are more likely to give.
Speaking of skimping. Nonprofits are an idealistic enterprise.
They are not forged on dreams of
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Community Works 2009
vice of Greater Mercer County
C
ommunity Works returns (www.jfcsonline.org);
for its 12th annual day of work-
Wills & Estate Planning
Mary Ann Pidgeon
Pidgeon & Pidgeon, PC
Attorney, LLM in Taxation
600 Alexander Road
Princeton
609-520-1010
www.pidgeonlaw.com
shops and seminars for nonprofits on Monday, January 26,
at 5 p.m. at the Frist Center. Cost:
$29. Register at www.princetoncommunityworks.org, or call
609-924-8652.
The workshops include:
“Major Gifts: The Art of the
Ask, by Ralph Serpe, vice-president of the Princeton Area
Community
Foundation
(www.pacf.org);
“Fundraising = Friendraising:
Casting Your Net,” by Becky
Dembo, executive director of
Partnership in Philanthropy
(www.pipnj.org);
“The Profit Within: Bringing
the For-Profit Model to NonProfits,” by business strategy
consultant Blanche Brann;
“From the Grantmaker’s Perspective: What’s Happening,”
by Nancy Kieling, executive director of the Princeton Area
Community Foundation;
“Success Tips for Finding and
Keeping Top-Quality Motivated
Volunteers,” by Robin Fogel,
president ot Robin Fogel & Associates (www.coachrobinfogel.
com);
“Creating Meaningful Opportunities for Today’s Volunteer,” by Adrienne Rubin, executive director of Hands On
Helpers
(www.handsonhelpers.org);
“Roles and Responsibilities
of Board Members,” by Linda
Meisel, executive director of
Jewish Family & Children’s Ser-
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avarice, they are formed on devotion to a cause. Consequently, the
people who form them often do not
want to admit to the simple truth
that without enough money, the
best ideas cannot get off the
ground.
“If you ask a non-profit,”
Seltzer says, “they will tell you it’s
all about the program. They would
rather not cut back on their programs.”
For enterprises in which capitalism and bottom line projections
sound gauche, the idea of raising
cash is too often seen as a necessary evil, Seltzer says. But this is a
terrible attitude. “I think it’s a privilege,” she says. Something that
brings the message to people and
encourages selflessness and philanthropy. But not everyone
agrees, and so non-profits cut back
on this vital activity because they
find it distasteful.
In a related vein, Seltzer says
new non-profits should guard
against being too ambitious. Sticking to the core mission is as vital
for non-profits as it is for any corporation. The temptation to expand
a presence or a product line is great
when times are good, but it is wiser
to resist and keep focused.
Not newer, better. From grant
writers to pounding the pavement,
the fundamentals of fundraising do
not change in troubled times. They
simply must get better. Grant proposals need good, clear writing
from articulate writers able to spell
out an organization’s mission.
Though donations tend to not decrease in downturns, Seltzer says it
is nonetheless pivotal to success to
make the best pitch you can.
Seltzer, a 1964 graduate of the
College or Worcester, earned her
bachelor’s in classics and started
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out teaching Latin and Greek at
Northwestern, where she earned
her master’s in 1969. Ten years later she moved to New Jersey when
her husband, Mitch, formed the
Seltzer Daley healthcare consulting firm (now Seltzer Rees Company, www.seltzerrees.com).
Seltzer taught for several years
at Hightstown’s Peddie School
(www.peddie.org), heading the
English department. In 1993, when
she was director of development at
the school, Seltzer was on hand to
receive a $100 million endowment
from alumnus and journalism legend Walter Annenberg. Calling the
donation “a transforming gift,”
Seltzer says “I figured I’d stay in
development.”
— Scott Morgan
Business Meetings
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4 p.m.: RWJ, “Economic Solutions
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Wellness Center, Quakerbridge
Road. 609-586-6365.
8 p.m.: NJ SBDC, “The Rules of
Networking,” $19. Register at
www.sbdcnj.com. Telecourse.
609-771-2947.
Thursday, January 22
7 a.m.: DBA Networking Group,
weekly networking breakfast,
free. Americana Diner, East
Windsor. 800-985-1121.
11:30 a.m.: Mercer Chamber,
“State of the County” address,
Brian Hughes, Mercer County Executive, $60. Sovereign Bank
Arena, Trenton. 609-689-9960.
4 p.m.: NJ Technology Council,
“Growth Strategies in Challenging
Times,” Laura Hills, Cyber Shift,
$60. NJ Commercialization Center, New Brunswick. 732-2148500.
5 p.m.: BioNJ, Annual dinner and
awards ceremony, featuring Frederick Frank, Barclays Capital,
$180. East Brunswick Hilton. 609890-3185.
5:15 p.m.: State Bar Foundation,
“So Your School Is Gambling
Free? Don’t Bet On It,” $20, refundable. NJ Law Center, New
Brunswick. 800-FREE-LAW.
6 p.m.: NJAWBO, Annual Chapter
Awards dinner, $45. Navoo Grill,
Fair Haven. 732-245-7624.
7 p.m.: NJ SBDC, “Accentuate the
Positive in a Negative Market,”
$19. Register at ww.sbdcnj.com.
Telecourse. 609-771-2947.
Friday, January 23
10:30 a.m.: Professional Services
Group, “Career Beacon Workshop and Gust Speaker,” featuring Office of Economic Development, free. One Stop Career Center, Yard Avenue, Trenton. 609292-7535.
11 a.m.: BioScience Collaborative,
“The Intersection of Diabetes and
Dermis,” Alice Marcy, Dynamis
Therapeutics, $20. Commercialization Center, New Brunswick,
[email protected]
m. 609-203-6852.
6 p.m.: Hunterdon Chamber, annual meeting and dinner dance,
$90. Grand Colonial Hotel, Perryville. 908-735-5955.
Saturday, January 24
9:30 a.m.: NJIT, “How to Launch A
Business” workshops, $30. Enterprise Development Center,
Newark, [email protected]. 973596-3443.
Monday, January 26
9 a.m.: SkillPath Seminars, “How
to Excel at Managing and Supervising People,” $269. Holiday Inn.
800-873-7545.
10 a.m.: Professional Services
Group, weekly orientation and
networking for job seekers, free.
One Stop Career Center, Yard Avenue, Trenton. 609-292-7535.
5 p.m.: Community Works, for volunteers and non-profit agencies,$29. Frist Campus Center,
[email protected]. 609-9248652.
6 p.m.: Middlesex Chamber,
“Chocolate’s Very Best” fundraiser, chocolate and wine, $75.
Crowne Plaza, Monroe. .
7 p.m.: NJ SBDC, “Accentuate the
Positive in a Negative Market,”
$19. Register at ww.sbdcnj.com.
Telecourse. 609-771-2947.
Tuesday, January 27
8:30 a.m.: The Prospect Finder,
“Propel Your Business to New
Heights,” $149. Rutgers Club
New Brunswick. 641-715-3900.
7:30 p.m.: JobSeekers, networking, free. Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. 609-924-2277.
Wednesday, January 28
7 a.m.: BNI-Thunder, weekly
breakfast meeting, free. McCaffery’s, West Windsor. 609-5299330.
8 a.m.: SkillPath Seminars, “Communicating with Professionalism,”
$269. Holiday Inn, 100 Independence Way. 800-873-7545.
8 a.m.: Dale Carnegie Institute,
“High-Impact Presentations,” twoday seminar, $1,800. 243 Route
130, Bordentown. 609-324-9200.
9:30 a.m.: Middlesex Chamber,
“Taxes Made Simple,” Edward
Garber, $35. Chamber offices,
New Brunswick. 732-745-8090.
3 p.m.: NJIT, “Sustainability for Urban Areas,” Ralph Izzo, PSE&G,
free. Campus Center, Newark,
[email protected]. 973-596-3443.
6 p.m.: NJ SBDC, “For Contractors Only - Home Improvement,”
free. Lawrence Library. 609-7712947.
Thursday, January 29
7 a.m.: DBA Networking Group,
weekly networking breakfast,
free. X Americana Diner, East
Windsor. 800-985-1121.
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It’s Got a Swedish Vampire Movie to Beat ‘Twilight’
Let’s Go to the Movies
The New Jersey Film Festival’s
spring series at Rutgers opens on
Thursday, January 22, with ‘HappyGo-Lucky,’ above left. Organizer Al
Nigrin says ‘Let the Right One In,’
above, is a Swedish vampire movie
that rivals ‘Twilight.’
Other screenings include ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ left; ‘Changeling,’ starring Angelina Jolie; the Super 8 and digital video
festival; and more. Several screenings
are followed by a Q&A with the film’s
director. For a complete schedule visit
www.njfilmfest.com.
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January 21
March 11. Gallery hours are Monday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.;
Tuesday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8
p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to
noon. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Drama
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Grapes, Incognito
Wine Tasting, CoolVines, 344
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0039. www.coolvines.com.
“I’m Sorry. I’ve Never Heard of
That,” a tasting of unusual grape
varietals. 5 to 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Bucks County Community College, Hicks Art Center
Gallery, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA, 215-504-8531. www.bucks.edu/gallery. First day of
“Music as Muse,” an exhibit featuring visual art inspired by jazz
and classical music. Opening reception on Wednesday, February
4, from 5 to 7 p.m. On view to
Mrs. Warren’s Profession, McCarter Theater at the Berlind,
91 University Place, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. George
Bernard Shaw’s classic about
sex, money, and morality. $15 to
$49. Post performance discussions. 7:30 p.m.
Sight Unseen, George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. $28 to $66. 8
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 at 7:40
p.m. $7. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
Cheese Class, Bon Appetit,
Princeton Shopping Center, 609924-7755. www.bonappetitfinefoods.com. “Did You Say
Cheese?” includes general information about cheese. BYOB.
Register. $50. 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
The Sadhana of Sound, In Balance Center for Living, 230
South Branch Road, Hillsborough, 908-369-4949. www.inbalancecenter.com. “Singing from
Your Soul” workshop. $20. 5:30
p.m.
Smoking Cessation and Weight
Loss Workshops, Hypnosis
Counseling Center, Middlesex
College, Edison, 908-996-3311.
www.hypnosisnj.com. Barry Wolfson presents workshops including
hypnotic exercises and discus-
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sion. Optional audio tape or CD
available. Register. $40 each.
6:30 p.m.
Community Options for Seniors
and Caregivers, Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. Jill Jaclin, Secure
at Home; Hilary Murray, Buckingham Place Assisted Living and
Adult Day Services; and Susan
Hoskins, Princeton Senior Resource Center, discuss adult day
programs, home health care,
housing options, and geriatric
care management. 7 p.m.
For Parents
Summer Trip and Program Fair,
Princeton High School, 151
Moore Street, 609-497-3434.
www.tipsontripsandcamps.com.
Fair for teens and their parents
featuring more than 35 summer
programs for teens. Nurit Zachter,
a consultant with Tips on Trips
JANUARY 21, 2009
and Camps, offers a consulting
service for overnight camps for
ages 8 to 18. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.
Programs include study on a college campus, travel, community
service, cultural exchange programs, teen tours, wilderness expeditions, or outdoor adventure
activities.
Lectures
Economic Solutions Conference, Mercer Chamber, RWJ
Health and Wellness Center,
3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-586-6365. www.mercerchamber.org. Jason Novak, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Caren Franzini, NJ Economic Development Authority;
Peter Reczek, NJ Commission on
Science and Technology; and
David Stafford, the Mercadien
Group. Register. $45. 4 p.m.
Community Resources for Older
Adults and Caregivers, Princeton Senior Resource Center,
Princeton Public Library, 609-9247108. Susan Hoskins, Princeton
Senior Resource Center; Hilary
Murray, Buckingham Place; and
Carol Oliveri, Healthcare Ministry
of Princeton discuss community
resources including classes and
seminars. Free. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
Showcase, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton,
609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15-minute back to
back sets. Produced by Lance
Reichert of qbdigital.com. To sign
up E-mail [email protected]. 6 to 11 p.m.
MJSA, Crown of India, 660
Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,
609-275-5707. Jazz, pop, and
techno. 7 to 9 p.m.
David Aaron, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. saltcreekgrille.com. 7 p.m.
Guitar Series: Arlon Bennett,
Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
Songwriter who tells a story after
early influences of Harry Chapin,
James Taylor, and Don McLean.
7:30 p.m.
Flamenco Dancing, Malaga
Restaurant, 511 Lalor Street,
Hamilton, 609-396-8878. www.malagarestaurant.com. Julia and
Carlos Lopez perform. Spanish
and Portuguese cuisine. Register.
$12 cover. 8 p.m.
The King of Nowhere, John &
Peter’s, 96 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
Schools
Open House, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 1128
Great Road, Princeton, 609-9248143. www.princetonacademy.org. Register. 9 a.m.
For Seniors
Caregiver Support Group, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County,
Thursday
January 22
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Start a
Great Collaboration
Artists Potluck, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 609-924-8777.
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
Open to all creative people involved in the arts. Bring a drink
and a dish to share for approximately six to eight people. “The
event is a great chance to meet
the artist community in the area
and begin new friendships and
collaborations,” says Michael
LaRiccia, the program coordinator for the group. Register. 6 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Brodsky Center for
Innovative Editions, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick,
732-932-2222. www.brodskycenter.org. “Innovative Editions,”
North Brunswick High School National Art Honor Society, and the
National Collegiate Handmade
Paper Art Exhibition. Reception
from 5 to 7 p.m. Artist talks from 3
to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.
Drama
$49. Pride night party. 7:30 p.m.
www.gsponline.org. Preview performance. $28 to $66. 8 p.m.
Film
New Jersey Film Festival, Ruth
Adams 001, 131 George Street,
www.njfilmfest.com. “Eadweard
Muybridge, Zoopraxographer,”
1975; “Before the Nickelodeon,”
1982; and “Edison Films,” 1890s
and early 1900s. $10. 7:30 p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
13
8th,
Chinese New Year Blowout: Divine Performing
Arts presents a Chinese New Year Spectacular,
with dozens of dancers, singers, and musicians, on
Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 25, at the
State Theater in New Brunswick. 732-246-7469.
Bear Creek Assisted Living, 291
Village Road East, West Windsor,
609-987-8100. www.jfcsonline.org. “Don’t Put Your Life on Hold:
Strategies and Tips to Help You
Live Your Life While Supporting
Your Loved One with Dementia.”
Free. 6:30 p.m.
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Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. $10.
9 p.m.
Good Causes
Book Sale, Ewing Library, 61
Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Earthquake, The Stress Factory,
90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $35 to $37. 8 p.m.
Like eating at “Nonna’s” house!
Health & Wellness
Spanda Yoga, Volition Wellness
Solutions, 842 State Road,
Princeton, 609-688-8300. www.volitionwellness.com. Register.
$20. 10 a.m.
Eat Right and Live Smart, Gentle
Healing Wellness Spa, Cranbury, 609-750-8559. www.gentlehealingspa.com. Workshop led by
Sandra Hoedemaker, a holistic
health counselor. Register. Register. 7 to 9 p.m.
Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington Titusville Road, Hopewell,
609-737-2610. “The Trouble with
Dairy” focuses on how dairy products affect people. Register. Free.
7 p.m.
R Musicians
Lectures
55-Plus, Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-7372001. www.princetonol.com.
“How the Primate Brain Controls
Movement” presented by Michael
Graziano, Princeton University.
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January 22
The Finest Cuisine of Spain and Portugal
Integral Yoga Institute of Princeton, 613 Ridge Road, Monmouth
Junction, 732-274-2410. www.integralyogaprinceton.org. “How
to Find Your Life’s Path” presented by Jayadeva, director of the
center. Register. $25. 7:30 to
9:15 p.m.
Live Music
Celebrate New
Year’s with Us!
Flamenco Dancing featuring Julia & Carlos Lopez
1st & 3rd Wednesdays. Reservations required.
Lunch
- Spanish & Portuguese Buffet
All-You-Can-Eat - $12.95/person
Dinner & Lunch Packages Available for Any Size Parties
Starting at $18.95/person
Regular Menu available • Call for Information
511 Lalor Street, Hamilton Township 609-396-8878
Major credit cards accepted • Open 7 Days A Week
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Largest selections Lunch and Dinner menu
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609-275-5707. Jazz, pop, and
techno. 7 to 9 p.m.
Marc Muller, Salt Creek Grille,
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
p.m.
Guitar Series: Stanley Alexandrowicz, Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street, 609924-8822. Classical guitar concert features music spanning four
centuries. A New Jersey native
and a graduate of Manhattan
School of Music, Alexandrowicz is
a scholar and specialist in 19th
century music. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Singer Songwriter Showcase,
Triumph Brewing Company,
138 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. Hosted by Frank
Thewes. Featuring Jacksonbased singer-songwriter Karen
Updike. 9 p.m.
Schools
Open House, Chapin School,
4101 Princeton Pike, Princeton,
609-986-1702. www.chapinschool.org. Grades K to 8. 9 to 11
a.m.
Socials
Artists Potluck, Arts Council of
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
Open to all creative people involved in the arts. Bring a drink
and a dish to share for approximately 6 to 8 people. “The event
is a great chance to meet the
artist community in the area and
begin new friendships and collaborations,” says Michael LaRiccia,
the program coordinator for the
group. Register. 6 p.m.
Friday
January 23
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Raise Your Wine Smarts
Oenological Adventure, Stage
Left, 5 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-828-4444. www.stageleft.com. Wine course, “Burgundy, Chardonnay, and Pinot
Noir.” Register. $100. Optional after-class dinner, $79. 7 p.m.
Classical Music
Winter Songs III, Capital Singers
of Trenton, St. Ann Church, 357
Dorrance Street, Bristol, PA, 609-
Flight 153 Departing Now: Join naturalists from
the New Jersey Audubon Society on a treasure
hunt for some of the less-common winter visitors
to the area, such as the white-crowned sparrow,
above, on Saturday, January 24, at Duke Farms.
Register at 908-722-3700.
620-0160. www.capitalsingers.org. Concert with the Trenton
Community Singers. Richard M.
Loatman conducts. Timothy
Brown, Richard Ludlum, and
Louis Goldberg accompany.
Free-will donation. 7:30 p.m.
The Bach-Collegium Stuttgart,
Centurion Ministries, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-921-9334. www.centurionministries.org. Celebrate
William Schiede’s 95th birthday
with an all-Bach program presented by the Bach Collegium Stuttgart, conducted by Mark Laycock.
Soloists include Mariam Nazarian,
a pianist from Plainsboro and a
protege of Scheide, and Kristof
Barati on violin. Vocalists include
Layla Claire, soprano; Emily Langford Johnson, mezzo-soprano;
Scott Ramsay, tenor; and Daniel
Mobbs, baritone. $35. 8 p.m.
Budapest Festival Orchestra,
State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-2467469. www.StateTheatreNJ.org.
Ivan Fischer conducts music of
Liszt, Brahms, and De Sarasate.
$30 to $75. Pre-performance insight for ticket holders at 7 p.m. 8
p.m. See story page 24.
Folk Music
Anne Hills and Chuck E. Costa,
Folk Project, Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy
Heights Road, Morristown, 973335-9489. www.folkproject.org.
$7. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Night & Day, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery Upper
Middle School, 375 Burnt Hill
Road, Skillman, 609-240-4693.
www.sourlandhills.org. Cabaret of
Broadway songs and scenes performed by area singers, dancers,
and actors. The 59-member cast
ranges in age from 10 to 60. $8.
7:30 p.m.
East Village Opera Company,
Raritan Valley Community College, Route 28, North Branch,
908-725-3420. www.rvccarts.-
edu. The band, known for reinventing classical music arias into
rock music, presents a program
of Puccini and Bizet. $27 and
$32. 8 p.m.
World Music
Travel the Light, Integral Yoga
Institute of Princeton, 613
Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction,
732-274-2410. www.integralyogaprinceton.org. Kirtan with
SirOm Singh and Anahat. $15. 7
to 9 p.m.
Drama
Orson’s Shadow, Actors’ NET,
635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, 215-295-3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Drama by
Austin Pendleton. $20. Through
February 8. 8 p.m.
www.gsponline.org. Opening
night performance of Donald Margulies’ drama about a modern art
painter dabbles in controversial
themes of race and religion. Cast
members include Matthew Arkin,
Heidi Armbruster, Christopher
Curry, and Kathleen McNenny.
Directed by David Saint. Opening
night. $28 to $66. 8 p.m.
$49. After hours party available. 8
p.m.
Don’t Dress for Dinner, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
609-466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Comedy by Marc
Camoletti featuring Barry Abramowitz of Lawrenceville, Susan
Fowler of Newtown, Adina Petro
of Hamilton, Michael Iacovelli of
Burlington, and Alison Quarioli of
Flemington. $27.50 to $29.50 includes dessert. 8 p.m.
Plaza Suite, Somerset Valley
Players, Amwell Road, Hillsbor-
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iPod Alert: Jacksonbased Karen Updike
(profiled in U.S. 1 on
January 7)
performs on January
22 at the songwriter
showcase at Triumph
Brewery, 138 Nassau
Street. 609-924-7855.
ough, 908-369-7469. www.svptheatre.org. Comedy. $14. 8 p.m.
Film
New Jersey Film Festival, Scott
Hall 123, College Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-932-8482. www.njfilmfest.com. “Happy-GoLucky,” 2008; and “I.O.U.S.A,”
2008. $10. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
Good Causes
Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. 9 a.m.
Comedy Clubs
Vic Dibitetto, Steve Lazarus, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Reservation. $17.50. 8 p.m.
90 Church Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $35 to $37. 8
p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Legendary Wid, Andy Nolan,
Kevin Quigg, and Martha Gay,
Bucks County Comedy
Cabaret, 625 North Main Street,
Doylestown, 215-345-5653.
www.comedycabaret.com. $20. 9
p.m.
Faith
Women’s Retreat, Har Sinai
Temple, Marriott Hotel, College
Road, Plainsboro, 609-730-8100.
www.harsinai.org. Two-day retreat includes community service
activity, Israeli dancing, services,
meals, yoga, and networking.
Through Saturday, January 24, at
3:30 p.m. $209 to $259 with hotel,
meals, and activities. $50, Friday
only; $140, Saturday only. Register. 6 p.m.
Kid’s Quest, Princeton Presbyterian Church, 545 Meadow
Road, West Windsor, 609-9871166. www.princetonpresbyterian.org. For pre-K to
fourth grade. Register. 6:30 to 8
p.m.
Science Cafe, Princeton Senior
Resource Center, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street,
609-924-7108. “The Chemistry of
Carbon Dioxide” presented by Bill
Barnard, a research chemist.
Register. Free. 2 p.m.
Performing Arts Lecture Series,
West Windsor Senior Center,
Clarksville Road, 609-799-9068.
Ted Otten and Michael Kownacky, radio hosts and professors
at Mercer College, present discussion and recordings of Nelson
Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.
Register. Free. 2 p.m.
Live Music
Just the Melody, Bridgeway Senior Healthcare, Avalon Assisted
Living, 393 Amwell Road, Hillsborough, 908-874-7200. Melodie
Somers, an actress, vocalist, and
dancer, entertains. Cocktails.
Register. 2 p.m.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. Solo
jazz guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Arturo Romay, Sotto 128
Restaurant and Lounge, 128
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-7555. www.sotto128.com.
Spanish guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
609-275-5707. Jazz, pop, and
techno. 7 to 9 p.m.
Sue Giles, Salt Creek Grille, One
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200.
www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 p.m.
Larry Kirwin’s Rock and Read
Performance, The Record Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. www.therecord-collector.com. Readings
from “Green Suede Shoes,” his
autobiography; highlights of Black
47 songs, and readings from “Liv-
Food & Dining
Keenagers, West Windsor Senior Center, Clarksville Road,
609-799-9068. Lunch. Register.
$2.50. 1 p.m.
Scrabble
Classics Used and Rare Books,
117 South Warren Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All skill levels
welcome. 6:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Chinese New Year Party, Princeton Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson Center,
Princeton, 609-924-7108. Celebrate the Year of the Ox with refreshments and entertainment by
students from the YingHua Day
School, a bilingual school in Lawrenceville. Register. Free. Transportation available. 10:30 a.m.
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Lectures
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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.
Chinese • Japanese • Thai
Health & Wellness
Rumplestiltskin, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community
College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $10. 7 p.m.
Cirque Eloize in Nebbia, McCarter Theater, 91 University
Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. European circus
with theater, dance, and acrobats.
$35 to $48. 7:30 p.m.
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Oenological Adventure, Stage
Left, 5 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-828-4444. www.stageleft.com. Wine course, “Burgundy, Chardonnay, and Pinot
Noir.” Register. $100. Optional after-class dinner, $79. 7 p.m.
Family Theater
erpool Fantasy,” his novel. Register. $14. 7:30 p.m.
After Hours Trio, It’s a Grind, 4
Schalk’s Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Cover tunes. 8 to 10
p.m.
The Gay Blades, McGuinn’s
Place, 1781 Brunswick Avenue,
Lawrenceville, 609-392-599.
www.mcguinns.com. 21 plus. $5.
8 p.m.
As Human, John & Peter’s, 96
South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
Rainbow Fresh, Triumph Brewing Company, 138 Nassau
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Sports
Trenton Devils Hockey, Sovereign Bank Arena, 81 Hamilton
Avenue, Trenton, 609-599-9500.
www.trentondevils.com. Elmira.
$12.50 to $27.50 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
January 24
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Chinese Puppetry
East Meets West, Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University, 609-258-2697. www.princeton.edu. Explore the art of Chinese puppetry with Hua Hua, a
master puppeteer who shares
stories of China and America with
her puppets. For ages 5 and up.
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Winter Concert, Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-683-0150. www.gpyo.org. Symphonic and Concert orchestras, and Wind Symphony.
$10. 3 p.m.
Handel’s Apollo and Dafne, Dryden Ensemble, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, East Oakland Avenue, Doylestown, PA, 609-4668541. www.gemsny.org. Concert
features Laura Heimes, soprano;
and Peter Becker, bass. $15 to
$35. 7:30 p.m.
Concert, Princeton Girlchoir, All
Saints Church, 16 All Saints Drive, Princeton, 609-258-5000.
www.princetongirlchoir.org.
“Where the Boys Are” presented
by the Cantores and Maryland
On the Stage at Salt Creek Grille: Jazz guitarist
Marc Muller performs on Thursday, January 22, at
Salt Creek Grille in Forrestal Village. 609-419-4200.
State Boychoir. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Pop Music
ranges in age from 10 to 60. $8.
7:30 p.m.
World Music
Divine Performing Arts, State
Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue,
www.StateTheatreNJ.org. Chinese New Year spectacular features dance and music. Also Sunday, January 25, at 2 and 7 p.m.
$35 to $88. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Zimmerli Art Museum, George and Hamilton
streets, New Brunswick, 732-9327237. www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu. First day for “Into the
Garden: Painted Paper Constructions by Takayo Noda.” On view
to July 5. 11 a.m.
Focus on Sculpture, Grounds
For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds
Road, Hamilton, 609-689-1089.
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Gallery talk in conjunction with
the juried exhibition by amateur
photographers. Amanda Means,
this year’s juror, discusses the selection process and the works on
view. Register. 2 p.m.
Drama
sex, money, and morality. Directed by Emily Mann. Actors include
Suzanne Bertish, Robin Chadwick, Edward Hibbert, Madeleine
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Yardley Players’ production at Kelsey
Theater, Friday
through Sunday,
January 23 to 25.
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p.m.
Parental Advisory Comedy
Show, Kelsey Theater, 1200 Old
Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3333. www.kyrusonline.com. Annual stand-up show features Kyrus Westcott, Vegas Lancaster, John Poveromo, Gordon
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Anthony Acquaviva, Mike Recine,
and Randy Tongue. For mature
audiences. $15. 8 p.m.
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Players, Amwell Road, Hillsborough, 908-369-7469. www.svptheatre.org. Comedy. $14. 8 p.m.
Film
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Literati
Author Event, Classics Used and
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Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400.
Lawrence Kaplan, author of
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Good Causes
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Legendary Wid, Andy Nolan,
Kevin Quigg, and Tony Devo,
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Cabaret, 625 North Main Street,
Doylestown, 215-345-5653.
www.comedycabaret.com. $20.
9:30 p.m.
Crafts
Recycle: Making Art from Your
Holiday Cards and Calendars,
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, River Road, New Hope,
215-862-2924. www.bhwp.org.
Create origami boxes and holiday
sphere ornaments For ages 12
and up. Register. $8. 1:30 p.m.
Faith
Musical Meditation, Krishna
Leela Center, 13 Briardale Court,
Plainsboro, 609-716-9262. www.krishnaleela.org. Kirtan, meditation, and discussion. 5 to 5:45
p.m.
Food & Dining
“Award Winners: The Wines of
Knipser.” 2 to 5 p.m.
Gardens
Orchids, Smith & Hawken, MarketFair, Route 1, West Windsor,
609-514-0731. www.stonybrookorchids.com. “Beauty to Last a
Lifetime” presented by Susan
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Comedy Clubs
Health & Wellness
Vic Dibitetto, Steve Lazarus, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
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Reservation. $20. 7:30 p.m. and
9:30 p.m.
90 Church Street, New
Tinnitus Self-Help Group, First
Presbyterian Church, 100 Scotch
Road, Ewing, 609-883-0203.
“Tinnitus Management Using
Sound Therapy.” `0 a.m.
T’ai Chi Class, Princeton Public
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Register. $30. 1:30 p.m.
Interactive Workshop, Princeton
Center for Yoga & Health, 50
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Potential and Get More Out of
Life” presented by Andrea Harvey, a career and life transition
coach. Register. $40. 1:30 to
3:30 p.m.
African Drumming Basics, Center for Relaxation and Healing,
666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Marie
Soffel presents the basics for beginners in playing the African
Djembe drum. No experience required. $25. 2 p.m.
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JANUARY 21, 2009
Where They Went to See and Be Seen, Circa 1948
W
by Michele Alperin
hen a producer at
ABC tossed an innocuous crossword-puzzle clue at the young documentary filmmaker Kristi Jacobson in 1996, little did Jacobson
know how it would change her life.
The clue that had stumped the
producer, “Restaurateur Shor,”
was no sweat for Jacobson, who
quickly responded, “Toots. That’s
Toots Shor; he’s my grandfather.”
To which the producer said excitedly, “Oh, my gosh. You have to
make a film about him!”
Jacobson was a little taken
aback. First of all, she had not yet
made a film of her own. But perhaps more to the point, she knew
very little about her mother’s father, who had died when she was
six. “I knew my grandfather had a
restaurant (in the 1940s and ’50s),
and I knew he was friends with
some famous people,” she says,
“but I had no idea of his role in New
York City, in the country, or in the
world at that time.”
So she set out on a research
process that for several years paralleled her “real” career and eventually came together in her new documentary, “Toots.” “Toots” will
have its New Jersey premiere on
Sunday, January 25, at the Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau
Street. Jacobson and Danielle DiGiacomo, the film’s distributor,
will speak. For more information,
contact Deborah Marinsky at 609987-8526.
When Jacobson got started on
the film, it was more from the perspective of a filmmaker than a
granddaughter. She quickly realized she had stumbled upon a great
story, so she did what any filmmak-
er worth her boots would do. She
remembers thinking, “Wow, I have
special access to this unique story,
which seems really intriguing and
should be told, and I should make
this film.”
Only three years out of college,
with a 1993 bachelor’s degree in
sociology from Duke University,
Jacobson had the wisdom to know
she was young and inexperienced.
“So I didn’t drop everything and
make the film,” she says. “What
turned out to be really great was
that I made the film over 10 years,
during which I grew and made other films.” She did start investigating Toots Shor soon after by buying
a book about her grandfather,
“Toots,” by Bob Considine. She al-
If it wasn’t for a crossword puzzle clue,
Kristi Jacobson might
never had made a
documentary about
her famous restaurateur grandfather.
so started making some phone
calls, turning first to her grandfather’s close friend, Frank Gifford,
the Pro Football Hall of Famer who
played for the New York Giants in
the 1950s and early ‘60s and
worked from 1971 to 1998 as anchor of ABC’s “Monday Night
Football.” He immediately invited
Jacobson to lunch.
“Meeting Frank Gifford was
hugely important,” says Jacobson.
“Not only was his relationship with
Celebrity Hangout:
Toots Shor outside
his eponymous
Manhattan restaurant
at 51 West 51st
Street.
my grandfather one that was very,
very close and very, very important
to him. It also opened a lot of doors
to me.” The two met every couple of
months over the next 10 years and
became close friends themselves. “I
remember feeling like he was family,” says Jacobson. When he and
other interviewees told her she had
Toots’s eyes or had some of his personality traits, she says, “there was
an immediate connection.”
Jacobson also interviewed Walter Cronkite, Gay Talese, Mike
Wallace, Pete Hamill, Whitey
Ford, Yogi Berra, and her mother,
Kerry Jacobson, among many others.
J
acobson first became interested in film at Duke, where her academic work focused on criminology. “It was through that and some
projects I was working on sociologically that I realized how powerful the medium of documentary
films can be,” she says.
After graduation, Jacobson
failed to get a network job because
she hadn’t interned for local stations. But that turned out to be very
lucky. Instead she started her career in the independent documentary film world, as an intern for
Lovett Productions, a small documentary production company.
In 1996 Jacobson started working with Barbara Kopple, a well-
known filmmaker and winner of
two Academy Awards, whom she
had always admired. In 1999 it was
Kopple who gave Jacobson her
first big break — an opportunity to
direct her first feature-length documentary, with Kopple as mentor
and producer. The film, “American
Standoff,” about the Teamsters
Union, premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and aired on
HBO.
“A lot of filmmaking is about
your instincts and believing in
them,” she says. But it is also about
learning to tell a story through the
words of its participants.
As Jacobson was developing her
expertise as a filmmaker, her research on Toots continued whenever she had down time. Eventually
persistence yielded its fruits and a
full-blown picture of her grandfather developed. “At first everyone
tells you the basics — it was an
amazing restaurant, everybody
went there, it was the place to be
and one of a kind,” she says. “But
particularly with Frank, I was able
to peel away the layers of who
Toots is as a person.”
So what was her charismatic,
but tough and idiosyncratic grandfather like? “Toots didn’t really
care what anyone else thought,”
she says. “If he liked you, he liked
you, and you were in for life. If he
didn’t like you, he didn’t want you
in his restaurant.” In fact, people
would joke that if Toots didn’t insult you, he didn’t love you. “A lot
of people couldn’t take it,” says his
granddaughter, “but thems that did
stuck around.”
Indeed many of Toots’s friends
and customers loved talking about
Toots and the great times they had
at his bar and restaurant in midtown Manhattan. “Often a documentary filmmaker is making a
film about a difficult subject — at
least I was up until ‘Toots’ — and
making them talk about things that
make them uncomfortable,” she
says. But for her “Toots” interviewees, “it was a joy for them, talking about those times.”
As she listened to their stories,
Jacobson found that her role as
Toots’s granddaughter was an advantage that went beyond simply
gaining access. “It made the con-
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lthough the film starts in the
1930s as New York was emerging
from Prohibition, Toots Shor’s
heyday was primarily in the 1940s
and ‘50s. The film extends through
the ‘60s and ‘70s, as New York
City and Toots Shor’s restaurant
went into decline.
The restaurant was a place
where people came together primarily to drink but also to eat.
Mostly it was a meeting place, a
hangout joint, whose clientele
ranged from famous people like
Joe Dimaggio, Jackie Gleason, and
Earl Warren to New York bus drivers and mobsters — although early
on sports players and writers were
Toots’s bread and butter. “It was an
amazing place, and there’s no place
like it to even compare it to today,”
says Jacobson, noting that now the
wealthy and well-connected hide
out in special VIP sections behind
velvet ropes.
Although Jacobson is from a
generation of people who never
heard of Toots Shor, she says she
made the film for people like herself. “The film is about a time and a
place that of course exists no more,
but there are things about it that are
not only fun to remember and recall
but are also important and valuable
to understanding where we are now
and where we came from.”
Some people, says Jacobson,
might call Toots Shor a tragic figure — you’ll have to see the film to
find out why — but she does not
find this complex man to be tragic
in the least. “In the end, he had no
regrets,” she says. “He lived in the
moment, and particularly in today’s society and in my own life,
you can forget to do that. It is a reminder to live life in the moment
when you can.”
Israeli Jewish Film Series,
Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street. Sunday, January 25, 4
p.m. Screening of “Toots,” a documentary about Manhattan restaurateur Toots Shor created by his
granddaughter, Kristi Jacobson.
She will speak along with Danielle
DiGiacomo, the film distributor.
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editor, Lewis Erskine, who put his
finger on what was missing — the
film needed to treat New York City
as a real character.
The film started to come together then, as Jacobson pressed
archivists to dig up unique, revealing images on specific avenues and
streets in Manhattan at exactly the
desired time periods. “I worked really hard in terms of archival images of New York to try to dig
deeper and not only use images
people were used to seeing but also
to try to find footage that would
yield the city’s personality at the
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versations more real and more intimate,” she says, “and I was genuinely building this deep understanding of the guy who was my
mother’s father and my grandfather.”
In 2004, Jacobson decided to focus entirely on “Toots,” and she
founded a small production company in New York called Catalyst
Films, through which she produces
and directs documentary films
both independent and for television and corporations. After spending two months raising money
from “a range of people who either
believed in me or believed in Toots
and that it was an important story,”
she got to work.
Jacobson had already uncovered archival footage from the
many television shows where
Toots had been interviewed by the
likes of Edward R. Morrow, Mike
Wallace, and others. But in 2004
one of her researchers discovered
that an oral history of Toots was in
storage at Columbia University.
After locating a record of the interviews, it took a couple of nail-biting days until the archivists actually found the one-inch audio reels
and ascertained that they were not
damaged.
The interview was taped over
three weekly sessions of four to
five hours each in 1975, two years
before Toots died, and through
them, Jacobson literally found
Toots’s own voice. She remembers
the day she brought the CDs home
and put them on her stereo. “It was
incredible,” she says, “like he was
in the room with me telling me his
life story in his own voice.” In television interviews in the 1950s, she
explains, people were performing,
but during the oral interviews in his
hotel room, says Jacobson, “he
didn’t self-edit; it was him telling it
like it was.”
Because Jacobson was committed to building her film through the
voices of the storytellers — without the help of a narrator — the oral
history was indispensable. “It
opened up an opportunity for me as
a filmmaker to be able to craft a
film about this man that would be
interesting in terms of the filmmaking as well as the story,” she
says.
A second archival discovery
was also critical to the film’s development. Jacobson located the widow of Toots’s house photographer,
who provided Jacobson with a
huge number of photographs at no
cost.
For Jacobson, the editing process is the most exciting part of
documentary filmmaking, both because it is collaborative and because it is when all the separate
pieces — the footage, photos, and
interviews — come together.
But the melding of these pieces
into a final product did not happen
easily with “Toots.” At one point in
the film’s development, Jacobson
screened the film and the people
who watched it felt something was
missing.
Some of them thought the solution was for her to appear in the
film or narrate it — something that
Jacobson felt strongly was not appropriate. “I never wanted that,”
she says. “The film was about
Toots. My own personal journey
was profound for me but I didn’t
think it would be interesting for
anyone else.” Luckily, her producers, Alicia Sams and Whitney Dow,
backed her up.
It took serious thinking, though,
to figure out what was missing
from the film. Jacobson’s focus
had been primarily on Toots himself and his restaurant. “Each interview added a layer of what this one
guy, this scrappy guy from Philadelphia, had in New York during
New York’s peak,” says Jacobson.
She was also trying to weave his
story with the life and evolution of
New York City, but it was the film’s
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Pick Your Gala: Guests at the
Allies fundraiser can meet UFC
Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, above,
and Ashley Fairfield, above right,
Miss New Jersey 2008.
Guests at the Princeton University
Art Museum’s benefit, inspired by
the early third century mosaic at
right, ‘Drinking Contest of Dionysos
and Herakles,’ can dine and dance
to the sounds of Laraine Alison and
Keith Franklin, inset, and their ninepiece orchestra.Alison-Franklin photo:
Jane & Pam Grecsek
F
or those looking for a
great excuse to get dressed up,
there’s a benefit for every budget
during the last weekend in January.
Two upcoming galas should send
you running to the end-of-season
clothing sales to get a new cocktail
dress or evening wear.
On Thursdsay, January 29, Allies holds its annual gala at KatManDu, the waterfront night club
in Trenton. In addition to the opportunity to party with Ultimate
Fighting Championship Hall of
Famer Royce Gracie and Ashley
Fairfield, Miss NJ 2008, guests can
dance to live cover music from Famous by Monday while keeping
their fingers crossed that they win
the grand prize of the evening, a
26-inch flat screen HDTV. You
can even bring your kids. There
will be appearances by the Chickfil-A cow, games, prizes, Boomer,
the Trenton Thunder mascot, and a
face painter.
Since 2000, Allies, a statewide
non-profit agency, has helped students and adults with disabilities to
find employment in a wide range of
fields. They provide transitional
plans for students, vocational assessment, job development, job
coaching and employment readiness training, functional skills
training and follow-along services,
as well as residential housing and
recreational activities.
On Saturday, January 31, the
Friends of the Princeton University
Art Museum will host “Amusement,” an evening inspired by a
Roman mosaic in the museum’s
collection of ancient art, which depicts a drinking contest between
Herakles, the mythological hero,
and Dionysos, the god of wine. The
event will begin with cocktails,
Italian wines, and hors d’ouevres at
the art museum, where guests can
enjoy children’s art from Mini
Masters, an exhibition showcasing
works by the museum’s young visitors. The festivities will then move
to Prospect House, with dinner prepared by executive chef Brian
Driscoll. The nine-piece Franklin
and Alison Orchestra, a Princetonbased band featuring Broadway
singer Laraine Alison, will play selections ranging from swing to
popular American standards.
Proceeds will support educational outreach initiatives in the art
museum’s department of education
and academic programming.
In keeping with the theme,
Prospect House will be transformed
into a celebratory setting reminiscent of ancient Greece and Rome,
with an array of wines and a feast fit
for the gods and gastronomes.
Benefit Evening, Allies, Katmandu, Trenton. Thursday, January 29, 6 p.m. Royce Gracie, UFC
Hall of Famer, and Ashley Fairfield, Miss New Jersey 2008, sign
autographs. Dance music by Monday. Raffles, prizes. $20. 609-6501065 or www.allies.org.
Amusement, Friends of Princeton University Art Museum, Museum and Prospect House. Saturday,
January 31, 6 p.m. Cocktail reception, dinner, music, and dancing.
Gala benefits educational and outreach programming. Black tie preferred, togas optional. $200. 609258-4057 or www.PrincetonArtMuseum.org.
JANUARY 21, 2009
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History
Open House, Lawrence Historical Society, Port Mercer Canal
House, Province Line Road at
Quaker Road, Lawrenceville,
609-538-8168. www.thelhs.org.
Visit the preserved historic canal
company house and learn about
the waterway’s past. Free. 1 to 3
p.m.
Kids Stuff
Junior Ranger Program, Plainsboro Recreation Park Ranger
Division, Municipal Complex,
641 Plainsboro Road, 609-7990909. www.plainsboronj.com.
“New Jersey Bears” presented by
Michelle Ruggiero, New Jersey
Division of Fish and Wildlife. Register. 2 to 3:30 p.m.
For Families
East Meets West, Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University, 609-258-2697. www.princeton.edu. Explore the art of
Chinese puppetry with Hua Hua,
a master puppeteer who shares
stories of China and America with
her puppets. For ages 5 and up.
Register. Free. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Family Theater
Circle Time Live, Montgomery
High School, 1016 Route 601,
Skillman, 609-466-7194. www.montypac.org. Family concert.
$10. 10 a.m.
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Brothers Grimm fairytale adapted into a musical featuring a kingdom in disarray, a queen,
and a girl spinning gold from straw.
Also Saturday, January 25, 2 and
4 p.m. $10. 2 and 4 p.m.
$35 to $48. 7:30 p.m.
Science Lectures
Science on Saturday, Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory,
Forrestal Campus, Route 1 North,
Plainsboro, 609-243-2121. www.pppl.gov. “Polysaccharides: From
waste Products to Smart Materials” presented by Caroline
Schauer, Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Drexel
University, Philadelphia. Register
on site. Students, parents, teachers, and community members invited. Photo ID required. Free.
9:30 a.m.
Laser Concert, Raritan Valley
College, Planetarium, College
Center, North Branch, 908-5261200. www.raritanval.edu. The
Beatles: Sgt. Pepper. $6. 8 p.m.
Live Music
A Greater Fate and Settle for
Less, Hamilton Lanes, 1200
Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-5852400. $7 includes one free game
of bowling. 5 p.m.
Arturo Romay, Sotto 128
Restaurant and Lounge, 128
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-
He Boasts Over 30 Years with Kool & the Gang:
Trenton’s own Clifford Adams plays jazz on Friday, January 23, at the Phoenix @ 120 (formerly
Maxine’s 2), 120 South Warren Street, Trenton.
Reservations at 609-394-0091 or 609-954-1876.
Photographic Art
921-7555. www.sotto128.com.
Spanish guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
Cafe Improv, Arts Council of
Street, 609-924-8777. www.cafeimprov.com. Music, poetry, and
comedy. Register to perform. $2.
7 p.m.
609-275-5707. Jazz, pop, and
techno. 7 to 9 p.m.
Lynn Randall, Salt Creek Grille,
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
p.m.
Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Musicians invited.
7:30 p.m.
Bigger Thomas and Hub City
Stompers, The Record Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. www.therecord-collector.com. Register.
$12. 7:30 p.m.
Scott Langdon, It’s a Grind, 4
Schalk’s Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Rock. 8 to 10 p.m.
Boy Daughter, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-4377. www.smallworldcoffee.com. 8:30 p.m.
Milo’s R&B Showcase, All Call
Inn, 214 Weber Avenue, Ewing,
609-882-9729. $5. 9 p.m.
Ernie White & Tom Reock, Sotto
128 Restaurant and Lounge,
128 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-7555. www.sotto128.com. Acoustic rock covers and
originals. 9 to midnight.
The Quiet Man, John & Peter’s,
96 South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-5981. www.johnandpeters.com. 9:30 p.m.
Little Dipper, Zigman Bird, and
the Lumineers, Finnigan’s, 529
Route 130 North, East Windsor,
609-448-8012. $6 cover. 10 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Search for Winter Birds, Duke
Farms, 80 Route 206 South, Hillsborough, 908-722-3700. www.dukefarms.org. Dress for weather.
Register. $15. 8 to 11 a.m.
Winter Walk, Friends for the
Marsh, Roebling Park, Hamilton,
732-821-8310. www.marshfriends.org. Register. 10 a.m.
The Return of the Arctic Tundra
Swans, Whitesbog Preservation Trust, General Store, 609893-4646. www.whitesbog.org.
The swans have returned to the
bogs and reservoirs from as far
away as Alaska. Car caravan to
see the birds, many with five-foot
wingspans. Cookies and hot apple cider follow the formal program. Register. $10. 10 a.m.
Nature Video, Washington
Crossing State Park, Washington Crossing State Park
Nature/Interpretive Center, 609737-0609. “Caves.” Register.
Free. 12:45 p.m.
Creatures of the Night, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve,
River Road, New Hope, 215-8622924. www.bhwp.org. Indoor program presented by Diane Nickerson of Mercer County Wildlife
Center. Outdoor twilight walk with
naturalist Pam Newitt follows. Hot
cider and cookies. Bring a flashlight. Register. $10. 4 p.m.
&
Sanctuary
by Edward J. Greenblat
Northern Light
by David H. Miller
“Michael E. Greenblat” by Edward J. Greenblat
Show Continues
Through
February 8th
“Viking Boat” by David H. Miller
609-333-8511
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Saturday & Sunday • 12 - 5
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Rosina Valvo-Tola
Vintage Guitars:
Princeton Public
Library’s guitar series
continues with Ken
Lelen, pictured at
right with a 1952
Lonesome Cowboy
guitar, on Sunday,
January 25, 65
Witherspoon Street.
609-924-9529.
Lelen will sing ragtime, jazz,
and swing classics and play
guitars built between 1900
and 1950, pairing each song
with a guitar of the same era.
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Review: ‘Becky Shaw’
A
ny resemblance between the title character of Gina
Gionfriddo’s play and Becky
Sharp, the heroine of William
Makepeace Thackeray’s novel
“Vanity Fair” is purely and presumably intentional. But whether
or not there is a glimmer of similarity between the two women is
somewhat incidental. But this
doesn’t make Gionfriddo’s play
any less contentious in regards to
her presumed heroine who, like her
19th century counterpart, is as determined to satisfy her emotional
needs as she is motivated to tactically and aggressively use all her
wiles and resources to upgrade her
social standing.
A resounding success at this
year’s Humana Festival of New
American Plays, “Becky Shaw” is
an amusing and craftily constructed comedy about ambition, the
cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. While director
Peter Dubois has kept just two of
the original five actors, the current
ensemble appears impeccably prepared for their roles. Yet what are
we to make of a play in which there
is not a single character for whom
we can root or a contrived plot that
is hardly worth a second thought?
I’m not sure I know the answer. After two hours in the company of
Gionfriddo’s five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters, I was not sure
what lesson I was to learn, what insight I might gain, or what resolution I was to ponder. All that and I
have to admit to having a good
time, laughing a lot, and when it
was over still thinking about what I
surely had missed.
January 24
Schools — Open House
Open House, Harmony Schools,
Foxmoor, Robbinsville, 609-7994411. www.harmonyschools.com.
Ages six weeks to eight years,
nursery and full day, pre-K, before
and after school programs, summer camp, and a six-week parent
and child class. 10 a.m. to noon.
Also, Open House, Harmony
Schools, 139 Village Boulevard,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro. 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Gionfriddo, who made a splash
at the Humana Festival with her
first play, “After Ashley,” in 2004
and subsequently with a production at the Vineyard Theater, also
writes for the TV series “Law and
Order.” She will undoubtedly get
even more attention with this play
in which a seemingly unassuming,
impoverished, unmarried but attractive 35-year-old woman succeeds in unsettling the quirky status quo of a family of means.
While Becky, as played with a
disarming, carefully calibrated sincerity by Annie Parisse, is the catalyst for change and the one character most easily defined by her
schematic behavior, it is left for the
After two hours in the
company of Gionfriddo’s five distinctively
perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters, I
was not sure what
lesson I was to learn.
other four characters to deftly defy
our expectations and subvert our
understanding of human nature.
One of the most fascinating aspects
of the play is the way each character, in turn, becomes the engine for
the next surprise.
W
hile in a protracted state of
mourning for her father, the 35year-old Suzanna (Emily Bergl) is
also feuding with her mother, SuOpen House, Waldorf School,
1062 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,
609-466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. Nursery through
eighth grade. Register. 10 a.m. to
noon.
Open House, Princeton Junior
School, 90 Fackler Road, Lawrenceville, 609-924-8126. www.pjs.org. Tour and coffee. Preschool through grade five. 1 to 3
p.m.
What’s in Store
Book Sale, Lawrence Library,
Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence Township, 609-9896922. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Social Status: Kelly
Bishop, left, David
Wilson Barnes,
Thomas Sadoski,
Annie Parisse, and
Emily Bergl.
san (Kelly Bishop), over the family’s finances and the hastiness with
which Susan, despite coping with
multiple sclerosis, has found love
with a young con artist who by the
second act is headed for prison. For
most of her life, Suzanna, who is
working towards a degree as a therapist, has put her trust in Max
(David Wilson Barnes), the family’s financial planner, who is committed to being more than a mediator between the two women. After
his mother died, Max was abandoned by his father and raised by
this family since he was 10 yearsold. Now a successful, glib, and
cynical business executive, Max
considers the present to be a turning point with regard to his lifelong attraction to the high-strung,
emotionally needy Suzanna.
Taking Max’s advice to help
heal the loss of her father, Suzanna
goes on a ski holiday and meets
Andrew (Thomas Sadoski). Eight
months later, Suzanna remains
emotionally bonded to Max but is
now married to Andrew, a nice
looking, uncomplicated, law office
manager of no particular distinction except that he wants to help
every needy person he meets. A
good deed doer, Andrew arranges a
blind date for Max with Becky, a
pretty 30-something-ish co-worker. It is in the scene in which Becky
arrives at Andrew and Suzanna’s
apartment dressed, as Max says,
Singles
Princeton Singles, German
American Club, Uncle Pete’s
Road, Yardville, 609-585-5200.
Dinner and oldies dance. $9 admission. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Call for
reservation. 7:30 p.m.
Sports
Trenton Devils Hockey, Sovereign Bank Arena, 81 Hamilton
Avenue, Trenton, 609-599-9500.
www.trentondevils.com. Johnstown. $12.50 to $27.50 7 p.m.
like a “birthday cake,” that the play
begins to put these seriously
flawed individuals into concerted
perspective.
It would seem that Becky is in
over her head, but she holds her
own among the inquisitors spouting Gionfriddo’s funniest rejoinders. Gionfriddo has us laughing
equally hard at Max’s brutal badgering, Susan’s eccentricities, Andrew’s naivete, and Suzanna’s
kvetching. The blind date doesn’t
go well for reasons that I won’t
give away, but through the dynamics of David Wilson Barnes’ brilliantly abrasive performance, Max
might easily be labeled a charmless
cad. His reprehensible behavior in
regards to romantic love is only
subordinate to his callous insensitivity toward everyone’s feelings.
Suzanna’s inexplicable dependence on Max is another issue that is
factored into the mix, particularly
in the light of Andrew’s somewhat
over-the-top concern for Becky.
Suzanna is the play’s most perplexing character but Bergl finds her
most genuine side as Suzanna begins to grasp the fact that her marriage is at risk. And considering all
that is at risk, there is something to
be said for acknowledging Suzanna as the real heroine and Becky
merely the titular intruder. Gion-
Sunday
January 25
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Get Your
Farm Market Fix
Winter Farmers Market, Slow
Food Central New Jersey, Tre Piani Restaurant, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-577-5113. www.slowfoodcentralnj.org. Area farm
vendors, food producers, a winery,
and musicians featuring coldweather greens, root vegetables,
pies, meats, cheese, eggs,
friddo doesn’t make this clear. Sadoski is appealing as the good-natured Andrew, who unwittingly initiates opportunity for another romantic disaster.
The scene-dominating Bishop
doesn’t get enough stage time. She
is terrific as the idiosyncratic, autocratic Susan, who knows how to
maintain control of her life and
those around her: “I’m going to
buy you both a wonderful dinner
and some really excellent wine.
We’ll have a nice evening and put
all of this behind us. But first we
have to go to prison.” Derek
McLane’s scenic designs provide a
smooth transition from one location to the next, prison excluded.
***
— Simon Saltzman
“Becky Shaw,” through March
15, Second Stage Theater, 307
West 43rd Street. $70. 212-2464422. Patrons age 30 and under
may purchase a limited number of
specially-priced $30 tickets in advance. A limited number of student
rush tickets are $15 and are available 30 minutes prior to curtain.
The key: ★★★★ Don’t miss;
★★★ You won’t feel cheated; ★★
Maybe you should have stayed
home; ★ Don’t blame us.
breads, mushrooms, honey, and
pickles. Straight Jazz with John
Henry Goldman on keyboards and
trumpet. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Classical Music
Handel’s Apollo and Dafne, Dryden Ensemble, Miller Chapel,
Princeton Theological Seminary,
609-466-8541. www.gemsny.org.
Concert features Laura Heimes,
soprano; and Peter Becker, bass.
$15 to $35. 3 p.m.
Concert, Newtown Chamber Orchestra, Bucks County College,
275 Swamp Road, Newtown,
215-968-2005. www.newtownchamberorchestra.org. “Soloists
in Concert” featuring more than
two dozen musicians. $25. 3 p.m.
Two Concerts, Youth Orchestra
of Central Jersey, Richardson
Auditorium, Princeton University,
609-258-5000. www.yocj.org.
String Preparatory Orchestra,
Wind Symphony, Saxophone Ensemble, Woodwind Choir, and
Pro Art Orchestra present works
by Mozart, Copland, Debussy,
and Sousa at 3 p.m. Symphonic
Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Saxophone Choir present works by
Liszt, Goldmark, Piazzola, and
Debussy at 7 p.m. $10; $5 for
seniors and children. (One ticket
for both concerts). 3 p.m.
Choral Reading, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-466-4479.
Mozart’s Solemn Vespers of the
Confessor and Handel’s Dettinger
Te Deum. $15 includes vocal
score and refreshments. No audition. 4 p.m.
Music of the Psalms, Christ
Church, 5 Paterson Street, New
Brunswick, 732-545-6262. www.christchurchnewbrunswick.org.
“Human Responses to the Gifts
and Challenges of Life” presented
by Makhelat Hamercaz, the Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey.
Free. 6:30 p.m.
JANUARY 21, 2009
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Review: ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’
F
or a play that is not considered to be among George
Bernard Shaw’s best, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” has enjoyed considerable notoriety and popularity.
Presumably it is the 1902 play’s incendiary subject matter (certainly
for its time) that keeps the play a
somewhat popular item today. It
seems to be popping up with even
more regularity in recent years. I
have a vivid memory of Dana Ivey
in the titular role in an admirable
production by the Irish Repertory
Company in 2005. Only last summer, I was fortunate to see a splendid production starring Mary
Haney as a deliciously crusty Mrs.
Kitty Warren at the Shaw Festival
in Ontario, Canada.
It may say a lot about this play,
that for me it has yet to wear out its
welcome, and I looked forward to
seeing this current production at
McCarter Theater. To make things
even more interesting for me, Mrs.
Warren is being played by Suzanne
Bertish, who I also saw only this
past summer as the famed seductress of the Nile in Shakespeare’s
“Antony and Cleopatra” at the
Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. To see Bertish go from
playing a teenage vixen to calloused entrepreneur proved to be
an event in itself.
If barging down the Nile and
sinking (acknowledgement and
apology to John Mason Brown’s
infamous critique of Tallulah
Bankhead) was presumably far
from Bertish’s finest hour, I am
prepared to say that, at the very
least, she stayed afloat, as the relatively unsinkable Mrs. Warren, a
woman molded by economic ne-
cessity and by her genuine passion
for life.
Bertish, whose credits on both
sides of the Atlantic are otherwise
commendable, may not be the first
actor to resort to the kind of dated
theatrical flourishes, horrifying
posturing, facial contortions, and
grimacing that would have shocked
audiences even in 1904. But it is
hard to imagine that, under the artistic direction of Emily Mann, not a
moment of truth or honesty is ever
revealed, only indication and pretense. It is a performance enabled
solely by its monumental superficiality. You could say that the final
confrontation
scene
between
Bertish and Madeleine Hutchins,
Second-rate Shaw
has the ability to be
first-rate theater even
when the supporting
players deliver the
Shavian wit and
insights.
who plays the self-sufficient daughter, Vivie, is the last straw. It’s as if
Mann said to Bertish, “If you can’t
make it real, at least make it loud.”
W
hatever can be perceived
as Mann’s approach is visible in
Madeleine Hutchins, who plays
Vivie, Mrs. Warren’s daughter, and
the others, who gratifyingly seem
to be having a ripping good time
mixing sex with politics and a dash
of religion. Let me remind you that
Shaw Thing:
Madeleine Hutchins
as Vivie Warren and
Suzanne Bertish as
Mrs. Warren.
Photo: T. Charles Erickson.
second-rate Shaw has the ability to
be first-rate theater even when the
supporting players deliver the Shavian wit and insights.
The author, who lived just short
of a century, was a mere lad of 38
when he shocked the late Victorians and Americans with his talky
and melodramatic diatribe on the
prevalent social ills. I suspect he
would be pleased with Hutchins, a
talented and attractive blonde who
gives a robust performance as
Vivie, a lonely girl, a hardened but
heartbreaking figure, set adrift in a
sea of reprehensible people.
It’s hard to complain about
Shaw’s long-winded speeches
when there are actors about who
are able to bring out the most essential human qualities in their
rather odious characters. Most
amusing is Edward Hibbert, who,
as Mr. Praed, an effete, opportunistic architect, gives every indication
with every entrance that he believes himself to be the play’s most
provocative protagonist. There is
something to be said for stealing
scenes when so much is at stake.
Audiences may recognize Hibbert
from his many Broadway performances (“Curtains,” “The Drowsy
Chaperone,” and “Noises Off”) or
his recurring role as Gil Chesterton, the food critic, on “Frasier.”
He has also been outfitted to the
nines by costume designer Jennifer
von Mayrhauser.
Most despicable was a ghoulishlooking Rocco Sisto (who played
theyoung Uncle Junior on “The Sopranos,”) as Sir George Crofts, the
“madam’s” business partner, who
“could take the prize at a dog
show.” Michael Izquierdo is unexpectedly winning as Frank, Vivie’s
penniless, fair-weather suitor.
Robin Chadwick fulfilled his assignment as Frank’s father, the
“spirits loving” Rev. Gardner, who
was “shoved into a church and has
been making as ass of himself ever
since.”
These supporting roles are all
fastidiously directed by Mann to
bring out the best in Shaw. The four
modest settings designed by Eugene Lee, including the interior
and exterior of a cottage, a rectory
and a business office, evoked just
enough of Haslemere in Surrey and
served as functional compliments
to the wondrously florid speechifying. Shaw’s play, comprised as it is
of his philosophical attitudes on
prostitution, incest, and the evils of
capitalism, was deemed “immoral
and improper in 1894 by Britain’s
Lord Chamberlain. These days the
only thing immoral and improper
about the play is not doing it justice. Now you decide.
— Simon Saltzman
“Mrs. Warren’s Profession,”
through Sunday, February 15, McCarter Theater’s Berlind Theatre,
91 University Place. $15 to $49.
609-258-2787 or www.mccarter.org.
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JANUARY 21, 2009
How Gypsies Influenced 19th Century Classical Music
C
onductor Ivan Fischer,
who lives in Budapest, Hungary,
welcomes the chance to lead his
Budapest Festival Orchestra on
Friday, January 23, at the State
Theater in New Brunswick. New
Brunswick is known in Hungary as
a quasi-Hungarian city. Johnson &
Johnson imported a substantial
number of Hungarian employees at
the beginning of the 20th century,
and New Brunswick soon became
home to the largest number of Hungarians in the United States. Until
new immigrants supplanted many
of the Hungarians, it was possible
to choose among Hungarian
restaurants, to buy meat from a
Hungarian butcher, to buy Hungarian books, and to attend Hungarian
movies. Today New Brunswick
has its Hungarian folk dancing parties, its Mindszenty Square, a Hungarian-American museum with
changing exhibits by Hungarian
artists, Hungarian churches, and an
annual Hungarian festival in June.
In addition to its performance at
the State Theater, the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s seventh visit to the
United States also includes a performance at Carnegie Hall, as well
as four venues in Florida. The program focuses on the influence of
gypsy folk music on 19th century
classical music and includes authentic gypsy folk music, as well as
pieces by Franz Liszt, Johannes
Brahms, and Pablo Sarasate.
“We invited gypsy musicians to
play with the Budapest Festival Orchestra,” Fischer says in a telephone interview from Budapest.
“Gypsy music is part of the program, both separately, and in combination with the orchestra.” The
gypsy musicians are father-andson violinists Jozsef Lendvay, Sr,
and Jozsef Lendvay, Jr, as well as
Oszkar Okros, who provides gypsy
accompaniment on the cimbalom.
“Joszef Lendvay, Sr, is a folk
musician who can be heard in the
typical gypsy band,” says Fischer.
“Gypsy music is a performing
style. Gypsy musicians play by
memory. They learn by listening,
and do not use music. The tradition
is passed on from generation to
generation; there are musical dynasties that play a particular instrument. It’s a living folklore tradition.” Fischer is at ease in English.
The rare times when he hesitates,
he ends up selecting the most vivid
word.
“There is a lot of improvisation,” he says. “A gypsy musician
would never play a piece as written, but would always add something to make the music a little
more spicy. Gypsy playing is very
passionate and rich. There are a lot
of eastern influences; the gypsies
are originally from India. Gypsy
music-making was influenced by
Turkish music during the Ottoman
rule in Hungary.” The dates for Ottoman domination in Hungary are
traditionally given as 1526 to 1686,
although in some areas, they were
present from 1421 to 1718.
by Elaine Strauss
“Gypsy violin playing is the
most virtuosic violin playing you
can hear.” Fischer says. “When I
hear gypsy violinists, I hear more
vibration than among classical violinists. There are lots of ornaments,
added melody notes, little improvised figures around a melody
note, and lots of slides. It’s a huge
variety of sound.
Fischer says that Jozsef Lendvay, Sr, was trained in an oral tradition and his son had classical training. “In this concert you will hear
both the differences and the similarities of the gypsy style and of the
classical approach.”
The Lendvays are accompanied
‘Gypsy musicians
play by memory. They
learn by listening, and
do not use music. The
tradition is passed on
from generation to
generation.’
by the cimbalom, an instrument related to the hammered dulcimer.
First mentioned about 720 A.D., it
is often considered the national instrument of Hungary. In 1897 the
Budapest Academy of Music
added cimbalom to its curriculum.
C
onductor Fischer was born
in 1951, a middle child in a musical
family in Budapest. “Everybody
was in the music world,” he says.
His father, a violinist, composed
and conducted. Eventually, he was
responsible for planning programs
for the Hungarian Radio Broadcasting System. Fischer’s mother
studied singing, and gave up a career to care for her three children.
“She was a great music lover,” Fischer says, “and passed on to us her
affection for music.” Adam Fischer, Ivan’s brother, elder by two
years, is also a conductor with an
international career. Primarily an
opera conductor, Adam also conducts symphonic music. Their sister is a psychiatrist.
As children, the conductor
brothers belonged to the children’s
choir of the Budapest National
Opera House. They sang as two of
the three boys in Mozart’s “Magic
Flute.”
Ivan Fischer began his musical
studies with piano, violin, and cello. He continued his training in Vienna, where he studied conducting
with Hans Swarowsky and early
music with Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
After winning the Rupert Foundation conducting competition in
London in 1976, he became active
as a guest conductor of British orchestras. “I won a big conducting
competition in London when I was
25,” he told Ivan Hewitt of the
British “Telegraph,” “and that
launched a big international career
for me. But I wasn’t happy. I felt
that the symphony orchestra as an
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artistic medium was losing its purpose.”
Fischer’s founding of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Hungary in 1983 was his corrective to
the failings that bothered him. With
the BFO Fischer molded an instrumental ensemble with unique relationships and working habits. “To
phrase it in a simple way,” he says,
“instead of giving instructions, I
wanted to awaken instrumentalists’ own instincts and feelings. In
rehearsal I ask: ‘How would you
play it?’ ‘What do you think should
be happening?’ It’s a matter of
working from inside people instead of giving them orders. Musicians love it. Everybody loves to be
in contact with their own feelings;
it’s more fun than being told what
to do.” In order to understand fully
what he does in rehearsal, Fischer
says, “One should come and hear.”
Even as a guest conductor, Fischer applies his novel rehearsal
techniques. “As a guest conductor I
use them in a careful and limited
version. I do it gradually but I do it
as much as possible. With my own
orchestra I do it to a much greater
extent. We know each other inside
out. It’s like a family.”
Fischer has been developing an
American branch to his musical
family. He made his U.S. debut
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
in 1983. He made his conducting
debut with Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra in
1997, and within a few years became principal guest conductor of
the NSO. He is now in the first year
of a two-year term as principal conductor of the NSO.
“The National Symphony is
pretty far along in [following my
ideas about how an orchestra
should develop interpretations],”
Fischer says. “It’s a sensitive orchestra, keen on making music on a
high level. That probably goes
back to the days when Rostropovich was music director. I think I
found a wonderful collective in the
National Symphony.”
Fischer warms to American audiences, and distinguishes between
American and European listeners.
“In the U. S. people come to concerts who are genuinely interested
in music, and eager to hear new
things,” he says. “American audiences are open and honest. If they
like something, one can notice.
“In Washington we often have
question-and-answer sessions after
a performance. I’m amazed by the
wonderful questions; they go
straight to the point; they’re sincere
and direct. European audiences
may have more musical education
than American audiences. But
there is a clear openness in the
U.S.”
W
ith major commitments in
Budapest and in Washington, Fischer is necessarily a transatlantic
commuter. “Living in the U.S. and
in Hungary is not easy,” he says.
“The time change is difficult. The
best way around it is to jump into
music-making immediately. When
I rehearse immediately, I forget
about the time change.”
His family in Budapest, as well
as his Budapest-based orchestra,
makes Fischer’s presence in Hungary indispensable. Heart on his
sleeve, he says “I have four children, two young boys, very sweet,
seven and four and a half. I try to
spend as much time as possible
with the children.” Fischer’s two
older children are girls, both in
their 20s. His wife is flutist
Gabriela Pivon, who normally occupies the first-chair seat in the Budapest Festival Orchestra. “This
Plays Well with Others: Ivan Fischer, above,
conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra with
gypsy violinist Jozsef Lendvay, Jr, below.
time, she’s not coming,” Fischer
says. “She prefers not leaving the
children alone for more than week
at a time. She’s very caring.”
Ivan Fischer, like his brother,
devotes a substantial part of his career to conducting opera. He distinguishes between the two musical
forms. “They’re completely different because opera is always a combination of music and theater,” he
says. “There’s more teamwork in
opera than in symphonic music.
With symphonic music, I feel that I
have it in my hands and can control
the performance. Opera, though, is
collaboration. The singers share
the responsibility. We pay attention
to each other. We discuss things in
advance. But in performance I
think singers should take the initiative. Singers can act better if they
don’t have to look at the conductor
all the time.”
Fischer’s balance of convention
and modernity is something of a
paradox. Nurturer of venerable
gypsy elements in the current BFO
tour he has, nevertheless, given the
orchestra a reputation for performing contemporary music.
Similarly, despite a vast accumulation of frequent flyer miles on
that 20th century contraption, the
airplane, Fischer chooses methods
as old as the quill pen when he turns
to composing. “I compose occasionally, when I have time,” he
says. “I love to compose. It’s a
great pleasure to sit down with a
blank sheet of paper and create
something new.” I check that I have
heard correctly about the paper and
pencil. Indeed, Fischer has no interest in computer programs for
composing music. Like the gypsies and their established musical
customs, Fischer stands by what
has stood the test of centuries.
Budapest Festival Orchestra,
State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. Friday, January 23, 8 p.m. Ivan Fischer conducts music of Liszt, Brahms, and
De Sarasate. $30 to $75. Pre-performance insight for ticket holders
at 7 p.m. 732-246-7469 or www.StateTheatreNJ.org.
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Don’t Try This at Home: Cirque Eloize, a European circus with theater, dance, and acrobats,
presents ‘Nebbia,’ Friday through Sunday, January 23 to 25, at McCarter Theater. 609-258-2787.
January 25
Pop Music
ranges in age from 10 to 60. $8. 2
p.m.
World Music
Divine Performing Arts, State
Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue,
www.StateTheatreNJ.org. Chinese New Year spectacular features dance and music. $35 to
$88. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Princeton University, Milberg Gallery, Firestone
Library, 609-258-3000. www.princeton.edu. Opening reception
and gallery tour for “Beauty and
Bravada in Japanese Woodblock
Prints: Highlights from the Gillett
G. Griffin Collection.” On view to
June 7. A lecture on Japanese
prints will be given by Julie David,
professor of art history, University
of Pennsylvania, on Sunday, May
3, 3 p.m. Reception follows. 4
p.m.
Drama
and 7 p.m.
$49. Post performance discussions. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
609-466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. $27.50 to $29.50 includes dessert. 2 p.m.
The Importance of Being
Earnest, Paper Mill Playhouse,
Brookside Drive, Millburn, 973376-4343. www.papermill.org.
Lynn Redgrave stars as Lady
Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s comedy. $25 to $92. 2 p.m. and 7:30
p.m.
Players, Amwell Road, Hillsborough, 908-369-7469. www.svptheatre.org. Comedy. $14. 2 p.m.
635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, 215-295-3694. actorsnetbucks.org. Drama. $20. 6 p.m.
Film
Italian Film Series, Dorothea’s
House, 120 John Street, Princeton, 609-924-8275. www.dorotheashouse.org. Free. 3 p.m.
Israeli Jewish Film Series,
Princeton Jewish Center, 435
Nassau Street, 609-921-0100.
www.thejewishcenter.org.
Screening of “Toots,” a documentary about saloonkeeper Toots
Shor created by his granddaughter, Kristi Jacobson. She will
speak along with Danielle DiGiacomo, the film distributor. Free. 4
p.m.
2008. $10. 7 p.m.
Good Causes
Benefit Concert, High School
South Cheerleaders, High
School South, Clarksville Road,
West Windsor, 609-716-5050.
www.ww-p.org. “On and Off
Broadway” presented by the
school’s choirs features songs
from “Wicked,” “My Fair Lady,”
and other popular musicals in the
new auditorium. Silent auction,
refreshments. Benefit for spring
concert tours. The Chorale, Camerata Orchestra, and String Ensemble will travel to Toronto,
Canada. $15. 4 p.m.
Bridal Show
94.5 WPST, Princeton Marriott,
100 College Road East, Plainsboro, 609-454-4174. www.wpst.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Food & Dining
Cooking Technique Class,
Williams Sonoma, MarketFair,
“Super Bowl Party Food.” Register. Free. 10 a.m.
Arturo Romay, Rats Restaurant,
Grounds for Sculpture, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609584-7800. www.ratsrestaurant.org. Spanish Latin contemporary
jazz guitar with brunch. 11 a.m. to
3 p.m.
Winter Farmers Market, Slow
Food Central New Jersey, Tre
Piani Restaurant, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-577-5113.
www.slowfoodcentralnj.org. Area
farm vendors, food producers, a
winery, and musicians featuring
cold-weather greens, root vegetables, pies, meats, cheese, eggs,
breads, mushrooms, honey, and
pickles. Straight Jazz with John
Henry Goldman on keyboards
and trumpet. Free. 11 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Wine Tasting in Riedel Crystal,
Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road,
Washington Crossing, PA, 215493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. 90-minute tasting
workshop includes a tasting of
four premier wines and a tasting
kit with four Riedel Vinum series
glasses. Register. $99. 2 p.m.
Gardens
Seed and Plant Workshop,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Program presented by South
Brunswick Garden Club. Bring
your favorite catalogues and gardening information to share. Refreshments. 1:15 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Open House, One Yoga Center,
405 Route 130, East Windsor,
609-918-0963. www.oneyogacenter.net. Yoga classes, talks on
nutrition and healthy eating, and
information about yoga teacher
training courses. Talks on massage, raw foods, meditation
classes, Reiki programs, Thai
massage. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Art and Soul: Paint Your Heart
Out, Volition Wellness Solutions, 842 State Road, Princeton,
609-688-8300. Art retreat combines meditation, movement,
painting, and journaling. Lunch included. $99. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Yoga and Meditation, Let’s Do
Yoga, 15 Jewel Road, West
Windsor, 732-887-3561. letsdoyogagmail.com. Multi-level yoga
class. Beginners are welcome.
Bring mat and blanket. $10. Meditation session follows, $5. 5 to
6:30 p.m.
open
house
www.oneyogacenter.net
Sunday January 25, 9:30 am – 3 pm • Many FREE events!
10 am
11:30 am
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
2 pm
3 pm
Gentle Yoga class FREE for new students or Receive a Chair Massage
Discussion on the Benefits of Eating Raw Foods
Yoga Teacher Training Discussion with Director, Tracey L. Ulshafer
Meditation Class – open to anyone
Discussion on the benefits of Yoga or Receive a Chair Massage
Drawings, Give-Aways, 50/50 (must be present to win)
Medium/Psychic Nancy Tursi Available for Readings
Gift certificates, class registration and general information available throughout the day.
609-9
918-0
0963
405 Rt. 130 North, Rear Entrance • East Windsor, NJ 08520
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January 25
For Families
Character Breakfast, Beth El
Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-4481144. Buffet breakfast and characters from TV, movies, and
books. Autograph books and
cameras are welcome. $10. 10
a.m. to noon.
Summer Camps Open House,
Mercer County College, 1200
Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3311. www.mccc.edu.
Open house for young people’s
Camp College, Sports Camps,
and Tomato Patch Camp. Meet
camp directors, tour the facilities,
and register. The camps seek
counselors and area teachers interested in summer employment.
Snow date is Sunday, February 1.
Noon to 3 p.m.
Camp College, for ages 6 to 12,
offers a personalized schedule
from 60 choices including calligraphy, Italian, pet care, and jewelry.
Sports Camps, for ages 7 to 17,
offers weeklong sessions in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer,
golf, tennis, and in-line hockey.
Tomato Patch, for ages 10 to 17,
is for visual and performing arts
with performance and exhibit at
the end. Institute for Arts and Sciences, for ages 7 to 14, offers
hands-on workshops, English,
and pre-Algebra programs. Specialty camps in science, culinary
arts, computers, chess, and aerospace, are also available.
Camp Open House, Jewish
Community Center, Rider University Recreation Center, 609219-9550. www.jcctoday.org. Information about Abrams Day
Camp and teen travel. 2 to 5 p.m.
Art for Foodies: ‘A Feast for the Eyes,’ a group
show, is on view through Saturday, March 7, at
Gallery 125, 125 South Warren Street, Trenton,
across from the Marriott Hotel. 609-989-9119.
Clockwise from above: ‘Peppermint Twists’ by Douglas Newton; ‘Orange Lemonade’ by Angela Washko; and ‘Eggs’ by Denise Salduti.
Pines, Hopewell, 609-924-2206.
www.threeschoolsinone.com.
Open house for grades K through
12. Applications accepted yearround. Free. Noon. to 2 p.m.
Singles
Etz Chaim Sociable Single Seniors, Monroe Township Jewish
Center, 11 Cornell Avenue, 609655-5137. For 50 plus. Register.
$5. 1 to 4 p.m.
Chess
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. For
advanced adult players. 1 to 5
p.m.
Family Theater
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333. www..kelseytheatre.net. $10. 2 and 4 p.m.
$35 to $48. 3 p.m.
Lectures
Seminar, Weidel Realtors, 2681
Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609896-1000. “The Time to Buy or
Refinance is Now.” Register. 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Live Music
Dick Gratton, Bistro Soleil, 173
Mercer Street, Hightstown, 609443-9700. Solo jazz guitar.
Brunch, $15. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sports
Jerry Topinka, Salt Creek Grille,
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com.
Jazz brunch. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Guitar Series: Ken Lelen, Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. Vintage
music concert featuring ragtime,
jazz, and swing music on guitars
built between 1900 and 1950,
pairing each song with a guitar of
the same era. Free. 3 p.m.
The Spectrums, Octopusy, and I
am the Trireme, Hamilton
Lanes, 1200 Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-585-2400. $7 includes
one free game of bowling. 5 p.m.
609-275-5707. Jazz, pop, and
techno. 7 to 9 p.m.
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Monday
January 26
Outdoor Action
Winter Lecture Series, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve,
River Road, New Hope, 215-8622924. www.bhwp.org. “The Revival of the American Chestnut
Tree.” Register. $10. 2 p.m.
Politics
Politics Book Club, Princeton
Community Democratic Organization, Call for location, 609924-1204. www.princetondems.org. Discuss “Some of It Was
Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ”
by Nicholas Katzenbach. 4 p.m.
Schools
Protect Your Assets
Princeton Basketball, Jadwin
Gym, 609-258-4849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Concordia.
$12 5 p.m.
Open House, Har Sinai Temple,
2441 Pennington Road, Pennington, 609-730-8100. www.harsinai.org. Introduction to new preschool program includes a sample of arts, crafts, music, and refreshments. Register. Free. 10
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Open House, Princeton Latin
Academy, Princeton Science
Academy, and Princeton
Lyceum, Route 518, Rambling
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Joyce
Carol Oates, Playwright
Staged Readings, McCarter Theater at the Berlind Rehearsal
Room, 91 University Place, 609258-2787. www.mccarter.org.
Readings of two one-act plays by
Joyce Carol Oates. “Wild Nights”
and “Grandpa Clemens and Angelfish 1906.” Register. Free.
7:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Singing Workshop, Jersey Harmony Chorus, 5000 Windrows
Drive, Plainsboro, 908-307-6367.
www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. Free vocal lesson for
women presented by Susan
Schuman. Register. Free. 7:15
p.m.
For Individual, Family or Group Session Please Call
908-720-7464
166 Bunn Drive, Suite 102 • Princeton, NJ
Dr. O’Gara has been treating patients
for over 15 years and has extensive
experience with
Adults, Adolescents & Children
addressing:
Rosedale Mills
101 Route 31 North • Pennington, NJ • 609-737-2008
www.rosedalemills.com
Depression • Trauma
Anxiety Disorders • Eating Disorders
Sexual Abuse & Dysfunctions
Relationship Issues
Film
Opera Video Series, Princeton
Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, 609-497-2484.
Screening of “Fidelio.” Bring
lunch. Dessert and beverages
provided. Register. Free. 12:30
p.m.
Literati
Plainsboro Literary Group,
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org\plainsboro. Nibbles, conversation, and readings.
6:30 p.m.
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. James
McBride, author of “Song Yet
Sung.” 7:30 p.m.
Author Event, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Stefan Fatsis, author
of “A Few Seconds of Panic” and
National Public Radio journalist.
7:30 p.m.
Faith
Spiritual Growth for Women,
Hamilton Baptist Church, 3752
Nottingham Way, Hamilton, 609587-8585. Discussion about the
12 moments in every woman’s life
based on Joan Chittister’s book,
“The Story of Ruth.” Free. 2 to
3:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
Chocolate and Wine Tasting,
Middlesex Chamber, Crowne
Plaza, Monroe, 732-745-8090.
www.mcrcc.org.. “Chocolate’s
Very Best” includes three hours of
passed hors d’oeuvres, wine tastings, and all the chocolate you
can eat. More than 30 exhibitors.
$75. 6 to 9 p.m.
Live Music
Bob Egan’s Showcase, Stockton
Inn, 1 Main Street, Stockton, 609397-1250. stocktoninn.com. $10
cover, $10 minimum. 7:30 p.m.
Singles
Spaghetti Night, Yardley
Singles, Vince’s, 25 South Main
Street, Yardley, 215-736-1288.
www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6 p.m.
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Orad, West Windsor, 609716-8771, www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in to enjoy the War
of the Worlds theme, gourmet
deserts, soups, gelato, and full
espresso bar. Also, retail section
with fresh roasted gourmet coffees, gourmet teas, gift baskets,
mugs, and gourmet candies. Contact www.meetup.com/PrincetonArea-Singles-Network for more
information. 7 p.m.
JANUARY 21, 2009
Sports
Princeton Ice Hockey, Baker
Rink, 609-258-4849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Robert Morris. $10 7 p.m.
Tuesday
January 27
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Whip
Your Kitchen into Shape
De-Clutter and De-Junk Your
Kitchen, Princeton Public Library, Witherspoon Street, 609924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Ellen Tozzi, a professional organizer, and Sandra Hoedemaker, an holistic health counselor,
lead you to the way to a healthy
kitchen. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Photography Workshops, Vagabond Vistas Photography,
Farnsworth Gallery, Bordentown,
609-737-8388. www.vagabondvistas.com. “Intermediate Digital
Photography” includes progressing to semi-automatic or manual
operation of shutter speed, ISO,
aperture, and metering. Register.
$70. 7 p.m.
Drama
$49. 7:30 p.m.
www.gsponline.org. $28 to $66.
Pre-show chat with staff members
at 7 p.m. 8 p.m.
Love and Redemption: In his second novel,
‘Song Yet Sung,’ inspired by historical events,
New York Times bestselling author James McBride
chronicles a duel of wills between a runaway slave
and a slave-catcher, each seeking freedom,
redemption, and love. He appears on Monday,
January 26, at Barnes & Noble MarketFair.
Dancing
Salsa Dance Lessons, International Arts Collaborative, Arts
Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-333-0266.
www.iartsc.org. Jose (Papo) Diaz
instructs both levels. No partner
necessary. Intermediate at 7 p.m.
Beginners at 8:30 p.m. $20. 7
p.m.
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. No experience necessary. Half hour lesson
included. $3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Food & Dining
A Celebration of Tuscany, Eno
Terra Restaurant, 4484 Route
27, Kingston, 609-497-1777.
www.enoterra.com. Five-course
tasting menu with wine pairing.
Regular. $75. 6 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Yoga Class, Chicklet Bookstore,
Princeton Shopping Center, 301
North Harrison Street, 609-2792121. www.chickletbooks.com.
Girish presents a two-hour class.
$25. 8:15 a.m.
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, 707 Alexander Road,
www.pleasegiveblood.org. Walkins are welcome. Tuesday to
Thursday, 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday,
7 a.m. to 2 p.m. 12:30 to 7:30
p.m.
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Free Community Presentations:
Community Resources For Older Adults and Caregivers
Caring for an older adult? Come to one or all of these free community
presentations and learn about community resources to support older
adults, families and caregivers. Your questions will be addressed about
your specific situation.
I. Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon St.
Wednesday January 21, 2009 7-8 pm
Speakers: Hilary Murray -Buckingham Place, Carol Olivieri - Healthcare
Ministry of Princeton and Susan Hoskins -Princeton Senior Resource Center.
II. Rocky Hill Public Library (Mary Jacobs Library) 64 Rt. 518, Rocky Hill
Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:30PM -8 pm
Speakers: Cynthia Voorhees with the Somerset County Office on Aging
and Hilary Murray from Buckingham Place
III. South Brunswick Library 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Jct.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:30-8:00pm
Speakers: Caryl Greenberg of the South Brunswick Senior Center and
Hilary Murray of Buckingham Place Assisted Living & Adult Day Services
Buckingham Place, located just north of Princeton, offers both Assisted
Living Residence and Adult Day Services, promoting social interaction
and activities. The Veterans Benefit will be discussed, for medically &
financially qualified Veterans, for the medical adult day program.
These programs are sponsored by Buckingham Place and are part of our
Community Outreach Services to educate and connecting residents with
area resources.
Please RSVP Hilary Murray:
732-329-8888 ext. 401
155 Raymond Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
www.buckinghamplace.net
Audition
Grant a Wish
Special Camp
Paper Mill Playhouse has auditions for the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory on Saturdays,
February 7 and 14, at Millburn
Middle School, 25 Old Short Hills
Road, Millburn. The audition panel is looking for vocal skill, dance
ability, personality, and presentation skills. Vocal audition includes
a portion of a song from a musical
that best demonstrates vocal range,
musicality, acting, and interpretive
skills. Sheet music required for piano accompaniment. Everyone
will be asked to dance. Visit
www.papermill.org for forms. Call
973-379-3636, ext. 2133 to schedule an audition.
One Single Wish launched to
grant simple wishes to foster children and individuals in need in
New Jersey. Wishes include clothing, household appliances, baby
products, school supplies, gift
cards, movie tickets, music lessons, and dental care. Visit www.onesimplewish.org or call 732513-5562.
Eden Family of Services offers
Camp Eden, a co-ed residential
camp for children with autism
spectrum disorders. Open house is
Saturday, May 16, noon to 4 p.m. in
Chaplin, Connecticut. Visit www.camp-eden.org or call 609-4268656, ext. 33.
Musicians Wanted
Bucks County College Jazz
Orchestra seeks professional, semi-professional, college or high
school musicians to play in a college level jazz orchestra. All instruments are welcome. Rehearsals are
Tuesdays beginning January 27
from 7 to 9:30 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. E-mail [email protected] or call 215-504-8595
for information.
For Choral Singers
Catering, delicatessen, scrumptious sandwiches
A Princeton institution for more than a century
Princeton Pro Musica seeks
experienced choral singers for
Bach’s St. John Passion. Auditions
are held on Tuesdays beginning
January 27. Call 609-683-5122 for
appointment.
Need Business
Clothes
Brunch for Seniors
Princeton University is conducting its annual “Suitably
Dressed” clothing drive through
Wednesday, January 28. Gently
used business attire for men and
women go to people entering or reentering the workforce. Bring to
Princeton Stadium ticket office
weekdays from 8 to 9 a.m. and
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. E-mail
[email protected] or call 609258-5144 for details.
Princeton Senior Resource
Center offers “Brunch at Home,” a
gourmet basket of goodies serving
two to be delivered Sunday, March
29, by 9 a.m., for $37.50. Items include smoked salmon, quiche,
freshly baked goods, juice, fruit,
tea, and coffee. Delivery includes
homes and businesses in Princeton, Lawrenceville, Skillman,
Rocky Hill, Plainsboro, West
Windsor, Pennington, Hopewell,
East Windsor, and Monroe. Visit
www.brunchathome.org or call
609-924-7109.
Arts and Crafts
New Jersey State Council on
the Arts offers applications for its
folk arts apprenticeship program
focusing on supporting the traditional arts and crafts by helping individuals work directly with a master artist. Workshop for applications are Thursday, February 26, 11
a.m. in Trenton; and Sunday,
March 8, at 12:30 p.m. in New
Brunswick. Application deadline
is Friday, April 3. Call 609-2926130 to reserve a spot.
For Artists
Gallery 125 invites artists to
submit works for “Threads,” an all
media juried show on the theme of
clothing in all shapes, sizes, and
manifestations. Entry fee is $20 for
five images. Deadline is Thursday,
January 22. Visit www.gallery125.com or call 609-989-9119 for
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Talking Stick Circle, Health
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Team in Training, Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society, Hamilton
Library, 1 Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
Way, 888-920-8557. www.teamintraining.org. Information about
walking, running, and cycling to
benefit blood cancer research. 7
p.m.
Trichotillomania Support Group,
Princeton YWCA, Library, 59
Paul Robeson Place, Princeton,
609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. Compulsive hair
pulling support group for women.
E-mail [email protected]
for information. Free. 7:30 p.m.
For Parents
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Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton,
609-586-1200. “Filing a Complaint, Lawyers, and Legal Research.” Register. Free. 6 p.m.
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“Before the Nickelodeon,”
1982; “Edison Films,” 1890s and
early 1900s; “Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer,” 1975.
Ruth Adams 001, 131 George
Street, New Brunswick, 732-9328482. www.njfilmfest.com. ;$10.
Thursday, Janaury 22, 7:30 p.m.
“Happy-Go-Lucky,” 2008;
and “I.O.U.S.A,” 2008.Scott Hall
123, College Avenue, New Brunswick. Friday through Saturday,
January 23 to 25, 7 p.m.
Confirm titles with theaters.
Bedtime Stories. Family comedy with Adam Sandler and Keri
Russell. AMC, Destinta, Multiplex,
Regal.
Bride Wars. Comedy with Kate
Hudson and Anne Hathaway.
AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Chandni Chowk to China. Indian comedy. AMC, Multiplex, Regal.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Drama starring
Brad Pitt as a man who starts aging
backwards. AMC, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
The Dark Knight: The IMAX
Experience. Opens January 23.
AMC.
Defiance. WWII film with
Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.
AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Regal.
Doubt. Meryl Streep and Philip
Seymour Hoffman in drama based
on stage play. AMC, Montgomery,
Multiplex.
Frost/Nixon. Drama based upon Nixon’s last days in office.
AMC.
Ghajini. Regal.
Gran Torino. Action film with
Clint Eastwood. AMC, Destinta,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Hotel for Dogs. Family comedy
about two kids who rehome stray
dogs. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Multiplex.
Last Chance Harvey. Romantic comedy with Dustin Hoffman
and Emma Thompson. AMC,
Multiplex, Regal.
Marley & Me. Comedy with
Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson,
and Eric Dane. AMC, Destinta,
U.S. 1
High Adventure: ‘Inkheart,’ starring Brendon
Fraser, opens on Friday, January 23.
Milk. Sean Penn portrays Harvey Milk, the first opening gay
man elected to public office in the
U.S. Montgomery.
My Bloody Valentine. Horror.
Opens January 15. AMC, Destinta,
Not Easily Broken. Drama
with Morris Chestnut. AMC, Destinta, Regal.
Notorious. Jamal Wooldard
portrays rap star Christopher “Biggie” Wallace. AMC, Destinta, Regal.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Comedy
with Kevin James. AMC, Destinta,
The Reader. Romantic drama
with Ralph Fiennes and Kate
Winslet. Montgomery, Multiplex.
Revolutionary Road. Drama
with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslet. Garden.
Seven Pounds. Will Smith portrays an IRS agent. AMC.
Slumdog Millionaire. Dev Patel in drama about a teenage orphan
on a game show. Filmed in Mumbai. AMC, Garden, Montgomery,
Multiplex, Regal.
Sword of the Stranger Event.
Opens February 5. AMC, Regal.
The Tale of Despereaux. Animated film with voices of Matthew
Broderick and Dustin Hoffman.
AMC, Destinta, Regal.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Opens January 22. AMC.
Twilight. Thriller about a vampire and a young girl. AMC.
Lectures
Meeting, Jamesburg-Monroe
Regional Chamber of Commerce, Lisco’s Country Cafe, 49
East Railroad Avenue, Jamesburg, 732-605-1362. Visitors are
welcome. 7:30 a.m.
Because Politics Matters Series,
Eagleton Institute of Politics,
191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick,
732-932-9384. “No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner”
presented by Robert M. Shrum,
The Unborn. Violence and horror. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
Valkyrie. Drama about plot to
assassinate Hitler stars Tom
Cruise. Written by Christopher
McQuarrie and directed by Bryan
Singer, both graduates of West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School.
AMC, MarketFair, Montgomery.
The Wrestler. Drama about retired wrestler stars Mickey Rourke
and Marisa Tomei. Montgomery.
Yes Man. Comedy with Jim
Carrey. AMC.
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Live Music
Darla Rich Trio, Witherspoon
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10 p.m.
Singles
Princeton Singles, Princeton Elks
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Register. Noon.
Pizza Night, Yardley Singles,
Vince’s, 25 South Main Street,
Yardley, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6
p.m.
Socials
Men’s Circle, West Windsor, 609933-4280. Share, listen, and support other men and yourself. Talk
about relationship, no relationship, separation, divorce, sex, no
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January 26, at 7 p.m., at
Grover’s Mill Coffee House,
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Orad, West Windsor, 609716-8771, www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in to enjoy
the War of the Worlds theme,
gourmet deserts, soups, gelato, and full espresso bar. Also,
retail section with fresh roasted gourmet coffees, gourmet
teas, gift baskets, mugs, and
gourmet candies. Contact
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Wednesday
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Politics
Meeting, Republican Women of
Mercer County, Nassau Club,
Princeton. www.rwomc.org. 6
p.m.
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Disney on Ice, Sovereign Bank
Arena, Hamilton Avenue at Route
129, 609-656-3222. www.comcasttix.com. “A Disneyland Adventure” merges “The Incredibles” with Mickey Mouse, the
haunted mansion, and Pirates of
the Caribbean. Through February
1. $15 to $65. 7 p.m.
Drama
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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 at 7:40
p.m. $7. 8 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Joe Matarese, The Stress Factory, 90 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-545-4242. www.stressfactory.com. $13 to $15. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
“A Taste of Terroir: Earthy Can be
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Hit Rewind, Then Fast Forward, to Find Your First Love
by LucyAnn Dunlap
W
ho among us, at
some time or another, has not
thought back to our first teenage
love? Where is that person now?
That’s the “jumping off” spot for
Donald Marguiles’play “Sight Unseen,” now in previews at George
Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, opening on Friday, January
23. The story revolves around
Jonathan Waxman, a very popular
painter played by Matthew Arkin,
who George Street audiences will
remmber from his role in “The
Scene.” Jonathan is so “big” in the
arts circle, in fact, that his paintings, not-yet-painted, are prepurchased “Sight Unseen” for large
amounts of money. Searching for
the inspiration that had inspired his
first success — or perhaps he has
some ulterior motives, he looks up
his former love, played by actress
Kathleen McNenny, now an archeologist working in England with
her husband.
“Sight Unseen” debuted in 1992
and won the Off-Broadway prize
(an “Obie”) for Best New American Play. Playwright Marguiles has
written numerous plays, including
the 2000 Pulitzer-Prize-winning
“Dinner with Friends.” Two earlier
plays, “Collected Stories” and
“Sight Unseen,” had also been
nominated for this prestigious
prize. George Street audiences
were treated to “Collected Stories”
during artistic director David
Saint’s first season at the theater,
with the added treat of the great Uta
Hagen repeating the role she had
played to acclaim Off Broadway.
The action in “Sight Unseen”
takes place from 1974 to 1991 and
is set in a cold farmhouse in Norfolk, England, an art gallery in
London, a bedroom in Brooklyn,
and a painting studio at an arts college in New York State. This gives
you an idea of the scope of the play,
but don’t count on it bopping along
in chronological order. It is rather a
collage of time and place that
“paints a picture” that only becomes clear when all the parts are
put together.
Actress McNenny and I talked
by phone during one of her rehearsal breaks. Primarily a stage actress,
she talks about her appreciation of
this play, particularly the joys of
live theater that allow the play to
speak to different people in different ways, depending on what each
audience member brings to the theater. As a result, no two performances are exactly the same. “I always think the audience is the last
character in a play,” she says. “For
me this play is about connections.
Connecting with people and being
brave enough to do it.” She feels
that, for the character of Jonathan,
the fact that he had made a connection romantically and artistically
with this non-Jewish young
woman has troubled him throughout his life. Michael Feingold,
chief theater critic for the Village
Voice wrote in an article published
when the play had its second New
Past Perfect: Clockwise from right:
Kathleen McNenny,
Matthew Arkin, Heidi
Armbruster, and
Christopher Curry.
York City production, “...the question of cultural identity runs parallel to the play’s more general questions about love, art, career, and the
wrenched perspective time gives
all three.”
McNenny and Arkin have had,
she says, “an interesting dialogue”
regarding that theme in the play
and their different perspectives that
have grown from their own personal identity — Arkin is Jewish and
she isn’t. “It’s an interesting conundrum,” she says. “Come and see
the play, you’ll hear the play differently depending on your own background.”
For someone who considers herself a staunch New Yorker, it is surprising to find that McNenny’s
own roots are in Montana, where
her parents and grandmother still
live. Her dad is a retired forest services worker and her mom is a
homemaker. McNenny is the oldest of five children and the only one
who has built a theater career; however, one sister is a drama/dance
therapist.
G
rowing up, McNenny says
there was no professional theater
but thanks to the enthusiasm of the
high school’s drama teacher, there
was definitely an energized local
theater group. McNenny remembers this teacher, Margaret Johnson, with great appreciation.
“You’ll find a lot of actors were inspired by their high school theater
teachers. They are incredible human beings, who make teaching
theater their life. They teach all day,
work on student productions at
night, raise money for their programs, and give advice to the students who want to become professional performers.” She adds,
“They are always big personalities
with incredible amounts of energy.”
After only a year of college, McNenny and some friends got in a
van and drove to California for auditions for the major theater
schools all over the country. She
was accepted by a number of
schools, including New York University, Yale Drama School, and
Juilliard. “I didn’t know where to
go so I called a friend who was attending Juilliard. He said, ‘Don’t
be an idiot. If you get into Juilliard,
you go to Juilliard.’” So she was off
to this prestigious school. “It was
culture shock to come to New York
City, and I was unbelievably poor. I
didn’t see the best that the city had
to offer, only the icky part.” But the
training paid off and she was soon
getting small roles in Shakespeare
plays for the Public Theater.
Connections have always been a
big part of the theater scene and
one thing led to another. Working
on a television movie of the week,
she met actor Boyd Gaines. Then in
1992, their paths crossed again as
they rehearsed for the Public Theater’s production in Central Park of
“The Comedy of Errors.” Gaines
played Antipholus of Ephesus and
McNenny was cast as Luciana, the
sister of Antipholus’ love, Adriana,
played by Marisa Tomei. Tomei
may have gotten the role of the
lover in the play, but in real life that
part went to McNenny. “Boyd and I
started hanging out together and
eventually, we decided we wouldn’t mind having a child together.
We’re very lucky.” Their daughter,
Leslie, is 10 years old.
Having a child helped them decide to make New York their home
base and to concentrate on work in
the theater. When Leslie was very
young, McNenny could just take
her along on theater or television
jobs, but once Leslie was in
school, she and Gaines tried not to
work at the same time. This became more problematic when
Gaines began working so much
and winning so many awards in the
process. Also a Juilliard grad, he
received Tony Awards for “The
Heidi Chronicles,” “Contact,” and
the just- closed revival of “Gypsy.” The season before “Gypsy,”
he won both the Drama Desk and
Outer Critics ircle Awards for
“Journey’s End.”
McNenny laughs and describes
her husband as “one tired boy” who
needs a rest. “He’s been working
straight for two years.” Most actors
would like to have that problem.
McNenny found her most difficult problem to be lining up
babysitters when she recently was
performing Off Broadway in
“Mind Game” with Keith Carradine and Gaines was appearing
nightly in “Gypsy.” “But I’m a
mother first and I’m also good at
multitasking. It took four babysitters to get through the week. They
figured out their own rotation system.” Several years ago, actress
Heidi Armbruster, who also appears in this production of “Sight
Unseen,” had been a sitter for
young Leslie at one time. But as
she got more and more acting jobs,
she “graduated” from babysitting
as young Leslie put it.
T
ruly a multi-tasker McNenny
also teaches at Juilliard. She convinced the school’s administration
that she could fill a real need for students by teaching a class that is basically Actor’s Survival 101. “I teach
them how to take charge of their careers.” She talks about practical
things like day jobs, doing voiceovers and commercials, as well as
how to apply for unemployment
Who among us, at some time or another, has not thought back to
our first teenage love. Where is that person now?
and do their taxes. “Hopefully, I’ve
been helpful. I love love, love
spending time with the students.
When I started, I was auditioning
for the same roles they were; now
I’m playing their mother.”
Area audiences have seen McNenny in McCarter Theater’s recent production of “Moon for the
Misbegotten,” where the leads
were cast as much younger than
usual. U.S. 1 critic Saltzman described McNenny’s Josie as looking like the glamorous movie actress Maureen O’Hara. (Josie is described in the play’s text as a
“great, ugly cow of a woman.”)
McNenny’s transformation as this
character was applauded by the
critics. She also appeared at the
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in “Richard III” and in January,
2001, performed at George Street
in “Human Events” by A.R. Gurney. On Broadway, she has been in
“Coram Boy,” “The Constant
Wife,” “A Few Good Men,” and a
revival of “After the Fall.” Recently, she and Gaines did a play reading together and her dream would
be to find a play in which they
could perform together on Broadway or Off — or even regionally.
“Sight Unseen,” George Street
New Brunswick. Through February 15. Donald Margulies’ drama
about a modern art painter dabbles
in controversial themes of race and
religion. Cast members include
Matthew Arkin, Heidi Armbruster,
Christopher Curry, and Kathleen
McNenny. Directed by David
Saint. $28 to $66. 732-246-7717 or
www.gsponline.org.
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Barack’s Burden:
The Economy
I
f you found yourself sitting
next to President Obama for 10 or
15 minutes, what message would
you most urgently want to convey?
What advice would you offer? We
asked this question to Princeton
area business leaders, mixing the
profound — racial inclusion, employment, education, and energy
— with the frivolous, including, of
course, advice on the best choice
for First Dog.
Respondents, including CEOs,
poets, physicians, educators, and
technology experts, invariably began by wishing President Obama
the best of luck with what all acknowledge are a daunting array of
uniquely challenging issues. Our
“kitchen cabinet” then got down to
business, in some cases using
checklists to prioritize tasks and in
others just offering simple pleas for
help for their sectors.
We solicited advice for the First
Lady, too. For what it’s worth,
President and Mrs. Obama, this is
what is on the minds of opinion
leaders in the greater Princeton
area as you begin your new life at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Our
hopes for a bright future are moving right in with you.
We begin our advice with
thoughts on the economic front:
NJTC’s Maxine Ballen
I
would encourage Barack
Obama to prioritize innovation as
one of the key basic tenets for his
new platform. For years the United
States has not kept pace on investing, supporting, and promoting innovation on our home shores. We
must invest in our future now. Other countries have expended significant portions of their national
budgets on R&D funding while we
have earmarked less and less for investments in R&D funding, or other stimuli to spur innovation in this
country.
I encourage Obama to consider
reinstituting such valuable programs as the SBIC (Small Business
Investment Corporations), expanded investments in private equity firms that are committed to the
seed or early stage investments, tax
credits for corporations that are invested in supporting innovation,
and any incentives that will encourage companies to enter the innovation pipeline.
Maxine Ballen is the president
& CEO of the New Jersey Technology Council in Mount Laurel.
State Senator
Shirley Turner
N
o one can question the fact
that we have been hit by a financial
tsunami. How does President
Barack Obama go about the
process of recovery? That’s the trillion dollar question.
Stabilizing our economy should
be his top priority, and he should focus on the economy like a laser
beam. President Obama must stand
firm on his campaign promise to
strengthen the middle class, a
promise that is now more crucial
than ever. He must provide a bold
stimulus package that will serve to
jump start our economy and avert a
serious depression. Small business
and the consumer are the engines
that drive our economy, but they
were virtually ignored with the first
$700+ billion bail-out for Wall
Street. Therefore, the next recovery
package should be targeted to Main
Street. The middle class and small
business represent the foundation
on which our economy is built, and
without employment opportunities
or support, and without ending the
meltdown in the real estate market,
the stimulus package will fail.
Barack Obama has already presented a strategy, which emphasizes job creation, job loss prevention, and investment in blue and
green collar industries to assist the
middle class. However, he must remember that these are male-dominated fields and not everyone can
be employed in labor intensive industries. Other sectors are hurting
and many other workers have lost
their jobs, too, including women,
who make up a significant portion
of our country’s workforce.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 71 million labor
force participants were women in
2007. With only one percent working in construction, most women
workers will be left out of the President-elect’s job creation plans.
The President-elect must create
jobs that will be viable for the more
vulnerable members of our society,
especially women who are single
heads of households and senior citizens who are being forced out of
retirement after losing their life’s
savings. He must stem the tide of
home foreclosures and work to reduce interest and mortgage rates.
Those who are entrapped in adjustable rate mortgages must be
given the opportunity for more affordable fixed-rates.
In creating new employment opportunities, it is also of paramount
importance that these new jobs be
kept within the United States. The
corporations that sacrifice American workers and seek to exploit
overseas or illegal labor should not
be rewarded or supported with our
tax dollars. These corporations that
have outsourced American jobs
have hollowed out the middle class
and betrayed the country that
brought them prosperity.
President-elect Obama must
break from the failed policies and
practices of his predecessors. His
reinvestment and recovery plan
Arts & Culture
McCarter Theater’s
Emily Mann
I
would never presume to give
Barack Obama advice. He is
smarter and better informed than I.
However, I would like to hear him
respond to my two biggest concerns:
1.) In the spirit of bi-partisanship, I am concerned he may compromise his strong vision, especially in economic policy.
2.) Our entering into an escalated war in Afghanistan makes many
experts of that area very concerned. There is no country in the
world that has been militarily successful there. I fear another quagmire.
Emily Mann is the artistic director of McCarter Theater.
Princeton University
Poet Paul Muldoon
I
recommend that President
Obama, whom I welcome as the
latest in a long line of Irish presidents, should appoint a U.S. Secretary of Arts and Culture. We’re out
of step with the rest of the world on
this matter.
If we can get back in step with
the rest of the world on torture (and
I don’t mean as world leaders in it),
I trust we can do the same for the
arts.
Please think of signing at www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html.
Leslie Burger,
far left,
John Harmon, David
Saint, and
Katherine
Kish.
Public Librarian
Leslie Burger
Y
our message of hope has inspired millions of people here in
the U.S. and around the world. Just
call on us whenever you need support.
I want more than anything for
you to be successful in providing
universal health care coverage, not
tied to employment.
Significant investments in education, libraries, and the arts will
produce an educated, skilled, and
competitive workforce that is
ready to lead us into the future. Libraries change people’s lives. The
economic downturn is bringing
people in record numbers to libraries, where they use our computers to fill out job applications,
find information about employment, meet with business counselors, learn computers skills, or
come to escape from the harsh reality of life. Unfortunately libraries
are among the first budgets to be
cut. Investing in libraries is investing in the future. In fact I know that
you credit a librarian at the New
York Public Library with providing you with the information that
led you to becoming a community
organizer in Chicago. So please invest in libraries and consider them
a essential building block for creating a better future for our country.
Leslie Burger is the executive
director of Princeton Public Library and past president of the
American Library Association.
John Harmon, African
American Chamber
T
he moment Senator Barack
Obama went from presidential
candidate to President-elect, the
world declared, “Mission Accomplished!” The ascension of the only
black member of The United States
Senate to Commander and Chief
was truly beyond the belief of
many.
Discipline, wisdom, and perseverance produced unprecedented
fundraising and voter participation
levels that enabled Mr. Obama to
defeat a field of determined competitors over a two year period. The
level of discipline demonstrated by
Team Obama truly impressed the
brightest political minds. Now that
the preliminaries are over let’s look
closer at what I see lies ahead.
The level of expectations, particularly for blacks, has been
raised. Life-long excuses will no
longer be accepted. Black parents
can be assured that they can tell
their children to be all they can be.
The voter turnout, especially in
previously invisible groups, served
as the tipping point for the Obama
candidacy. If these voters, particularly in urban communities, remain
engaged, then there is a real chance
the status quo can change. The success of President- elect Obama has
ignited a “yes we can” mindset
across the United States. The cumulative effect of individual voter
participation has become once
again a “real weapon” when properly organized and directed.
On the local front, where there is
a black majority of representation,
we have not always seen the desired outcomes. As we look toward
the future our elected officials at all
levels of leadership must be more
responsive and inclusive of those
being served.
I believe that the outcome of the
November, 2008, presidential election should be viewed as the first
chapter of the new America, an
America that is respectful, inclusive, and willing to work collectively to realize individual talent
and potential for the betterment of
us all.
This new chapter should not be
limited to politics. All sectors of
our great country — banking, medical, non-profits, insurance, development, and construction — must
also be willing to work for the betterment of us all. Despite racial
progress, the level of representation at higher corporate levels is
not what it should be. My observation should not be misconstrued. I
invite each reader to take a person-
al assessment, starting tomorrow.
Sometimes addressing our greatest
fears openly and honestly can lead
to the most successful outcomes.
Mission Accomplished can hold
great promise for our future if we
all find a way to contribute.
John E. Harmon is president
and CEO of the Metropolitan Trenton African American Chamber of
Commerce, which has its offices in
Trenton.
Judy Hutton, CEO,
Princeton YWCA
P
resident Obama, as you
stand poised to sign an economic
stimulus bill, we strongly urge you
to address the needs of low-income
women and families. Remember
that women represent nearly half of
the work force-they are not a marginal special interest group. We
urge you to include in your stimulus package:
— Increased funding for Food
Stamps and an extension of unemployment insurance, both of which
have proven effective at helping
single parent families in need and
boosting the economy;
JANUARY 21, 2009
Kitchen
Cabinet:
Maxine
Ballen,
Shirley
Turner,
Steven
Goldman,
and Jim
Hughes
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Healthcare
Sidney Goldfarb,
Urological Surgeon
A
must be subject to strict oversight,
accountability, and transparency at
all levels. He must change the
“hands-off” approach to governing
and re-establish a new good government era that will protect people’s jobs, investments, savings,
and pensions by regulating our financial markets.
The American public must be
assured that it will not be “business
as usual” when spending our tax
dollars. He must attach tight strings
to each dollar doled out to ensure
that the money is being spent for its
intended purpose.
The most obvious waste of taxpayer money is currently being
spent on the war in Iraq, a war that
should have never been waged.
With the loss of over 4,000 lives
and at a price tag of $153 billion in
2009, a total of $1.6 trillion spent
thus far, and an expected additional
cost of $705 billion in interest
through the next decade, it is a war
that the American public cannot afford. He must work quickly to put
an end to the wars overseas and focus on what has been neglected in
our country over the last decade. A
more practical and profitable investment would be for universal
healthcare, education, and energy
independence.
For this recovery plan to succeed, to ensure its sustainability,
and for this country to prosper, no
one should be asked to sacrifice
more than others and everyone
should see some benefit. Together,
as a nation, “yes we can” overcome
this economic storm.
Shirley Turner is the New Jersey State Senator for the 15th District.
Steven Goldman,
Banking Commissioner
B
arack Obama’s economic
recovery plan must include major
assistance to the millions of people
in the country facing foreclosure.
From all indications the incoming
administration has given this type
of assistance a high priority.
This help can take multiple
forms, such as mandatory mediation between lenders and borrowers, funds to assist a borrower in re-
financing a mortgage and obtaining mortgage insurance, and funds
to provide more legal assistance
and credit counseling to people
facing foreclosure.
All of these suggestions and
many other types of assistance
should have as their principal goals
keeping people in their homes, preserving neighborhoods, and putting a floor under housing prices.
Steven Goldman is the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
in Trenton.
James Hughes,
Planning Expert
A
s you are about to embark
on an infrastructure and economic
investment surge unprecedented
since the Interstate Highway System was authorized in 1956, one of
its goals is to provide a politicallyinspired, short-term economic
stimulus to compensate for a
plunge in consumer spending and
business investment. However, an
equally important purpose for this
investment should be to fully reboot the American economy by
bulwarking our nation’s future
economic competitiveness.
While immediate economic impact is of utmost importance, the
tyranny of short-term interests and
thinking must not be allowed to
trump America’s collective longterm imperatives. The investment
must be forward looking — not
backward looking.
The national winners of the 21st
century global economy have not
yet been determined. The United
States must make much more substantial investments in the future in
order to secure global economic
leadership. Thus, it is incumbent
that infrastructure and economic
investments improve the climate
for subsequent private investment,
and provide the foundation for the
emergence of transformative 21st
century industries.
James Hughes is dean of the
Edward J. Bloustein School of
Planning at Rutgers University in
New Brunswick.
Manick Rajendran,
Business Consultant
E
nough has been said about
the benefits of a gas tax by such
eminent columnists as Tom Friedman: “A gas tax reduces gasoline
demand and keeps dollars in America, dries up funding for terrorists,
and reduces the clout of Iran and
Russia at a time when Obama will
be looking for greater leverage
against petro-dictatorships.”
In spite of all these benefits
though, at the highest levels the experts (yes, even Obama in a recent
TV interview) claim that such a tax
will affect the common man who
desperately needs a break in this
grim economic period.
Is that really true? Not quite.
This global crisis has brought in a
worldwide correction of behavior.
The average American has
changed his behavior at least in the
short term. We have driven fewer
miles this past year than ever before, effectively bringing down the
demand for oil.
On the other hand, the wealthier
among us have continued in their
pre-crisis lifestyle. If a gas tax will
increase prices back to $4, all of
America will behave exactly the
way we have behaved in the last six
to eight months — the average
American will remain frugal and
the better-off will use their vehicles
without being unduly worried at
the gas pump. In the meantime,
payroll tax breaks will compensate
the average American. The result
will therefore be that the gas tax
will tap into the driving habits of
the rich.
It will be disingenuous if the
new administration points to the
average American as the excuse for
not levying a gas tax. Let us not
send more of our money to the oilrich economies ... “A gas tax reduces gasoline demand and keeps
dollars in America”.
Manick Rajendran, a Plainsboro resident, is the owner of Revenue Cycle Management, a healthcare business consulting company.
www.ezecare.com. 201-349-0066.
Laboratories &
Research Center
lot of attention will be
placed on reforming our current
out of balance health system. As a
practicing physician who ran for
Congress in 1994, I believe that no
one seems to propose what a physician would. I am a urological surgeon, so I like to fix things with the
sharp edge of a scalpel.
We do need to replace our current health insurance system and
managed care disaster with a non
profit PRIVATE SECTOR company to transfer payments between
patients and doctors. This could be
considered a utility company, mutual company owned by the enrollees, or a co-op. The current insurance companies operate with a
profit margin of 14 percent and
other overhead expenses that total
20 to 40 percent of total premium
dollars spent. Why only consider a
takeover by the broke Federal government?
No one considers the doctor’s
expenses of billing and appealing
denied claims. This could be one or
two employees per doctor. A new
system would get rid of the adversarial billing that we and patients
currently experience. A new system should have the patient owning the policy, not the employer.
The employer still could subsidize
the costs of valued employees as is
done currently. This would make
the insurance transportable for life
and obviate pre-existing conditions. We could then emphasize
prevention which eventually
would save more money.
Malpractice and the fear of a
lawsuit on the part of doctors leads
them to practice defensively. This
cost can only be estimated, but approaches 20 to 25 percent. Most
defensive medicine consists of expensive technology, such as MRI
and CAT scans. A better system
would be mandatory arbitration of
all encounters with patients. Other
possible new systems are workers
compensation-like or health courts
where the experts are hired by the
court.
Doing both health care insurance and malpractice reform
would save 40 to 50 percent of total
private sector costs. Doctors could
get paid more, patients and businesses would pay much less.
What would federal based
health care be like? Further cuts to
Medicare fees will cause more
doctors to drop out of Medicare
participation. Already psychiatrists, internists, orthopedists, neu-
rosurgeons, and gynecologists are
dropping out of Medicare. Who
will take care of our increasing elderly population?
Also, all of the federal trust
funds have zero in them. This was
battled over in 2005 in the privatization of Social Security debate.
The General Accounting Office
website shows that every dollar in
a trust fund, Medicare, Social Security, Federal employee retirement plans, etc., is offset by the liability of the Treasury to pay the bill
when due. A socialized system
would force the government to ration care to save itself money it
doesn’t have.
Doing these things would lower
costs by up to 50 percent and bring
the U.S. in line with England or
Canada in terms of percent of GDP
spent on healthcare, and we could
keep our current better brand of
medicine. We could insure twothirds of our uninsured because the
insurance would be cheaper. Studies by the Heritage Foundation
show how we could insure people
under 30 and the people who already qualify for Medicaid but
don’t apply for very little money.
Also people who make over
$75,000 a year could get a policy if
it were more affordable. The people left, about 15 million, are primarily illegal. We also, in the U.S.,
take care of visitors to the U.S. for
free. Can we still afford this?
We need consumer-driven
health care as described in Regina
Herzlinger’s book, “Who Killed
Health Care.”
If we can save our system of
providing the best care in the world
and save 40 to 50 percent, the question is: why not do it? I hope President Obama and Senators Dashle
and Max Baucus can read this.
Sidney Goldfarb MD, FACS is
a urologist in private practice at
419 North Harrison Street, Princeton. 609-921-3008.
Betsy Ryan, President,
NJ Hospital Assoication
S
omeone recently asked me
what my greatest hope for the Obama Administration is, and what my
greatest fear might be. My greatest
hope (from where I sit) is easy —
that once he is sworn in, President
Obama will tackle healthcare reform and provide healthcare coverage to the 43 million-plus Americans who do not have healthcare
coverage.
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he energy problem is one of
the two great challenges facing our
generation; the other is climate
change; and it does no good to
solve for one without addressing
the other. These, the “Twin Issues
of our Time,” fortunately can be
addressed by the Obama administration with the “Dual Solution” —
240 new nuclear plants and 240
million electric vehicles — in one
generation.
Nuclear plants and electric cars
anchor the virtuous circle of energy
and the environment. New advanced nuclear plants produce so
much electricity at such a low marginal cost that, even at the current
high cost of construction, nuclear
electricity would provide fuel for
the electric car at the equivalent of
97 cents per gallon. And 240 million electric vehicles would increase electricity consumption in
the U.S. by as much as a third (1.6
trillion kwh/year), necessitating
additional advanced, large scale,
low marginal cost nuclear plants.
This is what the Dual Solution
means: 97 cent fuel for the American consumer, an end to the multibillion petrodollar wealth transfer
abroad, and a vast reduction in carbon, sulfur, and nitrous oxide emissions from both the energy and the
transportation sectors.
The technologies exist. Accelerated deployment is the issue. It is
time to get started.
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diversified energy company with
headquarters in Carnegie Center.
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resident Obama, you promised in your campaign to spend
more dollars on green tech and environmental initiatives. When
spending these green tech dollars
please do not focus only on flashy
concepts like bio-diesel, solar, and
wind power.
Please remember that many environmental initiatives are small in
scope or less publicized, but those
efforts, like recycling programs,
collection programs, and most importantly environmental education
programs, are just as important if
we are to solve our environmental
issues one day.
Tom Szaky is founder and CEO
of Terracycle, a Trenton-based
company that develops and markets innovative products made
from discarded materials.
Watershed’s
Jim Waltman
A
s President Barack Obama
rallies for “change” there’s one
overriding thought he should keep
in mind — the best decisions are
those that bring benefit over the
long term. Short-term thinking is
what got us into most of our thorniest problems.
While he has promised an economic stimulus plan to bring sorely
needed short term aid to the American economy, he should think beyond the “shovel ready” bridges,
tunnels, and highways that we are
hearing so much about, and support smart investments in clean
water infrastructure. Such investments should include protection of
natural waterways and surrounding lands as well as repair to our
crumbling infrastructure.
The health of our water is at risk.
Future generations deserve to
drink clean water and enjoy
healthy aquatic environments.
Jim Waltman is executive director of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31
Titus Mill Road, Pennington,
www.thewatershed.org.
Ron Emrich,
Preservation NJ
A
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we share your passion for protecting and passing that legacy on to
future generations.
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ment, create jobs, and help create a
greener world while protecting our
heritage. It is by now a truism that
the “greenest building is the one already built,” and historic preservation — preserving and reusing older and historic buildings and reinvesting in existing communities —
is, by its very nature, sustainable
development.
Much of the national dialog you
have led recently about relief for
the country’s ailing economy notes
the importance of helping to get
“Main Street,” as well as Wall
Street, back on its feet. We in the
historic preservation community
have long been focused on supporting programs for Main Street
jobs, revitalization, and economic
development. Investing in each
community’s historic core and the
people who make it work is stewardship that emphasizes reusing
and rehabilitating the existing
buildings, infrastructure, communities, and places we already have,
which is inherently more efficient
and sustainable.
Now we have an opportunity to
make America’s Main Streets a national priority and invest in neighborhoods where historic rehabilitation projects would support
healthy, vibrant, sustainable communities. Cities and towns in New
Jersey, whether part of the NJ Main
Street program or not, need a way
to get a portion of stimulus funds to
address local needs.
Many
municipalities
like
Lawrenceville, Mount Holly, and
Millville, where sprawl and disinvestment have had a negative effect, have a waiting list of identified projects that would stabilize
and strengthen districts where
small businesses and retail establishments are concentrated. The
Community Development Block
Grant program, which you have
committed to restore to full funding, could provide a useful model
and funds should be eligible for a
wide variety of purposes such as
facade improvements, building repairs, energy efficiency upgrades
and retrofits, streetscape improvements, accessibility compliance,
and small infrastructure projects.
We suggest that the stimulus
program include improvements to
the existing Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. The
credit has been stimulating billions
in private investment dollars in existing towns and cities for more
than 30 years. Every federal dollar
invested in the historic tax credit
leverages approximately five dollars in private investment. Enhancing the historic tax credit could encourage reinvestment in rehabilitation projects that are ready to go
but have been delayed by the recession and program limitations.
To bring immediate help to
small “Main Street” development
projects, the historic tax credit
should be increased from 20 percent to 40 percent for smaller projects (where rehabilitation expenditures are under $2 million). This
would target the incentive to those
“Main Street” type developments
where tax credit costs are currently
too prohibitive.
Meanwhile, nonprofit owners of
National Register-listed historic
JANUARY 21, 2009
Politics & Media
Eagleton Institute’s
Ingrid Reed
1.)
Stay in touch — by TV,
radio, internet, print — and tell us
what you are thinking. Take us into
your confidence, explain the complexities, your concerns and your
insights. We need to know you as
president as we got to know you as
a candidate and a person. Write another book exploring your life experiences.
2.) Listen to Abigail Adams:
“Remember the ladies and be more
generous and favorable to them
than your ancestors.” Women voted for you in large numbers. Their
needs often are not the same as
men’s. For example, infrastructure
projects will not put them to work
immediately. Caring for the sick,
educating the young, and conducting scientific experiments will.
3.) Confirm our shared values as
found in the Constitution. Use your
experience as a teacher of the law
to keep us focused on the privileges
sites should be exempted from
rules currently in the tax code that
restrict the use of the federal historic tax credit by nonprofit project
sponsors.
The National Park Service
should receive a substantial
amount of stimulus funding to address years of deferred maintenance. The stimulus plan should also use as a model a preservation
program in the Jobs Act of 1983 to
provide a new $100 million round
of grants to historic preservation
projects for owner-occupied
homes that contribute to National
Register historic districts and emphasize energy efficiency upgrades and retrofits. Grants could
provide assistance for historic
homeowners for activities such as
historic window repair, and lowcost/compatible
weatherization
and upgraded, efficient heating and
cooling systems. Designed to create jobs as quickly as possible, it
can call on the existing and efficient infrastructure under the State
Historic Preservation Officers to
implement the program. Because
historic rehabilitation is labor intensive, such a program can successfully get people back to work.
As the National Trust’s Sustainability Policy posits, “we cannot
build our way out of our environmental problems. Rehabbing and
reusing existing buildings is as
‘green’ as it gets.”
Ron Emrich is executive director of Preservation New Jersey, 30
South Warren Street, Trenton. 609392-6409. www.preservationnj.org.
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...Freedom of Choice
and responsibilities of living in a
republic. Despite all the wrongs in
the world, our best hope is to respect the rights of each individual
under the law.
4.) Have a good time. Keep
shooting baskets, go to the movies,
visit national parks — even camp,
watch your girls play soccer and
sing in the choir, send Valentines,
and celebrate your anniversary.
Ingrid Reed is the policy analyst and director of the New Jersey
Project at the Eagleton Institute of
Politics, Rutgers University.
Ted Deutsch,
Ad Agency Principal
Dear President Obama: One
of the most important contributions you can make to our country
is to make good on your campaign
rhetoric to bring a new unity and civility to American politics.
In more concrete terms, that
means respecting the opinion of,
and openly considering proposals
Mikey Azzara,
Farm Advocate
D
ear President Obama: I
write to you from Central New Jersey as a young person of Italian and
Russian descent, as a small business owner, as the head of a New
Jersey Main Street Association, as
a food grower and educator, as a
lover of sports, arts, and the environment, and yes, as an organizer
who believes strongly in the power
and the need for us all to work together, starting in our own communities.
I truly hope that we can work together, great government hand in
hand with great community efforts.
On domestic issues, I know healthcare is a central issue for you, and I
encourage you and your administration to take a holistic and preventative approach, in particular
by focusing on food security.
Food security means affordable
access to healthy food for all people. Let us start by offering more
respect and resources to our nation’s small and medium sized
farmers and let us continue to encourage healthy farming practices
(yes, I’m talking about sustainable
and organic agriculture). Let us at
least consider redrafting our U.S.
Farm Bill to direct a larger portion
of agricultural subsidies to fruit
and vegetable production (currently identified as “specialty crops”
and receiving little support).
For me, the final piece of an effective healthcare campaign lies in
from, elected officials from all
points on the political spectrum. It
means using the success of your
grassroots fundraising machine as
a springboard to lessen the influence of big money in campaigns. It
means consistently speaking the
plain truth to Americans about the
things we can no longer afford to
subsidize, and those we cannot afford to neglect — and then using
the power of your office to reflect
those truths in our government
spending.
Perhaps you can even use your
bully pulpit to take on the “pundit
nation” that has infected our airwaves and fueled a political culture
of mutual finger-pointing and
harsh resentments. As someone in
the communications business myself, I am excited about your potential to raise the bar on public discourse in this country.
Ted
Deutsch,
principal,
Deutsch Communications Group,
20
Nassau
Street,
www.deutschcommunications.com
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O
n the heels of his successful
campaign and historic election,
Barack Obama would not appear to
be a man in need of advice on dealing with the news media. Nevertheless, the dynamics are likely to
change when Obama actually becomes the nation’s 44th president
and is judged by how he governs,
instead of how he performs on the
campaign trail.
During my career, I have had the
opportunity to offer media advice
to several individuals making the
transition from candidate to officeholder, albeit at the state and local
levels. But if Barack Obama were
to seek my advice, here are 10 recommendations I would offer to
guide his media operations:
1.) The best thing you can do to
garner positive press is to run your
administration well. Legendary
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
once said that good government is
good politics. But good government also is good press. Run things
well and good press should follow,
just as it did during the primary and
election campaigns.
2.) Make sure your administration speaks with one voice. One of
the difficulties involved with moving up to higher office is learning to
control the many agencies and
workers that come with the new
job. Suddenly, there are people
with important responsibilities
whom you may not know well —
or at all. There will be people with
their own agendas and priorities —
and they may not always be consistent with yours.
3.) Respect the press. Never forget that reporters are professionals
with a job to do, even if that means
asking questions and raising issues
you would rather not address.
Avoid governing as if the press is
out to get you. Stick to your agenda. That is how you got to the Oval
Office and that is how you can succeed there.
4.) Be open, accessible and honest. Almost every public official
makes these promises, but few
keep them.
5.) Apply the adage “Keep your
friends close and your enemies
closer” to your media policies. Do
not limit your interviews to news
organizations that tend to agree
with your ideology. If you want to
win over those who have not supported you in the past, you need to
make your case in the newspapers,
Ingrid Reed, left, Ted
Deutsch, John Sarno.
websites and television stations
they rely upon for news.
6.) Remain aware of the changing media landscape. Today, we get
our news and information from a
wide variety of sources. During the
campaign, the Obama team was
adept at bypassing the traditional
media and going directly to the
people through E-mail, YouTube
and even online video games. Continued use of new media will pay
dividends in the today’s world.
7.) Make reporters’ job easier.
Know their deadlines and when it
is best to issue a news release or
hold a news conference. Remember that if you leak a story to one
news organization, you are likely
to make enemies with its competitors. Anticipate what reporters will
need so you can have answers and
information ready to help them
meet deadlines.
8.) Continue to make good use
of “soft news.” Stories about
Michelle, the kids, the search for a
family dog, and moving your
mother-in-law into the White
House all help to create a warm and
authentic feeling about the nation’s
chief executive, something that has
been missing for quite a while.
9.) Conversely, remember that
using your family to score political
points works two ways. They are
now fair game for the press, so do
not cry foul if the media starts asking questions about your family
members and their activities.
10.) Keep the press busy with a
full schedule of news conferences
and public events. The press needs
a steady flow of news. The more
news the Obama Administration
creates, the less time reporters have
to dig up dirt and produce negative
stories.
One final thought based upon
my work on the communication
staffs of several public officials:
Above all, listen to the advice of
your own press staff. Your staffers
may not always have all of the answers, but public officials have
gotten themselves into a myriad of
problems that could have been
avoided had they heeded the advice
of the individuals they hired to handle the media. Believe me, I know.
Richard A. Lee is communications director of the Hall Institute
of Public Policy: New Jersey. A
former journalist and deputy communications director for the governor, he also teaches courses in media and government at Rutgers
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Business Advocate
O
ne of the biggest mistakes
that any leader can make is to succumb to groupthink. The run-up to
the Iraq war and the financial meltdown are but two recent examples
of executives who created environments in which there were no opposing views during the decision
making process.
In each case, executives had
sent the message that they did not
welcome any dissent, and therefore
the people who served them were
fearful of saying the wrong thing
and being labeled something less
than team players. With groupthink, the information provided to
the decision maker often becomes
nothing more than a self-perpetuating loop, resulting in a predetermined outcome — bad information
leading to bad decisions.
My advice to Barack Obama is
to surround himself with smart
people who hold strong opinions
and are not afraid to offer them. On
his part, Obama must not be seduced by the office, remain humble
(at least privately), and listen carefully to opposing views; perhaps
even being more welcoming of
those who disagree.
This, of course, takes intellectual and analytical discipline to avoid
chronic indecision. Whether I will
ultimately agree or disagree with
the decisions that the new president will soon be making, if he
avoids groupthink whenever possible, he will always have my respect
and admiration.
John Sarno is the president of
the Employers Association of New
Jersey in Trenton.
Cate Litvack, Crossroads of the Revolution
D
ear President Obama: In
your victory the promise of America came closer to being realized.
Like many who grew up in this
country’s Deep South, never did I
think that the day would come
when I could vote for an AfricanAmerican presidential candidate
— let alone one who would win.
Listening to your election night
speech in Chicago made me realize
how cathartic your victory was on a
number of levels. Seeing the thousands of tearful and happy, indeed
joyous faces in Grant Park, wiped
away the still too vivid, 40-yearold memory of tear-gassed, anguished, and angry faces in that
same park.
Your victory has brought us out
of a dark age of fear. Your victory
has inspired us to be hopeful.
Another barrier-breaking president issued a challenge to us that
resonates today: “Ask not what
your country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your country.”
As you govern, ask us to remember that people continue to come to
America today to be free and to
gain a better life. Just as so many of
us, or our ancestors, came in the
past. Ask us to remember that this
country was founded on a notion of
equality and we are finally closer to
achieving that ideal. And we will
ask you to govern openly, fairly
and honestly. We will also ask you
to safeguard the liberties that longago patriots held dear and fought
for fiercely with both pen and musket to gain for these United States.
Cate Litvack is executive director of Crossroads of the American Revolution National and State
Heritage Area, which ties together
New Jersey’s historic sites, emphasizing the state’s role in the American Revolution. www.revolutionarynj.org. The organization recently received federal funding.
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Family Matters
Myra Gutin, Historian
Of First Ladies
F
irst Lady of the United
States, in the words of historian
Betty Boyd Caroli, “is the most difficult, unpaid job in America.” The
first lady, spouse of the president
(some day we might be discussing
First Gentleman), is not mentioned
in any federal document. She has
no specific responsibilities, she is
not accountable to any cabinet secretary or department. There is nothing she is required to do, but much
that we expect of her.
Sheila Weidenfeld, who served
as press secretary to Betty Ford,
said that the first lady can provide a
window into life at the White
House. Nancy Reagan said that she
had never worked harder than the
eight years she spent at the White
House. Another view of the first lady’s unique role was offered by La-
dy Bird Johnson, who said that the
first lady was the only person who
could tell the president to be quiet
and listen.
Over the years, the role of first
lady has evolved to include ceremonial, political, and advocacy
functions. Since 1961, the year that
Jacqueline Kennedy began her
tenure, every first lady (except for
Betty Ford, who only served a little
over two years) has had a formal
White House project and has been
engaged in some sort of advocacy.
Some first ladies, such as Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, have
chosen to focus on ceremonial activities, while others, notably
Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary
Rodham Clinton, were involved in
public policy issues.
Everyone has had advice to give
our soon-to-be first lady. Anna
Perez, who served as press secretary to Barbara Bush, counseled
Mrs. Obama to be cautious so that
her mistakes don’t cost the president political capital. Other writers
have suggested that caution be
thrown to the wind. In the words of
one, “stir the pot!”
Education
Barbara Gitenstein,
College of NJ
I
n this knowledge-economy, with intense international
competition, our educational
foundation cannot be limited
to elementary and secondary
education. Rather, we must
recognize that for an individual, our country, and civilization to thrive, high quality
baccalaureate education must be
available for a wide range of our
citizens.
In the short term, I would urge
Obama to take seriously the proposal presented by the higher education community (the American
Council on Education, the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities, and the Carnegie
Corporation — a letter which was
signed by the New Jersey Association of Colleges and Universities
as well as Rutgers) for including
federal support for higher education facilities as part of the immediate economic stimulus package.
Such support would not only allow
the institutions to encourage local
economic growth, but would also
allow this economic growth to be
effected without significant increases to the cost of education for
our students and their families.
In the long term I would urge the
Obama administration to consider
ways for the federal government to
enhance its partnerships with the
states and the higher education
community in order to improve access, affordability, and speed-todegree for our students. One of the
most successful vehicles for movement into the middle class and for
the continued economic health of
the middle class has been the ability to attain baccalaureate education. Recently, as costs have risen,
that promise has been threatened.
There are any number of ways
that the federal government can
support and encourage more students to attend competitive undergraduate institutions, study disciplines that are necessary for the
country’s economic growth, and
move expeditiously through their
academic programs in order to join
Gitenstein, left, & Donohue
the work force more quickly.
While the general goals will be
similar across various sectors of
higher education, the means and
specific benchmarks for attaining
these goals must be distinctive for
different types of institutions.
Any successful partnership between the federal government, the
states, and higher education must
celebrate and support institutions
that range from open admissions to
highly selective. Otherwise the
program will not serve the diverse
populations who seek to earn degrees. This will require a complex
and intricate program, but as Albert Einstein said, “Everything
should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
R. Barbara Gitenstein is the
president of the College of New
Jersey in Ewing.
Patricia Donohue,
Mercer County College
F
irst, I would tell Barack
Obama to maintain integrity in all
that he does, and to insist that his
appointees do the same.
Second, I would recommend
that he focus on learning, and the
potential of our people. They are
the greatest resource in ensuring
our economic, civic, and cultural
success. One way to do this is to
create initiatives and stimulate opportunities to expand learning for
adults. Community colleges are an
excellent vehicle to accomplish
this in our communities.
Patricia Donohue is the president of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor.
Since she will find
herself in “the most difficult unpaid job in
America,” I would like
to offer advice to Mrs.
Obama distilled from 30
years of researching and
studying first ladies. I’ve narrowed
my suggestions to eight points:
The fact that there isn’t a job description for the first lady can work
in your favor. Chart your own
course, you can be active or stay in
the background. Perhaps moderation is a good idea. Take the time to
get to know your staff and understand the demands on your time,
then move forward.
Be yourself. Every soon-to-be
first lady is asked who she will emulate in the White House. A frequent question is, “Will you be
more like Eleanor Roosevelt or
Laura Bush?” Just be yourself and
speak out about the things that matter to you.
Try to forge a positive relationship with the media. While it isn’t
guaranteed, you’re more likely to
get “good press” if you try to give
reporters what they need. It’s to
your advantage to be available
rather than evasive.
While you should work on good
press relations, be careful of what
you say. Liz Carpenter, who served
as Lady Bird Johnson’s press secretary used to say, “a reporter is still
a reporter.” An unguarded moment
may end up headlining the national
news. The 24-hour news cycle and
the internet guarantee that a comment may follow you for a long
time.
Use the White House podium to
endorse a project or advocate for a
cause. In the words of Lady Bird
Johnson, try to find a project that
“makes your heart sing,” and then
promote it with speeches, statements and appearances. A recent
survey conducted from October
through November 2008 by the
YMCA USA found that a majority
of respondents favored a first lady
who was a leader on issues she valued. When we think of our most
notable first ladies, we recall their
commitment to a specific concern:
Barbara Bush and literacy, Rosalynn Carter and mental health, Lady Bird Johnson and the environment.
Try to be understanding about
the interest in you and your family.
At times, the attention may be suffocating and excessive, but the
country, the world, is fascinated by
the Obamas and want to know
about them.
Enjoy living in the White
House. You are custodian of our
nation’s most famous and grand
house, but it is also your home.
Try to be philosophical about
criticism. Being first lady means
that you’re “damned if you do,
damned if you don’t.” Speaking
about first ladies, Hillary Clinton
once observed, “what was said
about one of us has been said about
all of us.”
When she was preparing to
leave the White House in 1989,
Nancy Reagan said that serving the
country had been the greatest honor of her life. That sentiment has
been echoed by many first ladies
and all of us hope that you’ll feel
the same way when you leave
Washington.
Myra Gutin is a professor at
Rider University and the author of
“The President’s Partner: The First
Lady in the Twentieth Century”
and “Barbara Bush: Presidential
Matriarch.”
Photo: Bruce Weller
Myra Gutin, left, Nancy Starmer, Ann Thurm,
and Laurie Morris.
Nancy Starmer,
Quaker Educator
D
ear President and Mrs. Obama: As the head of George School,
a Quaker (Friends) coeducational
boarding and day school in Newtown, Pennsylvania, I was thrilled
when I heard you had chosen a
Quaker education at Sidwell
Friends School for your daughters.
Each year I have the pleasure of
getting to know George School’s
new students and their families as
they become a part of our community. When our new parents describe the factors that influenced
their choice of a school for their
children, many point to the combination of rigorous academics and
Quaker values such as equality,
racial and socioeconomic diversity, and environmental stewardship.
Others note that a Quaker education develops each individual’s
strengths while fostering a community whose members are
grounded by a sense of responsibility to each other. Factors like these
— along with Sidwell’s reputation
for maintaining the privacy of
prominent students such as the
daughters of Presidents Nixon and
Clinton — no doubt played a role
in your decision.
It is difficult to imagine the dayto-day challenges that a child
might face while adjusting to being
part of the nation’s First Family.
Your daughters’ circumstances are
unique, and perhaps you are concerned that they will feel isolated
as a result.
My knowledge of Quaker
schools assures me that you needn’t worry. Friends schools are communities where every student —
whether the daughter of a president
or of a single mother earning a minimum wage — is valued and embraced. As members of such a community, Sasha and Malia will be
guided by dedicated teachers, inspired to discover their own voices
and passions, and will form strong
and memorable friendships with
others from all walks of life.
A parent of a George School
graduate recently commented that
a Quaker school is a “resource.”
The teachers, she said, are mentors
who encourage their students to
think independently, to act on their
convictions, and to care for others.
I am confident that Sidwell Friends
will be that resource for your
daughters.
Nancy Starmer is head of
school at the George School in
Newtown, PA. www.georgeschool.org.
Children’s Author
Ann Thurm
A
dvice to Barack and
Michelle Obama: Be extra patient
with your little girls while they try
to adjust to the pressures of their
new position of being daughters of
the President of the United States.
Being under intense scrutiny is
hard enough for adults; it can be
absolutely overwhelming for
young children.
Many people will be expecting
them to be perfect. You need to tell
Malia and Sasha once and twice
and again and again and again:
“Nobody’s perfect. Not now — not
ever. Don’t even try — just be
yourself: the unique and lovable
child God created you to be.”
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God’s People Together,” and a series of children’s stories.
Laurie Morris,
Fashion Consultant
D
ear Michelle: You look fabulous in jewel tones like emerald,
sapphire and bright amethyst. A
dress like the black and white print
Donna Ricco dress that you wore
on the View was a winner — after
you wore the dress it sold out of the
stores immediately!
Because you are tall and have
long legs, skirts and dresses are essential to your wardrobe. American
designers will be what you wear!
Look at Narcisso Rodriguez,
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and Ralph Lauren. Mix these designer sportswear lines with lower
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and pencil jean, accessorized with
hoop earrings bangle bracelets,
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completes a mom friendly day
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For night, stick with high end
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We will look to you for inspiration; the American fashion industry needs you to send a message of
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Laurie Morris is a fashion consultant based in Princeton. [email protected].
Gretchen Zimmer,
Dog Park Owner
T
he Obama family has received plenty of advice regarding
hypoallergenic dogs — which
breeds are, and which ones are not.
So, I want to be fanciful for a
minute and throw the restriction
out the window.
The world of dogs includes so
many wonderful breeds. With that
said, I can visualize, oh so clearly,
the Obama girls with a Cavalier
King Charles Spaniel. What a wonderful family pet dog. I have never
met a Cavalier I didn’t like.
Cavaliers are of sweet temperament, affectionate, yet handsome.
Just a tinge of shyness towards
strangers would keep them from
jumping on the White House
guests, yet a Cavalier warms up
quickly. They do not require a lot of
exercise — but of course, a there is
JANUARY 21, 2009
is emblematic of a new relationship between Americans and their
president.
The Kreitzbergs run Cognetics
Corp. (www.cognetics.com) and
are experts in usability and Web
2.0. E-mail [email protected]
or [email protected].
Technology
Anne & Charlie Kreitzberg,
Web 2.0 Consultants
Rep. Rush Holt
As Barack Obama unpacks
the cartons and gets settled in the
Oval office, he is facing multiple
crises. On his plate are two wars,
the worst economy since the Great
Depression, fighting in the Middle
East, North Korea and Iran both
threatening to build nuclear
weapons — and the threat of losing
his beloved Blackberry. Perhaps
that last issue seems unimportant
compared to the others, but you’d
never know it by the amount of
press coverage it’s receiving.
Most of the unease appears to be
around security issues. Although
Blackberry messages are encrypted, they all pass through the servers
at Research in Motion, the Canadian company that manufactures the
Blackberry. Those servers would
be an enticing target for hackers.
It’s happened before. Sarah
Palin’s E-mail account was hacked
during the campaign. On January 5
the Huffington Post reported that a
bunch of Twitter accounts were
hacked causing Fox News to
“post” a tweet that “Bill O’Reilly is
gay,” Britney Spears to “post” an
off-color comment, and Barack
Obama to “post” a request that his
followers complete a brief survey
and “possibly win $500 in free
gas.” Of course, none of these folks
actually posted the comments.
Another concern is that the
Blackberry could be used by terrorists to locate the president’s
whereabouts. The Blackberry, like
all cell phones, is required to transmit location information that enables the call to be traced to a physical location. This feature, known
as E911, enables emergency responders to locate a person calling
for help. Obviously the U.S. Secret
Service is not happy about that.
The final concern relates to the
Presidential Records Act of 1978,
which mandates the preservation
of all presidential records and allows public access through the
Freedom of Information Act five
years after the president leaves office. It likely that anything that
goes through the Blackberry could
fall under this Act.
All this aside, we’re rooting for
Obama to keep his Blackberry.
Here’s why: How can a modern
leader function without a sure-fire,
unvarnished, direct connection to
the real world? There’s nothing
better for reaching out anytime,
anywhere to anyone than the ubiquitous mobile device.
Presidents have never been
known as tech savvy. During the
campaign John McCain admitted
always the exception. I have a
name for the girls’ Cavalier, “Penny,” a unit of change.
Keep in mind that there is a
breed rescue group for almost
every breed. Just go to
www.petfinder.com to locate one.
If the Obama family desires a
dog of more substantial size, I
would like to suggest the Portuguese Water Dog. The ones I
know are not barky, and tend not to
jump (appropriate for the White
House, or any “house,” for that
matter). Oh my — the PWD is listed as a hypoallergenic dog! Perfect! Decision made.
President Obama, you could
copy me, and visit your local rescue group, as I did in September,
and bring home your own version
of my Archie, a little wiggly, fatbellied brown mix-breed puppy.
that he was “an illiterate” when it
came to computers. According to
an article in Salon, McCain advisor
Mark Soohoo said “you don’t necessarily have to use a computer to
understand how it shapes the country.” We beg to differ.
This is the age of Web 2.0. It is
the foundation of a global information technology infrastructure that
supports communications, knowledge transfer, computing, and entertainment. It is impossible to
imagine how America can thrive
without leveraging the opportunities that the Internet provides.
One thing we have learned
about Web 2.0 is that the only way
to understand it is hands-on. You
need to use it to “get” it. Many organizations have not yet evolved to
a web-friendly culture. And the
concerns in the business world are
the same as the arguments against
the presidential Blackberry: security and losing control around the
release of information.
But what Obama realizes is that
most senior executives live in a
bubble where no one likes to be the
contrarian in the room, no one
wants to be the messenger carrying
bad news, and no one likes to tell
the emperor he forgot his clothes
— even if he’s a really nice guy and
doesn’t lose his cool.
Without a link to the “outside”
world, senior executives are destined to lose their connections to
the world that most of us inhabit.
That’s the last thing we want in a
president.
President Obama is a role model
for other executives for his breakthrough use of technology. Without
his brilliant use of the web,
YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter,
he might not have become president. These technologies gave people a sense of connection with him,
and helped create an enthusiastic
and engaged community that supported him. Obama laid the
groundwork to continue this connection with www.change.gov and
he did it with an apparent ease that
makes CIOs envious. The groundwork is in place for a new democracy based on a direct and immediate
connection between the government and the people.
We hope that the great technical
minds around Obama will be able
to work out the kinks so he can
keep his Blackberry. It’s more than
a cell phone. Barack’s Blackberry
Gretchen Zimmer is the
founder and owner of the Rocky
Top Dog Park (www.rockytopdogpark.com) in Kingston (732-2976527), where she has evaluated
hundreds of dogs to determine
whether they are ready to play well
with others.
kind of scientific thinking that he
has demonstrated himself — the
approach to problems that collects
evidence broadly, looks for consistent patterns in that evidence that
show how policies are working or
not working, looks for contrary evidence, and always operates with
the understanding that others
might have better, not just different, interpretations of the evidence.
I hope he makes it his commitment to educate all students to understand this kind of scientific
thinking. It is through scientific
thinking that we innovate and
make progress as an economy, a
society, and a country.
Rush Holt, a Democrat, formerly served as an administrator at the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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Arts & Culture
— Aid to states to prevent cuts
in Medicaid so that such recipients,
including YWCA clients, do not
experience cut backs in their health
care as states try to balance their
budgets;
— Funding for investments in
infrastructure projects that could
help put people back to work, but
not just building roads and bridges
— areas that traditionally are maledominated but also in education,
social work, childcare, and libraries.
Many deep, urgent, legitimate
concerns fight for your attention
right now. As we carry on the fight
at the grassroots level for racial
justice and women’s empowerment, we appeal to you not to lose
sight of other meaningful and important issues: affordable housing,
quality and fairly priced daycare,
protective measures that address
violence against women, fair and
equitable wages, affirmative action, and marriage equity.
Mr. President, it is our profound
hope that you will turn your attention to the economic well-being of
women and families. We promise
you that we, in Princeton, will support you every step of the way.
Judy Hutton is CEO of the
YWCA Princeton.
Jeff Nathanson, Princeton Arts Council
D
uring the presidential campaign Barack Obama was the only
candidate to distribute a detailed
program of initiatives for the arts.
As reported recently in the Art
Newspaper, included were plans
for an “Artists Corps” of young
artists to promote art in schools and
low-income communities, increased funding for the NEA,
health care for artists, and allowing
artists to deduct the market value
of any works they donate to museums of public institutions.
I would urge President Obama
to follow through on these campaign promises, but don’t stop
there. With the economy in dire
straits, President Obama could institute a contemporary version of
the WPA Federal Art Project, expanding on FDR’s concept to include artists in the development of
the infrastructure so that art isn’t
just an “add-on.” Artists, architects, and designers could work together with engineers to make
road, bridge and utilities projects
beautiful and sustainable.
The one percent for public art
model is fine, but all too often the
art is an afterthought and not an integral part of the overall development process.
In addition, arts need to be considered a central aspect of education. Numerous studies show that
the arts significantly impact academic achievement, literacy, and
citizenship. It would be excellent if
artists and arts educators worked
together with administrators,
teachers and students to improve
our schools.
Jeff Nathanson is the executive
director of the Arts Council of
Princeton, Paul Robeson Center
for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon
Street. 609-924-8777 or www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
David Saint,
Theater Director
I have been in Washington,
D.C., working on the Broadway revival of “West Side Story” with
Arthur Laurents for the past several weeks, where the entire endeavor has been about revitalizing the
show with an eye toward change.
Even though Arthur Laurents (who
wrote the book to the landmark
musical and now directs the revival) and Stephen Sondheim (who
wrote the lyrics) are so open to
change, it is fascinating how many
others profess a desire to embrace
the idea of change, but in the doing,
prove resistant.
My hope for Barack Obama’s
presidency is that his much needed
message of change is not resisted
in the same way by Congress and
the country.
David Saint is the artistic director of George Street Playhouse in
New Brunwick, www.georgestplayhouse.org.
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A
s you lead, continue calling
all Americans, all of us to be “the
better angels of our nature.”
Katherine Kish is president of
Market Entry Inc. and co-executive director of Einstein’s Alley.
Healthcare
My greatest
fear is that his
administration
will be so consumed with
our nation’s
economic
woes that he
won’t get to
healthcare reform. But the
irony is that
tackling healthcare reform is essential to our nation’s economic
recovery. Healthcare is 15 percent
of the gross domestic product nationally. Hospitals are often the
largest employer in the communities in which they serve. In New
Jersey healthcare is the state’s second largest source of jobs, with
hospitals alone employing close to
150,000 New Jerseyans in fulltime and part-time positions. All
told, New Jersey hospitals are economic engines that pump billions
of dollars in salaries, income taxes
and purchased goods and services
into the state’s economy.
But beyond the dollars and
cents, hospitals serve as the safety
net for all of those who lack health
insurance. State law mandates that
hospitals provide care (we call it
charity care) to those who don’t
have health insurance and can’t afford to pay. As the unemployment
figures continue to rise in our state,
that hospital safety net becomes
even more essential.
So. hospitals provide jobs and
add billions of dollars to the state
economy, all while providing a vital service to all our residents.
That, to me, makes hospitals an essential component of any economic recovery.
Betsy Ryan is president of the
New Jersey Hospital Association
(NJHA). www.njha.com.
Barry Rabner, CEO,
Princeton Hospital
I
hope that President Obama
will make healthcare reform one of
his top priorities. The United
States has the highest healthcare
costs in the world. We are also the
only major democracy in which a
huge percentage of the population
has no medical insurance. Continuously rising health costs put
American businesses at a disadvantage in the world market, while
our health system overall ranks
just below Costa Rica, but just
above Slovenia and Cuba.
Fundamental reform is necessary because the problem is great
and the causes many. Incremental
change will have little useful impact. The interests of key participants in our nation’s healthcare
system — patients, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, employers — are unaligned and a
shared purpose is essential.
Barry Rabner is CEO of the
University Medical Center at
Princeton.
JANUARY 21, 2009
Life in the Fast Lane
J
ohnson & Johnson’s consumer division has taken 163,000
square feet at 23 Orchard Road in
Montgomery. “This is the biggest
deal in New Jersey in 2008,” says
Milt Charbonneau.
Charbonneau, a broker with
Colliers Houston & Company’s
Princeton office, represented both
Johnson & Johnson and the building’s owner, Jamie Herring, a
Princeton businessman who, along
with several D.C.-based investors,
bought 23 Orchard Road from
Computer Associates (CA) several
years ago.
The office building, which sits
on Route 206, was outdated when
CA left for offices at PrincetonSouth Corporate Center in Ewing,
says Charbonneau. Herring and his
partners did a full rehab, spending
millions on everything from enhanced amenities to a redesign of
the central atrium. New features include an up-to-date fitness center
and a cafe. Using the open space
around the building, its owners also put in a regulation softball field,
a sand volleyball court, a basketball court, and a picnic area.
In this commercial real estate
climate, with vacancy rates approaching or exceeding 20 percent
in nearly every central New Jersey
market, even superior amenities
and a fresh rehab are not always
enough to attract tenants. In this
case, Charbonneau says that the
owner’s and the broker’s willingness to be flexible paid off.
“J & J has a flexible deal,” says
Charbonneau. “It’s a mix of shortterm and long term.” He explains
that Johnson & Johnson needed to
move some of its departments in
right away, and were able to do so
while space for other departments
was readied.
In one of the most challenging
real estate markets in memory, 23
Orchard Road has now succeeded
in filling nearly all of its space.
Other tenants include Oscient
Pharmaceuticals, Blessing White,
and Twin Hens, a specialty gourmet food company.
Some space does remain. “A
few little pockets are still available,” says Charbonneau. “We
have about 30,000 square feet in
five units.”
BlackRock Buys
Green Warehouse
I
n mid-year, partners JG
Petrucci Co. and F. Greek Development started construction for the
583,136-square-foot Middlesex
Intermodal Center and simultaneously agreed to sell the spec development to the New York-based
BlackRock. Now both the construction and the sale are done.
On the market in its entirety, the
building — on 44 acres — is fully
prepared for occupancy. At the
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BlackRock is pursuing LEED
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a high-efficiency lighting package.
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P
rinceton University has been managing the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) for 57 years. This year, for
the first time, the U.S. Department of Energy, which owns the lab, put its management out for bid.
Princeton University won the bid on the
five-year contract, which pays about $390
million a year, and provides nearly all of
PPPL’s funding.
“We are very pleased that the Department of Energy has selected Princeton
University to continue to manage the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory,”
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman
said in a prepared statement. “It is more
important than ever that we continue to
make progress toward developing fusion
as a safe, clean and sustainable source of
energy.”
The director of the lab, Stewart Prager,
will oversee management of the lab under
the new contract. “As a DOE national laboratory, PPPL enjoys the responsibility
and opportunity to help define a fusion
program for the U.S. that will rapidly advance us toward fusion energy, and return
our country to the world forefront in this
quest,” said Prager, who was appointed by
Princeton as the lab’s director last fall and
who will now assume his position at the
lab.
Prager added, “At PPPL, we will also
advance the fundamental understanding
of the plasma state of matter, and apply
that knowledge even beyond fusion, from
plasmas used in industrial processes to
plasmas in the universe.”
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, James
Forrestal Campus, Box 451, Princeton 08543-0451; 609-243-2000;
fax, 609-243-2751. Stewart Prager,
director. www.pppl.gov.
Balanoff, Danzig and Nissim also serve
as exclusive leasing agents for Central
Crossings, with Steve Tolkach of Newmark Knight Frank in Princeton.
Located in the heart of the New Jersey
Turnpike Exit 7 submarket, Central Crossings Business Park’s tenants include Blue
Tulip (which has just filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy, and may be vacating soon, as
its stores are set to close), Garden State
Portable Storage (PODS), and Frank Wood
Transportation. The largest of those commitments totals 47,800 square feet.
The 170-acre campus Central Crossings
includes 2.3 million square feet of total development potential.
Acquisition
ExpertPlan, 50 Millstone Road, Windsor Corporate Park, Building 400,
Suite 300, East Windsor 08520;
609-918-2500; fax, 609-918-1328.
Julian Onorato, CEO. www.expertplan.com.
ExpertPlan, a private-label retirement
plan record keeper, has acquired its second
company in nine months. Actuarial Enterprises is a third party administrator (TPA).
The company, which currently operates
out of Newtown, Pennsylvania, will ultimately relocate its employees to ExpertPlan’s headquarters in East Windsor and
will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Crosstown Moves
Baxter Construction Inc., 31 West
Broad Street, Hopewell 08525; 609466-3655. Jim Baxter, president.
www.BaxterConstruction.com.
Residential renovator Baxter Construction has left its Nassau Street location for
Hopewell.
Baxter, founded in 1989, specializes in
historic homes. In 1995 a Nassau Street
home renovated by the firm won the
Princeton Historical preservation Award.
JANUARY 21, 2009
U.S. 1 Classifieds
HOW TO ORDER
Call 609-452-7000, or fax your ad to
609-452-0033, or use our E-Mail address: [email protected]. 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.
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OFFICE RENTALS
PREMIER PROPERTY
AREA OFFICE RENTALS
Princeton, Trenton, Hamilton, Hopewell, Montgomery,
Ewing, Hightstown, Lawrenceville and other Mercer,
Somerset & Middlesex Communities. Class A, B and
C Space Available.
OFFICE RENTALS
Bordentown City: Office suites in historic converted coal/lumber yard. 600 SF
$750/mo. two rooms. 900 SF $1125/mo.
three rooms. 1800 SF $1950/mo. six
rooms. All suites have bright windows,
some have hardwood floors and high
ceilings. All have private entrances, private bathrooms, individual signage,
parking. Please call George 609-2982062, [email protected].
East Windsor, Route 130. 1 or 2 person private office in professional building. Shared waiting room. Ample parking. High visibility. $375 monthly. Call
609-730-0575.
Lawrence Township: Office suites
available: 903 sq. ft. with private bath
and 1,135 sq. ft. with private bath, 1st
floor for Doctor’s office. Punia Co. LLC
Broker 609-771-9000.
Monroe Township, 450 SF building, across from Clearbrook, behind Accountant’s Building. $850/mo. 609-6558700.
Pennington - Hopewell: Straube
Center offices from virtual office, 25 to
300 square feet and office suites, 500 to
1,700 square feet. From $100 per
month, short and long term. Storage
space, individual signage, conference
rooms, copier, T-1 line available, call
609-737-3322
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 email [email protected]
Princeton - Heart of Downtown:
single office with shared conference and
coffee rooms, parking available. Professional, non-therapeutic uses only with
low client traffic. Call 609-252-1111.
Princeton Area Office for Lease.
Unionline Building in downtown
Kingston, 1000SF, new construction,
great light, generous parking. Weinberg
Management 609-924-8535.
Princeton Junction: Prof. Office
space in highly visible spot near trains.
All utilities/maintenance included in
rent, except electric. Units from $450 to
$2330 per month. Call Ali at Re/max of
Princeton 609-452-1887 or cell 609902-0709.
Its more commercially known
projects include renovations to architect Michael Graves’ office and
to the Whole Earth Center.
Issues Management LLC/a
Lowenstein Sandler Company, 100 Overlook Center,
Second Floor, Princeton
08540; 609-252-1300; fax,
609-252-0123. Cindy Gordon,
managing
partner.
Home page: www.issuesllc.com.
Issues Management LLC, a
public affairs consulting firm that
is part of Lowenstein Sandler, has
moved from 101 Poor Farm Road
to Overlook Center. The firm has
six employees.
Monmouth Lighting Corporation, 5C Marlen Drive, Robbinsville 08691; 609-5877900; fax, 609-613-5586.
Keith Goldberg, principal.
Monmouth Lighting, a wholesale producer of energy-efficient
lighting, has moved from 92 North
Main Street to Marlen Drive, to a
larger space.
For details on space
and rates, contact
www.WeidelCommercial.com
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.
Professional Furnished Office
Space on Alexander Road. Utilities/
maintenance/ receptionist included in
rent. From $450 per month. Call/E-Mail
Thomas
at
609-951-9900
or
[email protected].
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
(3) Restaurants - Mercer County,
New Jersey: (1) 9,100 sq. ft., 338 seats
with liquor license and R/E, modern fine
dining (2) 6,800 sq. ft., 175 seats with
liquor license & R/E, 2 parking lots,
$1.65M. (3) 85-seat diner, profitable,
business only. $875,000. Sale - Ridolfi &
Associates, 609-581-4848.
RETAIL SPACE
Franklin Township: Store space
available 18,950 sq. ft., will subdivide.
On Route 27 in Kingston Mall. Punia Co.
LLC Broker. 609-771-9000.
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 - Bright, creative
Multi Video Labs Inc., 31 Airpark Road, Princeton 08540;
609-497-1930. Chin Tao Wu,
president.
Multi Video Labs, a software
development company founded in
1992 by C.T. Wu, has moved from
Airpark Drive.
According to David Vilkomerson, president of DVX medical imaging, which shares 31 Airpark
Drive with Multi Video Labs, Wu
left a note that simply stated
“Moved Out.” Wu apparently has
moved the business to his home,
but did not leave an address or
phone number.
The business’s phone and fax
numbers have been disconnected
and the company there is no website.
Triton Info Tech Inc., 300
Alexander Park, Suite 120,
Princeton 08540; 609-4198800; fax, 609-419-1188.
Aditya
Nara,
president.
Home page: www.tritoninfotech.com.
Triton Info Tech Inc., an Indiabased IT company focused on the
spaces with tons of style at low prices:
300 SF @ $495/mo.; 600 SF @ $695
and 1500 SF @ $1995. Perfect for studio, prof, couns, web, massage. MUST
SEE! Brian at 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.
Office/Retail: 2 store fronts, 1 secure
outside display area. Will divide. Main
Street, Kingston. Sale or lease. Owner
financing. Available January 2009. 609903-5590.
Office/Storage/Warehouse
Flex
Space for Rent: Ewing Township. Call
Jim 609-882-9270.
Ewing Twp. - 7,000 +/- SF office, medical or professional use. Available for sale.
OFFICE SPACE
Ewing - Office - 7,000 +/- SF, medical office building available for sale.
Ewing - Office - Attractive 4 office suites. 620 SF to 1,368 SF. Close to I-95, U.S. 1
& Princeton. Favorable lease rates.
Ewing Twp. - Shared space in existing 1st floor medical office.
Hopewell - Ideally located, offering high visibility on the main street of Hopewell
Boro. 1,250 +/- SF 1st floor office and/or retail space. Available for lease.
Montgomery Twp. - Economical office suites, 550 SF, 204 +/- SF & 211 +/- SF,
which can be combined for 1,335 +/- SF. Lease. On 206.
Pennington - Two (2) suites available for lease. 1,584 +/- SF. Rt. 31 near I-95.
Plainsboro - 400 +/- SF office space in professional office park.
RETAIL SPACE
Ewing Twp. - 1,000 SF to 2,000 SF available for lease located in neighborhood
shopping center. Close to 95 and Merrill Lynch Headquarters.
Hamilton - Two (2) units available or sale in neighborhood center on Rt. 33. 2,377
+/- SF each or 4,755 +/- SF combined. Retail or office.
Hamilton - 1,600 +/- SF available in neighborhood shopping center.
Hightstown - Lease - 1,000 SF in busy shopping center.
Trenton - 6,000 +/- SF to 24,000 +/- SF available for lease.
Close to government buildings and courthouse. Large show windows.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unique Rental Space zoning (I3), ordinance passed for retail and recreation
activities, ample parking all utilities, one
1200’, one 1500’, one 6,250’, one 2500’
and one 3600’. Located at 325 and 335
New Road, Monmouth Junction. Call
Harold 732-329-2311.
Bordentown Twp. - Investor, user/owner opportunity - 22,300 SF office building with
Triple A location in Bordentown Twp. Call for details.
Branchburg Twp. - Sale or lease warehouse/shop space. 350 SF to 50,000 SF.
Ewing Twp. - 8,800 +/- SF for lease. Warehouse or office.
Hamilton Twp. - 3,840 SF warehouse space available for lease.
North Brunswick - Investment property. 8,300 +/- SF building with three tenants. 100% occupied.
Trenton - 5,395 +/- SF. Sale or lease. 1,600 +/- SF 3-bedroom apt., a 500 +/SF beauty salon and 3,295 +/- SF 1st floor space. Ready or you.
LAND
STUDIO SPACE
Studio Space for Rent: $30/hr. in
Kingston. 609-468-1286.
Lawrence Twp. - .2.28 +/- acres in professional office zoning.
South Brunswick - .75 acre located on the northbound jug handle of Route 1
and Major Road. All utilities. Available for sale.
West Amwell Twp. - 5.4 +/- acres zoned highway commercial, conceptual plan
with some permits for 15,592 +/- SF bldg.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
HOUSING FOR SALE
Stock Market Getting You Down?
Purchase 50% interest in Hunterdon
County property near Lambertville.
Colonial home, horse stable, acreage.
Current appraisal $675,000. 2.5% annual return for 5 years. Additional 3%
annual payment at end of 5 year term.
908-996-4134. Owner/Realtor.
Hamilton Twp. - Profitable pet and pet supply store located in active shopping
ctr. Business only for sale.
Hamilton Twp. - Turnkey laundromat in a small neighborhood shopping center.
Business only available for Sale.
Montgomery Twp. - Barber shop business for Sale, having three (3) chairs and
one (1) wash station in the Montgomery Shopping Center.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
Trenton - 2-family building near downtown, government buildings & courthouse.
Weidel Realtors Commercial Division
2681 Main Street • Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648
HOUSING FOR RENT
609-737-2077
Lawrence Twp. House for Rent: 3
BRs, 1 1/2 Bath, LR/DR, Kitchen, full
basement, off-street parking, great
neighborhood / schools. $1500 pm 609902-0709.
CCIM
Individual Member
Certified Commercial
Investment Member
Suites from 1,393 – 15,000 SF
fashion and garment industries,
has left its offices at 3 Independence Way and is now operating on
Alexander Road, according to
company president Aditya Nara.
The company employs 100 and
also has offices in Ohio and Virginia.
Princeton
Office Space
2 Great Locations
1,300 - 14,000 SF
Office Center at Market Fair
Leaving Town
Nanopv Corp., 1405 Lower
Ferry Road, Ewing 08618;
609-530-0880. Home page:
www.nano-pv.com.
NanoPV, a producer of thin film
silicon technologies for photovoltaics, appears to have closed
down its facility on Lower Ferry
Road.
Formed in 2007 by Anna Selvan
John, NanoPV set out to improve
performance and reliability in production and insulation costs
through nanotechnology. In January, 2008, the firm partnered with
Taiwan-based Kenmos Photovoltaics with the intent of producing solar cell-making equipment
by the end of the year.
Between Route 1 and Canal Pointe Blvd.
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First Class Office Space
On-Site Management
On-Site Amenities Include
Shopping (Market Fair), Restaurants, Hotels
and Bus (#600) to Train (Princeton Junction)
For Further Information, Contact:
Wayne L. Kasbar 732-790-1364
Exclusive Agent
101 Fieldcrest Ave.
Edison, N.J. 08837
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U.S. 1 Employment Exchange
HELP WANTED
JOBS WANTED
Begin a new successful career! Become a real estate
agent with us. No experience
neccessary. Free training. Fantastic office. Call Sylvia Morrison
609-896-1000.
Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we
will run a reasonably worded
classified ad for you at no
charge. If you require confidentiality, send a check for $4 with
your ad and request a U.S. 1 Response Box. Replies will be forwarded to you at no extra
charge. Mail or Fax your ad to
U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 12 Roszel
Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. You
must include your name, address, and phone number (for
our records only).
Chef Wanted for Thai
Restaurant: Will train. 609-3757584 or 609-356-8913 Jirada.
Looking for Part Time waiter00> for Indian restaurant in
Princeton, daily 6-9PM. 917847-7620.
Project Coordinator: Work
from home and learn court transcription. Fast turnaround work.
Requires 30 hrs/wk during business hours. Supervise a small
team. Must have 4 year college
degree, supervisory and transcription experience and type 70
words/minute. No exceptions.
Send resume to PO Box 365,
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
Public Relations Partner:
Must be experienced, savvy and
willing to share risk/reward of
start-up
business.
[email protected].
CAREER SERVICES
Certified Professional Resume Writer, Licensed Career
Counselor: Assessments/job
search/career. Resumes/cover
letters. Guarneri Associates. [email protected].
866-8814055 toll-free.
Job Worries? Let Dr. Sandra
Grunfest, licensed pscyhologist
and certified career counselor,
help you with your career goals
and job search skills. Call 609921-8401 or 732-873-1212 (License #2855)
Engineer/Technical Professional/MBA: Highly skilled, motivated, technical professional
with MBA looking for fulltime employment in central NJ area. I also have experience in a variety
of manufacturing areas. Skilled
in the MS suite and other software. Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing concepts. Box 222127.
Freelance Personal/ Executive Assistant in Princeton
area. 20 years business experience. $20/hr. Email [email protected].
609-3060352.
Hardworking, experienced
Administrative Assistant. Proficient in MS Word and Excel, internet research, FileMaker Pro
and all office equipment. Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and
some teaching experience.
Seeking full time position with a
progressive organization. Contact Carol at 609-585-9230 or
[email protected].
Highly accomplished senior
executive in the consumer
products industry with record
sales and profits. Judicious P&L
management, with emphasis on
operating efficiences, employee
development, and product man-
HOUSING FOR RENT
Lawrenceville Village: Very nice,
updated, roomy 2BR. Walk to town and
bus stop. $1350/month. 609-912-0571.
ROOM FOR RENT
Seeking Quiet, Responsible, Nonsmoker to Rent Rooms: in heart of
Hopewell Boro. House has hardwood
floors, high ceilings, backyard, and is located within walking distance to cute
coffee shop, library, antique stores and
nature preserve. 15 min. to Princeton.
No Pets. $550 and $425 + utilities. Security deposit. If interested, please call
609-306-9130.
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
600 Alexander Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
“JOBS ON THE SQUARE”
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2009 A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY!
COME THRIVE WITH SNELLING!
Palmer Square Stores
and Restaurants
Located in Downtown Princeton
Let our Professional Recruiting team with over 30 years of
combined experience help you find your next Career move!
Specializing in:
Temporary - Temp to Hire & Direct Hire positions
Executive Assistant - Admin Assistant - Legal Assistant
Customer Services - Account (all levels) - Reception
Clerical & Office Services - Data Entry - Sales & Marketing
Pharma Legal - IT - Warehouse/Production - Certified Forklift Op
Find out about exciting job
opportunities at our stores and
restaurants on our updated website.
JOBS WANTED
JOBS WANTED
agement. Visionary leader, and
entrepreneur. MBA, international
experience, and boardroom experience. Areas of expertise include: P&L Management. Sales
& Business Management. Project Management. New Product
Development. Staff Development and Motivation. Organizational Restructuring. Interested
in seeking Fulltime position.
Please call Chris at 609-7992916.
case management and health
management issues. For more
information contact: [email protected].
Master Level Mental Health
Counselor seeking full time
position. Innovative, creative
problem solver, seeking a position in a non-profit. Several years
experience with children, adolescents, and adults in individual,
group, and family sessions.
Counselor has worked with
abused children and adults, substance abuse, SMI, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and
Major Depression. Experience in
hospitals, foster care, community mental health settings, and domestic violence. Experience in
Operations/Project Manager: Enthusiastic and hard working professional with 5 years experience in the food service industry seeking fulltime employment. A resourceful team player
with a proven track record in New
Store Opening project management and Quality Assurance
within a major quick Service
Restaurant franchise. Diverse
experience in marketing, conducting and implementing training programs, driving operational systems, and developing
cooperative working relationships. Magna Cum Laude graduate with a BA in Marketing from
Johnson and Wales University.
Experienced in Microsoft Office
applications with excellent written and oral communication
skills. Please contact me at 609510-8726 or [email protected].
Contact Us today at 609-683-4040
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.snelling.com/princeton/application
OTHER POSITIONS AVAILABLE INCLUDE:
Quality Control Manager
$55-$60K
Food experience, bilingual Spanish. Knowledge of
HACCP, C-TPAT a must. Troubleshoot, maintain technical files. Expedite customer requests. Prepare quarterly product quality rating and customer reports.
Great working atmosphere. Email resumes to:
[email protected]
Market Research Project Director
$80-$95K
Global Pharmaceutical Market Research Firm.
Qual./quant. projects; design questionnaires. IDI's,
report writing, interpret results and make recommendations, multi-variate analysis, data collection, focus
groups. SPSS and MS office suite a must. BS degree or
MBA a must. Email resumes to: [email protected]
609-683-4040 Fax 609-683-5621
www.snelling.com/princeton
JOBS WANTED
JOBS WANTED
Programmer: 66 years old
wishes to find full time work with
non standard programs. My experience inludes 15 years programming for the publishing industry. Experienced in PERL,
UNIX, C and many others. I seek
$20 per hour and medical benefits. Please call Stan at 609-4436388 or email [email protected] and make me an offer.
CONTRACTING
HOME MAINTENANCE
BUSINESS SERVICES
PERSONAL SERVICES
Handyman/Yardwork:
Painting/
Carpentry/ Masonry/ Hauling/ All Yard
Work from top to bottom. Done by pros.
Call 609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
around the house. No job is too small.
Reasonable rates! Call 609-275-6631.
Liquor License: Consumption license, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Sale - Ridolfi & Associates, 609-581-4848.
Grocery Shopping/ Childcare/ Pet
Sitting: Evenings/ Weekends/ Holidays. Princeton/ Trenton/ Pennington/
Lawrenceville areas. Leave message
609-844-0119.
CLEANING SERVICES
SCRUBADUBDUBResidential
cleaning, free estimates, affordable
prices,
references,
once/
bimonthly/weekly. Gift Certificates available. Proprietor Jody Daly 609-2135755.
HOME MAINTENANCE
Handyman: House call for electrical,
computer service, project or chores
Interior Painting: Carpentry services. Quality work. Fully insured. 20 years
experience. 609-658-0073 or 609-8979494.
Interior Painting: Professional work
and twenty years experience. Small
jobs okay. Brian 882-5457.
COMPUTER SERVICES
Computer Problems Solved!!:
Computer group of Princeton: set-up,
repair, software installation, virus removal. Phone 609-896-2239 or email:
[email protected].
TRANSPORTATION
Man with a full sized car available
for pre-scheduled trips. Commuters
and small to medium sized moving jobs.
References available upon request.
Galen M. Valley. 609-672-8365.
BUSINESS SERVICES
PHOTOGRAPHY
We are professional photographers, available for any events: weddings, bridal showers, baby showers,
birthdays, sweet sixteens, etc. Starting
from $300. [email protected]
or 732-821-2695.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bookkeeper/Administrative Specialist: Versatile & experienced professional will gladly handle your bookkeeping and/or administrative needs. Many
services available. Reasonable rates.
Call Debra @ 609-448-6005 or visit
www.v-yours.com.
Bookkeeping. Internal controls. Financial analysis (e.g. payroll, rolling
cash forecasts). QuickBooks certified
user. I can help. Call Joan today at
Kaspin Associates 609-490-0888.
Data & Doc Services. Data & Document Services for Legal, Financial,
Medical, Publishing, Research, Consulting companies. We provide OCR,
tagging, DTP, Data entry, digitization, reformatting, coding, indexing, data extraction and custom services. Call 908295-7705 or email: [email protected]
Need Accounting Help? Our CPA’s
provide
affordable
accounting,
bookeeping, tax and CFO services. We
can help you setup your books or budgets, analyze your financials, manage
your cash, or help you write your business plan. Call 609-945-5556 or email
[email protected].
JOIN
Phyllis
(Cohen)
Grodnicki
Over 15 years
experience
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President of Women
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253 Nassau Street • Princeton
An independently owned and operated member
of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
What Does 2009 Have in Store? Ask
the cards. I do meaningful tarot card
readings for individuals or parties. Call
609-203-0526.
ADULT CARE
Marisols Home Caregiver Services. Affordable Home Care. Companionship. Light Housekeeping. Errands. Personal Care. Elderly. Disabled.
Sick. Family Owned & Operated. Insured and bonded. Call 732-912-9312.
TRAVEL
Villa Rental - Spanish Virgin Islands: 2 Bedroom, 2 bath plus amenities, $1075/week. No passport required.
Call 787-742-3298. See photos at BlueHorizonRealty.net.
HEALTH
Manual Lymph Drainage: Beneficial
after trauma, injury or surgery to reduce
swelling, bruising and pain. Speeds recovery. Very gentle. Certified therapist
trained in Austria. 609-466-8628.
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.
Massage By Marina: Soulful, nurturing, eclectic and caring. Four hands.
Cell 609-468-7726, 609-275-1998.
The Best Chinese Massage Therapy: Treatment for: Headache, nerves,
neck pain, shoulder pain, sciatica and
more. 947 State Road, Princeton. Call
609-356-8085.
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proved that he had been
had by Coleman’s profession of innocence.
“I felt devastated,”
McCloskey told U.S.
1’s Michele Alperin. “You begin to
look at yourself and wonder if you
have lost your touch. How could
you be so wrong when you thought
you were so right?”
But, as McCloskey elaborated
in a press release issued at the time
of the DNA test result: “If there is a
means to discover the truth, we
must never shrink or shy away
from using it in our search. We
must never stop the hard effort to
touch the factual bottom of any
case. The truth can be very elusive,
and even illusory. Our search for
facts can delude us into thinking
that what we have found is gold,
only to discover that it is in fact
fool’s gold. But once the gold of
absolute truth is revealed, we must
embrace it, and be thankful that we
have finally uncovered it.”
For me that comment went beyond judgments of guilt or innocence. It also cut to the heart of the
daily decision-making process. I
think, for example, that we made
the right choice this week putting
an Atlas figure on the cover of this
newspaper. But I could be wrong.
So my advice to Obama: As you
embark on the new programs and
new strategies that we all hope will
pull the nation out of its domestic
and international quagmires, keep
checking the outcomes and evaluating the process. Recognize that
the correct approach might be illusory. Be ready to admit mistakes
and be willing to cut our collective
losses.
As taxpayers and citizens we are
used to making mistakes and to encountering mistakes made by others. And we are more than ready to
forgive any that you might make.
That’s my opinion. Of course I
could be wrong.
Richard K. Rein
could be wrong
but maybe our newbie
President could take some lessons
from U.S. 1’s January 14 cover article on Centurion Ministries, the
Witherspoon Street nonprofit that
reopens dusty criminal cases and
works to free wrongly convicted
inmates. Obama might learn, as
some of us who read the article did,
that the legal process isn’t always
perfect, that eyewitness testimony
can be surprisingly unreliable, and
that overturning a conviction is
roughly like turning around an
ocean liner at full throttle — a lot of
inertia has to be overcome.
Centurion founder Jim McCloskey’s account of his first visit
inside the prison walls in 1980 was
an eye-opener. McCloskey had
been verbally accosted by one of
several inmates he met and later referred to the inmate as a black man.
But this particular inmate was
white — giving McCloskey instant
insight into the potential weakness
of eyewitness testimony and leading to the formation of Centurion.
I had a similar revelation the
first time I stepped inside a maximum security in prison in 1979. I
was visiting Rahway State Prison,
writing a People Magazine profile
of an inmate named Rick Rowe, a
freckle-faced, 38-year-old who
had started the Lifers Program at
Rahway that led to the Scared
Straight program, the subject of a
nationally broadcast documentary
about the life prisoners at Rahway
confronting juvenile offenders
with the harsh realities of prison
life. The program became wildly
popular, but a study done some 10
years later challenged its success.
“I said from the word go that it’s
not going to work for every kid,”
Rowe told me in that first interview, “but it might help those on
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the borderline-the kids who are
smart enough to cope with what
they see.”
In addition to the lifers’ program, Rowe kept busy running a
Christmas toy drive, a program that
taught inmates hairstyling so that
they could find jobs cutting hair
upon their release, and a prison employment agency.
What most impressed me about
Rowe, however, was his quiet insistence of his own innocence.
When I got back to my office after
that visit to Rahway I immediately
called the PR guy for the state corrections department. What was
Rowe in for, anyhow, I wondered.
From inside the big
house, some advice
for the White House.
The PR guy promptly described a
horrific rape and assault that
capped a lifetime of crime, punctuated by Rowe’s belligerent behavior at his trial. So much for my initial impression.
In U.S. 1’s article Jim McCloskey had a much more dramatic eureka moment. His organization had established a track record
for saving prisoners, but it had
failed to work in time on behalf of
convicted murderer Roger Coleman. McCloskey was with the condemned man until the bitter end in
1992, when he was executed. But
McCloskey continued his effort to
exonerate the man, an effort that finally led to the acid test — a truthtell-all DNA test in 2000.
That test shocked McCloskey: It
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