Friday, April 25, 2008

Exhibitions: Invoking the Comic Muse: Toulouse-Lautrec's Parody of The Sacred Bois • Early Warhol in Context • An Educated Eye: Princeton University Art Museum Collections • Polygons to Printmaking: The Work of Frank Stella 1958-1997 Location: Princeton University Art Museum Admission is free. Open to the public
Info: 609-258-1860; www.princetonartmuseum.org

5:30 pm Anthony C. Thompson Reading and Discussion Location: Labyrinth Books Info: 609-497-1600

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Arts Council of Princeton Pinot to Picasso ~ Vintage 2008 Fundraiser
Location: The Technology Center of Princeton, 330 Carter Road, Princeton
Ticket Info: www.artscouncilofprinceton.org

6:30 pm and 9:00 pm Disiac Dance Company Presents: Trip Location: The Frist Campus Center Film and Performance Theater Admission: Princeton UniversityStudents - $8, General Admission - $10

It's too bad the Frist Theater doesn't have seat belts, because you just might need them as DisiBlue takes you to new and fascinating places in our April show--Trip. Journey into the moving and thrilling rhythms of the heart and love; make an expedition through strange and fantastical levels of the mind; voyage into the dark yet electrifying life of a student; trek through surreal and trippy adventures down the rabbit hole and beyond, and experience the consequences when we all trip and fall. It'll be thrilling, it'll be trippy and it'll be Disiac. Come find out where our Trip will take you.

7 pm - 10:30 pm Princeton University - Banff Mountain Film FestivalLocation: McCosh Hall, McCosh10,
Admission Fee: $10/Princeton University students with PUID; $12 all others. Info: 609-258-9220
www.princeton.edu/utickets

Hot on the heels of the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has hit the road, with stops planned in more than 275 communities and 30 countries across the globe.This year's tour features a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking action, environmental, and adventure mountain films. Traveling from remote landscapes and cultures to up close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports, the 2007/2008 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is produced by Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre, and features award-winning films and audience favorites from approximately 300 films entered in the annual festival in Banff.

8 pm Arabian Nights, Theatre Intime Location: Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University Ticket Info: 609-258-1742

8 pm Westminster Choir College of Rider University presents La Clemenza di Tito by W. A. Mozart Location: Princeton Regional Schools Performing Arts Center Admission fee: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors
Information / Box office contact: Box office 609-2663, www.rider.edu/arts

Westminster Opera Theater presents Mozart's tale of power, deception, love and forgiveness with orchestra. Sung in English with Italian supertitles.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Exhibitions: Invoking the Comic Muse: Toulouse-Lautrec's Parody of The Sacred Bois • Early Warhol in Context • An Educated Eye: Princeton University Art Museum Collections • Polygons to Printmaking: The Work of Frank Stella 1958-1997 Location: Princeton University Art Museum Admission is free. Open to the public
Info: 609-258-1860; www.princetonartmuseum.org

12 pm - 5 pm Exhibitions: Student Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts - Installation by Arzu Komilli '08 and installation by Meredith Thompson '08 Location: Princeton University, Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street. Admission is free. Open to the public Info: 609-258-5262 www.princeton.edu/arts

10:00 am -12:00 pm Athena and Artemis: Power Goddesses , Art for Families Location: Princeton Art Museum Info: http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/m_cal.cfm

12 - 5 pm Communiversity Festival of the Arts Location: Downtown Princeton Admission: Free
Info: www.artscouncilofprinceton.org

6 pm to 9 pm The Junior League of Greater Princeton Patron's Preview Gala Location: 226 Drakes Corner Rd Princeton Admission: $150 Ticket Info: www.jlgp.org, or 609-771-0525

6:30 pm The Princeton Festival presents April in Paris 1900 Location: Greenacres Country Club, 2170 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville NJ Admission fee: $250 to $1000 per person, all but $200 tax deductable Info: 609-537-0071 or website www.princetonfestival.org

A gala to benefit The Princeton Festival, a summer festival of the performing arts. The theme is April in Paris 1900.Highlights are dinner, dancing to the Courtney Colletti II band, cancan dancers, caricature artist, auction of paintings by Joseph Crilley, Judith Brodsky and Peter Cook.
Website (if applicable): www.princetonfestival.org

6:30 pm and 9:00 pm Disiac Dance Company Presents: Trip Location: The Frist Campus Center Film and Performance Theater, Princeton University Students - $8, General Admission - $10

8 pm Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers Location: Suzanne Patterson Center, Monument Drive
Admission: $8 Info: 609-924-6763

8 pm Princeton University Orchestra Location: Richardson Auditorium Ticket info: http://www.princeton.edu/richaud/upevents.shtml

8 pm Jason Moran & Bandwagon Cyrus Chestnut's Manhattan Trinity Location: McCarter Theatre
Ticket Info: http://www.mccarter.org/ticketoffice

8 pm Westminster Choir College of Rider University presents La Clemenza di Tito by W. A. Mozart Location: Princeton Regional Schools Performing Arts Center Admission fee: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors
Information / Box office contact: Box office 609-2663, www.rider.edu/arts

Westminster Opera Theater presents Mozart's tale of power, deception, love and forgiveness with orchestra. Sung in English with Italian supertitles.

Sunday April 27, 2008

4 pm Princeton Symphony Orchestra - Classical Series Concert V Location: Richardson Auditorium
Admission Fee: $64, 50, 36, 16 Info: 609-497-0020 website: www.princetonsymphony.org

The PSO ends its season with guest conductor Rossen Milanov, associate conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. In celebration of Prokofiev's birthday, the PSO will perform his beautiful Pushkin Waltzes, composed on the occasion of the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin's 150th birthday. Guest artist David Greilsammer, piano, will perform a delightful early concerto by Mozart. The season ends in a triumphant fashion with perhaps the most famous of all symphonies, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Commencing with its inspiring "fate" motif, Beethoven's Fifth is universally celebrated for the grand scale of its irrepressibly life-affirming spirit.

2 pm CAPPS (Community Arts Partnership at the Peddie School) - Tony DeSare: Standards Then and Now
Location: Mount Burke Theater, Peddie School, So. Main Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520 Admission Fee: $20
Info: 609-490-7550 or capps@peddie.org Website: www.princetonsymphony.org

Singer-songwriter and pianist Tony DeSare and his trio will perform music from his new CD: LAST FIRST KISS. This is a passionate set that combines contemporary music with the great American Songbook and spans Prince to the Gershwins. Tony and his trio have performed at premier venues throughout the country including an extended stay at the famed Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel.

3 pm Westminster Conservatory's Youth Chorale presents Songs from Our Diverse Heritage Location: Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton Admission fee: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors Information / Box office contact: Box office 609-2663

Short description of event: Composed of talented area high school students, the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale presents an afternoon of choral music highlighted by compositions by area composer Peter Wright.