McCarter Theatre Concludes 2009-2010 Season With New Musical, Take Flight
Posted on 18. May, 2010 by PNN Editor.
McCarter Theatre concludes their 2009-2010 theater season with the American premiere of Take Flight, a new musical featuring the life stories of the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, and Charles Lindbergh. Take Flight is a collaboration between the Academy Award-winning composer David Shire, Tony Award-winning lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr., and Tony Award-winning librettist John Weidman. The [...]
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Trinity Church Lawn Concert, “Princeton to Port-au-Prince” to benefit Haitian Classrooms
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by PNN Editor.
On Sunday, May 16th, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Trinity Church will stage “Princeton to Port-au-Prince”, a rain or shine lawn concert with 100% of the profits to benefit Episcopal Relief and Development’s school rebuilding for Haitian children. On Trinity’s Stockton street front lawn, facing Princeton borough hall and Morven, bring a lawn chair and enjoy a variety of live music and fun activities for families, added with Haitian fare from Trenton’s Mommie Joe’s Caribbean restaurant, all served up with wine, beer (including Jamaican) and lemonade for the kids. Suggested admission is $20 per person, $30 per family. The Haitian food buffet is $10, with a children’s meal of hot dog, chips and unlimited lemonade for $5.
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A Conversation with James Lapine, writer of “Into the Woods” 3:00 p.m. Tuesday May 04, 2010
Posted on 02. May, 2010 by PNN Editor.
James Lapine has written and directed the plays Table Settings, Luck, Pluck and Virtue, The Moment When, Fran’s Bed and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing. He has written the book for and directed Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, Into The Woods and Passion.
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John McPhee Reads from New Book, Silk Parachute, 6pm Thursday April 22nd at Labyrinth Books Princeton
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 by PNN Editor.
On Thursday April 22nd at 6PM at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, author John McPhee will read from his new book “Silk Parachute”. The brief, brilliant essay “Silk Parachute,” which first appeared in The New Yorker, has become John McPhee’s most anthologized piece of writing. John McPhee is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of twenty-eight books.
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Brad Smith – Moving Technology to the Cloud: Who’s on Point?
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by PNN Editor.
Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs for Microsoft, will discuss the topic of Moving Technology to the Cloud – Who’s On Point? at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010 in 101 Sherrerd Hall on Princeton University campus. A reception immediately following 3rd floor atrium.
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Sam Lipsyte discusses his new book “The Ask” at Labyrinth Books
Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by PNN Editor.
On Tuesday, April 13th at 6PM Sam Lipsyte will be reading from his new novel “The Ask” at Labyrinth Books in Princeton. Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collection Venus Drive (named one of the top 25 books of its year by The Voice) and two novels: The Subject Steve and Home Land, which was a NYTimes Notable Book and received the Believer Book Award.
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Dave Tompkins and DJ Piotr Orlov in Conversation About The Vocoder – at Labyrinth Books
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by PNN Editor.
Tompkins’ new book, How to Wreck a Nice Beach, is the story of how a military device became the robot voice of hip-hop and pop music. Dave Tompkins, a former columnist for The Wire, writes frequently about hip-hop and popular culture. His work has appeared in Vibe, The Village Boice, Wax Poettics, and The Believer. Nearly a decade in the making, this is his first book. DJ Piotr Orlov’s writing on music and culture has appeared in the NYTimes, Wired, Arthur and on countless websites.