This Weekend in Princeton: March 4-6
Friday, March 4
12:30 p.m.: Gallery Talk at the Princeton University Art Museum: “Anthony van Dyck: The Mocking of Christ.” Free to attend.
4:30 p.m.: “Shakespeare and Ireland” lecture by James Shapiro presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Fund for Irish Studies (FIS) at Princeton University’s James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street.
6 p.m.: Friday Wine & Music at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.
7:30 p.m.: Princeton University Orchestra performs works by Bernstein, Kapustin, Korngold, and Beethoven at Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: “Romantic Genius” concert performed by the Westminster Choir and conducted by Joe Miller at Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College in Princeton.
Saturday, March 5
9:15 a.m.: Ireland and Shakespeare Symposium presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Fund for Irish Studies (FIS); Princeton University, James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street.
9:30 a.m.: Maple Sugaring Brunch and Hike at Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Reserve, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington.
10:30 a.m.: Screening of Horton Hears a Who! (2008) at Princeton Garden Theatre.
11 a.m.: Open Table Tennis Tournament at Princeton Pong, 745 Alexander Road, West Windsor.
2 to 4 p.m.: Princeton Variety Theater and the Arts Council of Princeton present “Peter Pan at the Princeton Public Pool – Pirates, Pandemonium, and Panto.” The performance involves more than 50 Princeton community members, including dancers, acrobats, actors, singers, and musicians; Stuart Country Day School, Stuart Little Theater, Princeton.
3 to 5 p.m.: Opening reception for “Every Fiber of My Being,” a group textile exhibition at the Taplin Gallery at the Arts Council of Princeton.
7 to 10 p.m.: Havana Nights Gala fundraiser at the West Windsor Arts Council. Includes live music, Cuban fare, drinks, and a silent art auction.
Sunday, March 6
12:30 p.m.: Screening of the Royal Opera’s La Traviata at Princeton Garden Theatre (also on March 16).
1 p.m.: Open House at Rambling Pines Day Camp, 74 Lambertville Hopewell Road in Hopewell.
2 p.m.: Pianist Alexander Melnikov performs works by Shostakovich at Richardson Auditorium.
2 p.m.: Dance showcase entitled “Dancespaces” at Rider University’s Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville.
2:30 p.m.: New School for Music Study’s Faculty Recital Series at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton.
5 p.m.: Boheme Opera singers perform excerpts from “Carmen” at Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton.