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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

5:30 - 7:30PM Opening reception of Puzzles of the Brain: An Artist’s Journey through Amnesia; Morven Museum.

7 - 9PM Taste of Winter Fest, Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival; The Inn at Lambertville Station, Bridge Street, Lambertville.

7:30PM The Convert; winner of the 2011 Stavis and Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award; Berlind at McCarter Theatre Complex. Additional performances through Februrary 12.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

11AM - Noon Cotsen Children’s Library hosts Tiger Tales for ages 3-5; Princeton University.

8PM Blast!, comprised of 35 brass percussion and visual performers brought together in an explosion of music and theater; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

7PM Author Melissa Lane will talk about her book Eco-Republic; Princeton Library.

8:30AM Community Connection of Princeton HealthCare hosts a Winter Wonderland Breakfast with Frosty; University Medical Center at Princeton.

Noon The Annual Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival Parade; through Lambertville and New Hope.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29

1 - 4PM Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival’s Sixteenth Annual Chili Cook-Off; 560 Union Square Drive, New Hope.

1 - 4PM Wassailing party: singing, dancing, and playing of primitive instruments to encourage a successful apple crop; Terhune Orchards.

3PM The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and New Jersey Performing Arts Center present Renee Fleming; New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall, Newark.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31

7:30PM Russian a Cappella Ensemble Psalom performs “Evensong: A Service of Prayer and Song”; Princeton Theological Seminary.

8PM Fabio Biondi and his chamber orchestra Europa Galante will perform baroque and classical works; Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

4:30PM Public lecture: Primes and Equations given by Richard Taylor, Professor, School of Mathematics; Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

10AM - 2:30PM Groundhog Day celebration including musical performances, educational tours, groundhog inspired workshops, and storytelling; Grounds for Sculpture.

5 - 8PM Princeton University Art Museum’s Annual Winter Open House. A family event filled with art, refreshments, prizes, and student tour guides. Princeton University Art Museum.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

11AM Cotsen Children’s Library hosts Tiger Tales for ages 3-5; One Washington Road, Princeton University.

7PM Princeton Mens Hockey plays Dartmouth. Skate with the Tigers game. Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton University.

8PM Jazz4Soul concert featuring vocalist Amazing Grace Little; Arts Council of Princeton.

8PM The Temptations and The Four Tops; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

6PM Princeton University Art Museum presents its annual benefit Gala, Midnight in the Garden; Princeton University Art Museum.

8PM West Windsor Arts Council hosts Yolanda F. Johnson, A Spirituals Experience; West Windsor Arts Center.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

3PM West Windsor Arts Council’s Sunday Sampler Series, TAHIRA in Gift of Story; West Windsor Arts Center.

4PM Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents Simply Russian with Rossen Milanov conducting and Joshua Roman on Cello. Works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich; Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

10:30AM Talk: Spice Up Your Valentine’s Day. Jon Hauge of Savory Spice Shop will discuss how to use spices and herbs to create a Valentine’s Day menu; Princeton Library.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

4:30PM Althea Ward Clark Reading Series featuring author Jonathan Franzen, introduced by Colson Whitehead and poet James Richard, introduced by C.K. Williams. Free. Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

11AM - 5PM Winter Farmers’ Market featuring locally made products such as artisanal cheeses, honey, and crafts; Community Room, Princeton Library.

7PM Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lecture presented by Dr. Obery Hendricks, professor of biblical interpretation at New York Theological Seminary; Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary.

8PM World premiere of Prokofiev’s Eugene Onegin. A Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton University collaboration; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

8PM The Yardbirds and Vanilla Fudge who created hard rock out of standard twelve-bar blues, turning up the amps to ten; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

11AM Cotsen Children’s Library hosts Tiger Tales for ages 3-5; Princeton University.

4:30PM Chamber music with Judith Kellock, Janice Weber, and Fintan O’Toole performing Ross Lee Finney’s setting of poems by James Joyce; James M. Stewart Theater, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.

8 - 11PM Opening reception for the third annual LOVE SHOW! with works of art centered around the word love. The art will remain up till March 6th; Small World Coffee, Witherspoon Street.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

8AM - Noon Community Option’s Cupid’s Chase 5K Run. Check in at Princeton Shopping Center courtyard, Harrison Street-Bunn Drive for the run.

10:30AM Valentine’s Day Workshop in memory of Princeton artist Betty Ruth Curtis. Children under seven must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited and registration is required; Arts Council of Princeton. Also at 12:30PM.

8PM PSO Broadway POPS! The Broadway Tenors with Rossen Milanov conducting; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13

4:30PM Film director Maggie Betts will speak at a screening of the documentary The Carrier; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.

7:30PM Poets BJ Ward and Wanda S. Praisner will read followed by and open mic session; Princeton Library, second floor.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

8PM Princeton University Concerts presents Julia Fischer on violin and Milana Chernyavska on piano performing Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and Saint-Saens; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

8PM Vladimir Spivakov and Olga Kern will perform works by Brahms, Stravinsky, Franck, and Arvo Part; Matthews Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Complex.

9PM Princeton Art Museum to host Guerrilla Girls in Our Midst, an organization of anonymous female artists that fights sexism and racism in politics, art, and pop culture.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17

11AM Cotsen Children’s Library hosts Tiger Tales for ages 3-5; Princeton University.

8PM Fiddler on the Roof; State Theatre, New Brunswick. Also on Saturday at 2 and 8PM.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

8PM Grammy award wining Soweto Gospel Choir; Matthews Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Complex.

8PM Edward T. Cone Concert Series: eighth blackbird; Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

10AM Film screening: The Queen staring Helen Mirren; Princeton Library.

4:30PM Fund for Irish Studies presents Hugo Hamilton, author of The Speckled People, will lecture on Life in Translation: My German-Irish Childhood; James M. Stewart Theater, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.

7PM Princeton Mens Hockey plays Yale; Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton University.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

4PM Black Maria Film Festival; Grounds for Sculpture. Also at 7:30PM.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

5:30 - 8 PM Princeton Art Museum opening of Vivat Reginal: Princeton and the Gothic Revival exhibition, followed by a concert of Victorian music at Princeton’s chapel.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

4:30PM Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies’ Cyril Black International Book Forum features Steven A Cook, author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square; 219 Aaron Burr Hall, Princeton University.

7:30PM Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile to speak; State Theatre, New Brunswick.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

8PM Princeton University Concerts presents the Hagen Quartet performing Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

SUNDAY, MARCH 11

3PM Richardson Chamber Players performs Beethoven, Paul Lansky, Stravinsky, and Brahms; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15

8PM Princeton University Concerts presents the Jerusalem String Quartet performing Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms; Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

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