Friday, August 21
11 a.m.: Tiger Tales at Princeton University’s Cotsen Children’s Library. This interactive storytime repeats weekly. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/cotsen.
3 p.m.: Native Plant Sale at D&R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. more
Artistic Director Emily Mann and leads Dylan McDermott and Susannah Hoffman discuss McCarter Theatre’s upcoming production of “Baby Doll” Tuesday, September 1, at Princeton Public Library. The McCarter Live at the Library event is at 7 p.m. in the Community Room.
Mann will direct the darkly comic drama she adapted for the stage with Pierre Laville. Joining the discussion will be “Baby Doll” leads Dylan McDermott and Susannah Hoffman who will talk about the joys and challenges of bringing the tale to life. Based on the controversial 1950s Tennessee Williams film, “Baby Doll” is the story of a failing cotton gin owner, his beautiful, childlike, 19-year-old wife and the man who plots to seduce her. The production opens September 11 and runs through October 11.
Seating for this event will be on a first-come, first-seated basis with a line forming at 6 p.m. The doors to the Community Room will open at 6:30 p.m. Additional seating will be available just outside the Community Room and in the first-floor fireplace area where the event will be simulcast.
All Princeton Public Library programs are free and open to the public. If programs require registration, preference is given to library cardholders. more
Friday, August 14
8:45 p.m.: Free, outdoor screening of the children’s movie Shark Tale at Princeton’s Palmer Square Green.
10 p.m.: Meteor Shower Watch at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve hosted by D&R Greenway Land Trust. RSVP by emailing jwatson@drgreenway.org. more
By Linda Arntzenius
Images courtesy of Rare Finds Travel
Travel designer Melanie Tucker has the antidote for the time-pressed traveler. With a lifetime of adventurous, off-the-beaten track trips behind her, the former Princeton resident has a wealth of knowledge of three-day breaks that can deliver the feel of a much longer vacation.
She will share her know-how in a 40-minute slideshow, “Short Sojourns: Rejuvenating Travel in Just Three Days,” Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Princeton Public Library. more
By Anne Levin
Leslie Burger, the woman credited with turning the Princeton Public Library into “the community’s living room” while bringing it national recognition for services and innovation, is retiring after 16 years as executive director. According to the library’s Board of Trustees, Ms. Burger has decided to step down in January 2016. A national search will be launched by an executive search firm to hire her successor. more
