Film: UFO Movie: ‘Star Trek'
Once upon a time, UFO movies cost two bucks and were held in that little Frist movie theater where snacks aren't (technically) allowed. Now, those days are over, and UFO is moving to the Garden Theatre every week. Cushy seats! Big screen! Free popcorn! In fact, everything is free now! This weekend, take out your Spock ears and watch J.J. Abrams' updated take on "Star Trek."
Princeton Garden Theatre
Thursday through Saturday 11:30 p.m.
Performance: Triangle Club Frosh Week Show: A Night at the Apollo '13
Studies have found that approximately 89.7 percent of Princeton students remember the Honor Code thanks to Triangle. Need a refresher course on signing the pledge? That's what the Frosh Week show is for. Well, that and raising fists in the air in praise of Old Nassau ... and let's face it: "Old Nassau" makes anything worth it.
McCarter Theatre
Friday 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Theater: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Fourteen years after its world premiere here in Princeton, this Tony-nominated play about two African-American centenarians returns to McCarter. Based on a true story and written by Emily Mann, McCarter's artistic director, the two-woman show is likely heavy on the heartwarming and the life-affirming. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
McCarter Theatre
Through Oct. 18
Performance: Quipfire! Frosh Week Shows!
For those frosh who feel that they've repeated the same script over and over this week - "Where are you from?" "What do you want to major in?" "Which eating club is the Tiger Inn?" - the remedy might just be some good old-fashioned improv. Come marvel at the skills of the Quipfire! set this weekend. At the very least, you'll pick up some new topics of conversation.
Theatre Intime
Thursday and Saturday, 11 p.m.
Friday, midnight
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Art: Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Until recently, many of the artistic treasures from Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage were thought to have been destroyed, but after the Taliban was thrown from power in 2003, trunks of objects from the National Museum were discovered hidden in the presidential palace. Now, many of these objects - including one gold bowl fragment dating, incredibly, from about 2000 B.C. - are on display at the Met. The show closes next week, so hurry to the city this weekend to check it out.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Through September 20
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