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Campus Picks — April 28, 2011

Concert: Richardson Chamber Players

Come enjoy music fit for a king with the Richardson Chamber Players! The last concert of their season, “Fleur de Lys: Music for King and Courtier,” includes selections from French Baroque virtuosos Monteclair and Rameau. The Richardson Chamber Players aim to highlight unique combinations of instruments and voices. Over the year, the group has included professionals from Princeton, guest artists and exceptionally talented students.

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Alexander Hall Richardson Auditorium

Sunday, 3 p.m.

Dance: Princeton University Ballet Spring Show

Point your toes and pirouette into spring with Princeton University Ballet. With the group’s annual spring show, they are sure to dance right off the stage and into your hearts. The show features ballet ranging from modern to classical with choreography by both students and professionals. 

Frist Film/Performance Theatre

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 p.m.

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Festival: Communiversity Festival of the Arts 2011

Get out to Nassau and Witherspoon Street this Saturday for Princeton’s much anticipated annual “Communiversity,” presented by the Arts Council of Princeton and University students. The event offers an opportunity for students to bump shoulders with the local residents and visitors through a variety of games, live entertainment, food and other diversions.

Nassau St. and Witherspoon St.

Saturday, 12-5 p.m.

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Concert: Princeton University Wind Ensemble

Come bid farewell to rainy days and celebrate the end of the semester with the Princeton University Wind Ensemble at its 12th annual outdoor pops concert. This year’s program includes music from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Star Wars” and the hit Broadway musicals “West Side Story” and “Wicked!”

1879 Green (Frist North Lawn)

Saturday, 9 p.m. 

Film: UFO Garden Theatre Movies

Showing all weekend, “Limitless” asks the question, “What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?” Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”) and Robert De Niro star in this futuristic drama about a failed writer who happens upon a substance called NZT, a fictional drug that causes your brain to work at remarkable power. 

Also, be sure not to miss “Win Win,” the critically acclaimed comedy written and directed by Tom McCarthy (“The Visitor”) and starring the always-amazing Paul Giamatti. Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), a lawyer who coaches wrestling on the side, comes across a teenager whose skill at wrestling could provide him with a win-win situation but for the boy’s broke and just-out-of-rehab mother.

Princeton Garden Theatre

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, “Win Win” at 11:30 p.m. and “Limitless” at midnight.

Campus Picks compiled by Neelay Patil, Dixon Li, Ben Neumann, Lisa Han and Alexis Kleinman.