USG Movie: “The Hunger Games”
The districts of the post-apocalyptic city-state of Panem are not exactly ideal places to be a teenager. You’d live under the oppressive government of the Capital, and every year there’d be a chance that you’d be tossed into a deadly arena with a bunch of other kids and not be let out until you’ve all fought to the death. That’s what happens to Katniss Everdeen, anyway, the protagonist of the brilliant, incisive and wildly-popular Hunger Games movie. Definitely make it out to this one, if for no other reason than to understand the trillion ways in which “The Hunger Games” is not even remotely like the “Twilight” franchise.
Princeton Garden Theatre
Thursday through Saturday, 11:30 p.m.
Game Night: Laser Tag
Did you love playing laser tag at birthday parties as a child? Well, reminisce about those carefree times as the Center Stage Student Program Board brings you free laser tag this Saturday! Armed with a plastic laser gun, you can zap your way to the title of “Best Laser Tag Player on This Side of Nassau Street.” Come alone or come with a team, but prepare to conquer all others in an all-out laser tag war! If you love lasers, cool sound effects and dark obstacle courses, this is the place to be this Saturday night.
Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room
Saturday, 8 p.m.
Film and Lecture: Hollywood Science Gone Bad: A Special Screening of ‘The Day After Tomorrow’
If you have any interest in the science of climate change or in scary sci-fi blockbusters starring Jake Gyllenhaal, you won’t want to miss this very special event. It is certain to change your perceptions of the popular film “The Day After Tomorrow” (whether or not you’ve already seen it) and the way Hollywood portrays and uses climate science. The first in the lecture series “Hollywood Science Gone Bad” hosted by the Princeton Undergraduate Geosciences Society, the evening will include a screening of the film as well as a discussion of the myths and facts behind the science in the movie lead by Professor Daniel Sigman.
Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room C
Thursday, 8 p.m.
The craziness continues after the Friday performance of Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties”. This fantastical party is open to the first 150 undergrads who sign up. The first 50 at the door get a free T-shirt, and everyone will get a fake mustache and a pipe-cleaner monocle. Feed your hilarity with Qdoba, Olives, Bent Spoon and a cash bar for those 21 and over. Compete in a facial hair competition to win a free old-fashioned shave at Mike’s Barber Shop. Dance to live music by Some Assembly Required. The show and the party are free with a Tiger Ticket.
McCarter Theatre
Friday, 10:45 p.m.
Concert: One-Act Opera Project
The Princeton Composers Ensemble invites you to the One-Act Opera Project, featuring three original works. “Lear On the Second Floor,” composed by Anthony Davis and written by Allan Havis, follows a neuroscientist and her eventual mental decay. “Weakness,” written and composed by Barbara White and choreographed by Kate Weare, tells the story of a Celtic spirit descending into a human body. “Off Court,” composed by James Chu ’13 and written by Lily Akerman ’13, is set in an upper-crust tennis club, where a new member finds the club lifestyle unfulfilling.
Berlind Theatre
Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Theater/Concert: Princeton Cares: An AIDS Benefit Concert
This weekend you will probably be seized by a variety of desires, from the mundane to the fanciful. But if these include listening to impeccable music, laughing hysterically or purchasing Broadway memorabilia late at night, all in the name of charity, then you should probably mosey on over to Princeton Cares. Some of the University’s most talented thespians and musicians will be hitting the stage to perform in this benefit show, concert and silent auction. Hosted by Alexis Kleinman, a widely-lauded comedic talent and the former Executive Editor for Street.
Theatre Intime
Friday and Saturday, 11 p.m.
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