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This week, Street takes a look back on the history of arts at Princeton through the 'Prince' archives, including a salty column by an 1882-era arts advocate and the opening of McCarter Theatre. Key: takeaway: Jimmy Stewart '32 was a sneaky guy.
As soon as I told our airport taxi driver the name of the street I would be living on for the next four weeks — “Rua Sá Ferreira,” I said, the unfamiliar whooshy h-like rr’s of Portuguese tumbling gracelessly out of my mouth — he nodded. “Ah, I know where that is,” he said. “In Copacabana.”
When they were in the military, Max Kim ’16, Michael Liao ’17 and Ann Thompson GS began each day hours before the typical college student gets out of bed. Kim, who spent 25 months between his freshman and sophomore years in the Republic of Korea Air Force, would wake up at 6 a.m., report for roll call and go for a 30-minute jog before reporting to the logistics command office where he worked.
On Friday evening, when Anna Aronson ’16 and Cameron Platt ’16 utter their first lines as Nina Zarechnaya and Irina Arkadina in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull”, they will be following in the footsteps of two other Princeton women who performed the play for their senior thesis project — 10 years ago. In that production, Nikki Muller ’05 (of “The Ivy League Hustle (I Went to Princeton, Bitch!)” fame) played Nina, and Emma Worth ’05 played Arkadina.
This week, Theatre Intime’s “Gidion’s Knot” closes out the last three performances of its two-week run. Written originally by Johnna Adams and directed on campus by Victoria Gruenberg ’16, the show features just two actors, Ugonna Nwabueze ’18 and Hope Kean ’18. Street sat down with Gruenberg and Nwabueze to talk about what it was like to be put on this short but emotionally high-stakes play. This Q&A has edited and condensed for clarity.
Poetry: Songline Slam Poetry presents ‘Kidz Bop Newbie Arch’Even if you don’t think of yourself as someone who can appreciate slam poetry, we hope that you at least think of yourself as someone who can appreciate a reference to Kidz Bop. Do you really qualify as a millennial otherwise? Join Songline this Thursday night as it celebrates its kidz (read: new members and budding poets), be it on your way to Prospect Avenue debauchery, a late-night study break or just for the feels.1879 ArchThursday, 11 p.m.*Dance: BodyHype presents ‘Guest Workshops with Youran Lee and Esosa Oviasu’Good news: this weekend, you don’t have to be in BodyHype to dance with BodyHype. Join the company in the two workshops they are hosting: Friday with Youran Lee, artistic director of New York-based hip hop dance team The Neighbors; Saturday with Esosa Oviasu, who is also artistic (and executive) director of The Neighbors as well as a member of award-winning EPIC Motion dance company. Oviasu specializes in breaking, popping, house and urban choreography. No auditions required, obviously, just energy and good vibes.Friday, 5 p.m. at Dillon Multipurpose RoomSaturday, 4 p.m. at Wilcox Dance Studio*Event: The Minority Association of Pre-Health Students and the Princeton Premedical Society present ‘Arts vs. Disease’If you’re bummed out by the fact that you never manage to get into to those performing arts extravaganzas — featuring every singing, dance, instrumental, slam poetry and comedy group on campus — that are hosted for the frosh, then you might want to take a gander at Arts vs. Disease. Featuring 17 groups, including some we didn’t know existed, this particular arts extravaganza has one up on those twice-yearly University-sponsored shows — all proceeds from the $5 ticket go toward the health organization designated by the group voted best-in-show by audience members.Taplin AuditoriumSaturday, 7 p.m.*Music: ‘An Hour with Idan Raichel’For one single hour on Monday, Israeli musician, composer and producer Idan Raichel will be on stage at Taplin Auditorium. If you don’t know who he is, you can go armed with this knowledge: He speaks — or at least sings — in four languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic and Tigrinya), has performed with artists from all over the world (Ethiopia, Yemen, Colombia, Rwanda, Sudan and more.) The event is co-sponsored by Tigers for Israel, Dorobucci, the International Students Association of Princeton, Koleinu, the Princeton African Students Association and Umqombothi.Taplin AuditoriumMonday, 8 p.m.
Here’s a confession: Before I started writing this piece, I had to use Google Maps Street View to remind myself the name of the street I’m writing about. It’s been two years and four months since I last stepped foot in Urubamba, a town in Peru’s Sacred Valley and my home for nine months during my Bridge Year, and what was once effortlessly familiar now requires a bit of dusting-off to recall.
The Multispecies Salon presents: “Suburban Foraging: Acorn Mush”
Nate Ruess
Princeton town has a classy but expensive array of dining fare. If you like eating out or just trying the local sustenance, and you don’t happen to be the son or daughter of a wealthy oil family, then this food guide is for you. Read on, dear frosh, and explore some of our favorite food places where a meal can be had for under $10, if you’re clever about it.
Dance:eXpressions Dance Company Reunions Performance
Big Sean
Musical: Princeton Triangle Club presents "A Wrinkle Intime"
The first incarnation of Jammin’ Crepes was a food truck that frequented farmers' markets and festivals. Though it opened up its first storefront last October, the checked plate liners, cork accents and silverware-filled mason jars somehow still recall Jammin’ Crepes beginnings — as does the fact that all of its napkins and to-go containers are compostable. The decor, warm and tasteful, feels vaguely “Southern,” my Texan roommate said. As for the crepes themselves, the offerings, especially on the savory menu, more closely resemble sandwiches than your average Nutella-slathered crepe — which also makes them more interesting.
When Hannah Davinroy ’17 was in elementary school, she hated science.
Event: Pace Center Presents 'Poetic Justice' Open Mic
In some ways, Princeton Latinos y Amigos can trace its roots back to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Acción Puertorriqueña, the group she co-chaired while a student at the University. After numerous national origin-specific groups such as Acción Latina, Acción Puertorriqueña’s successor; the Cuban American Undergraduate Students Association; Chicano Caucus; and Colombian Students Association and Friends faded into obscurity, PLA was officially recognized in spring 2013 as a pan-Latino organization for undergraduates on campus.
“Pehchaan” means “identity” in Urdu, and an on-campus sense of Pakistani and Pakistani-American identity is precisely what the student group Pehchaan seeks to build.
Event: “Failed Love” at the Art Museum