Shakespeare 70 Presents "The Constant Wife"

W. Somerset Maugham's "The Constant Wife" will be performed at TCNJ next week. Come out and support this unusual and fascinating production:

Performance dates: February 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23 at 8 pm, February 24 at 2 pm

Don Evans Black Box Theater

for cast, ticket info, go to Shakespeare 70 website: http://www.shakespeare70.org/index.html

More events this spring

This spring is jam-packed with great events in our area. Get out your calendars and make your plans early!

2/9-2/15: Tibetan monks from Namgyal Monastery (the Dalai Lama's official monastery in North America) will build a sand mandala in the main floor of the TCNJ library. Viewing hours are from approximately 9:30-12 and 1:30-5.

3/25: Edwidge Danticat, novelist and memoirist, will deliver the Toni Morrison lecture at Princeton, 8 PM, Richardson Auditorium

3/26: Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart and many other books, in conversation with K. Anthony Appiah, 6 PM, Nassau Presbyterian Church (in Princeton)

4/3: Gerald Stern, one of America's most distinguished poets, Master Class in Poetry, Library Auditorium, TCNJ, at 4:30 PM

Princeton events this spring

Princeton's got a great schedule this season. Some highlights:

2/20: George Saunders and Natasha Trethewey

3/13: Amy Hempel and Jennifer Egan (both former TCNJ readers!)

03/26: Claire Messud and Edward Hirsch

04/09: Gary Shteyngart and Rick Moody

All on Wednesdays, 4:30 PM, in the James Stewart Theater at 185 Nassau Street (rear entrance).

On newsstands now!

The fall issue of the Siren, TCNJ's literary magazine, can be found in many strategic distribution points (i.e. large cardboard boxes) around campus today. It's a feast for the eyes and the mind.

It's almost like it never happens

"Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs"
(Via The Onion)

John Ashbery at Princeton, 12/6

John Ashbery is reading next Thursday at 4:30, McCosh 60, Princeton University.

Here's a map that shows how to get there. As with any event at Princeton, the best place to park is in the Spring Street Garage, one block away from campus. (From TCNJ, follow 206 north to Princeton, turn right on Nassau Street, turn left on Witherspoon, then immediate right on Spring, and you're there).

Buy a Book from An Indie Bookstore This Season!

The holiday season is a crucial season for all retailers, and none more so than independent bookstores. Do them a favor and shop local for gifts this year.

The Raconteur (Metuchen)
Labyrinth Books (Princeton)
Classics Books, 117 S. Warren, Trenton
Glen Echo Books (Princeton)
Cranbury Book Worm (Cranbury)