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October 21, at Christ Congregation Church, 50Walnut Lane, Princeton. Admission at the door: $20($15members, $10students and $5children). Doors open at 7:30p.m. Show starts at 8:15 p.m. Ample free parking. For more information: (609) 799-0944, info@princetonfolk.org, www. princetonfolk.org. Trenton Music Series: The Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series presents a free concert every Saturday through the summer at the Capital Green. The Nth Power with Showtyme bring their R&B/ Funk music to the Capital Green on Saturday, September 24. Each show starts at 7:30p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. The free summer concert series continues through September 24on the Capital Green. In case of inclement weather such as rain, the concert will be moved indoors. For more information visit www.levittamp.org/Trenton. The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA), a nonprofit organiation that manages the Special Improvement District in downtown Trenton, is the producer of the concert series. Mezzo-Soprano Jamie Barton, Metropolitan Opera star, will perform her Princeton debut with pianist James Baillieu on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 8 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall in the first event of Princeton University Concerts’ (PUC) Concert Classics Series. Concert Across America to tickets are required. Trinity UMC End Gun Violence: A coalition of is located at 1985Pennington gun violence prevention activists Road in Ewing, directly across in Ewing is joining together to from The College of New Jersey. participate in a national Concert During the event, Artworks Across America to End Gun Trenton will be curating an art Violence, scheduled for Sunday, exhibit featuring art submitted September 25, 2016. The Ewing by local talent centered around event, to be hosted by Trinity the themes of anti-violence and UMC, is family friendly, free and anti-gun violence. PopUp Anthology open to the public. It will be one is also hosting a film festival of over 300concerts held across to screen independent films the U.S., each connected via around the subject including 91%: social media and online at www. A Film About Guns In America. ConcertAcrossAmerica.org. The There will also be an assortment event will begin at noon and run of food trucks and family friendly until approximately 8p.m. No activities. The Mercer County American Repertory Ballet presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, part of its 2016fall series, at Rider University in Lawrenceville on September 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. Board of Elections will also be Board of Chosen Freeholders, registering voters at the event. the performances run through For updates and artist schedule, Dec. 11. All shows start at 2p.m. visit the Facebook event page inside the Westampton facility’s at - https://www.facebook.com/ beautiful 250-seat auditorium, events/737799746361862/ and admission is free. Those who Burlington County Library attend are encouraged to arrive “Sundays on Stage”: The early, since seating is limited. Burlington County Library presents Doors open at 1:40p.m. September its 2016fall schedule for 25– Kameelah Samar. Join “Sundays on Stage,” a series of multi-talented singer Kameelah one-hour performances featuring Samar and her band for a musical everything from a musical trek journey through jazz, blues, through jazz, blues, and American contemporary and American songbook classics, to a rollicking songbook classics. With a crowdpleasing comedy show harkening back to repertoire that includes the days of vaudeville. Hosted original song interpretations, by the Burlington County Library Kameelah Samar’s cool, breezy System and the Burlington County sound has earned her a legion of
Jazz at Off-Broadstreet Theatre: The Off-Broadstreet Theatre (OBT) presents a jazz concert on the theatre’s main stage on Saturday, September 24. Doors open at 7p.m., concert begins 7:30p.m. New For You: Phil Orr and More brings “hummable jazz” to the OBT stage in a concert of Top 10standards and Orr-iginal melodies. Orr (keyboard and vocals), with NYC jazz veterans Michael O’Brien (bass) and Sean Dixon (Drums), craft new arrangements for old gems such as “Misty” and “Take the A Train” plus shape Orr originals into classics. For reservations contact the Off-Broadstreet Theatre at 5 South Greenwood Ave., Hopewell, NJ (609) 466-2766. Admission is $25for adults and $15for students. Light snacks will be available for purchase. American Repertory Ballet: American Repertory Ballet presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, part of its 2016fall series, at Rider University in Lawrenceville on September 23and 24at 7:30 p.m. The performances will be held in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater. Tickets start at $20.
Led by Artistic Director Douglas Martin this full-length ballet premiered in early 2015to high praise. Set to an enchanting score by Felix Mendelssohn, the ballet brings to life the wit and splendor of one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Featuring colorful choreography, costumes and sets, the story portrays the weaving tales of cunning fairies, quarreling lovers and a hilariously amateur acting group as their paths cross in a magical forest. For ticket information, visit www. arballet.org Kelsey Theatre: “Beloved Prey,” a children’s opera about an unusual and enduring friendship between a lioness and an antelope, makes its area premiere at Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC’s) Kelsey Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 24at 2and 4p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college’s West Windsor campus, 1200Old Trenton Road. The opera is based on classic Japanese Noh theater and was composed by MCCC alumnus Kento Iwasaki (’09), a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North who now lives and works in New York City. Presented by The Traveling Opera Company, the one-hour show features Iwasaki and five other musicians, who blend traditional Japanese instrumentation, including the koto, with stylized dance movements and colorful masks and costumes. The music will be accompanied by silhouettes of the show’s singers projected on a screen behind the main stage. Tickets are $10for children, students and seniors, and $12for adults. Tickets may be purchased online at www. kelseytheatre.net or by calling the Kelsey Box Office at (609) 5703333. Kelsey Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with free parking available next to the theater. Boheme Opera NJ: For its 28th season, Boheme Opera NJ is planning to mount two productions, as well as concerts and new outreach programming. The company is returning to Mercer County Park on Sunday, September 25, at 4p.m. to the 17th Annual Mercer County Italian American Festival. Featured in the hour-long concert will be former Miss New Jersey soprano Michele Sexton and the exciting young Boheme Opera debut tenor Peter Scott Drackley, accompanied by the Boheme Opera Orchestra, Joseph Pucciatti conducting. Princeton University Concerts: Making their Princeton debut, Grammy-award winning violin phenomenon Augustin Hadelich and Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegaspopular album,bring highlights “Histoire fromdu Tango,”their to Princeton University Concerts (PUC). With audience seated around them directly on the stage, the artists will trace the history of Argentina’s national dance in Astor Piazzolla’s title track and stir up folk, gypsy and flamenco dances. Transforming the Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall into an Argentine nightclub with the help of light-designer Kate Ashton, the duo will present two performances, each an hour long, at 6and 9p.m. on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Tickets are $25general admission, and $10for students. Seating capacity is limited, and patrons are encouraged to buy their tickets soon. Tickets are available online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org. or by phone at (609) 258-9220, or in person two hours prior to the concert at the Richardson Auditorium Box Office. Seating capacity on the Alexander Hall stage is limited. Jazz at McCarter Theatre Center: Peerless pianist Thelonious Monk, Afro-Cuban/rumba percussion master Mongo Santamaria, Trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie, Vocalist and beloved “first lady of song” Ella Fitzgerald. What do these four titans of 20 th century jazz have in common? All were born in 1917, and to commemorate the occasion Pianist Danilo Pérez has gathered an immensely talented group of players together to form JAZZ 100. This special centennial birthday celebration concert event happens Saturday, October 1 at 8 p.m. in McCarter’s Matthews Theatre. Tickets range from $45to $58and are on sale now at the McCarter Theatre Center Ticket Office, by phone at (609) 258-2787, or online atwww.mc carter. org. McCarter Theatre is located at 91 University Place in Princeton. Opera at Princeton University: Mezzo-Soprano Jamie Barton, MetropolitanOpera star and winner of the 2015Richard Tucker Award, will perform her Princeton debut with pianist James Bail lieu on Thursday, October 6, 2016at 8p.m., at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. This is the first event of Princeton University Concerts’ (PUC) Concert Classics Series, Tickets are $50,$40,$25 general admission; $10students. Tickets are available online at princeton university concerts. org,byp hon eat (609)