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Winter Holiday Festival planned at Frist, Dec. 13
Posted December 6, 2006; 02:42 p.m.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the winter
season at the Frist Campus Center's annual Winter Holiday Festival from
3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13.
The event will feature live music, a variety of holiday desserts and
beverages, a live cooking demonstration using late harvest herbs and
vegetables, classic holiday films, cookie and ornament decorating, a
knitting circle, and a Kwanzaa celebration.
Holiday cookie and ornament decorating will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the
East TV Lounge. Both East and West TV Lounges will be showing classic
holiday films throughout the festival.
Knitters of all skill levels are invited to stop by the knitting circle
near the West TV Lounge where representatives from Pins and Needles, a
local knitting and needlepoint store, will be on hand to provide
instruction and advice to novice and experienced knitters.
Members of the Religious Life Council will host an Interfaith Holiday
Table and exhibit, and be available to answer questions regarding
various faiths and holiday traditions.
Live music will begin at 4:30 p.m. on the 100 level and will be
provided by members of the Graduate Music Society. The program will
include jazz, klezmer and classical, as well as Brazilian bossa nova,
samba and choro styles.
The Black Graduate Caucus and Fields Center will present a traditional
Kwanzaa celebration in the Multipurpose Room starting at 6:30 p.m.
Princeton students, faculty and staff will participate in the program
that includes various artistic performances, poetry readings and music.
Food also will be served.
Other related events taking place at Frist that week include the Jersey
Cares Coat Drive. Members of the University community may donate new or
gently used winter coats near the Mazo Family Game Room on the 100
level of Frist between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 15.
A cultural exhibit will be on display Monday through Wednesday, Dec.
11-13, on the 100 level. The display will showcase customs of Ramadan,
Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the Chinese New Year and is
provided by the University Health Services Cultural Awareness
Committee.
The Winter Holiday Festival is sponsored by the Frist Campus Center,
Athletes in Action, Black Graduate Caucus, Dining Services, Fields
Center, Graduate Music Society, International Center, Religious Life
Council and University Health Services Cultural Awareness Committee.
For more information, including a complete schedule of events, visit the Frist Campus Center website.