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Summer performances offered at Richardson
Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts will present the following performances at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall:
• Wednesday, June 19: Jasper String Quartet • Thursday, June 27: Dorian Wind Quintet • Tuesday, July 2: Amphion String Quartet • Monday, July 15: Trio Cavatino
Free tickets (maximum of four per person) may be picked up at the Richardson Auditorium ticket office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of each performance.
Princeton Summer Theater to present 'She Loves Me'
Princeton Summer Theater, the student-run theater company, will open its 2013 season with "She Loves Me," a musical love story set in 1930s Budapest, at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 20, through Sunday, June 30, in Hamilton Murray Theater, Murray-Dodge Hall. There will be two matinees each weekend at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available by calling 877-238-5596, online at www.SmartTix.com, or at the box office 45 minutes before each performance.
Art museum to screen two films outdoors
In conjunction with its exhibition "Picturing Power: Capitalism, Democracy and American Portraiture" — 50 portraits from the New York Chamber of Commerce — the Princeton University Art Museum will screen two films that include scenes shot in the New York Chamber of Commerce building: "Serpico" (1973), June 13, and "Trading Places," June 27. Both films begin at 8:30 p.m. Popcorn and soda provided.
Exhibition explores the past century of photography
"Shared Vision," an exhibition of more than 130 iconic images that reflect the past 100 years of photography, will open at the Princeton University Art Museum on June 29 and run through Sept. 15. The exhibition features street scenes, the human form and environment, children, landscapes and more, and showcases works by prominent photographers including Robert Adams, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Alfred Stieglitz, among others.
Carillon concerts planned through summer
The University's 21st annual Summer Carillon Series, featuring carillonneurs from around the United States and abroad, will be held at 1 p.m. each Sunday from June 30 through Sept. 1 at Cleveland Tower on the Graduate College campus.
The concerts are performed on the University's renowned Class of 1892 Bells, the fifth largest carillon in the country and one of the top 10 in size worldwide. The carillon's 67 bronze bells were cast in England, France and the Netherlands. Concerts are held rain or shine.
Dates and performances include:
June 30: Janet Tebbel, Philadelphia July 7: Julianne vanden Wyngaard, Grand Rapids, Mich. July 14: Gerard DeWaardt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands July 21: Lisa Lonie, Princeton July 28: Sally Harwood, Williamston, Mich. Aug. 5: Linda Dzuris, Clemson, S.C. Aug. 11: Doug Gefvert, Valley Forge, Pa. Aug. 18: Gordon Slater, Ottawa, Canada Aug. 25: Tebbel Lonie Duo, Philadelphia Sept. 1: Anton Fleissner, Princeton
For more information email Penna Rose, prose@princeton.edu.
Exhibition celebrates, examines German thin-shell structures
The exhibition "Evolution of German Shells: Efficiency in Form," which celebrates and examines German thin-shell structural design, will open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, in the Friend Center Engineering Library. The exhibition continues through August and is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The exhibition features thin-shill models Princeton students constructed for the related course, "A Social and Multi-dimensional Exploration of Structures
Exhibition examines the impact of the year 1913 on modernism
The exhibition "1913: The Year of Modernism" at the Princeton University Art Museum features more than 50 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books and periodicals from the Museum's collection and the Princeton University Library. The exhibition is open from Saturday, March 23, through Sunday, June 23.
Treasures of American history featured in Princeton exhibition
From a first-hand account of Colonial life in Jamestown to a wanted poster for John Wilkes Booth following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a Princeton University Library exhibition opening Friday, Feb. 22, will trace the American experience from 1607 to 1865. Several items from Princeton's collections will be on display for the first time.