It Takes a Village: A Workshop Performance of a New Student Musical

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater will present a workshop performance of It Takes a Village, a new musical written by senior certificate students Sandra Fong '13 and Emi Nakamura '13 about a traditional community questioning its beliefs regarding gender roles, sexuality and identity after a father and his son, raised gender-neutral, enter their midst. Fong is the librettist and director of the production while Nakamura provides musical direction and composition. This is a senior thesis project for both Fong and Nakamura, who co-wrote lyrics for the production. Performances will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 29 & 30 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. The performances are free and open to the public; no tickets or advance reservations are required.

Transmission, an evening of new choreography by Sarah Simon and AJ Brannum

The Program in Dance will present a performance of new choreography created by senior certificate students Sarah Simon and AJ Brannum on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. In her new piece, "An image enters in," Simon tests the limits of expressing ideas through movement and the ways of creating narrative in dance. Brannum combines his approach of "expressive hybridity" with his love for popular music in his piece "Greatest Hits." The performances will begin at 8:00 p.m. on both evenings in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or advance reservations are required.

DAM (Da Arabian MC's)

The Lewis Center's Performance Central, the Princeton Committee on Palestine and the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture Fund will present the internationally popular Palestinian hip-hop group DAM performing a concert on Monday, April 1 at 8:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room in the basement of Frist Campus Center. A documentary film screening and discussion will follow on Tuesday, April 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Presented in collaboration with the Davis International Center, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Persian Society of Princeton, the South Asian Students Association, the Muslim Students Association and Ellipses. Both events are free and open to the public, however tickets are required for the concert. For advance tickets please call University Ticketing at 609.258.9220; tickets will also be available at the door.

Exhibition of Sculpture and Collage by Samantha Ritter and Charlotte Krause

The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of sculpture and collage created by senior certificate students Samantha Ritter and Charlotte Krause. Ritter's exhibition, entitled "Derma," uses a variety of media including wood, nylon, nails and wax to investigate issues of the body and skin. Krause's project entitled "The object of a title is to change the way you look at things," is partly inspired by her studies in architecture and philosophy and focuses on a series of two- and three-dimensional collages of found images and objects. Their combined exhibition opens on Thursday, April 4 with a reception from 7-9:00 p.m. in the Lucas Gallery. The work will be on view through Wednesday, April 10 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Len Graham and Brian Ó hAirt to perform "In Two Minds: Songs, Music and Dance from the Irish Tradition"—April 12, 2013

World renowned All-Ireland Singing Champions Len Graham and Brian
Ó hAirt will give a performance of "In Two Minds: Songs, Music and Dance from the Irish Tradition" on Friday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The duo will combine their formidable talents to demonstrate traditional Irish dance music on concertina and whistle, puirt-á-beul (mouth-music) and sean-nós dancing and singing. The event is part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies and is free and open to the public.

Sunday in the Park with George:
April 12-13 and 18-20, 2013

The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater will present Sunday in the Park with George, a fully staged production of Stephen Sondheim's musical inspired by Georges Seurat's most famous painting, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884. Transforming the painting into a life-size masterpiece, the story tells of a painter's struggle between creating art and living life. Sunday in the Park with George won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards, two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and numerous Drama Desk Awards. Performances will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13 and Thursday through Saturday, April 18-20 at 8:00 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Tickets are $15 general admission; $10 students and seniors.

Image of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Altar: An Exhibition of Photographs
by Isabel Flower: April 16-20, 2013

The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of large-scale photographs by senior certificate student Isabel Flower from April 16 through 20 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. In Altar, Flower explores the carefully curated assortment of photographs that people choose to display in their personal spaces. Her images that document these "altars" were created with medium format color film and digital inkjet printing. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Lucas gallery. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Reading by Joseph O'Neill and Matthew Dickman: April 17, 2013

On Wednesday, April 17, bestselling fiction writer Joseph O'Neill and Honickman First Book Prize-winning poet Matthew Dickman will read from their works as part of the Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series of the Program in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Princeton student Lillian Li will also read from her recent fiction work. The reading, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center, is free and open to the public.

The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of President Shirley M. Tilghman to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, and lectures are offered each year, most of them free. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.