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Calendar of events

May 22-June 4, 2006

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[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
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Reunions information on Web

Reunions are scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, June 1-4, on campus. For more information, visit tigernet.princeton.edu/Events/Reunions.asp . During Reunions, more information also is available by calling 258-1900.

Roads closed for Reunions

The main campus will be closed to all vehicles except those with Reunions passes from 11 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, through 8 a.m. Sunday, June 4. For information, call 258-3134.

Monday, May 22

Arts

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Christine Riordan, voice and piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Tuesday, May 23

Arts

8 p.m. University String Quartet. Jennifer Hsiao and Alex Svoronos, violins; Nikki Federman, viola; and Larissa Koehler, cello. Music by Haydn and Shostakovich. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Notices

[FG] 5:30 to 7 p.m. Prospect Chef Brian’s cooking class. “Cooking Light.” Prospect House.

Wednesday, May 24

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Electrical Conduction Through Small Organic Molecules.” Norton Long, IBM Research. 222 Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Signaling Between Synapse and Nucleus During Neuronal Plasticity.” Kelsey Martin, University of California-Los Angeles. 3 Thomas Lab.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Puzzling Behavior of Supercooled and Glassy Water.” Eugene Stanley, Boston University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

Thursday, May 25

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “The Annual Cycle of Circulation in the Southwest Subtropical Pacific.” William Kessler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

Friday, May 26

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Saturday, May 27

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Sunday, May 28

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

Tuesday, May 30

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Wednesday, May 31

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Synthetic Genetic and Chemical Genetic Analysis of Clathrin-Dependent Transport in Yeast.” Greg Payne, University of California-Los Angeles. 107 Schultz Lab.

Thursday, June 1

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Arthur Miller: “All My Sons.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 10:30 p.m. Quipfire! improv comedy. Murray-Dodge.

Friday, June 2

Arts

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. University Players musical. “Das Barbecü.” 301 Frist.

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Arthur Miller: “All My Sons.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

3:30 p.m. Chapel organ concert. Eric Plutz. Chapel.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Triangle Club show. “Excess Hollywood.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 10:30 p.m. Quipfire! improv comedy. Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. Latin American studies conversation. “Trends in Latin America.” Arcadio Diaz-Quiñones, Jeremy Adelman and Deborah Yashar. 219 Burr.

Notices

2 p.m. University Store discussion. “The Making of Princeton University.” James Axtell, author. University Store.

Saturday, June 3

Arts

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Arthur Miller: “All My Sons.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 7:30 p.m. Triangle Club show. “Excess Hollywood.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Players musical. “Das Barbecü.” 301 Frist.

8 p.m. University Orchestra lawn concert. Finney and Campbell fields.

Lectures

4:30 p.m. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies lecture. “Angels on the Border: Religious Paintings by Mexican Immigrants in the United States.” Douglas Massey. Second floor atrium, Burr. Reception follows.

Notices

2 p.m. P-rade. Front campus.

9:15 p.m. Fireworks. Finney and Campbell fields.

Sunday, June 4

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Notices

10 a.m. Chapel Service of Celebration. Chapel.

G 2 p.m. Baccalaureate service. (Open to ticket holders only.) Chapel.

Weekly

Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

9:30 a.m. Sundays, basement, Murray-Dodge. Membership not required to attend.

Exhibits

Art and Archaeology

First floor Lounge, McCormick Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai.” Through July 28.

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

“Mir Iskusstva: Russia’s Age of Elegance.” Through June 11.

“Andy Warhol: Electric Chair.” Through June 25.

“Death by Design: Western Prints From the 15th Through the 20th Centuries.” Through June 25.

“Worldly Guardians of the Buddhist Law.” Through July 9.

“Minotaur in the China Shop: From Ni Zan to Picasso.” Through July 9.

Burr Hall

Second and third floor atrium. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“Angels on the Border: Religious Paintings by Mexican Immigrants in the United States.” Through June 4.

Friend Center

Atrium.

“Art of Science.” Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Firestone Library

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Main Gallery: “Framing the Frontier: Photographers and the American West, 1850-1920.” Through Sept. 24.

Milberg Gallery: “O, What a Place for a Lake! The Centennial of the Construction of Loch Carnegie.” Through Sept. 24. Tour of exhibit at 3 p.m. July 9 and Sept. 2.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level

“Engaging at Princeton: Profiles in Service.”

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday until 7:45 p.m. Closed weekends, except Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“Going Back in Orange and Black.” Through July 28.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

Spring semester group show. May 23 through June 6. Opening reception, May 23, 6 to 8 p.m.; video screenings, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Stewart Film Theater.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 to a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Quantum Body,” by Madelaine Shellaby. Through June 6.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org .

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Health

G6B McCosh Health Center.

Appointments: 258-5035, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. After-hours emergencies: 258-3134.

Employment Opportunities

jobs.princeton.edu .

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. www.princeton.edu/frist/ .

Library

Hours: 258-3181. libweb.princeton.edu .

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787 (for Matthews and Berlind Theatre events), Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.mccarter.org .

Orange Key Guide Service

Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Information and tours: 258-1766.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686. www.princeton.edu/prospecthouse/ .

Richardson Auditorium

Event information: 258-5000. www.princeton.edu/richaud .

Theater and Dance

Event information: 258-8562. www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html .

Theatre Intime

Event information: 258-4950. www.theatreintime.org .

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

University Ticketing

Tickets for events at Richardson Auditorium, Frist Campus Center, Theatre Intime, Program in Theater and Dance, University Chapel: 258-9220. www.princeton.edu/utickets/ .