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Calendar of events
June 5-18, 2006
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[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community
and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise
identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University.
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The next Princeton Weekly Bulletin will include a calendar that covers June 19-Sept. 10. If you are planning an event on campus this summer and would like it included in the calendar, please complete the online form by 5 p.m. Friday, June 9, at www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb.
June 5 – June 11
Monday, June 5
[G] 10:30 a.m. Class Day ceremony. Cannon Green (Jadwin Gym in case of rain).
[G] 5 p.m. Hooding ceremony. McCarter Theatre.
Tuesday, June 6
[G] 11 a.m. Commencement. Front Lawn, Nassau (Jadwin Gym in case of rain).
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
Wednesday, June 7
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Kinetic Simulations of Fusion Plasmas and the SciDAC Challenge.” W.W. Lee. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
Thursday, June 8
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
Friday, June 9
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
Saturday, June 10
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
Sunday, June 11
10 a.m. Chapel service. Chapel.
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 2:30 p.m. La Shir concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
June 12 – June 18
Tuesday, June 13
[G] 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. University staff picnic. Alexander Beach (Jadwin Gym in case of rain).
Wednesday, June 14
4:30 p.m. Frist Campus Center concert. Nadine Zahr. South Lawn, Frist.
Sunday, June 18
10 a.m. Chapel service. 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.
Prospect House
[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays. Summer Barbecues. Through Aug. 24.
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.
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.
“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. Through June 6.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 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
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.
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.