Common calendar, Packet papers, January 29
Common calendar, Packet papers, January 29
Ongoing
Princeton University Concerts (PUC) is expanding its digital offerings for the remainder of the 2020-21 season to replace planned in-person concerts, many of which will be rescheduled to future seasons.
The university’s performing arts series has recast all of its virtual programming to directly address socially relevant topics. This includes: a new podcast series, Breathe in Music, bringing PUC’s popular Live Music Meditation series to a digital format; a new series of conversations with musicians and prominent arts thinkers about the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts hosted by multidisciplinary artist and WNYC host Helga Davis; the release of new video episodes of mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s Sing for Today, in which the opera star responds to current events through the lens of song and conversations; and virtual performances and live Q&As with world-renowned musicians
Born out of the pandemic, a new company emerges to aid older residents
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When two childhood friends became college graduates in 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, they would start their own company geared toward older residents in need of help with grocery shopping and errands.
The company, MyGrandson, does not just provide services for chores, errands or grocery shopping. MyGrandson’s other services include pharmacy pickups, watering of plants, walking of dogs and helping with technology.
“This business was born out of the coronavirus pandemic, but this is all about connection and relationships. The goal is more than one service and is seasonal too,” MyGrandson Vice President Cole Valente said. “So in the initial stages we were kind of going off of, let’s get people groceries, certainly early at the 6 a.m. senior times, but we were also thinking that we can’t paint someone’s whole house, however if we c
January 26, 2021
The main space at the Suzanne Patterson Center is used for exercise classes and large gatherings.
The Princeton Senior Resource Center has had to rent space from other organizations in recent years to accommodate its growing programs. To solve the capacity issue, the organization has purchased a 12,000-square-foot office building at 101 Poor Farm Road that will become the site of the organization’s administrative offices and many other activities such as classes.
The office move will free up space at the Suzanne Patterson Center building. Senior center leaders hope to reconfigure the space for classrooms and make some other renovations at the building, which is owned by the municipality. But town officials have not yet decided what to do with the property on Stockton Street that also includes the former Princeton Borough Hall, now called Monument Hall. In recent years, officials have discussed the possibility of selling the property and consolidating the munici
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By Pam Hersh
In these recent times of unbearable political anxiety, I have relied on three things for comfort and sustenance:
1. Cheetos; 2. Music; 3. Bartender – with coffee as the drink being served.
I have written a lot about the curative qualities of Cheetos, comprising chemicals and dust with a smattering of real cheese – I think. I am hoping that my orange-stained fingers and mouth scare away COVID as effectively as it has scared away people.
My music selection was enormously satisfying – and something I recommend to everyone. Jazz musician, composer and jazz education entrepreneur Wynton Marsalis, a Princeton favorite (he has performed numerous times at McCarter Theatre, lectured to Princeton University students and received a Princeton University honorary degree), released an extraordinary new album titled “The Democracy! Suite” – a masterful musical metaphor for democracy. It is a bit atonal and unsettling at times,
Princeton Senior Resource Center will expand to two locations
Princeton Senior Resource Center will expand to two locations
The Princeton Senior Resource Center has become a victim of its own success.
The nonprofit group, which provides programs for Princeton’s senior citizens, has outgrown its headquarters at the Suzanne Patterson Building. The building is across the parking lot from Monument Hall – the former Princeton Borough Hall – on Stockton Street.
Last month, the Princeton Senior Resource Center closed on a deal to buy a 12,000-square-foot office building at 101 Poor Farm Road. The move allows the group to relocate its offices from the Suzanne Patterson Building, freeing up that space for use by the seniors.