Valid from to David Hua, who led the Princeton High School chess team to the top high school award in the United States Amateur Team Tournament will hold instruction sessions throughout August at Princeton Public Library.Sessions forbeginners will be held Aug. 1, 8, 15 and 22 at 4 p.m. In the library’s Conference Room. Identifying pieces and how they move and opening strategies will be covered. No experience is necessary, and all ages are welcome. Participation is limited to 20, and registration is required at princetonlibrary.org.Sessions forintermediate and advanced players who want to develop a stronger game will be held on the same dates at 7 p.m., also in the Conference Room. Opening, middle and end-game tactics will be covered.
All ages are welcome. Participation is limited to 20, and registration required at.Valid from to MONDAY, JAN.
Poets Chris Bursk and Jean Anderson read from their works for 20 minutes each followed by an open-mic session. Bursk is the recipient of NEA, Guggenheim, and Pew fellowships and the author of 10 books, most recently 'The Infatuations and Infidelities of Pronouns' (winner of the Bright Hill Chapbook Competition).
He teaches at Bucks County Community College. His 'Selected Poems' is due in 2014. Longtime Lawrence resident Jean Anderson has been a member of Delaware Valley Poets since 1980.
Her poems have been used at national conventions, in the 300th Anniversary Booklet for Lawrence Township and more, and her texts for hymns have been used at her church for special occasions. Anderson has won prizes for humor and fiction as well as several first prizes for poetry. Fireplace Area, second floorCo-sponsored by the library, U.S. 1 Poets and the Delaware Valley Poets. Martha Ferrari, principal at Partners for Planning LLC, provides an understanding of the effect of retirement on income taxes. The discussion will include how income tax is calculated, why knowing your personal tax rate is important, and some useful strategies. Ferrari is a CPA and fee-only CFP, with a practice in retirement planning, trust and estate administration and taxation.
Community RoomCo-sponsored by the library and PSRC's Next Step: Engaged Retirement and Encore Careers Program.ALSO ON JAN. In this review of the greatest games of chess, Jon Edwards and David Hua take a fun look back at four amazing games played during the19th century.
The Romantic Age is famous for music, art, architecture and literature, but chess was also a part of that culture and represent an art form of their own. The games include: The Immortal Game: Adolf Anderssen v Lionel Kieseritzky, London, 1851;The Evergreen Game: Adolf Anderssen v Jean Dufresne, Berlin, 1852; Paul Morphy v the Duke of Brunswick with Count Isouard in consultation, Paris Opera House, 1858; and Henry Bird v Paul Morphy, London, Match game 5, circa 1858. Community Room. This exhibit is one in a series of events focusing on art communities that developed in central New Jersey beginning in the late 1930s.
It covers the Queenston Press, a group of women artists who first came together to learn printmaking from Judith K. Brodsky in the 1960s. From this original group of artists, and from the Princeton Art Association that later became Artworks, many other art groups formed establishing the greater Princeton area as a supportive environment in which artists could work.
Reference Gallery, second floorALSO ON JAN.
Few are the bass players who the average music fan can name. There are simply not that many who stand out as more than a member of the rhythm section, however tight. Paul McCartney.
Bootsy Collins. Gene Simmons. These may be the greater part of a list that, for most, is no larger than one hand long.
Shorter still is the list of bassists who can take their playing one step further. Brian Bromberg is one such bass player. Having originally begun his musical career on drums, Bromberg soon switched to classical upright bass. Though this switch was more or less his choice, Bromberg's next musical move was more demanded than decided: in order to get a gig with Stan Getz's band, Bromberg dropped the upright, picked up an electric four-string and, leaving home on his 19th birthday, started down his own musical road less taken. Since then, Bromberg has played with a long list of musical giants, from Stan Getz to James Moody, from Diane Schuur to Nancy Wilson. He has also been heard (and seen) in many popular films and programs, from The Fabulous Baker Boys to Melrose Place. As Bromberg has picked up more and more musical partners, he has also picked up more and more playing styles.
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In the process, however, he has been able to drop a major piece of the modern jazz ensemble - as emphatically stated in the liner notes to You Know That Feeling, 'THERE IS NO GUITAR ON THIS ALBUM' (sic). Instead, Bromberg uses a variety of bass bodies and tunings to match registers usually reserved for the six-string. As a result, he is able to match the high vocal line on his convincing cover of Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' and also to offer the Jobim-ish pizzicato of 'A Love Affair.' Though most of the album consists of programmed 'smooth jazz' selections that may turn true jazz fans and aficionados off, Bromberg's versatility and talent are strong enough to command the assistance of modern day giants like Dave Grusin, Tom Scott, Ernie Watts, Joe Sample, and Everette Harp. Despite a few sappy synthesized songs, You Know That Feeling is a solid demonstration of a near unique talent. Matthew Robinson.