Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin became an iconic figure throughout the world as "The Little Felllow" or "Tramp" in films over a three decade span. So it was quite a departure when, in 1947, he unleashed this "comedy of murders" with himself as a French banker turned ruthless bluebeard. While both a critical and financial failure at the time, Verdoux has since been recognized as one of Chaplin's finest and most sophisticated creations, as well as ahead of it's time in it's subtle clever indictment of the system and social structure.

The Lives of Others A police captain in Cold War East Berlin becomes stuck in a dangerous game when he is asked to spy on a celebrated playwright and his lover.

Juggling Life This film, directed by Princeton High School graduate Ben Saltzman, is a portrait of an award-winning teacher, a college student with an amazing talent for juggling and a young woman on a mission. The three are dedicated to making a difference by running the New Jersey is Beautiful Juggling Program, which provides an unforgettable character education lessons for the diverse collection of children involved.

The film screening will be followed by a Q&A session with filmmaker Ben Saltzman and NJ is Beautiful Juggling Program Coorindator Lou De Lauro and a live-action performance by De Lauro and other jugglers.

A community of writers who are working to infuse true stories with emotional honesty, members of the group write memoir, essay and research-supported works in a flexible form that welcomes shifting voices and viewpoints, refined wordplay and the analytical modes of the essayist. The group publishes a journal, Solstice, to which members can contribute.
Registration required. Contact Janie Hermann: jhermann@princetonlibrary.org or call 609.924.9528 x228 for more information.

In his debut novel, The Sex Ed Chronicles, Nachbar tells the story of a young journalist who fights to save a teacher's career in the emotionally charged arenas of sex education and student free press rights in a New Jersey public schools in 1980. The author has been involved with education politics for more than four decades as a student, urban planner, government affairs manager, software executive and now as a writer. He produces Educated Quest, a blog that offers and invites commentary on education politics, policy and technology.

If you love to scrapbook and are looking for space to spread out and work, these three -hour sessions are for you. Bring your own scrapbooks, photos, and other supplies; the library will supply a cropping station. A scrapbooking expert will be on hand to offer advice and will also lead a make and take session, where you can make a seasonal border or other accent for your pages.

To ensure adequate supply of materials, registration is requested. Please call the library reference desk at 609-924-9529 x220 or e-mail

This playful, game-like alternative to ordinary conversation is designed to enrich interpersonal relationships. Moderated by Alan Goldsmith, Noodle Talks begin with a container filled with 400 fettuccini-like paper strips being passed around. On each strip, there are one or two questions covering the full gamut of life experience. Some questions refer to the past, others to the future; some are concrete, others metaphorical; some invite us to laugh at our foibles while others bring us to tears. There are no right or wrong answers, just the truth of our own inner or outer experience.

New Jersey signer/songwriter Jeff Penque and sing Karen Fairweather will perform original music from their debut CD, Jersey Fresh, which features 11 songs written by Penque and performed by the duo. Jeff and Karen have been performing their special blend of folk-pop originals along with other favorites from the of the '60s and '70s in venues throughout the state.

Students in the Westminster Conservatory Youth Opera Workshop will perform this piece, loosely based on the classic Greek myth and designed for a family audience.

This two-week class is for people just beginning to research their families. You'll learn how to collect family information informally, organize what you know and identify the gaps in your information. We'll also take a brief look at some of the records you can use to fill in information and uncover earlier generations.

A Cable Ace-award winner and Audie-award nominee, Critt has narrated more than 150 titles of popular fiction, including 17 books for best-selling author Janet Evanovich. Critt will share a behind-the-scenes peek at the world of audiobook performance along with several excerpts from the zany world of Stephanie Plum. From her family's misguided attempts to play Cupid to a near-riot in a Vegas showroom, Critt will bring to life the Jersey characters that have made Evanovich and her creations a hit.

In the spirit of Socrates' belief that the unexamined life is not worth living, participants pose questions, listen to others, raise challenges, and consider alternative answers. All are invited and no preparation is necessary.

F For Fake The great Orson Welles , never one to rest on his laurels and due to the quixotic nature of his career, masterfully interweaves tales of trickery involving Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes, Pablo Picasso and himself, a brilliant tour de force that has not been duplicated and is a very worthy bookend to Citizen Kane.

A community of writers who are working to infuse true stories with emotional honesty, members of the group write memoir, essay and research-supported works in a flexible form that welcomes shifting voices and viewpoints, refined wordplay and the analytical modes of the essayist. The group publishes a journal, Solstice, to which members can contribute.
Registration required. Contact Janie Hermann: jhermann@princetonlibrary.org or call 609.924.9528 x228 for more information.

This two-week class is for people just beginning to research their families. You'll learn how to collect family information informally, organize what you know and identify the gaps in your information. We'll also take a brief look at some of the records you can use to fill in information and uncover earlier generations.

A Good Year A ruthless English investment broker finds there's more to life than financial conquest when he inherits the chateau and small vineyard where he grew up in Provence.

This husband-and-wife team combine their talents on tenor banjo and button accordion performances of tight-knit music honed by years of old-fashioned family music-making. Carberry was born in England but returned to Ireland in the 90s, deeply rooted in the music of her County Longford family. Although she started on the tinwhistle, she quickly followed in the footsteps of her grandfather and took up the banjo. Quinn was born into a family of accomplished musicians and storytellers in County Armagh. He took up the accordion in 1981 and has developed a highly refined individual style. He is regarded as one of Ireland's finest exponents of the accordion.