The annual Holiday Food and Yarn Drive is underway through December 14. The drive is organized by the Office of Community and Regional Affairs in partnership with the Municipality of Princeton and Arts Council of Princeton.

Non-perishable food and personal hygiene product donations support Mercer Street Friends Food Bank. Donations of washable yarn benefit Princeton Senior Resource Center's Knit Wits group, which knits lap blankets for disabled veterans, infant caps for newborns in the hospital, and scarves for local individuals in need of winter gear. We are also collecting reusable grocery bags.

Community members can find collection boxes at the Arts Council of Princeton, Monument Hall, Witherspoon Hall, and the Office of Community and Regional Affairs at 4 Mercer Street. The last day to drop off donations is December 14.

The drive is part of the University's Holiday Outreach initiative, which invites University faculty and staff to help make the season bright for our neighbors by participating in local supply and gift drives.

Learn more about the Holiday Food and Yarn Drive on community.princeton.edu

Get to know other music-enthusiasts at Do-Re-Meet, Princeton University Concerts' new program of social events paired with upcoming performances facilitated by The Singles Group. The first event, speed dating, is scheduled for December 13. Learn more at concerts.princeton.edu.

This will not be on the test: Two Princeton professors use a new approach to teaching quantum chemistry without the pressure of problem sets, quizzes, and tests. Read the article on princeton.edu.

The Year of the Tiger interview series continues with Susan Baek, Class of 2023, who is majoring in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and pursuing minors in cognitive science and Asian American studies. Read the interview on princeton.edu.

Holiday Jam and Toy Drive

Join student performance groups for the annual a cappella jam and toy drive. Attendees are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to be donated to the YWCA's St. Nicholas project. Toys for children age 3-5 are preferred. Friday, December 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Palmer Square.

Princeton Dance Festival

The 2022 Princeton Dance Festival will feature new and repertory works by Ronald K. Brown, Davalois Fearon, Sun Kim, Michael J. Love, Susan Marshall, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener, and Caili Quan, performed by students in the Program in Dance at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. The range of works includes rhythm tap, contemporary ballet, popping/hip-hop, modern influenced by African dance, and contemporary dance works from a multidisciplinary perspective. Purchase tickets on mccarter.org. December 2-4.

Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club

The Princeton University Orchestra and the Princeton University Glee Club come together for a program that includes Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, George Walker’s Lyric and Stars, and Gustav Holst’s monumental The Planets.  Purchase tickets on tickets.princeton.edu. Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday December 4 at 4:30 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

Play

Play is a devised theater piece researched, developed and created by student performers, writers and designers, through choreography, interviews with athletes and absurd exercises in endurance and teamwork. An ensemble of 12 achieves their flow states, runs relays, and describes water polo using the objects found in a student’s backpack. Sailing and tennis become metaphors for how many of us find ourselves pulled and caught between cultures for the sake of our achievements. An 8th grade Lacrosse game frames a commentary on difference, parenting and coaching. A list of superstitions becomes a choreography of possible wins; a litany of meaningless advice and a cheer for losing give us box seats on a whole new game. Led and directed by Lecturer in Theater Aaron Landsman and co-directed/choreographed by Princeton alumna Ogemdi Ude, Class of 2016. Purchase tickets on tickets.princeton.edu. Friday, December 2 at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, December 3 at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8 at 8:00 p.m., and Friday, December 9 at 8:00 p.m.

“Records of Resistance: Documenting Global Activism 1933 to 2021" Guided Tours

the latest exhibition at Princeton University Library, considers how issues of perennial concern including indigenous, gender, and LGBTQIA+ rights, social inequality, antisemitism, and systemic racism manifest in resistance over time and across the globe. Showcased are large, digital images that range from sacred Passover Haggadot that embody Jews’ spiritual resistance during the Holocaust, to dramatic photographs of marchers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, to vibrant posters and pamphlets created more recently by protesters taking to the streets of Santiago, Chile and Lahore, Pakistan. These images all capture continuity and change in practices of protest and activism in diverse geographic and social contexts. The exhibition is open in the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library through December 11 from noon to 6 p.m. daily. Guided tours meet in Firestone Library lobby on Sunday, December 5 from 1:00-1:45 p.m. and December 6 at 12:30-1:00 p.m.

Cyberfeminism Index: Book Reading and Conversation with Mindy Seu, Laura Coombs and Lily Healey ’13

Join author Mindy Seu and book designers Laura Coombs and Lily Healey for a presentation of the book Cyberfeminism Index (2022). The afternoon will begin with a performative reading by Seu, followed by an interactive panel to discuss the publication’s gathering, editing, and design process. Monday, December 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Hagan Studio at 185 Nassau Street. 

Lecture: Ten Minutes Later

Josephine Meckseper, Belknap Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and Department of Art & Archaeology gives a lecture entitled Ten Minutes Later. Details here. Josephine Meckseper is known for large-scale vitrine installations and films that meld the aesthetic language of twentieth-century modernism with her own imagery of historical undercurrents. Her works, encompassing sculpture, painting, photography and film, simultaneously expose and encase cultural signifiers and everyday objects to form an investigation into the collective unconscious of our time. Tuesday, December 6 at 5:00 p.m. in Betts Auditorium in the School of Architecture.

The State of Indigenous Americans

The Office of Population Research's five-part colloquium series, The State of the Nation, continues with part five: The State of Indigenous Americans. American Indian and Alaska Native persons have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic facing three times the likelihood of infection and death than white counterparts. Because they represent a small percentage of the national population they face existential threat and remain invisible to the public at large. This session illuminates the experience of a seminal sector understudied and often abandoned. Register for the livestream. Wednesday, December 7 at 4:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Artist Performance: Dor Guez

In a photography-centered, multimedia practice, artist Dor Guez considers the role of art, architecture, photography, music, and monuments in shaping the identity of place. His art is a form of storytelling, and of narrating unwritten histories. During his lecture-performances, Guez shares historical photographs of the Christian Palestinian community from his family archive and from the past century of photography in Palestine and Israel, one of the most frequently photographed geographies in the history of the medium. Thursday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Art on Hulfish.

"The Entrepreneurs: The Relentless Quest for Value" with Derek Lidow

Join the Keller Center for a fireside chat with faculty member, Derek Lidow, on his latest book: "The Entrepreneurs: The Relentless Quest for Value." In his book, Dr. Lidow delves into the deep history of innovation to deliver surprising new insights into how entrepreneurs create value and bring about change.He tells stories of people from many different cultures over thousands of years that show how entrepreneurs transform the world through relentless innovation. By highlighting the fundamental qualities of innovation throughout history, this book provides valuable and practical new perspective on how entrepreneurship shapes our present and future. Register here. Thursday, December 8 at 6:00 p.m. at Labyrinth Books.