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What's Going on in Princeton This Week

Events include a talk by "Dr. Oz," a winter farmer's craft market and the first in a four-part series on Indian culture, etiquette and traditions.

 

Monday

Need help with your MacBook, iPad, or iPod? Want to try a new iMacs, but don’t know where to begin? Drop by the between 4-6 p.m. and talk to member of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group in the Technology Center. 

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Bob Garfield, co-host of National Public Radio's "On the Media" and Ad Age columnist, will give a talk, "My Life as a Toaster Oven" at 4:30 p.m. at , Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Free.

 

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Tuesday

A panel discussion titled "Up to the Minute: The Crisis Over Iran's Nuclear Program: Is a Diplomatic Solution Possible?" will be held at 4:30 p.m. at , Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Free. 

Gretchen Morgenson, a columnist and assistant business and financial editor at The New York Times, will give a talk titled "Where Did All the Ethics Go? An Examination of the Recent Financial Boom and Bust" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at , Friend Center, Room 101, Free. 

hosts Carol King of the for a talk, “Introduction to Your Lifestyle in Retirement,” 7 p.m, Free. 

Princeton University Concerts presents  8 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students.

 

Wednesday

As part of the "PSO Soundtracks" lecture series,  presents  professor of literature Leonard Barkanon, who will discuss the connections between , Community Room 4:30 p.m., Free. 

A screening of the documentary "Slavery By Another Name" at , McCormick Hall, Room 101, followed by a question-and-answer session with author Douglas Blackmon and screenwriter Sheila Curran Bernard, 7:30 p.m., Free. 

 

Thursday

hosts a Winter Farmer’s Craft Market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Community Room, Free. 

Daniel Ellsberg, who released the "Pentagon Papers" in 1971, will hold a conversation with Bart Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author in residence and visiting lecturer in public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School during "Secrets, Lies and Leaks: From the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks" at 4:30 p.m. at , Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Free. 

 presents  a talk by William Lanouette about a scandal in professional rowing nearly derailed the career of American artist Thomas Eakins. Community Room, 7 p.m, Free. 

presents "Conversations with Autism" with Outreach Specialist Michelle Brooks of Eden Autism Services and Hunterdon Central Regional High School junior Sean Fitzmaurice, 7 p.m., Free. 

Dr. Mehmet Oz, surgeon, author and host of "The Dr. Oz Show," will speak at , McCosh Hall, Room 50, 7:30 p.m., Free. 

Princeton University Orchestra will perform works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, 8 p.m. at , Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium. Tickets are $15, $8 for students. 

 

Friday

 presents art and archaeology graduate student, Tessa Paneth-Pollak, who will give a talk on Enclosure/Disclosure: Hans Arp's Cardboard Reliefs, 12:30 p.m., Free. 

4:30 p.m., Free. 

The Johnson Education Center will host an opening reception for its from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Free. 

 presents “Science and the Humanities” by novelist, essayist, physicist and educator Alan Lightman. He will speaks about the connection between science and the humanities in a talk that kicks off the library’s  events. Lightman is the author of "Einstein's Dreams." Community Room, 6:30 p.m., Free. 

presents the first in its four-part series on. Participants will explore the colorful culture of India with a different aspect of India highlighted each week. 7 p.m. $75 for the series, $65 for YWCA members. 

The Lewis Center for the Arts present , an adaptation of the Georg Büchner classic play by Princeton senior Cara Tucker. The play recounts a soldier’s mental breakdown as the subject of medical experiments, poverty and betrayal. 8 p.m., $10. 

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