May 2026 Newsletter
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Events!
Marisol Rosa-Shapiro '07 premieres BROKEN OPEN, a new work of theatrical circus, produced by the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA).
The Joy Luck Trio - the world's first pipa, erhu and piano ensemble - is creating a fresh sound world for classical music enthusiasts. Gau Hong (pipa), Karen Han (erhu) and Donna Weng Friedman (piano) are re-imagining Western masterpieces and creating new works from Chinese folktales - bridging the sounds of East and West.
On May 1st, award-winning soul and jazz vocalist Kemi Adegoroye is releasing her new EP, BLOOM, followed by an EP Release show at the renowned Blues Alley Jazz Club on May 6th.
Ever wonder what Robocop would be like adapted into a fully realized grand opera, in which every male role were sung by one (very pregnant) soprano? Then this special performance of Robocopera is for you!
The Greenwich Choral Society is performing my choral composition of THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS with orchestra at their May 16 concert in Christ Church, Greenwich, CT.
Chamber choir concert Sunday May 17th at 4 pm.
Join us on May 18 for our Spring Fundraiser, featuring a concert by Amuse Singers, food and drink by Chef Oscar Riquelme, as well as remote donation opportunities for those unable to attend the event.
Gallery season opening show at: CYNTHIA WININGS GALLERY. Blue Hill, Maine.
At Princeton Innovation Conference at Reunions, discover how Princeton’s breakthroughs benefit society and the University incubates intentional innovation. Join hundreds of founders, fuelers, and funders who are translating technologies from idea to impact in AI, arts and humanities, biotech and life sciences, deep tech, education and edtech, energy and the environment, fintech, social enterprise–and more.
Celebrate the arts at Princeton Reunions! Connect over food and drink with fellow Tigers working in, interested in, and supporting the arts at Princeton and beyond.
In honor of the Alumni Association's 200th anniversary, join the Princeton Women's Network for a book talk with Melody Chu '01, author of Mathey Girls: A Novel, in a fireside chat with April Chou '96, Vice Chair of the Alumni Council.
Tickets and Season Passes now on sale for Chelsea Music Festival's 17th season "Every Story Counts" in NYC from June 20–27, exploring America's 250th anniversary.
Past Events
Performers will celebrate the Centennial of Route 66, which begins in Illinois, with songs about road trips, cars, places along Route 66, etc. - Sunday, April 26, 2-4 p.m., Stage Left Cafe next to the Woodstock Opera House on the Square in Woodstock, IL
The New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra welcomes back guest conductor Julius Akira Mauldin for the third concert in its 50th-anniversary season.
Nineteen/Ninety/One is a new performance: a short, seething time capsule of true stories from the discarded and derelict New York queers in the late 80s/early 90s. It’s a pulsing, protean dance-theater piece about queer rage, domestic fracture, and national identity.
Singer-songwriter Freddy Blohm '75 will be appearing at 7pm on Wednesday, April 15 at Sugar Mouse, 47 3rd Avenue at East 10th Street, New York City.
Long-running literary series Stories on Stage Davis presents short fiction read by professional actors to a live audience at a popular brew pub in Davis, California.
Joe Quinn '80 appears in Robert Moore's film LAMENT in the New Bedford Film Festival, April 10, 2026, 3:30-5:30pm, Steeple Playhouse, receiving a Best Actor (Short Film) nomination.
Ann Tashi Slater will speak about her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, in Dallas and San Antonio in April.
Richard Trenner '70 has been selected to show work in the Phillips' Mill Gallery's annual juried exhibition in New Hope PA between March 29 and April 17.
In a world where nothing lasts forever, how do we live? Ann Tashi Slater will discuss how we can find meaning and happiness in the face of the inevitable changes that life brings, drawing on her book, TRAVELING IN BARDO: THE ART OF LIVING IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD (Balance/Hachette).
Through a tuneful and character-driven score that blends wit and pathos, this original musical reflects on a life in the theater, and the human journey both on stage and off. Join us for a concert evening from Prospect Musicals' founding artists, sharing their newest work-in-process show.
As part of the Princeton French Film Series, join us for an exclusive US Premiere screening of "The Stranger" (French: "L'Etranger") (2025) adapted from Albert Camus' eponymous novel by award-winning filmmaker François Ozon who will be in attendance with actress Rebecca Marder (Comédie Française) for a special Q&A.
Class of 2010's Dominique Salerno will be premiering an original indie pilot she wrote, produced, and stars in at New York Comedy Film Festival this February.
Zabel in Exile is a searing memory play that honors the strength of a woman unafraid to stand up to tyranny and wrestles with whether it is possible to continue to believe in light during times of endless darkness.
The New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra welcomes Guest Conductor Claire Lewis for the second concert in its 50th-anniversary season. The program opens with Sibelius' rousing Finlandia, followed by Rachmaninoff's captivating Second Piano Concerto featuring soloist William Wolfram.
As part of the Princeton French Film Series and GSG's Events for Black History Month, join us for a special screening of four-Cesar-winner The Story of Souleymane (2024) by Boris Lojkine who follows a fictional asylum seeker from Guinea, Africa working in the French capital as a bike deliverer.
With the economy on edge, come see NYC's best comedians make fun of economics, money, business, and finance. EconLoL is the world’s first, best, and only economics-themed comedy variety show.
Freddy Blohm '75 appearing at Sugar Mouse, NYC, February 4th at 7pm.
Foolproof is brassy, toe-tapping musical comedy by Sonya Hayden '16 and Megan Loughran. The show will have a reading at Goodspeed's Festival of New Musicals in Connecticut on Sunday, January 18th at 1pm.
Princeton's Famous Triangle Club hits the road again, bringing its signature hilarity to 8 cities for a one-night-only performance from January 16-24, 2026.
Art Against Racism and West Windsor Arts Council, (both 501(c)(3) organizations), invited artists to submit artwork for Not Afraid, a juried exhibition of work that empowers artists to explore the intersection of identity and culture.
Judith Sloan and Najla Said '96 present a new work-in-progress, Imperfect Allies: Children of Opposite Sides, directed by Suzanne Agins '97. Starting Thursday, December 11 at the Universalist National Memorial Church in Washington, DC.
Freddy Blohm '75 will be appearing as part of lineup of singer-songwriters, Wednesday December 10th, from 7 to 9pm at The Jersey Shore Arts Center, 66 South Main Street, Ocean Grove NJ.
Luke Strathmann (MPA '19) is bringing together his favorite comedians to make fun of economics with PowerPoints.
OKLAHOMA SAMOVAR, winner of the National Jewish Playwriting Contest, is inspired by Cohen’s great-grandparents, the only Jews in the 1887 Oklahoma Land Run. December 5-21, Thurs-Sat at 7pm, Sundays at 2pm, Monday Dec 8 at 7pm. At La MaMa, 66 E. 4th St, NYC.
DUM CANTO SPERO (“While I sing, I hope”) is Amuse Singers’ winter choral concert, taking place on Dec 5, 2025 at 7 PM at St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Ave.
2021/2022 Hodder Fellow Leslie Cuyjet shares her one-woman show, For All Your Life for BAM's Next Wave Festival December 3 - 7 at BAM Fisher in Brooklyn.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Stacy Wolf and Paige Allen's new book Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre. The authors' conversation will be facilitated by Jill Dolan. The event will be held at Labyrinth Books (122 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ) on December 2 at 6 pm.
Announcements!
Ann Tashi Slater talked with best-selling author Lauren Groff about letting go of ambition, living between regret and repair, and how swimming can set your mind free (Tricycle).
To-Go Zine, a new publication founded by several Princetonians (including Anthony Shu '16, Jeff Liu '16, Harrison Blackman '17, Chamsi Hssaine '16 and Alex Schindele '16) about food culture in Los Angeles, has just published its first issue.
Hello! My name is Gaea, and I’m a Filipino-Chinese actor/screenwriter and Princeton graduate from the Class of ‘23. I am in the midst of a 30-day fundraising campaign raising $12,000 for my short film: COW GOD.
Mifflin Lowe's book ART. AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE wins Jean E. Lowrie Gold Medal for best book for older children for 2025.
The Princeton Alumni Mental Health Coalition is launching a testimony exhibit at the 2026 Reunions, created in collaboration with the USG Committee on Mental Health and its 'One Too Many' campaign. We're inviting our fellow alumni of all class years to share your mental health stories — whether from your time at Princeton or beyond — through audio, video, art, or other media.
Katy Pinke '10, a multidisciplinary artist and singer-songwriter, is heading out on tour throughout Europe and the UK following the release of a three song EP.
Abba Leffler '09 is leading a community organizing effort to save a building in the Bronx that was a birthplace of modern dance. Join Abba, Virginia Byron '10 and other alums and current students by signing a petition to stop demolition and secure historic designation.
An exclusive preview of Kemi Adegoroye '13 and her upcoming soul EP, with behind-the-scenes stories, intimate live performances, and custom-made bouquets.
Ann Tashi Slater talked with George Saunders, best-selling author of VIGIL and LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, about final reckonings, everyday liminal states, and being your true self (Tricycle).
Behind the Mask, written and directed by Catherine Andre '17, premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival earlier this month.
Selections from Ryder's growing photo portfolio "Oaktown" are featured in nine different Bay Area exhibits through early May.
From the acclaimed author of Number One Chinese Restaurant comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another.
In “Into the Cave,” Ann Tashi Slater talked with Lullaby Machine about what the periods between daily beginnings and endings teach us about larger, life-altering experiences of change and loss.
Sophia Steele (Class of 2023) has been selected as an Artist-in-Residence for the Adisa Ancestry Artist Program in Jamaica. She is a digital creator and research scholar whose work centers on African American and Caribbean girlhood, resistance, and imagination.
Al aka Mifflin Lowe gave a presentation to the Creative Writing Department students and faculty at the Ringling College of Art and Design on 1/20/26 re: his new book ART. AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE.
Ann Tashi Slater talked with best-selling author Ann Patchett about about devoting time to what’s important, why death is ever-present, and using social capital to do good.
I write with good news! The last few years have brought multiple poetry and book publications: The Show Must Go On (Fernwood Press 2025), Dear Beautiful Gay (The Poetry Box 2025), and Erasures of My Coming Out (Letter) (The Poetry Box 2021).
An excerpt from Ann Tashi Slater’s new book, TRAVELING IN BARDO, appears in LIT HUB.
Call for Art for "Not Afraid" Exhibition in Princeton-area.
Declared "the most fun you'll have reading all year" by New York Times bestselling author Steven Rowley, this fast-paced debut novel shines an unflinching light on the drama of reality TV when a gay man returns to the cut-throat show he won in his youth after his adult life begins to unravel.
Rosemead movie premiere. Executive produced by Julia Xu ‘06.
We're thrilled to see the connections being made. A huge thank you to the 85 arts alumni who are generously participating as mentors and mentees between now and January.
Next week, Thursday, November 6th at 7 PM EDT, join us for a conversation all about graduate school options and experiences. Our last webinar will be the following week on Wednesday, Nov. 12th at 7pm EDT, focusing on corporate hygiene for artists.
We know many arts alumni are doing incredible work in the nonprofit sector. To amplify your mission and connect our community with alumni-led causes, we're creating our first-ever Giving Tuesday Look Book: a curated directory of alumni-led nonprofits.
Solo Show at Winston Wachter Fine Art New York.
Ann Tashi Slater has new work in Oprah Daily, PAW, Next Big Idea Club, and Tricycle. Ann also talks about impermanence and the art of living on these podcasts: TRICYCLE TALKS and MINDROLLING (Be Here Now Network).
I have 22 episodes of a podcast about various events in my life, most humorous, some sad, all dramatic-- including THE COSMIC CARE DEALER about my years at Princeton (1965-69). The podcast drops around November 18 on Apple podcasts, TikTok, Spotify, Amazon Music-- wherever you get your podcasts!
The first single from my new record, Samba Americana, is out this month on all platforms. Take a listen if time allows. Let me know what you think...
My book ART. AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE was just purchased by the Getty Museum in LA also the Princeton University art museum bookstores. The buyers both love it.
Join the fun! Michael Kardos's 4th novel, FUN CITY HEIST (Severn House), releases on December 2. Pre-order now wherever books are sold, or get a signed copy from Browseabout Books: https://browseaboutbooks.com/book/9781448317233