Shikantaza at South Brunswick Jazz Café

Shikantaza (left to right): Lori Pantaleo, Brandon Lewin, Doug Miller, Robert Bullington, Tanya Saunders, Bernhard Geiger. Photo by Jonathan Michalik.

On Friday, November 1, 2013, the jazz trio Shikantaza will be performing at the South Brunswick Jazz Café. The word shikantaza, translated literally as just sitting, refers to a form of Japanese Zen Buddhist meditation. The ensemble seeks to create musical environments that quiet the mind and open the heart. Shikantaza explores the jazz canon, making familiar works uniquely their own, and offers original compositions developed improvisationally. Their music draws inspiration from many genres. Shikantaza features Doug Miller on piano, Bernhard Geiger on acoustic bass, Brandon Lewin on percussion, and special guests Lori Pantaleo, Tanya Saunders and Robert Bullington on vocals.

Jazz Café performances are sponsored by the South Brunswick Arts Commission. They are held monthly on Friday evenings from 8 to 10 pm at the Herb Eckert Auditorium in the Senior Center at the South Brunswick Municipal Complex, located at 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction. Admission is $6 and light refreshments are served. Doors open at 7:30 pm. For more information call 732-329-4000, ext. 7635.

Treat or Trick?

TREAT: Princeton Landing's Association complies with FVCSA Governing Documents and replaces shrubs and tree it removed last May.

TRICK: See photos below.

Happy Birthday, Hillary

Under the Harvest Moon

by Carl Sandburg

Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.

    Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions.

                                      Photo: ihave3kids

KGA Fall Foliage Walk

Photo: Jonathan Michalik 

Kingston Greenways Association will host its annual fall foliage walk on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at 2 pm. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Princeton Nurseries, Rick Henkel will lead a walk through the Nurseries' Kingston site. Rick was formerly Sales Manager for Princeton Nurseries, where he worked for 32 years. After leaving the Nurseries, he founded Princeton Horticultural Services, which he continues to run. Rick has an extraordinary knowledge of trees and knows the Kingston site intimately.

The walk will start at the Mapleton Preserve outside the Main Office for the D&R Canal State Park at 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. The walk will last about two hours. For more information, call 609-683-0483.

More Tarps — Now They're Brown

The tarps covering roofs in the community aren't just blue—there are brown ones, too. Again we ask the question: Why isn't Princeton Landing repairing roof leaks more promptly?

Gold Is Best

Have you seen these hilarious videos from Conan O'Brien about Apple's new gold iPhone 5s?

More Blue Tarps in Princeton Landing

Here's another Princeton Landing home with a blue tarp on its roof. Why aren't the roofs in the community being repaired promptly? If you've been waiting for a roof repair, let us know.

October Recycling Dates

The recycling dates in Princeton Landing for October are the 7th and the 21st. There is also a link to these dates in the right-hand column under Popular Posts.