The Nietzschean and the Chimp

The Master
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix
Showing at the Garden Theater
Rated R
$10 general, $7.50 for students

Casually Vacant

The Casual Vacancy
by J.K. Rowling
Little, Brown and Company 2012, 512 pages, $35.00 hardcover

Portrait of a Lady Autocrat

Book Signing and Talk: Robert Massie
Author of Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Oct. 17th at 6:00 PM in Whig Hall
Free admission

Visions of the Everyday

“Dancing Into Dream, Maya Vase Painting of the Ik’ Kingdom”
Princeton University Art Museum
Runs Oct. 6, 2012 to Feb. 17,2013

A Reader’s Work

How Fiction Works
by James Wood
Picador 2009, 288 pages, $14.00 softcover

That title sounds just a little off. Who ever thinks of fiction “working”? Washing machines and computers work (sometimes), but fiction? Why would…

Momentum and Greatness

Princeton University Orchestra
Performing: Power Chords by Dmitri Tymoczko, ft. Amernet String Quartet
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Oct. 21st at 3:00 PM in Richardson Theater
Free admission

A Zombie Zeitgeist

“Future Imperfect: The Clock Strikes Midnight” (J. Edward Farnum Lecture)
Cosponsored by the Committee on Canadian Studies
Oct. 16th at 8:00PM in McCosh 50
Free admission

Murray-Dodge Bacchanal

24-Hour Play Festival
Plays written and directed by various students
Produced by Theater Intime
Oct. 13th at Murray-Dodge
Free admission

Dreams Deferred Do End in Bangs

Assassins
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman
Produced by the Princeton University Players
Sept. 27–29, Oct. 4–6 at Frist
$8 admission