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Check out Floyd Collins at 185 Nassau this weekend and next.

With two weeks to go, we’re nearing the home stretch, folks! If you’re looking for a way to decompress from JPs or theses, or just want to procrastinate your way through this pre-winter formals weekend, look no further than this week’s killer events:

If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t seen the seventh Harry Potter yet (or Part 1, anyway), they’re offering it for free at the Garden Theatre this weekend at 11:30pm this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Yes, for free. Do it, and do it early: the last time they had a free movie (The Social Network) it sold out a good hour before the show started. You can also pick up free tickets at the Garden beforehand.
The creepy true story of a Kentucky miner stuck in a cave back in 1925 meets haunting, modern music in Landau and Guettel’s Floyd Collins, directed by Andy Linz ‘11 and featuring Hannah Wilson ‘11. Both students are using the play as their senior theses for the Department of Theatre; with its killer set, costumes and cast, it’s not to be missed. Matthews Acting Studio at 185 Nassau: Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with additional shows next weekend. Tickets $10, student events eligible.
Up for some good ole-fashioned southern melodrama? Look no further than Tennessee Williams’s Garden District, a set of one-act plays directed by Dan Rattner ‘13 and produced by Theatre Intime. Thursday-Saturday, this weekend and next, at 8pm in Theatre Intime: tickets $8, student events eligible.

(source: http://www.princeton.edu/arts/news/archive/context-preconstructed/)

As we forge on through to Dean’s Date, I know we’re all looking for excuses to crawl out of our work-induced hibernation every now and then. Take refuge in this week’s arts events: we’ve got a myriad of dance and music options from all over the artiness spectrum. There’s something for everyone–enjoy, and we’ll see you on the other side of Tuesday!

First up is Context Preconstructed, Sydney Schiff’s senior thesis piece with the Department of Dance. A spread of photos from Sydney’s rehearsals was featured in this winter’s Nassau Literary Review; in it, she described the event as “simultaneously dance deconstructed and Judaism being deconstructed in dance.” The piece combines the evolution of the Jewish identity with the evolution of dance: as Syndey, a History of Science major, explains, “the work reflects an intense period of self-reflection and personal exploration of both professional dance and Judaism that I pursued over the last four years. This very much reflects how I, as an individual, was completely transformed by the Princeton community.”

Along with its sheer awesomeness factor, the costumer in me is totally digging the piece’s outfits, which were handmade by the Department of Theater’s costume department (with a little help from yours truly) and lean towards the American Apparel end of trendy. ”We’re gonna go global after these tunics! Ubran Outfitters has nothing on us!,” joked Keating Helfrich, The Department’s Costume Assistant. While the monks’ costumes have been cut (don’t ask), this event definitely is not to be missed.

The show is in Lewis Center’s Patricia and Ward Hagan ‘48 Dance Studio. Thursday-Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2 and 8pm. Free.

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