Government and the Arts Highlights for Feb. 7-13

What follows is a digest of activities, events and political discussions that will occur during the week of Feb. 7-13.

Monday

Meditation with Jeff Kaspin at the East Brunswick Public Library. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Learn some simple ways to meditate and relax at the library.

Shake the Sugar Habit Without Willpower at the East Brunswick Public Library. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the library. Fine out how to lose some weight and eat healtier without depriving yourself.

Self Defense. Learn some basic self-defense on Monday when the Greater Brunswick Area Junior and Woman’s Clubs holds a “Ladies Night Out” free self-defense class at the United Methodist Church at 47 N. Main St. in Milltown, 7:30 p.m. Monday.

State Senate hearing on Assisted Living residents’ bill of rights, Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee,  1 p.m., State House Annex. Bill S2458 would require assisted living facilities and comprehensive personal care homes to distribute the statement of resident rights to each resident, and post it in a conspicuous, public place in the facility or home, as applicable. In addition, the bill requires providers to inform each resident, the resident’s family member, and the resident’s legally appointed guardian, if applicable, of the resident’s rights, provide explanations if needed, and ensure that each resident, or the resident’s legally appointed guardian, as applicable, signs a copy of statement of rights.

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Tuesday

Start your new year off right with a networking event. Jean E. Baur, Career Coach & Author will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of The Breakfast Club NJ at the Days Hotel Conference Center, 195 Route 18. Networking begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at 8:00 am. 

Veterans information tables at Quaker Bridge Mall, Route 1, Lawrenceville, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Feb. 8-10. The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will be bringing benefit information to “those who served” as part of the Veterans Outreach Program.

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Wednesday

Lecture by designer Jonathan Adler, Princeton Library, Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 4 p.m. The New Jersey-born interior designer, who has appeared on Bravo, will discuss his life, career and theories about design.

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The East Brunswick Planning Board will discuss a proposed three-building retail development on Tices Lane. The Meeting will begin at 8 p.m. at in the municipal court room.

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State Apportionment Commission will meet to take testimony from the public on the redrawing of legislative boundaries, 6 p.m., 14th Floor Conference Center, 60 W. Market St. (Leroy Smith Public Safety Building), Newark.

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Discussion of African-American literature with author Lawrence P. Jackson, Princeton Library, Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 7:30 p.m. Jackson will discuss his book, The Indignant Generation, about “the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights era.”

Thursday

Indoor Farmers Market, Community Room, Princeton Library, Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Locally made products such as artisanal cheeses, honey, and selected produce available at the library.

Friday

Head to Playhouse 22 for a production of "Curtains." Set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, it follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call.  Can a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself ? Fridays and Saturdays at 8p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. through Feb. 24. 

American standards in concert, Cranbury Coffee House, Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 S. Main St., Cranbury, 7 p.m. "An Evening of American Songbook Favorites and Big Band Music" features local artists Paige Stewart and The Jack Jonah Band. Adults, $8. Children 12 and under, $5.

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The Wedding Singer, at Mercer County Community College, Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 7:30 p.m. Additional performances Feb. 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m. A reception will follow Feb. 11 performance.

Saturday

South Brunswick Library, Friends of the Library book sale, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction.