For Adult Learners
Registration is now open for spring 2024 courses through the Center for Modern Aging Princeton’s Evergreen Forum.
“Technology, Society, and You,” “Historic Foundations of East Asian Cultures,” and “Charles Dickens’s Bleak House,” are just a few of the new courses that will be offered for the spring session. Starting in March, the program will offer 20 courses for adults that focus on science, literature, art, history, social studies, and culture.
Returning instructors this spring include: Wendy Worth who will be teaching “Understanding Contemporary Art,” and Larry Danson who will teach “Shakespeare Doubled.”
Registration is first-come, first-served at https://cmaprinceton.org/evergreen-forum. Electronic brochures are available online on the CMAP website.
Most classes begin the week of March 4 and meet once a week for two hours. Fees are $110 for six- to eight-week courses. Senior Scholarships are available to those for whom the fee is a hardship. To apply, contact Johanna Peters, director of social services, at jpeters@cmaprinceton.org, or 609-751-9699, ext. 111.
Call for Bikers
Register now for the 46th Annual Anchor House Ride for Runaways this summer at www.anchorhouseride.org Registration ends March 1. This challenge/fundraiser supports Anchor House, a multi-service charitable agency in Trenton for abused, runaway and homeless youth and young adults.
There are three challenges and five ways to participate: ride the roads for 500 miles back to this area, this year from Harrisonburg, Virginia, in just seven days, fully supported in the Classic Ride; be a Support Team member for the Classic Ride; be a Ride Share participant in the Classic Ride (alternate riding and supporting); ride the bike, surface, route, days and times of your choice 500 miles in six weeks in the Flex Ride; or walk/run the surface, route, days and times of your choice for 100 miles in six weeks in the Flex Walk/Run. Best of all, be a part of the “Olympic moment” in Quaker Bridge Mall at the conclusion.
Scholarships Available
The Dr. Esther Wollin Memorial Scholarship Fund offers a scholarship opportunity available to Jewish female students who reside in the Princeton Mercer Bucks community.
Monies from Dr. Wollin’s estate were designated to grant a college scholarship to eligible Jewish female full-time students who will be or are already attending Rutgers University and raised by their Jewish mother in a single-parent household in the Princeton Mercer Bucks Community. Eligibility is based on financial need.
The submission deadline is June 3, 2024. For more information or to apply, visit www.JFCSonline.org, or contact Joyce Weinstein at 609-987-8100 / JoyceW@JFCSonline.org.
Call for Poetry
US1 Worksheets — an annual poetry anthology unrelated to U.S. 1 Newspaper — is accepting submissions for its 2024 publication.
Submit up to three poems to Route1poets@gmail.com by Thursday, February 29. Poems received past that date will go unread.
Submissions of poems must adhere to the following guidelines in order to be considered for publication.
1. In the subject line of your submission, write SUBMISSION–LAST NAME.
2. In your email include your snail mail address, your email address and your phone number
3. Attach each poem in a separate file. This file’s name should consist of your last name followed by the first four words of the title of your poem, e.g. Frost Stopping by Woods.
4. Use Times New Roman in 12-point font.
5. Type your poem’s title in bold, skip one space, then start your poem. Do not use all caps.
6. Do not place your name on your poem. All poems are judged devoid of personal knowledge of the poet.
7 . Each poem must fit on a single side of a 6”x 9” page. This means no more than 35 total lines (including your poem’s title and blank space between lines and stanzas).
8. Please left justify each poem unless your poem’s layout absolutely requires otherwise. Preference is for left justified layout.
9. Use Word doc, docx files only. If you use Apple Pages, please Export into a word Doc before you send it. No other file types will be read.
Poems that do not comply with these guidelines will not be considered.
Previously published poems are not accepted. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please inform US1 Worksheets immediately if your poem is accepted elsewhere.
Acceptances will be sent out in June, and an anthology launch party will be held at Princeton Public Library on November 3.
For any questions or concerns, including questions about formatting, contact Route1poets@gmail.com with “WORKSHEETS QUESTION” in the subject line.
