Rutgers Library Photo Exhibit

Selected works of photographer Jorge Shell are on display in the lobby of the Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers Camden. These photos were all taken in Camden, and some are of the campus and its environs. The people, natural environment, and structures of the city are seen through a different lens by a talented photographer.

Riverwalking Notes

Walking along the river this week I've noticed there are more fisherman out, and the fish are biting. One morning someone was reeling in what looked like a good sized catfish.

Angels in Camden

Rutgers-Camden Fine Arts Department/Theater Program is performing Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches from April 17-27, under the direction of theater professor Kenneth Elliott. (See the website www.angelsincamden.com for details)

Tony Kushner's groundbreaking epic, winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize, is a sweeping examination of American life in the age of Reagan and the AIDS crisis. Frank Rich of the new York Times describes Angels in America as "a work that never loses its wicked sense of humor or its wrenching grasp on such timeless matters as life, death and faith."

Performances are held in the Walter K. Gordon Theater located across from the Gym on the north end of the Rutgers-Camden Campus. For directions to the campus, please visit: Directions to Rutgers University - Camden Campus

A New Jersey Odyssey

This Saturday, April 12, the Battleship New Jersey and the McCarter Theatre are presenting the Odyssey:

The greatest epic of western literature, Odysseus's voyage, is transformed into an innovative participatory theatrical experience aboard the Battleship. Students interact and play characters such as Penelope, Hermes, Poseidon and more! If you are in the room, you are in the show.

The performance is at 11 a.m., tickets are $10.

Esterbrook Pens

The successful manufacture of steel writing pens in the United States was first established by Richard Esterbrook at Camden, NJ, in 1858. It's original location was on Cooper St. near the river, but later moved to Cherry Hill. In the 1960's the Esterbrook merged with another company and then closed it's New Jersey operations.

For more information see "Esterbrook once set stardard for fountain pens," by Thomas A. Bergbauer. Camden Courier Post 1/31/08

Walking Notes

Out for a stroll at lunchtime, I stopped in at La Riviera and had a pepperoni roll for lunch. They have a new website, www.LaRivieraRestaurant.net if you want to check out the menu or hours or their catering service.

Along Penn St. between the university and the river, by the Coopers Grant townshouses, there are some very lovely trees with white blossoms. The flowers are too small to be a dogwood; they almost look like Mountain Laurel blooms. If anyone knows what kind of trees these are please leave a comment.

Red and white Rutgers banners have been attached to streetlights around campus. They look very nice.