Tom Nussbaum discussed his art projects in Princeton, starting with sculptures for the children’s library floor, which were cast in bronze and painted bright colors to be touchable and durable for children. He emphasized the importance of public art being interactive and open to interpretation. Nussbaum also created the “Reader’s Totem” sculpture for the library, […]
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Lance Liverman, interviewed by Ellen Gilbert, recounts his life in Princeton, New Jersey. Born on July 14, 1962, at Princeton Hospital, Liverman grew up in Princeton after his father, the first African American lighting technician at McCarter Theatre, moved there in 1958. He worked in various jobs, including for Macy’s and North American Phillips Lighting
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Oral History with Fran Zeitler. Fran was joined by her husband Fred Edelman, who also appears on the recording.
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Mark Rosso has lived in Princeton nearly his whole life. He discusses his family’s arrival and work in the area, as well as his happy childhood attending school and growing up in Princeton in the 1960s and 1970s. He shares remembrances from adolescence of the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the atmosphere in
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Robert Vandeventer moved to Princeton with his family as a 13-year-old in 1945. His father worked as a radio newscaster and the host of a quiz show called “Twenty Questions.” (Bob and his mother participated on the program as panelists.) Bob was a 1949 graduate of Princeton High School, where he was active in the
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Jonathan Eckstein came to Princeton with his family as a young child. He attended school in Princeton through high school and then left Princeton for about 20 years, before returning in the mid-1990s. He reflects on the changes that took place while he was away. He also discusses the free chamber music concert series, Robert
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