Weekend Arts Roundup: Jazz, One-Acts, and Feeling the Love

Howdy, folks! With all the requisite insanity of our first week back, it's easy to overlook the arts -- but if you're looking for a way to kill time before hearing bicker results, an excuse to duck out early from discussions, a means to nurse that killer sign-in pickups hangover, or just a break from all the campus nuttiness, these events are just what the doctor ordered:

• Theatre Intime's 11th Annual Freshman One-Act Festival starts tonight, with 4 short plays that were directed, stage-managed, designed, and acted in solely by 2014ers. One weekend only, it's a great way to scout out who'll be gracing the Princeton stages for the next 3 years! Thursday-Saturday, 8pm in Intime. Tickets $8, student events eligible.
• If you're looking for an excuse to duck out of discussions (or simply some late-night fun on a night when many clubs on the Street will be closed), check out the Jazz Vocal Collective's final concert in Café Viv at 11pm tonight.  The Collective's a new group this semester -- music major Andrea Grody calls it a "dream come true" -- and their performances are sure to be an exciting and mellow way to destress after a long week.  Thursday at 11pm: free in Frist's Café Viv.
• This weekend's free movies at the Garden Theatre range from the mindless (Due Date) to Anglophilic Oscar bait (The King's Speech), but both are great ways to step off campus for a little bit. Midnight, doors open at 11:45; free popcorn and soft drinks.
• Looking for another great off-campus expedition? Small World Coffee is hosting its second-annual "Love Show" on Friday night at its Witherspoon location--lots of great music from local artists, great coffee, free desserts, and special poetry readings from the likes of Paul Muldoon. Suggested donation of $20 (all money goes to D&R Greenaway Land Trust), but any donations are welcome...plus you can buy a super-snazzy Love Show t-shirt to out-indie all your friends. Friday, 8-11pm at 14 Witherspoon Street.  From someone who went to last year's Love Show, it's a truly awesome opportunity to mingle with Princeton's artsiest townies.