Princeton Patch Weekend Guide: Alexander McCall Smith Benefit and More

Friday

, led by Johanna Seasonwein, curatorial fellow for academic programs, 12:30 p.m. 

, Delicious food in a restaurant setting, pay what you can and break bread with someone you don't know, reservations required, 6:30 p.m. 

where you can sample Asian food, watch students perform and enjoy the Lion and Dragon parades, 7-9:30 p.m. 

Friends of Princeton Public Library present  which includes a chance meet the author of the best-selling “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.” Tickets required, 8 p.m. 

The Banff Mountain Film Festival will feature mountain and adventure sport films, tickets required., 7-10:30 p.m. 

Saturday

A symposium "Making Broadway Musicals: Artists and Scholars in Conversation" Guest artists include Tony and Drama Desk award-winning professionals working today in musical theater, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 

American and British Units are invited to practice drill, field maneuvers, and fieldcraft in preparation for the big events of the 2012 season.10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

 Drop in anytime between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and enjoy a self-guided, interactive tour about the creatures that adorn buildings on campus followed by a chance to create your own mythical beast.

The Cintas Shredder Truck returns to Princeton Public Library, Bring boxes of documents to shred and the truck will make them disappear in a way that is secure and friendly to the environment, 12:30- 2p.m. 

, includes both a guided tour of the Preserve, official dedication of interpretive signs for the site and a memorial tree planting including free "baby trees" for all attendees, 2 p.m. 

A free concert downtown by They Might Be Giants to celebrate Record Store Day, 6 p.m. 

Improv Night at Café Improv, 7 p.m. 

The Banff Mountain Film Festival will feature mountain and adventure sport films, tickets required., 7-10:30 p.m. 

Sunday

, led by Johanna Seasonwein, curatorial fellow for academic programs, 3 p.m. 

Talk : "Reclaiming the American Way of Death," Learn about the $15 billion funeral and burial industry, exposing consumer abuse, financial exploitation of the bereaved and problems government regulators have in protecting the grieving, 2 p.m.