Thu., Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 200 W. Rt. 70, Marlton, N.J.

Trouble in Paradise: The Art of Polynesian Warfare, Houston: Contemporary Works on Paper, Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950

The French have a phrase for it: lèche-vitrine. Literally, to "window lick." In other words, window shop.

A Camden Christmas Carol: Runs through Dec. 23, $12, The Gordon Theater at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts.

"I was born too late to see Josephine Baker dancing in a Paris cabaret," Scottish singer-songwriter Al Stewart lamented in 1988.

Professor Arthur Caplan's frequent appearances on shows from Nightline to the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer make him, for many people, the public face of bioethics.

Philagrafika, formerly the Philadelphia Print Collaborative, is only six years old but is getting more industrious and ambitious by the day.

As you know, your favorite art snob, who is I, is a thinker, a luminous luminary, a colossus.

Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment, Jill Maio: Oddgard, Walter Benjamin Smith: The Transcendent Real