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Italians Helped Shape the Nation
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesDuring the late 1800s and early 1900s, many Italians came to the United States, but they were not the first Italian immigrants to America. Historian Tom Frascella will speak about the earliest Italian cohorts who came to the U.S., highlighting those who helped establish the early success of the Jamestown colony in the 1600s and...
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Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
Arts Council of PrincetonStretto Youth Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble of young musicians who come together to tackle the challenge of playing great works of the chamber orchestra literature. Stretto has performed in Chicago, Paris, Prague, Brussels, Beijing, Shanghai, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria, and as a featured guest performing ensemble at the Philadelphia Bach...
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Spring Student Reading, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing
Chancellor Green Rotunda on the Princeton University campus Nassau, Princeton, NJ, NJ, United StatesSelected students from spring courses in Creative Writing read from their work in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, and playwriting as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, presented by the Program in Creative Writing. Accessibility: Chancellor Green Rotunda is an accessible venue. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis...
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AIA CNJ Design Awards Architecture Week Exhibition
Arts Council of PrincetonApril 12–18, 2026, marks Architecture Week across the state of New Jersey. We are excited to partner with the AIA Central New Jersey to celebrate with a special exhibition featuring the 2025 AIA CNJ Design Awards project submissions. Join us on April 14 from 6-8 PM for the opening reception. This collection of projects showcases...
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Mediterra: Wherever the Olive Grows
Mediterra 29 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey, United States@ Join Mediterra for their next installment of Wherever The Olive Grows, welcoming in a much-needed return of Spring. This tasting will feature a four course, vegetarian, wine-paired menu with the first arrival of springtime produce. All wines will be curated from our list of sustainable, organic growers and producers. -Menu to follow- Add to...
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TCNJ Lyric Theatre Presents: A Marc Shaiman Celebration with Kerry Butler
The College Of New Jersey’s Kendall Main Stage Theater 2000 Pennington Rd., EwingCome join Lyric Theatre to celebrate the music of Tony Award-winning composer Marc Shaiman, performing songs from “Hairspray,” “Smash,” “Some Like It Hot,” and other Broadway musicals. Broadway star Kerry Butler — Tony Award nominee and beloved performer in “Hairspray,” “Xanadu,” and “Beetlejuice” — joins Lyric Theatre students for a night of song and dance....
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Trivia Nights in the Winery
Terhune Orchards 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThe Spring series of Trivia is here! Test your knowledge, have fun and win prizes with D.J. Iron Mike in the Terhune winery. Rounds will include categories such as General Knowledge, Entertainment, History & Geography, Sports, Name that Tune. Grab your team and come out for a fun evening, no cover charge, trivia kicks off...
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ART OF Remembrance and Survival
Arts Council of PrincetonJoin us for a powerful evening featuring Bernice Steinhardt, Executive Director of Art & Remembrance, as she shares the story and artwork of her mother, Holocaust survivor Esther Nisenthal Krinitz. Through a series of 36 hand-stitched embroidered panels created later in life, Krinitz recounts her childhood under Nazi occupation with striking detail and artistry. The...
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Grand Homes & Gardens: Middleton Place
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBlending history, architecture, and horticulture, this year’s Grand Homes & Gardens speaker series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens, showcases the estates of signers of the Declaration of Independence, telling the stories of the people who lived and worked in these grand spaces. On April 16, Morven welcomes...
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rupture, new dance works by Princeton seniors Olivia Kasule & Braeh Simon, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton University
Hearst Dance Theater at Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus 120 Alexander St., Princeton, NJ, United Statesrupture is an evening of two distinct dance works by Princeton seniors Olivia Kasule and Braeh Simon. Leaning into the tension of familiar realities breaking apart, their works examine the physical and psychological implications of shared loss and rapidly shifting social dynamics. Simon’s “She Builds” draws inspiration from the spirit of contemporary fusion and the strength of...
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Arts Council of Princeton BYOB: Wheel Ceramics
Arts Council of PrincetonBeginner-friendly intro to wheel ceramics! Shake off the stress of your work week and give pottery a whirl! You bring your favorite brew, wine, or bubbly, and we take care of the rest. Sela Stazzone, ACP artist-instructor and owner of Jean Ceramics, will introduce you to the basics of throwing a bowl on the potter’s wheel....
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Simple Gifts at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThe Princeton Folk Music Society presents Simple Gifts. Two women plus ten instruments equal one good time when the award-winning duo of Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon take the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, they play everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer freilachs and...
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Story time & Craft at the Museum
New Jersey State Museum 205 W. State Street, Trenton, NJ, United StatesJoin us in Discovery Den every 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:00 am to hear a story and make a craft to take home. Story Time is for children ages 2-8 and their caregivers. This month we’re reading “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth” by Oliver Jeffers, then we’ll make a...
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Marquand Park Arbor Day Celebration
Marquand Park 46 Lover's Lane, Princeton, NJJoin us for a free family event celebrating Arbor Day. Redbud tree giveaway, scavenger hunt, snacks and more! Open to children of all ages. Rain or shine. Parking: Lovers Lane parking lot. Overflow parking on Mercer Street between Hibben Road and Springdale Road. Additional parking on Olden Lane.
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Princeton French Film Festival Screening: Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy
Arts Council of PrincetonPrinceton French Film Festival Screening: Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy About the festival: Conceived as a public humanities initiative, a community-engaged project, and an innovative promotion of the arts in Princeton, this festival will celebrate cinema in all its richness and complexity. Open to everyone upon registration. About the movie: In 2014, one year before the...
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Walk with Nature – Native Flora in Spring
Herrontown Woods NJ, United States"Have you ever seen a False Mermaid? It isn’t showy but it’s cute.” Part of the “Walk with Nature” Series, native plant advocate Sarah Roberts will share her delight in the discovery of spring's bounty of native flora and help fellow walkers begin to identify the distinguishing characteristics of the growth cycle of particular species.
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Earth Day Celebration 2026
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesThe composting chickens return! Join Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden for a free day of sustainable, Earth-friendly outdoor fun. There will be activities, crafts, a photo booth, and raffle prizes. Bring your gently used books and puzzles for an all-ages swap, and do good for the community by donating your clean clothing, footwear,...
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Earth Day Celebration Trashion Show
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesWalk the runway at the second annual Trashion Show, part of Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden’s free Earth Day Celebration, presented in collaboration with the Princeton Public Library and Princeton Environmental Film Festival. Turn ordinary trash like paper bags, broken umbrellas, and plastic utensils into extraordinary fashion! Prizes will be awarded in three...
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Spring Fundraiser Concert – We May Be Right
Stone Hill Church of Princeton 1025 Bunn Drive, Princeton, NJ, United StatesBilly Joel tribute band We May Be Right, led by pianist and vocalist Karl Dietel, delivers an electrifying performance that re-creates the music of one of rock and roll’s greatest keyboard players—Billy Joel, known for “Piano Man.” With an uncanny resemblance and remarkable precision on piano and vocals, Dietel and We May Be Right capture...
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Creative Writing Seniors Reading: Poetry, Playwriting & Screenwriting, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing
Chancellor Green Rotunda on the Princeton University campus Nassau, Princeton, NJ, NJ, United StatesSeniors in Princeton’s renowned Program in Creative Writing read from the plays, screenplays or collections of poems written as their senior independent work under mentorship of professional writers on the faculty. Accessibility: Chancellor Green Rotunda is an accessible venue. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at least one week...
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Read & Pick: Growing a Garden of Goodies
Terhune Orchards 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesEarth Day kicks off our season of Read & Pick this year. Read & Pick is an innovative program that combines hands-on farm activity with your young child followed by an education program with stories highlighting the fruit or farm area. For Earth Day, we welcome young farmers to celebrate planting time, gardens and nature...
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How to Write a Song: Concert of New Songs, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier
Frist Film/Performance Theatre Frist Campus Center Frist Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesPrinceton students perform a concert of songs with music and lyrics written over the past semester as part of the spring Princeton Atelier course “How to Write a Song” co-taught by Bridget Kearney of the band Lake Street Dive and Bartees Strange, named “Must-Hear Indie Artist of the Month” by Billboard in June 2022, with a number...
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Creative Writing Seniors Reading: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing
Chancellor Green Rotunda on the Princeton University campus Nassau, Princeton, NJ, NJ, United StatesSeniors in Princeton’s renowned Program in Creative Writing read from the novels and collections of short stories or creative nonfiction written as their senior independent work under mentorship of professional writers on the faculty. Accessibility: Chancellor Green Rotunda is an accessible venue. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at...
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Lilly Pulitzer: Mums is the Word GWP
Lilly Pulitzer 45 Palmer Square West, Princeton, NJ@ From 4/23-4/26, spend $250 in-store at Lilly Pulitzer and receive an adorable Bow Travel Pouch. Spend $500 for a Terry Robe for Mom! Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
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Wine & Design – Sips & Make Your Own Planter Night
Terhune Orchards 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesSpring time is the perfect time for making herb and annual planters. Join owner Reuwai Mount Hanewald for an evening of planting your very own patio planter. Our herbs and annuals are grown in our very own greenhouse. Over Terhune wine, have fun making your very own. Price includes flight of Terhune wine, plants, container...
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SkinSpirit: Princeton Grand Opening Party
SkinSpirit 53 Hulfish Street, Princeton, New Jersey@ Join SkinSpirit for a fabulous evening celebrating the grand opening of SkinSpirit Princeton, NJ – it’s going to be a night to remember! Enjoy sips and bites in a new luxurious clinic, watch live demos of the most popular treatments, and enjoy a personalized skincare consultation with a team of expert practitioners. As a...
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YDTR: Live Music on the Patio
Yankee Doodle Tap Room 10 Palmer Square E, Princeton, NJ@ Find your seat under the twinkling lights of the Yankee Doodle Tap Room patio and enjoy the new seasonal spring/summer menu paired with live music for an evening of true al fresco ambiance. *If the skies decide to sprinkle, the beats will keep rolling inside the cozy confines of the Tap Room! Add to...
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Art People Party
Arts Council of PrincetonThis spring, our signature fundraising celebration, Art People Party, gets a gritty makeover with a ’90s grunge theme, making for an unforgettable night where art, attitude, and community collide. The Arts Council of Princeton proudly presents Art People Party 2026: GRUNGE, a raw and joyful evening celebrating the people who make our community feel creative,...
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TCNJ Choirs & Visiting Artists in Residence Symphony in C Present Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor
Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing TownshipThe Choirs of TCNJ join Artists in Residence Symphony in C to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s powerful and beloved Requiem in D Minor. Surrounded by mystery and composed during the final months of Mozart’s life, Requiem in D Minor is an emotionally charged composition with brilliant phrasing, melody, and instrumentation. The performance features the combined...
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Theater&…Venue Accessibility, a presentation by Annalise Schuck ’26, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater at Princeton University
Drapkin Studio at Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus 122 Alexander Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesTheater&… is a series of presentations by seniors in the Program in Theater that demonstrates the power of theater to connect to, reveal, educate about, and share a wide range of issues, topics, and experiences. Join Princeton senior Annalise Schuck, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering major with a minor in Theater, for a presentation on re-engineering...
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