Vedic Cultural Immersion: Kirtan & Prasadam Distribution

Hinds Plaza 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Namaste. Kindly consider joining us for free sanctified vegetarian meal distribution and ecstatic mantra meditation at Hinds Plaza in downtown Princeton. This new location is in addition to our monthly program at the Princeton YMCA on the last Sunday of each month.

Free

Downtown Derby: Race for a Cause

On the Green at Palmer Square 40 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ

You are cordially invited to Palmer Square’s Downtown Derby: Race for a Cause When: Sunday, May 5th, 3 o’clock in the afternoon Where: The Green – 1 Palmer Square, Princeton NJ Join us as we gallop into our month-long celebration of giving with a Derby-themed soiree! Break out your finest wide-brimmed sunhats, fascinators, bowties, and...

Petite Maman

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

This screening in our International Cinema Series is in partnership and support from the Princeton Public Library. Céline Sciamma (director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire) returns with this tender French coming-of-age tale about an 8-year-old girl. Packed with emotion and insight, this touching look at the relationships between mothers and daughters is anchored...

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

The glamorous Lana Turner stuns in this quintessential film noir as a dame trapped in a loveless marriage with a much older man. When a drifter begins to work at the couple's diner, she seizes the opportunity to take control over her love life and her business. Based on a pulp novel by James M....

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

You and your mom will be dancing queens at our special Mother's Day screening of MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN. Existing as both a sequel and a prequel, this lighthearted musical takes place a decade after the first film. In the present day, Sophie finds herself on the brink of parenthood, and in the...

Sara Davis Buechner Plays Beethoven with the PSO

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States

Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents award-winning pianist Sara David Buechner in performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on a program with John Luther Adams’ Become River and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4. Rossen Milanov conducts. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ. Tickets: start at $35 (children 5-17 who are...

$35

Film: Ran

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Princeton University’s Junko Yamazaki will introduce this screening and lead a Q&A after the film. RAN reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear set in 16th century Japan, telling the story of an aging ruler who decides to divide his land equally among his three sons, causing a power struggle. The use of color, costuming, staging, and direction...

Arm In Arm: All Communities Thrive

Mill One 1 N. Johnston Avenue, Hamilton, NJ, United States

Arm In Arm is excited to be hosting their annual spring benefit on Thursday, May 16th from 5:30-9 pm at the Social Profit Center at Mill One, in Hamilton. All Communities Thrive: working together to deepen our impact in the community promises to be a wonderful event at which community friends and partners gather together...

$200

Film: Common Ground

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Our screening of COMMON GROUND is in collaboration with the West Windsor Community Farmers Market and will include a panel discussion following the film, moderated by Scott Morgan of Morganics Family Farm. This down to earth and inspiring documentary balances journalistic insight with personal stories about regenerative farmers who are fighting a broken and unjust...

Spellbound

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck shine in this Hitchcock thriller about a psychiatrist who falls in love with an amnesiac patient, who just might be a murderer. With the usual Hitchcock touches, plus wonderful music and cinematography, SPELLBOUND puts a unique spin on psychoanalysis. It also features a famous dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali.

Fashion in Film: The Seven Year Itch

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

In Billy Wilder’s unforgettable sex comedy, a New Yorker is left to his own devices when his family leaves the city to escape the sweltering summer heat. He spends his time fantasizing about his new neighbor, an alluring model played by Marilyn Monroe. Monroe’s charming performance and the glamorous costume design elevates this flippant comedy...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

This innovative comedy broke new ground with its special effects by mixing imaginative animation with live action. Borrowing heavily from ‘40s noirs, a down on his luck private eye gets mixed up with a cartoon rabbit accused of murder in this blend of slapstick humor, mystery, and a heartfelt original story. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT...

National Theatre Live: Vanya

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Andrew Scott (Fleabag, All of Us Strangers) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. Filmed live during its...

The Gang’s All Here

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, THE GANG’S ALL HERE is considered a camp classic, and is noted for its use of Technicolor musical numbers with fruit hats and as a star vehicle for Carmen Miranda. The night before his deployment in World War II, a wealthy heir falls in love with a beautiful cabaret...

The Gunfighter

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Gregory Peck plays morally gray gunslinger Jimmy Ringo, known as the fastest gun in the West. Trying to lie low, Jimmy is challenged by a brazen cowboy to a shootout. Tired of killing, he tries to avoid the confrontation, but it’s no use when everyone wants to be “the man who shot Ringo.” Filmed with...

Mean Streets

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough feature film stars Harvey Keitel as an aspiring gangster and devout Catholic attempting to live a guilt-ridden life while navigating loan sharks, a burgeoning love, and his troublemaking friend played by Robert De Niro. This slice of life about small-time thugs in New York’s Little Italy was Scorsese’s first foray into the...

Fantasia

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

One of Disney’s most groundbreaking and ambitious films put to screen consists of 8 animated segments set to classical music, with the most notable segment being “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” starring Mickey Mouse. This imaginative animated film contains little spoken dialog and features the work of legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, leading the Philadelphia Orchestra. FANTASIA is...

National Theatre Live: The Motive & the Cue

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre, Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn as John Gielgud and Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. The year is 1964 and Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of...

So You Think You Know Civics: What is Citizenship?

Virtual

Join Morven and the Princeton Public Library as we kick off a brand new series, "So You Think You Know Civics?" This series of hybrid public programs will unpack big questions about the past and present of the U.S. government, and how we can make change in our democracy. Our speaker for the second program...

Free

Fashion in Film: Leave Her to Heaven

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Gene Tierney stuns as Ellen, the unhinged femme fatale who “loves too much” in John Stahl’s Technicolor film noir. After meeting a handsome author on a train, Ellen falls head over heels in love. She attempts to keep her new beau’s heart all to herself — leaving a body count in her wake. Also starring...

Rushmore

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

In this witty coming-of-age story, an eccentric teenager at a prep school falls for a young teacher and soon befriends a middle-aged business tycoon for advice on how to woo her. After his new pal falls for the same girl, all becomes fair in love and war. Wes Anderson established his unique cinematic style in...

The Great Muppet Caper

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

This FREE screening of THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER is underwritten by The New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services, in collaboration with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, to raise awareness for the new NJ4S program, a statewide, innovative hub-and-spoke model of services and resources to support youth mental wellness. In their second big screen...

National Treasure: Q&A and Book Signing w/ National Treasure Hunt Podcast

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Nic Cage is going to steal the Declaration of Independence and you and your whole family are invited to come along for the ride! Don’t miss our big screen celebration of the 20th anniversary of this modern classic. We will host NATIONAL TREASURE franchise experts, Aubrey Paris & Emily Black, co-creators of the popular podcast,...