Princeton NJ Events

Annis Boudinot Stockton Poetry Festival

Sunday September 28, 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Celebrate the Revolutionary War–era poet & patriot with a full day of FREE events:

 White Hill Mansion, Fieldsboro – Reading & tour, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.  

Old City Hall, Bordentown – Film, discussion & reading, 2–4 p.m.  

Bordentown Square – Poets & Pints, 5 p.m.

Featuring regional poets including Robbie Clipper, Todd Evans, Luray Gross, Ryan Lafferty, Coleen Marks, Derrick Owings & more. Coordinated by Daniel Weeks, Dan Aubrey & Dawn Richard.

Hopewell Tour Des Arts

Sunday September 28, 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Enjoy free access to local artists' studios and pop-up spaces. Visitors can interact with artists, watch them work, and purchase art in various mediums - painting, sculpture, jewelry, and more! Maps of the Tour provided at Hopewell Train Station.

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Home is where the heART is, Housing Initiatives of Princeton & Arts Council of Princeton

Sunday September 28, 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

In collaboration with the Housing Initiatives of Princeton, we present HOME is where the heART is. An afternoon of instructor led art classes and dance for all ages centered around the theme that every local family deserves a home.

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Friends of Princeton Open Space Fall Fest

Sunday September 28, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join Friends of Princeton Open Space on Sunday, September 28th for our annual Fall Fest fundraiser at the Mountain Lakes House, overlooking the beautiful lake at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton, New Jersey.

LIVE MUSIC, FALL FOOD, CRAFT BEER, AND NATURE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

Celebrate our dedicated volunteers, land steward interns, and corporate partners as we raise funds in support of our mission-related activities. The community programs supported by this event include free environmental education community events, paid summer internships, and volunteer-powered land stewardship projects.

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Walking Tour: Princeton and the Atomic Bomb, HSP

Sunday September 28, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Starts at Palmer Square’s Tiger Park  - 2 Palmer Square Princeton

Princeton was at the center of the Manhattan Project, both during and after WWII. In addition to J. Robert Oppenheimer serving as director of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 until his death in 1967, more than two dozen Princeton University faculty members researched and developed the atomic bomb. This tour will traverse the University campus (including locations where Oppenheimer was filmed) while sharing stories about the local academics recruited to work on the secret project. (Please note: this tour does not go to the Institute for Advanced Study.)

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