Princeton NJ Events

LOVE Your Park Day: FOPOS Land Stewardship Volunteer Sessions

Saturday February 14, 2026
10:00 AM

Show your LOVE for the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve this Valentine's Day! Join the Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) for a volunteer stewardship session on Saturday, Feb. 14th, 2026. Volunteers will work under the guidance of the FOPOS stewardship staff to perform ecosystem restoration and invasive species removal in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. If you have tools and can bring them along, please do! We have two volunteer sessions: 10AM-12PM and 1PM-3PM. Groups welcome! Register. fopos.org

Cupid's Chase 5K Princeton

Saturday February 14, 2026
10:00 AM

Every February, this national race series celebrates Community Options’ founding. Last year, over 11,000 runners nationwide joined us, creating a fantastic crowd and raising funds to provide housing and employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We welcome runners, walkers, participants with baby strollers or wheelchairs and sponsors to be part of our 18th annual race!

Location: Trinity Church, Princeton

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Saturday Canal Walk

Saturday February 14, 2026
10:00 AM

Saturdays (Year Round) 10:00 AM

Three mile walk on the towpath, year-round. Free. Meet at Turning Basin Park, Alexander Road, Princeton, at the end of the parking lot near the road. Register to get notice of cancellations due to weather by emailing canalwalkers@googlegroups.com.

Let's Do Lunch - Shabbat Lunch at Adath Adath Israel Congregation

Saturday February 14, 2026
12:00 PM

Join us for a delicious Shabbat lunch after Saturday morning services on the following dates: Jan 10, Feb 14, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 9. If you would like to help prepare the meal, or sponsor one, please contact Rabbi Adler at RabbiAdler@AdathIsraelNJ.org

Open the community!

Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville NJ 609-896-4977

Winter Walk: Plainsboro Preserve's Red Trail, Plainsboro Preserve

Saturday February 14, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

80 Scotts Corner Road, Plainsboro. www.plainsboronj.com/250/Plainsboro-Preserve.

Enjoy the winter landscape as we explore and look for signs of wildlife along the Preserve's Red Trail. Dress for the weather. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Register. Free.

America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday February 14, 2026
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Screening of documentary that seeks to answer the question: "What does it mean to be an American?" The filmmakers, originally from Panama and Russia, respectively, spent nine months traveling across the United States, from desert outposts to the Capitol steps on January 6 to chaotic city corners, engaging with everyday people from all walks of life. They speak with gun shop owners, conspiracy theorists, grieving mothers, undocumented workers, small-town locals, and many others. Q&A with directors Horacio Marquinez and Kirill Mysltev follows. Free.

Gallery Openings, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday February 14, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Gallery Opening: Decisive Moment, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Evan Wolarsky was a devoted street photographer, roaming the streets of New York, the Princeton campus, and destinations around the world in pursuit of what Henri Cartier-Bresson famously called the "decisive moment," that fleeting instant when form, emotion, and meaning align. Working primarily in black and white, Wolarsky captured scenes of everyday life with sensitivity, patience, and a keen eye for human presence. On view through March 14. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Gallery Opening: Princeton?Unexpected, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Exhibtion of abstract architectural photographs by Alan Chimacoff on view through March 14. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Gallery Openings, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday February 14, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Gallery Opening: America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation

Sat, Feb 14 | 3-5pm

Wanting to understand a fractured country with a rancorous election underway during a wave of gun violence, two immigrant filmmakers, one from Panama and the other from Russia, journey across the United States revealing an unfiltered, unflinching portrait of America. The filmmakers traveled for nine months in a Mini-Cooper listening to people and recording their stories about what it’s like to live in America today. America Unfiltered draws from a series of raw and emotional encounters on topics ranging from politics and gun control to race and immigration. Learn more.

Gallery Opening: Decisive Moment

Sat, Feb 14 | 3-5pm

Evan Wolarsky was a devoted street photographer, roaming the streets of New York, the Princeton campus, and destinations around the world in pursuit of what Henri Cartier-Bresson famously called the “decisive moment”, that fleeting instant when form, emotion, and meaning align. Working primarily in black and white, Wolarsky captured scenes of everyday life with sensitivity, patience, and a keen eye for human presence. Learn more.

Gallery Opening: PRINCETON?UNEXPECTED

Sat, Feb 14 | 3-5pm

Alan Chimacoff perspective as a photographer is shaped by his knowledge, as an architect, of real and illusory space, and a love of materials. Seeking abstraction in the constructed, natural and ordinary, Chimacoff’s photographs explore the explicit geometries as well as the faceted, ambiguous spatial characteristics of cubism—confounding the obvious in a push toward the non-objective. A unique underlying geometric structure unifies each photograph. Learn more.