Princeton NJ Events

Mother's Day Plants and More Sale, Princeton/Pettoranello Sister City Foundation

Saturday May 9, 2026
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

The Princeton/Pettoranello Sister City Foundation, in partnership with Blooms Garden Center, is holding its annual Mother’s Day plant/bake/costume jewelry by Jane sale on Saturday, May 9 from 9am to 2pm in the parking lot of the Pettoranello Gardens located in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Proceeds will be used to maintain this special spot in the preserve and to sponsor local scholarships and the PHS Italian exchange program.

Saturday Canal Walk

Saturday May 9, 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.

HCHS Walking Tour - Historic Flemington

Saturday May 9, 2026
11:00 AM

Ever wonder what downtown Flemington looked like around 1900 when horse-drawn carriages rolled down an unpaved Main Street? Join us for the first-ever Asher Stryker Walking Tour on Saturday, May 9 at 11 a.m., led by lifelong resident and Hunterdon County Historical Society Trustee President Peter Goodell. The walking tour will feature: • Stryker’s rare 1900s photographs presented alongside modern views of Main and Mine streets. • Fascinating tales of vanished or altered buildings -- and the town’s movers and shakers who once lived in them. • How the downtown has evolved in the past 120-plus years. The tour will begin in front of the Doric House Museum at 114 Main Street in Flemington. The tour is free for HCHS members, and costs $10 for nonmembers. To reserve your spot, email hunterdonhistoryadm@gmail.com. Rain date is Sunday, May 17 at 11 a.m. 

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

Saturday May 9, 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

"Growing Up True": A Local History Read-Aloud, Princeton Public Library

Saturday May 9, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Patty True Payne reads “Growing Up True,” a children’s book inspired by her childhood in New Jersey’s Sourland Mountain region that celebrates Black farming history and resilience. Families are invited to join Ms. Payne, a board member of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, for an engaging, interactive reading of the story based on her childhood. Ms. Payne grew up on Sourland Mountain, in what is now the Reasoner True House, on the campus of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum. The book, by Ryan Jillian Kilpatrick, celebrates Black farming history and resilience, focusing on themes of home and heritage. Attend this program and learn more about the work of SSAAM to preserve local African American history.

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"These Are Our Stories": Confronting Racial Stereotypes with Family Photographs

Saturday May 9, 2026
2:00 PM

The Trent House Association presents a talk by Professor Mary Shelley Trent on family photograph albums of 19th-century African American women. This talk will be held via Zoom on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 2 pm. More information and the registration link HERE.

Family photograph albums are often overlooked in studies of national and cultural history, often deemed inconsequential. However, these objects have been important tools for asserting identity and preserving family history. ?For 19th century African American women living in an era of racial oppression and derogatory popular imagery, controlling their and their family's representation was important. In this presentation, Professor Mary Shelley Trent will show images and discuss stories from two nineteenth-century photographic albums created by African American women: Ellen Craft and Arabella Chapman. Craft, who famously escaped enslavement, and Chapman, born free, used their albums to challenge stereotypes and document their families' respectability and stability. Passed down through female descendants who added their own annotations, these albums became living documents of intergenerational memory.

Christian Science Free Lecture

Saturday May 9, 2026
3:00 PM

Alexandre Fischer, Christian Science practitioner and lecturer will present his talk, Is Jesus’ Healing Work a Model for Today? Alexandre will discuss Christian Science and how it explains the practical application of Jesus’ teachings in daily life, for anyone, including physical healing. He explores examples from the Bible and shares personal testimonies of healing, all pointing to the fact that God is not far off, but here and now. We are all capable of understanding this for ourselves, of genuinely feeling infinite, ever-present Love, which is God, and helping others do the same.

This talk is free, open to the public and registration is not needed. Parking and childcare are available.

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Gallery Openings, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday May 9, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Gallery Opening: Tales from the Disenchanted Forest by Elizabeth Jordan & Terri Fraser

Sat, May 9 | 3-5pm

This two-person exhibition reveals the intricate connections between two distinct approaches to sculpture, each reflecting the multifaceted relationship between humans and the natural world. These connections oscillate between tension and reverence, embodying humanity’s apathy toward preservation at one moment, while celebrating a deep respect for all living beings the next. Learn more.
 

Gallery Opening: Sounds of Color by aida

Sat, May 9 | 3-5pm

Color is a perceived reality. It has rhythm and wavelength. It can be harmonious or discordant. It changes desire and emotion like a musical composition. aida works mindfully with saturated color boldness to reveal her journey with modern color application, while considering the question "Do no two people see or feel color the same way?". Learn more.
 

Gallery Opening: Color as Composition by Phoebe Wiley

Sat, May 9 | 3-5pm

Since childhood, the observation of color in nature has captivated the Wiley's senses, compelling her to contemplate and recreate it. This intensity of feeling has led to a long and dedicated life as a painter. For many years, she worked as an Impressionist, observing the play of light and color in still lifes and landscapes and analyzing how gestural marks of color could be used to describe objects within the picture. More recently, Wiley has learned to let go of figuration entirely, choosing instead to concentrate on color itself as the foundation for composition. Learn more.

Building Princeton: America250 Edition

Saturday May 9, 2026
3:00 PM

Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road

Visualize the town and campus as you’ve never seen them before! Working from photographs, teams recreate iconic Princeton structures out of LEGO building blocks. Choose among more than 50 historic structures, famous residences, community buildings, and houses of worship to construct a scale model. Additional 18th century buildings have been added for the Semiquincentennial. When complete, models are placed on a 30-foot map of Princeton, providing an amazing aerial view.

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Art Openings @Artworks Trenton

Saturday May 9, 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Artworks Trenton presents two new exhibitions opening Friday, May 9 from 6–8 PM.

In Connections, Arlene Milgram explores the unifying energy behind her work, where mark-making becomes a personal signature—each gesture revealing emotion, movement, and the artist's state of mind. In Unrest, Beth Jarvie captures a world off balance, reflecting the tension and disorientation of living through uncertain times, where beauty and upheaval exist side by side.

Artworks Trenton | www.artworkstrenton.org 19 Everett Alley at Stockton Street | Trenton, NJ 08611 US

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