Events (continued)

11/4 - Princeton Girlchoir’s 16th Annual Children Making a Difference Benefit Concert, 6:30pm., This annual concert showcases the talent and dedication of young singers, all while supporting a noble cause. This year, they have chosen to lend their voices in support of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a charitable organization with the mission to combat classroom hunger and malnutrition in India. The foundation provides millions of underprivileged children with a daily, nutritious mid-day meal, giving them the nourishment they need to pursue education and a brighter future. Trinity Episcopal Church (33 Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540).

11/5 – Concert, Westminster Community Orchestra, 3pm., Hillman Hall, Cullen Center, Westminster Campus, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Westminster Community Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Ruth Ochs, presents Family Matters, a concert featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn, father-daughter composers André and Lucile Grétry, and Beethoven. Suggested donation of $10/person accepted at the door. Call 609-921-7104 for more information.

11/6 – Screening: Netflix Documentary 'Knock Down the House', YWCA Princeton, 6pm., YWCA Princeton is hosting a special Get Out the Vote screening of the Netflix documentary Knock Down the House chronicling the fight of four first-time Congressional seat seeking women on Monday November 6th with doors opening at 6 pm. Following the screening, there will be a panel of our four Princeton Town Council members to discuss the successes and hardships of being an elected official. Light refreshments to be served. ywcaprinceton.org/event/free-screening-of-kdth/

11/8 - Live Music Meditation: Jean Rondeau, Harpsichord, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 12pm., Breathe in sound and silence through guided meditation as you listen to music more viscerally than ever before, meditating as the GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer sings surrounding you. Meditation instruction will be provided by Matthew Weiner, Associate Dean in the Princeton University Office of Religious Life. FREE and open to the public. Please be prepared to enter the building in silence.

11/11 – ACP’S Annual Sauce for the Goose Holiday Market, 10-4pm., Princeton’s favorite holiday art market is back, hitting the streets of bustling Downtown Princeton! This one-day market is a unique opportunity to purchase handmade gifts directly from local artisans and crafters working in ceramics, textiles, jewelry, fine art, and more. Find one-of-a-kind gifts all while supporting the creatives living and working in your community! Find us right on Robeson Place, next to the Arts Council’s. Click here for more information

11/11 - Mozart's Requiem, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, PSO, 8pm., Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte leads off this concert centered on Mozart’s Requiem and featuring Gregory Spears’ proffered completion of the great composer’s unfinished work. The Westminster Symphonic Choir returns to Richardson Auditorium to perform with the PSO. Due to the length and type of performance, this concert is not suitable for children under the age of 5. Additional performance Sunday @4pm., Click here for more information

11/12 - Storytelling: "Food, Glorious Food", 2-3pm, Princeton Public Library. Storyteller Maria Lo Biondo presents folk and fairy tales from around the world on the joys of growing, cooking and eating food. Story Room.

11/13 – Celebration/Fundraiser for Lawrence Hopewell Trail, 5pm., Join us on November 13, 2023, to celebrate our founders, friends, and future. Our founders, Eleanor Horne and Becky Taylor, built a bold idea into a community asset winding 22 miles through two towns serving thousands every year. We would not have succeeded without our friends—hundreds of people and institutions like BMS, ETS, and governments that backed us from the start. Help us realize a new vision—the Johnson Trolley Trail Corridor— a pedestrian-bike route linking Trenton, Ewing, Lawrence, and Princeton to the 22-mile LHT loop.
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11/14 – Thankful Storytime @PJ Library, 4:30pm., Thankful Storytime - Join the PJ Library for a storytime on November 14, 4:30-5:30pm. We will listen to a story and make a turkey plushie! Register at jccpmb.org/pjlibrary

11/14 - Ancestral Communal Listening Experience, ACP, 6-8pm., In this joyful and immersive gathering, Michael Mwenso, co-creator of The Sound of (Black) Music, along with co-director Shariffa Ali from Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts, will create a sense of community and connection by playing recordings of musical forebears who propelled the advancement of the human condition and prompting participants to voluntarily share what they feel and hear in the messages. For this special event, produced by Electric Root, we invite all to come together and recenter through the collective healing, love, and nutritional uplift that’s embedded in Black roots music. Tickets are free!
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11/15 - Be The Match Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive, Princeton University, 8am-10pm., Become a potential lifesaver to patients battling blood cancers or other blood diseases who need a blood stem cell donor by participating in a campuswide Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry Drive. WHERE: 8AM-3PM at Frist Campus Center, 100 Level; 7-10PM on Alexander Beach, behind Alexander Hall

11/15 – Free Platform Tennis Clinics (Adults), Princeton Rec Dept., 2pm., The Princeton Recreation Department is offering free Platform Tennis Clinics designed for newcomers to the sport! Spots are limited and will fill up fast. The clinics are offered to Princeton residents; adults 18+ .Wednesday, November 15: 2:00-2:45pm or 3:00-3:45pm and Saturday, November 18: 11:00-11:45am. IMPORTANT: The clinic is free, but you MUST register on our online portal: register.communitypass.net/princeton and register under the "2023/2024 Platform Tennis" option from the drop-down menu. 

11/16 – Special Event, Alliance Française Princeton, 7pm., Princeton Senior Resource Center. Special presentation by Ann Hoppenot, French Honorary Consul for NJ. The presentation will be in French. Refreshments will be served afterwards. 101 Poor Farm Rd, Princeton. To attend, RSVP to Gail Bruno at gailbruno7@gmail.com

11/17 - Princeton Folk Music Society presents House of Hamill, a dynamic trio of musicians, with an evening of high energy upcycled indie Irish folk. Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Admission at the door: $25 ($20 members). Show starts at 8:00 PM. Doors open at 7:30 PM. For tickets, live-stream access, and more information: www.princetonfolk.org

11/18 & 11/19 – Ellarslie Holiday Boutique, November 18, 12 - 5 p.m. | November 19, 12 - 4 p.m., Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Cadwalader Park, Trenton. November dates give holiday shoppers and art lovers ample time to browse for those perfect somethings throughout the galleries of our festive museum. Shoppers will find high quality, one-of-a-kind goods including hand-crafted jewelry, original artwork, home accents, ceramics, jewelry, accessories, and other wearables, Trenton memorabilia and antiques, and more. Find plenty of free parking in front of the museum in Cadwalader Park, including a barrier-free, accessible entrance at the left end of the building.

11/19 – Musicale, The Steinway Society and the New School for Music Study, 2:30pm., Please join us for our upcoming musicale featuring Kairy Koshoeva performing works by Bach, Bortkiewicz, Tchaikovsky, and Franck, with special guest violinist, Sunghae Anna Lim. Proceeds will go towards this scholarship fund in support of deserving students. The concert will honor Alice Kuhn Bleimaier, the mother of Steinway Society founding member, John Bleimaier. No physical tickets are required, your name will be on the list at the door. Click here for more information

11/20 – Meeting, Women’s College Club of Princeton, 1-3pm., The Women's College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Museum Stockton Education Center, 55 Stockton Street Princeton NJ. Dr. Adam Fisch, a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind will give a talk about Artificial Intelligence. Free and open to the public. WCCPNJ.ORG

11/24 – 26 - ARB’S The Nutcracker @McCarter – Nov 24 – 26 - Celebrate this annual Nutcracker tradition with your family! This holiday favorite tells the magical story of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they battle toy soldiers and larger-than-life mice, and travel through a whirlwind of dancing snowflakes to the Land of Sweets. Greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, Clara enjoys a suite of brilliant and joyful dances before opening her eyes to the familiar sights of her home, wondering if it was all a dream. Click here for more information

11/24 – Annual Tree Lighting, Palmer Square, 5-6pm., This year we will be joined by 11-man vocal harmony group, The Sensational Soul Cruisers! The holiday party kick-off doesn’t stop there! The Flying Ivories will be back on their Dueling Pianos playing a mix of traditional and reimagined sing-a-long favorites that the whole family will enjoy. Of course you can expect appearances from our local community partners from McCarter Theatre and the Princeton Highschool Choir. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that a certain jolly, white-bearded fellow flies in to help us light the 32,000 lights atop our giant spruce tree!

11/25 - Corn Picking & Thanksgiving Hayrides, Howell Living History Farm, 10-4pm., Bring a non-perishable food item for our donation wagon to earn a ride on one of our horse-drawn hay wagons! Horses Peter & Jeb and Bill & Jesse will be giving hayrides from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; tickets are free and will be distributed in the barnyard on a first-come, first-served basis. Canned and boxed food donations will be collected at the visitor center—as well as new, unopened toys for Toys for Tots—to support the community this holiday season.

After your ride, join farmers in the field to help pick and shell the last of the 2022 corn—which will be milled into flour for local food banks—before meeting the farm's cow Blizzard for her 2:00 milking. Homemade lunch will be served from the farmhouse kitchen, and the Friends of Howell Farm's annual Wreath & Sleighbell Sale—featuring straps of sleighbells made by the farm's harnessmaker—will take place outside the visitor center.Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township (609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org

11/27 & 28 – Holiday Wreath Making Workshops @Morven, 1pm., Create a wreath using a variety of natural decorations from Morven’s gardens, ribbon, and assorted “holiday bling.” No prior experience is required. Morven’s horticulturalist Louise Senior will guide participants and offer advice throughout the session. Workshops will be offered for Afternoon Sessions (1:00 - 3:00 p.m.) and Evening Sessions (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.) on Monday, November 27, and Tuesday, November 28. Space is limited to 24 participants per session. This workshop is most suitable for ages 12+. Ticket price includes one wreath. Click here for more information

11/30 - Cool Women Poetry Reading, Lawrence Library, 6:30pm., The Cool Women Poets, a poetry critique and performance group, have been meeting for almost 30 years. They will be performing poems from their new anthology which will be linked together in a poetic jazz performance. The theme for this reading is "Fall Forward, Smile Back." They are widely published individually and as a group (7 anthologies and 2 CDs of their work). Come and enjoy the poems that will make you laugh and love. You will leave with a renewed appreciation for language and life. Advanced registration is appreciated for all events. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System is located at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ. For more information about the library's programs call 609-883-8292, e-mail lawprogs@mcl.org or visit www.mcl.org.

12/2 – Holiday Wreath Making @Terhune’s, 10am., Specialty decorated wreaths make wonderful show pieces for your home and special ways to greet your guests on your front door. Pam Mount is well known for creating beautiful holiday displays here at the farm. Learn her secrets during the Holiday Wreath Workshop. You will make a Colonial Williamsburg style fresh wreath. The workshop is $60 per person and includes a wreath and decorative supplies. Pre-registration required terhuneorchards.ticketspice.com/holidaywreath

Client Promos

Princeton Day School invites you to attend their Upper School fall play, The Fastest Woman Alive by Karen Sunde. Four days only, November 2-4, 2023. Tickets are available through our Box Office. The Fastest Woman Alive! whirls us through the adventurous life of Jackie Cochran, the first woman pilot to break the sound barrier, in dramatic and touching scenes giving us a picture of this quintessential American who began her life in hopeless circumstances, seized her dream, and achieved more than anyone imagined was possible.

Pre- Order Terra Momo Bread Now Available - You can now place your order for breads, baked goods and more via our online store. Every Wednesday and Friday, there will be pickup at 74 Witherspoon Street, Princeton NJ 08540 during hours from 11-6pm.  Check out our selections of tarts (apricot, pear and more) and breads (baguette, country boule, pain au levain and more)... baked fresh at our bakery in Pennington! Make sure to check out our new location there, we have moved! Click HERE to Order

Princeton Charter School is proud to present a goofy and hilarious murder mystery, "Next Victim, Please” - Friday, November 10th at 7:30 PM, Saturday November 11^that 2:00 PM matinee and again at 7:30 PM. All tickets are $10.00. Tickets can be purchased online now through November 9^th at fpcsch.ejoinme.org/2023FallPlay

Stand up and Laugh! Rossi's Bar & Grill invites you to Stand Up Comedy Show, November 10th @ 8:30pm. Comedians Josh Wells, Steve Pocaro, Joe Polizzotti and Erin Wohlberg will make you laugh til you cry. Entrance is $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Go to rossisbarandgrill.com or get your tickets here. We'll see you at Rossi's, 2110 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd, Hamilton. Call 609-890-2004 for more information. 

Experience the magic of the holiday season at Lambertville Station Restaurant and Inn's festive event on November 18th, 10m - 5pm, and 19th, 11:30am - 4pm! Enjoy delectable food, live music, specialty vendors, and drinks while creating cherished memories with family. Don't miss this exciting holiday celebration.
www.lambertvillestation.com/

Sushi Demo at Chauncey’s CBAR Nov 21 @5pm. – Learn the techniques and sample sushi appetizers. Chauncey Conference Center & Laurie House
Visit us at: www.chauncey.com Tel: 609-279-6471

Apple Montessori Schools Opens New Location - Apple Montessori Schools is opening its newest school location in Hillsborough at 302 South Branch Road this November. Apple Montessori now has 18 locations throughout New Jersey, making them the largest provider of early childhood Montessori education in the state with Montessori preschool, kindergarten, elementary and daycare programs. For over 50 years, Apple Montessori has helped guide children into becoming kinder, more successful, and happier individuals, and this location will bring that same legacy to the Hillsborough community. Learn more and schedule a tour today!

Rumble Boxing is coming soon to Princeton! Rumble Boxing is not just another workout; it's a high-octane, 10-round fight that combines the best elements of fitness, offering you authentic HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), metabolic conditioning (MetCon), and the incredible benefits of cardio, all in one seamless class. It's a total body workout that will leave you feeling stronger, more empowered, and with the energy to conquer anything that comes your way. No experience necessary! It's you vs. you. Learn more and sign up now: www.rumbleboxinggym.com/location/princeton

Fall's "Leave the Leaves" program saves you time and money when it comes to landscaping. Leaves not only build better soil health, but it saves firefly's, butterflies, native bees and insects that need to use your leaf piles for winter. Don't throw them away, reuse and recycle. Horticultural Management can show you how. Contact 609-209-3879 or horticulturalmanagement1@gmail.com to improve your approach to new ideas in landscape and gardening maintenance.