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.

Special Storytime With Pooja Makhijani, Princeton Public Library

Saturday February 14, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Author Pooja Makhijani shares and signs copies of her new book, "Bread Is Love,” followed by a love-themed craft activity. For children ages 2 and up with an adult caregiver. Book sales provided by Labyrinth Books.

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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

Mardi Gras Celebration, Crossing Vineyards & Winery

Saturday February 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 9:00 PM

“Pass a good time” as they say in NOLA, with a weekend of live music, beads and king cake cupcakes at Crossing Vineyards. Bring your “krewe” and enjoy drink and snack specials. Be sure to try a “CAT-5,” Crossing’s version of New Orlean’s famous libation “The Hurricane.” Laissez le bon temps rouler!

No cover charge

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Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live™: Glow-N-Fire 2026 Tour, CURE Arena

Saturday February 14, 2026
12:00 PM

12 and 7pm

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live™: Glow-N-Fire 2026 Tour brings fans’ favorite Hot Wheels Monster Trucks to life, including Mega Wrex™, Tiger Shark™, HW 5-Alarm™, Bone Shaker™, Bigfoot®, and Skelesaurus™, alongside FMX riders performing jaw-dropping stunts and a fire-breathing, car-crushing robot dinosaur. PLUS, see the ALL-NEW truck to the tour Rhinomite, the dynamite Rhino-themed truck charging horn-first into the competition. Don't miss this high-energy show filled with thrilling action for the whole family!

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Winery Weekend Music Series @Terhune's

Saturday February 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Join us for cheer in the winery to enjoy live music and meet up with family and friends. With indoor seating in our wine barn among the wine tanks and outdoor seating with firepits. Enjoy hot mulled wine, tasting flights of Terhune favorite wines, and wine by the glass. All ages can have fun with s’mores and hot cocoa kits. Light bites of cheese plates and chips & salsa baskets are available at the winery. Perfect to enjoy with a glass of wine in the sun. Live music on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-4pm.

See full listing of musicians here:  https://www.terhuneorchards.com/winery-events/

330 Cold Soil Road (crossroad Carter Road) Princeton, NJ 08540

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Kim's Convenience @McCarter

Saturday February 14, 2026
2:00 PM

2 and 7:30pm

Before it became an award-winning, hit comedy series on Netflix, the laugh-out-loud, heartwarming Kim’s Convenience was a smash on stage. At Mr. Kim’s corner variety store, the only thing that isn’t for sale is his family legacy—but with big-dollar projects moving in, does everyone have their price?

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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.