Princeton NJ Events

Sean Gaskell, Kora Performance, West Windsor Branch

Tuesday November 11, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

West Windsor Branch

333 North Post Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 609-799-0462

Music of the West African kora comes to Princeton Junction! Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. He studied under the extensive instruction of Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh in Gambia, and both Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho in Senegal. The kora is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800-year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell has presented adult, youth and family programs at over 350 libraries and a multitude of K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and assisted living facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Sponsored by Friends of the West Windsor Library.

The Althea Ward Clark Reading Series: A Reading by Aracelis Girmay and Kaveh Akbar

Tuesday November 11, 2025
6:00 PM

Labyrinth Books, 122 Nasasu Street, Princeton. www.labyrinthbooks.com.

Kaveh Akbar's poems appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the author of two poetry collections: "Pilgrim Bell" and "Calling a Wolf a Wolf", in addition to a chapbook, "Portrait of the Alcoholic." Aracelis Girmay is the author of three books of poems: "the black maria," "Teeth," and "Kingdom Animalia."

Princeton Pianists Ensemble Fall Concert

Tuesday November 11, 2025
8:00 PM

Come enjoy one of the world's premier multi-piano performance ensembles in the fabulous Richardson Auditorium. Our concert repertoire is entirely arranged or composed by students. Tickets can be purchased at tickets.princeton.edu. See princetonpianists.com for more information!