Princeton NJ Events

AARP Safe Driver

Thursday April 4, 2019
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

NEW LOCATION!! Parking is available at the Wells Fargo Bank across the street. The AARP Driver Safety Program is the nation's first and largest classroom refresher course designed especially for drivers 50 and older. To register please call HV YMCA, 609-737-3048. There is a fee for the class, $15 per person for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Registration required by contacting YMCA. Bring check (made out to AARP or cash on the day of the class.

Meeting of the 55-Plus Club of Princeton

Thursday April 4, 2019
10:00 AM

"Suddenly, It's 1976 All Over Again: Reflections on an election two generations ago that may foretell 2020," will be the topic of a presentation by Ross Baker, distinguished professor, Political Science Department at Rutgers University, at the meeting of 55-Plus at 10:00 a.m., Thursday April 4 at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, with a $3 donation suggested. 

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/55plus

Support Group for Parents of Children with Autism - Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell

Thursday April 4, 2019
11:00 AM

1 Capital Way, Pennington - - www.capitalhealth.org

Meet, share experiences, obtain information, ask questions and receive support. Free. Register.

Rummage Sale - Trinity Cathedral

Thursday April 4, 2019
1:00 PM

801 West State Street, Trenton - 609-392-3805 - www.trinitycathedralnj.org

Household items, children's room, sporting goods, clothing, and accessories. Proceeds benefit Trinity Cathedral.

The Immigrant - George Street Playhouse

Thursday April 4, 2019
2:00 PM

2 and 8pm

03 College Farm Road, New Brunswick - 732-246-7717 - www.georgestreetplayhouse.org

Russian-Jewish emigrate Haskell Harelik arrives at the port of Galveston, Texas in 1909 seeking refuge from his homeland. With only his banana cart in tow, Haskell finds compassion and friendship from an unlikely couple, falls in love, and creates a pastoral life for his family.

S.T. Lee Lecture: Stalin at War, Institute for Advanced Study

Thursday April 4, 2019
5:30 PM

Stephen Kotkin of Princeton University is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He directs Princeton’s Institute for International and Regional Studies and co-directs its Program in the History and Practice of Diplomacy. Kotkin was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928.

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Junior League of Greater Princeton Happy Hour

Thursday April 4, 2019
6:00 PM

Interested in becoming a member of the Junior League of Greater Princeton? Join us for a prospective member Happy Hour at Winberries on Thursday, April 4th at 6pm. For more information and to register, visit jlgp.org/join/ . We hope to see you there!

Picture Book Writing and Illustration Panel - Labyrinth Books

Thursday April 4, 2019
6:00 PM

22 Nassau Street, Princeton - 609-497-1600 -

Children's authors Arlie Anderson, Barbara di Lorenzo, Patrick McConnell, and Laurie Wallmark discuss the steps needed to go from an idea to a published picture book.

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Historical Fiction Book Group - Updike Farmstead

Thursday April 4, 2019
6:30 PM

Get immersed in the world of a historical time and place, and then engage with a scholar to learn the “real” story. Chie Ikeya, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, will facilitate a discussion of Charmaine Craig's Miss Burma, which was on the 2017 National Book Award Longlist.

Co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library. Free, but registration is requested, as space is limited. Click here to register online.

Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton - Ewing Library

Thursday April 4, 2019
7:00 PM

61 Scotch Road, Ewing - 609-882-3130 - www.mcl.org J

ennifer B. Laynes discusses the people and places associated with Trenton's African-American community from its founding to the mid-20th Century. Register.