Princeton NJ Events

Free Webinar: Deer-Resistant Garden Design

Thursday February 25, 2021
12:00 PM

Join us for a presentation by noted garden designer and author, Karen Chapman. Learn 8 key design tricks to help you create a garden you can be proud of despite the presence of deer and without resorting to fencing. Hosted by Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County.

Registration is required to join this event. If you have not registered, please do so now

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Afternoon Aerobic Hike, Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park

Thursday February 25, 2021
1:00 PM

Join us for 2-3.5 mi. brisk guided hikes on selected trails in the state park. Routes to be determined. Advanced registration required. Bring a water bottle and wear hiking shoes. The trails are quite wet in sections. Weather permitting. Pre-teen - adult. 

Face coverings are required at all these events. Attendance is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Phone: 609-737-0609

A Mid-Winter's Night Feast, The Meeting House

Thursday February 25, 2021
6:00 PM

Please join us Thursday, February 25th, for Chef Fito's latest culinary experience featuring a menu of rich winter dishes paired with a selection of beautiful California wines. Our first seating is at 6:00 pm. To view the menu and book a table visit us here.

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Black History Month Bingo, Princeton Family YMCA (Virtual)

Thursday February 25, 2021
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Every Thursday, February 4th – 25th From 6pm – 7pm ALL

AGES WELCOME! Princeton Family YMCA & Princeton High School’s MSAN Present: “VIRTUAL BLACK HISTORY BINGO”

JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY DURING FEBRUARY FOR A DIFFERENT BLACK HISTORY BINGO THEME EACH WEEK INCLUDING: *INVENTORS (2/4/21) *MUSICIANS (2/11/21) *MOVIE STARS (2/18/21) *LEADERS (2/25/21)

PPS Students Receive Community Service Hours for Participation

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Chalk, Talk, and Wine, Crossing Vineyards & Winery

Thursday February 25, 2021
6:30 PM

Create a custom chalk silk-screened welcome sign for your home -- the perfect porch or entryway decor -- just in time for spring get-togethers. This guided experience with our friends from Chalk Couture includes all materials, choice of design and 4’ stained wooden sign to keep. Drink specials and light bites available for purchase from the bar. Reservations required. Cost: $40pp.

1853 Wrightstown Rd., Newtown, PA 18940

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The Junior No. 1 Stories, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie

Thursday February 25, 2021
7:00 PM

Zoom presentation on “William A Poland, Architect of Junior No. 1 and over 2,000 other buildings” by David Bosted and Karl Flesch. Part of a series featuring the stories uncovered while researching the building of Junior No. 1, the first junior high school built in the Eastern United States. Register. $10.

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The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis, 1754-1836 - HCHS Black History Month Program

Thursday February 25, 2021
7:00 PM

The Hunterdon County Historical Society will host a free virtual program on African-American patriot Jacob Francis, who fought alongside Continental soldiers during the American Revolution. Author and historian William “Larry” Kidder will discuss Francis’s life on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. To reserve a space, visit the historical society’s website at www.hunterdonhistory.org.

This program — titled The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis, 1754-1836 — is based upon Kidder’s research for his forthcoming book-length biography of Jacob Francis to be published by Knox Press. Francis’s life reveals an important story of New Jersey and American history that is little known – how people who were neither enslaved nor white experienced the American Revolution and the early Republic period.

Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, New-York Historical Society & PPL

Thursday February 25, 2021
7:00 PM

Based on the New-York Historical Society's 2018-19 exhibition, this virtual presentation explores Black Americans' struggle for equality under the law from 1865 through World War I.

This presentation, offered by the New-York Historical Society's curators Lily Wong or Dominique Jean-Louis, explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. When slavery ended in 1865, a period of Reconstruction began, leading to such achievements as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. By 1868, all persons born in the United States were citizens and equal under the law. But efforts to create an interracial democracy were contested from the start. A harsh backlash ensued, ushering in a half century of the “separate but equal” age of Jim Crow.

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Understanding Princeton’s African American History

Thursday February 25, 2021
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Historian and sixth generation resident Shirley Satterfield will discuss the rich history of African American people and places in Princeton, focusing on the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, Princeton’s 20th historic district.

Register here to join the Zoom event on Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:30 to 9 p.m., hosted by Stone Hill Church of Princeton.

Drawing from the Collections: Storytelling with Collage, Princeton University Art Museum

Thursday February 25, 2021
8:00 PM

This live art-making class is inspired by Jacob Lawrence's The 1920's . . . The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots. This screenprint is alive with energy and activity. Lawrence's characteristically expressive style conveys the scene with exaggerated geometries, angular figures, and blocks of color. Lawrence is known for his narrative pictorial compositions that depict significant historical events, such as the Great Migration or the life of Frederick Douglass, as well as scenes of the everyday life of African Americans. In this class we will focus on visual storytelling and creating collage compositions using basic shapes and blocks of color. In partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton.

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