Princeton NJ Events

In Person Shadow Day, Villa Victoria Academy

Wednesday October 27, 2021
7:30 AM - 2:45 PM

Thinking about making a change for this year or next year? Middle school and high school in-person classes are offered to those girls wanting to be a Villa girl for the day and learn more about our program. Visitors will spend the day with a Villa ambassador in the appropriate grade. Parents tours are also available that day.

Contact cwhite@villavictoria.org for more information or to register. Registration is also available at www.villavictoria.org.

Villa Victoria Academy, 376 W. Upper Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ 08628 - An all-girls, private school serving girls in grades 6-12.

Princeton University Public Lecture - Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday October 27, 2021
5:00 PM

Talk by USC Annenberg's Kate Crawford, a leading international scholar of the social and political implications of artificial intelligence. Free.

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Author: Anna Arabindan-Kesson In Conversation with Chika Okeke-Agulu

Wednesday October 27, 2021
6:00 PM

In "Black Bodies, White Gold," Anna Arabindan-Kesson uses cotton, a commodity central to the slave trade and colonialism, as a focus for new interpretations of the way art, commerce and colonialism were intertwined in the 19-century Atlantic world. She will be joined in conversation with artist and art-historian Chika Okeke-Agulu, her colleague at Princeton University.

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Oktoberfest Dinner, The Meeting House

Wednesday October 27, 2021
6:30 PM

Please join us in celebrating the crisp cool nights of fall with a dinner inspired by the tastes and traditions of Germany's Oktoberfest. We will be pairing Chef Fito's menu of rich and flavorful dishes with a selection of German beers & wines.

October 27th at 6:30 pm

Tickets are $100 per person. To view Chef Fito's menu and to purchase tickets click here.

Princeton Photo Workshop: NEW! The Art of Still Life Photography

Wednesday October 27, 2021
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Wednesdays, October 27 & November 17, 2021, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Saturday, November 6, 2021, 11:00am -3:00pm

Mastering Still Life photography is an excellent way to sharpen general skills and comprises an essential part of a photographer's portfolio. Sessions 1 & 3: Live, fully interactive virtual learning Session 2: Live in the Studio: A live working session (also live-streamed) Learn More

The True Story of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ewing Library

Wednesday October 27, 2021
7:00 PM

The residents of Sleepy Hollow believed the Headless Horseman to have been a Hessian. The Hessians were soldiers from Northern Germany who were leased from German princes to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War. Although six German princes rented out their troops to the British, the Hessians, from Hesse-Kassel in Hesse were the most numerous and most important, making up about 17,000 of the 30,000 total troops sent. Join Historical Reenactor and lecturer Michael Jesberger for a program on one of America's oldest short stories based on real events that took place in the Hudson Valley of New York during the American Revolution.

The Mercer County Library
Ewing Branch 61 Scotch Road, Ewing
(609) 882-3148 | mcl.org