Princeton NJ Events

Pennington School Upper School On-Campus Experience

Friday October 8, 2021
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Families interested in grades 9 through 12 are invited to visit campus on a Friday morning for a two-hour peek into Pennington! Hear from current students, sit in and experience a class, and spend time with our administration and leadership team!

Registration is limited; all visitors coming to campus for class visits must be vaccinated, complete an online health screening prior to arrival, and wear masks inside School buildings at all times.

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Job Seekers: Assessing Your Career at Any Age

Friday October 8, 2021
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Executive career coach Ed Samuel discusses opportunities to re-evaluate your career choices, the critical elements of a career assessment, and how these assessment results can lead to actionable steps.

Visit PSG of Mercer County's events calendar for connection details.

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Information Session (Virtual), George School

Friday October 8, 2021
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Please join us for this virtual event over Zoom to learn more about George School while chatting with an Admission Officer and current George School students. You will have plenty of time to ask questions as we share information about academics, activities and the diverse and exciting George School community.

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Postcard Writing Party, STAND CNJ

Friday October 8, 2021
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join STAND CNJ for a grassroots effort of writing & mailing election reminders to boost voter turnout for the upcoming Nov 2nd election! Personalized, handwritten postcards can increase voter turnout. Voter participation is the key to making the difference in electing local and State representatives who stand with us on the issues of healthcare, protecting the environment, gun control, immigration, and racial equality!

Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman Rd, Skillman, NJ 08558

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Opening Reception, Artists' Gallery

Friday October 8, 2021
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reception for "Birds and Beetles," a joint show by Beatrice Bork and Richard Harrington on view through October 31. The show combines wildlife paintings and paintings of classic VW Beetles.

18 Bridge Street, Lambertville. www.lambertvillearts.com.

Local Theatre Productions

Friday October 8, 2021
7:00 PM

When Day Comes, Crossroads Theater Company, Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater, NBPAC, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. www.crossroadstheatrecompany.com. Inaugural production of the Crossroads Festival Theatre is a world premiere live production by Ricardo Khan that features members of the internationally acclaimed a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock and offers a poetic and musical journey through our most recent times, inspired by Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb." $40. 7 p.m.

Emergency!, Crossroads Theater Company, Arthur Laurents Theater, NBPAC, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. www.crossroadstheatrecompany.com. Written and performed by Obie Award winning playwright Daniel KOA Beaty, EMERGENCY! is a captivating theater experience that begins when a slave ship emerges from the depths of the Hudson River in contemporary times. $40. 7:30 p.m.

Murder for Two, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 215-785-0100. www.brtstage.org. Comedic musical whodunnit for two actors, one playing the detective and the other playing all 13 suspects. Both accompany each other at the piano. $43 and up. 8 p.m.

American Idiot, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Rock musical based on Green Day’s 2004 album. $25. 8 p.m.

Escape to Margaritaville, State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 1-800-255-3476. www.stnj.org. Jimmy Buffet-infused musical comedy. $40 to $98. 8 p.m.

The Amazing Pumpkin Carve - Drive-Thru

Friday October 8, 2021
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Forty colossal pumpkins will be carved and electrified by area artists and displayed in a twinkling drive-thru. $25 per car. Through October 10.

Hopewell Valley Arts Council, Woolsey Park, 221 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville.

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Princeton University Orchestra, , Richardson Auditorium

Friday October 8, 2021
7:30 PM

Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" conducted by Mariana Corichi Gomez of the Class of 2021, Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 featuring soloist Hana Mundiya of the Class of 2020, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherezade." Free; tickets required. Masks and proof of vaccination required.

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A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, McCarter Theatre

Friday October 8, 2021
8:00 PM

The mission of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham is to create a body of dance-based work that is galvanized by Black culture and history. The work, informed by and made in conjunction with artists across a range of disciplines, entwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on music, text, video, and visual art.

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