Princeton NJ Events

Pennington School Upper School On-Campus Experience

Friday November 5, 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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Open House, Princeton Learning Cooperative

Friday November 5, 2021
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Many teenagers find conventional school dull or stressful. If that's your kid, Princeton Learning Cooperative can help.

PLC is a full-time program for teens that is a blend of homeschooling and school. We combine the most valuable parts of school—peers, classes and mentors—with personalized attention and the flexibility for teens to choose what and how they learn. For teenagers frustrated with conventional school, PLC can be life-changing. Come to our open house to see PLC in action and to meet our staff and members. We ask all visitors to wear a mask while inside PLC and to register at the link below.

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Job Seekers: Making Stress Work for You

Friday November 5, 2021
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM

PSG committee member Cathy Kreyche presents on finding positive ways to respond to stress to cultivate resiliency and create new pathways in life.

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

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Outdoor Drum Circle, Lawrence Branch Library

Friday November 5, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Lawrence Headquarters Branch, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648  609-883-8293

Join our in-person drum circle led by popular long time facilitator Ange Chianese in a relaxed outdoor setting next to the library's building. Drummers of all levels of experience are invited to participate. Bring your own drum(s), bells, percussions. Bringing your own folding chair is encouraged. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lawrence Library. Registration is required. Call 609-883-8292 or e-mail lawprogs@mcl.org for more information.

Opening Reception, Friends of Princeton Open Space Photo Exhibition

Friday November 5, 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) is presenting a group show hosted by Small World Coffee of photographs taken at Princeton's Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in the winter of 2020. The works will be shown at Small World's location on Witherspoon Street in downtown Princeton. The show includes photos selected from submissions made to the Friends of Princeton Open Space's annual Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest, as well as aerial photographs of the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve taken by Princeton photographer Frank Sauer. All photos will be offered for sale with a portion of the sales benefitting the Friends of Princeton Open Space.

featuring jazz guitar by Ilan Eisenzweig - Small World Coffee 14 Witherspoon Street Princeton

Proof by David Auburn, Lewis Center for the Arts

Friday November 5, 2021
7:30 PM

In the backyard of her father’s house, 25-year-old Catherine has been caring for her father who was a brilliant and mentally ill mathematician. Now that he has passed, his former student, Hal, and her sister, Claire, have come to collect Catherine and the remains of her father’s legacy. Has he left anything brilliant? Has his illness/genius passed down to her? Theater senior Juliana Pulsinelli ’22 leads the ensemble as Catherine in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play exploring family, grief, emotional and mental health and fragility, and genius. Directed by faculty member Vivia Font.

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Chris Pierce, Hopewell Theater

Friday November 5, 2021
8:00 PM

Chris Pierce developed a rare hearing disorder at age 15, but it did not deter him from re-learning everything he knew prior to his condition so that he could continue playing music. Chris has done multiple headlining tours and has also performed on stage with or opened worldwide tours for: Seal, Cold War Kids, B.B. King, Al Green, Sara Bareilles, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Jill Scott, Toots and the Maytals, Colbie Caillat, Buddy Guy, Keb’Mo’, Blind Boys of Alabama, Aaron Neville, Jamie Cullum and others. His voice and music have been heard in film and television shows including: A Million Little Things, This is Us, True Blood, Soundtrack, Crash, Rosewood, Soul Men, Brothers & Sisters, Single Ladies, Eli Stone, In Plain Sight, Dawson's Creek, Army Wives, as well as in national ad campaigns.

Advanced Ticket Price: $30-35 plus tax and fees Day of Show Ticket Price: $37 plus taxes and fees

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The Moth, McCarter Theatre

Friday November 5, 2021
8:00 PM

True stories — told live and without notes — that celebrate the ability of personal storytelling to illuminate both the diversity and commonality of the human experience.

91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.

Elf the Musical, Music Mountain Theater

Friday November 5, 2021
8:00 PM

Nov 5 - 21

ELF is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.Buddy is raised unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity.Faced with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list and his stepbrother doesn t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

1483 State Route 179, Lambertville.

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