Princeton NJ Events

Bird Walk, Princeton Public Library

Saturday April 1, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Patrick Newcombe of the Princeton Birding Society leads a bird walk geared toward ages 12 and up. Register.

Mercer Meadows, Blackwell and Lawrenceville-Pennington Roads, Lawrence. www.princetonlibrary.org.

Witherspoon St. Improvement Project Phase III Community Meeting

Saturday April 1, 2023
9:30 AM

On Saturday, April 1st, the conceptual design of the third phase of the Witherspoon Street Improvements Project will be presented at the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood meeting, which begins at 9:30 am at The Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. Representatives from the Engineering Department and the design consultant will present the proposed improvements and be available to answer questions and take feedback from the public. Everyone is invited to attend and help us make Witherspoon Street safer and friendlier for all users.

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Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market's Spring Fling

Saturday April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market annual SPRING FLING Shopping extravaganza returns APRIL 1-2, 2023 to the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ! Join us for the largest and most unique shopping experience of it's kind on the East Coast! We'll be featuring over 500 small businesses, artists, makers and crafters from more than 25 states who are all coming together to provide the most incredible holiday shopping experience of its kind with more than 40,000 square feet of amazing vendors and more! And as if that wasn't amazing enough, we'll also have a dozen of the area's finest Food Trucks per day, Live Tattooing, a huge Scavenger Hunt each day for awesome prizes, Live Music, Celebrity Guests, Punk Rock Karaoke as well as our brand new VIP AREA that is limited to just 100 humans and includes all sorts of incredible perks and goodies!

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Friends of Princeton Open Space Spring Clean-Up - 2 Sessions

Saturday April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

10-12pm

1-3pm

Join Friends of Princeton Open Space for a Spring Clean-Up on Saturday, April 1st! During this session, we will revisit the 18-acre Forest Restoration site and make a sweep for invasive plant outbreaks. Target species for removal include wineberry, Japanese honeysuckle vine, multiflora rose, and garlic mustard. Our work will protect the thousands of establishing native plants that were installed by volunteers in 2019-2021. Questions? Prefer to sign up via. email.  Please email afowler@fopos.org. Visit the FOPOS website to learn more.

West Windsor Community Farmers' Market

Saturday April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Seasonal produce, mushrooms, pastured meats, local seafood, artisan cheese, jams, honey, breads, sweets, eggs, and pickled vegetables.

877 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.wwcfm.org. 

Story Time with Jeff , ACP

Saturday April 1, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Every Saturday at 10am, enjoy a morning of story and song with Jeff Trainor of JaZams! Storytime with Jeff is a half-hour event that welcomes families to sing, dance, read, and enjoy some free fun. Jeff is an accomplished musician and actor with a growing fanbase among the Princeton toddler community (and their parents as well!) This interactive event features books, songs, rhymes and movement for kids ages 0-8, accompanied by an adult family member or guardian. No registration required. Free and open to all. 

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Winery Weekend Music Series, Terhune's

Saturday April 1, 2023
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join family and friends for our winery weekend music series this Spring. Set in our wine orchard among 100-year-old apple trees, it is the perfect way to relax, connect, and toast the new season. Enjoy a glass of one of our award-winning wines, sit back and listen to live music from local artists each week. Styles range from Jazz and Blues to Folk and Rock. Music is from 1 pm-4 pm. Light fare available. Bring the entire family to enjoy the fresh air on the farm, stop in the farm store for fresh produce, baked goods and local gourmet items. Barn Door Cafe is open on weekends for lunch fare, homemade treats and ice cream. Winery hours 12 pm-5 pm. No reservations are needed. No outside food or pets, please. Groups maximum of 8.

Live music on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-4pm -  4/1 - Bud Belviso

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Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tours, Princeton University Art Museum

Saturday April 1, 2023
2:00 PM

Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin.

Residential Colleges Neighborhood, Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

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Local Theatre Productions

Saturday April 1, 2023
2:00 PM

Cabaret, Bristol Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA. www.brtstage.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at the Kit Kat Klub in 1931 Berlin looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis' impending rise to power. $50 to $63. 2 p.m.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, George Street Playhouse, Arthur Laurents Theater, 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, 732-545-8100. www.georgestreetplayhouse.org. Musical comedy tells the tale of six middle school "misfits" in Putnam County, NY finding themselves through one of the most competitive and brave journeys adolescents can embark on – a Spelling Bee. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Villagers Theatre, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset, 732-873-2710. www.villagerstheatre.com. When Randle Patrick McMurphy gets transferred for evaluation from a prison farm to a mental institution, he assumes it will be a less restrictive environment. But the martinet Nurse Ratched runs the psychiatric ward with an iron fist. $20. 8 p.m.

Movin + Groovin, McCarter Theatre

Saturday April 1, 2023
7:00 PM

American Repertory Ballet brings the acclaimed production of Movin’ + Groovin’ to McCarter Theatre Center on April 1, 2023, featuring works by three of today’s most exciting and innovative choreographers. The program features: Claire Davison’s Time Within A Time, set to the music of Fleetwood Mac; Ja’ Malik’s Moving to Bach, set to Bach’s Sonata for Violin Solo No.1; and Caili Quan’s Circadia, inspired by an eclectic music mix ranging from Boban Markovic Orchestra to Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution.

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