Princeton NJ Events

HomeFront’s Holiday Market

Sunday November 24, 2024
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Shop with a purpose this holiday season at HomeFront’s Holiday Market 2024, an arts and crafts event with proceeds going to support local families in need. The theme for this year’s festive Holiday Market is “Homemade for the Holidays” and features over 40 area artisans and vendors. Shoppers will have the opportunity to buy one-of-kind gifts, clothing, visual art, fine crafts, handsewn items, as well as home and holiday decor. The Holiday Market will take place at HomeFront’s Lawrenceville Campus, located at 1880 Princeton Avenue, Lawrenceville, NJ, on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24 from 9 am - 3 pm each day.

For more information about HomeFront’s Holiday Market, visit www.homefrontnj.org or email CatherineC@homefrontnj.org.

Props and Frocks Rummage Sale, Playhouse Barn at Bucks County Playhouse

Sunday November 24, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Sale features a variety of clothing and accessories for all genders and all ages — pulled from the Playhouse's costume collection. Among the items for sale are antique dresses, business wear, evening wear, dance shoes, and more.

70 South Main Street, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www.bcptheater.org

Ellarslie Holiday Boutique, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Cadwalader Park

Sunday November 24, 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

(609) 989-1191 | tms@ellarslie.org

Holiday shoppers and art lovers can enjoy browsing for those perfect somethings throughout the galleries of Trenton City Museum's festive atmosphere. Artisans, crafters, and more will offer high quality, one-of-a-kind goods including handmade jewelry, original artwork, home accents, ceramics, accessories and other wearables, and Trenton memorabilia and antiques. This long-running event supports the collection and programs of the Trenton Museum Society and showcases the talents of local artisans. Plenty of parking; new walkways; barrier-free, accessible entrance at left end of the building.

Off the Wall Holiday Market, West Windsor Arts Council

Sunday November 24, 2024
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Holiday market featuring artisan-made products, from pieces of fine art to individually curated, handcrafted artisanal items.

952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorarts.org. 

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, State Theater New Jersey

Sunday November 24, 2024
1:00 PM

1 and 5:30pm

Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday loving Whos. $40 to $105.

15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. www.stnj.org.

Family Sundays, Tulpehaking Nature Center

Sunday November 24, 2024
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Explore the grounds of the nature center for some of the season’s bountiful leaves and use them to create beautiful art. For all ages. Free.

Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. www.abbottmarshlands.org.

Not Fine at School? Let’s Talk About School Avoidance, Princeton Learning Cooperative

Sunday November 24, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

School avoidance and chronic absenteeism in conventional schools is a growing issue. The standard response to children not wanting to attend school usually involves increasing levels of rewards and punishments - but is this really addressing the issue? What could we do instead? Dr. Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist and author, will join us for a discussion of school avoidance and what she has experienced in her work with children as a clinical psychologist and parent. Q&A will follow. Via Zoom. Register. Free; donation requested.

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"Try It" in Person with Teresa, People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos

Sunday November 24, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Experience an autumn afternoon through the "magic" of the People & Stories/ Gente y Cuentos method -- making connections, transforming lives through literature -- one short story at a time. Hear a contemporary short story read aloud by Coordinator Teresa Leary during this free "Try It" session. Register via EventBrite.

475 Wall Street, Princeton, 609-882-4926. www.peopleandstories.org

Disney's Beauty & The Beast, Kelsey Theatre

Sunday November 24, 2024
2:00 PM

“Be Our Guest” for the most enchanting musical of all time, Disney's Beauty & The Beast! This ‘tale as old as time,’ based on Disney’s Academy Award-winning film, features the timeless story you love along with all your favorite characters and songs. Let the magic unfold in front of your eyes as dancing dishes, gorgeous costumes, and spectacular settings bring this Disney classic to life on stage. Celebrate your holidays with the most beautiful love story ever told!

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I Am Waiting, Princeton University Chapel

Sunday November 24, 2024
2:30 PM

The Chapel Choir presents a concert for the season of Advent, featuring J. S. Bach's cantata "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" and the world premiere of The Princeton Motets (And I Saw), a collaboration between poet Euan Tait and composer Shawn Kirchner written especially for the Chapel Choir. Pre-concert conversation with poet and composer at 1:30 p.m. Free.