Princeton NJ Events

Mother’s Day Plant & Bake Sale - Princeton/Pettoranello Sister City Foundation

Saturday May 11, 2019
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Princeton - -

Proceeds help maintain the preserve and sponsor the PHS Italian exchange program.

2019 CASA Kids Superhero 5K & 1 Mile Family Fun Run/Walk

Saturday May 11, 2019
8:30 AM

A 5K Race and Family Fun Run/Walk benefiting Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Mercer and Burlington Counties.

Location: Princeton Pike Corporate Center 1009 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

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West Windsor Community Farmers Market

Saturday May 11, 2019
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor - 609-933-4452 - www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org

Produce, meats, woven fibers, honey, jams, flowers, baked goods, and prepared foods. Music by Matt Backes.

Bicycle Safety Rodeo and Safe Kids Day - Saint Lawrence Rehabilitation Center

Saturday May 11, 2019
9:00 AM

2381 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence - 609-896-9500 ext. 2212 - www.slrc.org

Children ages 3 to 12 and their families can learn about safety and prevention through a bicycle safety course, games, exhibits, and more. All children will receive a free bicycle helmet. Free. Call or send an email to bikerodeo@slrc.org to register.

Button Show, New Jersey State Button Society

Saturday May 11, 2019
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The New Jersey State Button Society invites those curious about clothing buttons to its spring show and competition on Saturday May 11, 2019 from 9 to 4 p.m. at the Union Fire Hall 1396 River Road, Titusville N.J. This year's theme is "Celluloid: Pioneering Plastic."

The fall show will be Saturday, September 14, at the same place and the same hours. For information, NewJerseyStateButtonSociety.com, or email buttonsinnewjersey@gmail.com. 

LHT Saturday Morning Walking Club Walk

Saturday May 11, 2019
9:30 AM

Old friends and new are invited to take a three-mile stroll through Lawrence Township this Saturday morning, May 11, when the LHT Saturday Morning Walking Club holds its second get-together. Walkers will meet at Lawrenceville Fuel's parking lot at 16 Gordon Avenue at 9:30 a.m. They will enjoy a neighborhood walk up Gordon Avenue and on to the town's lovely Village Park.

The walking club, a new Lawrence Hopewell Trail initiative to bring people together to enjoy the biking and walking trail that loops through Lawrence and Hopewell Townships, is modeled after book clubs that bring friends together regularly.

The LHT Saturday Morning Walking Club meets on the second Saturday of each month. The goal is to introduce walkers to various parts of the trail in 2019. Each month the LHT will announce the route for the next walk.

Author/Illustrator Rashad Malik Davis, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday May 11, 2019
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Local author Rashad Malik Davis will team up with Veronica Olivares-Weber, Princeton community leader, artist, arts educator, and board member of the Arts Council of Princeton, to launch his second children's book, Carefree, Like Me! Chapter Two: Sacra the Joyous. A celebration of indigenous Mexican culture, the party will feature a live reading, a performance by Kalpulli Huehuetlahtolli, an indigenous dance and education troupe that will perform their Danza Mexica, food, music, and arts activities, including a mini-mural activity about indigenous people, feathered bird wings, and clay pyramids.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542.

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Spring into Bordentown City - Farnsworth Avenue

Saturday May 11, 2019
10:00 AM

200 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown - 609-414-0818 - www.downtownbordentown.com

Featuring a Maker's Fair of artisans from Bordentown City. Free.

Mother's Day Celebration, Pennington Quality Market

Saturday May 11, 2019
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

All PQM Kid's Club members are invited to the PQM Corner Café between 11 am and 3 pm to join in the Mother's Day fun. PQM will provide the supplies for creating a special Mother's Day Craft for Mom. Each Kid's Club member will also receive a free treat. If your child is not a PQM Kid's Club member, they can sign up on the spot with an easy to complete application found at the Courtesy Booth. Joining entitles each kid to a free treat weekly, as well as participation in other Holiday Kid's Club Events. Kid's Club members also receive a Birthday Card that provides a discount on their Birthday Cake.

For more information on this day of fun for everyone, please visit our website at www.pqmonline.com.

Rapunzel - Music Mountain Theatre

Saturday May 11, 2019
11:00 AM

11am and 1pm

1483 Route 179, Lambertville - 609-397-3337 - www.musicmountaintheatre.org

The beautiful Rapunzel is being held captive in a tower by a witch who can only reach the top of the tower by climbing her long golden braid of hair.