Princeton NJ Events

ACP'S Artist Winter Village at Hinds Plaza

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Our artist winter village makes local shopping easier and more creative than ever! These festive pop-up shops, run by talented regional creatives, offer fun and unique gifts in cozy textiles, jewelry, hand-poured candles, charming children’s wear, pottery, wood, and so much more. Shop directly from makers working to bring us small business-driven joy!

Hours: From November 13 through December 21, four Chalets will be open for business Thursday through Sunday, 12-6pm. In addition to the Chalets, ten additional artists will join the village on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-4pm. Vendors change each week!

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Pie Tasting @Terhune's

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pie Tasting Weekend returns on November 15 and 16. Join us to sample a variety of delicious pies. We’ll have rows of pies in our wine barn; the smell will be divine! Come taste the pies of your choice and pick your favorite(s) to order for the holidays. A portion of proceeds will benefit HomeFront and Project Freedom. $10 per person includes one tasting of 15 types of pie Terhune has to offer. Winery will be open in the orchard for tastings and live music 12-5pm.

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Winery Weekend Music Series, Terhune's

Saturday November 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Spend November weekends at Terhune Orchards Vineyard & Winery, Saturdays and Sundays from 12–5 p.m. Enjoy award-winning Terhune wines by the glass or in a tasting flight, paired with light fare and café favorites. Starting November 21st, we’ll have the fire pits out and hot mulled wine available. Kids can join the fun too with s’mores and hot cocoa kits. From 1–4 p.m., relax to live music by local artists, with styles ranging from jazz and blues to folk and rock. A perfect way to savor autumn afternoons.

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Mad Science presents "Wacky Science", Princeton Public Library

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Be amazed by the wacky things you can do using the magic of science! Mad Science will teach about polymers using slime and demonstrate the zany attributes of static electricity and dry ice.

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Drop Dead!, Kelsey Theatre

Saturday November 15, 2025
2:00 PM

2 and 8pm

The Yardley Players

When a cast of has-been actors attempt to revive their careers in this full-length comedic murder mystery, "Drop Dead!" directed by "Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe, side-splitting antics ensue. The set falls apart, props break, and the producer and an actor meet an untimely demise ... but the show must go on. And so it does. Even as the curtain opens for the cast's debut performance, the murders continue and the play goes incredibly wrong. It's up to the remaining thespians to save the show, their careers, solve the mystery and stay alive for curtain calls.

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Annie, Music Mountain Theater

Saturday November 15, 2025
3:00 PM

3 and 8pm

Leapin' Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine comes to the Music Mountain Theatre stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations... and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

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Princeton Photo Workshop: NEW! The Manhattan Skyline at "Nautical Twilight"

Saturday November 15, 2025
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Jersey City, NJ

Join nautical photographer Rich Sherman at the Hudson River shoreline to capture the stunning glow of Manhattan's city lights against a deep blue sky at nautical twilight.

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The Tempest, Princeton Day School

Saturday November 15, 2025
3:00 PM

3 and 7pm.

Princeton Day School Theater presents The Tempest, November 13-15, in the McAneny Theater. The Tempest marks Shakespeare's final masterpiece, blending magic, betrayal and redemption. When the rightful Duke of Milan, Prospero, is betrayed and cast out to sea, he finds refuge on a mysterious island with his daughter Miranda, the spirit Ariel and the monstrous Caliban. Years later, a storm conjured by Prospero shipwrecks his enemies on the island's shores. As magic swirls and secrets surface, young lovers meet, old scores rise to the surface and nothing is quite what it seems. Tickets available via the Box Office. The show runs 60 minutes and is open to all ages. Please note that there are loud sounds and visual effects.

Science Under the Stars: The Big…What?, New Jersey State Museum

Saturday November 15, 2025
4:15 PM

205 West State Street, Trenton. www.statemuseum.nj.gov.

A century of physics has placed a singular moment of the creation of the universe -- the "big bang" -- squarely in the public eye as a fact about our world. How well does this hold up? In the last few decades, better data and better theories have exposed many holes in this story, and a paradigm shift might be in order. Talk by Joshua Shterenberg, Princeton University.

Tellabration: 'With Grateful Hearts Two', Princeton Public Library

Saturday November 15, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

“With Grateful Hearts Two” is part of Tellabration! a worldwide event of the National Storytelling Network. Every November, in 200 locations around the world, practitioners of the oral tradition of storytelling share their craft with tales to celebrate our connection with each other. In the spirit of community, the program will highlight local organizations that work to end food insecurity, and listeners are encouraged to bring nonperishable food that will be collected and donated to the Princeton Mobile Pantry.

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