Princeton NJ Events

Butterfly House Tours, The Watershed Institute

Thursday August 12, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Join us for a guided tour of The Kate Gorrie Butterfly House to view and learn about local butterfly species. If time and weather allow, we will try catching wild butterflies in the field. Cameras welcome. Butterfly House Tours are held weekly on Thursdays from 10 a.m.-11 p.m.through the summer. Advance registration is required.

The Kate Gorrie Butterfly House is handicap-accessible, free, and open daily from dawn until dusk (mid-June through mid-September) except during a scheduled program or tour.

'Call Me Athena – Girl from Detroit’ Book Launch Party, Arts Council of Princeton

Thursday August 12, 2021
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

You’re invited to join the Arts Council of Princeton and Labyrinth Books for a Launch Party for Colby Cedar Smith’s Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit, the novel in verse debut from the Hopewell-based author and ACP creative writing instructor. Labyrinth will be on site at the event with copies of Call Me Athena available for sale. Free registration is available here!

Birdwatching for Beginners, Mercer County Park & Hopewell Library

Thursday August 12, 2021
7:00 PM

Do you aspire to take to the sky, but feel overwhelmed when you look at the bird field guide? Mercer County Park Commission's naturalist will help you develop the basic skills and knowledge essential for becoming a great birdwatcher by starting with common species easily found in your own neighborhood. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hopewell Branch Library.

Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive link to program.