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Friends of the Lawrence Library January Book Sale
Shop the Friends of the Lawrence Library January Book Sale for thousands of used, gently-read books for readers of all ages. The sale opens to the general public on Friday, January 27, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm and ends Monday, January 30 at 4:30 pm at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Cash or checks only. 
The book sale's Early Admission on Friday, January 27, 10:00-12:00 pm, is an ideal opportunity to be the first to enjoy some amazing deals. Early admission is free for current members of the Friends of the Lawrence Library. New memberships can be purchased during the Early Admission event. Entry to the Early Admission event is $5 for the general public. 

Are you interested in local government? Consider becoming actively involved by serving on a Board, Commission or Committee (BCC). The Municipality of Princeton is looking to fill vacancies. Applicants must be residents of Princeton and be willing to attend regularly scheduled meetings. Click here to view descriptions of the various BCCs and click here to access the application.

2023 Princeton Environmental Film Festival
PEFF is scheduled for March 24-31, 2023. Films will be presented in public screenings and also available to stream online, on demand. More details appear on this form under Selection and Notification. The submission deadline is Jan. 23, 2023. Click here or more information or email us at peff@princetonlibrary.org.

Junior Historian’s Club @ Wicoff House January – March
Winter season registration is now open for Junior Historian’s Club at the Wicoff House! The Junior Historians Club meets weekly, on Saturdays from 2 – 4 pm. Kids learn about historic preservation through fun and immersive activities. Each member receives a JHC notebook and t-shirt. Ages 6-10. The upcoming program of 10 meetings begins on Jan 14th and ends March 18th. Each meeting will have a theme — such as archaeology, architecture, genealogy, cultural heritage and oral history –and will include activities and crafts. The cost is $35.Register online at: TINYURL.COM/WICOFFJHC23. Please contact the Wicoff House Museum with any questions: museum@plainsboronj.com

Save the Date

February 4, 2023 – NJ Camp Fair

February 5, 2023 – Dryden Ensemble Concert: Anna Magdalena Bach: Her Story

February 11, 2023 – "For the Love of It", Jazz Vocal Collective, McCarter Theatre

March 25, 2023 – HiTOPS Trans Youth Forum

April 1, 2023 – ARB’S Movin+Groovin @McCarter Theatre

April 14, 2023 – ACP’S Art People Party

Events

School Open Houses

Major Non-Profit Fundraisers

1/5 - Great Minds Salon: Regenerative Growing in the Garden State, 8:15pm - Sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton. Gabriel Notterman Siciliano will be discussing regenerative growing in the Garden State, along with sharing a short history of local Jewish farming in Mercer County. What does it mean to be a Jewish Farmer? How do our traditions take on new meanings and revitalize old ones in an agrarian context? To register, please go to thejewishcenterofprinceton.shulcloud.com/event/great-minds-salon3.html

1/6 – Opening Art Reception, Small World Coffee, 5-7pm., The artists of Princeton Makes, the Princeton-based artist cooperative, will host an exhibition of their work at Small World Coffee from January 4 through February 7. An opening reception will be held on January 6 at Small World Coffee on Witherspoon St. from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The reception will feature live music by Zeke Levine, and an opportunity to meet the artists showing their work in the exhibition. All works will be available for purchase.

1/6 - Fiesta Del Día De Los Reyes Magos Flamenco Celebration, ACP, 7-8pm., Join the Arts Council of Princeton for a special dance performance! Fiesta del Día de Los Reyes Magos, or Three Kings Day, is celebrated throughout the world to mark the culmination of the twelve days of Christmas. This live dance performance by the Arts Council's Flamenco program, led by Lisa Botalico, will feature multiple dance numbers as you learn about this cultural holiday and end the holiday season in celebration! Tickets are $10. All proceeds benefit Arts Council community programming. Learn more and buy tickets. 

1/8 -“Experience the Battle of Princeton”, Princeton Battlefield Society, 9:45am., Princeton Battlefield, 500 Mercer Street. Narrated reenactment followed by a wreath-laying ceremony; tours of Thomas Clarke House; and more. pbs1777.org/events/

1/10 – A Conversation with Steve Kornacki, Princeton Public Library, 7pm., NBC News national political correspondent Steve Kornacki talks with Ingrid Reed about what can be learned from the 2022 elections and what might happen in 2023. In person and virtual. To attend the event in person, please register HERE. To attend virtually, please register HERE. Click here for more information

1/11 – Tech Program: Computer Organization for the Year, 10am., Virtual @Princeton Public Library. Learn some ways to organize and better manage your computer and digital files. This class will focus on methods for organizing your computer from files and documents to photos and applications, making your digital life more efficient and productive. Instructor: Ruth Quiles. Presented in Partnership with Princeton Senior Resource Center. This class takes place virtually via Zoom. Registration is required.

1/11 - Youth Perspectives: The Value of Autonomy in Education, 7pm., Hear directly from teens and young adults who left conventional schooling behind. They'll share why school didn't work and how they're creating meaningful lives for themselves. When teenagers have the support of caring, knowledgeable mentors and the flexibility to manage their own education, many new paths to success open up to them. The panel includes current members and alumni of Princeton Learning Cooperative who will tell their story, with a Q&A to follow.This is an online event. Zoom Link Password: youth

1/13 - Manifesting Beloved Community: Opening Reception, WWAC, 7-8pm., This event is free and all are welcome! For this exhibition, artists were invited to submit artwork that explores the relationship of community health with race, racism, and efforts to create an antiracist society. Explore the exhibition and meet artists, as well as juror Darryl Dwyane Walker, at Opening Reception! For more information, visit the WWAC website at: westwindsorarts.org/exhibition/manifesting-beloved-community/

1/15 - Trailblazers – Music for the Soul, 3pm., 1867 Sanctuary - features world renowned string players Lenuta and George Atanasiu and pianist Clipper Erickson in a program of pioneering works by composers of past and present on Martin Luther King weekend, January 15 at 3:00 PM EST. As part of the Music for the Soul series, we combine Nathaniel Dett’s seminal work of African-American music, In the Bottoms, with leading contemporary Ukrainian Bohdana Frolyak’s intensely moving remembrance of the 1932-33 famine, Lamento, and Beethoven’s first trio, Op. 1, No. 1. Plus a world premiere by Italian Alberto Caprioli for violin and piano, La petite phrase retrouvée, commemorating French writer Marcel Proust. The Music for the Soul series features works by composers of color and women with well-known masterworks of the past.Tickets at the Door or Livestream: $25 for Adults; $10 for Students Livestream from Mandolin at: Trailblazers – Livestream Ticket 1/15 – Mandolin Box Office

1/15 – Java Jam Featuring the Woe Nellies, 4pm., Princeton Makes @Princeton Shopping Center - "Java Jam" free monthly coffeehouse, this month featuring five woman ukulele band the "Woe Nellies."  "Princeton Makes" a local artist co-op located at Princeton Shopping Center. 

1/16 – MLK Day at ACP, 9-11am - Join the Arts Council of Princeton as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will begin the morning with remarks from our 2023 featured speaker, Tina Campt – noted Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University – during a community bagel and coffee breakfast. Families are invited to pick up a copy of an updated limited-edition coloring book featuring prominent Black residents of Princeton from history. Help us help those in need: bring canned or boxed non-perishables for our food drive. All donations will benefit Princeton Nursery School, a non-profit organization providing a quality preschool education program and child care for families in need, providing a diverse environment and a broad array of support services. artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/celebrating-the-life-and-legacy-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/

1/16 – Monthly Meeting, The Women’s College Club of Princeton, 1-3pm., The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Education Center, 55 Stockton Street, to hear the Rev. David Mulford’s talk, “Presidents Who…”. Free and open to the public. Click here for more information

1/16 – HiTOPS Open House, 5-7pm., Join HiTOPS in our new space on Thursday, January 26 from 5-7 pm at 300 Witherspoon St, Suite 204 in Princeton.
See where the magic happens! Check out our Group and Drop-In spaces, as well as The Closet. Come learn about how HiTOPS is empowering youth with sex ed, social support and communities that affirm them. Stay for some tasty treats and festive beverages. 

1/17 - Read & Explore @Terhune’s, 10am., 330 Cold Soil Road. Kids read the story The Gingerbread Man and decorate a big cookie to take home. $12. Register at www.terhuneorchards.com/read-explore-program/ - Additional date: Jan 21

1/19 - Food Trends for the New Year: What 2023 Brings to the Table, McCaffrey’s Princeton, 1:30pm., Covid has had a major impact on the way we purchase food and our eating patterns in general. There were an unimaginable number of supply chain issues, restaurant revamps and lifestyle changes impacting food and nutrition since March 2020. Food trends have evolved in ways that no one could have predicted. Join McCaffrey's Registered Dietitian Jill Kwasny for a free and informative nutrition program: "Food Trends for the New Year: What 2023 Brings to the Table." Be the first to get the heads up on what will be on the menu in coming year. As always, Jill will offer menu ideas, cooking techniques and share a delicious recipe to sample. Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison Street, in the upstairs bistro area. RSVP to nutritionist@Mccaffreys.com or call 215 750-7713 to reserve your seat.

1/20 – Concert, Princeton Folk Music Society, 8pm., The Princeton Folk Music Society presents folk singer Diana Jones. Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Tickets in advance or admission at the door: $25 ($20 members, $10 students under 22, $5 children). Show starts at 8:00 PM (doors open at 7:30 PM). For tickets, more information, and link to the live-stream: www.princetonfolk.org

1/21 – Black Lodge, Opera Philadelphia @Princeton Garden Theatre,1pm., Blending opera and rock (and with a nod to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks), BLACK LODGE is a journey through a surrealist escape room. Drawing inspiration from William S. Burroughs, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest moment in his life, he mines fractured and repressed memories for a way out. Click here for more information

1/21 - ART OF Salsa and Bachata, Arts Council of Princeton, 7-11pm., Attendees are invited to dress in their best red threads and immerse themselves in an evening of Latin Dance with instructor Mike Andino of HotSalsaHot Dance Studio and music provided by DJ Poli, one of Philly's top Latin DJs. Tickets include instruction, dance party, beer, wine, and Latin-inspired cuisine. Proceeds from this fundraiser will support smART kids, the Arts Council’s arts enrichment program for our community’s middle school students from low to moderate income families. To reserve your tickets today and learn more, buy.chip-in.us/?nonprofitId=118579

1/22 – Virtual Docent Tour of the Yale Center for British Art, 3pm., Join a docent-led tour of the Yale Center for British Art from the comfort of home. Founded by Paul Mellon (Yale College, Class of 1929), the Yale Center for British Art is the largest museum outside of the United Kingdom devoted to the art of Great Britain. Located in the final building designed by Louis I. Kahn, the Center is a focal point for modernist architecture. The talk is free and open to the public. You may request a Zoom link by emailing princeton@esuus.org

1/25 – Winter Seedling Workshop, Morven, 12pm., Beat the winter doldrums and prepare for spring by growing seedlings indoors for your home garden. Morven’s horticulturalists Louise Senior and Charlie Thomforde will walk participants through the science and practice behind growing seedlings indoors for spring planting. Everyone will have a chance to prepare and take home their own winter seedling kit featuring a variety of seeds to choose from. www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-seedling-workshop-tickets-482518946157

1/29 – Wassailing the Apple Trees, Terhune Orchards, 1-4pm., Raise a glass of hot cider with us as Terhune Orchards honors the trees that give us our wonderful apples. The ancient British tradition of wassailing the apple trees to protect them from harm is a popular winter celebration at Terhune Orchards that you won’t want to miss! Activities include singing, dancing and playing of primitive instruments, toasts of hot cider and placing gifts of cider-soaked bread in the tree branches while chanting the lively words of praise and New Year. Live music will be performed all afternoon by Spiced Punch. The festivities are free and open to the public, young and old. Winery and Barn Door Cafe will be open. Call 609-924-2310 or visit www.terhuneorchards.com for more information.

1/29 – Prasadam/Kirtan Program @PrincetonYMCA, 1-3pm., Kindly consider joining us indoors at the Princeton YMCA  for this free program. Whether it's just for the prasadam, or also to participate in kirtan, all members of the community, their family and friends, are welcome to join us! If possible, kindly respond to the Facebook event if you plan on attending: www.facebook.com/events/497633221877116. Since March 2021, we hold these distributions at the Princeton YMCA on the last Sunday of every month.

2/1 - Wednesday Night Out: Lichens of the Hopewell Valley with Dennis Waters, 7-8pm, The Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell.
Lichens are everywhere, growing on trees, rocks, tombstones, and rotting logs. More than 100 species of lichen are found in the Hopewell Valley and Sourland Region, including a species new to science that was discovered on Mt. Rose. Join us to learn about these fascinating and ecologically important organisms, where they live and how they live. Bring lichens you have found and learn to identify the common ones.

Client Promos

Born Ready Basketball will be offering winter registration for grades 4th-9th through the end of February. Born Ready is a travel/ AAU program that offers clinics and competes year around in leagues and tournaments based out the Mercer County area. Expert instruction with college level coaches. Interested players should contact our program director.