Wednesday February 19, 2025
9:30 AM
This walk will focus on plans for the Capital City Park and the exciting NJ 29 Redevelopment Project. The 2.4-mile walk will leave from HUB-13 at 13 W. Front Street at noon and explore Capital Park and the NJ State House area on the way to the waterfront, south of Calhoun Street, for a new perspective on the beautiful Delaware River. Jacque Howard, media guru with Trenton365, and Zeke Weston, policy coordinator for New Jersey Future will be joined by Jay Watson, NJ Conservation Foundation senior fellow for conservation justice.
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Wednesday February 19, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for an engaging and interactive Book Show & Tell celebrating Black History Month! Teenagers are invited to explore powerful books showcasing Black history, all sourced from the Trenton Free Public Library's Trentoniana History Room. Share your thoughts, discover new perspectives, and enjoy refreshments on a first-come, first-served basis in the nearby poetry café. Don't miss this unique opportunity to dive into local black history and culture through literature!
Trenton Free Public Library - Trentoniana Room, 120 Academy St, Trenton (609) 392-7188 | info@tfplibrary.org | trentonlib.org
Wednesday February 19, 2025
6:00 PM
A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in this “coming of age story that captures the soul of America” (The Washington Post), the debut novel from The New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Vinson Cunningham.
Meditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, Great Expectations is both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.
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Wednesday February 19, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Princeton Comic Makers presents: JERSEY ART MEETUPS (JAM), a weekly social event connecting creatives within the greater Central Jersey area through a shared passion for sequential art and new media. Attendees may use this open workshop space to draw, write, and develop their own artwork, with an opportunity to receive peer review and feedback from other members if desired. Illustrators, animators, writers, and generalists are all welcome to join and discuss their art and career goals, share learning resources, promote current projects, or find friends and collaborators. Must be 16+ to attend. Free.
102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
Wednesday February 19, 2025
7:00 PM
Virtual
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots and airmen who fought in World War II. They were the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces. Trained on five airfields surrounding Tuskegee University in Alabama, their training was the first desegregated training to take place within a segregated U.S. military. It became the first dramatic move forward to racial and social equality within America. This presentation will cover the history of the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen, the unit's wartime accomplishments and the unit's overall affect on American society. Presented by Paul E. Zigo, a history professor, author and military historian, as well as the founder and director of the World War II Era Studies Institute.
Please visit www.mcl.org to register to receive the link to the program.