Princeton Events
There are so many things to see and do in the Princeton area. Check out our calendar of events below. If you're looking for a place to stay while in Princeton, check out our great hotels. We also have a variety of wonderful restaurants and things to do. There are also a few great annual events in the Princeton area. Enjoy your visit with us!
Featured Events
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe
- Date(s): 02/16/2013 - 06/09/2013
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10am-5pm; Thursday: 10am-10pm; Sunday: 1pm-5pm
- Location: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ
- Phone: 258-3788
- Admission: Free and open to the public
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Exploring the presence of Africans and their descendants in Renaissance Europe through paintings, drawings, sculpture and printed books of the period, this exhibition provides a narrative for an often forgotten social group and an avenue for understanding the social issues of color, class and stereotypes of the time, offering an essential new look at European art for all visitors. Organized by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, in collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum.
Picturing Power: Capitalism, Democracy, and American Portraiture
- Date(s): 03/09/2013 - 06/30/2013
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10am-5pm; Thursday: 10am-10pm; Sunday: 1pm-5pm
- Location: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ
- Phone: 258-3788
- Admission: Free and open to the public
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The portrait collection of the New York Chamber of Commerce, assembled over a two-hundred-year period, captured with aesthetic and symbolic power the giants of American business became one of the most significant examples of institutional portraiture in the nation's history. Evoking the original majestic setting of the Great Hall of the Chamber’s elaborate Beaux-Arts headquarters, the dense, Salon-style installation offers visitors a rare opportunity to experience fifty of the finest portraits from the Chamber’s collection.
Spring Preschool Nature Class
- Date(s): 03/12/2013 - 05/28/2013
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday
- Times: 10:00 - 11:30AM
- Location: 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, NJ
- Contact: Maryann Polefka
- Phone: (609) 737-7592
- Admission: Class price per child: $10 Watershed members/$15 non-members
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Children 3 to 5 years old learn ABOUT nature IN nature! A Naturalist introduces a different seasonal topic each week; classes always include outdoor exploration, stories and simple crafts. Parent must stay with child younger than 4. Registration is required. Register and pay for 4 classes, receive a 5th class free!
Spring Preschool Nature Class
- Date(s): 03/13/2013 - 05/29/2013
- Recurring weekly on Wednesday
- Times: 1:00 - 2:30PM
- Location: 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, NJ
- Contact: Maryann Polefka
- Phone: (609) 737-7592
- Admission: Class price per child: $10 Watershed members/$15 non-members
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Children 3 to 5 years old learn ABOUT nature IN nature! A Naturalist introduces a different seasonal topic each week; classes always include outdoor exploration, stories and simple crafts. Parent must stay with child younger than 4. Registration is required. Register and pay for 4 classes, receive a 5th class free!
1913: The Year of Modernism
- Date(s): 03/23/2013 - 06/23/2013
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10am-5pm; Thursday: 10am-10pm; Sunday: 1pm-5pm
- Location: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ
- Phone: 258-3788
- Admission: Free and open to the public
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The year 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of 1913—a critical year for the development of Modern art and literature. One year later, the First World War would break out, and the enthusiastic exhilaration of the pre-war period would give way to an aesthetic that underscored the brutality and irrationality of modern life. The exhibition will present this duality of the Modernist moment with a rich selection of approximately fifty prints, drawings, and photographs drawn primarily from the collections of the Princeton University Art Museum, as well as rare books and periodicals from the superb special collections of the Princeton University Library. Photographs of Parisian interiors and street views by Eugène Atget will be juxtaposed with drawings by Amadeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, and Giacomo Balla, as well as with provocative avant-garde periodicals such as Der Sturm, Blast, and 291. The works on display will illustrate the productive tension between two poles: Paris, as a center and subject of Modern art and literature, and the world beyond, as represented by artists throughout Europe and America at a time of global transformation.
"Coloration in Birds" Presentation David Wilcove Ph.D., with Decoy Exhibit D&R Greenway Land Trust
- Date(s): 05/22/2013 - 05/22/2013
- Times: 7 - 8:30 p.m., Doors open at 6:30
- Location: D&R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road, Princeton
- Contact: Carolyn Edelmann
- Phone: (609) 924-4646
- Admission: free but call 609-924-4646 or rsvp@drgreenway.org to register
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In conjunction with new decoy exhibition from Jay Vawter's collection donated to D&R Greenway, David Wilcove, Ph.D., Princeton University Biologist, will give a presentation on coloration in birds. Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 7 p.m. Light refreshments. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Free, but call to register - 609-924-4646 or rsvp@drgreenway.org See fine art decoy collection, "Color! -- From White Swan to Black Duck" in library of D&R Greenway on business hours of business days through October 28,
Liberty Village Premium Outlets® Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale
- Date(s): 05/24/2013 - 05/27/2013
- Recurring daily
- Times: Fri & Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-7pm, Mon 10am-9pm
- Location: Liberty Village Premium Outlets, Flemington, NJ
- Contact: Heather Paul
- Phone: (908) 782-8550
- Admission: Free
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Don’t miss the Memorial Day Sidewalk Sale at Liberty Village Premium Outlets. Enjoy additional discounts on top of the everyday savings of 25%-65% at participating stores. Shop Brilliantly at 40 designer and name-brand outlet stores in a an American Colonial village setting offering savings of 25% to 65% every day, at Ann Taylor Factory Store, Calvin Klein, Coach, J.Crew, Michael Kors, Nike Factory Store, Polo Ralph Lauren and many more. For more information please visit premiumoutlets.com/libertyvillage
Ongoing Events
Saved Souls Ministries Worship Service
- Date(s): 12/16/2012 - 12/29/2013
- Recurring weekly on Sunday
- Times: 11:15 - Youth Bible Study 12:00 Worship
- Location: 3819 U.S. 1 South (Homewood Suites Meeting Room), Princeton, NJ
- Contact: Kelly Porch
- Phone: (888) 433-6139
- Admission: Free
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Sunday Worship at Homewood Suites at Princeton with Pastor Doreen Giles and Saved Souls Ministry A time of fellowship and study in a relaxed and loving environment. "Empowering Every Believer"
Decoys - "Color! -- From White Swan to Black Duck" - Jay Vawter collection at D&R Greenway Land Trus
- Date(s): 04/22/2013 - 10/28/2013
- Recurring every week day
- Times: business hours of business days
- Location: Library of D&R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, Princeton NJ 08540
- Contact: Carolyn Edelmann
- Phone: 6099244646,x131
- Admission: free
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D&R Greenway declares “Earth Month,” opening its newest exhibition of fine art wildlife carvings donated by Jay Vawter, on April 22. “Color! – From White Swan to Black Duck” showcases nature’s literally brilliant use of color in birds, not limited to ducks Splashes of vividness serve a broad array of vital purposes, from species identification to wing-strengthening; mate selection to protection from predators. Visitors may view the newest exhibition in the land trust’s library on business hours of business days. The public is invited to “Coloration in Birds”, a linked presentation by Princeton University Wildlife Biologist, David Wilcove, Ph.D., on Wednesday, Ma7 22. Doors open at 6:30; the program will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. To attend the program, register by calling 609-924-4646, orrsvp@drgreenway.org. This newest array includes examples from a Picasso-esque standing wood duck and an arresting standing puffin, to comparison pairs of black ducks and cinnamon teals. Although there will be a white swan and a snowy owl, white does not exist as a pigment in birds. Information panels will explain the uses of color throughout avian life. The Vawter collection includes birds crafted by America’s finest carvers.
Princeton Walking Tour
- Date(s): 05/11/2013 - 05/25/2013
- Recurring weekly on Saturday
- Times: 2:00pm
- Location: 116 Nassau Street - Tours Start Inside the U-Store, Princeton, New Jersey
- Contact: Princeton Tour Company
- Phone: 18557431415
- Admission: $25 per Adult; $20 Per 12 & Under
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Learn about the famous students and residents that help to make Princeton the most treasured Ivy League town in America. We'll spend the first half of the tour on gorgeous Princeton University campus where you'll see architectural wonders while learning the history of the #1 Ivy League school in America. Outside the gates, you'll visit surrounding neighborhoods including the homes and hangouts of Albert Einstein, 4 Signers of the Declaration of Independence, James Madison, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, JFK, F Scott Fitzgerald, TS Eliot, Thomas Mann, countless Nobel Prize Winners and business tycoons. We use i-Pads to help connect the historical dots and Vox Whisper Audio Systems to ensure every customer hears every word in our tours. This is the tour that landed us as the #1 Attraction on TripAdvisor, AAA Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune!
"Dangerous Blossoms" Art Exhibition @ D&R Greenway Land Trust
- Date(s): 05/13/2013 - 07/19/2013
- Recurring every week day
- Times: 9:30 to 4:00 p.m. business hours of business days
- Location: D&R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road, Princeton
- Contact: Carolyn Foote Edelmann
- Phone: (609) 924-4646
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D&R Greenway Land Trust invites the public to its newest exhibition, “Dangerous Blossoms,” whose art ranges from images of plants that poison humans to beautiful but fatal flowers increasingly destroying native species in our region. See also representations of legendary carnivorous plants, as in the NJ Pine Barrens. The Marie L. Matthews Galleries will bloom from May 13 through July 19, business hours of business days. Exhibiting artists in this intriguing assemblage include Silvere Boureau, Gail Bracegirdle, Linda Brooks Hirschman, Bisa Butler, Dolores Cohen, Lora Durr, Kathie Miranda, Linnea W. Rhodes, William Vandever, Andrew Wilkinson and Anne Zeman. All art is for sale, a percentage supporting D&R Greenway's preservation and stewardship mission. The Art Reception welcomes guests from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Call 609-924-4646 to register for this festivity. All art is for sale, a percentage supporting D&R Greenway’s preservation and stewardship mission.
Kingston Greenways Association Annual Meeting & Movie: “Crash: A Tale of Two Species”
- Date(s): 05/22/2013 - 05/22/2013
- Times: 7:30 to 9 PM
- Location: Kingston Firehouse, 6 Heatcote Road, Kingston NJ 08528
- Contact: Tari Pantaleo
- Phone: (609) 750-1821
- Admission: Free
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The PBS documentary “Crash: A Tale of Two Species” explores a fascinating, endangered relationship. This episode of "Nature" studies the red knot, a South American shorebird which flies each year to the Arctic to mate. Along the way it stops at Delaware Bay, where it feeds on the eggs of the ancient horseshoe crab -- a meal crucial to completing its journey. But now that humans have started using the horseshoe crab for fishing bait, the red knot finds itself imperiled. Following a brief business meeting, Maria Grace of Conserve Wildlife will introduce the film, which runs about 55 minutes, leaving time for discussion and Q&A with Maria afterward. The program is free and open to all, and refreshments will be provided.
Kingston Greenways Association Annual Meeting & Program: “Crash: A Tale of Two Species”
- Date(s): 05/22/2013 - 05/22/2013
- Times: 7:30 to 9:30 PM
- Location: Kingston Firehouse, 6 Heathcote Road, Kingston NJ 08528
- Contact: Tari Pantaleo
- Phone: (609) 750-1821
- Admission: Free
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The PBS documentary “Crash: A Tale of Two Species” explores a fascinating, endangered relationship. This episode of "Nature" studies the red knot, a South American shorebird which flies each year to the Arctic to mate. Along the way it stops at Delaware Bay, where it feeds on the eggs of the ancient horseshoe crab -- a meal crucial to completing its journey. But now that humans have started using the horseshoe crab for fishing bait, the red knot finds itself imperiled. Following a brief business meeting, Maria Grace of Conserve Wildlife will introduce the film, which runs about 55 minutes, leaving time for discussion and Q&A afterward. The program is free and open to all, and refreshments will be provided. Maria Grace is the Education and Outreach Manager for Conserve Wildlife. Since 2004, she has been sharing wildlife stories with people of all ages. Maria manages education programs like the Species on the Edge Art & Essay Contest and Conserve Wildlife’s Partnership with Parks Program. When not working, Maria loves to play outside with her sons, Cooper & Elden, and husband Sean. Cooper and Elden are her favorite teachers. They help to open her eyes to the little wonders of the natural world.
TGIF Music!
- Date(s): 05/24/2013 - 05/24/2013
- Times: 8:00 pm
- Location: Crossing Vineyards and Winery, Washington Crossing, PA
- Contact: Tasting Room
- Phone: (215) 493-6500
- Admission: $10
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TGIF! At Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA Friday, May 24, 8:00 pm. You worked hard all week. Now treat yourself to a relaxing evening featuring the music of popular local artists. Even the price is laid back, just $10 per person! Wine and cheese available for purchase. Cost: $10 per person. Reservation suggested. Call for reservations: 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com. Email: info@crossingvineyards.com
Wine Tasting for Singles
- Date(s): 05/24/2013 - 05/24/2013
- Times: 7:00 pm
- Location: Crossing Vineyards and Winery, Washington Crossing, PA
- Contact: Tasting Room
- Phone: (215) 493-6500
- Admission: $10
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Wine Tasting for Singles At Crossing Vineyards & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA Friday, May 24, 7:00 pm Wine, Cheese and Music. A Unique Way to Meet New People. Cost: $10 per person. Call 215-493-6500, ext. 19 or buy on-line: www.crossingvineyards.com Email: info@crossingvineyards.com.
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