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Looking for Fun This Week? Here's What's Happening in and Around Ewing
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Dec. 26 - 31
Patriots Week!
Trenton, NJ - Various Locations
patriotsweek.com
Patriots Week, celebrating Trenton’s crucial role in the nation’s war for independence, returns to New Jersey’s Capital City from December 26–31, 2024. Visitors can enjoy popular events from past years, including Revolutionary walking tours, the Colonial Ball and battle reenactments, along with a lineup of exciting lectures, activities, family fun, and historic happenings in downtown Trenton.
Patriots Week brings to life some of the historic figures, places and events that helped shape the birth of our nation. The event attracts thousands of visitors to Trenton the week between Christmas and New Year’s.
The Old Barracks Museum will be bustling with activity all week with tours of the Barracks, reenactments of the Battles of Trenton, musket demonstrations, a Colonial Ball, and more. Men and women in period garb share the stories of the brave soldiers and citizens who were there during those historic Battles of Trenton.
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Dec. 28, 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Annual Kwanzaa 365 Celebration
The Smith Family Foundation at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Dr., Trenton
(609) 888-6300| sffnj.org/events
The Smith Family Foundation will be hosting its Annual Kwanzaa 365 at the Trenton War Memorial Building. The Kwanzaa principle being observed is Umoja (Unity: to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race). Be sure to stop by the front steps of Trenton's City Hall a few days before, on Dec. 23 at 4:30 p.m. to witness the lighting of the Kinara.
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Hogmanay at the Trent House
Saturday December 28, 2024
2:00 PM
The Trent House Association presents a program highlighting William Trent's Scottish heritage by celebrating Hogmanay on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. This free program will be held outside if weather permits. Indoor space is limited, so pre-registration is encouraged at https://tinyurl.com/Hogmanay2024. Pre-registrants will be admitted in order of registration if the program is held indoors. All pre-registrants will be notified the morning of the event of the program venue and, if indoors, their admission status.
Hogmanay is the traditional celebration of the new year in Scotland and the William Trent House Museum commemorates Trent's Scottish heritage with a Hogmanay program during Trenton's Patriots Week. This year the program will feature members of the Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums on bagpipes, a video on making traditional Scottish shortbread, and retelling of Scottish folktales. Scottish and other treats will be provided along with warm cider and chilled eggnog. Visitors will be encouraged to join in singing Auld Lang Syne and burning written wishes for the new year.
Celebrate Kwanzaa, Trenton Free Public Library
Monday December 30, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for a special event featuring the renowned storyteller Queen Nur. Experience a vibrant Kwanzaa celebration that explores the holiday's principles and symbols. Enjoy engaging lessons through call and response, songs, stories, drumming, and dance. The event will also feature African drumming by percussionist Dwight James. All ages welcome! Refreshments and fellowship in the Poetry Cafe to follow.
Trenton Free Public Library - 120 Academy St, Trenton
First Day Hike
Washington Crossing Historic Park
Wednesday, January 1, 2025, 11:00 AM - Noon
Start your New Year and 2025 off right with a moderate 2-mile hike through the crisp January air! To register and receive the meeting location for this program, please email mtruesdale@pa.gov. More info.
SAVE THE DATE
63rd Annual Colonel Edward Hand March Re-enactment
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, celebrate history as the bravery and strategy of Colonel Edward Hand is honored. This exciting event kicks off at 10 a.m. with a special historical program at the Lawrence Township Municipal Building, followed by a thrilling musket firing demonstration. Then, take part in a 2-mile march along the historic highway to the delaying action sites, ending at Shabakunk Creek, near Notre Dame High School. After the march, relax and enjoy light refreshments at the Lawrence Township Nature Center. It’s a fun, educational, and memorable experience for all ages. Don’t miss out on this chance to walk in the footsteps of history and have a great time with your community. Lawrence Township Recreation Department: 609-844-7067
Welcome Winter Walk, The Watershed
Saturday January 4, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Join Education Director Jeff Hoagland on a morning walk on the Watershed Reserve to explore and celebrate the wonders of the natural world in winter. Discover the unique survival strategies of local plants and animals, learn where animals store food and how they survive the season's relentless chill. Dress warmly; boots are recommended. Co-sponsored by the Washington Crossing Audubon Society. Ages 6 and up. Free event. Adult attendance is required.
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Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike - MCLS Virtual Program
Tuesday January 7, 2025
7 PM
The New Jersey Turnpike may lack the romantic allure of highways like Route 66, but it might just be a more accurate symbol of American life, representing the nation at both its best and its worst. Angus Gillespie and Michael Rockland wrote Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1989, and now they've updated and expanded it, examining how this great American motorway has changed over the past 35 years. Learn how the turnpike has become an icon, inspiring singers and poets, and meet the many people it has affected: the homeowners displaced by its construction, the highway patrol and toll-takers who work on it, and the drivers who speed down its lanes every day. Angus Kress Gillespie's fascinating account of the best-known landmark in the Garden State will provide you with an entirely new appreciation of the world's most important, widest, and most traveled road. Sponsored by Friends of the Ewing Library. Please visit www.mcl.org to register to receive the link to the program.
 Don't Disturb This Groove Sessions: An Art All Night Fundraiser
Saturday January 11, 2025
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Looking for a night full of rhythm and blues, food and space for you to groove? Join us for our new series where the music is cultured and so are the people. Don't Disturb This Groove aims to cultivate an atmosphere where the music lovers and two-steppers can enjoy artists like Kem, Silk, Teena Marie, Crystal Waters, October London, Meshell Ndegeocello, Cleo Sol, Free Nationals, and more while eating good food and enjoying adult beverages. Music is curated by DJ B0ckman and Julian from My Bittersweet Philosophy. Vibes are curated by Kenny Bee. The event is powered by Artworks Trenton.
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