Art Opportunities
DEADLINE JULY 15
Mercer County Senior Art Show
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
640 South Broad Street, Trenton
mercercounty.org
The Mercer County Senior Art Show is open to any Mercer County resident age 60 or older. All first place winners from the County Show are automatically included in the New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show.
For more information visit mercercounty.org
DEADLINE JUNE 30
The Junkyard: An Upcycle Art Exhibition
Hopewell Valley Arts Council
hvartscouncil.org
The Hopewell Valley Arts Council seeks artists, artisans, and all creatives to rise to the challenge of our newest community event — The Junkyard – an upcycle art exhibition.
The Junkyard will be open to the public from Friday, July 23 to Sunday, July 25 at Woolsey Park in Titusville, NJ (Hopewell Township) and will feature artwork created by Team Challenge participants and established professional and eco-artists who will create art, musical instruments, sculptures and more from mostly… junk, of course! Additional features include environment-related educational displays, and art created by children and teenagers, and for those in the market for a little something, there will be vendors selling artisan and environmentally-related items. The exhibition grounds will be set-up in “ZONES”.
For more info visit FINAL JUNKYARD CALL FOR ARTISTS (hvartscouncil.org)
Concerts
JUNE 2 - JUNE 20
The Princeton Festival Live Stream & Recorded Events
The Princeton Festival
(609) 759-1979 | princetonfestival.org
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Concordia Chamber Players, June 4, 2021 at 7:00 pm
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Virtual International Piano Competition, June 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm
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Baroque Chamber Series, June 8 & June 10, 2021 at 7:00 pm
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Opera by Twilight, June 13 & June 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm
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Kosmologia Ensemble: Dreaming/Undreaming, June 17, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Celebration
JUNE 18 - JUNE 20
Juneteenth Weekend Celebration
The African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County
Mill Hill Park, Downtown Trenton
taacf.com
The African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County (AACCofMC) in partnership with the NJ Legislative District 15 (Senator Shirley Turner, Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds Jackson and Assemblyman Anthony Verrelli) and Outdoor Equity Alliance are planning an inaugural 3-day, city-wide Juneteenth Celebration. This event is scheduled for Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20, 2021 in the capital City of Trenton. As a Collaborative, we endeavor to be “more than just a festival,”. The goal of the Collaborative is to Educate, Empower and Unite Africans in the diaspora through cultural arts, health and wellness, entertainment and sports. The purpose of this carefully planned and socially distanced event is to highlight a few very poignant and current issues through displays of culture, collaboration, commerce, unity and education. We are working closely with the City of Trenton and other partners to ensure public safety. For more informatin visit taacf.com
JUNE 18, 8 p.m.
Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom, Outdoor Event
Hopewell Valley Arts Council
hvartscouncil.org
Presented by the Hopewell Valley Arts Council in partnership with the Hopewell, Mercer County and Pennington Libraries, celebrate this day of freedom under the stars at Woolsey Park on Friday, June 18 at 8:30pm with a screening of “Juneteenth – A Celebration of Freedom,” a 30-minute documentary produced by the Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture. The film offers an insightful perspective about this significant day in American history. Following the film, learn more from representatives of the new Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, hear about upcoming Juneteenth festivities in Trenton, and discover educational and advocacy resources available through our local libraries.
Admission is free! Donations are appreciated. Bring your own folding chair or a blanket. Gate opens at 8:00pm. Woolsey Park ~ 221 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ.
Please visit www.hvartscouncil.org for more.
Dance
JUNE 3 - JULY 8. 6:45 p.m.
IN PERSON: Moving is Life: Modern Dance with Somatta Pal
West Windsor Arts Council
952 Alexander Road, Princeton
(609) 716-1931 | westwindsorarts.org
This class will entail teaching students the fundamentals on stability and mobility through a combination of modern dance inspired by pioneers of Modern Dance and Bharatanatyam.
JUNE 25, 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Dance Party
Princeton Folk Dance
(609) 912-1272 | princetonfolkdance.org
For Zoom link please contact us at pfnfd2@gmail.com.
Exhibition
JUNE 19 & 20
Virtual: Art All Night
Artworks Trenton
19 Everett Alley, Trenton
(609) 394-9436 | artworkstrenton.org
Streaming Live at aantrenton.org
JUNE 26 - OCTOBER 3
Ellarslie Open 37/38
Trenton City Museum
299 Parkside Ave, Trenton
(609) 989-1191 | ellarslie.org
Showcasing artwork by established and emerging artists from across the region and beyond, the Ellarslie Open has grown into the Delaware Valley’s premier annual juried exhibition since its inception in 1983.
Closing Reception: Sunday, June 27, 1 – 4 pm
History
JUNE 17, 7 p.m.
Virtual: Women on Wheels: Bicycling in the Gilded Ages
The Mercer County Library, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8294 | mcl.org
Is it surprising that in the 1890s conservatives panicked at visions of women riding alone, with other women, or with unsuitable men, and campaigned to stop them? Some claimed that women would damage themselves by acquiring a "bicycle face," or would get sexual pleasure from bicycling - and thus ruin their reproductive capacities. When women and girls first rode bicycles in large numbers, they celebrated their new freedom to move around in the world. Susan B. Anthony thought bicycling had "done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." Other suffragists praised bicycling as a road to fuller citizenship for women: women would travel more widely on their own, and would learn a larger sense of responsibility to their fellow travelers. Join us as Dr. Ellen Gruber Garvey, author of two prize-winning books, Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance and The Adman in the Parlor: Magazines and the Gendering of Consumer Culture explains how women of the Gilded Age found freedom through bicycling and why it still matters today. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lawrence Branch, Friends of the West Windsor Branch and the Hightstown Library Association.
Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program.
JUNE 23, 7 p.m.
Virtual: LGBTQ + in NJ: A History of Community & GAAMC
The Mercer County Library, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8294 | mcl.org
GAAMC (Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County), is the second oldest continually operating LGBTQ+ organization in the United States. Founded in 1972, the group continues to challenge new and existing discriminatory laws, while also providing support services and social activities to the LGBTQ+ community in NJ. Join us as GAAMC members provide a unique and informative program about New Jersey's LGBTQ+ history, as well as how the organization has evolved during it's (almost) 50 years of existence.
Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program.
JUNE 26, 12 p.m.
IN PERSON: Archaeology and Ancient Technology - Celebrating New Jersey's Indigenous People
William Trent House
15 Market Street
(609) 989-3027 | williamtrenthouse.org
Visitors will meet the archaeologists who have been working on the Museum’s grounds, view this year’s excavations, and see some of the artifacts left by native people thousands of years ago. Demonstrators will show how stone tools, pottery, and wampum were made and used by New Jersey’s first residents. Activities for children will give them hands-on experience in finding and identifying artifacts and they can see how native people grew food as well as some plants they would have gathered from the wild.
This is a free event and there is plenty of free parking available.
Lectures
JUNE 9, 1 p.m.
Online Lunchtime Gallery Series: Women in Art
West Windsor Arts Council
952 Alexander Road, Princeton
(609) 716-1931 | westwindsorarts.org
WWAC is presenting an exciting and engaging online series. Each session is led by a Princeton University Art Museum Docent showcasing works from the Museum’s outstanding collection
Topics range from Contemporary African American Artist, the genesis of the Abstract Expressionist Movement and more.
Docents use their knowledge and passion to make their chosen topics fun and engaging to everyone. The docent program at Princeton University Art Museum involves an intensive training program, consisting of lectures, gallery sessions, research, and presentations to fellow trainees and other docents. Docents then continue their education throughout their years of service by attending docent meetings, participating in study groups, attending gallery talks, and taking trips with fellow docents to other regional museums. WWAC is thrilled to be able to offer these special sessions available to members and non-members.
Free for WWAC Members, $10 for non-Members
To register, please click HERE
Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees the week of the event.
JUNE 30, 7 pm
Virtual: Ruth Asawa: Sculptor, Educator, Art Activist
Pennington Public Library
30 North Main Street, Pennington
(609) 737-0404 | penningtonlibrary.org
Speaker: Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lO-gj9XpSPG4iIqJIrowYw
American sculptor, educator, and arts activist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) is known for her extensive body of work including paintings, printmaking, public commissions, and especially her wire sculptures that challenge conventional notions of material and form. A firm believer in the radical potential of arts education, she also devoted herself to expanding access to art-focused educational programs by co-founding the Alvarado Arts Workshop in 1968 and the first public arts high school in San Francisco in 1982, which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in her honor in 2010. Come and hear about this pioneering and inspirational artist.
About Our Presenter: Janet Mandel taught in New Jersey’s public schools for 32 years, the last eighteen of which were at Columbia High School in Maplewood, where she taught English, art history, and World Languages and Cultures. Now retired, Janet presents illustrated talks on a variety of art history topics at adult schools, libraries, museums, senior centers, community centers, and similar venues.
Literature
JUNE 3, 7 pm
Virtual Poetry Circle
The Mercer County Library, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8294 | mcl.org
Many people were inspired by Amanda Gorman's poetry reciting at President Joe Biden's Inauguration. When a poem is read in front of a worldwide audience through television and the internet, it is a high-profile example of a 21st-century "occasional poem". When it gives hope to all, unites people from left and right, and has the power to heal different kinds of wounds, it is truly as what the great German poet Goethe declared - "Occasional Poetry is the highest kind." Many great occasional poems commemorate events, mark history and celebrate life. Come and join our MCLS poetry circle discussion to learn more occasional poems from Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, W. H. Auden, Carl Sandberg, Stanley Kunitz, and Bob Dylan. Sharon, a librarian for the Lawrence Branch, will lead the discussion.
Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program.
Nature
JUNE 5, 10 a.m.
Old Time Baseball Game
Howell Living History Farm
70 Woodens Lane
(609) 737-3299 | howellfarm.org
Take to the field with the Bulls or the Hogs and play ball! Howell Farm’s two teams play by 19th-century Town Ball rules, and invite visitors of all ages to step up to the plate as “Striker” and face off against the “Thrower.” But be careful of the Referee, who sits in a chair on the field and charges fines of up to 5 cents for breaking the rules!
11:00 a.m. – Watch the Flemington Neshanocks face off against the Elizabeth Resolutes in a historic baseball club match
1:30 p.m. – Join Howell Farm's own Hogs and Bulls for a public game on the farmhouse lawn
JUNE 12, 10 a.m.
Dairying
Howell Living History Farm
70 Woodens Lane
(609) 737-3299 | howellfarm.org
Farmers invite you to join a local farmer as he demonstrates handling and milking a farm cow. Learn about cow breeds, milk and cream production, history, and more! In the farmhouse, you can also help make cheese and butter, before churning and tasting a batch of old-fashioned ice cream.
A children’s craft program will be available from 11:00 to 3:00 for a small materials fee.
JUNE 12, 12 pm
30th Annual Mill Hill Garden Tour
Mill Hill House & Garden Tours
http://trentonmillhill.org/events/
For 30 years residents of Trenton’s Mill Hill Neighborhood have been opening their gardens to visitors, garden enthusiasts, and architecture buffs. The 2021 tour will take place from noon-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021. About 15 gardens and public spaces in the neighborhood will open their garden gates and invite people to come look behind the house facades and see the unique gardens and private outdoor spaces of the neighborhood.
This year’s tour will operate in accordance with CDC guidance and State of NJ regulations regarding Covid-19. Tickets will be timed to limit capacity and better facilitate social distancing. Advanced tickets are available for the top of every hour. Visitors without advanced tickets will only be accommodated on the half hour. Children under 12 are free. Masks are required at check-in, while visiting gardens, and whenever physical distancing is not possible.
Ticket are available http://trentonmillhill.org/events/.
JUNE 13, 1:30 p.m.
Tomahawk Throwing
Washington Crossing State Park
355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville
(609) 737-0623 | njparksandforests.org
Come on out and try your hand at throwing a small hatchet into a wooden target. Maybe even hit a bull’s-eye. Park vehicle entrance fee applies $5.00/vehicle. Adults only.
JUNE 19, 10 a.m.
People of Pleasant Valley Tours
Howell Living History Farm
70 Woodens Lane
(609) 737-3299 | howellfarm.org
The history of a rural farm community will be the focus of this program, which features tours of the houses in the Pleasant Valley Rural Historic District.
A Howell Farm interpreter leads visitors on a tour to the homes of gristmiller John Phillips, his farmer-son Henry, Henry’s blacksmith-son Lewis—as well as the Pleasant Valley one-room schoolhouse—and tells their stories along with those of other members of the community.
A children’s craft program will be available from 11:00 to 3:00 for a small materials fee.
JUNE 20, 1:30 p.m.
Cane Pole Fishing
Washington Crossing State Park
355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville
(609) 737-0623 | njparksandforests.org
Come out to the pond and use a basic fishing pole made from a bamboo shoot and rigged to catch bluegills. Any caught fish will be released but you get to take your cane pole home. Meet at Niederers Pond on Church and Brickyard Roads. Rain date: Sunday June 27, 1:30 p.m. Advanced registration required. Free
JUNE 26, 10 a.m.
Wheat Harvest & Wheat Weaving
Howell Living History Farm
70 Woodens Lane
(609) 737-3299 | howellfarm.org
When last fall’s wheat crop is finally ready to harvest, farmers will need your help in the field to follow behind the horses and gather up sheaves of wheat bundled by the McCormick Reaper-Binder. Next you’ll assemble the sheaves into shocks for drying outside. In the barnyard there will also be a wheat weaving demonstration.
A children’s craft program will be available from 11:00 to 3:00 for a small materials fee.
Re-Opening
JUNE 6, 2 p.m.
Museum Re-Opening & Presentation of 1677 Deed of Trenton's First English Colonist
William Trent House
15 Market Street
(609) 989-3027 | williamtrenthouse.org
The Trent House Association in partnership with the City of Trenton announces the re-opening of the 1719 William Trent House Museum with a special welcome-back program, free to all. Visitors will see new exhibits in the Museum, Visitor Center, and garden exploring the rich history of the many people whose lives were connected with this historic site.
The garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the local market, as well as the herbs and vegetables grown in the gardens of English colonists. Throughout the 300-year-old house are hands-on displays and posters that show what daily life was like in the 1700s for both the wealthy Trent family and for the people held in bondage who worked there. What did these residents of the house eat, how did they dress, where did they sleep, what did they do for fun or relaxation, how were children cared for?
The Visitor Center displays what archaeology on the grounds has revealed about the lives of indigenous people from artifacts left behind and how Trent’s involvement in the slave trade of the 1700s connected him with many other wealthy and prominent colonists. Watch a re-enactment of the dilemma that Mary Trent faced when her husband suddenly died without a will in 1724 and a video illustrating with maps how the neighborhood around the Trent House changed from orchards and farms to factories and workers’ houses to the parking lots and highways surrounding it today.
Theater
JUNE 4,11,18,25, 4 p.m.
McCarter Concerts in Palmer Square
McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton
(609) 258-2787 | mccarter.org
Celebrate the return of spring with free outdoor performances in the heart of Princeton!
Enjoy live R&B, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Swing, Reggae, Latin, and Country music from locally based musicians making their McCarter debuts.
No tickets required! Enjoy food and drink from vendors around Palmer Square to make your experience with friends and family extra special.
For up-to-date announcements, please check with Palmer Square.
Workshops
JUNE 12, 10 a.m.
REMOTE LEARNING: Adobe Lightroom: The Basics and More
Princeton Photo Workshop
Herrontown Road, Princeton
princetonphotoworkshop.com/classes
Adobe Lightroom offers an amazing level of productivity and efficiency with simple, user-friendly steps that let you take control of your photographic workflow. In the Basics class, you'll learn to Import and Organize your Photos using the Library Module, with an introduction to Processing.
JUNE 12, 19 & 27, 10 a.m.
REMOTE LEARNING: Portrait Photography from Start to Finish
Princeton Photo Workshop
Herrontown Road, Princeton
princetonphotoworkshop.com/classes
Portrait Basics:
Saturday, June 12, 2021, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Learn the 4 building blocks to make your portraits more interesting, including capturing the character of your subject and using light and backgrounds.
Shooting Virtual Portraits:
Saturday, June 19, 2021, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EST
We’ll begin with a discussion of composition and lenses. Next, we'll work together to create Virtual Portraits, experimenting with light and posing. Everyone will take turns shooting and being portrait subjects to get important insights into the experience on both sides of the camera. Even if you have experience taking portraits, this class will teach you entirely new skills.
The Polished Portrait:
Sunday, June 27, 2021, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
We'll learn how Frank uses Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to make his portraits publication-quality. We will work with exposure, contrast and color corrections and learn tools and techniques for precision facial retouching. You will leave this class with useful information to take your portrait work to the next level.
JUNE 20, 1 p.m.
Virtual: Bulgarian Singing Workshop
Princeton Folk Dance
(609) 912-1272 | princetonfolkdance.org
Bulgarian Singing Workshop with Daniel Spassov and Milen Ivanov via Zoom. $25 to Venmo: @Henry-Goldberg-6. Register here. For more information about the singers, see their website.
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