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November 1, 6 p.m.
ART OF Less Doing
Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon St, Princeton | Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
This experience invites you to explore the world of optimized efficiency, empowering you to automate, outsource, and improve every aspect of your life. You’ll learn to harness innovative strategies and digital tools to streamline tasks, liberate time, and reclaim your mental space. Perfect for those feeling overwhelmed by daily responsibilities, this class will guide you through proven methods and practical tactics to achieve more by doing less, leading you towards a balanced, productive, and stress-free lifestyle. Lesson will be led by Ari Meisel, founder of Less Doing and creator of the Replaceable Founder System of Productivity. He has been featured on TED Talks, NPR, New York Times, and more.
November 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Art & Health Mercer: Opening Celebration
RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton Township
artshealthmercer@gmail.com | artshealthmercer.org
At the Opening Celebration, interactive workshops for all ages will present art as a reflective moment of discovery and insight. The keynote speaker, Christina D. Eskridge, MPH is both a public health professional and an artist who will provide an inspiring keynote exploring how the arts promote health and wellbeing. A “vendor alley” will provide access to businesses who promote a holistic approach to health, and a reception for organizations, sponsors, and the press will celebrate the designation of November as Arts & Health month.
A coalition of organizations have come together to amplify the effort, including West Windsor Arts, Princeton Public Library, Princeton University Museum of Art, McCarter Theatre, Art Against Racism, Arts Council of Princeton, Morven Museum, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and many more.
November 4 - December 2023
Off The Wall Holiday Market: Affordable Art Show & Artisan Market
West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Rd, Princeton Junction
(609) 716-1931 | info@westwindsorarts.org | westwindsorarts.org
Join the West Windsor Arts Council for their annual Juried Original & Affordable Art Show and Artisan Handcrafted Market. Over 100 works of art and artisan crafted items will be on display and available for purchase.
Get first glimpse the Affordable Art Show: a large selection of fine art by local and regional artists working in oil paints, acrylic paints, photography, mixed media, watercolor and more. Everything is priced to sell at $400 or less.
Preview the Artisan Market: individually curated, handcrafted items including jewelry, functional pottery, women’s accessories, home décor and more. Beautiful gifts and one of a kind items for yourself or that special someone.
Our goal is to make this a great experience for you with complimentary refreshments and more. Make it a day out with friends! Plan your visit today! Don’t miss this opportunity to shop our one of a kind artisan-made products and original fine art in our largest show of the year.
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Nov. 4 to Dec. 23 – shopping is open for the Affordable Art portion of the show
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Nov. 18, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. – West Windsor Arts Members Only Shopping Spree in the Holiday Market
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Nov. 19, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Holiday Market Grand Opening – Everyone is welcome for in person shopping
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Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Special Thanksgiving Weekend Hours
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Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 & 17, 12:30 to 5:30 p. m. each day – open for shopping
November 13, 4 - 6 p.m.
Student Portfolio Review
West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Rd, Princeton Junction
(609) 716-1931 | westwindsorarts.org
In this portfolio review, students will gain feedback from local, experienced artists and educators to help students build a stronger body of work. This opportunity is great for students looking to enter art school or exhibit in art galleries and want to build better portfolios for AP art class, college applications, and career readiness for undergraduate college students. This year will feature local professionals to review student portfolios, including the following disciplines: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Architecture & Design, Gaming & storytelling, Painting & Drawing.
Students should bring in 10 or less pieces of their artwork for digital or physical portfolios. Bulky or large pieces of work should be photographed and brought in a portfolio booklet. Don’t forget to bring your sketchbook(s) too!
This event is free, open on a first come, first serve basis. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Each student will have around 5-10 minutes to meet with a professional. It may be possible to see more than one as time allows.
*Registration Required; Free for all
November 15, 6 - 9 p.m.
Yonia Fain: Refugee Modernism Fundraiser
The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor
(609) 570-3589 | gallery@mccc.edu | mccc.edu
Fundraiser to benefit the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center at MCCC. The event will feature a public screening of the film YONIA FAIN: WITH PEN AND PAINTBRUSH (director Josh Waletzky, produced by the League for Yiddish) featuring interviews with Yonia Fain conducted by Yiddish language and culture professor Dr. Sheva Zucker. During this in-person event, Dr. Sheva Zucker will introduce the film, read samples of Yonia Fain’s poetry, and be available for Q&A after the screening.
A private reception with Sheva Zucker will follow the pubic screening and presentation.
November 15, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Celebrate Diwali with Shishya Dancing School
Mercer County Library System: Lawrence Headquarter Branch, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8292 | awprogs@mcl.org | mcl.org
Join us to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch is delighted to invite Guru ‘Kalashree’ Sukanya Mahadevan and her students from Shishya School of Performing Arts to present their mesmerizing dance performances. Sukanya is the founder and artistic director of Shishya School Of Performing Arts in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Her students have performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in NYC and have received rave reviews for their dance dramas based on Hindu mythology and modern-day concepts. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to witness the ancient art of storytelling through dance and music.
*Advanced registration is appreciated
October 23 – November 17, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
The Pudding Butcher, an exhibition by sidony o’neal,
The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, 120 Alexander St, Princeton, Hurley Gallery at Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus
An exhibition of new works by 2022-23 Princeton Hodder Fellow sidony o'neal. o'neal's practice considers histories of interface in cultural and computational environments. o’neal's work has been presented at the Portland (Oregon) Art Museum; Portland Center for Contemporary Art; City SALTS in Basel, Switzerland; Dracula's Revenge and SculptureCenter in New York City; Veronica Project Space in Seattle; and ILY2 in Portland, Oregon, among other venues.
*Free and open to the public
October 16 - November 21, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The Movement-Image exhibition and performance series – Leila Weefur
Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Visual Arts at Princeton University, 185 Nassau St, Princeton, the Hagan Gallery on the Princeton University campus
The Movement-Image is an exhibition and performance series curated by Colleen Asper, Lecturer in the Program in Visual Arts. It unspools the motion picture to situate performance in a continuum with film. In Performing Remains Rebecca Schneider describes the ways in which media studies, “conflates the invention of the still with the invention of the camera, too often forgetting the long history of precedent living stills.” The Movement-Image likewise sees across disciplinary divides to a long history of movement. The six artists in the exhibition understand the living body as a force of continuous invention.
For this event, Leila Weefur presents On Filth and Fantasy, a lecture performance merging cinema, embodiment, and the symbiotic nature of beauty and horror in the Black queer experience. Weefur will focus on their video installation work Blackberry Pastorale: Symphony No. 1, which traces Black eco-geographies through the blackberry fruit, connecting Black colloquial language and exotic eroticism.
*Free and open to the public
November 3, 6 – 8 p.m.
Opening Reception - To Find Love & Death - Raven George and Issa Vibe
Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton
(609) 394-9436 | marketing@artworkstrenton.org
Trenton’s visual artists Raven George and Erin McMillon exhibit 2 new exhibitions, To Find Love & Death - Raven George and Issa Vibe: A Self Taught Discovery of Color - Erin McMillon, at Artworks from October 24 to November 18. The opening reception will take place on November 3, from 6 - 8 p.m. for both solo exhibitions.
November 2, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
I Dreamed I Was Free: 2023 Fall Fundraising Gala
Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society (WJHCS) at Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton St, Princeton
(609) 688-9999 X 213 | admin@studiohillier.com | wjhcs.betterworld.org
Witherspoon Jackson Historical and Cultural Society (WJHCS) will hold its annual fundraising gala at Morven. It will be open to members of the public with tickets.
I Dreamed I Was Free, a critically acclaimed one-man play about John Woolman, who spoke out against slavery over a century before the Civil War was written by Rich Swingle and is performed by him. The play has received positive reviews from newspapers and magazines around the world. The play takes place on the floor of the Philadelphia Yearly Quaker Meeting of 1758, when they were considering the issue of slavery and made a historic decision. The issues raised by the play are electrifying, challenging audience members of all ages not to settle for what our culture declares to be the norm, challenging them not to let the curse of racism fall upon the next generation.
A Hot Seat which will follow the performance of the play allows John Woolman to field questions from the audience. Swingle stays in character, answering questions that arise for any of the characters he plays in the play. This can be as powerful as the play itself, allowing audience members to explore the themes that stirred them. There will be a complimentary wine and snack reception in the lobby after the performance.
*Ticket Cost: Students/Seniors, $25; General Admission, $50; Preferred Seating (Second Row), $75; VIP (Front Row), $100.
November 4, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Tai Chi by the River
Washington Crossing Park Association, Nelson House, River Dr., Titusville
(609) 738-0765 | wcpa-nj.com
Come to Tai Chi with our steadfast volunteers and beloved teachers Lisa and Robert, who lead classes for all levels. Wear comfy clothes, no mat required.
Find us on River Drive in the lower park, in front of the main parking lot near the Nelson House.
*Classes are free, however donations are deeply appreciated! Note: classes will not be held in wet weather.
November 18, 12 - 5 p.m. | November 19, 12 - 4 p.m.
2023 Ellarslie Holiday Boutique
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Cadwalader Park, Trenton
(609) 989-1191| tms@ellarslie.org | ellarslie.org
November dates give holiday shoppers and art lovers ample time to browse for those perfect somethings throughout the galleries of our festive museum. Shoppers will find high quality, one-of-a-kind goods including hand-crafted jewelry, original artwork, home accents, ceramics, jewelry, accessories, and other wearables, Trenton memorabilia and antiques, and more.
This long-running event supports the collection and programs of the Trenton Museum Society and showcases the talents of local artisans.
Find plenty of free parking in front of the museum in Cadwalader Park, including a barrier-free, accessible entrance at the left end of the building.
November 18, 6 - 9 p.m.
18th Annual Stop the Wrecking Ball Gala
Trenton Historical Society | City Hall: 319 East States St, Trenton
(609) 396-4478 | trentonhistory.org
Hors d’oeuvres, open bar & live music Silent auction of items related to Trenton history.
Black tie favored. Ample free parking in City Hall lot.
Proceeds benefit the Trenton Historical Society and the Restore Trenton! Grant Program, which enables owners of residential properties to repair or replace exterior architectural details and features, preserving and enhancing the character of Trenton’s historic buildings.
Since its founding in 1919, the Trenton Historical Society has celebrated and defended the rich heritage of New Jersey’s capital city. We actively promote preservation of Trenton’s architectural heritage through advocacy and our Restore Trenton! grant program, acquire and preserve artifacts of Trenton’s past, and provide public educational programs.
Join us we as use the past to build the future. Your dollars, time and expertise are needed to fulfill Trenton’s promise of a modern city that hasn’t forgotten its illustrious past. Some locations of former Stop the Wrecking Ball galas include: St. Michael’s Episcopal Church at 104 North Warren Street, The Ferdinand Roebling Mansion at 222 West State Street, Thomas Edison State College at 101 West State Street, Liederkranz Hall, at 1027 South Clinton Avenue and the Trenton Trust Building on West State Street.
*Ticket Cost: $100
November 19, 2 - 4 p.m.
Brearley House Tour
Lawrence Historical Society, 100 Meadow Rd, Lawrenceville
thelhs.org
When one visits the Brearley House today, it is difficult to imagine the setting it enjoyed in 1761. At that time, the house was built on the Great Meadow, a farming and grazing land of the first residents of Lawrence - the Leni-Lenapi People. There was no Princeton Pike , no US Route 1, no D & R Canal, and no Interstate Route 295. In fact, there was not even a Mercer County.
Tours are offered the third Sunday of every month, from 2 - 4 p.m. Special tours are available upon request.
November 8, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Art Talk: Alice Neel, Portraits, Politics & Power
Hopewell Valley Arts Council & The Pennington Public Library: Virtual Zoom Event
(610) 291-9101 | info@hvartscouncil.org | hvartscouncil.org
Although mostly unheralded, Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the Twentieth Century, and a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape, and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. When abstract expressionism and pop art were all the rage, she painted in a style and with an approach distinctively her own. Join this live presentation, “Alice Neel: Portraits, Politics & Power” by Janet Mandel, Arts Educator via Zoom on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 7:00-8:15 pm. Hear about Neel’s unconventional life and her remarkable career, and see many examples of her unique and sometimes shocking paintings.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RTdCc-N3SLeDdi0GwIH2Jg
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.
November 9, 12 - 1 p.m.
Lunchtime Gallery Series: John F. Peto Studio Museum presents A Peto Retrospective
West Windsor Arts, 952 Alexander Rd, Princeton Junction - Zoom Virtual Event
(609 716-1931| westwindsorarts.org
Join us for our Lunchtime Gallery Series for John F Peto Studio Museum presents A Peto Retrospective. This exciting series brings you new topics on the arts from local and regional organizations, museums and galleries. Each session features presentations from various experts, online with Zoom.
John Frederick Peto is recognized by the art world as an American master of the trompe l’oeil or “fool the eye” school of still-life painting. He was born in Philadelphia in 1854, went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1877 and exhibited there that same year. The artist created his works in Island Heights, NJ in virtual obscurity during his lifetime. Today, however, the work of this significant 19th century American artist can be found on the walls of major art museums across the country including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Take a virtual tour and discover renowned American still-life artist John Frederick Peto’s historic house and studio where he painted and lived.
*Registration Required to receive Zoom link; Free to WWA Members; $10 for all others
November 30, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Cool Women Poetry Reading
Mercer County Library System: Lawrence Headquarter Branch, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8292 | awprogs@mcl.org | mcl.org
The Cool Women Poets, a poetry critique and performance group, have been meeting for almost 30 years. They will be performing poems from their new anthology, at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, which will be linked together in a poetic jazz performance. The theme for this reading is “Fall Forward, Smile Back.” The members of the group include Gretna Wilkinson, Sharon Olson, Maxine Susman, Judy Rowe Michaels, Juditha Dowd, Lois Marie Harrod, Joyce Greenberg Lott, Eloise Bruce, Betty Lies, and Penelope Scambly Schott. They are widely published individually and as a group (7 anthologies and 2 CDs of their work). Come and enjoy the poems that will make you laugh and love. You will leave with a renewed appreciation for language and life.
*Advanced registration is appreciated for all events
November 25, 9 p.m.
Duelo de Acordeones
CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Ave, Trenton
Originally known as Grupo Pesado, the norteño group Pesado was founded by frontman/accordionist Beto Zapata and Pepe Elizondo (bajo sexto, vocals) in 1993 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. They debuted with the album Ayudame a Olvidar, released by MCM. Llego el Amor followed in 1994, soon achieving gold status.
Los Invasores de Nuevo León is a Mexican norteño group founded in 1980. They have been considered the greatest school of modern norteño groups and are one of the great references of this musical genre. Their hits include "Laurita Garza," "Clave 7," "Ni Dada La Quiero," "La Costumbre," "Bajo Mil Llaves," "What a Woman's Value," "Aguanta Corazón," "My New House," "La Vieja Banca" and "A Mi Que Me Quedo" to mention a few.
Los Cardenales de Nuevo León are a Grammy-winning norteño group from Mexico whose bajo sexto and accordion-driven sound has influenced hundreds of succeeding groups in the genre. They emerged from their native Monterrey in 1982, playing social events. Their self-titled debut album was issued the same year and received enough airplay and regional popularity that the band was able to tour extensively in the region.
*Tickets: $84, $74, $64 (Additional fees may apply); Parking: $20 cash
November 1, 4:30 p.m.
Coolidge: Rediscovering an American President
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
Coolidge: Rediscovering an American President is the first major documentary about Calvin Coolidge, the man Ronald Reagan called “one of our most underrated presidents.” It reveals a leader who offers urgent lessons for our age of inflation, exploding debt, and partisan rancor.
There will be a post-screening discussion with Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, and Allen C. Guelzo, Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship.
November 1, 7 p.m.
The Set-Up
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxer who refuses to retire, though his wife begs him to stop, is backed into a corner after his manager takes bribes from a gangster to throw a fight. When the aging fighter discovers the fix, he brutally pummels his opponent without realizing that there will be terrible consequences for his victory in the ring. This film noir classic takes place in real time during one night in the boxing ring. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Robert Wise.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $13.50; Members (w/ID), $7.50; Students (w/ID), $10; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $11).
November 2, 7 p.m.
Mulholland Drive
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
David Lynch’s mesmerizing fever dream about Hollywood and celebrity. After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Considered by many as Lynch’s best film, MULHOLLAND DRIVE rose to the #8 slot on the BFI’s 2022 Sight and Sound Top 100 list. Starring Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring. Presented in a new restoration. Rated R.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $13.50; Members (w/ID), $7.50; Students (w/ID), $10; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $11).
November 7, 7 p.m.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities featured showing: Imperfect
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
We have partnered with the Digital Accessibility program at the Princeton University Office of Technology to bring a special screening of the 2021 Doc IMPERRFECT to our big screen for International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The founder of the Princeton Digital Accessibility Program Mary Albert will introduce the film. The event is free for members of our nonprofit theater.
Imperfect is a story of artists…who live and perform with the uniqueness of disability, and have historically been denied their place in the spotlight. The documentary follows a company of actors with all kinds of disabilities – from spinal cord injury to Parkinson’s Disease, cerebral palsy to autism – as they attempt an unprecedented version of Kander, Ebb, and Fosse’s beloved musical Chicago. Capturing the raw, honest stories of the actors inside the production process and outside the theatre in their everyday lives, imperfect reveals a rare behind-the-scenes look at talented artists who push to succeed as professional performers, no matter the obstacles.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $12.50; Members (w/ID), FREE; Students (w/ID), $9; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $10).
November 8, 7 p.m.
Elevator to the Gallows
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
In his feature debut, director Louis Malle shows the influence of Robert Bresson in what became one of the first major films of the French New Wave. After a woman (played by Jeanne Moreau) and her lover conspire to murder her husband, their lives begin to unravel. Featuring a glorious improvised score by Miles Davis and beautiful black and white cinematography. In French w/ subtitles.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $13.50; Members (w/ID), $7.75; Students (w/ID), $10; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $11).
November 9, 7 p.m.
Sunday in New York
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
This charming romantic comedy stars Jane Fonda as a prim and proper young woman trying to decide if she'll say "yes" before she says "I do." Looking for a getaway, she visits her womanizing brother in New York, and while there, she meets a handsome reporter as they spend a romantic afternoon together in the Big Apple. SUNDAY IN NEW YORK is a fun, sophisticated romp set to a hip Peter Nero score and on location filming of NYC in the early ‘60s.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $13.50; Members (w/ID), $7.75; Students (w/ID), $10; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $11).
November 11 & 12, 11 a.m.
New York International Children’s Film Festival
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
This compilation of 8 short films from the 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival lets your imagination take the wheel. Whether dreaming up the fantastical, like a cat the size of a house, or the practical, like exploring the wonders of space with a family member, these shorts are sure to surprise and delight. This program is recommended for children ages 5+
Short Films Included in the 2023 Kids Flicks One program is: Battery Daddy; The Cat in the Art Park; Cupids; Mama Has a Mustache; META; Poum Poum!; Star Bound; and Step By Step.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission & Children 18 and under, $5; Members (w/ID), Free.
November 14, 7 p.m.
Pianomania
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
This engaging music documentary follows Stefan Knüpfer, a piano tuner from Steinway, and his famous clients Lang Lang, Brendel, Buchbinder, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard as they search for the perfect pitch. Juggling the demands of the pianist, the piano, and the piece requires boundless enthusiasm and endless patience. PIANOMANIA is a humorous and surprisingly suspenseful peek into the heated clash of wills between a genius craftsman and the renowned pianists who rely on his talent.
This screening is in partnership with Princeton University Concerts. PUC subscribers can purchase tickets at our $12 member price.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $14; Member (w/ID), $12, Student (w/ID), $9.
November 16, 7 p.m.
Ace in the Hole: Presented by Dr. Susan Ryan
Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton
Cynical, opportunistic reporter Chuck Tatum is in town to cover a rattlesnake competition, and when a local man is trapped in an abandoned cave dwelling, Tatum capitalizes on the story and manipulates coverage to circus-like proportions. Kirk Douglas puts in a sensational performance in this daylight noir, as director Billy Wilder puts forth his most biting take on the American culture of spectacle.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $13.50; Members (w/ID), $7.75; Students (w/ID), $10; Seniors (62+), Princeton University Faculty/Staff (w/ID), and Military (w/ID), $11).
November 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Apple Cider Making
Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township
(609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org
Fresh apple cider awaits those who help make it! To earn a taste, all you have to do is turn the crank of the cider press...and then help re-fill the hopper with the Macs, Cortlands and Red Delicious apples that make for a perfect blend. Peel an apple with a hand-crank apple peeler and stop by the farmhouse for lunch!
November 4, 12 - 4 p.m.
Maid-a-Milking Corn Maze
Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township
(609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org
Experience New Jersey's longest-running corn maze! Find your way through the 4 mile maze with 2 miles of path, bridge, tower, and music! The maze game includes a gameboard, hidden clues, time clocks, and flags. Visit the farm and also enjoy the courtyard with pumpkin patches, hayrides, food tent, and a kids' haybale maze.
*Ticket Cost: Ages 13 & up, $12; Ages 5-12, $10; Ages 4 and under are free
November 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Bacon, Sausage, & Scrapple Making
Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township
(609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org
When the weather turns cold, the annual work of making sausage, scrapple, and bacon gets underway, giving visitors a chance to see the techniques used to make these products...then to taste some of the results! Visitors can lend a hand filling the sausage stuffer and grinding the corn used in scrapple and cornbread recipes, then taste cracklins and other delicacies made in the process.
November 18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Logging & Firewood Cutting
Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township
(609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org
While farmers use horses to skid saw logs out of the woods and haul firewood to the sap house in preparation for maple sugaring season, visitors can cut and chop firewood, and split locust logs into fence rails!
Blacksmith Daniel Lapidow will also be working in the forge, shaping wrought iron into harness hooks, gate hinges, and other hardware needed on the farm.
November 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Corn Picking & Thanksgiving Hayrides
Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Ln., Hopewell Township
(609) 737-3299 | info@howellfarm.org | howellfarm.org
Bring a non-perishable food item for our donation wagon to earn a ride on one of our horse-drawn hay wagons! Horses Peter & Jeb and Bill & Jesse will be giving hayrides from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; tickets are free and will be distributed in the barnyard on a first-come, first-served basis. Canned and boxed food donations will be collected at the visitor center—as well as new, unopened toys for Toys for Tots—to support the community this holiday season.
After your ride, join farmers in the field to help pick and shell the last of the 2022 corn—which will be milled into flour for local food banks—before meeting the farm's cow Blizzard for her 2:00 milking. Homemade lunch will be served from the farmhouse kitchen, and the Friends of Howell Farm’s annual Wreath & Sleighbell Sale—featuring straps of sleighbells made by the farm’s harnessmaker—will take place outside the visitor center.
Kelsey Theatre
November 3, 8 p.m. | November 4 & 11, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. | November 5 & 12, 2 p.m.
On Golden Pond: Break A Leg Productions & Zeff Entertainment
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township | Kelsey Theatre
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still is tart-tongued, observant, and eager for life as ever. Ethel, his wife, delights in all the small things that have enriched their long life together. On Golden Pond navigates the ups and downs of family life and the importance of ultimately enjoying the moments we have.
November 17, 7 – 9:30 p.m. | November 18, 6 – 8:30 p.m.
The Christmas Hymn: Written & Directed by Kim S. Warren
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township | Kelsey Theatre
Ebony is a modern-day scrooge who has found employment in a department store of all places. Ebony tries to navigate this Christmas season unscathed but a surprise visit from a family member proves to make this an impossible task.
This musical is filled with music, dancing and heartfelt emotions. This production does discuss topics that may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
*Ticket Cost: General Admission, $30; Door Admission, $35
November 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m. | November 19, 1:30 p.m.
Seven Deadly Sins
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township | Kelsey Theatre
MCCC’s, multi award-winning, Theater and Dance programs are going to wow the crowd with their movement based theatrics on November 17-19, 2023
“The Seven Deadly Sins” feature four original one act plays and three dance numbers in a unique collaboration with professionals artists from Passage Theater, Moving Productions, New York City playwrights and area playwrights. These seven original pieces will allow students to explore the fun and dark sides of human nature.
The performance takes place in the Studio Theater and tickets can be purchased through the Kelsey Theatre box office.
November 24 & December 1, 8 p.m. | November 25 & December 2, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. | November 26 & December 3, 2 p.m.
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township | Kelsey Theatre
A new adaptation of the play that inspired “You’ve Got Mail,” “The Shop Around The Corner,” “She Loves Me,” and “In The Good Old Summertime.” Just days before Christmas, George Horvath’s boss at the Parfumerie fires him after mistakenly suspecting him to be his unfaithful wife’s lover. Then George discovers that the stranger he has fallen in love with through a secret correspondence is none other than Amalia Balash, a co-worker with whom he constantly feuds. Oh my!
McCarter Theatre Center
November 2, 7:30 p.m.
An Evening with Jhumpa Lahiri in conversation with Zahid Chaudhary
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
The renowned bilingual writer, translator, and literary critic, who writes fiction as well as non-fiction both in English and Italian, discusses her new collection of short-stories, her life’s work, and the power of translation.
November 3, 8 p.m.
Pink Martini
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
Pink Martini presents a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure that brings people together with sultry sambas, silky Parisian ballads, and an all-around swingin’ good time.
*Ticket Cost: Rear Orchestra, $25-$75; Box/Grand Tier/Balcony, $85-$95
November 10 & 11, 8 p.m. | November 12, 2 p.m.
Triangle Show: Ship Happens, A Cruisical
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
Join us as Triangle sets sail for its 133rd year of original musical comedy with a tale as old as tide. Climb aboard the SS Giznee Fairytale, a cruise with all of the amenities - buffets, shuffleboard, and even magic? While other passengers enjoy their luxurious journey, twins Isla and Lindsay venture below decks, only to be swept away in a current of schemes and whimsy. Not since Ted has a cruise gone so wrong! Come find out more at the swashbuckling, high-kicking, shipshow that is Ship Happens: A Cruisical.
November 10 & 11, 8 p.m. | November 12, 3 p.m.
The Winter’s Tale — A Public Works Musical
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Berlind Theater
This original Public Works adaptation of The Winter’s Tale, with music and new lyrics by Todd Almond, was originally conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Directed at Princeton by professional director and faculty member Shariffa Ali, this musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is set in dystopian Sicilia and utopian Bohemia and inspired by Afrofuturism and centers community participation through a story of love, betrayal and redemption. The Winter’s Tale will include a student cast of 20; a local community cast of 42 of all ages; along with 20 members of the Princeton Playhouse Choir, several student performing arts groups including Sympoh Urban Arts Crew, Naacho, Dorabucci African Dance Company, and HUA Chinese Dance group; and cameo appearances by many well-known campus faculty and staff.
November 14, 6 p.m.
Ancestral Communal Listening Experience
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Arts Council of Princeton – Salley Theater
In this joyful and immersive gathering, Michael Mwenso, co-creator of The Sound of (Black) Music, along with co-director Shariffa Ali from Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts, will create a sense of community and connection by playing recordings of musical forebears who propelled the advancement of the human condition and prompting participants to voluntarily share what they feel and hear in the messages. For this special event, produced by Electric Root, we invite all to come together and recenter through the collective healing, love, and nutritional uplift that’s embedded in Black roots music.
*Free & Open to the Public; Registration Required
November 16, 7:30 p.m.
Davóne Tines
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
An avant-garde bass-baritone singer that defies convention of what it means to be “classical.”
*Ticket Cost: Front Orchestra, $35-$55; Rear Orchestra, $25-$55; Box/Grand Tier/Balcony, $45 -$55
November 17, 8 p.m.
The Sound of (Black) Music
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
An Afrofuturist take on a Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, with an electrifying group of more than 20 musicians and vocalists paying tribute to the rich, communal history of Black roots music.
*Ticket Cost: Front & Rear Orchestra, $25-$90; Box/Grand Tier/Balcony, $55-$90
November 18, 8 p.m.
Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro: “Och & Oy: A Considered Cabaret”
The McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton | Matthews Theater
Two famous storytellers perform their tongue-in-cheek two-man cabaret with a flair both bawdy and risqué.
*Ticket Cost: Front & Rear Orchestra, $25-$85; Box/Grand Tier/Balcony, $70-$85
November 6, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
The Benefits of Art on Mental Health-Card Box Workshop
West Windsor Arts, 952 Alexander Rd, Princeton Junction
(609) 716-1931 | westwindsorarts.org
Studies show that art engagement has a significant impact on mental health. Art activities can boost confidence, encourage participation, and enhance resilience. Moreover, it can lower anxiety, depression, and stress levels.
In this interactive workshop, we will delve into the Dimensions of Wellness, examining the eight areas necessary to achieve a healthy and balanced life. In addition, you’ll make a lovely box card to remind you to prioritize your mental wellness every day.
This workshop is held in support of of Arts and Health month through Mercer County to promote the role of healing, affirming, and nurturing healthy individuals through creating art.
*Ticket Cost: $36-$40
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