Art Happenings
JUNE 12, 2 p.m.
Sundaes on the Veranda
Trenton City Museum
299 Parkside Ave, Trenton
(609) 989-1191 | ellarslie.org
Build your own sundae in an artisan-made bowl! Family fun in support of Trenton City Museum. Click here for more info.
Art Opportunities
DEADLINE JULY 18
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
LINK TO REGISTER BELOW
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=ssqssfyab&oeidk=a07ej2x5tfb885de14c
Concerts
JUNE 10 – JUNE 25
The Princeton Festival
The Princeton Festival
(609) 759-1979 | princetonfestival.org
- Seven Deadly Sins, June 10, 2022 at 7:30 pm
- Scalia/Ginsburg – The Impresario, June 11, 12 & 18, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- What Makes it Great?, June 13, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Schubert’s Late String Quartets, June 14, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Stephen Sondheim Tribute, June 15, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- The Sebastians, June 16, 2022 at 7:30 pm
- Albert Herring, June 17 & 19, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Time For Three, June 21, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Aaron Diehl Trio, June 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Festival Chorus, June 23, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Broadway POPS!, June 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm
- Family POPS!, June 25, 2022 at 7:00 pm
JUNE 12, 6 p.m.
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
(484) 467-9194 | strettoyouthchamberorchestra.org
Stretto Spring Concert at Trinity Cathedral, 801 W. State St, Trenton
JUNE 16, 7:30 p.m.
Argus Quartet
Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts
Woolworth Music Center, Princeton University, Princeton
(609) 570-8404 | princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org
Free tickets available June 9 at tickets.princeton.edu
JUNE 18, 1 & 3 p.m.
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
(484) 467-9194 | strettoyouthchamberorchestra.org
Trinity Stings solo recitals at Trinity Cathedral, 801 W. State St, Trenton
JUNE 26, 2 p.m.
Diderot String Quartet
Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts
Woolworth Music Center, Princeton University, Princeton
(609) 570-8404 | princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org
Free tickets available June 9th at tickets.princeton.edu
Celebration
JUNE 17 – JUNE 18
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) Outdoor Equity Alliance are planning the Juneteenth Celebration. This event is scheduled for Friday, June 17 through Saturday, June 18, 2022 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 information visit taacf.com
JUNE 13, 7 p.m.
Stories of Slavery in New Jersey
The Mercer County Library, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8294 | mcl.org
June 19, also known as Juneteenth, is the oldest known holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. It marks the date in 1865 when the last group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that they were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. As a federal holiday, it is a time to time to reflect on the past and look to the future. Author Rick Geffken reveals stories from New Jersey’s history of slavery.
Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program.
JUNE 19, 4 p.m.
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra
(484) 467-9194 | strettoyouthchamberorchestra.org
Juneteenth concert at 300 Witherspoon St., Princeton
Dance
JUNE 3, 8 p.m.
Dance, Princeton, Dance: Outdoor PRIDE Dance Party
The Arts Council of Princeton
102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton
(609) 924-8777 | artscouncilofprinceton.org
Dance, Princeton, Dance is BACK to celebrate Pride Month.
Join us for our first dance party since 2019! This time, we’ll bust a move outdoors in the early summer evening air. Join us under the twinkle lights as our parking lot transforms into Princeton’s best club with danceable tunes and a celebration of Princeton’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.
Exhibition
JUNE 25 – OCTOBER 2
Ellarslie Open
Trenton City Museum
299 Parkside Ave., Trenton
(609) 989-1191 | ellarslie.org
We are thrilled to launch the 2022 Ellarslie Open! Since its early 1980s launch, the show has evolved into a premier annual juried exhibition for the New York, Pennsylvania, and New York region – and beyond. Many of the 1,000+ local and regional artists who have shown at the Trenton City Museum first became known to the museum through their work in the Ellarslie Open. Sidelined in 2020, the Open returned in 2021 with its call for art on the callforentry.orgdigital entry system, connecting it with longtime and new entrants alike. The 2021 show featured a diverse and bold array of 137 works selected from 619 entered.
Public reception June 26, 1-4 p.m.
FESTIVALS
JUNE 11, 11 a.m.
Mercer County Cultural Festival & Food Truck Rally
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
640 South Broad Street, Trenton
mercercounty.org
Join us rain or shine for Mercer County’s 10th Annual Cultural Festival & Food Truck Rally on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at Mercer County Park, West Windsor. The festival is FREE to attend and is FREE to park. There will be traditional dance and musical performances, heritage artisans, art demonstrations, international food trucks, a Biergarten, children’s activities, and more!!!!
For more information contact Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage 609-278-2712 or culturalfestival@mercercounty.org / http://www.mercercounty.org/…/culture…/cultural-festival
https://www.facebook.com/events/499455968435697?active_tab=about
HISTORY
JUNE 4, 10 a.m.
Open House: Washington Crossing Radio Control Flyer Association
The Mercer County Library, Hopewell Branch
245 Pennington-Titusville Road
(609) 737-2610 | mcl.org
The Washington Crossing Radio Control Flyers Association will have all types of model aircraft on display throughout the library. Members will be available to answer questions about building and flying model aircraft, as well as any inquiries about the association in general.
JUNE 5, 2 p.m.
Bridge to The American Revolution Day
The Bridge Academy
1958 Lawrenceville Road B, Lawrenceville
(609) 844-0770 | bridgeacademynj.org
A day to celebrate our Revolutionary War history at 1900 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville.
(Parking at Adath Israel—1958 Lawrenceville Road)
Featuring: Re-enactors, demonstrations, snacks, crafts, games, and our historic plaques
JUNE 5, 2 p.m.
IN PERSON: Major William Trent, Revolution,
and the Lower Ferry
William Trent House
15 Market Street
(609) 989-3027 | williamtrenthouse.org
William Trent, the Philadelphia merchant who bought 1,000 acres at the Falls of the Delaware in 1714 and established Trent’s Town there, had a son who was his namesake. The younger William Trent was commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia to establish a fort at the Forks of the Ohio, near present-day Pittsburgh, to defend British interests. After the War in 1769 he sailed to England to petition for recompense for funds expended in that cause. Upon returning in the summer of 1775, he learned of fighting in Massachusetts and the colonies in an uproar. With the Revolutionary War looming closer to New Jersey, Trent would propose a new colony, operate a ferry business and plantation in south Trenton, and finally make the decision between King and country.
Jason Cherry will describe the role that William Trent’s son and the Lower Ferry played in the Revolutionary War, drawing on his continuing research into the life and times of the younger Trent.
JUNE 12, 2 p.m.
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL: Jewish Life in Trenton
William Trent House
15 Market Street
(609) 989-3027 | williamtrenthouse.org
Arthur Finkle, chair of the Trenton Jewish Historical Society, will describe the history of the Russian Jewish community in the Trent House neighborhood in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
While doing archival research for the society, Mr. Finkle, whose roots in Trenton reach back three generations, realized there was no fully documented work on the city’s Jewish history — so he wrote one. The book that grew out of his studies, Trenton’s Jews: Beginning, Adaptation and Achieving the American Dream, was published in 2016 by Hadassa Word Press.
This free program will be offered both in-person in the Visitor Center at the William Trent House Museum, 15 Market Street, Trenton (across from the Hughes Justice Complex) and via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/TrentonJews.
JUNE 22, 7 p.m.
New Jersey Shipwrecks
The Mercer County Library, Ewing Branch
61 Scotch Road Ewing
(609) 882-3148 | mcl.org
Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Presented by instructors Kat Dombrowski, BSN, RN, and Carol Raymond, EMT. from Penn Medicine Princeton Health. Registration is required.
JUNE 28, 7 p.m.
History of the Jersey Shore
The Mercer County Library, Ewing Branch
42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville
(609) 259-2150 | mcl.org
Join author and photographer Kevin Woyce for a colorful tour of New Jersey’s coastal history, from the long-ago days of lighthouses and shipwrecks to the founding of today’s most popular summer resorts. Registration is required.
Lectures
JUNE 7, 7 pm
The Life and Work of Georgia O’Keefe, “Mother of American Modernism”
The Mercer County Library, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
(609) 883-8294 | mcl.org
Join us as Jeanne Johnson, famed for her hourlong in-depth studies of artists, guides us through the life and work of Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), “Mother of American Modernism”. O’Keeffe is mostly known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, however, throughout her long career she painted a range of subjects—from New York skyscrapers to desert scenes, cow skulls, and adobe architecture. O’Keeffe’s work was highly skilled and so precise it oscillated between realism and abstraction. Viewing a retrospective of her work, you will learn facts and people associated with Georgia that you may not know, people who inspired her, some who hurt her, some that she hurt. Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program.
JUNE 9, 7 pm
Virtual: Preserving Family Photographs
Pennington Public Library
30 North Main Street, Pennington
(609) 737-0404 | penningtonlibrary.org
Thursday, June 9 @ 7 pm via Zoom
Presenter: Gary Saretzky
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m6x_cKABRiiBF4tb0ouagg
Since the introduction of photographic portrait studios in 1840, photographs have been among the most treasured of family records. While most are long-lasting when stored optimally in archives, they are all too often prone to fading and discoloration when stored in the home environment. In this lecture, photographer and archivist Gary Saretzky will provide guidance on how to extend the life of family photographs so that they can be passed down to future generations. The lecture includes examples of how old photographs can be enhanced or restored in the computer after digitization.
JUNE 23, 7 pm
Virtual: Henri Matisse: Master of Color, Magician of Modernism
Pennington Public Library
30 North Main Street, Pennington
(609) 737-0404 | penningtonlibrary.org
Henri Matisse: Master of Color, Magician of Modernism
Thursday, June 23, @ 7 pm via Zoom
Presenter: Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oaeRQYLcR4yik8udzis4sA
The remarkable career of Henri Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century, fundamentally altered the course of modern art. Spanning six and a half decades, his vast creative output encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts, and paper cutouts. This talk will examine his extraordinary life and many of his important works. His friend and sometime rival Pablo Picasso once said, “All things considered, there is only Matisse.”
Literature
JUNE 9, 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 4, 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 11, 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 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 11, 12 pm
31st Annual Mill Hill Garden Tour
Mill Hill House & Garden Tours
http://trentonmillhill.org/events/
Celebrate the beauty of spring at the 31st annual Garden Tour on Saturday, June 11 from 12 pm-5 pm! Residents of Trenton’s Historic Mill Hill Neighborhood will open their unique gardens, big and small, to any and all visitors, garden lovers, and architecture buffs. About 15 gardens and public spaces will be open. Come take a look behind the house facades to see the private sanctuaries and public spaces of the neighborhood, including several gardens that are new this year!
Tickets are available online for the top of every hour, or purchase tickets day-of at Artworks. Children under 12 can attend for free. Please respect any masking preferences indicated by signage at each garden entrance at the owner’s discretion. Children under 12 can attend for free. Please respect any masking preferences indicated by signage at each garden entrance at the owner’s discretion.
JUNE 18, 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. Additionally, shorter tours of the Howell Farm farmhouse will be scheduled throughout the day.
People of Pleasant Valley Tours (90 minutes): 11:00, 2:00
Farmhouse-Only Tours (30 minutes): 10:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30
A children’s craft program will be available from 11:00 to 3:00 for a small materials fee.
JUNE 25, 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.
Theater
JUNE 4, 7 p.m.; JUNE 10, 11, 17 and 18, 8 p.m.
Jazz in June Festival
McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton
(609) 258-2787 | mccarter.org
- Gregory Porter, June 4, 2022 at 7 pm
- Joshua Redman, June 10, 2022 at 8 pm
- Christian Sands Quartet, June 11, 2022 at 8 pm
- Helen Sung Quartet, June 17, 2022 at 8 pm
- Jazzmeia Horn, June 18, 2022 at 8 pm
JUNE 3 & 4, 8 p.m.
JUNE 5, 2 p.m.
Present Laughter
Kelsey Theatre
1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor
(609) 570-3333 | kelsey.mccc.edu
Noel Coward’s totally-irresistible and semi-autobiographical comedy follows a self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Freely indulging his considerable appetite for wine, women and sleeping late, the theatre’s favorite leading man suddenly finds himself caught between fawning ingénues, crazed playwrights, secret trysts and unexpected twists. We welcome The MTM Players to the Kelsey Theatre family as they bring you this crazy British farce. BUY TICKETS NOW!
JUNE 10 & 17, 8 p.m.
JUNE 11 & 18, 2 p.m.
JUNE 12 & 19, 2 p.m.
Two Gentlemen Of Verona
Kelsey Theatre
1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor
(609) 570-3333 | kelsey.mccc.edu
Young Proteus only has eyes for his hometown sweetheart, Julia. But one look at the beautiful Silvia on a trip to Milan changes everything. Now he’s smitten with his best friend’s lover, but Julia has no intention of going away quietly. Events spin out of control as romantic rivals face off in this wild comic tale. Shakespeare 70’s staging of The Bard’s comic adventure brings out all the usual suspects: young love, hilarious servants, and disguised genders. And did we mention a clever dog?
Workshops
JUNE 18 & 25, 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.
Session 1: Learn how use the Library Module to import and organize your photos, with an introduction to processing.
Session 2: We’ll introduce you to the Develop Module, with tools to reduce distortion, straighten images, and adjust exposure, clarity, highlights and shadows in the entire image, plus NEW TOOLS that allow you to modify specific areas of the image.