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Calendar Wednesday, December 2 12 p.m.: Virtual groundbreaking for State Theatre NJ’s major renovation project. To par ticipate, visit Facebook.com/StateTheatreNJ. 2 p.m.: “Navigating the Path to Startup Success,” panel discussion presented by Foundation for Health Advancement and Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs. Registration required. Princetonbiolabs.com. 6-7 p.m.: “Paths to Success” online series sponsored by Princeton Family YMCA, for students grade six and up. Ramon Basie, business consultant, speaks. surveymonkey.com/r/ B77YKFF. 6:30 p.m.: “The Houses of Louis Kahn,” virtual program presented by Morven Museum. $10; free for members. Talk by William Whitaker, curator of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Morven.org. 7-8:30 p.m.: “Going Beyond: Climate Action and Public Health and Safety,” free virtual event on Princeton’s Climate Action Plan, with speakers Betsy Marshall, Michael Yeh, and Nick A ngarone, presented by
Sustainable Pr inceton. Sign up at http :// bit.ly/ CAPhealth. Thursday, December 3 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market Winter Market Series kicks off outdoors on Franklin Avenue. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 12 p.m.: Book Talk with Princeton University Professor G. John Ikenberry. “A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order.” Free virtual event. Princeton.edu/events. 1 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Museum Series presents “Gettysburg Battlefield, Untold Stories,” via Zoom. $10 Docent-led tour followed by question and answer session. 4 p.m.: Mercer County Community ID Program, pre s e nte d by P r i n ce ton Public Librar y. Cards by app oi nt m e nt on l y. C a l l (609) 688-0881 or email idcards@laldef.org. 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber presents the 2020 Business Leadership Awards Gala, virtually, in categories of Business Leader, Entrepreneur, Innovator, and Community Leader. Email Warrie@princetonmercer.org for more information. 5:30-8 p.m.: Festival of Trees at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. “Winter Wonderland,” opening party. Exhibit runs through January 10.
Visit morven.org. for tickets. 7:30 p.m.: “The Future of the Conservative Movement in the United States,” Zoom event sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton. Moderated by Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg. Free. Register by emailing adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org. Friday, December 4 12-1:30 p.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber hosts “Small Businesses Banning Together Through C OV I D ” w e b i n a r, w i t h panelists Gary Schneider of Grounds for Sculpture, K a t h y K l o c ke n b r i n k o f Jammin’ Crepes, and Chris Murphy of The Front Porch. Princetonchamber.org. 4:30 p.m.: Reading by poet Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, sponsored by Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies. Online webinar, free. Arts.princeton.edu. 6 p.m.: Community Reading of A Christmas Carol, sponsored by P r inceton Public Library and McCarter Theatre. Registration required. Princetonlibrary.org. Saturday, December 5 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.: Holiday Wreath Workshop presented virtually by Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preser ve. $55 members, $65 non-members. Register by November 30. Bhwp.org. 10 a.m.: “Christmas on the Farm,” at Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Children can help cut and decorate the tree and have cookies. Social distancing will be practiced. Visitors must carr y masks at all times. Howellfarm.org. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. : We s t Windsor Winter Farmers Market, at Meadow Road lot of MarketFair mall, Route 1. wwcfm.org. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: 26th Annual Covered Bridge Artisans studio tour, online this year. Also December 12 and 19. Coveredbridgeartisans.com or (609) 397-1535. 7 p.m.: The second event in the Princeton Public Librar y’s “Beyond Words” virtual fundraiser features
CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers, author of the memoir My Vanishing Country. princetonlibrary.org/beyond words. 7 p.m.: Virtual lecture: “Who Was Here in December 1776? ”, narrated by Kimberly McCarty, Washington Crossing Historic Park Curator. Free. Washingcrossingpark.org. Sunday, December 6 2 p.m.: Online wreathmaking workshop with Kevin Bullard of Bullard Horticulture Ltd., sponsored by Lawrenceville Main Street. $30. L awrencevillemainstreet.com. 4 p.m.: Advent Night with crafts and singing presented by Princeton United Methodist Church. Register at PrincetonUMC.org or call (609) 924-2613. 4 p.m.: Vir tual Winter Songs XI V: Lessons and Carols. The Capital Singers of Trenton. Free. With the Trenton Children’s Chorus Training Choir. Capitalsingers.org. Monday, December 7 Recycling 7 p.m.: Online conversation: “Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Women and their Reproductive Lives,” with Rutgers assistant professor Michal Raucher, sponsored by the Bildner Center. Free. Register at BildnerCenterRutgers.edu. 7: 30 p.m. : “Ch r is t ia n Faith and How It Applies to the Major Issues of Our Time,” second of free, twopart Zoom series sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton, with the Rev. Deborah K. Blanks. This session is focused on systemic racism and the violence and intolerance so evident in our society. Register by emailing adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org. Tuesday, December 8 10 -11:30 a.m.: Women in Business Holiday Networking, presented by the Women in Business Alliance of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Interactive virtual networking. Princetonchamber.org. 5:30 p.m.: “Expressing
the Passions of the Soul: The Study of Human Emotions in Art and Science.” Talk presented by Princeton University Art Museum, via Zoom. Ar tmuseum.princeton.edu. Wednesday, December 9 6-7 p.m.: “Paths to Success” online series sponsored by Princeton Family YMCA, for students grade six and up. Monique Jones, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Stuart Country Day School, s p e a k s . s u r v e y m o n ke y. com/r/B77YKFF. 7 p.m.: Holiday Triv ia Night sponsored by State Theatre New Jersey, via Zoom. $5. STNJ.org/Trivia. 7 p.m.: Art Talk: “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage,” lecture by Historical Society of Princeton Curator Stephanie Schwartz, presented online by Princeton Public Library. Princetonlibrary.org. Thursday, December 10 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Driveup Visits with Santa, at Mercer County Library Lawrence Headquarters Branch, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Kids receive a candy cane and take-home craft. Registration necessary. Mcl.org. 12-1 p.m.: A Conversation with Bernie Flynn, CEO, Mercer Street Friends. Presented by Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Princetonchamber.org. 1 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Museum Series presents “The Mutter Museum: Germ Warfare,” via Zoom. $10 Docent-led tour followed by question and answer session. 6 : 30 -7: 30 p.m. S te ve Kornacki in conversation with Ingrid Reed on “Election 2020: What Happened, What’s Next.” Online event sponsored by Princeton Public Library. crowdcast.io/e/ kornacki. Saturday, December 12 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: 26th Annual Covered Bridge Artisans studio tour, online this year. Also December 19. Coveredbridgeartisans.com or (609) 397-1535. 7 p.m.: Jim Br ick man
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performs “Comfort and Joy at Home LIVE Virtual Tour,” presented by State Theatre NJ. Music, interactive Zoom room, meet and greets, Christmas gifts delivered to patrons’ doors, and more. $40-125. Stnj.org. Sunday, December 13 5 p.m.: Christmas pageant streamed live, from Princeton United Methodist Church. PrincetonUMC.org or (609) 924-2613. Wednesday, December 16 12-1 p.m. : Lu nch and Learn: “Understanding the Rationale of Drug Decriminalization -- will it work in New Jersey?” Zoom talk by College of New Jersey professor Sandy Gibson. Mercercouncil.org. 6-7 p.m.: “Paths to Success” online series sponsored by Princeton Fami ly Y MCA , for s t udent s grade six and up. Patrick and Pushawn Brown, high school football coaches, are speakers. sur veymonkey. com/r/B77YKFF. Thursday, December 17 9:30-11 a.m.: Social Coffee from the YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers and Friends, via Zoom. Visit ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers for more information. 12 p.m.: “Building Your Nonprofit’s Digital Experience,” virtual event with speaker Erin Postlethwait of the American Heart Association. Presented by Women in Development. Free to members. Widmercer.org. 1 p.m.: Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Museum Series presents “Penn Museum : 1,000 Years of Ancient Art,” via Zoom. $10 Docent-led tour followed by question and answer session. 7 p.m.: NAMI Mercer honors actor Maurice Benard at virtual gala, “Night IN with NAMI.” Visit namimercer. org for link. Friday, December 18 5:30 p.m.: “Holiday Tour with Annis,” virtual program presented by Morven Museum. Explores what Christmas at Morven would have been like, with first resident Annis Boudinot Stockton, portrayed by Alisa Dupuy. $10, free for members. Morven.org. Saturday, December 19 10 a.m.-1 p.m. : We s t Windsor Winter Farmers Market, at Meadow Road lot of MarketFair mall, U.S.1. wwcfm.org. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Last day for the 26th Annual Covered Bridge Artisans studio tour, online this year. Coveredbridgeartisans.com or (609) 397-1535. Sunday, December 20 1 p.m.: Carillon concert a t P r i n c e to n U n i v e r s i t y Cleveland Tower, rain or s h i n e ( l i s te n e r s r e m a i n outside). The concert w ill be streamed live v ia the University’s Facebook page. G rad s cho ol.pr i nc eton.edu. 5 p.m.: Princeton United Methodist Church Christmas concer t directed by H yo s a n g Pa rk a n d Tom Shelton, streamed on Faceb o ok or P r i n ce tonU MC. org. Monday, December 21 Recycling 7 p.m.: Princeton United Methodist Church Longest Night service, streamed on Facebook or PrincetonUMC. org.
