Community Happenings
EVENTS This week:
2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series Line Announced: NJ State Council of the Arts Pledges Support Free Summer Music Series Beginning June 29th-August 31st, 5pm - 8pm in Historic Mill Hill Park in Downtown Trenton
Trenton - The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) and The Rockhopper Creative are excited to announce the approved line up for the 2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series. The ten-week free concert series will take place every Thursday starting June 29, 2017 in Mill Hill Park. This year’s family friendly entertainment features a variety of genres chosen to appeal to the diverse community here in Trenton and beyond. In addition, we have received a commitment from the NJ State Council of the Arts of financial support for this very important community building event. These free concerts are open to the public and we encourage entire families to join us throughout the series.
The 2017 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series Program: 6/29/17 -8/31/2017 7/13/2017: Jeff Bradshaw (Smooth Jazz/Funk/R&B from Philadelphia) 7/20/2017: Lawrence (Soul Pop from New York City) 7/27/2017: Viva La Hop (Funk/ Jazz/Hip Hop from Boston) 8/3/2017: The Steppin’ Stones (Blues Rock from Nashville) 8/10/2017: Bad Rabbits (R&B/ Soul/Rock from Boston) 8/17/2017: Big Mean Sound Machine (Afrobeat/Dance/Funk from Ithaca, NY) 8/24/2017: The Weeklings (Beatles-influenced Power Pop from Asbury Park) 8/31/2017: NJ Capital Philharmonic Orchestra (Professional Symphony Orchestra from Trenton)
LET FREEDOM RING AT BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE: Summer Music Fest Gets Patriotic July 13-23; Bristol Riverside Theatre’s Summer Music Fest celebrates the month of our country’s birth with When America Sings on July 13-23. With songs like Coming to America, The Best is Yet to Come, and Let the River Run, this program takes a chart-topping road trip through our great nation. Keith Baker and the BRT Concert Band are joined by BRT veterans Demetria Joyce Bailey, Philip Chaffin, Joslynn Cortes, John D. DiFerdinando, Alanna J. Smith, and with Tasha Waters making her BRT debut. Performances are Thursday, July 13 at 7:30PM, Friday, July 14 and 21 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, July 15 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, July 16 and 23 at 3:00 PM, Wednesday, July 19 and Thursday, June 20 at 2:00 PM, and Saturday, June 22 at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Tickets starting at $30 are available by visiting brtstage.org or calling the BRT Box Office at 215-7850100. Bristol Riverside Theatre is located at 120 Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA.
The summer series closes on August 10-20 with a trip to the Great White Way, BRT style. Broadway Then & Now features all the hits of Broadway in one sensational concert, from shows like Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady and more. For information, visit www.brtstage.org
THE THREEPENNY OPERA: being presented by ActorsNET from July 14 to 30 at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 N. Delmorr Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s iconic musical, adapted by Marc Blitzstein, plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2, with an extra matinee at 2 on Saturday, July 29. Admission is $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (62+), $15 for students and WHYY card members. To reserve, phone 215-295-3694 or email actorsnet@aol.com. The company’s website is www. actorsnetbucks.org.
BLUE CURTAIN KICKS OFF ITS FREE CONCERT SERIES AT THE PETTORANELLO GARDENS AMPHITHEATER: Princeton » Blue Curtain, in co-operation with the Princeton Recreation Department, kicks off its free concerts on Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m. with the New Orleans sounds of Sasha Masakowski and The Sidewalk Strutters; and Mystic Bowie, the internationally revered reggae star and former lead singer of the Talking Heads offshoot band Tom Tom Club. Blue Curtain concerts are held at the Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater in Community Park North, Route 206 and Mountain Avenue. Sasha Masakowski was born into a family of musicians in New Orleans and has been a leading voice on the city’s music scene since 2009, when she was awarded “Best Emerging Artist” by the Big Easy Association. An exciting vocalist whose repertoire spans from the early 1920s to present day, Sasha leads three bands of her own, including the traditional New Orleans jazz and R&B band, Sidewalk Strutters. She has performed five consecutive years at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and has toured across the U.S., Asia,
Europe and Central America. Since the 1980s, Mystic Bowie has been keeping the art of music alive - entertaining audiences from New York to Japan with his vibrant music and high-energy performances. From humble beginnings in Jamaica, Mystic has become of the Reggae’s hardest working independent artists, compared to musical legends Jimmy Cliff, Lucky Dube and Toots and the Maytals. The music continues on Saturday, July 22, 7:00 p.m., with a concert featuring Venezuelan music icon Betsayda Machado and her group La Parranda El Clavo; and Sammy Figueroa and his double-Grammy nominated band, the Latin Jazz Explosion. For more information: info@ bluecurtain.org. On Facebook at facebook.com/Blue-Curtain-113791645408/ Commemorate the Anniversary of WWI & Allentown’s Camp Crane: At the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, Saturday, July 15th at 1:00 pm Allentown, Pennsylvania “National Self-Determination,” “Terrorist Attack,” “Weapons of Mass Destruction,” “Women’s Rights.” These may be modern headlines, but they are only a few of today’s current issues that have roots going back at least 100 years to World War I. On Saturday, July 15th at 1:00 p.m., the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum will host a talk commemorating the anniversary of WWI and the Lehigh Valley’s contributions to the war effort. The announcement was made today by Joseph Garrera, Executive
Director of the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum.
Locally more than 20,000 trained at Camp Crane in the Allentown Fairgrounds. Camp Crane became the national headquarters of the United States Army Ambulance Service, preparing ambulance drivers and other medical personnel to serve on the brutal warfront. The boys began arriving in camp on June 1, 1917, living in converted fairgrounds barns and sheds. The Lehigh Valley’s industrial might also helped win the new style of war with its submarines, infantry trenches, and chemical weaponry. Bethlehem Steel, Traylor Engineering, Mack Trucks, and many other local companies produced military weapons, vehicles, and even barbed wire for the trenches. Program admission is FREE to members, $8.00 for adult non-members, and $3.00 for non-member children.
The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum is a 30,000 square foot teaching institution that attracts a diverse audience. Its collections of historical Americana include over 35,000 three-dimensional objects, 3
million documents and more than 80,000 vintage photographs. The Museum is located at 432 W. Walnut Street in Allentown. Parking is available in the rear of the Museum, on the street, and in nearby lots. For more information, contact Joseph Garrera, Executive Director, at 610-4351074. Visit www.lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org or visit us on Facebook.
“Amelia Earhart Forever”:
July 13-15, July 20-22 and July 27-29. Thursdays-Saturdays at 11am. Princeton Summer Theater, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton NJ. $12, Free for children 3 and under. By Annika Bennett. Directed by C. Luke Soucy. To purchase tickets, visit http://www.pstkids.brownpapertickets.com/; or call us at 1-732-997-0205.
Journeys - Art Exhibit: Jul 6 -Aug6
Art can take you places. Stepping into an art galley is an adventure as you follow along on an artist’s journey of personal exploration, visiting places you’ve never been, or seeing familiar subjects in new ways. LAMBERTVILLE, NJ - Fine artists Beatrice Bork and Joe Kazimierczyk invite you to join them on their journeys of discovery, as they explore the great outdoors from their own unique viewpoint and medium. Beatrice enjoys immersing herself in careful portrayal of animal and bird subjects through watercolor, while Joe explores the grandeur of landscape and sense of place through oils. All are invited to view the exhibit at Artists’ Gallery, located in Lambertville, NJ, and attend the opening reception on Saturday July 8, 5-8:30 pm. While being in nature is the connecting motivation of both Beatrice Bork and Joe Kazimierczyk, each has a very different point of inspiration. Beatrice enjoys the aspect of discovery, and explores the intricacies of her subjects, concentrating on birds. Joe relishes the outdoors and is an avid hiker, frequenting our regional natural treasures (including the Catskills, Delaware Water Gap, and closer to home, the Sourlands), he is inspired by the “bigger picture” he focuses on landscapes-the views, the light, the textures in oil. This exhibit encompasses not only tangible destinations and subject of inspirations, but also an expression of the artists’ personal journeys. Both artists feel a connection to nature, where they are rejuvenated, re-centered and ultimately inspired.
Friends of the Lawrence Library: In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Friends of the Lawrence Library, an art exhibit featuring members of the Friends of the Lawrence Library is scheduled for July 5th through July 28th at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System. The artwork exhibited will highlight a wide range of mediums and styles including drawings, paintings, watercolors, sculpture, jewelry and even quilting. An artist’s reception will take place on Saturday, July 8th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. All are welcome to attend.
A NEW ‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ IS AT THE MEDIA THEATRE THIS SUMMER:
This summer, Alice will chase a rabbit, fall down a hole, and get smaller and larger while meeting all types of crazy characters. Will you follow her? It’s time for a new musical version of “Alice In Wonderland” at The Media Theatre, based on Lewis Carroll’s classic.
It’s on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at Noon through August 21. Ben Kapilow (Broadway World Award winner) wrote the brand new score to Tim Haney’s revised script. Kapilow music
directs, and Carol Sorensen’s bright costumes liven the hour long show for ages 4 and up. There’s audience participation at the Croquet game, and plenty of humor as three parents of Media Theatre students join in the fun, playing roles in the show alongside their children. Eileen Wiley makes her Media Theatre debut as the Queen of Hearts with her daughter, Violet, playing Alice. Doug Henry and his daughter play Tweedledum and Tweedledee, sharing the role with Henry O’ Neill and his son Sean.
Tim Haney plays the Caterpillar and the King, Roger Ricker is The Mad Hatter and a funky singing table, and no two performances will be the same as most youth roles are double cast. Media Theatre’s New School students and Acting Class participants portray everything from the White Rabbit to Hedgehogs and more in this lively, upbeat adventure.
Tickets are just $12 for children and $15 for adults. Call 610-8910100 or visit mediatheatre.org PARK COMMISSION OFFERING KAYAK TOURS OF MERCER LAKE: WEST WINDSOR, N.J.—Are you looking for a peaceful and relaxing way to spend some time outside and enjoy the serene beauty of a summer morning? The Mercer County Park Commission will host several kayak tours of Mercer Lake in West Windsor this summer, giving the community a chance to experience up close all the wonders nature has to offer. These tours will explore the nooks and crannies of the 365-acre Mercer Lake that are accessible only via kayak. Led by County Naturalists, participants will have the opportunity to paddle along the lake’s edge for views of the native wildflowers in bloom, float alongside a beaver dam, and maybe even see a bald eagle swoop down to grab a snack from the water. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced kayaker, you are invited to pick up a paddle and survey the shoreline for sun-bathing turtles or spot a great blue heron fishing.
There are six scheduled kayak tour dates: Fridays, July 14, Aug. 11 and 25, and Sept. 8. The tours are run out of the Mercer County Park Marina in West Windsor, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Tours are open to people 16 years of age and older. The Park Commission will provide the kayaks, paddles, binoculars and life jackets, as well as instruction on the basics of kayaking prior to heading out on the lake. Participants should bring plenty of water and shoes that can get wet. The tour rates are as follows: Mercer County residents, $25 per person; outof-county residents, $30 per person. Due to the popularity of these tours and a limited number of kayaks available for each tour; pre-registration is required. Please call 609-888-3218 or email natureprograms@mercercounty.org for more information and to register.
MCCC’s Trenton Gallery Presents ‘Beloved Trenton,’ a Photo Exhibit by Habiyb Ali Shu’Aib, June 19 to July 17; Trenton: The Gallery at JKC, Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC’s) new exhibit space in downtown Trenton, is proud to present “Beloved Trenton” by photographer Habiyb Ali Shu’Aib (beloved1). The show runs from Monday, June 19 to Monday, July 17. A Reception and Artist’s Talk takes place Friday, June 23, from 5 to 8 p.m., with the talk to start at 5:30 p.m. The Gallery is located in Trenton Hall at 137 North Broad Street (across the street from the James Kerney Building). Gallery hours are Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, noon to 6 p.m., and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shu’Aib was born and raised in Trenton. At age 9 his parents gave him a disposable camera, which ignited his love for photography and photographing the city he calls home. According to JKC Gallery Director Michael Chovan-Dalton, coordinator of the MCCC Photography and Digital Imaging program, he selected to showcase Habiyb’s work because “he shows us Trenton as home as opposed to Trenton as problems, which is often how photographers depict the city. He fits well with the goal of the gallery to be both an opportunity for up-and-coming photographers and a destination for more established photographers. Habiyb is part of the vibrancy of the Trenton art scene that the gallery and I am excited to be a part of,” Chovan-Dalton said. Chovan-Dalton notes that Shu’Aib’s photographs depict Trenton with honesty, affection, familiarity and curiosity. “Trenton can be a complicated place to describe because it is a city that struggles with its identity and it is perceived differently by those who only know it through the media, by those who work here but live elsewhere, by those who left here, by those who moved here, and by those who never left,” Chovan-Dalton said, adding that Shu’Aib’s work reads like a journal about the place he grew up.
“The viewer, in turn, is given an experience that may reflect our own perceptions of Trenton but also remind us of something familiar and beloved in our own travels,” he said. Shu’Aib’s work has been featured regularly around the area in recent years: Trenton’s Art All Night and Art All Day, Trenton 365 Show (WIMG 1300), Soul of The Message with SAGE Coalition at Casa Cultura Gallery, Trenton Makes at Capital Health Medical Center, I See Storytellers Exhibit at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, and, most recently, the Anthracite Fields Art Exhibition at Roebling Wire Works. For more information, visit www. mccc.edu/JKCgallery.
Upcoming: JULY
Boheme Opera NJ Opens 29th Season with Outdoor Summer Events: On Thursday, July 20 at 6pm, Boheme will feature four exciting young singers in its second consecutive appearance at Monroe Township’s Thompson Park on Ormerod Road near Lakeside & Forsgate Drives, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 in a concert entitled Seriously Broadway Two. The program will star soprano Joanna Connolly, mezzo-soprano Emily Byrne, tenor James Price and baritone Kevin Grace. Accompanying at the keyboard will be pianist Doug Han. Highlighted at this Broadway revue will be songs from Anything Goes, Company, Funny Face, Girl Crazy, Kiss Me Kate and Oklahoma, among others. Visit www.bohemeopera.com for more details. The event is free, sponsored by the Monroe Township Cultural Commission, and encourages the public to bring lawn chairs and blankets Children’s spring and summer Read & Pick program begins at Terhune Orchards: Terhune Orchards unique, hands-on, Read and Pick educational programs will begin in May and run through early October. The events are perfect for children ages preschool to 8 years. A storyteller gathers the little ones around and reads a book about fruits, vegetables, pollinators or farming equipment. Then the children participate in fun crafts and activities inspired by the book. Afterwards the group will go out into the orchards and children’s garden to pick the fruit or vegetables they just learned about, take a tractor ride or interact with the animals in the barnyard. Read & Pick programs are held biweekly on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Each session lasts about an hour. The cost is $7 per child and includes the activity. Pre-registration is requested. Please register online on the calendar listing at terhuneorchards.com. or call (609) 924-2310. Full descriptions of Read & Pick classes are on the calendar at terhuneorchards. com. Read and Pick Schedule: July 25: Read &Pick Flowers, Aug. 1: Read &Pick Peaches, Aug. 8: Read &Pick Monarchs, Swallowtails & Honeybees - Oh My!, Aug. 22: Read &Pick Pears, Aug. 29: Read &Pick Apples, Sep. 12: Read &Pick Chickens, Sep. 26: Read &Pick Tractors, Oct. 3: Read &Pick Pumpkins. Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton. The farm store is open Mon- Fri 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sat. – Sun., 9 a.m. –5 p.m. Find Terhune Orchards online at terhuneorchards. com, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Boheme Opera NJ Opens 29th Season with Outdoor Summer Events: Wednesday, July 26 at 7pm, Boheme returns to Musicin-the-Park Series at Bordentown’s Joseph Lawrence Park, 317 Ward Avenue off Route 206 South, Bordentown, NJ 08505. This concert will feature soprano Lyssandra Stephenson, mezzosoprano Emily Byrne and baritone Kevin Grace in music from both opera and Broadway. Accompanying at the keyboard will be pianist Joe Krupa. Visit www. bohemeopera.com for featured singers and musical program. The event is free, sponsored by Bordentown Township, and encourages the public to bring lawn chairs and blankets. “The Magic of Vernal Ponds”: by students of Heather Barros, fills D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery through July 28. A gift poster of life in and near vernal pools inspired Ms. Barros’ students to create murals and individual 3-dimensional creatures, from bears through salamanders to cattails. The art may be viewed from 9:30 to 5, weekdays, in D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place, Princeton. Not necessary to call in advance of visit. For further information: 609-924-4646.
AUGUST
ROBBINSVILLE HAMILTON ROTARY SUMMER BIKE DRIVE at the ROBBINSVILLE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT: On Tuesday, August 1 from 6:00pm8:00pm at the Robbinsville Municipal Complex 1117 Route 130 in Robbinsville NJ, the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton will be collecting new, used, broken or unwanted bicycles for donation to the Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange during the Robbinsville Police Department’s Annual National Night Out event. Since its founding in 2009, the Bike Exchange has sold more than 12,000 bikes and raised more than $670,000 for the Boys and Girls Club and their After School Programs. All of this is made possible, in part, through Green Community Bicycle Recycling efforts such as this Summer Bike Drive. For more information about donating a bicycle, the Robbinsville Hamilton Rotary Club’s community and international programs or membership in our organization, please visit us online at www.rhrotary.org or call Bill Coleman at (609)-5772536.
Hair Cuttery’s Share-A-Haircut Aug 1-15: All Hair Cuttery Locations. This summer, Hair Cuttery will be donating back to school haircuts to children who need it most. Help contribute by visiting one of Hair Cuttery’s neighborhood salons from August 1-15. For every child up to age 18 who purchases a haircut at one of Hair Cuttery’s nearly 900 salons, one free haircut certificate will be donated to a disadvantaged child locally. Hair Cuttery is determined to donate tens of thousands of free haircut certificates to children in communities across the nation with the help of more than 100 local government and non-profit organizations. Through last year’s program, more than 61,000 free haircuts brought confidence and smiles to kids of all ages before the start of the new school year. Ages 18 and under; https://www. haircuttery.com/locations/ Just Peachy Festival at Terhune Orchards: August 5 and 6, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Celebrate Jersey Fresh and one of our state’s favorite fruits by joining Terhune Orchards for the annual Just Peachy Festival on August 5 & 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend will be filled with plenty of activities for kids, including a ride through the orchards on our tractor-drawn wagons, a treasure hunt, pony rides, face painting, games and barnyard fun. Enjoy live music each day noon-4pm. On Saturday, enjoy the music of Borderline and on Sunday, tunes from Dixie.
The “Summer Harvest Farm-toFork Tasting” features talented local chefs who will serve creative dishes using peaches and produce grown at Terhune Orchards. Visitors can enjoy this special tasting event on Saturday and Sunday from 12-4 p.m. in our big red barn. The special tasting section is $12 per person. *See restaurant line-up below. This year we are adding a Just Peachy Ice Cream Social tent. Cool off with one of our refreshing frozen peach slushies and peach ice cream made for Terhune Orchards by local Arctic Ice Cream.
Pam’s Everything Peachy Food Tent will offer other tasty summer fare such as peach pie, barbecued chicken, hot dogs, homemade gazpacho, salads, and our famous apple cider donuts. Local chefs will share some of their favorite ways to use Terhune Orchards peaches in cooking demonstrations and discussions held on both days at 2 p.m. You will love the peachy inspiration from these fun and tasty programs.
Adults can visit the Terhune Orchards Vineyards winery tasting room to sample award-winning red, white and fruit wines, including Just Peachy wine made with Terhune’s own apple cider. Pam Mount’s popular free canning and freezing class will be held during the festival at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The class is
free but advance registration is requested at terhuneorchards. com/event/pams-canning-freezing-class/
Terhune Orchards grows 28 varieties of peaches and nectarines. Baskets overflowing with justpicked fruit are ready to take home from the farm store to eat fresh out of hand or try making a new peach recipe. Admission to the festival area is $8, ages 3 and up. Admission with Farm to Fork Tasting, $20. Free parking and access to farm store and winery. Summer Harvest Farm-to-Fork Tasting Participants
3 West, Basking Ridge
Blue Bottle Café, Hopewell Emily’s Café and Catering, Pennington
Garden State Community Kitchen, Monmouth Junction The Gingered Peach, Lawrenceville
Harvest, Farmingdale Lillipies, Princeton
LoRe Pasta, Monmouth Junction Soulicious Catering, New Brunswick
Terhune Orchards
More locations will be continue to be added
More information on the Just Peachy Festival terhuneorchards.com/peach-festival/ Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton August Hours: The winery is open Friday- 12:00 p.m. – 8 p.m. Sips & Sounds, 5-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. The farm store is open daily, 9 a.m. –7 p.m. Wine bottles are available in the store daily. Find Terhune Orchards online at terhuneorchards.com, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Celebrate America’s Diversity at Cirque Italia, the Water Circus (a non-animal show): First Time in Burlington County, Last New Jersey Appearance for 2017 Many refer to America being great because it is a melting pot. At Cirque Italia, we celebrate the differences, by bringing the finest performers from around the world, all with a common goal, to entertain your family!
We have harnessed technology of science with innovation of man to create a show unlike any in the world. Our audience is comfortably seated in a climate controlled tent, and transported magically to the far corners of the world, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cuba, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Peru, even The United States. Each trying to showcase their talent to our audience. Words are kept to a minimum; your eyes and ears tell you what you need to know. Surrounded by fountains going up, and magical rain coming down in designs and words something you will find in no other traveling show. For more information visit www. cirqueitalia.com and make sure to check all our social media accounts. Tickets can be purchased now starting at $10.00$50.00 depending on availability. Cirque Italia offers one free child admission with every full priced paying adult ticket in levels 2 or 3. This offer cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or deals. Please call 941-7048572 to find out the promo code for this location. When: August 10-13 Where: 2501 Mount Holly Road, Burlington, NJ -Exit 5 NJ Turnpike-Exit 47A I-295 At: Burlington Center Mall Located: Parking Lot Near former Macy - Adjacent Chucky Cheese —Under the stunning White & Blue Big Top Tent · August 10 – Thursday: 7:30pm · August 11 – Friday: 7:30pm · August 12 – Saturday: 1:30pm, 4:30pm, & 7:30pm · August 13 – Sunday: 1:30pm, 4:30pm, & 7:30pm Box office hours: The box office opens on-site on Tuesday, the week of the show. Non-show days: 10am – 6pm On show days: 10am – 9pm You can purchase tickets through our website (cirqueitalia. com/tickets) or by phone: (941) 704-8572. We also respond to text messages. Don’t miss the opportunity to be amazed and transported to a fantastic realm where your deepest dreams can -and will- come true. Boheme Opera NJ Opens 29th Season with Outdoor Summer Events: One of Mercer County’s most popular summer venues is Arm & Hammer Park, home to the Trenton Thunder. On Friday, August 25, Boheme will host its third summer event with Boheme Opera Night at the Trenton Thunder, as its chorus sings the 6:45pm opening National Anthem and reserves a large block of seats for the ball game as a mini-fundraiser. The Richmond Flying Squirrels will play Trenton Thunder at Arm & Hammer Park. Join the Boheme Opera group for a fun night at the ball park. Tickets must be purchased in advance at $12 per person. Checks should be made payable to Boheme Opera NJ and sent to: Sid Morginstin, ATTN: GAME, PO Box 8101, Trenton, NJ 08650. Your tickets will be mailed directly to you. Please send your order with return address by August 10 to allow time for ticket delivery. For details about Boheme Opera NJ’s busy fall outreach schedule, visit www.bohemeopera. com on its Public Outreach page. Information will be updated after the summer, including news about its popular appearance at the Mercer County Italian American Festival at Mercer County Park on Sunday, September 25 at 3:30pm. Also watch for details about the company’s spring 2018 main stage production and related events.
SEPTEMBER
Newtown Theatre to Host Second Annual Black & White Dinner on North State Street: NEWTOWN, Pa. – The non-profit Newtown Theatre, the country’s oldest operating movie theatre, will hold its second annual Black & White Dinner on Saturday, September 9. The fundraiser will take place on the street outside the historic building from 6 to 11 p.m.
Tables and chairs will line the middle of North State Street. Upon arrival, attendees can mingle, decorate their space at the communal table and enjoy live jazz music. Dinner will begin at 7 p.m.
Attendees are asked to dress only in black and white and bring everything they need for an elegant dinner under the stars, including food and black and white décor (optional). Prizes will be awarded to the Best Dressed Man and Woman, Best Dressed Group, Most Elegant Table and Most Creative Table.
After dinner, attendees may attend a free screening of The Artist inside the theatre. Tickets are $75 per couple and available at BlackAndWhiteDinner.eventbrite.com. All proceeds support the non-profit movie theatre.
SEPTEMBER
American Legion Post 414’s annual Pig Roast and Family Picnic: At the American Legion Post 414, 100 Berwyn Pl, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Saturday, September 16, from 1 to 6 p.m. Tickets Available at the post or by calling 609-771-4143 Adult $22.00, Seniors (62) $17..00, Child (6-12) $12, Under 6 free. Tickets are available at the door for $3 more. Music, food, refreshments, children’s games and activities, silent auction and more. No takeout available.
ONGOING
Animal Architects; Influences on Human Creativity, This Summer at the Monmouth Museum: Lincroft, NJ – “As a sculptor and installation artist, I could relate to the animals’ collecting of materials, selecting a site and planning the building process,” said Donna Payton, curator and artist of Animal Architects: Influences on Human Creativity on display in the Main Gallery of the Monmouth Museum May 21st through September 3, 2017. A Panel Discussion of the eleven artists will be held on Sunday, June 25th at 2pm in the Main Gallery. The Opening Reception is free and open to the public. The panel discussion is free with paid $8 admission to the Museum. In addition, through-out the summer there will be workshops by the artists in the Meyer Art & Nature Area of the Museum. Dates, and times can be found on the Museum’s website: monmouthmuseum.org. Because most animal architecture is hidden from human view, we are unaware of the extent of animal ingenuity, Animal Architects: Influences on Human Creativity elicits one wow after another. The artists create the sophisticated construction and elegant aesthetics of coral reefs, webs, cocoons, hives, nests, dams, lodges, and towers, which will have you marveling at the resourcefulness of animals in terms of the materials they produce and collect, the tools they fashion, and the “astonishing complexity” of their structures. There is much to be learned from other species, especially now as we endeavor to create ecologically sound human architecture and technologies. African American Breast Cancer Survivors Yoga: African American Breast Cancer Survivors Yoga weekly are back on Mondays, at VFW Post 7298, located at 293 Green Lane, Ewing (near The College of NJ). Classes held Mondays weekly from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., except second Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. Instructor is Chris Gabaly. Cost $7 per class or $25 for 5-class package. Wear comfortable clothes. Mats and chairs provide. Limited need-based scholarships available to attend free. For more information or to register call (609) 638-1662 or email SandyKbcsYoga@gmail.com.
BREAKFASTS, LUNCHES & DINNERS
The Bordentown Elks No. 2085 Lodge: Every third Sunday of the month through June 18, 2017, the Bordentown Elks hold a ‘Special Children’s Buffet Breakfast,’ from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Admission is $8 for adults; $6 for children.
FUNDRAISERS & DONATION DRIVES
Holiday Meals for Veterans: Mercer County Veteran Services is conducting its annual donation drive to help veterans and their families enjoy the comforts of a hot meal on each holiday. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes said a donation of any amount would be greatly appreciated. Rather than collecting donations of food, Mercer County’s Division of Veteran Services accepts monetary donations that go toward the purchase of ShopRite gift cards veterans can use to purchase holiday meals. Veterans will receive those gift cards in time for holiday meal preparations. Mercer County Veteran Services uses every dollar collected during the drive to purchase and distribute the ShopRite gift cards for food products. If you wish to donate, make your check payable to Mercer County Trust Fund. Please mail your donation to the Mercer County Division of Veteran Services, 2280Hamilton Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08619. For additional information on making a donation, call (609) 989-6120.
MUSEUM & ART EXHIBITS
NJ State Museum: The New Jersey State Museum (NJSM) features the return of dinosaurs to the Natural History Hall with its exhibit “Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey.” The exhibition, on long-term view, delves back in time to explore the progression of life, from the oldest fossils up through the Ice Age, and debuts NJ’s own Dryptosaurus, the world’s first nearly complete carnivorous dinosaur, reconstructed and displayed for the first time ever. “Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey” steps back 3.5billion years to explore the geology of New Jersey, the oldest NJ fossils, and the evolution of life here through 10fossil stories. In addition, visit the museum’s “Toy World,” exhibit, running to May 28, 2017, spotlighting the history of toy manufacturing in New Jersey. Toy World is on exhibit in the Riverside Gallery on the Museum’s second floor. Over 100toys made in New Jersey, between 1880and the late 1960s, during NJ’s golden era of manufacturing is on view. Museum hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9a.m. to 4:45p.m., closed on State holidays. For more information visit www. statemuseum.nj.gov. The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie: The Trenton City Museum hosts “Furniture as Art,” four exhibits-in-one that highlight the items that bring comfort and beauty to our lives - furniture, at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum. How many of us take our daily surroundings for granted? This exhibit helps us to see the everyday with fresh eyes. On the museum’s second floor discover furniture from the Permanent Collection featuring furniture from the collection of the Trenton Museum Society of antique furniture made in and associated with Trenton. Many of these reminders of Trenton’s past manufacturing heyday have never before been seen by the public. The first floor galleries feature Please be Seated displaying the work of contemporary area furniture designers and the diversity of styles and materials they use. In addition, On These Walls, a display of contemporary painting, highlighting interiors and the role furniture plays in our lives and homes. This exhibit prods viewers into taking another look at the environment of the painting. Furniture as Art closes on March 12, 2017. For more information, visit www.ellarslie.org or call (609) 989-3632. The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is located in the middle of the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Cadwalader Park, with an entrance on Parkside Avenue. Free admission. Free parking. Morven Museum and Garden: “Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey” is on exhibit at Morven Museum & Garden. Like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan before him, Bruce Springsteen is a pillar of American music. Traveling from the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, this exhibition features 40 photographs of the rock legend and video interviews with five of the six noted photographers: Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Barry Schneier, Pamela Springsteen, and Frank Stefanko. Together they revisit Springsteen’s career as a frontman and songwriter, capturing his charisma and off-stage vulnerability. The exhibition is on view through May 21, 2017. Hours: Wed. to Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. For more information, call (609) 924-8144 or visit www.morven.org.
Princeton University Art Museum: “Revealing Pictures: Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection,” runs to Sunday, July 2, 2017. Revealing Pictures features more than 30 photographs from the collection of Christopher E. Olofson, Class of 1992. Works on view by Edmund Clark, Daniel and Geo Fuchs, Pieter Hugo, Liu Zheng, Zanele Muholi, Robert Polidori, and others serve as striking examples of photography’s ability to explore issues of identity, place, and nationhood. “Willem de Kooning: Drawn and Painted” now on exhibit through March 19, 2017. Dutch born American artist Willem de Kooning’s exhibit shows the intimate relationship between the drawn and the painted. The museum is on the Princeton University campus. Enter the campus on foot from Nassau Street, University Place, or Washington Street and look for the museum’s banners to lead to the front entrance. Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Call (609) 258-3788 or visit www. artmuseum.princeton.educ Grounds For Sculpture: Grounds For Sculpture presents “Ned Smyth: Moments of Matter” through April 2, 2017. Featured in this exhibition are eight large sculptural works which draw inspiration from the huge cache of stones that he has collected for more than 35 years. These sculptures, and several smaller stone installations, are accompanied by more than half a dozen large format black and white photographs that further explore Smyth’s powerful obsession with definition, texture, and scale. Grounds For Sculpture is located at 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ 08619. Hours are Tuesday to Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information and admission visit www. groundsforsculpture.org. or call (609) 586-0616.
ROEBLING MUSEUM OPENS NEW EXHIBIT: The Heritage Keepers. How We Got Here: Mill to Museum. ROEBLING, N.J. – When the Roebling Museum was founded in 2007, the Roebling steel and wire mills had been shuttered for more than 30years and the Roebling family hadn’t owned the town or the company for more than half a century. The mill closed in 1974and the town fell silent. What was a company town without the company? What remained were the people. Lifelong residents and descendants of those whose families (many of the immigrants to the United States) had lived and worked in Roebling since its founding in 1905. It was they who decided to keep alive the story of Roebling and its place in the history of America’s industrial age. By 1977, both the village of Roebling and the old mill site were listed on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Register of Historic Places. The Roebling Historical Society, formed in 1980with 13members, harnessed the power and money of the Environmental Protection Agency and the political will of the community to preserve their history and make it live on through this museum. It took decades of fundraising, negotiating, collecting, arguing, waiting and working. The result, the Roebling Museum…now celebrating its 10th Anniversary year. The museum preserves the physical evidence of Roebling’s history as cable-maker for the world’s greatest bridges. It also is a landmark for the spirit that made those achievements possible. Roebling Museum is proud to present another new and unique exhibit. “The Heritage Keepers” is an exhibit that tells the story behind the story of the hard fought and won battle to establish the Roebling Museum, and to capture and preserve the information and artifacts that stand as a testament to one of the most important little towns of the industrial age in America. The exhibit is NOW OPEN to the public, with an intriguing look at the past, present and future of this heritage site, set along the bank of the Delaware River. In 1983, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared the 200-acre Roebling mill a Superfund site, an area of serious environmental contamination. Decades of steelmaking left a toxic legacy. In 1987, the EPA began a five-phase cleanup that continues today. And while the Superfund designation ended steelmaking in Roebling for good, it has led to a new era of growth for Roebling. By preserving and restoring the Roebling mill’s historically significant structures and artifacts, an important and significant piece of American heritage has been retained for generations to come. This exhibit is appropriate for all ages. It is on display in the Roebling Museum’s rear gallery, and available as part of general admission to the museum. Admission is $6for adults, $5for senior citizens over age 62and children ages 6-12. Children 5and under admitted free of charge. Group tours and advanced reservations are available. Call 609⁄499-7200or visit our website at www.roeblingmuseum.org for more details, or to plan your visit. The Museum is located at 100Second Avenue in Roebling, NJ. Ample parking is available in the
Museum lot off Hornberger Avenue, adjacent to the Roebling River Line parking area. The River Line has a Roebling stop just behind the museum. Visitors are encouraged not to park on 2nd Avenue, on the residential side of the building. College of New Jersey Art Gallery: The College of New Jersey Art Gallery presents “Jessica Rath: A Better Nectar,” a multisensory installation based on the artist’s extensive research into co-evolutionary communication between flowering plants and their pollinators. The exhibition is on view until April 9, 2017. The gallery is located in the Art & Interactive Multimedia Building (AIMM), 2000Pennington Road, Ewing. Gallery hours are noon to 7p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; and 1 to 3p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit tcnjartgallery.tcnj.edu
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJ) Lakefront Gallery:
RWJ Hamilton joins the Princeton Photography Club in presenting “A Grounds For Sculpture History: The Land in Pictures and Words,” on display through April at RWJ Hamilton’s Lakefront Gallery. The exhibition showcases the dramatic evolution of the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds into Grounds For Sculpture beginning in 1984when the Atlantic Foundation purchased 12overgrown and neglected acres of the old Fairgrounds property adjacent to the Seward Johnson Atelier. The exhibit showcases 85images created by Princeton Photography Club members, newspaper articles from the Hamilton Historical Society, and photographs from the Grounds For Sculpture archival collection. Free admission. The Lakefront Gallery space is ADA-accessible and is located on the first floor of the hospital along the mezzanine above the Roma Bank Cafe. For more information, contact Sheila Geisler, curator Lakefront Gallery at (732) 422-3676or by email to scgeisler@ me.com.
Arts Council of Princeton: The Arts Council of Princeton presents “Philip Pearlstein: A Legacy of Influence,” a group exhibition featuring legendary figure painter Pearlstein and those he has influenced through his career as an artist and educator. Visitors can expect original works from artists Philip Pearlstein, Janet Fish, Stephen Lorber, Charles David Viera, Altoon Sultan, Tony Phillips, George Nick, Lorraine Shemesh, and Thomas Corey. “A Legacy of Influence” will be on view in the Arts Council’s Taplin Gallery to March 25, 2017. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ. Parking is available in the Spring and Hulfish Street Garages and at metered parking spots along Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call (609) 924-8777.
Hopewell Valley Inn and Bistro:
The Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn located in Hopewell will premiere the exhibition “Through My Eyes: The Watercolors of Robert Sakson” through Friday, March 3, 2017. This is the second installation in a series of artist presentations at the Inn. All artwork is for sale. The Inn is located at 15East Broad Street, Hopewell. For more information about Sakson’s work can be found at www.saksonart.com and more information about the Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn can be found at www.hopewellvalleybistro.com or by calling 609.466.9889. West Windsor Arts Council: Faculty Student Show running to February 24, 2017. The West Windsor Arts Center is located in the historic Princeton Junction Firehouse, 952 Alexander Road, For more information, visit www.westwindsorarts. org. Office and gallery hours: TuesFri, 10a.m.-6p.m. and Sat, 10a.m.-4 p.m. Call (609) 716-1931or write info@westwindsorarts.org.
Erdman Art Gallery at Princeton Theological Seminary: The gallery is located on the seminary campus in the Erdman Center, Princeton. Exhibits are free. For more information, contact Continuing Education or call (609) 497-7990.
Highlands Art Gallery: Highlands Art Gallery, 41N. Union Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530. Visit the website at www.highlandsartgallery.com or call (908) 766-2720for more information on exhibits.
The Aviation Hall of Fame and
Museum of NJ: The mission of the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ is to educate the general public about New Jersey’s unparalleled 220+ year contribution to the development of human flight and to encourage young people to consider a career in the aerospace industry. This is accomplished through the display of aircraft, engines, artifacts, models and other NJ aviationrelated exhibits (many interactive) ranging chronologically from the 18th Century to the present day. The Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ is located at 400Fred Wehran Dr., Teterboro, NJ. Hours: 10a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Admission: $8adults and $6seniors/children. Visit website at njahof.org; e-mail: njahof@verizon.net or call (201) 288-6344.
Monmouth Museum: The Monmouth Museum presents two new exhibitions: The 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition and the Member Miniatures Exhibition. Both exhibitions run through March 12, 2017. The 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition is a brilliant representation of the creative talent and contemporary art trends across the nation. This year the museum is presenting an eclectic mix of international artworks in their Main Gallery ranging in media from painting and sculpture to photography and printmaking. Seventytwo pieces have been selected
for this exhibition. The Member Miniatures: big art in small packages exhibition is being presented for the third year. In appreciation of their artist members, the museum will be highlighting their small works (that is no larger than 12inches’ square framed) in a juried exhibition that will be displayed in the Nilson Gallery, and the Hallway Gallery. The small works are in a variety of media. The Monmouth Museum is located on the Brookdale Community College campus, 765Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738(parking lot 1 of the college). For more information about the Monmouth Museum exhibits and programs visit www. monmouthmuseum.org or call (732) 747-2266. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Mercer Museum & Fonthill
Castle: The Mercer Museum will present “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” an extraordinary exhibition featuring more than 200Shaker objects collected over 40years by Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. The comprehensive collection represents the most significant body of Shaker materials ever assembled. The Mercer Museum is the last venue for Gather up the Fragments, which wraps up a 10-city national tour. The exhibition will be on view in the Mercer’s Martin & Warwick Galleries through April 23, 2017. The Andrews were among the first to recognize the unique contributions of the Shakers, an almost extinct Christian sect known for their ecstatic worship, to American culture. Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection is included with museum admission. Mercer Museum admission is $15for adults, $13for seniors (65+) and $8for youth ages 6-17. The museum is at 84S. Pine St., Doylestown, PA. For more information, call (215) 345-0210, or visit www.mercermuseum.org.
A Stage In Time Gallery: New works of Ramón Robledo along with earlier works on exhibit at the gallery. Hours: Monday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, from 10a.m. to 6p.m. A Stage In Time Gallery is at 9Lambert Lane, Lambertville, NJ. Call (609) 397-3690or www.ramonrobledoart.com
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University: “Innovation and Abstraction,” on view at the Zimmerli to May 31, 2017, examines the formal innovations and burgeoning feminist consciousness of eight artists who worked in the studio’s New York location: Louise Bourgeois, Minna Citron, Worden Day, Dorothy Dehner, Sue Fuller, Alice Trumbull Mason, Louise Nevelson, and Anne Ryan. The Zimmerli Art Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10a.m. to 4:30p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5p.m., and select first Tuesdays of the month, 10a.m. to 9p.m. The museum is closed Mondays and major holidays, as well as the month
of August. The museum is at 71 Hamilton Street (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. The Zimmerli is a short walk from the NJ Transit train station in New Brunswick. For more information, visit the museum’s website www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu or call (848) 932-7237. The Meredith Havens Fire Museum: The museum was founded in 1959 by non-retired Fire Captain Edward Gore and Meredith Havens. It houses one of the largest collection of fire helmets on the East Coast and now proudly displays, courtesy of the NJ Department of Parks & Forestry, a Philadelphia-style, double-decker hand pumper originally purchased in 1850 for the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company of Trenton. The museum is attached to a working fire station. Groups of 10 or more, call (609) 989-4038 to schedule a visit. The museum is at 244 Perry Street, Trenton. Park in the rear parking lot on Allen Street to reach the museum’s entrance. Gourgaud Gallery: “Art from The Trenton Community A-Team” at the Gourgaud Gallery, Cranbury Town Hall (Old School Building), 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ through Friday, February 24. The artists return to the Gourgaud Gallery with many new exciting paintings that they have created. The Trenton Community A-TEAM supports, develops, and promotes self-taught, local artists because art can be transformative by reframing the artist’s connectedness to self and others and by enhancing community pride. For more information on the Trenton Community A Team, go to their website trentoncommunityateam.org. Gallery hours are weekdays: Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sundays, from 1-3 p.m. The artwork is for sale with 20% of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment. For more information visit www.cranburyartscouncil.org.
Roebling Museum: The New York World’s Fair of 1939was an international celebration of technology, design, consumerism and fun. Its theme, “Building the World of Tomorrow,” gave the John A. Roebling’s Sons Company a perfect opportunity to showcase its work building steel wire cables for the world’s longest suspension bridges. “Roebling Goes To The Fair,” displays artwork commissioned by the Roebling company for its exhibit at the New York fair. The exhibit will remain on show until the middle of May. The museum is located at 100 Second Ave.in Roebling. For more information, call (609) 499-7200or visit www.roeblingmuseum.org