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2010 October HighlightsCommunity Groups*New Links and updated Websites: Princeton Center for Leadership Training AnnouncementsEDEN BY MOONLIGHT – October 9, 2010 Pennington Quality Market Community Health Fair Mercer County Hosts Eyes on Mercer - Friday, October 15th through Sunday, October 17th, 2010 a promotional campaign to focus the spotlight on all of the outstanding events and opportunities offered by the arts, history and cultural organizations of Mercer County. Organizations offering arts, history or cultural events any time during the weekend of October 15th to 17th are featured in the Eyes On Mercer pamphlet, which is available for download at www.mercercounty.org. The County’s website also has maps that highlight the locations of the Eyes On Mercer events and a very detailed “Schedule of Events” for the weekend. For more information or to have Eyes On Mercer pamphlet mailed to you, please call the Mercer County Culture and Heritage office at (609) 278-2712. Save the Date!November 13, 2010 – The Artful Palate - A Showcase of Art, Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate, The Junior League of Greater Princeton November 18, 2010 - Isles Spirit of Community Awards Dinner 2010 - Trenton Marriott November 20, 2010 – Project Freedom’s 13th Annual Angel Award Dinner. Silent auction and buffet dinner. Events10/9 - Wellness Conference, NAMI Mercer, Presbyterian Church, Lawrenceville, 609-799-8994 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 'Harvest of Hope: Keeping Joy Alive' for consumers, families, and the general public. Inspired by a holistic approach to recovery from mental illness. Lizzie Simon, freelance writer, consultant, and public speaker, delivers the opening address. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a young adult, she interviewed people who have managed their bipolar disorder throughout the country. Register. $10 includes lunch. www.namimercer.org 10/9 - Princeton United Methodist Church’s 1-Day Flea Market. 9-3pm. Table space is still available. For information, call 609-452-9725 or the church office, 609-924-2613. Rain or shine. The church is located at the corner of Nassau and Vandeventer in Princeton. http://www.princetonumc.org 10/9 & 10 – Third Annual Hopewell Tour Des Arts. 11-4pm. A self guided tour to visit the studios of artists in Hopewell, NJ. Tour begins at the Hopewell Train Station. Rain or shine. More info at http://www.hopewellarts.com/ 10/10 - The Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter’s Central Regional Memory Walk, ETS in Princeton. The three-mile, non-competitive Walk includes entertainment, celebrities, food and prizes. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and the Walk will kick-off at 10 a.m., rain or shine. To start a team or make a donation, visit www.alz.org/nj or contact Kim Goetz, by phone at 609.275.1180, or e-mail at specialevents@alznj.org. 10/10 - Central NJ Walk Now for Autism Speaks - Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ . Check-in is 12:00pm. Walk Start is 2:00pm. You can find all Walk information online by visiting the site at www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/CNJ. 10/10 – 5th Annual Taste of Lawrenceville, 4 - 8pm, Abbott Dining Center of the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville. The event, to benefit Lawrenceville Main Street (LMS), will offer a tasting of seasonal delicacies from Lawrenceville eateries and local farms as well as a tasting of wines from Renault Winery. $45 per person. Tickets are available at the Lawrenceville Main Street Office, 17 Phillips Avenue, or by placing a telephone order to 609.219.9300. Tickets also may be purchased at the Village Bakery, 2 Gordon Avenue, and at Chambers Walk Café, 2667 Main Street in Lawrenceville. 10/12 - Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey (CMMNJ) Meeting. Lawrence Twp. Library from 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Room #3. All are welcome. Snacks are served. 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Twp., at the corner of Business Rt. 1 and Darrah Lane. 609-882-9246. 10/14 - Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center presents: Hoda Kotb: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee at Hunterdon Central Regional High School (84 Route 31, Flemington). Doors will open at 6:00p.m. Program will start 7:00 p.m. To register online visit: www.friendshealthconnection.org or call 1-800-483-7436. 10/14 – Princeton Public Library’s Screening of “So Right So Smart”, 7pm., 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. “So Right So Smart” is a documentary that shows the success of businesses that have begun to take positive steps toward a sustainable future. Those looking to find encouraging news in the midst of our current environmental crisis will be inspired by this story of leadership and hope. 609-924-9529. 10/15 - Marian Wright Edelman Public Lecture, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 7pm. Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will deliver the second “Re-Imagining Charity” lecture in the 30th anniversary series sponsored by the Crisis Ministry. The Church is located at 61 Nassau Street. Doors will open at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20-$40 and proceeds go to Children’s Defense Fund. Reservations and info at www.thecrisisministry.org or call 609-396-9355, ext.27. 10/15 - Ice Cream Bingo! YWCA Princeton 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Parents and 4-10 year olds. Play bingo and win tickets to trade for prizes. Break for ice cream and “fixins”. Come scream for ice cream and bingo! YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. $5 per person. Call (609) 497-2100 ext 0 for more information. 10/16 - 2nd Annual Feed Our Friends 5K/Fun Walk on the TCNJ campus. Registration at 8:30am. All proceeds from the race will benefit the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (T.A.S.K.) and Homefront. Fun Walk will take place at 9:30 a.m., and the 5k will begin at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome to walk or run in both events. More info and to register online got to http://www.tcnj.edu/~aphio/pages/5K.html. 10/16 – Open House, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 10:00am. To register visit www.princetonacademy.org or call 609-924-8143. Princeton Academy is an all boy’s Jk-8 independent school in the Sacred Heart tradition. 10/16 - Academy Award Winner Comedian Steven Wright at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive in Trenton, NJ. Tickets are $19.00, $25.00, $39.00, $45.00 and available at The Patriots Theater Box Office at (609) 984-8400, (800) 955-5566 or online at thewarmemorial.com or tickets.com and a 10% Military Discount applies (Box office only, must show ID). 10/16 - Princeton Skating Club Open House. 11:15am - 1:15pm at the Lisa McGraw Rink at Princeton Day School. Further info at www.princetonskatingclub.org 10/17 – A Medieval Garden: The Princeton Singers at The Princeton University Art Museum. 5:30pm. An evening of music in the Museum’s medieval gallery. The program ranges from Gregorian chant to Josquin’s masterful Missa pange lingua and features excerpts from Olivier Messian’s Cinq rechants, his stunningly erotic, virtuoso setting of the medieval Tristan myth. Tickets are $15, available through University Ticketing at (609) 258-9220. There will be a reception in the Museum immediately following the concert. 10/18 - Princeton Ski Club Bike Outing along Delaware Canal, Saturday, October 18. Optionally 14 or 28 miles. Contact Leader: Marty Bloomenthal, 609-844-0535, martyspec@gmail.com, for more info. 10/19 - Princeton Family YMCA Centennial Awards: Heart and Soul: Mentors who shape, inspire and develop our next generation. A fun, after-work cocktail reception and awards program to benefit the YMCA's programs and initiatives. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Greenacres Country Club, Lawrenceville. Sponsorship and ticket information is now available. Please contact Denise Soto at dsoto@princetonymca.org for details! 10/20 - The University League Nursery School Open House, 4 to 5pm. at the school, located at 171 Broadmead, Princeton. Applications for fall 2011 currently are being accepted. Oversubscription is resolved by lottery. For more information, call (609) 258-9777 or visit http://www.ulns.org. 10/21 - Buddhism 101 with Beth Evard at at Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Skillman. 7-9pm. Free. Buddhism 101 focuses on the Buddha’s basic teachings that he delivered 2,500 years ago. We also see how state-of-the-art brain research supports the validity of this ancient wisdom. While we briefly look at the three major Buddhist groups, our emphasis remains on how we can live happier lives and cause less suffering for ourselves and others. Limited space - sign up early! 609-924-7294. 10/22 - Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele at McCarter. 7:30pm. Tickets start at $45; $10 student SRO. Hawaiian-born Jake Shimabukuro has transformed the ukulele into an instrument of incredible virtuosity, capable of generating everything from crunching rock to swinging jazz. He plays everything: pop tunes, American songbook standards, and lilting originals, with influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix to J.S. Bach. 609-258-2787 www.mccarter.org 10/22-24 - Princeton Public Library Centennial Used Book Sale. 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. Preview Sale - Friday, 10/22, 10 -12pm. Admission $10; free to members of the Friends of the Princeton Publilc Library. Regular Sale - Friday, 10/22, 12- 5:30 p.m., Saturday, 10/23, 9 - 5:30 p.m. Half-Price Day - Sunday, 10/24, 1 - 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room. Bag Day - Sunday, 10/24, 3 - 5:30 p.m. in the Tent. We provide a paper supermarket bag. Fill it for $5. 10/23 The Arts Council of Princeton¹s Dining by Design: La Soirée Surréaliste a unique cultural and culinary fundraising event which supports the ACP's community education programs including ArtReach and Arts Exchange for at-risk youth. Enjoy a Gala Reception at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. in Skillman, NJ followed by dinner with an artistic presentation at a Princeton area private home. For more information and to purchase tickets call 609-924-8777. 10/23 - Princeton Pro Musica will open its 32nd season in royal style with Handel’s Coronation Anthems and W. A. Mozart’s Mass in C Major, known as the “Coronation Mass.” Music Director Frances Fowler Slade will conduct the concert at 8p.m., in the Princeton University Chapel. Tickets range from $25 to $55. Subscription tickets are available at a 20% savings. For tickets, call 609-683-5122 or visit www.princetonpromusica.org. 10/29 - Annual Hometown Halloween Parade, Arts Council of Princeton, 5pm. Dress up in your best costume and join us for the ACP's Annual Hometown Halloween Parade in downtown Princeton. This year the parade will start on the Palmer Square Green and end on Albert Hinds Plaza. Activities include hands-on art making, a DJ dance party, and a haunted house in the Princeton Public Library Community Room. Bring your family and friends! This is a free event. For more information, visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org FREE. 10/29 & 31 - Kehilat Shalom GIANT Rummage Sale and Bike Drive October 29 & 31st. 9:30 - 1:30 p.m. (not on Saturday) - an enormous sale with everything from kitchen, household, yard, light furniture and kids’ items to clothing and books. Donations will be accepted on Tuesday, October 26th and Thursday October 28th from 1 to 7 p.m. at the synagogue. Other times can be arranged by calling the office at 908-359-0420. 253 Belle Mead-Griggstown Road, Belle Mead. Congregation Kehilat Shalom will also host a Bike Drive on October 31st from 9:30-Noon to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton Bike Exchange. Used adult and children bicycles can be dropped off at Congregation Kehilat Shalom, 253 Belle Mead-Griggstown Road in Belle Mead. 10/30 - PQM KIDS' CLUB CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN, 11-3pm. Kids' Club Members are invited to stop at the PQM Cafe to decorate their own Halloween Cupcake (supplies and materials supplied by PQM). Get a free gift for participating. Kids come in costume for the PQM Halloween Costume Contest. We will be taking polaroid pictures of their costumes to judge from later that day. Winners will be chosen in three age categories (4 and younger, 5 to 7 years old, and 8 and older). Winners will be announced after 3 pm at the Market. Prizes include gift certificates from Jazams Toy Store in Palmer Square in Princeton. You will be entertained by the Mummertime Band & Arnie the Balloon Man. For more information visit the website at www.pqmonline.com or call 609-737-0058. Not a Kids' Club member - stop in at the Customer Service Booth to sign up. 10/30 – The French American School of Princeton’s Halloween Fair & Haunted House. 11-3pm., 16 All Saints Road, Princeton. There will be lots of activities and games: Magic potion, various games, face painting and tattoos, photo booth, Cookie decoration, Halloween crafts, etc. Don’t miss THE HAUNTED HOUSE! COSTUME CONTEST! Prizes to win. For more information, please visit www.ecoleprinceton.org or call us at 609-430-3001 10/30 – Halloween Spooktacular Contest & Parade. 11-3pm. Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison Street, Princeton. Pet Contest at 1pm. Pumpkin painting, Mask Making. 10/30 - Halloween Walk at the Waldorf School of Princeton, 1062 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton. 6-7:15pm. $5 per child. Families are invited to this magical, fright-free walk where fairy tale characters come to life! The Halloween Walk is intended for children 9 years and younger but is enjoyable for children of all ages. Rain or shine. For more information: www.princetonwaldorf.org 11/4 & 11/5 – Science Makes Art or Art Makes Science, Science Workshop, scienceSeeds, 9-3pm. Join us for 1 or 2 days of science fun. Geared to children in K-5th grade, your young scientist may build small robots, or make a spin-art machine, use chemistry to make prints and many more while intuitively exploring principles of geometry, color, density, physical forces and human perception. For more information email: registrar@scienceseeds.com http://www.scienceseeds.com 11/06 - The Historical Society of Princeton’s House Tour 2010. Saturday, November 6th, 2010. 10am-4pm. Homes on view can be seen at http://www.princetonhistory.org/housetour.cfm. Register, $40. 609-921-6748. 11/06 - The Rhythm Renewal Drumming Workshop with Jim Donovan, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Skillman. 3:00 - 5:30pm. Cost: Single Workshop: $55/$45 before October 29. Both workshops: $89/$69 before October 29. www.princetonyoga.com This highly energetic and fully interactive workshop is perfect for anyone interested in learning how to use the power of rhythm and drumming. You will learn exciting traditional rhythms, songs and chants from Africa, the Caribbean and South America, while also experiencing the joy and support of creating music with other people. New POL WebsitesNew Websites designed and hosted by Princeton Online Regards, Princeton Online provides comprehensive Web services - design, hosting and advertising. Please visit www.polclients.com or contact pgibson@princetonol.com for more information. 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