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Drop in and Knit
2025-04-16 10:00:002025-04-16 12:00:00America/New_YorkDrop in and KnitPrinceton Public Library - Quiet Room
Wednesday, April 16 10:00am - 12:00pm
Add to Calendar2025-04-16 10:00:002025-04-16 12:00:00America/New_YorkDrop in and KnitBring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
Sessions will be held Wednesdays, April 2 through June 25.
Quiet Room Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
If there is an accommodation that you need or would like so that you can fully enjoy library programs, please visit our Accommodations Request Form.
Learn how to create attention-grabbing print and digital promotional materials, from flyers and posters to social media posts and beyond. Registration required.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these monthly online group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
This hybrid book group meets monthly through 2025 to examine fundamental texts in philosophy and political theory focusing upon justice. Established in partnership with the Catherine Project.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Kids 5-10 years old learn the basic rules and strategies of chess from Impact Chess volunteers. Weekly attendance is encouraged as sessions build on skills learned in the previous session.
Emeritus classics professor at Colgate, Garland discusses his new book "What to Expect When You're Dead" with Princeton University researchers. Registration requested.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Inaugural guided tour to rediscover Princeton’s town and campus through cinema. Generously funded by the National Humanities Center and offered as part of the Princeton French Film Festival.
Princeton Public Library - 3rd Floor Pop-up Programming Area,CoLab Space,Tech Center
Stroll around town and drop in to open houses at the Arts Council of Princeton, Art@Bainbridge, Small World Coffee and the library to enjoy music, food and drink, art making and gallery activities.
A conversation with community-based experts invites attendees to reflect on James Baldwin's legacy in Mercer County. Featured in the Baldwin Circles project and the Being Human Festival (US).
New Jersey employment and family law attorney Hanan Isaacs covers key topics under state and federal employment law, including contracts, hiring practices, civil service, employee handbooks and more.
Seminars and discussions examining how water is the quintessential natural resources are presented by The Princeton American Chemical Society at this "Chemists Celebrate Earth Week" event.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
This social club meets once each month to set up personalized bullet journals for the month to come. Some materials will be provided, or bring your own preferred supplies. For adults and teens 16+.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Julian Borger presents his memoir "I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust."
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Experience F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel brought to life as a staged radio play from Raconteur Radio with period costumes, vintage commercials, Golden Age radio equipment and more.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
The library’s local history team leads this tour of the last century of Princeton’s literary achievement. Complimentary lunch and book provided. Offered as part of the 2025 Being Human Festival (US).
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
Kids 5-10 years old learn the basic rules and strategies of chess from Impact Chess volunteers. Weekly attendance is encouraged as sessions build on skills learned in the previous session.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This introductory class covers the basics of Final Cut Pro software to get attendees started creating and editing and professional quality videos. Registration required.
Career coach Madeleine Elmgren shares information and tools for the evolving job market, covering topics like AI-powered job matching and mock interviews and interview and job market trends.
Inaugural guided tour to rediscover Princeton’s town and campus through cinema. Generously funded by the National Humanities Center and offered as part of the Princeton French Film Festival.
Princeton Public Library - Community Room,Hinds Plaza
Poets, storytellers and spoken word fans are invited to join a Porchfest open mic event, hosted in partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton and the Princeton University Art Museum.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Become adept at using Google Sheets and Google Forms, and learn how the two applications can work together to collect and organize data and information. Registration required.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
A screening of the Alan Turing biopic is shown in advance of Princeton Pro Musica's performance of James McCarthy's oratorio "Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story." PG-13. 1 hour, 54 minutes.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
Sketchers of all abilities and experience levels meet twice monthly to sketch, draw and paint together in this social art group. Sessions held on the second Tuesday and last Wednesday of the month.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
Kids 5-10 years old learn the basic rules and strategies of chess from Impact Chess volunteers. Weekly attendance is encouraged as sessions build on skills learned in the previous session.
Signum Quartet offers an interactive presentation of some of their best loved past #quartweets (short pieces) by professional and student composers and premieres a selection of new compositions.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Princeton University Library Special Collections staff discuss how they care for the university's collections and best practices for preserving your materials. Registration requested, not required.
Those with at least a basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro, or who have attended the April 24 introductory class, learn more advanced video creation and editing skills. Registration required.
This interactive dance workshop introduces toddlers and their caregivers to the basics of ballet and dance while fostering joy and creative movement. Participation limited. Registration required.
Registration opens Friday, April 18 2025 at 9:00am
Step back in time to the Jazz Age with 1920s-era music by The Glenn Crytzer Quartet, mocktails, a photo booth and more at this after-hours event. Costumes encouraged.
The Hun School’s robotics team, the Raidiators, lead a workshop for grades 3 to 5. Participants will build Lego robots, code them and partake in a relay race.
Registration opens Friday, April 18 2025 at 9:00am
In this hands-on session led by the Princeton University Robotics Club, participants in grades 6 to 8 will build their own mini lightsabers using LEDs, batteries and simple circuits.
Registration opens Friday, April 18 2025 at 9:00am
The author discusses and signs copies of her recently released novel "The Girls of the Glimmer Factory." Doors open at 10:45 a.m. for coffee and pastries. Talk begins at 11 a.m.
Soprano Sungji Kim and classical guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz present a concert of opera arias, lieder, virtuoso guitar solos and traditional Korean and Japanese songs.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Behavior analyst Patrice Garrison presents an overview of child development and treatment modalities for parents and professionals working with children 3 to 12 years of age.
Murray Carpenter discusses his recently published book "Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick" with Jennie Erin Smith via Zoom. Registration Required.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Zia Mohammad of AWS Quantum Computing gives an overview of Amazon’s quantum initiatives, services and customer use cases, and shares his perspectives on the quantum industry. Registration requested.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
Kids 5-10 years old learn the basic rules and strategies of chess from Impact Chess volunteers. Weekly attendance is encouraged as sessions build on skills learned in the previous session.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
The author discusses and signs copies of his recently released book "The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic's Chinese Survivors" and explores how they survived against all odds.
This interactive dance workshop introduces toddlers and their caregivers to the basics of ballet and dance while fostering joy and creative movement. Participation limited. Registration required.
Registration opens Friday, April 18 2025 at 9:00am
Our Teen Advisory Board and municipal student boards TAG, GAIA, and PSB present the works they've done in the community this year. Followed by project displays.
Independent mystery/thriller author Kevin G. Chapman shares experiences and practical advice for self-narrating an audiobook version of your book and conducts a live demonstration of the process.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Atkin discuss her book "Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for More Than 400 Years." Registration requested.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Princeton University students provide after-school homework help in all academic subjects to students in elementary through high school. Registration is not required for this drop-in program.
Kids 5-10 years old learn the basic rules and strategies of chess from Impact Chess volunteers. Weekly attendance is encouraged as sessions build on skills learned in the previous session.
Martha A. Sandweiss, joined in conversation by Esther Schor, presents her new book, "The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West." Registration requested.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Noel Rubinton discusses his recently published book "Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee." He will be joined by several former students and colleagues of McPhee.
