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Special Event: Journalism and Democracy

2023 Public Humanities Forum

2023-12-02 10:00:00 2023-12-02 16:00:00 America/New_York Special Event: Journalism and Democracy Princeton Public Library - Community Room

Saturday, December 02
10:00am - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-12-02 10:00:00 2023-12-02 16:00:00 America/New_York Special Event: Journalism and Democracy A keynote speaker and two panels of experts, featuring historians and journalists, will discuss the history of democracy, active citizenship and participatory journalism. Registration requested. Princeton Public Library - Community Room

Princeton Public Library

Community Room

A keynote speaker and two panels of experts, featuring historians and journalists, will discuss the history of democracy, active citizenship and participatory journalism. Registration requested.

The 2023 Public Humanities Forum explores the relationship between democracy and journalism through two panel discussions and a public lecture.

Schedule:

10 a.m. - Check-in and Coffee

10:30 a.m. to noon - First Panel: "Democracy, Citizenship, and the Power of the Powerless"

Noon to 1:15 p.m. - Lunch (complimentary to registered guests)

1:15 to 2:45 p.m. - Second Panel: "Democratic Societies and Participatory Journalism"

2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. - Coffee Break

3 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Public Lecture: Jan-Werner Müller, "Democracy's Critical Infrastructure"

Book signing to follow.


Keynote Speaker: 

Jan-Werner Müller is Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and professor of Politics at Princeton University. He works mainly in democratic theory and the history of modern political thought; he also has research interests in the relationship between architecture and politics, as well as the normative implications of the current structural transformations of the public sphere. Publications include Constitutional Patriotism (2007), Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe (2011) and What is Populism? (2016), which has been translated into more than 20 languages. 2019 saw the publication of Furcht und Freiheit: Für einen anderen Liberalismus, which won the Bavarian Book Prize; in 2021, Democracy Rules appeared with FSG, Penguin, and Suhrkamp. 

Panelists and Moderator on the First Panel:

Dan-El Padilla Peralta is an Associate Professor of Classics in the Department of Classics at Princeton University. He is the author of two books: Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League (Penguin 2015) and Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic (Princeton 2020) and he has co-edited two others: Rome, Empire of Plunder: The Dynamics of Cultural Appropriation (with Matthew Loar and Carolyn MacDonald; Cambridge 2017); and Making the Middle Republic: New Approaches to Rome and Italy, c. 400 – 200 BCE (with Seth Bernard and Lisa Mignone; Cambridge 2023). In addition he is a volume editor for the Cambridge History of the African Diaspora. Projects in the works include Classicism and Other Phobias, a manuscript emerging from the 2022 W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures; 338 BCE: Rome and the Age of Empires, co-authored with Denis Feeney (under contract with Harvard University Press); A People’s History of Rome (under contract with Princeton University Press); and a manifesto on race and racism within the disciplinary identity of classics, co-authored with Sasha-Mae Eccleston.

Rachel Devlin is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University specializing in the cultural politics of girlhood, sexuality, and race in the postwar United States. She is the author of Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture (2005). In her most recent book, A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools (2018), Devlin draws on interviews and archival research to tell the stories of the many young women who stood up to enraged protestors, hostile teachers, and hateful white students every day while integrating classrooms. Among them were Lucile Bluford, who fought to desegregate the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism before World War II, and Marguerite Carr and Doris Faye Jennings, who as teenagers became the public faces of desegregation years before Brown v. Board of Education. Devlin has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (Harvard University), and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute (Harvard University).

Stanley Katz is President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, the national humanities organization in the United States. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1955 with a major in English History and Literature. He was trained in British and American history at Harvard (PhD, 1961), where he also attended Law School in 1969-70. His recent research focuses upon developments in American philanthropy, the relationship of civil society and constitutionalism to democracy, and the relationship of the United States to the international human rights regime. He is the Editor in Chief of the recently published Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, and the Editor Emeritus of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court. He also writes about higher education policy, and has published a blog for the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is the co-founder and editor of the history of philanthropy blog www.histphil.org. Formerly Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor of the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University, he is a specialist on American legal and constitutional history, and on philanthropy and non-profit institutions. He received the annual Fellows Award from Phi Beta Kappa in 2010 and the National Humanities Medal (awarded by Pres. Obama) in 2011.

Moderator:

Christopher Fisher is an Associate Professor of History at the College of New Jersey. He earned his BA from Rutgers College and his Ph.D. in history, with a focus on U.S. diplomacy, from Rutgers University in 2001. His areas of expertise are the U.S. in the twentieth century, cold war culture and diplomacy, US in the World, American empire and imperialism, African-American history, and Racism and Race Relations in the US. With Alan Dawley and Robert C. McGreevey, he is the co-author of Global America, The United States in the Twentieth Century (Oxford, 2018).

Panelists and Moderator on the Second Panel:

Jane Ferguson is a Polk, Emmy, Peabody, OPCA and DuPont award-winning foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour, contributor to The New Yorker, and McGraw Professor of journalism at Princeton University. Now based in New York City, she has over thirteen years of experience living and reporting in the Middle East and reporting from the Arab world, Africa and South Asia. Her work focuses on US foreign policy and defense, conflict, diplomacy, and human rights. With an emphasis on in-depth, magazine length broadcasting, Jane's reporting is characterized by exclusive, ground-breaking access, thoughtful story-telling and character-driven reporting. Her memoir, No Ordinary Assignment was published by HarperCollins in July 2023. 

Tennyson Donyéa, a seasoned journalist, storyteller, and aspiring filmmaker continues to leave his mark on New Jersey's media landscape. A Temple University alumnus, he holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Production (2016) and later deepened his journalistic expertise through the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators program at CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in 2022. Over the past seven years, Tennyson has extensively reported for various platforms including TV, radio, and both print and digital mediums. His journey has taken him to various states – from California to Maine – but his role at WHYY News in Philadelphia stands out, showcasing his dedication to delivering quality news about New Jersey politics. In 2023, Tennyson's commitment to local journalism was recognized when he received the New Jersey News Commons' Partner of the Year award. This accolade celebrated his significant contributions to bolstering New Jersey's local news ecosystem. Keenly aware of the narratives surrounding New Jersey's Black community, Tennyson took it upon himself to challenge and reshape these perspectives. In 2021, he founded "Black In Jersey" with the aim to provide a more accurate representation of Black communities and address pertinent issues in the fight for Black liberation. Originally hailing from Washington, D.C., Tennyson has called New Jersey home since 2019 and is currently based in Trenton, NJ, where he continues to be a beacon of change in the world of journalism.

Andrew Rodriguez Calderón is a computational journalist at The Marshall Project. He is also an Adjunct Professor at The New School in New York City, where he teaches data, design and community engagement, and additionally works as a Project & Product Designer for the Journalism + Design Lab, an non-profit initiative to develop civic infrastructure through free journalism and design training at community colleges. His work and practice sits at the intersection of collaborative design, product development and journalism engineering. Recently he has been exploring AI and hosting community listening sessions with people and groups affected by book bans in prisons to think about how generative machine learning can help decode complex bureaucracy and empower people often marginalized by systems of power.

Moderator:

Anastasia Mann is a lecturer at Princeton University and the founding director of SPIA in NJ. Her work focuses on struggles for economic rights and racial justice by, for, and with communities on the margins of American society. Trained as a historian, Stacy’s interests include reparations and transitional justice, immigrant organizing, access to quality public services, social welfare and social control, kinship, leisure, and mutual aid. Her work is attuned to the ways that gender, race, class, and ethnicity shape structures of opportunity. Mann’s career spans academia (Northwestern, Princeton, Rutgers), research-driven nonprofits (the Russell Sage Foundation, New Jersey Policy Perspective), and the civic sphere (Princeton’s Human Services and Civil Rights Commissions, and the New Jersey Commission on New Americans). Her publications include contributions to The Encyclopedia of Working Class America (Routledge), Flunking Out: New Jersey’s Support for Public Higher Education Falls Short, Garden State Dreams: In-State Tuition for Undocumented Kids (both New Jersey Policy Perspective), and Middlesex County, New Jersey: Crossroads of the World (Rutgers, Eagleton Institute). 


Co-sponsored by the SPIA in NJ Initiative of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University Humanities Council, the Princeton University Program in Journalism, and Labyrinth Books and presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.


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Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
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Sat, Apr 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years and up, accompanied by an adult.

Sat, Apr 12, 11:00am - 2:00pm
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Sat, Apr 12, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
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Sat, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Students in grades 6-8 are welcome to join a fun monthly discussion of books and other interests.

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Sat, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
New date Sunday, April 06, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Princeton Public Library
Storytime in Spanish for children and their caregivers.

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Princeton Public Library - STEAM Studio
These sessions are intended for youth in second through sixth grade who are beginners or have some chess experience. Registration is not necessary.

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Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in Spanish for children and their caregivers.

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Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in French for babies and their caregivers.

Mon, Apr 14, 8:30am - 3:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.

Mon, Apr 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Mon, Apr 14, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice speaking English at this informal, in-person conversation group facilitated by a volunteer.

Mon, Apr 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Mon, Apr 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.
This event is full

Mon, Apr 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/aet-vjgt-gvp
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet.

Mon, Apr 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Poets read from works in progress and receive constructive peer feedback at these virtual sessions.
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Mon, Apr 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
The author is joined in conversation by Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin to discuss her latest book, "Good Friends: Bonds that Change Us and the World."

Tue, Apr 15, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Tue, Apr 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime Jeff, aka Jeff Trainor, presents stories, music and songs for preschoolers.

Tue, Apr 15, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
Learn how to create attention-grabbing print and digital promotional materials, from flyers and posters to social media posts and beyond. Registration required.

Tue, Apr 15, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Tue, Apr 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Tue, Apr 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.
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Wed, Apr 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm
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.

Wed, Apr 16, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Wed, Apr 16, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 16, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Wed, Apr 16, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Google Meet
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet. Registration required.

Wed, Apr 16, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
Emeritus classics professor at Colgate, Garland discusses his new book "What to Expect When You're Dead" with Princeton University researchers. Registration requested.

Thu, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.

Thu, Apr 17, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
Members of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group help resolve questions about Apple devices. Drop in at any time during this session.

Thu, Apr 17, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Thu, Apr 17, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
After Baby Storytime, stay and enjoy free play and socialization with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Thu, Apr 17, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Princeton University - FitzRandolph Gate
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.
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Thu, Apr 17, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Neurodivergent individuals looking to connect with others are invited to attend a craft session to work on creative projects brought from home.

Thu, Apr 17, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Princeton Public Library - 3rd Floor Pop-up Programming Area,CoLab Space,Tech Center
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Thu, Apr 17, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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).
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Fri, Apr 18, 9:45am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Fri, Apr 18, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Sat, Apr 19, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - 3rd Floor Pop-up Programming Area
Stop by Youth Services on the third floor for a kit to make a 3D spring bookmark while supplies last.

Sat, Apr 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years and up, accompanied by an adult.

Sat, Apr 19, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
The family-friendly, animated musical comedy film is screened in partnership with the Princeton French Film Festival. In French, 1 hour, 13 minutes.

Sat, Apr 19, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in Portuguese for children and their caregivers.

Sat, Apr 19, 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in Japanese for children and their caregivers.

Rescheduled
Sun, Apr 20, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
New date Sunday, April 27, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Princeton Public Library
Storytime in German for children and their caregivers.

Mon, Apr 21, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.

Mon, Apr 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Mon, Apr 21, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice speaking English at this informal, in-person conversation group facilitated by a volunteer.

Mon, Apr 21, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Mon, Apr 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
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+.

Mon, Apr 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Mon, Apr 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.
This event is full

Mon, Apr 21, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/aet-vjgt-gvp
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet.

Mon, Apr 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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."

Tue, Apr 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Tue, Apr 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime Jeff, aka Jeff Trainor, presents stories, music and songs for preschoolers.

Tue, Apr 22, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Tue, Apr 22, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Tue, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 10:00am - 12:00pm
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Wed, Apr 23, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Newsroom
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).

Wed, Apr 23, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Google Meet
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet. Registration required.

Wed, Apr 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 23, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Newsroom
The library's Board of Trustees will meet at the Princeton Public Library.

Wed, Apr 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
The author discusses his recently published book "Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves." Book signing to follow.

Thu, Apr 24, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos presents an eight-week program of literature, poetry, discussion and writing.

Thu, Apr 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.

Thu, Apr 24, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
Members of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group help resolve questions about Apple devices. Drop in at any time during this session.

Thu, Apr 24, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Thu, Apr 24, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
After Baby Storytime, stay and enjoy free play and socialization with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Thu, Apr 24, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Thu, Apr 24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
This introductory class covers the basics of Final Cut Pro software to get attendees started creating and editing and professional quality videos. Registration required.

Thu, Apr 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
A panel of experienced homeschooling parents and teachers cover the basics of homeschooling in New Jersey.

Fri, Apr 25, 9:45am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
Presenter: Madeleine Elmgren

Fri, Apr 25, 10:00am - 11:15am
Princeton University - FitzRandolph Gate
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.
Register

Fri, Apr 25, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Fri, Apr 25, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
Princeton High School students are invited to perform at this teens-only event.

Sat, Apr 26, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years and up, accompanied by an adult.

Sat, Apr 26, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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.

Cancelled
Sat, Apr 26, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Princeton Public Library
These sessions are intended for youth in second through sixth grade who are beginners or have some chess experience. Registration is not necessary.

Sat, Apr 26, 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
In this four-session book group, children in grades 2-5 explore different cultures through folktales and cultural crafts.

Sun, Apr 27, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in German for children and their caregivers.

Mon, Apr 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Mon, Apr 28, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice speaking English at this informal, in-person conversation group facilitated by a volunteer.

Mon, Apr 28, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
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.

Mon, Apr 28, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Mon, Apr 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Mon, Apr 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.
This event is full

Mon, Apr 28, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Mon, Apr 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/aet-vjgt-gvp
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet.

Tue, Apr 29, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Tue, Apr 29, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime Jeff, aka Jeff Trainor, presents stories, music and songs for preschoolers.

Tue, Apr 29, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Tue, Apr 29, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 10:00am - 12:00pm
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Wed, Apr 30, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Google Meet
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet. Registration required.

Wed, Apr 30, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Wed, Apr 30, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Thu, May 01, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos presents an eight-week program of literature, poetry, discussion and writing.

Thu, May 01, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.

Thu, May 01, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
Members of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group help resolve questions about Apple devices. Drop in at any time during this session.

Thu, May 01, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.

Thu, May 01, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
After Baby Storytime, stay and enjoy free play and socialization with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Thu, May 01, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Neurodivergent individuals looking to connect with others are invited to attend a craft session to work on creative projects brought from home.

Thu, May 01, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Thu, May 01, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Tech Center
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.

Fri, May 02, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Fri, May 02, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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

Fri, May 02, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Sat, May 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years and up, accompanied by an adult.

Sat, May 03, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in Mandarin Chinese for children and their caregivers.

Sun, May 04, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Community Room
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.

Sun, May 04, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Storytime in Russian for children and their caregivers.

Sun, May 04, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
Join us for readings in Russian followed by discussion. Intended for children in kindergarten to grade 4.

Mon, May 05, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Mon, May 05, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Mon, May 05, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Mon, May 05, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
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.
This event is full

Mon, May 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Princeton Public Library - Newsroom
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.

Mon, May 05, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/aet-vjgt-gvp
Practice your English speaking skills with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer on Google Meet.

Tue, May 06, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Quiet Room
Practice your English speaking skills in-person with others during conversation facilitated by a volunteer.

Tue, May 06, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Story Room
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.

Tue, May 06, 3:15pm - 6:00pm
Princeton Public Library - CoLab Space
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.

Tue, May 06, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Conference Room
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.

Tue, May 06, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Princeton Public Library - Tower Room
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Registration opens Sunday, April 6 2025 at 7:00pm