Events for Sunday May 21, 2023
NJ Renaissance Faire
Family-friendly festival featuring entertainment for all ages in an interactive setting: music, comedy, knight jousting, a human chess match, sword fighting, fire breathing, aerialists, comedy, music, food, merchant village, and more. $25 admission. 240 Eayrestown Road, Southampton. njrenfaire.com.
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Winery Weekend Music Series, Terhune's
Join family and friends in our historic apple orchard this spring for our Winery Weekend Music Series. Grab a glass of one of our award-winning wines, sit back, relax, and enjoy live music from local artists each week. Styles range from Jazz and Blues to Folk and Rock. Music plays from from 2pm-5pm. With 17 varieties of wine made with Terhune’s own grapes as well as three wines from our apple cider, tasting flights are a great way to sample the wide offerings. Warm up with delicious hot mulled wine. Our Barn Door Café will have light fare, while cheese plates and chips & salsa baskets are available at the winery. Perfect to enjoy with a glass of wine! No reservations are needed. No outside food or pets, please. Groups maximum of 8. Live music on Saturday and Sunday from 2pm-4pm - May 21 - Mike and Laura
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Stories from the Trent House: Our Neighbors – 1880 to 1950
Talk about the neighborhood where the Hughes Justice Complex stands now. The talk accompanies a newly opened exhibit on research using census documents, maps, and tax records to trace the history of the people who lived in houses immediately across from the Museum property. Register. Free. William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton. tinyurl.com/TalkMay21
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Morven Moves, Morven Museum & Garden
In line with Morven’s mission of preserving and celebrating authentic stories, “Morven Moves” is an inaugural program that does so through dance. This one-day-only performance features eight unique New Jersey-based choreographers & dance companies that reflect the rich and diverse culture and communities of the Garden State. Works will be presented by Cara Hagan, Grant Jacoby & Dancers, Kiana Rosa Fischer, Lisa Botalico, mignolo dance, morgaine de leonardis, and Yu.S.Artistry. This performance will take place outside in Morven’s gardens (weather permitting). In the event of rain, the program will move inside to the Stockton Education Center Gathering Space. Purchase of a ticket will also include access to the Museum to view Striking Beauty: New Jersey Tall Case Clocks, 1730 - 1830.
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Celebrating Collaboration, Westminster Community Orchestra
Hillman Hall, Cullen Center, Westminster Campus, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton Westminster Community Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Ruth Ochs, presents Celebrating Collaboration. The concert features piano duo Ena Bronstein Barton and Phyllis Alpert Lehrer performing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in Eb, No. 10. The program will also include Beethoven's Namensfeier (Name-day) Overture and selections from Fauré's Pelléas et Melisande Suite. Suggested donation of $10/person accepted at the door. Call 609-921-7104 for more information.
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Pride Weekend Special Event: Queerying Nature, ACME Screening Room
In the animal world, sexuality and gender are diverse. In other words: being queer is natural. There are thousands of cases of homosexual birds, transgender fish, non-binary animals, polyamorous families. Queerying nature intertwines the words of Vinciane Despret, philosopher, Camille Pier and Gwen Seemel, artists, and biologists and ethologists to explode the idea of a sexual or gender norm. Partly filmed in Lambertville and featuring local artist Semmel, who joins for a post-screening Q&A. $15. 25 South Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org
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Rakshak: Gaurdians of Samabhu, Nach Nation, Stuart Country Day School
Dance drama featuring 37 artists and 18 popular Bollywood songs covers the story of the SamaBhu Pendant and its gaurdians as they struggle to keep the balance of the world. Visit website for tickets. 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, 609-356-8778. www.nachnation.com
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