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From Daily Princetonian: Unveiled Princeton Loop Express offers free rides from Princeton Shopping Center to Princeton Station
On Friday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the official launch of the Princeton Loop Bus services, which was branded in January with a bright green, frog theme and the slogan, “Hop on. It’s free.”
The new Loop Express route provides free municipal service for the public from Princeton Shopping Center to Princeton Station. Operating on a continuous 20-minute loop, the 14-seat minibus provides service from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Loop Express is live and can be tracked on TripShot, a transportation platform, and is accessible at princetonloop.com.
Read on dailyprincetonian.com
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From NJ.com: 2 major N.J. colleges allowing students to take classes at each other’s schools
Students at The College of New Jersey and Princeton University will be able to take classes at each other’s schools under a new five-year cross-registration program between the two institutions, launching in Fall 2026.
The program allows eligible undergraduate and graduate students at both schools to enroll in select courses at the other institution at no additional cost during Fall and Spring semesters.
Read on nj.com
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Stand Up for Princeton and Higher Education
Few things are more basic to the health, prosperity and security of people in the U.S. and around the world than access to healthy food and clean water. This Earth Day, the Stand Up for Princeton and Higher Education newsletter highlights important projects led by Princeton researchers that focus on these crucial resources.
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Drawing on an array of PUL’s manuscript and rare book collections, this exhibition commemorates the 250th anniversaries of U.S. independence and the Battle of Princeton, and showcases Princeton’s archival treasures from the revolutionary era alongside documents and artifacts that reveal local experiences of the American Revolution on campus and in the surrounding communities. Exploring the Revolution across lines of gender, class, race, allegiance, and status, the exhibition will offer visitors a range of perspectives on the Revolution’s ideals and contradictions, its anxiety and violence, and its achievements and tragedies.
Free and open to the public. View gallery hours on library.princeton.edu.
On display through July 12
Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery at Firestone Library
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McCarter Theatre presents
Old NasSoul and Sweet Honey in the Rock
McCarter Theatre invites audiences to arrive early and let the evening unfold gradually — beginning with drinks, mingling, and live soul music in the Matthews’ Lockwood Lobby Bar, courtesy of Princeton’s a cappella group Old NasSoul.
From 6:45 to 7:15 PM, this beloved campus a cappella group will fill the lobby lounge with R&B classics that include "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green, "In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins, "Ordinary People" by John Legend, and more. Think of it as the perfect warm-up: a drink in hand, good company, and Princeton students setting the soul soundtrack for the night ahead.
Then, at 7:30 PM, the evening moves into the Matthews Theatre for the mainstage event: Sweet Honey in the Rock, the GRAMMY-nominated vocal ensemble celebrating 50 years of music that has moved audiences at Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Royal Albert Hall. Founded in Washington, D.C. in 1973, the group has spent five decades blending gospel, blues, jazz, and African rhythms into something utterly singular — music rooted in community, resilience, and joy.
Purchase tickets on mccarter.org.
Friday, April 24
6:45 PM
McCarter Theatre Center
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James Kealey, Concert Organist
James Kealey, winner of the 2022 American Guild of Organists National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP), will perform a program perfectly suited to the Princeton University Chapel: works by Demessieux, Howells, Barraine, Duruflé, ano Willan. Come and let the soaring acoustics of the Chapel immerse you in the sumptuous sounds of the organ.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, April 24
7:30 PM
Princeton University Chapel
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Kwibuka at Princeton
In collaboration with Ibuka USA, Princeton African Students Association will be hosting a Kwibuka, the 32nd commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi bringing together all members of Princeton community as we honor and rember the victims, stand with the survivors and reaffirm our collective responsibility to ensure that this atrocities never happen again.
What to expect at this event
● Commemoration Ceremony – Honoring the victims through testimonies, moments of silence, and candle lighting.
● Survivor Testimony by Consolée NISHIMWE and
● An Educational Session with Col. Deo MUTABAZI on the themes of history of the genocide, the impact of remembrance, and the importance of fighting denial and misinformation.
Free and open to the public. Registration on Google.
Saturday April 25
5:00 PM
Robertson Hall, Room 002
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African Music Ensemble Spring Concert
The Princeton University African Music Ensembles presents an electrifying evening of urban and traditional African music.
Led by Olivier Tarpaga, Senior Lecturer in Music and award-winning composer and choreographer, the African Music Ensembles (AME) at Princeton University offer students a dynamic and immersive exploration of Africa’s rich and diverse musical heritage. Comprising two distinct ensembles, AME provides an in-depth opportunity to engage with both traditional and contemporary African music, drawing from the continent’s vast array of rhythms, instruments, and cultural expressions.
Purchase tickets on tickets.princeton.edu.
Saturday, April 25
8:00 PM
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
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Theater&… Lecture Series
Theater&… is a series of presentations by seniors in the Program in Theater that demonstrates the power of theater to connect to, reveal, educate about, and share a wide range of issues, topics, and experiences.
7:30 PM: Theater&...Venue
8:00 PM: Theater&...Federal Arts Policy
8:30 PM: Theater&...Future Worlds
Free and open to the public.
Monday, April 27
7:30 to 9:00 PM
Drapkin Studio at Lewis Arts Complex
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Princeton University Farmers' Market
Shop from fresh and local farm and food vendors at the Princeton University Farmers' Market.
The Farmer's Market takes place on Wednesdays from April 1 to May 6 at Firestone Library Chapel. The market is open from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Vendors include Bebes All Natural, Carlito's Tacos, Catalina Empanadas, The Dimpled Date, The Granola Bar, Jersey Artisan, Judith's Desserts, Little Star Foods, Nutty Novelties, Ooika Matcha, Pearl Coffee, Picklelicious, RiceWich & Tea House, Roper's Way Farm, Sprouts Flowers, Terhunes, and Tico's. Campus Dining will provide a taste of their local suppliers.
Sponsored by the Office of Sustainability, Office of Community and Regional Affairs, Campus Dining, Undergraduate Student Government and Graduate Student Government.
Wednesday, April 29
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Firestone Library Chapel
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Staged reading of Show All History by Kristín Eiríksdóttir
A staged reading with Princeton student/alum actors of Show All History by Kristín Eiríksdóttir, translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer and directed by Neil Blackadder.
Three childhood friends—Dawn, Becca, and Lily—are reunited after a traumatic incident some 20 years earlier. Seeking some sort of closure or reconciliation, Dawn encourages her long-estranged friends to relive the events of the last fateful evening they spent together as teenagers. But time and trauma have marked all three women in different ways, and they quickly discover that the past is not so easily left behind. Featuring Kelly Billman ’28, Rebecca Zack Callahan ’04, and Seryn Kim ’27.
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday April 29 at 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 30 at 2:00 PM
Godfrey Kerr Studio at Lewis Arts Complex
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Princeton University Concerts present
Lisa Batiashvili, Violinist
"Sounding Defiance: Georgia & Ukraine"
In 2014, in response to Russia’s invasion of Crimea, violin superstar Lisa Batiashvili commissioned composer Igor Loboda to create a “Requiem for Ukraine”—a deeply personal act rooted in the echoes of Russian aggression that had previously shaken her native Georgia. Since then, she has remained a staunch advocate for both nations, using music as a powerful tool of resistance to defend their cultural identities, which are persistently under attempted eradication. Join us for an intimate conversation—moderated by Ara Guzelimian, Artistic and Executive Director of the Ojai Music Festival and former Dean and Provost of The Juilliard School—in which Lisa Batiashvili will explore how the ongoing struggles of Georgian and Ukrainian identity have influenced her understanding of art, resilience, and cultural perseverance. The discussion will be complemented by live performance, featuring the violinist alongside her fellow Georgian, pianist Girogi Gigashvili. As Lisa Batiashvili poignantly reminds us, “first of all, we are human beings, and then we are musicians; not the other way around.”
Purchase tickets on concerts.princeton.edu.
Wednesday, April 29
7:30 PM
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
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“Choreographing Velocity: Contemporary Performance Emerging from the African Continent”
Princeton Humanities Council Belknap Fellow Jay Pather shares some thoughts on contemporary performance emerging from the African continent, in conversation with Lewis Center Chair Judith Hamera. The talk will probe some of the underpinnings of work that offers a mix of unexpected disruption of narrative, deeply subjective opacity, and blindingly illuminating image, reflecting on contemporary artists from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the Cameroon in this audio-visual presentation and open discussion. Cosponsored by the Department of Art & Archaeology.
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 30
5:00 PM
Godfrey Kerr Studio at Lewis Arts Complex
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Symposium: Learning Through Photography
Keynote Address
A symposium held in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan. Sarah Lewis, Founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will present the keynote address titled If Emmett Till Lived: Photographs and Monuments.
Keynote address is free and open to the public. View full symposium schedule on artmuseum.princeton.edu.
Thursday, April 30
5:30 PM
Princeton University Art Museum
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PLOrk: Electronic Dance Music and Cultures
Hear from the Princeton Laptop Orchestra folks who make the tunes to move our bodies at this truly embodied discussion / dance party: Gladstone Deluxe, Local Dialect, Melody Loveless, Sterling Toles, and more!
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 30
7:30 PM
Lewis Arts Complex, Colab
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Princeton Innovation Conference
Registration is now open for Princeton Innovation Conference at Reunions.
Discover how Princeton University’s Office of Innovation is supporting founders and entrepreneurs, engaging industry and investors, and advancing technology translation. Join us for fireside chats, panels, networking, and mingling on topics including AI, arts and humanities, biotech and life sciences, deep tech, education and edtech, energy and the environment, fintech, and social enterprise.
The Princeton Innovation Conference at Reunions is open to all alumni and our entire innovation ecosystem community. Register on innovation.princeton.edu.
Friday, May 22
9:00 Am to 4:00 PM
Friend Center
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Miniature Worlds
An Artistic Collaboration of Tiny Libraries
Visit miniature worlds of fantasy and creativity! We collaborated with the Arts Council of Princeton and gave ten talented local artists the same unpainted library diorama set. Then we invited them to create their own wild, wonderful, and whimsical libraries. The results are stunning and will be on display in our gallery. You can also learn about some of the historical miniature items in our special collections, craft elaborate tiny books of your own and enter to win a sweet little library start up set!
Free and open to the public. Recommended for all ages.
Saturday, April 25
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cotsen Children's Library
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Art for Families
Bold Landscapes
Saturdays are for young makers in the Creativity Labs!
Take inspiration from Wassily Kandisnky's bold landscape, Promenade (Sketch), then create your own brightly colored scene—real or imagined—to be the background for your own story. We provide the materials, you bring the creativity!
Drop in any time between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to explore a work of art, play with different materials, and exercise your imagination. No tickets or registration required. Come for fifteen minutes or two hours—whatever your schedule allows! All ages are welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday, April 25
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Princeton University Art Museum
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Science Saturday at Lawrence Library
Science Outreach offers Science Saturday programs in local libraries. In collaboration with the Trenton Public Library, the Ewing Library, the Lawrence Library, and the Princeton Public Library systems, Science Outreach hosts Science Outreach Saturdays for students in grades 2 - 8. Students will engage in different hands-on engaging science activities each month.
Registration is required. Register on mcl.org.
Saturday, April 25
11:00 AM
Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, NJ
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Images
Quantum - Illustration by Egan Jimenez, Office of Communications
Cross-registration - Photo by Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
PUAM Symposium - Donna-Lee Phillips, 3 December, from Fragments from a Visual Journal, 1977. Black Dog Collection. © Hal Fischer
Art for Families - Wassily Kandinsky, Promenade (Sketch), 1903. Princeton University Art Museum. Bequest of Sophie Goldberg Bargmann and Valentine Bargmann. Photo: Bruce M. White
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