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ore than 370 Trenton elementary schools students will come back to their classrooms this September having solidly advanced at least one grade level in their reading skills as a result of their and their parents’ participation in the Trenton Literacy Movement after school program. The TLM funded program is offered in every Trenton elementary school with the active partnership of teachers and school administrators. It includes computer responsive instruction, personal attention, and adult reading to the children. At the June 8 end-of-year celebration pictured each child was presented with a medallion, a certificate of recognition, and a choice of two books.

Smiles and cheers from both students and parents pervaded the ceremony as each child was called by name to receive his or her awards.

The curse of Christie

ormer Governor Chris Christie’s parting gift to Trenton included two state building projects that used the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to circumnavigate the New Jersey State Legislature, closed the New Jersey State House for renovations, authorized bonding to advance an unpopular state office building plan that ignores Capital City planning, and left city and state citizens a multi-million dollar bill. Read all about it in Dan Aubrey U.S. 1’s story, “How the State Created a Monster on Trenton’s Main Street,” online at www.princetoninfo.com/how-thestate-created-a-monster-on-trentonsmain-street.

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Trenton Music Makers get Carnegie Hall support

gentrification, and poverty. The OK Trenton Project is a twoyear play development process that will culminate in a documentary-style production on Passage’s stage in 2021. The artistic team includes Passage staff and local artists, including C. Ryanne Domingues (Passage artistic director), Bruce Lindsay (sculptor), and David Lee White (Passage’s former associate artistic director and resident playwright). The MAP Fund Program supports original live performance projects that embody “a spirit of deep inquiry, particularly works created by artists who question, disrupt, complicate, and challenge inherited notions of social and cultural hierarchy across the United States.” www.passagetheatre.org

he Trenton Music Makers is the beneficiary of a Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute award of $30,000 and has been installed as a member of PlayUSA 2019-20. Carngie Hall’s PlayUSA supports national instrumental music education projects designed to engage students from low-income and underserved communities and provides project leaders and instructors with support and training from Carnegie Hall staff. Its grants are designed to underwrite teaching fees for music instruction; purchase or rental of musical instruments as well as instrumental repair; and other programmatic costs. Modeled on the El Sistema youth orchestras founded in Venezuela, participation in the Trenton Music Mak- Zonta Club gives Trenton ers Orchestra is available at no charge to students in grades 2-12 who make a school award deep time commitment. our students from Franklin EleFor more information on the Trenmentary School received the Linda ton Music Makers: 609-394-8700 Ordini Scholarship of $50 each from or www.trentonmusicmakers.org. the Zonta Club of Trenton/Mercer during the fifth grade graduation cerPassage Theater emony in June. Scholarship winners were selectgets OK for grant ed by the fifth grade teaching team assage Theater, Trenton’s profes- from the top performing students in sional theater company, received Academics, Citizenship, STEM, and a 2019 MAP Fund project grant for Most Improved. The $50 scholarships the development of its OK Trenton were given in the form of gift cards to Project, inspired by a censored sculp- Barnes & Noble. Linda Ordini was a second grade ture created by Trenton students in teacher at Franklin Elementary August, 2017. The sculpture “Helping Hands” — School for many years, as well as an based on a hand giving the “OK” sign active member and former president — was created by Trenton students of the Zonta Club of Trenton/Mercer. during a HomeFront-coordinated During her life she made every effort summer camp but removed by city to have Zonta Club serve Franklin stuofficials after concerns the sculpture dents through reading and other volresembled a gang sign. The incident unteer opportunities. These activities led to community discussions about have continued after her death. censorship, artistic interpretation, www.zontatrenton.org

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State of the STATE State House tour shows off Trenton art treasures By Dan Aubrey

rt, history, architecture, and politics all seamlessly blend in one of New Jersey’s best kept secrets — a public art tour of the New Jersey State House. While the main state capitol building is closed for renovations, the Office of Legislative Services has been offering various tours. The Friday New Jersey State House Annex art tour offers a pleasing exploration of the state’s visual art collection that makes historic sense: The State House Annex was the home of the first New Jersey State Museum and Library and maintains some original touches. And since the tour is free, it is easy on both the eye and wallet. Let’s start off with the annex building itself. It was built in the late 1920s by architects J. Osborne Hunt of Trenton and Hugh A. Kelly of Jersey City. The building is an elegant U-shaped structure fashioned with Indiana limestone. Tour participants walk through the two wings and past a fountain to the entrance at the center of the U. Check out the art deco-inspired fa-

cade with the pattern of windows and the metal doors with images designed by Julius Caesar Loester (1890-1973), a New York City-based sculptor whose other works include memorials from New York State to Mississippi. The work here provides an overview of New Jersey history, including Native Americans spear fishing, the arrival of English settlers, and state maps.

fter passing through security, a New Jersey State Legislative Service member greets visitors in the vintage marble hallway before escorting them to the orientation area — the former museum area now used for public and legislative hearings. The first things that stand out are the windows. A secular celebration of New Jersey, they represent the artistry of glass masters George Sotter and J. Kenneth Leap. Sotter was a Bucks County-based visual artist originally from Pittsburgh, where he had designed stained glass windows for churches created by American architect Ralph Adams Cram — a major proponent for Collegiate Gothic Architecture and Princeton University’s resident architect in

the 1920s and ’30s. Leap is a contemporary Runnemeade, New Jersey-based stained glass artist who has attracted national attention. Sotter was commissioned by the State of New Jersey to create the original windows for the museum. And some of his vintage glass provides glowing images of wildlife, nature, and Greek mythology. Yet more interestingly, others represent the state on both a large and small scale. Sotter’s is a glass of the New Jersey State Seal with a shield, horse head, and the female figures of Liberty and Ceres. Smaller images are mixed with repetitive designs that can easily be overlooked, like the small glass panel of a hot air balloon. It’s a commemoration of the nation’s first air flight in Gloucester County. Leap’s glass fills the opposite wall. The artist blends his own style with Sotter’s approach but adds his own touches of history. Created for the New Jersey State House renovations in the 1990s, one window features a colorful depiction of one of the state’s most notable inhabitants — the Had-

J. Kenneth Leap’s image of the New Jersey State Dinosaur. rosaurus foulkii (considered the world’s first historically recorded human-found dinosaur skeleton). Other Leap designs include the state insect (the bee) and the animal (the horse). The committee room is also home to several murals by noted New Hope impressionist Rae Sloan Bredin (18801933), another tip to the then-nationally acclaimed nearby Bucks County arts movement.

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Included in Bredin’s murals is his 1928 depiction of the Delaware Water Gap. The works featuring misted images and subdued hues were created for the New Jersey State Museum. As another part of the historic state house renovations, contemporary artists Ani Rosskam and William Leech were contracted to restore and create murals for the area. In addition to being part of the legacy of the artists based in Roosevelt, New Jersey, the two professional artists are known for producing individual works, public art, and architectural designs. Right outside the room is Howard McCormick’s romantic mural of New Jersey’s indigenous people, the Lenapes. Originally from Indiana, McCormick (1875-1943) studied with famed American artist and teacher William Merritt Chase, studied in Paris, established studios in New Jersey and New York City, and created murals for the New Jersey State Museum and the Museum of Natural History in New York. Following is the former New Jersey State Museum’s children’s room. Again, the artistry connects both past and present and highlights Trenton’s once internationally known ceramics industry. The historic tile was created by the Mueller Tile Company of Trenton with local legend saying the animal designs were created by company founder Herman Mueller. Contemporary Lambertville-based ceramic artist Katherine Hackl was involved by the state Council on the Arts “Arts Inclusion Project” — a part of the renovation work in the 1990s — to refurbish the original design and continue the animal motif by using British writer Rudyard Kipling’s “Just So” stories as a playful unifying work. Hackl’s work is also prominently displayed on the walls of the Trenton Transit Station. The next stop will have visitors

‘Trenton,’ part of David Ahlsted’s Delaware River series. looking up — literally. Above a small and characters that exist only in the concourse is J. Kenneth Leap’s large state’s collective imagination. That inpainted and stained glass skylight, cludes the Jersey Devil and the Martian invasion launched through actor “360 Degrees of New Jersey.” Also created for the Arts Inclusion and director Orson Welles’ 1938 “War Program in the 1990s, the work is an of the Worlds” radio production that used the Mercer artistic tour-deCounty town of force as well as Grovers Mill as a visual tour-ofThe State House Ground Zero. visual-fun of New Along the long Jersey — both Annex art tour offers and labyrinthine fact and fantasy. a pleasing exploration hallways that The facts are seem to mirboth clear and of the state’s visual art ror the creation obscure. George of legislation, Washington in collection that makes the tour passes Trenton is easy. historic sense. various framed And, yes, that is works, including Albert Einstein contemporar y standing next to one of Princeton University’s Gothic New Jersey artist David Ahlsted’s towers, Lucy the Elephant outside At- “Delaware River Series.” Created for murals elsewhere in the lantic City, and the world’s first drivecapitol complex, the framed pieces in movie theater in Camden. But others may draw a blank, like bring the viewer from the “Delaware Elizabeth White who cultivated the River at Phillipsburg” past Trenton, blueberry in Burlington County. And Roebling, and Camden, to “Tankers what about that man in the sea? That’s & Refineries on the Delaware” and, only the stained glass maker himself. at last, to “Fishing Boats, East Point Then there are the famous events Light House.” To capture the light and

sky of the river, the artist sometimes traveled with tugboats during their daily runs. Depending on the direction of the tour, be on the lookout for a few bright spots between the highlights. That includes artist Livio Saganic’s terrazzo floor murals “State Symbols” and “Goldfinch Square,” combining both the color of the birds and the hues of the state’s farmlands and oceans. The Yugoslavian-born artist served as the chair of the arts department at Drew University and created public art projects for both New Jersey and New York State. Yet three stops — depending on the tour — are masterworks of their own. The first is “Session Day” by prominent contemporary New Jersey artist Robert Birmelin, whose works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum. Using photograph-like blurred human action, the large wall painting captures the whirlwind of political energy related to passing state bills and budgets. Then there is “Resolution” by New Jersey artist and former College of New Jersey professor Hiroshi Murata. The 14-panel marquetry, pictured on the Downtowner cover, brings the outside environs of the statehouse indoors and shows the capitol building and the surrounding bridges and skyline. And finally there is late New Jersey artist and Rutgers University art professor John Goodyear’s “Dawn of Law,” five marble bas-reliefs depicting several historic lawmakers including Hammurabi and Moses — a fitting ending to the place where law has its first and last words. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street. Fridays at 1:30 p.m. through September 27. Free. 609-847-3150 or www.njstatehousetours.org

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Trenton galleries fill walls, eyes, and minds By Dan Aubrey

renton’s fall art season has arrived and is filling galleries and museums with visual works by artists ranging from the international influential to the lovers of local color. Either way, it is a treat for city eyes. So let’s take a look at what’s happening:

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he Trenton art center’s new season is highlighting a major American artist with a prominent Trenton presence. That would be pioneering video artist Nam June Paik, the creator of the monumental video and neon sculptural installation in the lobby of the former New Jersey Network building at Front and Stockton streets. Artworks has been partnering with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts to reactivate Paik’s 1992 masterwork, “PBS: 1967-2000,” and bringing attention to the artist and his work through the exhibition opening with a reception on Saturday, September 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. and continuing through October 19. Also opening on September 14 is the group exhibition “Love of God,” curated and including work by regional multimedia artist Jeffrey Cobbold along with sculptures by Jessica Brown-White, film by Devonte Roach, and drawings by Marina de Bernado Sanchis. Cobbold says the “works create multiple entry points for one to consider the character of love, God, and the intersections of both in our everchanging world. This exhibition is in conjunction with the history of the Love of God Retreat Program of Lawrenceville.” Other exhibitions include the annual Art All Day group exhibition, November 2 through December 2, featuring works by artists participating in the city-wide day of open studios and galleries (set for Saturday, November

2) and an exhibition of photographic works by Trenton artist Habiyb Shu’Aib Opening reception: November 2, 6 to 9 p.m. Then look for the annual Red Dot 10x10 Fundraising Exhibition, where regional artists partner with Artworks to sell 10-inch-by-10-inch works to benefit Artworks, supports artists, and build collections. It opens with a reception on Saturday, December 7, 6 to 9 p.m., and is on view through January 4. Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley. 609-394-9436, www.artworkstrenton.org.

BSB Gallery

he BSB Gallery that opened last year in the former Broad Street Bank building is stepping forward this fall with a variety of exhibitions, projects, and opportunities. The first exhibition of the season is Nestor Armando Gil’s “Re:Partir.” An American artist of Cuban ancestry, born in Florida and now a resident of Easton, Pennsylvania, Gil works in media ranging from sculpture, performance art, and baking. The exhibition formerly opens on Saturday, September 7, and is on view through October 5. Also on the schedule is “Road Maps: Navigating Moments,” two solo exhibitions featuring the paintings and mixed media works by Brooklyn artist Tali Margolin and Heidi Sussman of West Orange. It opens with a reception on Friday, November 8, and is on view through December 7. The most visible project is “Fiber Bombing at Mill Hill Park.” Set for Saturday, October 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the plan is to “commemorate all of our summer programming, classes, and fiber art exhibit with a public yarn bombing in the heart of downtown Trenton,” say organizers. “Throughout the day participants will install their fiber creations on the trees of Mill Hill Park alongside food and fiber craft vendors and live local music. Once completed the Fiber Bomb will be up and on display for two weeks for the Trenton community to enjoy.” Registration to participate is open now

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through Wednesday, September 11. The gallery is also seeking artists interested in participating in two exhibitions. One is “The Surreality of Fear,” an exhibition of “work centered around the surreal experience, depiction, and over-exaggeration of fear,” say curators Christy O’Connor and Aine Mickey. That show opens Thursday, October 3, and closes with a costume party on Saturday, October 26, 5 to 9 p.m. The other is “Every Ghetto, Every City,” designed to examine city life “from corruption to inequality and the communal spirit of perseverance and strength.” It runs December 14 through January 4. Also of interest are artists who can participate in providing educational programs for adults and children. That includes fine art workshops and demonstrations, lectures, professional development programs, and more. BSB Galler y, 143 East State Street, 609-599-3268, www.bsbgallery.com

‘Oracion (Ave Maria)’ from Re:Partir at the BSB Gallery, left, and a photograph by John Clarke from the New Jersey Photography Forum retrospective at Ellarslie. JKC Galler y, James Kerney Campus, Mercer County Community College, 137 North Broad Street, Trenton. 609-586-4800. www.mccc.edu/ community_gallery_jkc.shtml

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reserving the Pinelands: Albert Horner’s Portraits of a National Treasure” uses Medford, New Jersey, photographer Albert Horner’s images to bring attention to the “quiet beauty” of New Jersey’s Pinelands National Reserve and commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Pinelands Preservation Act. The museum also plans to use objects and artifacts from its vast collection to explore the land, animals, people and industries, and the stories of this important and vital region. It JKC Gallery opens on Saturday, October 12. he gallery hosts a series of phoNew Jersey State Museum, 205 tography exhibitions featuring West State Street. 609-292-5420. www. regional and national artists. It moves statemuseum.nj.gov. into its new season with “Kissed & Toothless,” an installation by Brooklyn photographer Dominica Paige. Trenton City Museum The artist calls it “a visual anthology renton City Museum presents the and a catalogue of existence” where “New Jersey Photography Forum: “each object is a word, each shelf is A 25-Year Retrospective,” opening a sentence, each wall is a paragraph, with a meet the artist reception on and the exhibition is a story.” For- Sunday, September 15, from 2 to 4 mally opening with a reception and p.m., and closing with a talk and recepartist talk on Wednesday, September tion on Sunday, November 10, 1 to 4 18, from 5 to 7 p.m., it remains on view p.m. Curated by Nancy Ori, the foundthrough October 8. ing director of the Summit-based It will be followed by “Pequena group, the exhibition will include Hoguera” (Blaze), a collaboration be- approximately 100 works by more tween two Venezuelan-born artists, than 40 photographers and traces the photographer Vernoica Sanchis Ben- “dramatic advances in photographic como and poet Cristian Galvez Martos, art in the last 25 years while displaywho met 20 years ago and who, despite ing an array of techniques, from film moving and working around the world, and digital imagery to alternative exchanged art and created an aesthetprocesses including cyanotype, glass ic discourse and enduring friendship. fusion, and hand coloring.” An opening reception and artist talk Trenton City Museum, Cad(via Skype) are set for Wednesday, October 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibi- walader Park. 609-989-3632 or www. ellarslie.org. tion closes November 12.

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Trenton’s little libraries pass on street smarts By Patricia A. Taylor

hen 2010 budget cutbacks forced the closing of all branch libraries in Trenton, the city gained the unpleasant reality of hosting just one library for more than 85,000 people rather than five for its population. Book-loving citizens have rallied by creating a variety of little free libraries across the municipality, libraries to give people access to books in a city with limited public transportation. These new Trenton libraries all share three common goals: to ensure that citizens have easy access to reading material, that there are no due dates, and that all material is free. Several Trentonians opted to sponsor a library through the Little Free Library organization. This Wisconsin-based nonprofit, backed by the American Library Association and the Library of Congress among others, is responsible for more than 75,000 libraries in 90 countries. Library sponsors are known as stewards, and each is presented with a charter number and an official sign with the words “Take a book. Share a book.” The sign is affixed to a raised, rather quaint box, often resembling a tiny fairytale cottage, which holds books. They also have a website and made

statements regarding their involvement and box locations. That includes Anne Marquardt, who was one of the first in the city to become a steward, opening her box on Centre Street in May, 2013. Her box — an artistic creation in it own right — is painted robin’s egg blue. The boxes can be bought through

One library box reads: ‘Our Little Free Library has books for all … children, young adults, and adults. Take a book. Read a book. Share a book. Leave a book.’ the Little Free Library organization or personally constructed and decorated. When the branch libraries closed, Donna Zucchetti, who has a box in Chambersburg, says she “wanted to give something to my neighborhood children to do better in school. I wanted to give them the gift of reading books.” It took her a long time to come up

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with a plan to execute and in searching the internet she came across the Little Free Library website, which provides all necessary information on sponsoring a public book exchange. “It took a while for my dream to happen,” she says, “but it’s up and running.” Donna Garcia, another Little Free Library steward with a box in Hiltonia, feels it important to expand library locations. “Our city, Trenton, N.J.,” she has written, “has closed ALL of its libraries but one. This library is inaccessible to most of the residents of the city.” And then she proudly concludes with, “Our Little Free Library has books for all … children, young adults, and adults. Take a book. Read a book. Share a book. Leave a book.” That last sentence is key to the Little Free Library concept. Readers are encouraged to supply as well as take books. Sometimes, however, help is needed on the supply side. Enter Trenton 365 radio show host Jacques Howard and his Library Boxes of Trenton. Five years ago he decided the city’s abandoned newspaper boxes could serve a better purpose than serving as garbage dumps. With

Stewards of the Little Free Library can create and decorate their own boxes. Others have repurposed and redecorated abandoned newspaper boxes. a grant from the I Am Trenton foundation and the support of the Trenton Downtown Association, he obtained the newspaper boxes and assembled a group of artists to paint them. These artistic creations have then been distributed throughout the city with the

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tivity. Maywar and the Ransomes of offer of free books within. Classic Used Books and Champion- Championship Bar always make sure ship Bar were and continue to be ma- there are lots of books for me. Chiljor supporters of the Library Boxes of dren, especially, appreciate the fact Trenton. Artworks Trenton and local that they’ve been able to obtain donacolleges such as The College of New tions from Scholastic Books.” “It’s just wonderful,” she adds, Jersey are among the organizations that also supply books for this effort. “when every now and then I’ll be inJudy Winkler originally participated side my house and I’ll hear a child in Howard’s program and now runs a outside squeak and giggle at getting a Little Free Library site, a recycled and new book.” Winkler checks her library box dairichly decorated newspaper box she ly and whenever the supply is low, she calls the Mill Hill Little Free Library. She praises Howard and Eric May- relies on the Trenton Free Public Liwar of Classic Used Books for their brary as a source of a variety of books, support. It was after she became ac- from romance novels to classic fiction. As Richard Jutkiewicz, community quainted with the Little Free Library outreach librarorganization that ian, explains, the Winkler decided to have her effort ‘It’s just wonderful when public library has stacks of free registered with every now and then I’ll books available to that group. citizens. She loves bebe inside my house and Trenton The stacks are ing a Little Free located in six difI’ll hear a child outside Library stewferent locations ard. The variety squeak and giggle at in the library and of books and are restocked as interests passgetting a new book.’ soon as they are ing through emptied. and using her Trenton may have closed all its box amazes her. “Just this year,” she says, “German, Russian, Spanish, and branch libraries, but its citizens have French books have passed through insured that there are still many yearround replacements throughout the my library.” “I once found a Belorussian cook- city that are not only free but also probook in the box and decided to try out vide a varied and continuing supply of some of the recipes, which were really books. The Little Free Library website at good. After I returned it to my little free library, a neighbor took it and de- littlefreelibrary.org provides information on becoming a steward as well cided to keep it.” “State employees walk by the li- as the locations for all its libraries in brary to and from work and during Trenton. The Library Boxes of Trenlunch hours, so there is a lot of ac- ton have a Facebook site.

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Is Getting Bigger! Labor Day. Postal and bank holiday. Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. www.championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. Every Monday. Free. 8 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Killarney’s, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-5861166. www.quizzoholics.com. Free trivia every Monday. 8 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Reading. $11 and up. 1 p.m.

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ng our 3rd Classroom Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. Country Line Dancing Class, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-3937300. www.coopersnj.com. $10. 7 p.m.

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Ask the Diabetes Team, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Bring your ques�ons about the lifestyle changes required to achieve be�er control of your diabetes or pre-diabetes. Register. 10 a.m. Camp Olden Civil War Round Table, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton. www.campolden.org. Presenta�on and mee�ng. For more informa�on, email kdaly14@aol.com. Free. 7 p.m.

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Gloria: A Life, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Emily Mann’s play tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Through October 6. 8 p.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, pain�ngs, murals, �lework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. Every Friday through September 27. 1:30 p.m.

9/8 Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. Josh Marcum and Gene Bertoncini, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. DJ Randy and Never Enough, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-3937300. www.coopersnj.com. No cover. 5 p.m. Scoville Unit, Honah Lee, Alpha Rabbit, Yorkshire Tenth, Mill Hill Basement, 300 South Broad Street, Trenton. Live music. 9 p.m. Street Fair, First Friday, The African American Cultural Collec�ve of Mercer County, Warren Street and Front Street, Trenton. www. taacf.com. Block party featuring DJs, vendors, and family ac�vi�es. 5 p.m.

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9/8 Liz Hogg, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m.  Vocalist Carrie Jackson, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $15, plus $15 drink minimum. 3:30 p.m. Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m. The Tri-Tones, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Tour DeForce, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-393-7300. www. coopersnj.com. No cover. 9 p.m. Southside Wanderers, Ivy Tavern, 3108 South Broad Street, Hamilton, 609-888-1435. Playing oldies, Motown, Bri�sh invasion, and classic rock. No cover charge. 9 p.m. Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Every Saturday and Sunday. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Flea Market and Plant Sale, Ewing Historical Preserva�on Society, Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal City Road, Ewing, 609883-2455. www.ethps.org. Vendors can purchase space for $10. Call or send an email to info@ethps.org for more informa�on. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Bossa Brazil, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. $20. 2 p.m. Boheme Opera Brunch, Diamond’s of Hamilton, 661 Route 33, Hamilton, 609-581-9551. www.bohemeopera.com. A trio of Boheme Opera principal ar�sts perform while a brunch buﬀet is served. $65. Register. 1 p.m.  Puerto Rican Parade, CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Ave, Trenton,, 609933-3398. This year’s Parade theme: “Sembrando Raices Nuestra Historia en Trenton” (Sowing Roots: Our History in Trenton). Parade Grand Marshal: Trenton City Councilman San�ago Rodriguez, Parade Godmother and Godfather: Marlene Lao-Collins and Samuel Kanig. The parade begins at Trenton’s CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Ave, Trenton, and ends at Trenton City Hall, 319 East State Street, immediately followed by a fes�val behind City Hall. Rain date: September 15. Free. Noon Guided Tour, Watson House, 151 Westco� Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-2062. Tour the oldest home in Mercer County. Free. 1 p.m.

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CASA Informa�on Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Coun�es, 1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22, Ewing. www.casamb.org. 5:30 p.m. West Trenton Garden Club, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 137 West Upper Ferry Road, Trenton, 609-8863-5804. www.westtrentongc.org. “Gardening for Wildlife in the Suburban Landscape.” Glenn Steinberg and Joanne Mullowney present. Free. 7 p.m.

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Tickets are $20 in advance on the Cadwalader Heights Neighborhood Association website www.cadwaladerheights.com or $25 on the day of the tour at the registration center at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, located in adjacent Cadwalader Park, where there is free parking within easy walking distance of the neighborhood. A portion of the day’s proceeds will be divided equally among all three youth organizations. www.cadwaladerheights.com Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseyatmccc.org. Postulant Maria wins the heart of a widowed naval captain and his seven children, but happiness is short-lived as Austria is invaded by the Nazis. Through September 22. 7:30 p.m. Opening Recep�on, Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1 Hamilton Place, Hamilton, 732-422-3676. www.princetonphotoclub.org. “Textured,” a mixed media exhibit featuring works by Valerie Chaucer-Levine, Connie Cruser, Sonali Mohanty, and Gloria Wiernik. Running through Sunday, November 3. Free. 5:30 p.m. Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m. Orthopedic Open House: Joint Replacement, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. www.rwjbh.org. Discover the latest advances in knee and hip replacement surgery. Dinner included. Register. 6 p.m.

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he Cadwalader Heights Civic Association’s September 14 historic neighborhood and garden tour will also benefit three prominent city nonprofit youth organizations: the Trenton Circus Squad; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s Robotics Program, and YMCA of Trenton. The Cadwalader Heights neighborhood is bounded by Parkside, Stuyvesant, and Bellevue avenues, and Belmont Circle. The neighborhood’s homes and parks were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, one of the designers for New York City’s famed Central Park. The self-guided walking tour is set noon to 5 p.m. and includes 14 aesthetically designed period homes. The theme of “Cadwalader Heights: 112 Years Young” was chosen to reflect a neighborhood of rich diversity and forward vision as it launches into its second century of existence. Teenagers from the three mentioned groups will be present at the tour and showcase their respective achievements.

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Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. DJ Randy and Spare Parts, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-393-7300. www.coopersnj.com. No cover. 5 p.m.  Tavern Night, Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, 609-396-1776. www.barracks.org. Hors d’oeuvres, open bar, 18th-century ac�vi�es, live music, and more. $60. Register. 7 p.m. Comedy Cabaret: Chris Coccia, Marc Kaye, and Joan Weisbla�, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

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Opening Recep�on, Artworks Trenton, 19 Evere� Alley, 609-394-9436, www.artworkstrenton.org. “PBS: 1967-2000,” featuring Nam Jun Paik’s 1992 masterwork, and “Love of God,” featuring mul�-media work by Jeffrey Cobbold, Jessica Brown-White, Devonte Roach, and Marina de Bernardo Sanchis. On view through October 19. 7 to 9 p.m. Emily Waller and Graeme Burgan, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Evan Alexander Moore, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m. Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.  Ma� O’Ree, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-393-7300. www. coopersnj.com. No cover. 8 p.m. 2019 NJ Storytelling Fes�val, Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell. www.njstorynet.org. Performances, storytelling contest, workshops and more. Register. Free. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reiki Level II Cer�fica�on, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Must be trained and cer�fied in Reiki level one. $170. Register. 10 a.m. New Jersey State Bu�on Society Show and Compe��on, Union Fire Company, 1396 River Road, Titusville, 609-921-2774. www. newjerseystatebu�onsociety.com. Collector and history event featuring programs for adults and kids, including a talk by Dowington, Pa, based fashion designer and historian Jennifer Lackovic, “Celluloid the Great Imitator” at 1:30 p.m. $2. Kids free. 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Cadwalader Heights Tour, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Avenue, Trenton. www.cadwaladerheights.com. Tour 10 homes inside the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed neighborhood. Proceeds benefit the Trenton Circus Squad. $25. Register. Noon.

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Meet the Ar�sts, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Avenue, Trenton. www. ellarslie.org. Opening for “New Jersey Photography Forum: A 25-Year Retrospec�ve,” running through Sunday, November 10. 2 p.m. Greg Giannascoli and Ron Stabinsky, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m.

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An Act of God, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliﬀe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. God, assisted by her devoted angels Gabriel and Michael, answers some of the deepest ques�ons that have plagued mankind since Crea�on. Through October 13. 7:30 p.m. Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Sean Ladden and Kyle Walter, 8 p.m. Weight Loss: Medical and Surgical Op�ons, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. www.rwjbh.org. Explore the op�ons for shedding unhealthy weight. Bring your ques�ons for the bariatric coordinator and physician. Register. 6 p.m.

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Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. Country Line Dancing Class, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-3937300. www.coopersnj.com. $10. 7 p.m. TAAC Poetry Cafe, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 5:30 p.m. Take Control of Your Health, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Six-week interac�ve program designed to teach the skills needed for daily management of chronic condi�ons such as diabetes, arthri�s, heart disease, and back pain. Textbook included. Register. 1 p.m. Opening Recep�on, JKC Gallery, James Kerney Campus, Mercer County Community College, 137 North Broad Street, 609-586-4800. www.mccc.edu. “Kissed & Toothless,” an installa�on by Brooklyn photographer Dominica Paige. On view through October 8. 5 to 7 p.m.

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Live Art Ac�on, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalder Park, Trenton, 609-989-1191. www. ellarslie.org. Fundraiser featuring ﬁne and decora�ve arts donated to Ellarslie by long�me supporters from their extensive private collec�ons. 7 to 9 p.m. Preview of works on view September 11 through 20. 7 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. Rorie Kelly, Carla Ulbrich, and Eric Jay, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. DJ Randy and No Way Out, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-3937300. www.coopersnj.com. No cover. 5 p.m.

Greek Grill & Taverna, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton. www.ahepa72.org. Greek special�es including gyro, souvlaki, and baklava, Greek music, and folk dancing. Cruisin’ Night car show from 5 to 9 p.m. Rain or shine. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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The Colonial Tea Par�es: Boston and More! 1719 William Trent House, 15 Market Street. www.williamtrenthouse.org. Michael Raab, co- founder and owner of TeaFor-All, presents an illustrated lecture and tea tas�ng. Refreshments served. $12. 1 to 3 p.m. Danny Tobias and Friends featuring Larry McKenna, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m.

Saxophonist Frank Catalano, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-6959612. www.jazztrenton.com. $15, plus $15 drink minimum. 3:30 p.m. Jack Furlong Quartet, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

Greek Grill & Taverna, St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton. www.ahepa72.org. Cruisin’ Night car show from 3 to 7 p.m. . 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fall Spin Bike Tour, Campus Town, College of New Jersey, Ewing, 609-902-8722. www. ewinggreenteam.org. Cyclists 18 and up can ride a 12.3-mile, police-escorted course through Ewing. $25. Register. 8:15 a.m.

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Sleepers / Iner�a / Viridian / Murderous Intent & More, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton, 609-394-7437. www. championshipbartrenton.com. $10. 7 p.m. Beagles: A Celebra�on of Motown, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m. Falling for Teal Fashion Show, Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton. www. tealtea.org. Luncheon and fashion show plus door prizes, gi� basket raﬄes, 50/50, and more beneﬁ�ng the Teal Tea Founda�on. $60. Register. 11:30 a.m.

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Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Sean Ladden and Kyle Walter, 8 p.m. Make it Mediterranean!, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Celebrate Cholesterol Educa�on Month with healthy Mediterranean recipes and samples. $5. Register. 10 a.m.

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Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 to 9 p.m. Country Line Dancing Class, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609-3937300. www.coopersnj.com. $10. 7 p.m. Monika Ryan, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m. Take Control of Your Health, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Six-week interac�ve program designed to teach the skills needed for the daily management of chronic condi�ons such as diabetes, arthri�s, heart disease, and back pain. Textbook included. Register. 1 p.m.

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Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m.  For King & Country, CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton, 800-2984200. www.CUREInsuranceArena.com. Grammy Award-winning Australian duo of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone. $23 to $203. 8 p.m. Damien Chazelle Homecoming: An Evening in Support of the Petey Greene Program, Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton. www.peteygreene.org. Princeton High School graduate and Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle in conversa�on with Roger Durling. $15 and up. Register. 7:30 p.m.

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Leading Ladies, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseyatmccc.org. Ken Ludwig farce about two down-on-their-luck Bri�sh actors. Through October 6. 8 p.m. Open Mic Night, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. Free to perform and a�end. 7 p.m. Southside Wanderers, Killarney’s Public House, 1644 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1166. Performing oldies, Motown, Bri�sh invasion, and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m. Mercer County Italian American Fes�val, Italian American Fes�val Associa�on, Mercer County Park Fes�val Grounds, West Windsor, 609-631-7544. www.italianamericanfes�val.com. Food piazza, na�onal and regional entertainment, beer and wine gardens, Ital-

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Stanley Alexandrowich, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m. Amy Dee, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. $20. 8 p.m. Bassist Ma� Parrish, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $15, plus $15 drink minimum. 3:30 p.m. Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m. Mercer County Italian American Fes�val, Italian American Fes�val Associa�on, Mercer County Park Fes�val Grounds, West Windsor, 609-631-7544. Food piazza, na�onal and regional entertainment, beer and wine gardens, Italian Market with contemporary and tradi�onal Italian merchandise, heritage pavilion with local memorabilia and cultural presenta�ons, amusement rides, children’s ac�vi�es, ﬁreworks, bocce, and more. $5. Also September 29, noon to 3 p.m. Noon to 11 p.m.

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Rosh Hashana begins at sundown. Classical Crossovers: Barbara Browne, Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 392-6409. $20. 2 p.m. Fiona Joy Hawkins and Rebecca Daniel, Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 392-6409. $20. 7:30 p.m.

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Easily apply online for a new mortgage or refinance the one you have. And with low rates, $250 off closing costs* and plenty of financing options to choose from, the good life is knocking at your door. Will you answer?

*The credit union will provide a $250 credit towards your closing costs for any Mortgage Loan approved through CU of NJ. This offer can be discontinued at any time at the discretion of CU of NJ. Mortgage application must be submitted between July 1, 2019 and September 30, 2019 to qualify. Applies to first mortgage lien position loans only. Subject to credit approval.

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