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The Mercer County Park Commission’s Howell Living History Farm hosts its “OldFashioned Valentine’s Day” event yet again with options for both romance and family fun on Saturday, February 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All horses—whether the light work horses that can take couples on a romantic ride or the draft horses better fit for leading hay wagons of families—will go with (literal) bells on, taking passengers across the snowy terrain of the farmland. Couples can also take a two-seater sleigh, while families may opt for a bobsled. Children can craft Victorian Valentine’s Day cards from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a small materials fee. Guests are welcome to come in from the wintry outside and warm up with soup fresh from the farmhouse stove.

The Skil-Lit Cafe is a trendy brunch spot that, according to its website, skillitcafe. com, serves up generational family recipes on hot skillets in the historical downtown of Trenton. The restaurant hosts a “Cupid’s Candle Crafting Workshop” on Saturday, February 10, with food and drinks available for purchase, as well as raffle prizes, in addition to the candle-making session. “Discover the art of candle making and create personalized candles for your loved ones. This hands-on experience will guide you through the process of selecting scents, colors, and molds to design unique candles that will light up your special day.” Tickets are available via the Eventbrite page for the event, eventbrite.com/e/ cupids-candle-crafting-a-valentines-dayworkshop-tickets-797348760607, with an early bird discount of $30 and regular prices starting at $45.

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New Jersey Wine and Chocolate Trail Weekends The Garden State Wine Growers Association, a coalition of over sixty wineries and vineyards based in New Jersey, hosts its annual “Wine and Chocolate Trail Weekends” again with a lineup of affiliated businesses on two weekends—February 9 to 11, then from February 16 to 18—celebrating the most decadent of wine tastings and

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Ewing painter Laura Beard and Princeton artist Abigail Johnson are showing their work at the Friends for the Abbott Marshlands’ first exhibit of 2024 at the Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton, “Nature’s Duet,” on view through February 28 with an opening reception on Sunday, February 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. Beard’s “Serenity” (2023), acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, upper left, and “Fragile Balance 1” (2019), watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper, lower right. Johnson’s “Rain”(2023), upper right, and “Forest” (2023), lower left, both mixed media on canvas. Photos courtesy of the artists and FFAM.

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Her work has been shown at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, West Windsor Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Princeton, Artworks Trenton, and more. Beard is a portrait artist specializing in photorealistic paintings of animals, nature, and humans. Her work has been shown at both the Arts Council of Princeton and Artworks Trenton. Beard is also a member of the New Jersey Watercolor Society and the Garden State Watercolor Society. For more, see her website at laurabeardart.com. Last year, both exhibiting artists won awards in the Ellarslie Open 40, with Johnson being named the winner in the digital art category and Beard for watercolor. Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. On view through February 28. Open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 609-888-3218 or www.abbottmarshlands. org. ***

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Bensliman & Khalilah Sabree,” Art@Bainbridge Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton “Reciting Women,” an exhibit featuring Alia Bensliman and Khalilah Sabree, opened at Princeton University’s Art@Bainbridge gallery in late January and remains on view through March 31. An opening reception on Saturday, February 3, at 2 p.m., is followed by a conversation with the artists on Thursday, February 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Princeton University’s Friend Center at the intersection of William and Olden streets. According to museum materials, the two artists “deliberately disrupt conventional divides between tradition and modernity and the sacred and the secular. As Muslim-American artists and educators deeply rooted in the Trenton community, their imagery grapples with human rights struggles and the challenges of cultural belonging.” “Bensliman’s images of Amazigh women focus on the Indigenous population of North Africa in richly patterned watercolors informed by local artistic motifs, with her own triple portrait as an introspective counterpoint. Sabree’s painting suite turns a photograph taken during Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, into a medi-

Alia Bensliman and Khalilah Sabree share the “Reciting Women” exhibit at Art@Bainbridge in Princeton, on view through March 31 and with an opening reception on Saturday, February 3, at 2 p.m. and a subsequent conversation with the artists on Thursday, February 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Princeton University’s Friend Center at the intersection of William and Olden streets. Bensliman’s “Me, Myself, and I: Unfinished Conversation” (2023), left, and Sabree’s “Broken Promise” (2016–2017), right. Photos courtesy of the artists.

tation on loss and the devastations of war. Seen together, the artists’ works testify to seemingly incompatible commitments: preserving cultural traditions that are under threat while forging visual vocabularies that resonate with their own unfolding

identities.” According to Bensliman’s website, aliabenslimanart.com, Bensliman is based in Robbinsville, but she grew up in Tunisia, North Africa, which she called a place “at a crossroad of eastern and ancient art and

cultures on one hand and western more contemporary art on the other,” resulting work that merges “east and west with a penchant for North African and Berber art.” She is also an arts educator who teaches at Artworks Trenton and Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion. On her website, khalilahsabree.com, Sabree described her work as “about spiritual transformation and world issues. Her current body of work contains a variety

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At left, self-taught artist Freda Willliams’ presents “Freda Williams: A Retrospective” from January 23 through March 16 in Artworks Trenton’s main and community galleries through Saturday, March 16. The Westminster Choir, opposite page left, showcase “Welcome to the Neighborhood” at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for the first time in 15 years. Photos courtesy of Artworks Trenton and the Westminster Choir College.

From FEBRUARY, Page 6 of large scale, mixed-media paintings and drawings. There are several series in the collection, with a contemporary Islamic flavor. She filters the world through the eyes of an African-American Muslim woman and educator,” having worked as a former Lawrence Township teacher. She has a private studio at Artworks Trenton. Bensliman’s “Me, Myself, and I: Unfinished Conversation” (2023) is a combination of watercolor, ink markers, charcoal, and colored pencil on archival paper. Sabree’s “Broken Promise” (2016–2017) is a graphite, oil paint stick, acrylic, acrylic printing ink, paper, oil paint, and photography piece on masonite from her ‘Destruction of a Culture’ series.

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organized a senior art ministry for members and non-members of her church — the ministry is titled “Golden Arts Ministry.” This retrospective offers a variety of styles and themes, including florals, politics, African American history, Trenton historical sites, southern themes, landscapes and cityscapes; also included is the, “To The Left Series,” (a personal journey). Williams’ work is heavily inspired by African American history, which is an attempt to remind people of the importance of history. “Most people enjoy seeing things that are familiar to them and give them a sense of community and fond memories of a time gone by,” Williams says. Her paintings reflect her love of color, and are vivid images of nostalgic memories, cultural experiences, and political impressions. END FILLER Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. On view through March 16, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening reception Friday, February 2, 6 to 8 p.m. Free. artworkstrenton.org. ***

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