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he Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series returns to Mill Hill Park for a weekly free series of musical events featuring national and regional artists.

Now in its fifth summer, the 2019 series starts on Thursday, June 27, from 5 to 8 p.m., with the New Orleans soul rock trio The Nth Power.

The band’s founder, Berklee College of Music trained drummer Nikki Glaspie, is joined by guitarist and vocalist Nick Cassarino and bassist Nate Edgar.

The Nth Power has been cited for its authentic soul and R&B sound and its spiritual core. “Faith is a huge part of the writing process because we have to believe that we’ll write something that will be incredible,” says Cassarino in a printed interview. “It’s almost like an expectation, without being arrogant or entitled, but it’s understood that it’ll happen, and when we surrender to that, it always happens.

Surrender is the name of the game.”

Glaspie shares her own ideas: “Music is what brought us together, but it’s the spiritual bond that makes us play so in touch with each other.”

Her spiritual convictions may be born of her life experiences.

Glaspie got involved with Berklee after a pastor saw her drumming in a church band and recommended the school. Once there she built up her skills by taking classes and playing in Boston clubs. Then after heading to New York she landed a dream job in megastar Beyonce’s all-female band.

“I definitely had a great school with Beyonce, because it’s a well-oiled machine, a major production. I paid attention to every single little thing that happened around me. You pick up little gems,” she says.

She also says touring opened her eyes to how women are seen in other parts of the world. “If I was born (in a repressive country) or somewhere else I wouldn’t even be able to do what I’m doing. I wouldn’t be me.”

“It’s more than playing music for us,” Glaspie says about the band.

“Traveling around, my eyes have been open to the world and what it actually is and how dark and dirty and messed up it is, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to spread the light.”

The Thursday evening concerts in Mill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton, are coordinated by the Trenton Downtown Association and presented

in partnership with New Jersey Manu- Nick Cassarino, left, Nikki Glaspie, facturers Insurance Co. and the NJ and Nate Edgar of Nth Power.

State Council on the Arts.

The schedule continues as follows: August 15: Edwin Labron peforms July 11: Shamarr Allen & The salsa and bachata music. Gabriel Underdogs with big band hip-hop jazz. Munoz opens with Latin folk.

Big Boy Brass opens with jazz.

August 22: La Misa Negra perJuly 18: R&B group Des & the forms Afro-Latin music. Latin fusion Swagmatics. Renaissance Jazz Band group Interminable opens. opens.

August 29: Soul-pop group The July 25: Dwight & Nicole with New Respects. Indie rock group the indie-soul. HEVEE LEVEE opens with Vaughns open. roots rock.

September 5: Rev. Sekou & August 1: PJ Rasmussen & The the Freedom Fighters with bluesBoardwalk Jazz. Tom Tallitsch opens Americana. Soul musician Kingsley with jazz.

Ibeneche opens. concerts.levittamp.org/trenton August 8: R&B artists Tameca Jones and Bo Mason.

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State of the city Musician stands against fear & up for Art All Night

By Kellie C. Murphy

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renton musician Nikki Nalbone — aka Nikki Nailbomb — describes Art All Night as her favorite event of all the events she plays — even though she was in attendance at last year’s gang-related shooting.

But the 32-year-old singer and guitarist also says she will put that past behind her and be performing when Art All Night returns for 24 hours starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15.

With others musicians and artists doing and saying the same, Nalbone is a de facto ambassador of an arts community intent on building Trenton’s spirit and future.

Born in Trenton and raised in Lawrence, Nalbone can be seen and heard in several Trenton bands. That includes Molly Rhythm, Party Show (formerly Moron Girls), and the allfemale Destroylet.

She is also working on a new project with rotating musicians including the weekly jam nights she hosts with fellow Molly Rhythm member Caleb Walker at Championship Bar on Chambers Street in Trenton.

That Tuesday Night Open Jam is an open mic and open instrument event where both experienced punk and hiphop musicians and newcomers looking for a platform or trying something new can come together and mix it up on stage.

In addition to organizing events at Championship Bar (aka Champs), she — along with boyfriend Drew Glenn — manages the bar.

“We all try to do the right thing,” she says referring to the bar’s staff and owners, former band drummer Hank Ransome and his daughter, Heather. “This bar is so beautiful. It taught me so much about people. It shouldn’t be about drinking. It’s about hanging out. You should be able to feel and do whatever,” she says.

Music is in Nalbone’s blood. She started on the piano at seven and played cello in middle school into high school, where she also picked up the bass guitar. Then her musician father, Frank, sprung for a six-string guitar.

She says that was when she became inspired by the power in music, especially defiant female power.

But there is more. Her parents owned and operated the now-defunct City Gardens music venue, a legendary Trenton punk destination.

“I grew up seeing a lot of bands,” Nailbomb says.” At 12 I saw my alltime favorite band there, (the all-female punk band) the Friggs. I thought, ‘I can do this,’” she says.

After living in New Brunswick and playing punk houses, Nalbone moved back to Trenton about a decade ago.

Reflecting on Trenton’s past, Nal­ bone says she is aware of how economics and race have affected the city. That includes her own family’s history with City Gardens. She says the property had been a black-owned club that hosted musicians such as George Clinton and hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow.

She also brings up Trenton statues — George Washington at the circle next to the Mill Hill Playhouse and Christopher Columbus in Columbus Park in Chambersburg. She says she supports their removal for political reasons — including Columbus’ association with genocide.

She has similar concerns as she looks to the future. “Gentrification sucks. Taxes do go up and people buy properties and white people come in

‘I just want to bring people together, and I want them to feel safe.

We do some cool shit here,’ Nalbone says. and other people get displaced. I don’t want to be a part of that. I know I’m inherently a part of it, but I want to do what I can to make better decisions,” she says.

Disturbed by the loss of the proposed Princetel Project through Trenton City Council’s inaction (see the May, 2019, Downtowner), Nalbone says that Trenton residents need to affect change. “We can have nice shit.

We can do this if we’re all passionate about it. We can do it without gentrification. I want a place that has room if people want to have kids. We’ve got houses here. I want people to prosper here. We need to take care of our people. We need to boost morale here

in a healthy and non-sellout way,” she says.

And angered by issues involving women and women’s rights, especially the recent infringements on abortion rights, she put out a Facebook call for musicians for a gore/thrash band to tour the American South to inform or agitate conservatives. Having had an abortion is preferred but not required to be in the band, says the notice.

But that will have to wait. Right now she is running “Asthenosphest,” a festival at Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon, Trenton Coffee House and Records, and Champs, continuing Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2.

“Asthenosphest is an underground festival with 80 acts all together. We’re hosting a ‘Know Your Rights’ workshop, live art, and an alleyway graffiti jam. It’s basically 25-minute sets with 10-minute changeovers to fit as many people as we know in one spot and just have a big party,” she says. “We’ve got friends coming in from all over, from Harrisburg and Wilkes Barre. We can have some fun and strengthen our camaraderie.”

And up next is the Art All Night performance of the Molly Rhythm, a group she calls “dueling harmonies with two guitarists. We want to say stuff we think is important in a pop, catchy way. It’s a fun platform. We try to break the rules as much as possible. Through thick and thin, we’ve been through all types of ups and downs together.”

“Art All Night is the best festival ever,” she says. “I don’t know how the security is going to work after last year. But I hope it goes well. There are a lot of problems with the police here.

I just want to bring people together, and I want them to feel safe. We do some cool shit here,” she says.

The question regarding security is related to a young man’s late night arrival at the 2018 festival to settle a score with another attendee.

Nalbone, who had performed earlier, says she was on the scene with her

Nikki Nalbone playing bike polo, above left, and with Molly Rhythm at Art All Night. father and singer and Champs regular Liz Cisco when the gunshots came.

“I dove down behind a wall,” she says, “Me, Liz, and this other lady who’s like my sister now. My dad was right on the other side of the wall from me. I had no idea what was happening. It was more than just a few shots, too. It sounded like a high-tech video game. I was terrified.”

Then, she says, “I learned that the guy who fired the shots had some issues with mental illness and he was trying to get help. He couldn’t get the help he needed. The system failed him. I feel as bad for him as I do for all the people who were running from the shots.”

Nalbone says she will never let one incident ruin the experience of Art All Night for her. “Bringing everyone together is important,” she says.

That’s an attitude shared by the Art All Night staff at the nonprofit Artworks Trenton and the City of Trenton as they make been making changes to create a space summed up with three words: Art. Community. Nonviolence.

Art All Night, Roebling Wire Works, 675 South Clinton Avenue.

Saturday, June 15, 3 p.m. through, Sunday, June 16, 3 p.m. Donation requested. www.artworkstrenton. org/artallnight Asthenosphest, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton Coffee House & Records 750 Cass Street, and Mill Hill Basement 300 South Broad Street.

Friday through Sunday, May 31 through June 2. www.facebook. com/events/Music/asthenosphest/243607823250774.

Nikki and Caleb’s Open Jam, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street. Tuesdays 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. www. championshipbartrenton.com.

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To the editor: El Sistema in Trenton

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hose who were fortunate enough to attend the April 27 concert at the War Memorial, featuring the Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (pictured), are likely still sharing the joy of that experience with their friends. Not only was the music exquisite, but Dudamel’s commitment to young people, and to the powerful role that music plays in binding together and uplifting a community, were palpable. The concert was free to the community, at conductor Dudamel’s insistence. And the best seats in the house were reserved for our children and families, as well as many who had come from other El Sistema-inspired programs in the region.

Front and center, which of course they are for us, and where Dudamel agrees they belong.

“El Sistema,” in the wake of Gustavo Dudamel’s residency, might now be a commonly-understood phrase in this part of the state. This is the deeplyrespected system of youth orchestras, bands, and choirs that have proliferated in Venezuela since their founding in the 1970s by the visionary musician and humanitarian José Antonio Abreu.

And especially since Mo. Abreu’s having received the 2009 TED Prize, and

dedicated the proceeds to the development of El Sistema-inspired programs in the United States, they are thriving here as well. In El Sistema the intensive, ambitious pursuit of musical excellence is a platform for social development. And more so than preparing to compete for a conservatory spot, children in Sistema-inspired programs come to understand the orchestra as a “nucleo:” a safe space for hard-working fun, and a microcosm of positive society.

Trenton Music Makers, the local Sistema-inspired program, was

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launched in 2015, in a partnership with the Trenton Public Schools. This district, in contrast with many urban districts that have slashed their music programs, has maintained an iron-clad commitment to the arts.

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renton Music Makers picks up at the end of the school day, with intensive string instruction, daily orchestra rehearsal, and a six to eighthour per week commitment from its students and teaching artists. Thanks to a partnership with the Capital Area YMCA, our students begin the pro-

gram day after school with a hot meal together. Thanks to a generous community of instrument donors, and especially Russo Music and JE Banks String Instruments, we provide a highquality instrument for each student grade 2 through 12. Our teaching artists are a diverse team of master string teachers, freelance musicians, young and dedicated college graduates, and excellent music teachers from the district teaching staff. With them our students have an unparalleled learning experience.

Sistema-inspired programs throughout the world have documented outcomes related to school attendance, improved neurological processing, social-emotional learning, executive function, and graduation rates. Our early evaluations give us reason to expect very big things for our kids as well. Our final concerts of the year will take place on Tuesday, June 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School for the Arts. Selected students will also play Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at Columbus Elementary School, as part of the Every Given Child Trenton Arts Festival, hosted by the Trenton Public Schools. More information is available at www.elsistemausa.org, and on Trenton Music Makers at www.trentonmusicmakers.org.

Carol Burden Executive Director, Trenton Music Makers

HEALTH @capitalhealthnj

HEADLINES JUNE 2019

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Nationally Recognized Trauma Care for More Than 20 Years Capital Health Reverified as Level II Trauma Center The Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) has been recertified as a Level II Trauma Center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This achievement is the eighth verification for Capital Health since the first in 1998. The Center, also designated as a Level II Trauma Center by the New Jersey Department of Health, is one of only 10 designated trauma centers in New Jersey and the regional referral center for injured patients in Mercer County and adjacent parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex counties as well as nearby areas of Pennsylvania.

“The ACS is the largest association of surgeons in the world and an important advocate for all surgical patients,” said DR. DOMINICK EBOLI, director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. “After a successful review of our performance and resources by nationally recognized trauma experts, this recertification shows the residents of our community that when they need us most, Capital Health meets the highest standards for treating severely injured patients.”

The Full Spectrum of Care According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Care provided in a trauma center decreases the chance of death following injury by 25 percent compared to care in general hospitals. In addition to providing the necessary resources for trauma care, ACS level II verification also means that centers like the BristolMyers Squibb Trauma Center address the needs of injured patients across the entire spectrum of care, providing patients at Capital Health Regional Medical Center with access to important injury prevention programs, prehospital care and transportation, acute hospital care, rehabilitation, and research.

“Through programs and resources not available in most general hospitals—including 24hour immediate access to trauma surgeons and other specialists—we are able to provide comprehensive care that begins at the time of injury and continues through rehabilitation,” said DR. DENNIS QUINLAN, associate medical director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center.

To learn more about the Bristol-Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, visit capitalhealth.org/trauma.

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UNDERSTANDING BRAIN TUMOR SYMPTOMS signs to guide you to the right plan for care Brain tumors, while relatively rare, do not discriminate, affecting men, women, and children across all age groups and ethnicities. And because the brain is the critical organ that controls all others, it’s important to recognize the signs that may suggest a brain tumor and discuss them with your health care team.

“The many parts of the brain control different body functions, so symptoms will vary depending on tumor location, type, and size,” said DR. NAVID REDJAL, director of Neurosurgical Oncology at the Capital Health Center for Neuro-Oncology. “However, there are some common symptoms to watch for which, if ongoing, may indicate the presence of a brain tumor. Anyone experiencing one or more of them over an extended period of time should see their doctor to get an accurate diagnosis.”

COMMON BRAIN TUMOR SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: Headaches: A persistent, progressive pain that is different from a migraine, does not respond to over-the-counter pain medication (like aspirin or ibuprofen), gets worse when lying down, and may be accompanied by vomiting or changes in vision.

Seizures: In some cases, a seizure may be the first indication that a person has a brain tumor.

Focal Progressive Symptoms: Localized symptoms—such as hearing problems, difficulty walking or speaking, or feeling clumsy—can often help identify the location of the tumor.

Mass Effect: Occurs when a brain tumor presses on surrounding normal tissue, causing nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, vision problems, headaches, and behavior changes.

Sudden Personality Changes/Cognitive Changes/Memory Loss: A tumor may cause disruptions in normal brain function that lead to changes in a patient’s behavior and ability to reason, remember, and learn.

“At the Center for Neuro-Oncology, our advanced technological resources and multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment are just as important as the compassionate and individualized care we provide,” said Dr. Redjal. “If a person experiences new symptoms or changes to existing ones, talking to your doctor is an important first step.”

The Center for Neuro-Oncology, part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences and Capital Health Cancer Center, is a referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer involving the brain and spine. The Center is housed in stateof-the-art facilities where patients have access to an experienced and caring team of physicians, nurses and staff who work closely with referring physicians to facilitate rapid and thorough evaluations and recommendations for patients and their families. In addition to providing advanced, neuro-oncologic and neuroscience care, the Center participates in clinical trials to help fight and find cures for cancer.

To learn more about Capital Health’s Center for Neuro-Oncology, visit capitalneuro.org.

Governor Murphy Signs Mental Health Parity Legislation at CAPITAL HEALTH In April, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy visited Capital Health Regional Medical Center to sign legislation (A2031/ S1339) that will enhance enforcement of mental health parity laws by improving transparency and accountability related to the insurance coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for New Jersey residents. He was joined by Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate Leader Tom Kean, Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride, New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson, and mental health advocates for the official signing.

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TAKE CHARGE of controllable factors to reduce your stroke risk On average, a stroke occurs every 40 seconds in the United States. Every four minutes, someone dies of stroke. These are sobering statistics from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, but there is some good news too. Approximately 80 percent of strokes are preventable, so it is important to understand stroke risk factors, particularly those factors that are in your control.

There’s nothing you can do to change factors like your age, gender, race, family history, or previous incidences of stroke or heart attack, but if any of them increase your risk of stroke, they can be good motivation to learn about what you can do to address controllable risk factors.

The only Joint Commission certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region, located at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Trenton, provides emergency stroke and neurovascular services 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. RMC was recognized as the best hospital for neurology and neurosurgery in the region in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2018-19.

If You Think It’s a Stroke, Call 9-1-1 When a 911 call is received for symptoms that suggest a patient is having a stroke, Capital Health’s Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) can be co-dispatched with basic and advanced life support services. Capital Health’s innovative MSU Commit to a Healthier Lifestyle brings time-critical stroke care to patients at their home, There are steps you can take right away to lower your risk. or wherever the MSU goes to assess them. If the patient Get started by talking to your primary care doctor to learn is experiencing an acute ischemic stroke, our specialized about stroke screenings and how you can treat or manage team can initiate intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to help break up the clot while he or she is controllable risk factors such as: taken to the hospital for additional care. This saves time • High blood pressure and, more importantly, lives.

• High cholesterol To learn more about our Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center, part of the Capital Institute for Neurosciences, • Heart/blood vessel disease visit capitalneuro.org.

• Cigarette smoking • Physical inactivity/obesity/poor diet • Diabetes mellitus • Atrial fibrillation • Sickle cell disease “Regular exercise and an improved diet, for B — Balance example Mediterranean diet, will help you Is the person experiencing a sudden loss of balance? maintain a healthy weight and reduce stress, all of which help lower your stroke risk,” said E — Eyes DR. CHRISTIAN SCHUMACHER, medical Has the person lost vision in one or both eyes? director of the Capital Health Stroke Program and a board certified stroke neurologist at F — Face Drooping Capital Health. “Making sure you receive adequate Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the treatment for high blood pressure or high cholesterol person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven? if you know you have it, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol intake also make a difference, and if you are A — Arm Weakness taking medications to treat a condition that increases Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise your risk of stroke, make sure you take it as prescribed.” both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

Nationally Recognized Care at Capital Health Stroke S — Speech Difficulty and Cerebrovascular Center Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or The Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at the Capital hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple Institute for Neurosciences is a major referral center for sentence, like “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence the treatment of all types of neurovascular diseases, repeated correctly? including cerebral aneurysms, strokes, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), T — Time to call 9-1-1 cavernous malformations, carotid artery and vertebral If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the artery atherosclerotic disease, intracranial stenosis as symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get the person to well as Moyamoya disease. the hospital immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.

IF YOU SUSPECT A STROKE, B-E F-A-S-T

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Celebrating Our Magnet Nurses at Nurses’ Day Ceremonies During National Nurses’ Week, Capital Health celebrated its nursing staff for their hard work and dedication to patients and our community at-large. Their hard work also contributed toward our hospitals earning Magnet® four consecutive times, a testament to our continued dedication to high quality nursing practice. Receiving Magnet® Recognition four times is a great achievement for Capital Health, as it continues to proudly belong to the global community of Magnet-recognized organizations. Visit capitalhealth.org/magnet to learn more.

EXCELLENCE IN NURSING PRACTICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

HOPEWELL Christine Brooks, RN — Emergency Room Adam Caponi, BSN, RN — 4M Melissa Chichilitti BSN, RN, CCRN — Nurse Manager – Intensive Care Unit Courtney Flesch, RN — Pediatric Unit Shannon Foster, RN — Assistant Nurse Manager – 6M India Henderson, BSN, RN — 5M Laura Moran, BSN, RN, DCE — Diabetes Educator Robin Redondo, RNC-OB — Labor and Delivery Janice Schenck, RN, CPEN — Pediatric Emergency Room Debbie Schuster, RN — Operating Room Kristen Stuenckel, BSN, RN, CCRN — Nurse Educator – Intensive Care Unit 4M — Excellence in Nursing Team Award

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Nursing Supervisors Pharmacy IT Team

RMC Jessica Arteaga, RN-C — Surgical Trauma Unit Nancy Distelcamp, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN — Trauma Department Josephine Flores, BSN, RN, CCRN — Trauma Medical ICU/IMU Susan Larson, RN — Float Pool Mary Rosner, MSN, RN — Community Health Education Rebecca Stansbury, MSN, RN, CNOR — Operating Room Teresa Swantek, BSN, RN — Emergency Room Ashley Taylor, BSN, RN — Trauma Medical ICU/IMU Michelle Wilson, BSN, RN — 2 Front Trauma-Medical Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Unit Excellence in Nursing Team Award

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Nursing Supervisors 3 Front-South Mental Health Counselors

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NAVIGATING PROSTATE CANCER Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 One in six American men and their loved ones will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, but thanks to greater awareness and improved detection and treatment options, more lives are being saved. Join DR. TIMOTHY CHEN, medical director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery at the Capital Health Cancer Center, and DR. BRAD ROGERS from Capital Health – Urology Specialists for a discussion of prostate cancer symptoms, screening techniques, CyberKnife® Radiosurgery, and other courses of treatment that are available to you at Capital Health. Our evening includes light dinner, a tour of our CyberKnife® suite and a raffle drawing for Trenton Thunder tickets.

Register by calling 609.394.4153 or register online at capitalhealth.org/events.

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Trenton Central High School student who works with his father in a construction business took the architecture preparation course (ArcPrep) at Trenton Central High School. Connecting classwork to what he sees in the field, the student hopes to forge a career combining his knowledge of design and construction.

Another Trenton student found her way to ArcPrep because of her talent in drawing, but she gained additional skills. She now works over longer periods of time, has improved her presentations, and has created an impressive portfolio for the future.

The class, which was new in September, offers a design studio atmosphere to some 15 sophomores each semester in the temporary high school community on East Hanover Street.

To take the class students are recommended by their ninth-grade teachers based on academic standing and interest, and those interested in pursuing an architecture career will stay in touch with their Princeton University Department of Architecture mentors.

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guest speakers, tour architecture of- Students from Trenton’s ArcPrep program on a visit to Princeton fices, and participate in career and col- University’s School of Architecture, left, and Calasia Moore listening lege counseling programs. to Princeton architecture dean Monica Ponce de Leon.

During one class in April students sketched three different sound booth “An architectural education pre- can American and only 3 percent are design schemes, each with two elevapares students for more than a future Latino. tions. They were educated on basic Princeton Architecture Dean in architecture,” she says. “It teaches principles such as acoustics, decibel level, noise reduction coefficient (how students to think spatially, think criti- Monica Ponce de Leon said that the well a material absorbs sound), reflec- cally, and present their work, which program “is introducing some of our tion and dispersion, and aspects such are helpful skills no matter what fields region’s most promising students to students pursue. Architecture is natu- architecture, a field that has historias where to place rally cross-cur- cally lacked diversity.” De Leon had an entrance and ricular and re- launched a similar successful program exit.

Program quires students in Detroit while she was a dean at the ArcPrep ‘is introducing instructor Katie to apply the University of Michigan.

Zaeh, a Princeton some of our region’s ArcPrep addresses concerns knowledge they architectural debrought to light in a 2016 AIA study, learn in their sign fellow, drew most promising Diversity in the Profession of Archimath, science, out their creativstudents to architecture, and liberal arts tecture. ity by asking, classes.”

“Do you think a field that has ne concern is that inner-city Developed and this should be on residents may think they canmanaged by the historically lacked different levels?”

Princeton Uninot afford the costs associated with a and “Where is diversity.’ versity School of degree in architecture. ArcPrep proyour sound comArchitecture and vides architectural training at no cost ing from? Do you funded by the to students, Zaeh says. “We coach stuthink you would Trenton Public Education Foundation dents to apply to colleges wisely and want a window?”

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through the creation of a design portfolio, which students can use to show they are competitive applicants for architecture school.”

ArcPrep also addresses the study’s conclusion that there are few role models for people of color in architecture. “We bring in architects, planners, and other professionals of color to act as role models for our students,” Zaeh says. “Many of these professionals come from the city of Trenton itself, which helps keep our curriculum locally relevant. We also strive to incorporate the significant contributions

of architects of color to architecture when studying precedent buildings in our studio module.

“We want students to see themselves having a future in architecture without having to leave behind their cultural identities or change who they are. The field of architecture needs their unique perspectives.”

Field trips and speakers included a tour of the Princeton University campus; a visit and walking tour by Studio Hillier; a Sharbell Development Corp. apartment tour; participation in the Cooper Hewitt Design Fair ,where they could speak with college representatives from design programs and

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Student Joseph Lucero-Pineda’s soundscape model, left, and a 3D printing of Yassan Tift’s proposed bandshell. meet professionals; and a discussion with representatives at the Social Profit Center at Mill One on the role of non-profits in developing Trenton and its potential for growth. Students took walking tours focused on the history of Trenton through the lens of urban development, and architect John Hatch of Clarke Caton Hintz walked students through local architecture, including the Roebling Lofts project.

Lionel Scirven, a Trenton Central graduate, laid out his journey from living on Academy Street to practicing as an architect.

During an earlier class, Zaeh introduced students to the book “Invisible Cities” by Italo Alvino, which describes cities imagined by explorer Marco Polo. Within the book 55 fictitious differently focused cities are described around different themes. Students designed collages of a selected city, representing it in a visual way. In the book Polo acknowledges that all the cities reflect his hometown.

“Can you see Trenton?” Zaeh asks the students. “Part of being a good architect is being a good observer.

So, yes, I do also hope that students become more aware of the potential of the city around them.”

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esigning a structure specifically for Trenton is the final class project: a bandshell sited at the field across from the War Memorial near the Capitol complex. This project, says Zaeh, “allows students to apply what they have been learning about sound all semester to a real place we can walk to from our classroom. During one of our field trips we found out from a local architect that plans for the city actually do call for an outdoor performance space in that area. Students were excited to work on an authentic problem and immediately began to wonder if their work would be considered by the eventual designers of that outdoor performance space.”

The assignment is for a multi-use

design so the bandshells have a life outside of concerts and events. “There were lots of great ideas,” Zaeh says of last semester’s final projects. One student proposed colorful gazebo-like kiosks overlooking the stage where patrons could watch concerts in comfort and office workers could eat lunch in the afternoon. Another designed a bandshell that incorporated two basketball courts where tournaments could be played, and yet another student designed a bandshell that also served as a skate park and was intended to be covered in graffiti by local artists. There was a band shell inspired by a milk carton that was intended to host a “Trenton’s Got Talent” show.

A student who loves cars designed a drive-in theater that incorporated the connection to Route 29. And yet another bandshell looked like a comic character’s helmet and would host a comic-con, with an area under the stadium housing a comic book store.

The portfolio presentations will be in mid-June at the Princeton School of Architecture.

“Last semester’s portfolio day was heart-warming for me as an educator,” says Zaeh. “The students shone as they confidently presented their work to graduate-level architecture students, professors, and community members. These were the same students who refused to stand in front of the room to present to our small class of peers back in September. The students got great feedback on their work, and I think it helped them see the value of their designs.”

ArcPrep seeks speakers who are involved in the architecture, construction, and design fields, such as architects, engineers, environmentalists, urban planners, landscape architects, developers, interior designers, graphic designers, community activists, politicians, artists, contractors and more. Anyone interested should email arcprep@princeton.edu.

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he popular Taste Trenton returns to the capital city for three tasty days — Friday through Sunday, June 7, 8, and 9.

Designed to showcase the variety of Trenton cuisine, coordinators have devised a “small plate restaurant crawl”-styled event that offers participants the opportunity to sample special deals at the 20 or more participating restaurants.

Participants pay $7 and receive a wristband, map, and guidebook of the downtown and Chambersburg restaurants that will offer small sampling plates ranging in price from $3 to $5 to those wearing bands.

The restaurants range from Latino to soul to pure Trenton character — as you’ll see with the following brief profiles of some popular Trenton restaurants.

Taken from the Downtowner archives, they give a glimpse to the people serving up Trenton cuisine.

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Trenton City Hall across the street and the U.S. Federal Building a few blocks away — the Joint offers a menu with munchies named for different marijuana strains and things and people close to Forchion’s heart. There’s the Jack Herer (a barbecue chicken wrap sandwich) named for the legendary cannabis activist, and the Reggie (a veggie burger on a bun or a wrap) named for that familiar garden variety weed. Then there’s the Cheryl Miller Special Chicken Tenders named for the late New Jersey multiple sclerosis patient and cannabis advocate, and breakfast items like Snoop’s Dream, a fish and grits dish, and Freedom Leaf, a plantain, black bean, and avocado egg wrap. There are also fresh juices sold in the summer and smaller snacks on the menu.

The most outrageous menu item is the Christie Burger — a nod to former governor Chris Christie who was against ratifying the 2010 Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. It’s a double turkey burger with mac and cheese all served inside a sliced glazed donut.

Folks visit the Joint for breakfast and lunch, yet Forchion’s bread and butter are nighttime events.

“The events make this place happen. Besides lunch, it’s about the events and the late-night food business,” says Forchion, the son of a diesel mechanic father.

At the Joint there is an outdoor garden with a fire pit and heat lamps for cooler nights and even space inside for committee meetings if any group needs a conference-style room to plan out their next business moves.

he Weedman is Ed Forchion. Now a Trenton resident, the Sicklerville, New Jersey, native is also former cross-country truck driver, candidate for public office, cannabis rights and free speech activists, and, as he writes, “a columnist for the Trentonian for two years, voicing my opinions — Jersey Style — on the war on pot, government policies, drug war actions, and most importantly I criticized city and state officials. For that I was politically imprisoned for 447 days on: phony/bogus/ fake charges by the Mercer County prosecutor’s NJ Weedman’s Joint, 322 East State Street. office.”

609-437-0898. www.njweedmansjoint.com.

The Joint is the restaurant he opened in 2015. A place far different from its institutional neighbors —

Ed Forchion outside of Weedman’s Joint.

1911 Smokehouse

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he 1911 Smokehouse Barbecue restaurant on Front Street occupies a building that has seen many incarnations. Many recall it as Tony Kall’s, the longtime martini and gimlet watering hole for the State House crowd, then as the more sedate Eleven, a bastion of modern American cuisine in the 1990s.

“I like to barbecue, and I like to drink. Put them together and this is what we got,” says owner Maurice Hallett says about the makings of his popular restaurant.

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There is a lot more than smoke to Hallett, raised in Ewing by a U.S. Steel employee father and an Estee Lauder quality control worker mother. He attended the Pennington School, majored in international business and public administration at Lehigh University, and has an MBA. He has also traveled the United States and Europe for General Motors.

With no experience running a restaurant, the married West Windsor resident took the plunge. “I’ve enjoyed barbecue most of my life, and in my travels I learned I could do it better than the places I was going to,” says Hallett. “I’ve managed people pretty much all my life, so I figured learning how to run a restaurant couldn’t be that hard. I hired good people, and my brother has been in the industry for 20-some years.”

Hallett also learned to tailor his menu to accommodate the palates of discerning barbecue aficionados, placing the Smokehouse between North Carolina and Memphis on the taste continuum, where a North Carolina barbecue sauce is more vinegary and Memphis barbecue involves long, slow cooking with smoke generated by hickory coals.

Also, rather than serving barbecue slathered in sauce, the Smokehouse serves it dry with the sauce on the side.

Hallett counts state workers as his loyal customers, but his clientele includes professionals who live in Tren-

The keys to the Smokehouse’s success?

‘Consistent food, tender meat, and great service,’ says Maurice Hallett. ton and who regularly seek nightlife options downtown.

Hallett identifies three secrets to success so far at the Smokehouse: “Consistent food, tender meat, and great service.”

Another may be his fried rib tips.

“We’re probably the only place where you can get those,” he says. The recipe is proprietary, he insists. “I can’t tell you that because I’d be telling you our secret,” he says.

“I would say we’re middle of the road,” he says of the menu prices.

“The average meal is 15 to 20 bucks.

It’s casual dining.”

By the way the 1911 in the name comes from the year that his college fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, was formed.

1911 Smokehouse Bar-B-Que Restaurant, 11 Front Street, Trenton, Monday to Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Thursday and Friday,

Maurice Hallett, left, of 1911 Smokehouse Bar-B-Que Restaurant, and T.C. Nelson of Trenton Social.

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., Saturdays Broad. It promotes First Fridays in the and Sundays, 1:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. city and art displays have always been a constant in the restaurant, as has a 609-695-1911. regular lineup of musicians.

As with any gathering spot, food and Trenton Social drink are essential. Trenton Social is errance Carlin Nelson — better open until 2 a.m. most nights, and the known as T.C. — runs Trenton kitchen is open until midnight. Nelson Social, the oasis of creative expression calls the menu modern American grill.

“Trenton Social’s destiny is in the and urbane flavors at 449 South Broad hands of the team that’s here, and Street.

Across from the CURE Insurance this team can accomplish anything at Arena, where Route 1 and South Trenton Social. Over half the team has Broad give way to South Trenton, it is been here since the opening and over a place for events that bring together artists, musicians, cyclists, Trentonians, curious suburbanites, and more.

“There’s a lot going on in Trenton that people don’t know about,” says Nelson, a Trenton native who attended Mercer County Community College and the College of New Jersey.

He lived in Mill Hill before moving to Ewing.

Those who once fueled up at Trenton Bagel at South Broad and Front streets would have seen Nelson tending the ovens of the popular eatery, where he was partner with his brother and sister until it was sold in 2002. He also ran the cafe at the New Jersey State Museum on West State Street.

Nelson says his father, a 28-year Trenton police officer, wasn’t happy about his son’s decision to open a Trenton restaurant.

“He thought I was crazy,” Nelson said. “He said, ‘You don’t know what you’re doing.’ He would pick up the Trentonian and Trenton Times every morning and read nothing but bad news. He didn’t know what kind of help or support I would have in a city that had a lot of trouble. But I showed him the numbers made sense. It was a good location, pretty much turnkey, and just needed a little love.”

The layout of the place has not changed much over the years, except for the bar, which Nelson expanded right away into a social hub all its own.

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half live in the city of Trenton. They want to see this place become bigger than them.

“A business has to be successful on its own merit,” he says. “That’s how I want people to think of Trenton Social, that there is a great team running it.”

Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton, 609-989-7777. trentonsocial.com.

Other eateries participating include Braulios Bakery, 19 North Anderson Street; Casa Blanca Bar & Restaurant, 140 Washington Street; Casdeluna Bar & Restaurant, 800 Chestnut Avenue; El Potrillo Restaurant, 541 Roebling Avenue; Health Is Wealth Restaurant & Juice Bar, 242 East State Street; Hummingbird, 29 South Warren Street; Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon, 300 South Broad Street; La Cabana Bakeshop & Restaurant, 3 Dayton Street; La Chapinita, 804 Chambers Street; La Parrilla, 1007 Hamilton Avenue; Mama D’s Soul Food 2, 312 South Broad Street; Mi Tierra Restaurant, 550 South Clinton Avenue; Puerto Barrios Restaurant, 845 Chambers Street; Pura Vida Restaurant & Bar, 228 Cummings Avenue; Sabor Latino Bar & Restaurant, 293 Ashmore Avenue; El Tikal, 501 Morris Avenue; Trenton Prime Seafood, 439 South Broad Street; and more.

For more information: www.taste­ trenton.com.

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UIH fathering dads beyond Father’s Day

By Dan Bauer

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s Father’s Day approaches, there are Mercer County men who are fathers who through a variety of circumstance are unable to have the full experience of being a dad but are determined to find a way to interact and be a part of their children’s life.

UIH Family Partners in Trenton is a program that gives them that hope.

Established in 1859 as an orphanage, the Trenton-based Union Industrial Home for Children — now known as UIH Family Partners — is the oldest nonprofit in New Jersey to address the needs of children and families.

With a mission to help men become involved fathers, the organization served more than 1,200 men in 2018 with programs and services focusing on four areas: prevention, workforce development, job readiness, and fatherhood.

Open to men of all walks of life, the majority of men involved are unemployed, non-custodial fathers. And because of community need, the organization added a satellite location in Burlington County to address the growing call for the services it provides.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, whose own father died when he was very young, knows from experience the difficulties of growing up in a household with the absence of a father.

When Fitzpatrick was preparing to retire from his consulting work as founder and president of Princeton Strategy Consultants, he began to look around at area non-profits to get involved with. VolunteerConnect, an organization that matches professionals looking for pro bono opportunities to nonprofit organizations, introduced

Fitzpatrick to UIH Family Partners, where he now serves on the board of directors.

“We talk a lot about rebuilding and helping establish relationships with fathers and their children,” says Fitzpatrick. “These men come in from referrals on the street, from a pastor, from other nonprofits, such as HomeFront and Isles, or from the court system.

Ultimately these are men with an inclination, a drive, to be better fathers and a wish to have a relationship with their children.”

Studies have shown that an involved father is critical to the health and overall well-being of a child. Children who have a relationship with their father

From an orphanage, to a home for teen mothers, to today’s focus on fathers and fatherhood, UIH’s commitment to serve Mercer County’s most in-need and vulnerable residents remains unwavering. are also less likely to get in trouble with the law, tend to do better in school, and are more likely to succeed in life.

UIH goes beyond studies and uses fathers’ personal testimonies. “Everything about being a father is seeing (the child) every day,” says one. Another gets right to the issue: “If I had a positive role model in my life, things

would have turned out way different.”

To mark its 160th anniversary UIH Family Partners will be presenting a special edition of its signature event, Platinum Dads on Friday, June 14 (Father’s Day weekend) at the Bradford Estate in Hainesport, New Jersey.

The annual event recognizes 10 fathers or father figures who have been positive and consistent forces in the lives of children.

This year’s honorees include 1911 Smokehouse chef Reggie Hallett, African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey president John Harmon, Isles founder and president Marty Johnson, and others.

Heal the City founder Stacy Heading will receive the Legacy of Fatherhood Award — UIH’s highest award — given to a father for his lasting impact on his community.

The organization and event are guided by UIH director Karen Andrade-Mims.

Originally from Yeadon, Pennsylvania, Andrade-Mimes graduated with a degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. She came to Princeton with her husband in 1987 to assist an ill family member and remained.

Since then she has served on the boards of several nonprofit social organizations, received a master’s degree in public administration from Rutgers-Newark in 2005, and is the former deputy director of program for Prevent Child Abuse NJ. Andrade-Mimes, who after a divorce found herself a single mother experiencing child raising from perspective different from the focus at UIH, said in a printed interview that

UIH board member Stephen Fitzpatrick. her involvement with UIH “began as a board member, and when the executive director left in 2008, I was asked to take over as an interim. I’m still here.”

In addition to the Platinum Dads semi-formal, UIH Family Partners has embarked on a year-long fundraising campaign, “Fatherhood: Building a Foundation of Hope for the Future,” to enable UIH Family Partners to continue to offer free programs including job readiness, Dress2Impress workplace clothing, computer literacy training, parenting education, anger management, stress and time management, Daddy & Me Literacy, and Community of Health for Men, and more.

As a former management consultant, Fitzpatrick is fascinated by the transformation of this organization with its long history and enduring dedication and determination to better the lives of children. From an orphanage, to a home for teen mothers, to today’s focus on fathers and father-

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“I came to Princeton from Washington, D.C., when the company decided to consolidate a number of smaller offices around the country into a larger headquarters, and Princeton was the chosen location. By the late 1980s I

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He says that he was spending “a lot of time on new business development and selling new projects and recruiting new staff and not spending much time on actual consulting face-to-face with clients, which is what I had always enjoyed.”

As computer technology and online databases became more common, he saw an opportunity to create a consultant company that “focused on a specific industry, with selected services, and very efficient in terms of staffing and delivery, and that led me to form Princeton Strategy Consultants Inc. in 1988 and which I headed for 25 years.

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Peter Linn, D. Allen, and the TNT Quartet, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $10.

Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

Mission Possible XIV, Millhill Child and Family Development, Rider University, Bart Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. www.millhillcenter.org. Casino games, dinner, live and silent auctions, open bar, raffle, and more. Jill Nussbaum, the George H. and Estell M. Sands Foundation, and TD Bank will be honored. $150.

Register. 6 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www. trentonthunder.com. Harrisburg. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Inherit the Wind, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m.  An Afternoon of Opera and Musical Theater, Capital Singers of Trenton, Sacred Heart Church, 343 South Broad Street, Trenton, 609-434-2781. www.capitalsingers.org.

Performance featuring works from “Candide,” “The Tender Land,” “Treemonisha,” “Hair,” and more. $22. Register. 4 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630.

Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

House Tour, Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal City Road, Ewing, 609-883-2455. www. ethps.org. Learn about the families who called the circa-1750 Colonial farmhouse home. 2 p.m.

Grow into Your Own: Fashion Show and Fun, American Repertory Ballet, The Boathouse at Mercer Lake, 334 South Post Road, West Windsor, 609-921-7758. www.arballet.org.

Fashion show, basket auction, 50/50 cash raffle, and more. Register. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Harrisburg. $11 and up. 1 p.m.

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Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. www.championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. 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.

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Jazz Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 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.

Dick Gratton, Trenton Social Restaurant, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton, 609-989-7777.

Solo jazz guitar. Free. 6 p.m.

Nate Philips, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. Jazz piano. $20. 7:30 p.m.

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D-Day. Music at St. Michael’s, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 140 North Warren Street, Trenton. www.stmichaelstrenton.org. The Loeffler Trio performs. Bring a bag lunch. Free. 12:15 p.m.

Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m.  Capital City Farmers Market, Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton. www.destinationtrenton.com. Farmers, artisans, and makers every Thursday through October. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Camp Olden Civil War Round Table, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton. www.campolden.org. Presentation and meeting. For more information, email kdaly14@aol.com. Free. 7 p.m.

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First Friday Opening Reception, Base Camp Trenton, 247 East Front Street, Trenton. www.trentonhealthteam.org. Meet the photographers and judges and view the exhibition of images submitted for the Trenton Health Team’s #WhyILikeTrenton photo contest. On view through June. 5 to 8 p.m.

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. Through June 16. 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, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

Jazz Night, Cook Athletic Association, 411 Hobart Avenue, Hamilton, 609-941-8114. Jazz

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Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Cecile McLorin Salvant and Fred Hersch perform. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.

Greg McGarvey and Friends, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. Benefit for the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund featuring Greg McGarvey, Frank Burk, Jenny Cat, Dave Van Allen, Nick Crocker, Nick D’Amore, Lysa Opfer, and Righteous Jolly. $20. 8 p.m.  Street Fair, First Friday, The African American Cultural Collective of Mercer County, Warren Street and Front Street, Trenton. www.taacf.com. Block party featuring DJs, vendors, and family activities. 5 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Erie. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.

Stanley Alexandrowicz, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. Classical guitar. $20. 8 p.m.

James Stewart, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Christian McBride and Tip City perform. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

The Hit and Run Band, Mama Rosa’s Restaurant, 572 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-5885454. Rock hits from the 1970s. Free. 6 p.m.

The Garden Statesmen 50th Anniversary Celebration, Nottingham Firehouse Ball Room, 200 Mercer Street, Hamilton, 888-636-4449. www.gardenstatesmen.org. Chorus and quartet performances, plus a buffet dinner and cash bar. Proceeds benefit the Princeton Garden Statesmen. $35. Register. 2 p.m.

Labor of Love Blood Drive and Community Day, CWA Local 1040, 230 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, 609-538-8899. Game truck, face painting, lunch, and more, plus a blood drive. Call to donate. 9 a.m.  Bricks and Blooms: Mill Hill Garden Tour, Old Mill Hill Society, Trenton Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton, 609-977-6319. www. trentonmillhill.org. Tour gardens around the historic Mill Hill neighborhood. $20. Register. Noon.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Erie. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Flamenco Dancing and Music, Malaga Restaurant, 511 Lalor Street, Trenton, 609-3968878. www.malagarestaurant.com. Monthly diner with flamenco music and dancing

by Flamenco Flavor. Entertainment cover charge $10 to $12 added to your dinner bill.

Reservations strongly suggested. Seatings begin at 5 p.m. Presentations finished by 8:30 p.m. Call for exact performance time.

5 p.m.

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m.

Scott Bravo, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. Contemporary acoustic guitar. $20. 2 p.m.

Glassbrook Vocal Ensemble, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. “In Sleep: A Journey of Life and Death.” $20. 6:30 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630.

Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Guided Tour, Watson House, 151 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-2062. Tour the oldest home in Mercer County. Free. 1 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Erie. $11 and up. 1 p.m.

Rock and Roll for Hope 5K, Princeton ETS Campus, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton. www. homefrontnj.org. 5K, fun run, live music, refreshments, and more. Register.

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Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. www.championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. 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. Erie. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Jazz Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.  Trenton Music Makers, Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School, 301 Gladstone Avenue, Trenton. www.trentonmusicmakers. org. Season-closing concert. 5:30 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

The Jews of Trenton, Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe, 732249-4894. Art Finkle discusses Trenton’s once-thriving German-Jewish population. $2 donation suggested. 10 a.m.

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Spring Concert Series, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Mercer County Symphonic Band. Free. 7:30 p.m.

Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com.

Group class included. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

Michael Gulezian, Vin Downes, and Trevor Gordon Ward, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. “A Night of Acoustic Guitars.” $20. 8 p.m.

Comedy Night, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. www.hopewelltheater.com. John Poveromo and Joanne Filan perform. $31.45. Register. 7:30 p.m.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh.org. Dorota Gribbin discusses the latest advances in carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis and treatment.

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.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 7:30 p.m.  Capital City Farmers Market, Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton. www.destinationtrenton.com. Farmers, artisans, and makers every Thursday through October. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Flag Day. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. 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, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

The Monika Ryan Experience, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The Bill Frisell Trio performs. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.  Kindred Spirit, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton. www.kindredspiritrocks.com. Performing rock covers. 7 p.m.

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Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 8 p.m.

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 Ghost Trees, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. Jazz for tenor sax and percussion. $20.

7:30 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards in-

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cluding “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 3 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630.

Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.  Continental Breakfast with the Judge, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Avenue, Trenton. www.ellarslie.org. Juror Liz Sheehan discusses how she selected works for the Ellarslie Open 36 show over pastries and breakfast beverages. $25. Register. 10 a.m.

Landom Brothers, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet.

3:30 p.m.

Sarah Dash: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. www. hopewelltheater.com. The award-winning vocalist and songwriter performs. $52.25$55.98. Register. 8 p.m.

Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The Bill Charlap Trio performs. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

Patrick Bamburak, Walter Parks, and Conor Peacock, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. “2019 Age of Industry Tour.” $20. 8 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 8 p.m.

Cultural Festival and Food Truck Rally, Mercer County Park, 609-278-2712. www.mercercounty.org. Music and dance performances, cultural demonstrations, food, and more. 11 a.m.

Fitness and Wellness Center 15th Anniversary Celebration, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Fitness demonstrations, health screenings, and more celebrating the center’s 15th anniversary. 9 a.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Father’s Day. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m.

Sue Malkaleris, Jeff Raheb, and Julian Raheb, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. Jazz for piano and guitar. $20.

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 EvEnTS, continued from Page 17 Princeton Battlefield Tour, Princeton Battlefield State Park, 500 Mercer Street, Princeton. www.pbs1777.org. Learn about the Battle of Princeton, which ended the campaigns of the Ten Crucial Days that began with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River. $7. 1 p.m.

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Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. www.championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. 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.

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Jazz Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

Breastfeeding Moms Group, Capital Health Hamilton, 1445 and 1401 WhitehorseMercerville Road, Hamilton. www.capitalhealth.org. Breastfeeding discussion group for mothers, nursing infants, and expectant women. Free. Register. 10 a.m.

Palliative Care for the Cancer Patient, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh.org. Barbara Snyder discusses the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of palliative care and its many components. Register. 6 p.m.

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6/15 Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Richmond. $11 and up. 7 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.

Frozen Treats, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 2 p.m.

Mindfulness Meditation, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Learn simple techniques. No experience necessary. Register. 1 p.m.

Experiencing the American Revolution in New Jersey, New Jersey State Library, 185 West State Street, Trenton, 609-278-2640. www. njstatelib.org. Author and historian William L. Kidder discusses a variety of people who experienced the American Revolution.

Free. Call or send an email to Cindy warrick at cwarrick@njstatelib.org to register. 1 p.m.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Trenton-Mercer Airport, 34 East Piper Avenue, Ewing. www. airpowertour.org. Visit or ride in Commemorative Air Force aircraft. Ramp access $5$10. Flights $85-$1,995. Register. 9 a.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Richmond. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 2 p.m.  Capital City Farmers Market, Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton. www.destinationtrenton.com. Farmers, artisans, and makers every Thursday through October. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Trenton-Mercer Airport, 34 East Piper Avenue, Ewing. www. airpowertour.org. Visit or ride in Commemorative Air Force aircraft. Ramp access $5$10. Flights $85-$1,995. Register. 9 a.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Richmond. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. Through June 30. 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. Free.

1:30 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

Jazz with Dick Gratton and Kim Robinson, Hamilton Tap & Grill, 557 Route 130 North - Hamilton, 609-905-0925. Dick Gratton, guitar, and Kim Robinson, vocals. No admission fee. 9 to midnight Magnolia Street String Band, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. Bluegrass. $20. 8 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. $10 to $37. 8 p.m.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Trenton-Mercer Airport, 34 East Piper Avenue, Ewing. www. airpowertour.org. Visit or ride in Commemorative Air Force aircraft. Ramp access $5$10. Flights $85-$1,995. Register. 9 a.m.

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Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m.

Peggy Brown, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary. org. Jazz vocals. $20. 2 p.m.

Andre Murchison and Lee Smith, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-6959612. www.jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Jazz in June, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. The Vijay Iyer Sextet performs. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

An Evening with John SaFranko, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Southside Wanderers, Ivy Tavern, 3108 South Broad Street, Hamilton, 609-888-1435. Performing oldies, Motown, British invasion, and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards. $10 to $37. 3 and 8 p.m.

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Trenton Island Garden Tour, Island Civic Association, 308 Colombia Avenue, Trenton.

Tour the gardens of Trenton’s Island neighborhood, featuring annuals, perennials, bushes, trees, and vintage architecture. $10.

Send an email to Amy at aebrummer@yahoo.com for more information. 10 a.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630.

Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Trenton-Mercer Airport, 34 East Piper Avenue, Ewing. www. airpowertour.org. Visit or ride in Commemorative Air Force aircraft. Ramp access $5$10. Flights $85-$1,995. Register. 9 a.m.

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Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m.

Dora Schnur, Janet Nagourney, and Ana Maria Ruimonete, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. $20. 7:30 p.m.

Love Is Here to Stay, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. www.brtstage.org. Pop culture standards including “It Had to Be You” and “Just in Time.” $10 to $37. 3 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Trenton-Mercer Airport, 34 East Piper Avenue, Ewing. www. airpowertour.org. Visit or ride in Commemorative Air Force aircraft. Ramp access $5$10. Flights $85-$1,995. Register. 9 a.m.

Princeton Health Kids Marathon, Educational Testing Service, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton, 888-897-8979. www.princetonhcs. org. Penn Medicine Princeton Health hosts its 11th annual kids marathon, a 1.2-mile fun run. $25 per child pre-k to eighth grade. 10 a.m.

Rotary 5K Race, Robbinsville Hamilton Rotary Club, Veterans Park, Klockner Road, Hamilton. www.rhrotary.org. 5K race benefiting the Miracle League of Mercer County. $25.

8:30 a.m.

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Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. www.championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. Free. 8 p.m.

Quizzoholics Trivia, Killarney’s, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-5861166. 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. 7 p.m.

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Jazz Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

Arthritis of the Hip and Knee, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. www.rwjbh. org. Orthopedic surgeon Hari P. Bezwada discusses arthritis signs, sumptoms, and treatments. Register. 6 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Reading. $11 and up. 7 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.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Reading. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m.

Susan’s Undoing, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. The story of one woman’s battle with and survival of breast cancer using dance, movement, music, and multimedia. $20. 8 p.m.

Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series, Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton. www.facebook.com/levittamptrenton. The Nth Power with soul rock. Blaqmel opens. Food vendors, family activities, and more. 5 p.m.  Capital City Farmers Market, Mill Hill Park, 165 East Front Street, Trenton. www.destinationtrenton.com. Farmers, artisans, and

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makers every Thursday through October. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. New Hampshire. $11 and up.

7 p.m.

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sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

Open Mic Night, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org. Free. 7 p.m.

Comedy Night, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. www.hopewelltheater.com. Jackie Byrne and Marion Grodin perform. $31.45.

Register. 8 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. New Hampshire. $11 and up.

7 p.m.

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Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 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, paintings, murals, tilework,

Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m.

Tony Williams, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. www.jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Starbucks, 102 South Warren Street, Trenton. Music, spoken word, poetry, comedy, storytelling, and more. 3 p.m.

Villains of Nowhere, Forward Order, Carried

by VI, Championship Sports Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton, 609-394-7437. Live music. 7 p.m.

Vincent Bunnicelli, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. www.1867sanctuary.org.

Contemporary acoustic guitar. $20. 8 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. New Hampshire. $11 and up.

7 p.m.

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Macbeth, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m.

Susan’s Undoing, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. The story of one woman’s battle with and survival of breast cancer using dance, movement, music, and multimedia. $20. 3 p.m.

Guided Tour, Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton, 609-890-3630. www.hamiltonnj.com. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. New Hampshire. $11 and up. 1 p.m.

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