4:30 p.m.: Readings by Jeffrey Eugenides and Mona Simpson from their work; Stewart Theater, Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street.
7 p.m.: Princeton Recreation Department meeting to discuss future of Community Park Pool; Township Municipal Complex.
7 p.m.: Book signing by Trisha Yearwood, author of Home Cooking With Trisha Yearwood; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, U.S. 1.
7:30 p.m.: Talk by historian John K. Lee, author of George Clinton: Master Builder of the Empire State; Princeton Public Library.
7:30 p.m.: John Lithgow in Stories by Heart; McCarter Theatre.
8 p.m.: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Don Evans Black Box Studio Theater, Kendall Hall, The College of New Jersey. Also Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers; Suzanne Patterson Center.
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.: CF Live Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Triumph Brewery, 138 Nassau Street.
12:30 p.m.: Organ concert by Gail Archer; Princeton University Chapel.
4:30 p.m.: Talk by Seth Jones, author of In the Graveyards of Empires; Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Princeton University. Free.
5 p.m.: Princeton University Shakespeare Company presentation of Troilus and Cressida; Butler College Ampitheatre, Princeton University. Also Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m.
5:30 to 7 p.m.: Lawyers C.A.R.E. free legal clinic; Ewing Library Branch, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing.
7 p.m.: Engaged Retirement Speaker Series talk by attorney William Isele, “Wills and Estate Planning”; Princeton Public Library.
8 p.m.: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: Princeton University dance program, An Evening of Enchantment; Berlind Theatre. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle; Gambrell Room, Scheide Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Noon: Westminster Conservatory Gallery Concert with jazz pianist Michael Green; Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville.
1:30 p.m.: Talk by Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Making Urban Change: Opportunities for Action”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
5 to 8 p.m.: Jazz concert by Eric Dabb; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.
8 p.m.: Westminster Music Theater presentation of She Loves Me; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
8 p.m.: Rent; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: Dance Improv; All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road.
8 p.m.: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8 p.m.: Stand-Up Comic Taylor Mason; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Princeton Hyatt Regency, Route 1. Also Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
2 and 4 p.m.: Are You My Mother?; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College.
4 p.m.: Prison Ministry Annual Meeting with talk by Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, “Transitioning Inmates with Rehabilitation”; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street.
6 p.m.: Comedy Night with Mike Warsaw, Tom Ragu, Lori Sommer, Nick Cobb; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.
7 p.m.: Doo-Wop concert with The Brooklyn Bridge; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
7:30 p.m.: Outlet Dance Project’s Female Choreographer Showcase; Black Box Theater, Arts YOUniversity, 4 Tennis Court, Hamilton. Also Sunday at 2 p.m.
7:30 p.m.: “Lift One Voice” concert by members of Trenton Children’s Chorus, Westminster Conservatory Cantus, Princeton Girlchoir Cantores, Princeton High School Freshman Women’s Choir, and Young People’s Chorus of New York City; Princeton University Chapel.
7:30 p.m.: Pennsbury High School Concert Jazz Band; Bucks County Performing Arts Center, Yardley Community Centre, 64 South Main Street, Yardley.
7:30 p.m.: “Controversies and Contradictions” Film Series screening of Lemon Tree; Mercer County Library, 333 North Post Road, West Windsor. Free.
8 p.m.: Dick Fox’s Golden Boys with Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Ballroom Blitz dance; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
1 to 4 p.m.: Princeton Airport 25th Anniversary Celebration, Princeton Airport, 41 Airpark Road.
2 to 6 p.m.: Prosperity Revolution Workshop; Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street.
3 p.m.: Music Ministry Spring Concert, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana; Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
4 p.m.: Westminster Jubilee Singers’ 15th Anniversary Concert; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
6 p.m.: Talk by Dr. Chiara Megighian Zenati, “From Ararat to the Italian Peninsula,” about Armenian presence in Italy; Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street. Free.
4:30 p.m.: Popular Music Colloquium, “Aaron Copland and Bob Dylan,” with Prof. Sean Wilentz; Woolworth Center Room 102, Princeton University.
7 p.m.: Voices Chorale’s Young Composers Concert; Music Together, 225 Hopewell-Pennington Road, Hopewell.
1 to 4:30 p.m.: Symposium, “Race, American Politics, and the Presidency of Barack Obama”; Room A, Frist Campus Center, Princeton University. Free.
4:30 p.m.: Discussion/book signing with Judy Collins, author of Over the Rainbow; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair Mall, Route 1.
4:30 p.m.: Talk by Howard Dean, 2004 presidential candidate, “Obama, The President of a New Generation of Americans”; Room 101, Friends Center, Princeton University. Free.
7 p.m.: Screening of 1995 film Apollo 13, followed by discussion with Greg Olsen; Princeton Public Library.
8 p.m.: Princeton International Film Festival screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans; Garden Theatre. Free.
8 p.m.: Lecture by University of Minnesota Professor of Mathematics Joseph A. Gallian, “Breaking Driver’s License Codes”; McCosh 10, Princeton University.
10:30 a.m.: Poquelin Players’ “Love Chats & Love Spats: Shakespeare on Love”; Princeton Public Library. Free.
11 a.m.: Book signing and cooking class with Good Morning America food editor Sara Moulton; Kitchen Kapers, 23 Hulfish Street.
4:30 p.m.: Talk by Ambassador Stapleton Roy, “China’s Foreign Relations: Current Trends and Historical Legacies”; Bowl 016, Robertson Hall, Princeton University.
6 p.m.: Screening of Julie and Julia; Princeton Public Library.
7 to 9 p.m.: Attention Deficit Disorder lecture and discussion; Riverside School Gym, 58 Riverside Drive.
7:30 p.m.: Reading by Paul Watkins; Efros Auditorium, Caspersen History House, Peddie School, Hightstown.
8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers; Suzanne Patterson Center.
12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau concert with pianist Marvin Rosen performing recent music from Estonia; Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.
8 p.m.: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
5 to 8 p.m.: Jazz concert with Jersey Jazz; Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington.
8 p.m.: Rent; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: Tom, Dick and Harry; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Cinematic Titanic spoof of science fiction and horror movies; McCarter Theatre.
8 p.m.: Eric Mintel Jazz Quartet; Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, Pa.
8 p.m.: Orrin Evans Jazz Trio; Solley Theatre, Paul Robeson Center.
8 p.m.: Anatomy of Gray; Spitz Studio Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.
8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society Jersey Jumpers Swing Dance; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Arbor Day Celebration; Mapleton Preserve/D&R Canal State Park, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston. (Rain date April 18.)
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Earth Day celebration; Center Court, Quaker Bridge Mall.
11 a.m. and 3 p.m.: Laurie Berkner; McCarter Theatre.
1 to 6 p.m.: 3rd Annual Princeton Jazz Festival; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.
2 to 5 p.m.: DanceVision, Inc.’s DanceFest 2010 dance celebration; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.
2 and 7:30 p.m.: The Great Immensity; Berlind Theatre. Free but tickets required by calling (609) 258-9220 or (609) 258-2787.
6:30 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s “Classic Cabaret” gala benefit with singer Ann Hampton Callaway; Bedens Brook Country Club, 240 Rolling Hill Road, Skillman.
7:30 p.m.: Boheme Opera New Jersey production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance; Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial. Also Sunday at 3 p.m.
8 p.m.: Jazz ensemble Cherry Poppin’ Daddies; Performing Arts Center, Princeton High School.
8 p.m.: Colorado String Quartet; Solley Theatre, Paul Robeson Center.
8 p.m.: Westminster Williamson Voices concert, “Journey into the Sacred”; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Glee Club; Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: Le Triomphe de l’amour chamber music ensemble; Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road.