11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Open House; Drumthwacket. Reservations required, by calling (609) 683-0057.
2 and 8 p.m.: Fiddler on the Roof; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
4:30 p.m.: Readings by novelist Susanna Moore and poet Nick Flynn; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Princeton Environmental Commission; Township Municipal Complex.
7:30 p.m.: Recital by organist Ken Cowan; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
7 p.m.: Alan Kitty as Mark Twain in “Mark Twain’s Last Stand”; Princeton Public Library.
7: 30 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Gallery Concert with jazz pianist Tara Buzash; Rider University Art Gallery. Free.
8 p.m.: Kirov Orchestra; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
6 p.m.: Friends of the Library Annual Benefit with talk by Richard Ford, author of Independence Day; Nassau Presbyterian Church.
7:30 p.m.: Princeton Garden Statesmen Barbershop Chorus; Cranbury Inn, Cranbury. Also Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Miracle on 34th Street; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: “Cool Yule V,” jazz concert of holiday favorites with Philip Orr-Jerry Rife quartet; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
8 p.m.: Nobody’s Perfect; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
8 and 10:30 p.m.: Comedian Don McEnery; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: St. Nicholas Bazaar; Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Holiday Party with Santa and Snowy; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.
1 to 3 p.m.: Hopewell Valley Central High School Music and Theatre Choirs; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.
1:15 p.m.: Princeton Healthcare System Fifth Annual Conference for Women Keynote Address by author/actress Jamie Lee Curtis; Hyatt Regency.
3 and 8 p.m.: Tao, The Martial Art of the Drum; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
4 p.m.: Pennington School Choirs; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.
8 p.m.: Princeton Singers holiday concert; Johnson Education Center, D&R Greenway Land Trust.
8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
8 p.m.: Comedian Robert Klein; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency.
8 p.m.: Danielia Cotton and Wenonah Brooks; Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton.
8 p.m. to midnight: “The Last Jazz at Lambertville Station” with Doris Spears Jazz Ensemble; Lambertville Station, Lambertville.
9 a.m. to noon: Upper Princeton Swing Collective with vocalist Cliff Wilson; Orpha’s Coffee Shop, Montgomery Township. Free.
Noon, 3:15, and 6:30 p.m.: Playhouse Disney Live!; Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton.
1 to 5 p.m.: Family Arts Festival; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton.
3 p.m.: Princeton Pro Musica, Handel’s Messiah; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
3 to 5 p.m.: Holidays in the Village celebration; Weeden Park, Lawrenceville.
3 p.m.: Eric Mintel Quartet; Princeton Public Library.
5 p.m.: Talk by NASA Solar System Ambassador Dr. Ken Kremer, “Italy Unveils Cosmic Masterpieces”; Dorothea’s House. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Lecture, “The Crisis in Israel’s Legal System,” by Israel Prize Laureate Prof. Amnon Rubinstein; Jewish Center of Princeton. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Talk by Chris Finian, author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America; Princeton Public Library. Free.
4 p.m.: Screening of Divorzio All’Italiana; Princeton Public Library. Free.
7:30 to 9 p.m.: Book signing by Walter Choroszewski, author of Somerset: A Celebration of Communities; Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center.Wednesday, December 5
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Open House; Drumthwacket. Reservations required, by calling (609) 683-0057.
4:30 p.m.: Readings by poet and translator David Young and translator Richard Zenith; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.
5 p.m.: Book signing by Lidia Bastianich, author of Lidia’s Italy; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.
5 p.m.: Menorah Lighting Ceremony; Hulfish Street North Plaza.
7 p.m.: The Kaplan Series with Tim Reynolds; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
7:30 p.m.: Talk by Princeton University provost Christopher L. Eisgruber, author of The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process; Princeton Public Library. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Global Warming seminar address, “Environmental Ethics in an Educational Environment,” by Lewis School Director of Strategic Planning Robert P. Martinez; Nassau Presbyterian Church. Free.
8 p.m.: Christmas classics performed by Clay Aiken; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
4:30 p.m.: Lecture by Vincent Sherry of Villanova University, “Irish Decadence”; Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free.
6 p.m.: Jazz Pianist Barry Wilcox; Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Free.
7 p.m.: DanceVision Youth Ensemble’s The Nutcracker; Montgomery Performing Arts Center. Also Saturday and Sunday at noon and 4 p.m.
7 p.m.: Annual Concert and Tree of Light Celebration; Lewis School, 53 Bayard Lane.
7:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre. Also Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Program in Theater & Dance production of Death and the Maiden; Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Canadian Brass Holiday Concert; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8 p.m.: Nobody’s Perfect; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Miracle on 34th Street; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
2 p.m.: Pianist George Dabrowski; Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Free.
2 p.m.: The Princeton Girlchoir; Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, Route 1.
3 p.m.: Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat and Betty, with Elaine Bromka; Princeton Public Library.
7 p.m.: Darla Rich Quintet; Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, Hopewell.
7 p.m.: The Kaplan Series with Tim Reynolds; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.