Once again, Trenton Journal has scoured the town in search of unique, entertaining events for the upcoming weekend. We uncovered cool jazz and orchestral musical events, small business, entrepreneurial workshops given by the County, a food giveaway and more.
Mercer County presents small-business workshop series
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes recently announced a series of six free workshops to help Mercer County small businesses thrive. Presented by the County and the UCEDC, these workshops will be held in April and May in person and via live webinars. Links will be emailed to those who register for a webinar.
April 21 – Entrepreneurship Essentials
Starting a small business is a rewarding but risky proposition. Before you hang the “Open for Businesses” sign or get in too deep into your new venture, you should take an honest look at your preparedness to succeed. This workshop will introduce you to the tools you’ll need to start and grow your business. To register for this in-person workshop, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mercer County Connection, 957 Highway 33, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, Hamilton
April 27 – Basics of Financing Your Business
This introductory workshop addresses how access to capital is critical to many small businesses, yet most owners don’t understand how to determine what they qualify for, what money is available to them and the roadblocks they may face obtaining financing. To register for this in-person workshop, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mercer County Connection, 957 Highway 33, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, Hamilton
May 4 – Marketing Research Tools for Small Business
In this workshop, you’ll gain a practical understanding of marketing research techniques and tools. You’ll learn how to develop a marketing strategy by utilizing free resources to access customer demographics, spending habits and possible trends in your industry. To register for this in-person workshop, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mercer County Connection, 957 Highway 33, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, Hamilton
May 12 – Digital Marketing and Social Media
This introductory workshop addresses the basics of harnessing the power of digital, within the context of your organization’s marketing strategy. Digital marketing is an important part of your promotional mix, and social media platforms are valuable tools to use in your marketing communications strategy. To register for this in-person workshop, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mercer County Connection, 957 Highway 33, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, Hamilton
May 19 – Google Analytics
In this live webinar, you will learn about Google Analytics. One of the great business advantages in today’s era of “big data” is access to solid information about our customers – not only who they are, but also how they respond to our website calls to action, web-based ads, social media campaigns and more. To register for this live webinar, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Live Webinar
May 25 – Understand Financial Statements
An introductory workshop focused on the needs of businesses that manage their own financial records. During the webinar, organizers will help you set up your company in Quickbooks and show you how to produce accurate and timely reports to analyze your company’s performance. To register for this live webinar, click here.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Live Webinar
Join Foundation Academies Collegiate Youth Orchestra’s opening performance
On April 16th at 3:00 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury, Foundation Academies (FA) Collegiate Youth Orchestra welcomes all music enthusiasts to check out their opening performance of the Concordia Chamber Players concert.
Foundation Academies is a high-achieving, community-focused K-12 free public charter school in Trenton, offering string orchestra classes as an elective to older students.
The Youth Orchestra was invited by the Concordia Chamber Players to open their final concert of the season. Concordia Chamber Players was in a partnership with FA, in which Chamber musicians visited the campus teaching master classes to FA students. Chamber musicians – Michelle Djokic, David Samuel, Gabriella Diaz and Siwoo Kim – met with scholars in November, talking with them about life as professional musicians, and performing a composition by Florence Price – one of the first Black female composers and the first Black woman to have a piece performed by a major orchestra in 1932.
Consisting of members in grades 9 to 12 who have been playing their instruments for approximately six years, the Youth Orchestra will also be playing a strings rendition of the “Game of Thrones” theme song during their performance this Sunday. For more information, visit, www.foundationacademies.org.
Date: April 16th
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church – Solebury
2023 Princeton Jazz Festival and concert
The 2023 Princeton Jazz Festival is back! Presented by Jazz at Princeton, the Princeton University Music Department is holding this one-day event on Saturday, April 15th. Performances include Small Group X, Small Group A, Bird Calls, and many special guests, leading up to the headlining event with the Creative Large Ensemble. Please see all festival information below.
12:00 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. Festival
Richardson Lawn
Free, Unticketed
12:00–1:00 PM: Small Group X with Special Guest Greg Tardy, saxophone
1:20–2:20 PM: Small Group A with Special Guest Michael Dease, trombone
2:40–3:40 PM: Artemis
4:00–5:00 PM: Small Group I with Special Guest Jon Irabagon, saxophone
5:20–6:30 PM: Bird Calls with Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophones; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet; Matt Mitchell, piano; François Moutin, bass; and Rudy Royston, drums
8:00 P.M. Concert
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Ticketed | Passport to the Arts Eligible
Jazz at Princeton‘s Creative Large Ensemble, directed by Darcy James Argue, presents their final concert of the year with special guest Rufus Reid. For tickets and more about this 8 PM headlining event, click here.
For more details on the event and to purchase tickets, please click here.
Date: April 15th
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Princeton University – Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Kid filmmakers show their stuff at the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival in Trenton
The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is a video contest for kid filmmakers, allowing them to create short movies that tell stories of Newbery award-winning books within 90 seconds. The festival has annually been screening kid-made movies in several major cities for the last 12 years and now has landed in Trenton.
On Sunday, April 16th at the New Jersey State Museum, the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival will be showing movies created by kids from New Jersey, as well as the best from around the country. Hosted by children’s authors James Kennedy (The Order of Odd-Fish) and Chris Grabenstein (Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, The Smartest Kid in the Universe, and more), the festival is free though reserving seats in advance is recommended. Visit their website for details on the festival and other resources.
Date: April 16th
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: New Jersey State Museum Auditorium – 205 W State St, Trenton
Community food giveaway at Greater Mt. Zion AME Church
It’s no secret that food prices are currently on the rise. Greater Mount Zion AME Church, alongside Myra Ashley of Missionary Society presents their second food giveaway of the month for the community on Saturday, April 15th from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Be sure to arrive on time, as supplies are limited.
Date: April 15th
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Greater Mt. Zion AME Church – 42 Pennington Ave.,
Trenton
