Princeton To Celebrate Juneteenth With Concert & Exhibit

PRINCETON, NJ — The Municipality of Princeton will mark Juneteenth with a full afternoon and evening of free public programming Friday.

Municipal offices will be closed Friday, in recognition of the federal holiday.

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The commemoration on Friday will take place at Morven Museum & Garden's Stockton Education Center, where the Princeton Symphony Orchestra is presenting a free exhibit honoring Harriet Powers, described as a revolutionary quilter, from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

At 5:30 p.m., Dr. Rochelle Ellis will present a talk on jazz and the Civil Rights Movement, also free and open to the public.

The evening concludes with a concert, "Great Ladies of Jazz," at 7 p.m. at Morven's Performance Pavilion.

More information on Princeton Festival programming is available at princetonsymphony.org/festival.

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