Engage with the arts this summer at popular programs returning to Princeton campus.

Princeton Summer Theater

Princeton Summer Theater returns to Hamilton Murray Theater with a lineup of three shows plus their beloved annual children's show. This year's productions are Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill (June 15-18, 22-25, 29-July 2), Ghost Quartet (July 6-9, 13-16), and Peerless (July 20-23, 27-30).

Learn more on princetonsummertheater.org

Summer Film Series

Princeton University Art Museum is set to host its annual free outdoor film series in Mathey College's Blair-Joline Courtyard. This year's series features films notable for their use of landscape. Films are North by Northwest on June 29, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring on July 13, and March of the Penguins on August 3. Screenings begin at sunset.

Learn more on artmuseum.princeton.edu

Carillon Concerts

Princeton University celebrates 30 years of community Carillon concerts at the graduate school this summer. Musicians will play music using the carillon, an instrument of 23 or more bells that are played manually from console using both fists and feet. Free concerts are scheduled for Sundays at 1:00 PM from July 2 to September 3 at the Graduate School, 88 College Road West.

Learn more on gradschool.princeton.edu

Princeton's Board of Trustees adopted an updated strategic frameworks that reaffirms the University's core principals of affordability, diversity, inclusivity, and service. Read the article on princeton.edu.

Which Country Will Be the First to Wipe Out Cervical Cancer? The Princeton Pulse Host Heather Howard, a professor at Princeton University and former New Jersey Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, Professor Cristina Stefan, director of the Institute of Global Health Equity Research in Rwanda, and Princeton Lecturer Alyssa Sharkey discuss why cervical cancer places a heavier burden on women in low- and middle-income countries, the importance of HPV vaccination and expedient intervention, equity considerations, policy solutions and challenges, and lessons learned. Listen on chw.princeton.edu or your favorite podcast app.

In Case You Missed It: Princeton University awarded 1,265 undergraduate degrees and 679 graduate degrees at its 276th Commencement last month. Catch up with Commencement coverage including articles about Baccalaureate, Class Day, and the Commencement ceremony on the University's homepage.

Princeton Summer Theater

Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill

This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love? Purchase tickets on princetonsummertheater.org. June 15-18, 23-25, 29 - July 2.

Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers

Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers brings sculpture, prints, and paintings by the mixed-media artist Alison Saar into conversation with the work of Toni Morrison, whose vast trove of papers from her career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, professor, and editor are held in the Princeton University Library. Saar and Morrison share a dedication to giving voice to the Black American experience, drawing inspiration from past generations and creating space for future cultural production through a dynamic that Saar calls a “cycle of creativity.” The exhibition explores themes that resonate in the works of both Saar and Morrison—musicality, labor, and ancestors—through various facets of each artist’s practice. On display through July 9 at Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour

Join Princeton University Art Museum for guided tours of the main campus and residential college neighborhoods. Discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Henry Moore to Louise Nevelson on the main campus tour. The residential college neighborhood features artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin. All tours are held outdoors, rain or shine, and are stair-free. Residential College Neighborhood tour meets Saturday, June 10 at 2:00 pm at Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads behind The Dinky Bar, 94 University Pl. Main Campus Neighborhood tour meets Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 pm at Nassau Hall .

Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Artists in Motion

Join Caroline Harris, Diane W. and James E. Burke Associate Director for Education, and catalogue essayists Daniel Edelman, president of the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, and consulting curator Allison Unruh for a discussion of their newly published digital catalogue, Artists in Motion: Modern Masterpieces from the Pearlman Collection.  Thursday, June 15 at 5:30 PM at East Pyne, Courtyard.

Drawing Landscapes from the Collections Watercolors: Dry Brush Technique

The Museum partners with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free drawing classes, taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom. With an emphasis on drawing with watercolor on paper, each week’s lesson in this series will be inspired by an artwork depicting a landscape in the Museum’s collections, inspired by the exhibition Traces on the Landscape at Art on Hulfish. 

This live art-making class is inspired by Winslow Homer’s painting Eastern Point Light (1880). In this session, we will paint our own version of Homer’s composition while using dry brush technique. Register for this free Zoom event. Thursday, June 15 at 8:00 PM on Zoom.

Juneteenth Celebration: Freedom Forward!

Celebrate Juneteenth with barbecue fare, kid’s activities, music, and a mosaic-making workshop. Organized by the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum and cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum. Tickets required. Purchase tickets on eventbrite.com. Saturday, June 17 from 12:00 to 4:00 PM at Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum 189 Hollow Road Skillman, NJ.