Jimmy C's Weekly Calendar

First Friday and the First Trenton Film Festival cap this week's activities.
YWCA reception, civic meetings, City Council and all the rest get May off to
a fast a furious start. -- jc

Monday, May 3
2:00 pm Awards Ceremony, Parker School 989-26-2
6:30 pm Lamberton Historic District Committee (LHDC) meets at the First
Baptist Church, Centre and Bridge Streets.  All are welcome.

Tuesday, May 4
5:00 pm City Council Conference Session, Docket review. City Hall
6:00 pm PTA Meeting, Patton Hill School, 989-2570
6:00 pm PTO Meeting, King School, 9892690
7:00 pm South Trenton Area Residents Society (STARS) meets, First Baptist
Church, Centre and Bridge Streets.

Wednesday, May 5
5:00 - 7:00 pm YWCA IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN 2004 - Reception Honoring:
Woman of Achievement - Jill Hallie Edwards, Woman of Inspiration - Rhonda
Berry
Meta Griffith Community Service Award - Valerie Rushmore, Ethel Downing
Johnson Memorial Award - Connie Mercer Myers, Young Woman of Merit Award -
Lindsey Tippett, Organizational Commitment Award - W I M G 1300 AM at
Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum.  $75 per person. Please call
609.396.8291 ext 22 for reservations.
6:30 pm Rutherford Avenue Neighborhood Improvement Association, West Ward
Recreation Center.
7:30 pm Old Mill Hill Society (OMHS) monthly meeting.  Mill Hill Saloon,
Broad and Market Streets.

Thursday, May 6
5:30 pm City Council meeting, City Hall.
6:00 pm Rutherford Avenue Civic Association, Capital Health Systems Mercer
Campus.

Friday, May 7
11:00 am - 2:00 pm  Foodway Fridays, Gardening, Cooking & Craft
Demonstrations.  Trent House.  989-3027
5:00 - 9:00 pm  First Friday, downtown and at the Trenton Makes complex.
5:30 pm PTO Meeting and Mother Son Dance at Munoz-Rivera School 989-2760
5:30 pm Trenton Film Festival opening reception, State Museum Auditorium,
West State Street.  (for full schedule of events go to
www.trentonfilmfestival.org/schedule.php )

Saturday, May 8
10:00 am to 9:00 pm Trenton Film Festival
(www.trentonfilmfestival.org/schedule.php
for information)

Sunday, May 9
6:00 am MERCER BUSES HEADING TO HALT THE ASSAULT
On Mother's Day, May 9, buses will depart from ALDI on Olden Avenue, Ewing,
and from downtown Princeton at 6:30 to attend the Mother's Day March to Halt
the Assault in Washington, D.C.  Join the March by calling 609-882-3711 or
via email at mmm2004nj@comcast.net to reserve your seat NOW.  The trip will
cost $30, but sponsorships are available to those unable to pay.  See
www.mmm2004.com for event information.
10:00 am to 9:30 pm Trenton Film Festival
(www.trentonfilmfestival.org/schedule.php
for information)

Coming Next week:
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After being closed more than 2 years  for restoration, the
William Trent House
will re-open to the public on
Tuesday, May 11 at 11 a.m.

There will be a brief ceremony prior to the ribbon-cutting, an open house,
and a light lunch will be served. 
Re-enactors portraying Mr. & Mrs. Trent will be on hand and there will be
appropriate music performed. 
The public is encouraged to attend to see how skillfully the City (which
owns the house) has used the grant funds from several state and federal
sources. The goal was to restore the place to its look & feel when the
Trent's were in residence in 1719 through 1724. 
The Trent House is now a first-class historic house museum, and one of the
finest examples of early Georgian architecture in the country.

Jimmy C's Weekly Calendar

Here's the weekly line-up as I know it right now.  And we've highlighted a
handful of upcoming events to help you set your calendars.  -- jc

Monday, April 26
6:00 pm Superintendent's "Student of the Month" Awards Ceremony. 989-2877
7:00 pm Board of Education Meeting, Administration Bldg.
7:30 pm Trenton Peace Action, discussion "The Impact of Military Spending on
the Health of Our City." Trinity Episcopal Cathederal, 801 W. State. Free
and open to all.
(this is the first of a series of roundtables to be held the last Monday of
each month except for July and August)

Tuesday, April 27
5:00 pm City Council Conference session, Fire Director Dennis Keenan will
give an update on the Fire Museum.  2nd Floor of City Hall.
7:00 pm Bravo District CPAC, Bethany Presbyterian, Hamilton and Chestnut.

Wednesday, April 28
7:30 pm Charlie District CPAC, St. Mary's Parrish Center, Adeline and
Beatty.
7:30 pm Traditions, a Coffee House at the Old Barracks Museum. "Linda
Russell, 18th and 19th Century Songs", $10 per person, Reservations
Requested.  396-1776.

Friday, April 30
11:00 am - 2:00 pm  Foodway Fridays, Gardening, Cooking & Craft
Demonstrations.  Trent House.  989-3027

Saturday, May 1,
Annual May Day Celebration in Cadwalader Park For more information please
call the Division of Recreation at (609) 989-3628


A look ahead:

MAY 5th... 5-7pm, In Celebration of Women Reception   Honoring Connie Mercer

Myers, Jill Hallie Edwards, Lindsey Tippett, Rhonda Berry, Valerie Rushmore
and WIMG at Ellarslie Museum. $75 to benefit the YWCA Trenton.  Great items
will be available at the silent auction and a chance to honor a special
woman in your life. For ticket sales and advertising opportunities please
call 609-396-8291 x.22

Friday, May 7  Trenton Celebrates First Friday!

May 7 - 9 The Trenton Film Society 2004 Trenton Film Festival.
Individual tickets for all regular screenings are $8 for the general public
and $6 for seniors/students with ID (Senior and student tickets are only
available at the door); the Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory screening
is $4.00; Screenwriting seminars are $15 each or both for $25 if purchased
in advance.  All-Access Passes are $50 before Wednesday, May 5 and $75
after; Day passes for screenings are $20; priority seating is given to pass
holders. 
For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Trenton Film Festival
website at www.trentonfilmfestival.org.


MAY 9  MERCER BUSES HEADING TO HALT THE ASSAULT
On Mother's Day, May 9, buses will depart from ALDI on Olden Avenue, Ewing,
at 6:00 a.m. and from downtown Princeton at 6:30 to attend the Mother's Day
March to Halt the Assault in Washington, D.C.

The Million Mom March wants you to join them in rallying on the West Front
of the Capitol to demand from Congress that the Assault Weapons Ban be
saved.  The ban is set to expire on September 13, and Congress does not want
to renew it.  If this ban expires, AK47 and Uzi military-style assault
weapons will become legal on the streets of our neighborhoods.

Join the March by calling 609-882-3711 or via email at mmm2004nj@comcast.net
to reserve your seat NOW.  The trip will cost $30, but sponsorships are
available to those unable to pay.  See www.mmm2004.com for event information
and to register from other areas in NJ and throughout the country.
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After being closed more than 2 years  for restoration, the
William Trent House
will re-open to the public on
Tuesday, May 11 at 11 a.m.
There will be a brief ceremony prior to the ribbon-cutting, an open house,
and a light lunch will be served. 
Re-enactors portraying Mr. & Mrs. Trent will be on hand and there will be
appropriate music performed. 
The public is encouraged to attend to see how skillfully the City (which
owns the house) has used the grant funds from several state and federal
sources. The goal was to restore the place to its look & feel when the
Trent's were in residence in 1719 through 1724. 
The Trent House is now a first-class historic house museum, and one of the
finest examples of early Georgian architecture in the country. 
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Saturday, May 15 "Stephanie Plum's Trenton by the Numbers" 10:00AM to 3:00
PM
Tickets are $100 and can be purchased at www.trentonhistory.org or by
sending a check (must be postmarked by May 8th) to the Trenton Historical
Society at PO Box 1112, Trenton, NJ  08606. Contact us at
preserve@trentonhistory.org or (609) 396-4478

June 13th, Sunday 9 am YWCA TRENTON'S RUN FOR JUSTICE 5k run/1 mile walk at
Mercer County Park......www.ywcatrenton5k.org for a race form.  Race
Director Kelly Ingram 609-989-7162.  Please call for sponsorship
opportunities and additional information.  Proceeds benefit the YWCA
Trenton's community programs.