Valentine's Day, Redistricting and Some Culture

What follows is a digest of activities, events and political discussions that will occur during the week of Feb. 14-20.

Monday, Feb. 14

, 10:30 a.m., , East Windsor. A party for kids ages 2 to 5.

Tuesday, Feb. 15 

Redistricting forum, League of Women Voters, 7 p.m., Conant Hall, Educational Testing Service, 660 Rosedale Road, Lawrence. Discussion of upcoming legislative redistricting sponsored by area League chapters, including that of East Windsor.

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7 p.m., , East Windsor. Come meet and enjoy refreshments

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Winter Hike, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Blackwell Road Parking Area, Rosedale Park, Hopewell. Free.  Sponsored by Mercer County. jrogers@mercercounty.org.

Wednesday, Feb. 16

Classical concert, 7 p.m., Hammarskjold School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Anita Chen, a violinist and pianist, will perform a concert as part of the East Brunswick Public Schools’ Arts Education Concert series with the EBHS Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Director Michael Berry. The program will include the first movement of Mozart’s “Fifth Violin Concerto” with the EBHS Chamber Orchestra. Chen will then perform some selections as a soloist, including Grieg’s “Sonata No. 2” for violin, then on piano, Brahms’ “Variation of Paganini,” and then back to violin to play Fritz Kreisler’s arrangement of Corelli’s “La Folia.”

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Homecare and Hospice Medicare Benefits Information, 10:30 a.m., County Connection, Route 33 at Paxson Avenue, Hamilton. Care-giving discussion by the Visiting Nurse Association of Mercer County.

Thursday, Feb. 17

Planning for Incapacity, 10-11:30 a.m., County Connection, Route 33 at Paxson Avenue, Hamilton. Estate planning in case you are physically or mentally unable to care for yourself. 

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, 5:30-7:30 p.m., , East Windsor. Mercer County Library's IT department will be on hand to answer your technological questions. Free.

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, , Hightstown. The upperclassmen's winter musical runs through Sunday with 8 p.m. performances each night. Tickets are $10; call 609-944-7550 or e-mail arts@peddie.org to order them.

Friday, Feb. 18

Owl presentation, 11 a.m., East Brunswick Library. See a real owl and learn about the lives of these interesting nocturnal birds of prey. Presented by the Raptor Trust, one of the premier wild bird rehabilitation centers in the United States.

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Winter Kitchen, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road off Route 29, Titusville.

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Live music, 6-9 p.m., , Hightstown. Caila and Natalie will play a free concert for cafe patrons.

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, 7:30-11 p.m., First United Methodist Church, East Windsor. Fun and dancing to the music of local DJ Brett Gash. Tickets are $50. Call 609-448-0041 for more information or tickets.

Saturday, Feb. 19

, noon, . New members are welcome at the monthly meeting of this Cranbury seniors' group.

Sunday, Feb. 20,

Poetry reading, 2 p.m., South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Anthony Buccino and David Crews read as part of the fifth season of the poetry readings at the library. Open reading to follow feature readers. Admission is free, but a donation of a nonperishable food item is requested.