LITERATI

Barnes & Noble, Marketfair, 3535 Route 1 South, West Windsor, African American Interest Book Group: Joan Morgan’s When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.; New Book Group: Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.; 609-897-9250
Classics Used and Rare Books, 117 S. Warren St., Trenton, Scrabble Nights, Fri. 6:30 p.m.-midnight; (609) 394-8400.
Delaware Valley Poets, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, workshops, third Thu. 7:30 p.m., bring 12-15 copies of work; poetry reading; (609) 883-5185.
Pebble Hill Church, 320 Edison-Furlong Road, Doylestown, Pa., A Portrait: an evening of music and dance celebrating the 800th birthday of the Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.; (215) 348-3428; www.pebblehillchurch.org  
Peddie School, Swig Arts Gallery, S. Main Street, Hightstown, author reading: I Dreamed Tlon in Ruins by Peter Dabbene, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.; www.peddie.org/capps  
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, The Art of Translation: Shelley Frisch discusses translating nonfiction, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m.; U.S. 1 Poets Invite Series: Adele Kenny and Jane McKinley read followed by open mike, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.; McCarter Live at the Library: director Daniel Fish discusses the upcoming production of Moliere’s Tartuffe, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.; (609) 924-9529; www.princetonlibrary.org  
Princeton Theological Seminary, Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, Author discussion and signing: Dr. Mark G. Toulouse, God in Public: Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate, Sept. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, reg. req.; (609) 497-7990; www.ptsem.edu/  continuing education
Princeton University, James Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St., Princeton, Anthony Bradley to speak on Louis MacNeice and Modern Irish Poetry, Sept. 21, 4:30 p.m., free, open to public; (609) 258-8561.
Screenwriters Resource Group of Princeton, Support, resource and critique group for screenwriters seeking new members who have written at least one screenplay and are familiar with the screenwriting format, monthly meetings in Princeton; (609) 275-4430.
West Windsor Arts Council Fundraiser, West Windsor Senior Center at the Township Municipal Center, Clarksville and North Post roads, West Windsor, presentation by Master furniture restorers Ina Brosseau Marx and Allen Marx and their new book Furniture Restoration: Step-by-Step Tips and Techniques for Professional Results, Sept. 23, 2:30-5 p.m., free, res. req.; (609) 919-1982.