The beauty. The scent. The memories made when your family heads out to choose and cut a Jersey Fresh Christmas tree to decorate your home for the holidays. Warren County farmers and officials are inviting you to visit the County, in New Jersey’s “Christmas Tree Belt”, to select the perfect tree this year.
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The gifts most cherished are often unique treasures and experiences that can't be found just anywhere. Here are some suggestions of local merchants and service providers to help put a fresh spin on the holidays and make them extra special! While we do encourage shopping small and local, this is by no means an all-encompasing list; there are many more businesses here in Warren County worthy of your patronage. These are just some ideas based on our own observations. Happy Holidays, Happy Shopping, and Happy Wanderings!
Thanksgiving is a day to relax with family and friends as we gratefully reflect on what we have. If you want to do that relaxing without having to cook, Explore Warren has explored some options for you in Warren County, NJ.
Hailed as "Eccentric and exhilarating. The best possible combination" by Stephen Sondheim, Centenary Stage Company closes the annual Fringe Festival with the award winning My Name is Gideon: I’m Probably Going to Die, Eventually November 16 through 19 in the Lackland Performing Arts Center in Hackettstown, NJ.
ExploreWarren.org and the Giants bring you a chance to win two tickets to the Giants v. Chiefs on Nov. 19, 2017. Sign up for the random drawing now through Nov. 14.
Now in its sixth season, Jazz at Rutherfurd Hall presents seven great concerts in their 2017-2018 lineup. It’s not just jazz, It’s great entertainment!
Just in time for Halloween, Centenary Stage Company takes a chilling journey back to the final days of Tillie Smith, murdered in Hackettstown more than 100 years ago. Join them for a guided walk on Saturday, October 28, complete with historical narration, that follows the path of Tillie Smith moments before her tragic death and provides a glimpse of old Victorian America and life in 19 century Hackettstown. Then on Wednesday, November 1, CSC will present a staged reading of PEW Fellow Jeanne Murray Walker’s play The Tillie Project. To this day, many say her ghost still haunts the campus of Centenary University, which was recently named by Readers Digest as "one of the 10 most haunted colleges in America."
Whenever the infamous date of Friday the 13th rolls around, Warren County marks a chilling chapter in its history. For it was on that date the infamous murders happened at Camp Crystal Lake, when a group of teenagers were slain, one by one, while attempting to re-open the abandoned campground.
Actually, the camp is fictional and those murders never happened. But "Friday the 13th" - the 1980 American slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller - was filmed in and around the peaceful, rural towns of northern Warren County, and many of the exterior settings can still be seen, looking remarkably unchanged from when they were depicted in the film. Visitors are invited to check out some of those locations, see the movie, and participate in other special events on this October's Friday the 13th.
The Centenary Stage Company presents The Learned Ladies, adapted from Moliere by Freyda Thomas and directed by Carl Wallnau, at the Lackland Performing Arts Center in Hackettstown October 6-22, 2017.
Hope Junction Antiques is planning an Artist Reception & Pop Up Sale featuring local artist Shelley Bartlett on Friday and Saturday, October 20-21, 2017.