Ana Vizcarra Rankin makes drawings, paintings and sculptures about travel and cartography, in both the literal and metaphorical sense.
Starting March 22, 2017
In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. - Mark Twain
No kidding. But the days are getting longer regardless of the temperature, so let's explore Warren County! Theater, art exhibits, food events, a top comedian, lots of music... read on for details! Welcome, Spring, and Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Centenary University and Centenary Stage Company’s all-student NEXTStage Repertory present Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days March 23 through March 27 at the Lackland Performing Arts Center.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines! Wine for purchase by the bottle or glass at retail value and $5 food!
Live music at the historic inn, a restored 1769 stone gristmill, features Grover Kemble, a singer and songwriter well known for his spontaneous and daring approach to jazz, fun-loving personality, and classic showmanship, in a combo with The Noble Brothers, Harry Noble and Bob Noble from Qui
South Bound is a Southern Rock 'n' Roll band formed in 1988 in Warren County, NJ. Influences include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchett, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker, ZZ Top, Blackfoot, Linda Rondstadt, Bonnie Raitt, and Rossington Collins.
Guest favorite Elohquin will be at Plan B Pub LIVE March 24 9:30pm-12:30am! Call ahead to reserve your table for dinner and a show!
Join the Maker Movement! Come celebrate the third annual NJ Makers Day at your favoirte Warren County Library Branch. This statewide celebration of Maker Culture features all-ages events throughout NJ.
Hard-working and fascinating honeybees are responsible for pollinating one third of the food that we eat, produce the delicious and nutritious substance that we call honey and are currently dying out in alarming numbers. Why are bees important, what is threatening them and how can you help?
Never sure which wine to choose? Can't tell a chardonnay from a chablis? Can't taste the "leather, tobacco or prunes" that others claim to taste? We'll train your tastebuds!
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
First Foodshed Alliance Gala Celebration of Local Food, Local Farms and Local Heroes.
With warmer weather on the way, it's time to get out and paint at Brook Hollow Winery with Anna Kaszupski's fun design for our March paint night! The spring provides us many beautiful colors and animals, let your imagination capture nature’s beauty.
Centenary Stage Company in partnership with the Hackettstown Rotary Club present Colin Quinn: Bully in the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Performing Arts Center.
Punk-based Easton-area band Skin of My Teeth performs at SoMa.
Rock Creek Tavern welcomes Dreamline, the best Rush tribute band around! Reservations recommended!
A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. Reviewers continue to praise his dazzling guitar work, gravelly voice and songwriting.
This three-piece quintet (three musicians doing the work of five) cover everything from the likes of the Kinks, the Beatles, the Stones, the Doors, Kiss & many more.
The North Jersey Chapter of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (Columbia, NJ) is hosting a game dinner at the famous Black Forest Inn in Stanhope. Tickets are still available and benefit the dog training organization.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Jazz at Rutherfurd Hall: on Sunday, March 26, The Chico Mendoza Latin Jazz Sextet will swing into play providing a powerful program of Latin rhythm and featuring saxophone, trumpet and vibraphone in the ensemble. The audience will want to dance as the rhythm is so intense.
Centenary Stage Company’s 2017 Dance Festival continues with a celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Moe-tion Dance Theater on Sunday, March 26 at 4pm in the Lackland Performing Arts Center.
The duo comprised of Rob Fraser and June Thomas performs.
Come join us for a night full of creativity & inspiration! This month the children will learn how to paint an awesome fox!
Poet and essayist Emilia Phillips is the featured guest as the Warren County Community College Visiting Authors Series continues. Phillips will do a reading and is also scheduled to teach a master class earlier in the day.
Community Corner
Cabin Fever Workshop sponsored by Liberty Township Environmental Commission, free and open to all.
The 4th Annual Tricky Tray fundraiser, bringing awareness to Huntington's Disease and with proceeds going to the local chapter of the Huntington Disease Society of America, is being hosted in loving memory of Kelly Hunter-Mejia.
6-Week Session from March 13 through April 24, 2017. (No class on April 17.)
Classes are:
4pm - Beginner: Students are introduced to the practice of yoga through a safe and effective Gentle Yoga Basics series. Each session is 60 minutes in length.
What's a better way to bond with a child than through art? During this special workshop, you and your child (age 18 mos. to 5 years old) will work as a team to create a beautiful St. Patricks Day masterpiece! $12 per child. To register call 908-852-1894 ext. 338 or purchase tickets online.
More Things to Do
Are you going out to eat in Hackettstown? Then "Choose Healthy, Warren County!" Look for the “H” to find approved healthy meals like this one on the menus of James on Main, Mama’s Café Baci, Pandan Room, Stella G’s, and TOPO. Call 908-475-7960 for more information.
This project is funded by a Shaping NJ Healthy Communities Grant, and is a partnership of Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Warren County Health Department.
Plan Ahead
Longtime fans know McMurtry’s vibrant vignettes have turned heads for a quarter century now. “James McMurtry is one of my very few favorite songwriters on Earth and these days he’s working at the top of his game,” says Americana all-star Jason Isbell.
The Warren County 4-H Teen Council hosts Breakfast with the Bunnies! This leadership fund drive event is open to all. Just $5 per person for a great breakfast, and you can visit some bunnies. Real rabbits will be there courtesy of our 4-H clubs, and maybe a kid or lamb or two!
Never Too Late is an Americana band composed of four musicians who have, collectively, more than two hundred years of musical experience.
Celebrate the release of the new CD "Whiskey & Women" by Don Kincaid and The Wait with a concert at Roy's Hall. Doors open at 7:30, showtime at 8pm.
EVERYONE is invited to this “Spring Cleanout Extravaganza” and Environmental Education Day to participate in, investigate and learn about reducing, reusing and recycling in our homes and businesses and keeping all of our neighborhoods Green. All FREE Plans for the day include:
Hillcrest Camera Club of Phillipsburg sponsors the first High School Student Photo Competition. The public is welcome.