It's getting warmer outside. Marianna's Restaurant and Banquet Center will have music, drinks and a good time on the patio.
Starting May 1, 2019
"All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident." - David Suzuki (Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist)
Is it really spring? Is it safe to come out? That's what this raccoon (photographed by Kent Sweigert near the Delaware Water Gap in Warren County) seems to be saying. Why yes, little Rocky, while the weather can't make up its mind, the flowers are flowering, blooms are blooming and spring events are arriving, like the Hackettstown Spring Festival, opening weekend for The Winery Train, the MWA Run for the River, and a Spring Hike and Writing Workshop with the Ridge and Valley Conservancy. Sunday is Cinco de Mayo with festivities at Buck Hill Brewery and Villa Milagro. And, don't forget to plan ahead! Ideas on where you can celebrate Mother's Day are included, so read on! Happy May Day and Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Pushing Chain is an acoustic folky-tonk duo from Minnesota traveling the East Coast. Boyd Blomberg is on guitar and Adam Moe on fiddle providing exceptional vocal harmonies. The two have been making music together for over 20 years and are currently performing over 150 shows a year.
Get your sombrero on and celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Buck Hill Brewery! There will be margarita specials, $4 Coronas all weekend, Mexican food specials, Karaoke Saturday at 8:30pm and Sunday at 6pm.
Harmonize body, mind and spirit with yoga and hiking at Mohican Outdoor Center. Both offered on Saturday and Sunday, do as much or as little as you like. All levels are welcome. Yoga will emphasize releasing tension, turning inward, and calming the mind.
Bring the family to enjoy the music of Sage. Fresh, local & friendly. Dinner with music is from 6-9 p.m.
Friday Night Meal Deal at Brook Hollow featuring a taco bar! Get 3 tacos and all the fixings for just $5. Listen to Marty Koppel, drink some delicious wine and get some tacos. Wine is available for purchase by the bottle or glass at retail value.
This is a family favorite in the region and a fun way to welcome Spring! Festival admission is free. Hackettstown’s local radio station, WRNJ, will be broadcasting live from the Festival, providing a mix of music, interviews and fun with on-air personalities and staff. Mars Wrigley Confectionery will host their tried-and-true array of interactive activities, giving away plenty of their famous candy and snack products. In addition, Hackettstown Medical Center will feature a “Teddy Bear Hospital”. An array of food vendors will be on site offering classic carnival favorites along with healthier options. Under the entertainment tent, there will be live band performances, community groups and artists for all to enjoy throughout the weekend.
Circling hands is the ideal exercise for people that do not have the time or space to practice a traditional Tai Chi form. Its simple movements are ideal for people with balance problems.
In this play, anonymous jurors in a murder trial must compromise in order to determine whether the given evidence requires them to acquit the young suspect or condemn him to the death penalty. What follows illustrates how ugly, yet deeply necessary, compromise is, especially in a democracy.
7 North, a Lehigh Valley band covering classic rock hits of the '60s through today, returns to Rock Creek.
It's opening weekend for the Winery Train! Enjoy an afternoon trip along the scenic Delaware River behind New Jersey's only operating steam locomotive, then visit to one of New Jersey's most beautiful wineries, Villa Milagro Vineyards. Learn how grapes are grown and made into wine, then sample and purchase at the source. This season's Winery Train starts May 4 and continues every weekend through October.
Help the Ridge and Valley Conservancy stewards with a variety of tasks such as trail clearing and invasive plant removal at White Lake Natural Resource Area. Tools will be provided. Bring gloves, wear tick repellent and sun protection.
Join the Ridge and Valley Conservancy for a three-hour, open level bike and paddle tour of the local countryside. Start and finish will be at RVC office at 16 Main Street in Blairstown. We will bike primarily on the Paulinskill Trail to the White Lake Natural Resource Area.
Come explore the world of Woodland Gardening with Stan Pukash in this informative slide presentation about natives and how to use them in your landscape for woodland and butterfly gardens.
Musconetcong Watershed Assocation volunteer Brian Butler leads a walk along the Musconetcong River as we welcome back neo-tropical migrants and search for a warbler species. This is an excellent opportunity for beginner birders to learn! MWA members are free, non-members are asked to donate $3.
Join David Hyde of Well-Sweep Herb Farm in a presentation on perennial natives and nativars. Learn about the benefits of these beauties and how to introduce them into the garden and keep them happy.
All are invited to join the Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders as it honors wartime military veterans at the Warren County War Memorial.
Metropolitan Seafood will be there selling the finest and freshest seafood available in New Jersey.
Enjoy the beautiful view and live music on the deck with Rich Goldberg, performing 1-5pm. Rich Goldberg is a one man band, singing and playing the piano. He uses backing tracks and voice harmonizer to create a full band sound.
Relax to the sounds of Catmoondaddy. Wood-fired pizza, estate premium wine, and music will be available. Admission is as follows: ESTATE - $15 per person, flight of eight wines from our primary production and estate cuvées and music.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Internationally-renowned festival favorites the Horzowski Trio return to the 30th Raritan River Music Festival for an evening of masterworks by Romantic legend Robert Schumann – from their critically-acclaimed new CD – and by Elliott Carter, among America’s greatest composers throughout the entir
After more than two decades of marriage while separately pursuing their professional goals, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams finally took the advice of their peers and combined their unique talents to create a new career as a performing and recording duo. Theirs is a story how music brought and keeps them together. They have recorded two acclaimed albums and have shared stages with Jackson Browne, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Phil Lesh & Bob Weir and others.
This band is top notch and is the closest thing you will get to see the Piano Man himself!
Everybody's favorite party band! You are sure to have a fun night.
Come by and listen to a musical mix that’s sure to get the audience moving.
Join with the Musconetcong Watershed Association and run or walk a scenic loop in the beautiful Musconetcong watershed.
Join us at White Lake Natural Resource Area for a power hike as we plug into the Spring Awakening to refresh our commitment to personal growth and positive change. Please bring a small notebook, sit-upon, open mind and/or heart.
Bill Ihling, a solo singer/guitarist, turns loose his "inner troubadour” with a performance that features a wide variety of tunes from the Americana '60s-'70s singer-songwriter, old school country, and more.
Enjoy live music by the area's most talented musicians under our arbor. Each week a different band appears for your entertainment. Wood-fired pizza, estate premium wine, and music will be available.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
To honor the small town of Puebla's unlikely victory over France in 1861, join Villa Milagro as we raise a glass of Sangria to toast their spirit of independence.
Come hear some comic and classic songs from one of the best American songwriters!
It's Stomping Time! A bit of nostalgia, a tasting of wine, something to do with friends for a special time! There will be a formal wine tasting, Italian spaghetti with meatballs, garden salad, bread, dessert, coffee, tea and sweet tea.
The Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders honors wartime military veterans at the Warren County War Memorial.
Continuing
The laugh-out-loud musical acted with puppets tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q.
Saturday evenings between April and October 2019, the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey (UACNJ) Observatory, located in Jenny Jump State Forest in Hope, NJ will be open.
Community Corner
Master Gardener Effie Martynuik, along with a panel of 4 experienced gardeners, will answer questions on a variety of garden-related topics like container gardening, organic gardening, water elements, general gardening questions and vegetable gardening.
Knowlton Lions Club hosts an important, informative presentation by Kevin O’Neill, Warren County Surrogate, on Wills, Living Wills and Power of Attorney. “Who speaks for you when you cannot?" Please RSVP to 908-798-7386 or jabmom6@gmail.com.
Shimer Mansion once again will have its huge fundraising yard sale to benefit the restoration during the Pohatcong Town-Wide Yard Sale weekend. If you have great stuff you would like to donate please contact Ingrid at igray@hughes.net or 908-432-4944.
Hackettstown Historical Society is having a presentation at the American Legion on "How to do Basic Genealogy". Presentation is by Gwen Chaar and Ray Lemasters; committed genealogy amateurs. It's free and open to the public. Refreshments will be offered following the presentation.