Grill Nights are back! $50/person - wine sold separately - reservations required. Your choice of steak, fish or chops. All served with seasonal vegetables, potato, and salad. Charcuterie a la carte - $17. Three seatings every half hour from 5-7pm
Starting May 27, 2021
“Where the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.”- God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood, American singer, songwriter
Good ol' red, white and blue never gets old. Our flag reminds us we live in a wonderful country, full of beauty and splendor and those stars and stripes unite us together. We'd also like to remind you of all the happenings in beautiful Warren County this Memorial Day weekend - the unofficial start of vacation season - and beyond.
This is the season opening weekend for Land of Make Believe featuring Twisted Timbers, a new spinning roller coaster ride. Grab a picnic lunch and head to Villa Milagro for Chillin' at the Villa or enjoy lobster dishes with your wine at Alba Vineyard. There's also plenty of live music, scenic train rides and play performances. In the coming weeks, Donaldson Farms kicks off summer with their food truck fest and 'Tails and Tales' presented by Warren County Libraries encourages all ages to participate in the summer reading program with weekly chances to win prizes.
Have a great weekend and Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Spend part of your afternoon at Brook Hollow Winery and Event Facility for live music. Enjoy 3 days of music with Turngren and Young Friday evening, Joe Janci on Saturday and Scott Messina on Sunday.
As the Dean of David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies and president of Herbalists & Alchemists, David is an herbalist and Ethnobotanist with 52 years of training in Chinese, Western, and Southeastern herbal traditions.
Dr. Dick Show on June 4. No reservations required this year!
Call 908-441-6127 to book a table while they’re available.
The Young Performers Workshop is dedicated to the enrichment of young lives through experience in the theatre arts, and serves as a venue for cultivating young theatre performers between the ages of eight and 18. This performance features multiple works of classic film star Charlie Chaplin and comes to life in these pantomime-dance depictions. The selection includes the silent masterpiece “The Kid” about a little tramp who discovers a little orphan and brings him up but is left desolate when the orphanage reclaims him. This play has been choreographed and adapted by program director, Michael Blevins.
Young Performers Workshop is dedicated to the enrichment of young lives through experience in the theatre arts, and serves as a venue for cultivating young theatre performers between the ages of eight and 18.
With its new spinning roller coaster "Twisted Timbers" and the Time Travel Safari Adventure, the Land of Make Believe in Hope, NJ, is more than just an amusement park - it's an experience with an array of thrill rides, including Scream Machine 360, Tilt-A-Whirl, Tornado, and Drop 'N Twist. The amusement parks open at 10am sharp on Saturday May 29 as part of its Annual Memorial Day Grand Opening Weekend (May 29, 30, 31).
Memorial Day weekend opens up the traditional summer travel season; kick it off with a visit to Alba Vineyard! Chef Anthony, Trattoria DiFiore, will be serving lobster pizza, lobster rolls, and shrimp cocktail.
Picnics have always been a favorite activity. Unlike going to a restaurant, you never know what you will encounter when you picnic.
This weekend's music features rocker Peter Coccorese and versatile guitarist Dave Read. Peter has a background in Jazz though realized his true calling was for Rock. He has played many venues and with several bands. Dave's style ranges from wedding to festival to country and rock.
Celebrating the heritage of Hispanic and Latin-American tango traditions from Argentina and Uruguay, Newman & Oltman have worked closely with Nuevo Tango masters Astor Piazzolla (centenary of his birth) and Daniel Binelli (75th birthday).
Are you ready for a stomping good time? Well, now is your chance to be a part of an exclusive social event at Four Sisters Winery. The Barefoot Grape Stomping is a one-of-a-kind experience; surely to intoxicate all your senses. It's a unique opportunity you don’t want to miss!
UACNJ provides free public programs at the atronomy club in Jenny Jump State Forest from April through October on Saturday evenings. The astronomy presentation begins at 8pm and is followed by stargazing on the observatory's telescopes until 10:30pm, weather permitting.
Ed Jankiewicz and Thomas Johnston return with classic songs as you enjoy brunch.
Welcome the 2021 Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Givens-Belet American Legion Post 258. Beginning in the Cedar Ridge Cemetery, the parade steps off at 1pm.
The PS Experiment from the NJ/Lehigh Valley Area is a fun acoustic duet comprised of cover band vets John Pabst and Brian Shepherd covering your favorite songs from modern to retro classics, mashups, and singalongs.
Little Learning Farmers is a child-and-adult activity session. It's perfect for parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and their Little Farmer(s) to enjoy a fun and educational morning on the farm.
North Warren Garden Club meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at the Catherine Dickson Library in Blairstown. This information session will follow the Club meeting, and is being held under the gazebo out back.
Welcome the 2022 Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Givens-Belet American Legion Post 258. This year's parade will be honoring the 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
Welcome the 2023 Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Givens-Belet American Legion Post 258. This year's parade will be honoring the 20th Anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Picnics have always been a favorite activity. Unlike going to a restaurant, you never know what you will encounter when you picnic.
Continuing
Take a 1.5-hour scenic trip on a historic passenger coach along the beautiful Delaware River to Riegelsville and return. Trips depart from Phillipsburg at 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm.
Bring a lawn chair and join Rutherfurd Hall on the Great Lawn for a 5 lecture series featuring the Roosevelts and, of course, the Rutherfurds! Outdoor Lecture Series every Thursday May 6-June 3, 2021 5:30-6:30 pm.
Turn the clock back to a time when steam engines pulled passenger cars along idyllic miles of train tracks through quaint hamlets and farmland to an awaited destination. Board the train for a trip along the banks of the Delaware River to visit our winery.