Dinner begins at 6 pm; Lorraine begins promptly at 8 pm. Connect with loved ones "on the other side." $65/person. Make your reservation!
Starting October 12, 2016
“What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one.” - Peggy Toney Horton
Another beautiful October weekend is in store, a perfect time for historic house tours, fall festivals, apple-picking, train rides, or just taking a drive (or pedal, or paddle) in the country. There's plenty of music in the air, and theater, too. Don't wait for the weekend - this week's edition offers you plenty of activities starting tonight. Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Written by Katie Forgette and performed in the Sitnik Theater. The play is "...a quick-paced, witty... confection that goes down like iced lemonade on a summer scorcher." - Pioneer Press
Join us for a night of creativity and fun! $20/child includes finished painting on canvas and Philly Pretzel platter. Ages 8 and older (drop off); children aged 7 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Register online or call 908-852-1894 x138.
Join us at the Blue Army Shrine on Thursday, Oct. 13 for the 99th Anniversary of the 6th Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima with guest speaker the Most Rev. Andrew Apostoli and Main Celebrante the Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio
Calling aspiring artists and wine lovers... time to get your hands dirty and cup full! Join us for a night of art therapy! $25/person includes canvas and paint, Philly Factory Pretzel platter and water. Bring your own bottle of wine.
Enjoy free kayaking at Warren County's White Lake Natural Resource Area every Friday and Sunday in October. Kayaks are offered free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis, and may be unavailable in the event of inclement weather.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Live music at the historic inn, a restored 1769 stone gristmill, features Jesse Bardwell, a musician born and raised in northwest New Jersey, but currently lives in close proximity to the beautiful Delaware Water Gap in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Alba Vineyard hosts this anticipated annual event to kick off Pohatcong's 22nd Annual Historic House Tour. It is a wonderful evening of great people, fine wine, food, music and a silent auction. All proceeds benefit the Pohatcong History & Heritage Society and purchase of a N
22nd Annual Historic House Tour, 10am to 5pm - $20 in advance
Kerry Adams, a practicing herbalist of 36 years will present a lecture on using nature’s pharmacy for specific treatments. You will learn how to make your own creams and salves for topical applications. Reservations are required. $24.
In this fly tying class, Wildlife Conservation Corps volunteers Pierre Benoist and Jim Flatley will discuss basic fly tying techniques and equipment, as well as teach you how to tie some basic beginner flies. This program is the last class in a series of seven fly fishing/tying classes.
Learn the basics of fishing in this hands-on session. Topics will include fish biology and identification, casting techniques, equipment, knot tying and more. Discussions will be followed by an actual trout fishing experience in our Education Pond.
Tour this Georgian-style manor, constructed of local stone, with two foot thick stone walls and three immense chimneys.
Guided tours offered first and third Saturdays from 1-4 pm, March-November, excluding holidays.
Enjoy live music by the area's most talented musicians under our arbor. Each week a different band will appear for your entertainment weather permitting. Music times ~ Saturday, 1:30-5 pm and Sunday, 1-4:30 pm.
The Smedley Tornadoes have not only never won a football game, they have never scored a single point! Coach Armstrong goes bonkers and Miss Nelson decides to enlist the no - nonsense substitute, Coach Viola Swamp, to whip the team into shape for the big Thanksgiving day game. Do the S
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Crystal Bowersox has made it her mission to live life and her music to the fullest. With a gentle warmth and wisdom well beyond her years, the consummate artist has an uncompromising vision of herself and her music that is refreshing and rare.
The fall rush is on so get ready for hunting seas now by taking your Hunter Education class at the hatchery. You must have your completed homework with you at the class and be pre-registered. Register for your class at www.nj.wildlifelicense.com.
It's a tradition at Apple Mountain: a golf tournament, German buffet and beers, and live German entertainment by Gisela.
Enjoy live music by the area's most talented musicians under our arbor. Each week a different band will appear for your entertainment, weather permitting .Music times ~ Saturday, 1:30-5 pm and Sunday, 1-4:30 pm.
Music, storytelling by the campfire, pumpkin painting, corn husk dolls, wine tasting, historic site tours, refreshments, a smokehouse bacon demonstration by Myron Baley and more.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Jazz at Rutherfurd Hall on Sunday, October 16 will feature one of the top tenor saxophonists in the country, Houston Person, backed by the Dave Leonhardt Trio, playing tunes from America’s great composers.
Tour this Georgian-style manor, constructed of local stone, with two foot thick stone walls and three immense chimneys, and lear about Warren County's early iron industry and the people who worked in it.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Your one stop shop can be found at Brook Hollow Winery this year! Sip and shop with a variety of vendors. Find something for everyone on your list this year. Check the website to view the list of many participating vendors.
Continuing
Weekends through October, enjoy a beautiful journey along the scenic Delaware River behind New Jersey's only operating steam locomotive and visit Villa Milagro, to one of New Jersey's most beautiful Vineyards. The train will take you to the end of our line where you will board a
Every weekend in October will be Family Harvest Weekend. We will have our vino cafe menu, wine tasting, corn maze, pumpkin picking and fun for the whole family.
The Great Pumpkin Train runs weekends, October 1-30
Every train is "The great Pumpkin Train" in October!
Donaldson Farms Harvest Festival Weekends 2016 dates and hours (weather permitting):
Oct 8-9, Oct 15-16, Oct 22-23
Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ready for the 2016 Haunting Season!
Corrado's Farm: Home of the Hayride of Horrors & Haunted House. Operating Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the month of October.
Join certified Yoga Teacher Kate McGuiness for a series of six classes - on Sundays, Sept. 11, 18 & 25, October 2, 9 & 16 - for a one hour, all levels Hatha Yoga class. Classes begin at 8:30 am.
Community Corner
George L. Johnson, naturalist and photographer, will present Feathers and Fur, his 60-minute film that features the wildlife of northern NJ. The changing season of the “Big Spring” in Whittingham’s Swamp provide the setting for this wildlife adventure.
"Music Under the Stars" Marching Band Competition, with 11 bands and performance by host school, 6-10 p.m. $10/adults; $5/kids grades K-12; free for seniors and preschoolers. 908-362-8211
Warren County Habitat for Humanity benefit; with truck displays, live music, children's activities, product demonstrations, trophies and vendors. 908-454-6973
Doors open at 12pm and games start at 1pm for Phillipsburg High School Cheerleading Designer Bag Bingo and Tricky Tray! Admission $20/person (includes two regular Bingo Boards & entries for multiple Door Prizes!)
Plan Ahead
DASACC’s Oktoberfest will be held under the “big tent” at Donaldson Farms. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
You are probably thinking the festivities have ended at Alba Vineyard. Well, we say it ain't over till the "big man" sings!
Stomp to the music and feel the sensation between your toes. Formal wine tasting, delicious spaghetti and meatballs dinner with tossed salad and homemade breads, wine cellar tour and ending with a dessert wine tasting. Includes wine glass to take home.
Learn how to make all natural, homemade soap. Various methods and ingredients will be covered. Choose from a varied selection of fragrant essential oils and herbs – to create your own specialty soap. Wear old clothes. Reservations are required. $35.00.
Create a long-lasting festive tree for your holiday table using fresh boxwood, holly and assorted winter greens. You will then decorate with pine cones, stars, ribbon and other novelties. Completed height approximately 18″. One of our most popular evergreen pieces. Bring clippers.