Get dressed up and into the "Spirit of Halloween"! Hometown Halloween is family fun for kids of all ages featuring a kid's costume contest and a pet costume contest. Gather in the Pocket Park by the town clock at 44 E. Washington Ave. Prizes awarded at 4:30pm.
Starting October 30, 2019
“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.” – The Criminologist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Halloween is Thursday, but you will find plenty of opportunities to keep celebrating the holiday throughout the weekend! And journeys abound in this week's edition of Warren County Wanderings. Like a journey into the spirit world at Shimer Mansion, or an orienteering journey atop Kittatinny Ridge, or journeys into the past with museum tours and historical talks. It's all there when you read on, and don't miss the Plan Ahead stuff either, you'll want to reserve your tickets now. Happy Halloween, and Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Urban legend claims that Queen Elizabeth asked Shakespeare to write a play featuring “the fat knight in love.” In The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is certainly in lust, if not truly in love.
It's good to find yourself. In this course, put your map and compass skills to work and build confidence as you experience real-life off trail navigation and triangulation situations in indoor and outdoor exercises. Learn to deal with obstacles, interpret terrain, and estimate distances.
Enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Enjoy an exclusive event to learn about paranormal investigations and then participate in one. Seating is limited to 20.
Dead On Live returns to Roy’s Hall for a Halloween season Grateful Dead show, with a multimedia historical overview of the Dead’s rich and stylistically diverse 30-year career.
This is the number one Halloween Bash to attend! Costume party, with giveaways and specials!! Looking forward to a scary, rockin' show featuring Ricky and The Rebels!
Join us for our Annual Costume Party with live music featuring Jukebox Trio.
Keep the holiday going with the Halloween Hangover Costume Party! We'll have prizes for best costumes, drink specials all night and DJ G spinning all night.
Costume Contest with Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place! DJ, Drink Specials & Giveaways!
At this time of year, the Well-Sweep garden fairies transform the shop into a Christmas wonderland. The greenhouse will be stocked with a selection of attractive windowsill herbs, tender perennials in bloom and unique topiaries. Enter to win a $25 Gift Certificate.
Visit the sites in Allamuchy that have historical ties to Rutherfurd Hall. Our tour guides will share the rich history that Allamuchy has to offer. Rutherfurd Hall will be open for special visiting hours Saturday.
Join Tri-County Volunteer Fire Co. Auxiliary and Fire Co. for a great selection of crafters, vendors, tricky tray, raffles, and food.
Calling all Veteran Warriors! The Farm In Harmony and M-Power Yoga team up to offer this program. Do you find your gears spinning all day? This will help you slow it down, reset and recharge through the power of relaxed breathing controlled moment.
Waking from hibernation in the spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.
Enhance your sleep, uplift your mood and brighten your dreams with a Herbal Dream Pillow! Learn the properties of several herbs that aid in sleep, then combine them into your own blend and sew them into a 4″ x 6″ pillow. Reservations are required. $38.00
Relax to the sounds of Last Thursday Band. 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!
Bring a picnic and friends. Sit in the shade of the pergola and lull away the afternoon to our soloists. We invite rising young and popular LOCAL stars - performers of whom you will one day say - "Wow! I saw them in person at Villa Milagro!"
The evening features the American Masterwork Rodeo, by Agnes de Mille with score by Aaron Copeland, Margo Sappington's haunting pas de deux Waterfront, and Matthew Rushing's tribute to Count Basie, Hand in Hand and James Kinney's Civil War homage American Salute.
Everything you want in a Bad Company cover band!
This duo covers pop, classic rock, blues, country, and hip hop.
The public is welcome to come and watch artists at work at the Arboretum! The artworks made that day will be exhibited Nov and Dec 2019 at the new M Galleries PNA (the building right in the Arboretum).
Kids from pre-k to elementary school are invited to join us in making a harvest-themed craft on the front lawn of the Manor. This is a rain or shine event. If it rains, we’ll be set up on the lower-level front porch. All children must be accompanied by their adult(s).
Relax to the sounds of the 6th Street Trio. 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.
Veterans, local families and military supporters are welcomed for a fun family event, as volunteers hand out candy and other special goodies to kids & our Veterans.
A lively re-telling of the well-known fairy tale about a brother and sister who wander into a forest where they are captured by a witch in a fantastic gingerbread house.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines!
Victor Fiore is a highly respected area guitar instructor known for nurturing some of the brightest talent in the NW NJ region. He inspires his students and encourages them to hone their skills by performing live whenever possible.
Come to Rutherfurd Hall to create for a cause while you learn, step-by-step, how to paint this Van Gogh November-inspired sunflower! Proceeds will benefit The River Walk Project-to provide an upgraded walkway for our residents along the scenic Musconetcong River.
"Doughboys" was the nickname given to the American Expeditionary Force that took part in the later years of World War I. The presentation by John Torkos is free and open to the public, followed by refreshments.
Enhance your sleep, uplift your mood and brighten your dreams with a Herbal Dream Pillow! Learn the properties of several herbs that aid in sleep, then combine them into your own blend and sew them into a 4″ x 6″ pillow.
Reservations are required. $40/pp
Villa Milagro is blessed with a 360 degree panorama and a breathtaking view looking over the vineyard to see hills in four counties in two states. Please come out this weekend to enjoy the views, feel the crisp air of fall and enjoy a wine tasting.
Continuing
This year's corn maze pays tribute to the Huey helicopter, the workhorse of the Vietnam War. The maze is open 11am-6pm Wednesday to Sunday each week through November 11 (call for a Monday or Tuesday visit).
Community Corner
You can learn technology at any age! Warren Hills High School is offering free technology help for community members to work with our eager student volunteers!
Dress up and bring the whole family for a fun evening filled with games, crafts, food, candy and prizes!
There will be lots of vehicles, free hot dogs. Great entertainment by “Into the Sunset Entertainment and Photography”. Something for everyone, especially the kids!
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. YOU are needed at the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Warren County, DASACC for short.
During this FREE class and tour you will learn how to navigate our store and select items that fit into your lifestyle. To register, email carly.sopko@wakefern.com
Dress up and bring the whole family for a fun evening filled with games, crafts, food, candy, prizes along with a bonfire and smores! You can even enter the cookie and brownie contest!
Plan Ahead
No school means it's a great time for kids ages 6-10 to come to ShopRite and learn to cook! We'll be making Mini Meatloaf Muffins, Cheesy Mashed Potato Muffins and Pumpkin Muffins. Please email carly.sopko@wakefern.com to register!
This uniquely entertaining music and multimedia event which chronicles the extraordinary career of Simon & Garfunkel.
Grab some friends, enjoy a glass of wine and a wonderful tricky tray while helping to send children with cancer to camp. Awesome prizes including Disney Park Hoppers, Kate Spade, WWE merchandise, an adult mountain bike, and too many more to list! Cash bar and food available for purchase.
Sideline is a pedigreed six-piece powerhouse whose style has set the pace in Bluegrass for over two decades.
Annual Christmas for the Children Sale and Silent Auction Buttzville United Methodist Church, with all proceeds going to local families for Christmas.
The sale will offer new and like-new items including:
- Collectible toys, dolls, and stuffed animals
During this FREE class we will make some healthy and fun snacks with the little ones! To register email carly.sopko@wakefern.com
The November Meeting of WCARTS will feature Program for Silk Scarves by Claire Rohloff. Claire always liked drawing, but a career in psychiatric nursing paid the bills.
Do you have a shady spot in your yard? That is all you need to get growing your own mushrooms for personal or commercial purposes. Gary Makus, MPH, NJMA member and speaker, will be visiting our office to teach all you need to know to begin.