Based on the book by Kelly S. DiPucchio, with book, music, and lyrics by Joan Cushing, Grace Campbell discovers there has never been a female president. Frustrated by the lack of female faces in the White House, Grace decides she wants to be president and inspires a school election.
Starting October 6, 2021
"I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves." – Ann Drake
This week's cover photo was taken by David Dech as he toured Warren County on bike recently, and paused at Ghost Lake in Independence Township to enjoy the view. Our fall farm fun season is now in full swing, with apples and pumpkins and cider and more, and the fall foliage is starting to turn. Keep track of the leaves to make sure you catch them at their peak by checking out the New Jersey Forest Service and its Facebook page where the Current New Jersey Fall Foliage Conditions. NJFS will post an updated graphic with suggestions on where to go for the best foliage every Friday during the fall season. So drink in the beauty now (and remember it when you need to rake them in a few weeks!) as you wander in Warren. Speaking of wandering, see the Plan Ahead section and mark your calendar for the Explore Warren History Trail, a two-day, self-guided tour of heritage sites throughout the county. This is the inaugural edition of what we hope becomes an annual event! There is a lot more ahead, so read on, carpe leafem, and Happy Wanderings!
Coming Up
Grab your friends for a fun day of 18 holes of golf for a great cause, at Harkers Hollow Golf Club in the beautiful hills of Warren County! $125/person includes cart, scoring services, lunch "at the turn", as well as Door prizes - Closest to the pin - Long drive - Mulligans - 50/50. Cash bar.
Pumpkin decorating is the perfect autumn activity to do with little kids and big kids alike. Included in the workshop is your choice of pumpkin, glue, glitter, paint brushes and aprons for the littles. 908-750-4567.
Come in costume or decorate your car for a chance to win special prizes. Enjoy food, music, and nice rides in beautiful Blairstown.
Nashville-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Forrest O’Connor earned national recognition as one of the lead vocalists and instrumentalists in the O’Connor Band, a group he co-founded with his wife, Kate Lee O’Connor, and his father, seven-time CMA Award-winning violinist Mark O’Connor.
Join the Belvidere Lions Club for an Octoberfest-themed charity golf outing at beautiful Harkers Hollow Golf Club. Prizes, food and much more! Sign up to be a sponsor and support many worthwhile community groups. It's $100 per golfer; earlybird special of $95 if registered by Sept.
Fall fun is here! Fall Harvest Weekends run Saturdays, Sundays & Columbus Day throughout October!
Hello Fall! Fall fest 2021 is underway! Make memories at Tranquillity Farms:
Hayrides, Pumpkin Picking, Cow Train, Bounce Pillow, Corn Maze, Playground area and corn bins, Apple cider donuts and slushies, Apple picking, Pumpkin Launching, Grilled Corn and more!
Celebrate the fall season with family fun for all ages at our Fall Festival Weekends!
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. $37.
A rock & roll lifer, the British-born singer/songwriter has been carving his path since the 1980s with a raw, soulful voice; a storyteller’s sense of narrative and the ability to blur the lines between folk, classic pop, and rock.
Join Rutgers in-person with wild forager, nutritionist, and author, Debra Naha, who will present on wild edible plants, and take us on a walk to discover what is edible, growing right in our own backyards!
An evening with the progressive jazz trio of Grammy winning pianist Laurence Hobgood, James Robbins (bass) and Karl Latham (drums). A night of magical musicality.
Gather friends and family for an autumn afternoon of food, music, farm animals and the most epic tricky tray featuring over 100 gift baskets. Enjoy the day at Antler Ridge farm while shopping with local vendors under our open-air big top tent.
Come out and celebrate with Invertase Brewing to celebrate its second birthday.
-Birthday Beer Release
-Buck's BBQ nearby all day
-AJ Croix & the Devil's Right Hand Band, 3-6pm
-Birthday Cake (while it lasts)
-Birthday Giveaway (while it lasts)
An interactive story-line is non-stop amusement from beginning to end and a dinner of grilled chicken and mushrooms, broccoli and garlic, salad and bread along with a divine wine tasting.
Allan Willcockson will be performing on the deck at Four Sisters Winery 12-4:30pm.
Enjoy food, music, door prizes and People's Choice awards for nice rides in beautiful Blairstown.
Celebrate the fall season with family fun for all ages at our Fall Festival Weekends!
Gather friends and family for an autumn afternoon of food, music, farm animals and the most epic tricky tray featuring over 100 gift baskets. Enjoy the day at Antler Ridge farm while shopping with local vendors under our open-air big top tent.
Fall Fest 2022 is underway with Hayrides, Pumpkin Picking, Cow Train, Bounce Pillow, Corn Maze, Playground area and corn bins, Apple cider donuts and slushies, Apple picking, Pumpkin Launching, Grilled Corn and more!
Weekday and weekend packages available!
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.
Cost is $39pp.
This is Quality Automotive's last cruise night of the year. Come in costume and decorate your car too! Enjoy food, music, door prizes and People's Choice awards for nice rides in beautiful Blairstown.
Enjoy food, music, door prizes and People's Choice awards for nice rides in beautiful Blairstown.
There will be a $20 seasonal registration fee to benefit out H.E.A.R.T. of A Legend Scholarship.
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.
Cost is $40 pp.
Continuing
Join Alba every Friday and Saturday evening for wine, food, and music! All guests must be 21+
Chef Anthony, Trattoria Di Fiore, will be back, with freshly made wood-fired pizza, salad, paninis, and other culinary treats available for purchase.
Spend part of your afternoon at Brook Hollow Winery and Event Facility for live music. You are encouraged to support local proprietors by purchasing a meal from the many restaurants in the area and enjoy it on with a bottle of Brook Hollow Wine.
Schedule:
Come - if you dare - to the Hayride of Horrors and Haunted House at Corrado's Farm located in Hackettstown. The Corrado Family has been brightening dark Autumn nights with frights and chills for more than 20 years! Operating Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings through October 30.
Every Friday night during October is movie night. Enjoy classic Halloween movies everyone loves to see! Free for all!
Outdoors, weather permitting...indoors if it's not! Buck's BBQ will be located nearby too! Make a night of it with great beer, good friends and good fun!
Call 908-441-6127 to book a table!
Oct. 8: Tune Thieves
Oct. 10: Bill Ruddy
Oct. 15: Brian & Brian
Oct. 17: Caren Kennedy Duo
Oct. 22: Last Night in Town
Oct. 24: Sue & Mike
Oct. 29: JJ Lynch
The Blairstown Farmers Market is in full swing! Come see your favorite local farmers and food producers at the Blairstown Farmers Market!
When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. $18/adult; $12/child. Trips leave 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm.
Pack a picnic, invite some friends and lull away the afternoon with great wines, music and spectacular views! $15 cover charge includes seating, tasting & gift glass to keep for 1-6 people. Seatings for are 1-3 first-come basis; parties of 4-6 are by reservation/prepaid.
A weekend for the family at the winery featuring live music, great food from the Bistro Menu, wine tasting ($5/person), as well as wine by the glass or bottle.
Join Alba every Saturday and Sunday afternoon for wine, food, and music! All guests must be 21+
Chef Anthony, Trattoria Di Fiore, will be back, with freshly made wood-fired pizza, salad, paninis, and other culinary treats available for purchase.
Join Little Ridge Vineyards for Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon music.
Tasting room is open Friday- Sunday.
Outdoor seating is available, but feel free to bring a blanket or chair.
LIVE MUSIC AT TIPTONS:
- Oct. 2 Zaire 9-12
- Oct. 9 Uncle Rocco Outdoor Patio 3-6
- Oct. 15 Bill Ihling 6-9
- Oct. 16 Avenue 16 Outdoor Patio 4-7
- Oct. 22 Scott Messina 6-9
- Oct. 23 JerZGirls 9-12
UACNJ provides free public programs at the astronomy 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.
A venue where local farmers, producers, and artisans come together to provide a variety of fresh produce and related products directly to the consumer, located in the parking lot of White Township School (corner of Rts. 46 and 519), Belvidere. Open every Sunday, June-September.
Come enjoy brunch and live music Sundays this fall.
Live Music Sundays:
October 24 - Gary Corde
October 31 - Brian Molnar
November 7 - Jack Pierone
November 14 - Cody Bondra
November 21 - Sydney Atkinson
Pack a picnic, invite some friends and lull away the afternoon with great wines, music and spectacular views! $15 cover charge includes seating, tasting & gift glass to keep for 1-6 people. Seatings for are 1-3 first-come basis; parties of 4-6 are by reservation/prepaid.
Pack a picnic, invite some friends and lull away the afternoon with great wines, music and spectacular views! $15 cover charge includes seating, tasting & gift glass to keep for 1-6 people. Seatings for are 1-3 first-come basis; parties of 4-6 are by reservation/prepaid.
When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. $18/adult; $13/child. Trips leave 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm.
When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. $20/adult; $14/child. Trips leave 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
Plan Ahead
Nine Day Wonder is a comedy by and starring Stephen Temperley that takes place both in the past and present. When Will, a contemporary man, is faced with a moment of ultimate crisis, to distance himself from reality he splits in two, becoming Will Kemp, Shakespeare’s famous fool.
Usher in fall by creating a 16” wreath using a grapevine base and a wide selection of dried flowers, artemisia, seed pods, and more; color schemed to your choice. Add festive décor to your home. Reservations are required. $44.
The Phillipsburg Downtown Association and Norwescap is proud to host the 4th annual festival in Phillipsburg, at its new home in Shappell Park! Fried, seared or grilled, however you like your Pork Roll, you’ll be able to enjoy it that way here!
Yes! The beds are coming back to Blairstown this October! Last held in the late 1990’s, The Blairstown Bed Races were a community favorite that long-time residents fondly remember.
Explore Allamuchy Lake at this beautiful time of year. Rentals include boat, life jacket and paddle.
Single kayak -$25/hr. (1 paddler), tandem kayak - $35/hr. (2 paddlers) and canoe - $35/hr. (2 paddlers and 2 passengers).
Musconetcong Watershed Association presents Wine Tasting on the Musky. Enjoy fine wines, craft beers, and hard ciders on the banks of the Wild & Scenic Musconetcong River. There will be food trucks, yard games and duck race!
Admission is $30 prepaid or $35 at the door.
A take out only fundraiser for Blairstown fire company. Tickets are $15 each and include BBQ pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw, baked potato, roll and dessert!
Experience great craft beers and bike the beautiful countryside of Warren County while supporting a good organization. Ride from Buttzville Brewing Company in Washington Borough to Invertase Brewing Company in Phillipsburg and have a pint, then ride back and have another pint.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 54 presents its 10th Annual Car Show: Car Troop 54, Where Are You? Bring your wheels or just come out to see the cars that others have entered in the show.
Centenary Stage Company’s Fringe Festival continues with A Tale of Two Cities, Cobbled Together by the Brothers Lovejoy.
Take-out only Roast Beef dinner, including dessert. $15 per meal. Stay safe inside your vehicle! Please drive in the back (cemetery entrance) to payment station near the clothing shed, then proceed to the take-out window where a runner will take your tickets and bring your to-go bags.
Explore Shippen Manor, Blair's Town, Oxford Furnace, the Morris Canal and many more historic sites throughout Warren County. A total of 11 historic landmarks are stops on the self-guided, county-wide driving tour, where you can visit one or multiple sites at your own pace each day.
Experience great craft beers and bike the beautiful countryside of Warren County while supporting a good organization. Ride from Buttzville Brewing Company in Washington Borough to Invertase Brewing Company in Phillipsburg and have a pint, then ride back and have another pint.
A fall festival featuring bed races, a pumpkin pavilion with activities for all ages, craft vendors, food trucks, a craft beer garden. live muisc and vendors!
A fall festival featuring bed races, a pumpkin pavilion with activities for all ages, craft vendors, food trucks, a craft beer garden. live music and vendors!