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October 18, 2024

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's getting spooky out there? Here's what's happening in and around town this weekend! Friday October 18Flu Shots offered at the Madison Area YMCA; 9am - 11am and 2:30pm - 5pmCamera Buying Event; Madison PhotoPlus; 10am - 5pmFilm Society of Summit will present Sing Sing; ...

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's getting spooky out there? Here's what's happening in and around town this weekend! Friday October 18Flu Shots offered at the Madison Area YMCA; 9am - 11am and 2:30pm - 5pmCamera Buying Event; Madison PhotoPlus; 10am - 5pmFilm Society of Summit will present Sing Sing; ...

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's getting spooky out there? Here's what's happening in and around town this weekend! Friday October 18Flu Shots offered at the Madison Area YMCA; 9am - 11am and 2:30pm - 5pmCamera Buying Event; Madison PhotoPlus; 10am - 5pmFilm Society of Summit will present Sing Sing; ...

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BARNEGAT - Operation Halloween will take place on October 25 and 26. The "Terror in the Pines" fundraiser presented is presented by the Southern Ocean County Rotary Club and the Boy Scouts of the Jersey Shore Council.The event take place from 4 to 10 p.m. each day at the Citta Scout Reservation in ...

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BARNEGAT - Operation Halloween will take place on October 25 and 26. The "Terror in the Pines" fundraiser presented is presented by the Southern Ocean County Rotary Club and the Boy Scouts of the Jersey Shore Council.The event take place from 4 to 10 p.m. each day at the Citta Scout Reservation in ...

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HAWTHORNE, NJ - Skeletons, caskets, pumpkins, ghosts and eerie figures are scattered throughout the borough…clearly all in good fun!Borough residents are getting in on that fun and decorating their homes for Halloween, this year on a Thursday, of course, October 31.The tradition brings out many ...

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Morristown, NJ– The Morristown Festival of Books, New Jersey's premier book festival, is this weekend, Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19, 2024. Dozens of best-selling, critically acclaimed, award-winning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's authors will speak to audiences and sign ...

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Morristown, NJ– The Morristown Festival of Books, New Jersey's premier book festival, is this weekend, Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19, 2024. Dozens of best-selling, critically acclaimed, award-winning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's authors will speak to audiences and sign ...

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Morristown, NJ– The Morristown Festival of Books, New Jersey's premier book festival, is this weekend, Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19, 2024. Dozens of best-selling, critically acclaimed, award-winning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's authors will speak to audiences and sign ...

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Students from the Design Academy at Morris County School of Technology recently brought their artistic talents to downtown Denville, painting windows of local businesses in preparation for this year’s Pink Witches Night Out. The colorful designs, which help raise awareness for breast cancer, are ...

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We're kicking off the weekend with a BANG 🎉🎉🎉 Today: Blue Valley. Enjoy some classic rock from Blue Valley.

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ELIZABETH, NJ - The Union County Board of Commissioners announced that the 2024 Teen Arts Touring Exhibit is currently on digital display at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth. This year’s exhibit is a selection of 21 works from the 2024 Union County Teen Arts Festival, an annual two-day ...

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ELIZABETH, NJ - The Union County Board of Commissioners announced that the 2024 Teen Arts Touring Exhibit is currently on digital display at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth. This year’s exhibit is a selection of 21 works from the 2024 Union County Teen Arts Festival, an annual two-day ...

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HOBOKEN, NJ - Day of the Dead celebrations will be in full swing in Hoboken this Sunday, October 20.The Hoboken Historical Museum is holding a community Day of the Dead celebration, hosted by Media Studies professor at Rutgers University, Regina Marchi. She is also author of the book Day of the ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ- Mana Contemporary will host its Fall Open Studio, on Sunday, allowing residents to meet the artists, curators, gallerists, and art enthusiasts that make up the institution in Jersey City.The festivities will take place at its location at 888 Newark Avenue, 12 to 6 p.m.Mana ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ- ‘Verses @ Work’ by actor, playwright, and Hip-Hop griot Malik Work, will be shown at the Jersey City Theater Center on October 26 and 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.Starring Work, the piece features Quincy Valentine and Swiss Chris, and is directed by Vernice Miller.According to the Jersey ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ- Metroscapes, an art and performance exhibition, will soon be presented by the Feminist Bird Club of Jersey City and the Jersey City SMUSH Gallery. The gallery at 340 Summit Avenue will host a presentation and performances about Jersey City’s wild spaces on Friday, October 25 with ...

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SOMERS, N.Y. - Over my career as an art teacher there are so many students who I have the pleasure to watch grow and take flight, ultimately doing amazing things. For some students you give a lot of yourself, and some come preloaded with so much potential and drive. I first taught Sasha Gordon in ...

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HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The annual October tradition of Painting on the Boulevard will return on Sunday.Painting on the Boulevard will be held on Sunday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, October 27.Each year, students from Lincoln School, Euclid School and Corpus Christi ...

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In the late 1970s, I ran an improv comedy workshop for actors and fledgling comedians in New York City. One of my longtime students was Sal Piro, the man who started the Rocky Horror Picture Show phenomenon at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village in 1977. Piro became the longtime president of ...

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Princeton, NJ –You might want to get an early start on this weekend. On Friday evening, October 18, there are three headliners ready to take different stages around town: The legendary folk artist Beppe Gambetta, country music duo Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal, and – making her U.S. debut at ...

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CLINTON TOWN, NJ - The Annual Main Street Half Marathon of Hunterdon is back, and this year a 4 miler has been added. Find all the details at www.mainstreetmarathon.com. Special thanks go to the presenting sponsor, Hunterdon Health. The goal for this race is to showcase some of the best aspects of ...

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BELMAR, NJ – The Belmar Arts Council (BAC) is set to deliver a weekend of live music and seasonal festivities, starting Friday, October 18, with an evening of original music. At 7:30 PM, audiences will be treated to performances by three local talents: JM Cooks, Alex Sanders, and Kenneth Baker.

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ELIZABETH, NJ - The Union County Board of Commissioners announced that the 2024 Teen Arts Touring Exhibit is currently on digital display at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth. This year’s exhibit is a selection of 21 works from the 2024 Union County Teen Arts Festival, an annual two-day ...

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NEWARK - Singer Ali Berke, also known as Ali the Anthem Girl, is adding Prudential Center in Newark to the list of sporting venues at which she has performed.Berke will sing the national anthem on Saturday when the New Jersey Devils take on the Washington Capitals. She has already performed at ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — AddamsFest, Westfield’s annual celebration of town native and Addams Family creator Charles Addams, is going all month long, and for the first time it’s getting its own musical: “Hexed: A Bewitching Musical Revue,” will be performed on Oct. 19 and 20. In keeping with this year’s ...

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's getting spooky out there? Here's what's happening in and around town this weekend! Friday October 18Flu Shots offered at the Madison Area YMCA; 9am - 11am and 2:30pm - 5pmCamera Buying Event; Madison PhotoPlus; 10am - 5pmFilm Society of Summit will present Sing Sing; ...

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's getting spooky out there? Here's what's happening in and around town this weekend! Friday October 18Flu Shots offered at the Madison Area YMCA; 9am - 11am and 2:30pm - 5pmCamera Buying Event; Madison PhotoPlus; 10am - 5pmFilm Society of Summit will present Sing Sing; ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick Arts Commission is sponsoring a Shanghai Jazz Concert at the Community Arts Center at 2pm. Featuring popular jazz songs both old and new, these musicians are sure to please.In pre-Communist China, Shanghai was the most modern city in the country, known to ...

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SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Saturday, October 19 is the second free fishing day offered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Fish and Wild Life. Two are held each year. The first was on Saturday, June 1. In honor of the second free fishing day in the Garden State, the borough is holding a ...

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