Hip Hip Horray! May 2023

Enjoy May's full moon with a guided hike at Dark Moon Preserve. Led by Margie Schiller, we will step out into the night to enjoy the nocturnal wonders of the preserve. We invite you to bring your family - both furry and non-furry. Space is limited for this hike.

With the passing of beloved director, sister, friend and mentor Kelly Simonetti, it is with a heavy heart the announcement of the final closure of Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary after 18 years. Brook Hollow Winery will host ARWS to say goodbye, share fond memories, and purchase keepsakes of the spirit of ARWS to honor the magic of wildlife in your homes and gardens.

Stop by for tours, informational talks, music, crafts, vendors, and more! Learn how the farm's food is grown!

Eat in or take out another infamous fish fry from Argyle's. Enjoy battered fish, fries and slaw.

Tickets on sale now and going fast! The guided filming location tours take place at the camp where over 80% of the movie was filmed. Connect with fans from all over the world, step into each scene, retrace your favorite character's steps and take tons of photos.

The Traveler’s Journal is a great way to collect favorite papers together so the signatures can be easily replaced as needed while continuing to reuse a favorite cover.

Spend the afternoon painting Alla Prima with watercolor, exploring techniques to paint expressive landscapes that include mixing color on the page and adding brush strokes to create texture and movement.

Are you ready for a smashing good time? The Barefoot Grape Stomping is a one of a kind experience, sure to intoxicate all your senses. The event begins with a formal wine tasting followed by a mouth-watering Chicken Parmesan dinner served with roasted vegetables, salad, bread and dessert. Reservations required.

With a sophisticated and soothing style, Corinne Mammana is an emerging American jazz singer praised by Jazz Times for her "superb technique."

Enjoy live music from WILMA, Green Cart, a gourmet plant-based menu and beer & wine at historic Rutherfurd Hall while learning about the work RVC is doing in northwestern New Jersey.

Bring your family and furry friends to celebrate all things agriculture. Complete with live music, food, tours of the historic farmstead and educational presentations. A tractorcade (a parade of farm tractors) will launch the fun with the parade starting at 10am! Hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Warren County 4-H. Admission and parking are free.

A local fair with a global flair! Highlight Hackettstown’s diverse culture with kids activities, crafts, live music from various countries and genres including a Mariachi band, Bagpipers, Oompa Band, Brass Roots for Americana music and a Frank Sinatra impersonator, a Tricky Tray, small plate food tastings, and more. There will be dancers, professional street performers and live demos.

There is nothing like a fine four-course dinner served as the sun sets in a vineyard. This month is a Hungarian Feast jointly prepared by Paprikas (the only Hungarian restaurant in the Lehigh Valley) and Mattie's Strudel Haus which makes hand stretched strudels.

This thrillingly epic event, Murder Mystery Dinner at Four Sisters Winery, will be one that you won't want to miss! This is an interactive dinner starts with a formal wine tasting, followed by a plated dinner of Chicken Parmesan, salad, roasted vegetables, bread, and dessert.

This is open to anyone who creates, makes, has made a business, or is a hobby maker! It is free to join just please bring something to share with a label of what it is (and if it is vegan, gluten free, vegetarian etc.) with the group.

Docents will be available to give tours of the Manor and the history of the people and the local industry of Oxford.

June brings new music to Four Sisters featuring Big Horse Band 6/3; Anker 6/4; Richie G 6/10; Rich Berry 6/11; Gigi Onofrio 6/17; Joe Izen 6/18; Rich Berry 6/24; Uptown Boogie Band 6/25.
 

Villa presents another edition of Dine in the Vines featuring Chef Beth Ann Raynock of Local Mama Catering in Hellertown, PA who will prepare a Parisian feast that will make you feel as if you are in France.

Many of the homes in the Musconetcong River Watershed have septic systems, yet they're not always well understood by homeowners. Join MWA speaker Chuck Gullage and learn about your septic system before it's too late.

The Arts at St. Luke's presents Harry and Bob Noble with a contingent of friends and fellow musicians to bring a mélange of folk, classic rock and bluegrass to the concert series. The brothers are the third generation of their family to entertain audiences in and around Warren County. 

Villa presents another edition of Dine in the Vines featuring Chef Eddie Coss, co-owner The Milford Oyster House for a seafood delight at Villa Milagro.

Villa presents another edition of Dine in the Vines featuring Chef Eddie Coss, co-owner of The Milford Oyster House for a seafood delight at Villa Milagro.

This is free and open to anyone who creates, makes, has made a business, or is a hobby maker. Please bring something to share with a label of what it is (and if it is vegan, gluten free, vegetarian etc.) with the group and a piece of your art or ornament wrapped for a blind art exchange and new or used art supplies for the Art Supply Thrift Shop.

How can we work toward sustaining agriculture in northwest New Jersey? Learn about how preserving farmland benefits more than just farmers, and how some organizations are working not only to provide land and opportunities for people to get into farming, but also market access so they can make a living doing it.

Calling all high school peeps! Phillipsburg High School is the place to be Friday night with live music, food, gift basket giveaways, a volleyball tournament, painting and more!

The Water Gap Singers will be showcasing life in a Victorian-era English town with"An English Spring" featuring piano and chamber orchestra. This is a free concert, with free-will donations accepted and tea to follow.

Enjoy a day of free informative lectures and presentations, tours of spectacular gardens, as well as a Craft Market featuring a wide selection of vendors and food, and a large selection of 1,898 varieties of plants will be available. Full slate of featured speakers in partnership with the American Herbalist Guild of NJ.

A local fair with a global flair! Highlight Hackettstown’s diverse culture with kids activities, crafts, live music from various countries and genres including a Mariachi band, Bagpipers, Oompa Band, Brass Roots for Americana music and Big Easy Mardi Gra Band, small plate food tastings, along with dancers, professional street performers and live demos.