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Mark your calendar! Throughout the entire year, Somerset County, NJ wows with distinctive diversions. Lively. Enlightening. Internationally recognized. Gather with community members for events and entertainment encompassing arts, culture and music, open-air and athletic activities, revealing classes and tours, and wholesome fairs, festivals and farmers markets.
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Three Early Black American Women in Words: A Literary Historic Houses Tour

NJ, United States

250 years ago in the spring of 1773 Phillis Wheatley traveled from America to England to publish Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, making her the first published African-American poet and the first African-American female published writer. This historic houses tour of Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage introduces the works of three early Black American women in words, considering Phillis Wheatley’s poetic perspective on the American Revolution, Hetty Saunders’ solace and stewardship of nature in New Jersey in the early American republic, and Sojourner Truth’s African Dutch social and spiritual heritage as background to her activism through the nation’s Civil War.

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Snowshoe Hike

NJ, United States

Join a Naturalist for fun in the snow! Snowshoe on the trails and enjoy the beautiful winter scenery. Bring your own snowshoes or borrow a pair (limited number of snowshoes available – first come, first serve). If there is no snow, we will go for a hike, but without snowshoes!

AMERICAN THEATER GROUP PRESENTS “PARADE”

NJ, United States

American Theater Group, a professional Actors Equity company, presents the musical “PARADE” This Tony-Award winning musical by Jason Robert Brown (Bridges of Madison County) and Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) dramatizes the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager accused of murdering a young employee.  The 1913 Trial of the Century created a media frenzy full of half-truths, innuendo and unabashed bigotry. Directed by Tony Award nominee, Hunter Foster. Hunter Foster is the Artistic Director for the Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse, NY where he most recently directed Rent and God of Carnage. He directed The Other Josh Cohen off-Broadway at the West Side theatre in NYC and was named the 2018 “Director of the Year” by the Wall Street Journal for his productions of 42nd Street at the Bucks County Playhouse, and The Drowsy Chaperone at the Goodspeed Opera House. Also at the Bucks County Playhouse he has directed: Clue, 42nd Street, Guys and Dolls, Company, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Buddy Holly Story, National Pastime, The Rocky Horror, Summer of ’42, Million Dollar Quartet and It’s a Wonderful Life. He has also directed productions of the Million Dollar Quartet for the Paper Mill Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, St. Louis Rep and at many other theatres around the country. Many will know Hunter as an

Moonlight Meander

NJ, United States

Star light, star bright! Who wants to see the moon tonight? Join us each month while we explore a different theme and walk through the park underneath the light of a full moon.

Dublin Irish Dance

NJ, United States

See the critically acclaimed Dublin Irish Dance in their new production, Wings: A Celtic Dance Celebration! Wings features exquisite Irish and World champion dancers alongside Ireland’s finest musical and vocal virtuosos. Complete with original music and choreography, this vivid and illuminating production portraying rich Irish heritage themes in spectacular dance and musical performances will thrill audiences of all ages! Come and witness these world champion Irish dancers as they defy gravity in this captivating spectacle!

https://www.stnj.org/event/dublin-irish-dance

DUBLIN IRISH DANCE WINGS: A CELTIC DANCE CELEBRATION

NJ, United States

See the critically acclaimed Dublin Irish Dance in their new production, Wings: A Celtic Dance Celebration! Wings features exquisite Irish and World champion dancers alongside Ireland’s finest musical and vocal virtuosos. Complete with original music and choreography, this vivid and illuminating production portraying rich Irish heritage themes in spectacular dance and musical performances will thrill audiences of all ages! Come and witness these world champion Irish dancers as they defy gravity in this captivating spectacle!

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