Compiled by Kevin Coughlin
Celebrate Black History Month with a pair of experts. Catch some music while supporting a soup kitchen. Go antiquing. Make some wedding plans. Experience a mighty wind at The Bickford.
Greater Morristown offers many ways to say farewell to February. Scroll down for details.
And don’t forget to check our handy calendar for even more options.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 2015:
The Drew University Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study in Madison begins a three-part seminar, After Liberation: The First Five Years, 1945–1950, from 4 pm to 6 pm. The series will gather Holocaust experts, a Holocaust survivor and the son and daughter of survivors to examine consequences for survivors in the first five years following liberation. The series continues on March 5 and March 9. Admission: $30 per person. Please call 973-408-3600 or email here. In Room 106, Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, at 36 Madison Ave.
Check into The Grand Budapest Hotel at 6:45 pm, at the Morristown & Township Library. This 2014 film, directed by Wes Anderson and nominated for Best Picture, runs 100 minutes and is rated R. Admission: Free. Doors open at 6:15 pm and refreshments will be served. The library is at One Miller Road in Morristown.
The North Jersey Civil War Round Table will host a Black History Month presentation by Oliver St. Clair Franklin, O.B.E., chairman of the board of governors of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia and Honorary British Consul. The talk starts at 7:14 pm, at the Haggerty Education Center at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 E. Hanover Ave., Morris Township (opposite the Morris County Library). Admission $5. Students, free.
Video: Oliver St. Clair Franklin
Shine on, you crazy diamonds! The Pink Floyd Experience brings music, psychedelic lights and eye-popping stage props to Morristown’s Mayo Performing Arts Center at 8 pm. Tickets: $39-$59. At 100 South St. Call 973-539-8008 for more.
FRIDAY, FEB. 27:
Grace Church in Madison continues its free Lenten lunchtime organ recitals, with Juilliard-trained guest organist Joseph Arndt from Grace Church Newark. The half-hour recital starts at 12:15 following a five-minute noonday prayer. Drinks and dessert are provided, and Madison’s On A Roll will provide a selection of wraps and sandwiches for $6 after each concert. The concerts are free and open to the public. The organ console and pedals will be projected onto the wall for better audience viewing. At 4 Main St. (Rt. 124) at the corner of Kings Road. Call 973-377-0106 x 17 for more.
A 7:30 pm concert at Morristown’s Thomas Jefferson school will benefit the Community Soup Kitchen. The evening will feature singers from Investors Bank– and Betty, a volunteer from the Soup Kitchen. Tickets: $10. At 101 James St.
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy bring Visions of Cape Breton and Beyond — world-class fiddling, singing, dancing and storytelling — to the Mayo Performing Arts Center at 8 pm. Tickets: $29-$59. At 100 South St., Morristown. Call 973-539-8008 for more.
The Minstrel in Morris Township welcomes a young indie band, Cricket Tell The Weather, at 8 pm. The group is winning fans on the folk- and bluegrass circuits. Opener Sam Edelston can play everything from Sousa to Led Zeppelin on his mountain dulcimer. Admission: $9; children 12 and under, free. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship at 21 Normandy Heights Road.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28:
The Morristown Armory Antiques Show will feature more than 100 exhibitors, starting at 10 am and continuing through 5 pm on Sunday. Admission: $10. At the Morristown National Guard Armory, 430 Western Ave., Morris Township.
Do you hear wedding bells? They’re coming from the Westin Governor Morris, site of the Annual Bridal Show. It runs from 11 am to 2 pm. Admission is free; sample free food and drink while meeting with area bridal vendors. At 2 Whippany Road, Morris Township. Call 973-539-7300 for more.
For Black History Month, the National Park Service welcomes Dr. James Gigantino, author of The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865. His talk starts at 1 pm, at the Washington’s Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown. Admission is free. Book sales and signing will follow the program.
Feeling sappy? Head to the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center in Chatham Township at 2 pm for a maple-sugaring demo. See if you can tell a store-bought syrup made from corn syrup, a farm produced syrup made from sugar maple trees, and syrup from red maple trees at the Great Swamp. Admission is $3 per person. Also offered on Sunday, same time. Call 973-635-6629 for more.
Anything Goes at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. Well, for two shows, anyway. This Tony-award winning Cole Porter comedy docks in Morristown at 3 pm and 8 pm, bringing such Broadway standards as I Get a Kick Out of You, You’re the Top and Anything Goes. Tickets: $39-$79. At 100 South St., Morristown. Call 973-539-8008 for more.
SUNDAY, MARCH 1:
The Morristown Armory Antiques Show features more than 100 exhibitors, from 10 am until 5 pm. See Saturday entry for more details.
Try your hand at maple-sugaring, 2 pm in Chatham. See Saturday entry for details.
The Hanover Wind Symphony celebrates its 30th season with a String of Pearls concert at the Bickford Theatre in Morris Township. This popular ensemble of woodwinds, brass and percussion puts a modern spin on the classics, starting at 2 pm. Admission: $25 general public, $20 seniors/members/Theatre Guild members,
$15 students (18 & under or a valid college ID). At the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road. Call 973-971-3706 for more.
Hear the classical stars of tomorrow, for free, at 3 pm at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morris Township. The New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra winter concert presents music of Beethoven, Bizet, and Wieniawski, and showcases 16-year-old violinist Elizabeth Hendy, the 2014 NJIO Young Artist Concerto Competition winner. The concert is in the Dolan Performance Hall, accessed via 2 Convent Road. Call 908-603-7691 for more.
