Compiled by Katrina Langer and Kevin Coughlin
The MG Weekend Preview is back from holiday hiatus… which, it turns out, is curable if caught early.
Greater Morristown hasn’t skipped a beat since Kris Kringle packed up his reindeer and skipped town. This weekend you can meet some brainy business ladies, chew on a thoughtful film, bop with Beppe, and so much more.
Scroll down for all this, and if that’s still not enough, check our handy calendar for added fun.
THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 2014:
The Morristown Women in Business group holds its inaugural breakfast at 8 am at the Hyatt Morristown. The brainchild of Morristown First Lady Mary Dougherty and Chef Melody McGinley Whitelaw of The Main Event, the organization aims to promote area businesses owned or operated by women. All are welcome, however. Mayor Tim Dougherty is scheduled to speak about the local business climate. Admission is $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers.
Grow It Green Morristown kicks off its second annual Food for Thought film series with A Place at the Table, a documentary investigating hunger in America. Seating starts at 6:45 pm and the movie begins promptly at 7 pm at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, on the third floor at 14 Maple Ave. in Morristown. Admission: $5, online at the Grow It Green website. The monthly series is presented in conjunction with the Foodshed Alliance and will include guest speakers. For more details call 201-572-1555.
First in War, First in Peace, First President: George Washington was and is the man. Hear Dr. Raymond Frey explain why, at the new year’s first gathering of the North Jersey Revolutionary War Round Table. It starts promptly at 7:14 pm, at the Washington’s Headquarters Museum Auditorium in Morristown. Admission is free.
FRIDAY, JAN. 10:
Artist Choichun Leung has a new exhibit at the Simon Gallery in Morristown. Check it out at a free reception, from 6 pm to 8 pm. The gallery is at 48 Bank St., and the show runs through Feb. 8, 2014. Call 973 538-5456 for more details.
The holidays are over; keep the memories but shed the pounds. How? The Paleo way, of course. Tap your inner caveman with help from Chris Kresser, author of Your Personal Paleo Code, The 3-Step Plan to Lose Weight, Reverse Disease, and Stay Fit and Healthy for Life. Chris will speak at 7 pm at Heroes Journey Crossfit, 5 Eastmans Road in Parsippany. The $38 admission includes a copy of the book and food from Fossil Farms in Boonton. Call 201-919-4329 for more details.
The week started out cold, but it ends on a warm note with Tom Chapin at The Minstrel in Morris Township. His music spans generations, stretching back to the golden days of Greenwich Village, when he performed with brothers Harry, Jim, and Steve. His concerts for kids have made him a favorite of the children and grandchildren of his first fans. Singer-songwriter Zoe Mulford opens with witty, honest songs that tackle everything from love to laundry. The Minstrel is at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, at 21 Normandy Heights Road. Admission is $8, plus what you think the show is really worth. Children 12 and under are free.
Famed psychic and best-selling author Sylvia Browne will show off her parapsychology chops at Morristown’s Mayo Performing Arts Center, at 8 pm. Tickets are $29-69. Call 973-539-8008 for more. MPAC is at 100 South St
SATURDAY, JAN. 11:
Build a windmill out of LEGO bricks! Architect Stephen W. Schwartz of Building Blocks Workshops and 50 families will join forces–and also learn a thing or two about wind power off the Jersey coast–from 9 am to 11 am at the Morris Museum in Morris Township. It’s the first in a series of weekend LEGO events that tie into the Museum’s exhibit The Brick Art of Nathan Sawaya, which runs through March 9, 2014. The cost is $40 per family (up to four members). To register, call 973-971-3706. The Museum is at 6 Normandy Heights Road, at the corner of Columbia Turnpike.
An estimated 27 million people are enslaved worldwide. Observe Human Trafficking Awareness Day by watching and discussing a powerful film at Morristown Medical Center’s Malcolm Forbes Amphitheater, from 10 am to 12:30 pm at 100 Madison Ave. Admission is free; please register at the link above. This event is sponsored by the hospital, the Junior League of Morristown, the Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, Cornerstone Family Programs, the Morristown Neighborhood House, Jersey Battered Women’s Services (JBWS), and the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
That rings a bell! Bucknell’s Rooke Chapel Ringers will perform at the Morristown United Methodist Church at 7:30 pm, continuing a touring tradition dating to 1983. Admission is free; freewill donations appreciated. The church is at 50 South Park Place, on the Green. Call 973-538-2132 for more details.
The Sanctuary concert series in Chatham launches 2014 with an International Guitar Summit: Patty Larkin, Beppe Gambetta and Muriel Anderson. Patty and Beppe were hits at the Folk Project’s fall festival; Patty, from the Boston area, is a gifted songwriter and master of novel guitar tunings; Beppe, from Genoa, Italy, is a master of the guitar, period. And Muriel is Canada’s National Fingerpicking Guitar Champion; her music was the soundtrack for the film Vicki Cristina Barcelona, and it has traveled into space with shuttle astronauts. At 8 pm at the Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard. Tickets are $25.
SUNDAY, JAN. 12:
Shed some more holiday pounds with a 10-mile training run, and benefit Morristown’s Community Soup Kitchen at the same time. Superhero Events, the Running Company and The New Jersey Marathon are sponsoring this fun run, which starts at 8 am sharp at the Morristown Running Company on South Street. The suggested donation is $10, and it all goes to the soup kitchen. Runners also get a Superhero tech shirt, along with post-tun bagels and hot chocolate. Roads won’t be closed to traffic, so step lively.
Many pluses are promised by the Super Bowl, which comes to New Jersey on Feb. 2, 2014. But one of the negatives sometimes associated with this and other major sporting events is human trafficking. Attorney Laura Russell, a supervisor to the Legal Aid Society, will speak about this scourge and how to thwart it, during the Adult Forum at Morristown’s Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. The talk, entitled Twenty-first Century Slavery: Human Trafficking in Our Own Backyard, starts at 9 am, at 36 South St. Call 973-539-0703 for more details. :
The Winter Farmers’ Market debuts at the Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, between 10 am and 2 pm at 73 Kahdena Road in Morris Township. Buy produce, meats, baked goods, cheese, and crafts from area vendors. Each purchase supports “the local food movement, the local economy, nutritional eating, and vibrant communities,” according to Sustainable Morristown, co-organizers of the monthly market along with the Foodshed Alliance Farmers’ Access Network and the Morris County Parks System.
Fancy Nancy comes to the Mayo Performing Arts Center with shows at 11 am, 1:30 pm and 4 pm. For ages 4-12. Tickets:$12-$15. Call 973-539-8008 for more. MPAC is at 100 South St.
Acclaimed Korean pianist Sohyan Ahn returns to The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey for a special Winter Mozart Wassail at 3 pm at Grace Church, 4 Madison Ave. in Madison. Sohyan performed several unforgettable concerts with the orchestra – most notably a stirring interpretation of Mozart’s Piano Concerto #27 and an electrifying interpretation of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto #2 at the Nous Theatre in Blairstown. Tickets: Adult, $40; Senior, $30; Student, $5.
