Greater Morristown weekend preview: Star-dancing, baroque, classic rock, folk, jazz and D.C. comedy, too

Grover Kemble, Brynn Stanley and Jerry Vezza
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Looking for great music? Dancing? Comedy? Art?

It’s all here in Greater Morristown this weekend.

Scroll down for details. Check our handy calendar for even more activities–and add your own events, too.


THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2023:

The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents Dancing with the Stars: Live! – 2023 Tour, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets: $49-$149. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.

Learn how the Macculloch-Miller family of Macculloch Hall cooked orange cake in the 1880s. At 7 pm, curator Cy

nthia Winslow launches a monthly series, preparing the family’s 19th-century recipes in a modern kitchen. Online pre-registration is required; the recipe will be emailed to participants prior to the program. The Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is at 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown.

Morristown’s St. Peter’s Episcopal Church hosts tango lessons in the Parish House, 7 pm for beginners, 8 pm intermediate class. At 70 Maple Ave.

At 7 pm, the Morristown & Township Library presents its Virtual Evening Book Club, featuring The Maid by Nita ProseEmail here for the Zoom access code. Please include “Virtual Evening Book Club” in the subject line, and your full name and town of residence in your message.


FRIDAY, JAN. 20:

At 7:30 pm, the Folk Project’s Troubadour series presents Amy Engelhardt with Dave Kleiner & Liz Pagan, at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship. Admission: $10; children 12 and under, free. Livestream: $4.99. At 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township.

Amy Englehardt

The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents D.C.’s Reflecting Fools at 8 pm. Tickets: $29-$49. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.

 


SATURDAY, JAN. 21:

The Morristown & Township Library hosts Indoor Qigong at 9:30 am. Free. No experience or registration required. Upstairs in the F.M. Kirby Gallery, at One Miller Road, Morristown.

The Folk Project’s Swingin’ Tern Dances are back, from 7 pm to 10:30 pm, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in Chatham. Admission: $5-$15. Alcohol-free. At 200 Main St., (973) 535-3274; email here.

The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents Hollywood Nights: The Bob Seger Experience & The Breakers: A Tribute to Tom Petty, at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $29-$59. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.


SUNDAY, JAN. 22:

Grow It Green Morristown’s Winter Market is back for its 10th season, from 9:30 to 1 pm each Sunday through April at the Convent Train Station in Morris Township. (Closed on Easter.)

At 2 pm, the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey presents Back to Baroque, a concert featuring works by Bach, Haydn, Saint-Georges and Telemann. Tickets: $5-$40. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township.

Discover works by some of the country’s top Black artists at Soul of African American Art, a new exhibition by Art in the Atrium Inc. at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. A opening reception runs from 3 pm to 6 pm; admission is free and all are welcome. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.

Brynn Stanley teams with jazz stalwarts Grover Kemble, Jerry Vezza, Hal Slapin and John Vourtsis in a 4 pm concert to benefit the Madison Arts and Culture Alliance. Tickets: $75, includes include wine, beer, soft drinks and light noshes. At the Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road.


 

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