Looking for stuff to do in Greater Morristown this weekend?
Here you go! Just keep an eye on the Air Quality Index if you’re keen on attending outdoor events. Let’s hope the Canadian smoke clears from our skies sooner rather than later.
Scroll down for details. Check our handy calendar for even more activities–and add your own events, too.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023:
Hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted the library to cancel this week’s yoga session. The Morristown & Township Library hosts free yoga on its lawn at 10 am, and every Thursday through mid-October, weather-permitting. Call 973-538-6161 if the weather looks iffy.
Munah Hayes presents free Dance Fitness classes at 6 pm at the Marion Sally Residents Center, at 23 Clyde Potts Drive in Morristown. Register at 862-777-5355.
Jazz favorite Grover Kemble performs at Rockaway’s Caffé NaVona, 147 Route 46, from 6 – 9 pm. Hear him play songs from his new album, I’m Serious.
Hear eight Morristown High School students describe their specialized curricula at Life Design Night, at 6:30 pm in the MHS Auditorium, at 50 Early St.
The Folk Project’s Inside the Song series presents a livestream with Shanna in a Dress at 7 pm.
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.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison presents Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo at 8 pm. Tickets: $34-$65. Runs through June 18, 2023. At 36 Madison Ave., 973-408-5600.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9:
The Morris County Art Association studio hosts an opening reception for painter Mark de Moss, from 6 pm to 8 pm. At 10 Catherine Lane, Morristown.
Morristown High School’s broadcasting students show their talents at the MHS Film Festival, at 6:30 pm in the school media center. This year’s theme: Flashback! At 50 Early St.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents Happy Together 2023 at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $39-$89. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.
The Folk Project’s Open Stage is back at 7:30 pm. To sign up to perform two songs, please email here. Admission: $5. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison presents Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo at 8 pm. See Thursday entry for more details.
Pioneer Productions, which presented last fall’s God of Carnage, is back with Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, at 8 pm at the Morristown United Methodist Church. Tickets: $25. Five more dates through next weekend. At 50 Park Place.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10:
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 Museum of Early Trades and Crafts in Madison presents What’s the Buzz About Bees? at 11 am. Admission: $5. At 9 Main St.
The nonprofit Our Youth Their Future Inc. presents an Education and Awareness Rally at 1 pm, at Morristown’s Cauldwell Playground, One Clyde Potts Drive. Free music, food and entertainment. Prizes will be awarded for poetry, singing, dancing and comedy. Call 973-234-6029 to perform.
The Morristown National Historical Park continues its year-long 90th anniversary celebration with The Turncoat’s Widow, at 1 pm in the Washington’s Headquarters Museum. Free. Author Mally Becker will talk about her award-winning novel The Turncoat’s Widow, which is set primarily in and around Morristown, New York, and the Ford Mansion. She will be available to sign copies of the book afterward. Seating limited; first-come, first-served. At 30 Washington Place.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison presents Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo at 2 pm and 8 pm. See Thursday entry for details.
Grace Church in Madison hosts Saxophone & Friends, at 3 pm. Suggested donation: $20. Proceeds benefit nourish.nj (formerly the Community Soup Kitchen). At 4 Madison Ave.
The Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge presents The Jersey Four and Johnny Maestro’s 16 Candles at 7:30 pm. Tickets: $35. At 8000 Fellowship Road, 908-580-3892.
Pioneer Productions presents Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, at 8 pm at the Morristown United Methodist Church. See Friday entry for more.
SUNDAY, JUNE 11:
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison presents Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. See Thursday entry for details.
The Morristown National Historical Park continues its year-long 90th anniversary celebration with Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty, at 3 pm at the Washington’s Headquarters Museum. Free. “Emmy awarding-winning actress and playwright Elaine Bromka will portray the not always easy lives of American First Ladies through her play Tea for Three, Lady Bird, Pat, and Betty. Whether Martha Washington or Dr. Jill Biden, the stresses and joys of being married to the President of the United States are as unique as each individual lady but as similar as the unofficial office they hold.” Seating limited, first-come, first-served. At 30 Washington Place.
Pioneer Productions presents Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, at 3 pm at the Morristown United Methodist Church. See Friday entry for more.
The New Jersey Jazz Society presents JERSEY JAZZ LIVE!, featuring the Ted Rosenthal Trio, at 3 pm at the Madison Community Arts Center. Tickets: $10-$15. At 10 Kings Road.
Music in the Somerset Hills and the Rise Up Chorus present Annelies, based on The Diary of Anne Frank, at 5 pm at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown. Tickets: $25-$50; students, free. At 57 East Park Place.
