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October 19 - 26
Glory Days!
Indian Summer is sweet and short. Chilly days and barren limbs are not far ahead, so get out your camera and hit the road, lined with good things to do and
colorful panoramas for leaf peepers. Check our calendar
for local tricks and treats.
A Woman's Touch
Gustav Stickley, the premier exponent of the movement in design and decorative arts called Arts and Crafts, built in 1908-1910 what was first to be a school, and later became his home, on a twenty-six acre site in Parsippany, near Morris Plains, in Morris County. Along what is now Route 10 West, the site, known as The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is a National Historical Landmark, and the log house Stickley called home is a center for the study of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
The principles of simplicity and
harmony advocated by Stickley were similarly expressed in a contemporary brand of pottery designed by women at Newcomb College in New Orleans. Stickley’s Craftsman furniture and the home’s interior serve as the backdrop for an ongoing exhibition (ending Nov. 6) of Newcomb Pottery, considered one of the most significant American art potteries of the first half of the twentieth century. This Saturday's (Oct. 22, 11:30am) special guided tour offers an in-depth look at the remarkable story of Newcomb Pottery, and the elegant pieces on display. For more about the tour, click or call 973-540-0311. Craftsman Farms is located at 2352 Rt. 10 W, Morris Plains.
A Colorful Past
Millbrook Village
At this Saturday's Canal Heritage Day at Waterloo Village in Byram Township, the Canal Society of New Jersey will offer guided tours of the restored canal town, along with a wide range of programming. This is the last of this year's Heritage Days that recall the fascinating story of the Morris Canal, one that most completely identifies the heritage of northern New Jersey. And the fall colors at Waterloo are at peak. For more information click or call 973-292-2755.
Electable
The Triplets of Belleville October 29
You can flip through the complete schedule of upcoming performances
at RVCC and purchase tickets on-line, or call 908/725-3420. Rt. 28 and Lamington Road., North Branch.
Leafy Loops
The
peak fall foliage bloom
is moving steadily through the Delaware Water Gap. For walking or riding, the
Paulinskill Valley Trail
that runs from Sparta to the Gap is a great way to see the show. And
Jenny Jump Forest
is particularly dramatic in the fall offering expansive overlooks and places with stirring names like Ghost Lake and Shades of Death Road.
Spruce Run Creek is a sparkling ribbon of natural beauty whose course through rich agricultural land interspersed with hardwood and evergreen forests still embodies the area's early history and provides sanctuary for many species of wildlife. The spring rises along the ridge of Schooley's Mountain, ten miles northeast of the reservoir near the boundary of Washington Township, in Morris County, and Lebanon Township, in Hunterdon County.
Follow the narrow, twisting back roads along both shores of the Delaware River -- from Phillipsburg south to Milford in New Jersey, and Upper Black Eddy back north to Easton in Pennsylvania -- through countryside rich in local history and lore, old hamlets of which little trace remains, past quaint homes and natural wonders along the way.
And back up stream.
The historic and scenic river towns of Easton, Portland, Columbia, Belvidere and Phillipsburg all merit in-depth exploration of their own, but this forty-eight-mile loop tour emphasizes the old roads connecting them.
Or further upstream!
Follow the
Old Mine Road
along the river through the National Recreation Area. Delaware River, along the northwestern edges of Warren and Sussex Counties.
Fun Picks...
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