Recorder Community Newspapers Out&About GUIDE TO THE ARTS AND LEISURE • THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017 INTO SOMETHING GOOD still singing good time songs of Herman’s Hermits

By PHIL GARBER Noone made his entertainment debut when STAFF WRITER he 11, playing Granada TV’s Knight Errant in 1959. It was 1964 and the Beatles, Hollies and Rolling Stones were all getting record deals, Changing Names so why not a group whose lead singer was The group first formed in 1962 as the a 15-year-old Mancunian-accented blond Heartbeats, and later as Herman and the haired, blue eyed singer from Manchester, Hermits and finally Herman’s Hermits. England. They included Noone, Whitwam, Derek Why not indeed? The new band, calling Leckenby, who died of cancer at the age of itself “Herman’s Hermits,” went on to sell 51, Karl Green and Keith Hopwood. more than 60 million records worldwide And the band worked hard, with 365 con- with 14 gold singles and seven albums. certs in 1965 alone. It was a simpler time, The band in its latest iteration with re- when the band could complete a record in maining original Hermits, Peter Noone, a week and often went to the recording stu- 70, as lead singer and Jan Whitwam, 74, dio after a live show. on drums, will play with the Buckinghams “We were never lonely and it never wore at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Mayo Per- me down,” Noone said. “The road was a big forming Arts Center, 100 South Street in adventure.” Morristown. Noone said he had planned to play with The band’s debut single, a Carole King/ the band for a year and return to college. Gerry Goffin song called “I’m Into Some- “I was a lot smarter than all the kids in thing Good,” released in the summer of my school,” Noone said. “I had a plan.” 1964, hit number one in England and num- The band’s huge popularity, however, ber 13 in America. The band followed with kept Noone from returning to college. “Mrs. Brown, you’ve Got A Lovely Daugh- The band had mercurial success, outsell- ter,” “I’m Henry VIII, I Am,” “Silhouettes,” ing the Beatles in 1965 and 1966. They were “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat,” “Won- part of the second wave of the “British In- derful World.” “,” vasion,” playing several times on the Ed “There’s A Kind of Hush,” “A Must To Sullivan show along with such 1960s favor- Avoid,” “,” “,” ites like “Hullabaloo.” “The End of the World,” “Leaning On A “We were much better than we thought Lamp Post” and “Dandy.” we were,” Noone said. “I never sing songs I don’t like,” said But Noone said he was humbled when Noone, who spoke about his career from the Monkees’ success began in the U.S. and his home in England. “Music is my happy around the world in 1966. space.” Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits will perform Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Mayo Performing “Once you realize the Monkees are on Noone was 15 when he joined Herman’s Arts Center in Morristown. their way to take you out of your position Hermits and 24 when the band broke up. it makes you pretty humble,” Noone said. He said he still enjoys live shows, remind- The band continued playing through the ing him of the fun he had performing at He said the Hermits were a hard-work- Noone said that although he was young, 1970s and had number one hits in England such venues as the legendary “Cavern” in ing touring band, made up of youths from he had a good education and was fairly in- and Australia. Members of the band also Liverpool. working-class families. Noone’s parents dependent. He attended St. Bede’s College, had changing musical tastes; some want- “Hit records are not the be all and end both attended university in their 30s and a grammar school in Manchester, and Sret- all,” Noone said. “I still love playing live.” both loved music. ford Grammar School, also in Manchester. PLEASE SEE HERMITS, PAGE 2 PAGE 2 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com ‘Italian Bred’ serves up Ragtime heats up Summer Jamfest The era of silent film returns to Centena- lent comedies ever made: Charlie Chaplin’s ry Stage Company at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. “One A.M.” (1916), Buster Keaton’s “Cops” laughs on Bickford stage 5, as The Peacherine Ragtime Society Or- (1922) and Laurel and Hardy’s “Big Busi- chestra performs in the Lackland Perform- ness” (1929) with their live historic orches- Actor and comedian Candice Guardino ing Arts Center in Hackettstown as the 2017 tral scores. Between the films, the orchestra brings her hit one-woman show “Italian Summer Jamfest continues. plays the rollicking rhythms of the early Bred” to the Morris Museum‘s Bickford As one of the few professional ensembles 20th century, featuring favorites by Scott Jo- Theatre for two performances at 8 p.m. dedicated to preserving America’s first pop- plin, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Saturday, Aug. 5, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6. ular music – ragtime – The Peacherine Rag- more. For more information on the band, The show, which had a critically ac- time Society Orchestra of Annapolis, Md., visit peacherineragtime.com. claimed Off-Broadway run in 2013, has has been praised for its work to preserve Advance tickets for the show cost $27.50 been playing to packed houses across the and share in America’s rich musical his- for adults and $22.50 for students. Ticket country for the past few years. tory. prices increase by $5 on the day of the per- Inspired by the acting career of her fa- The orchestra journeys back to the early formance. To purchase tickets, visit www. mous late uncle, Harry Guardino, Candice 1900s as they screen three of the greatest si- centenarystageco.org or call (908) 979–0900. has based her popular show on her own childhood experiences growing up Ital- ian on Staten Island. The show includes the unfiltered wisdom of her outspoken grandmother, unique stories of the dis- tinctive personalities of relatives, and Actor and comedian Candice Guardino video cameos from friends Leslie Jordan (“Will and Grace”), Mario Cantone (“Sex brings her hit one-woman show “Italian & the City”), Steve Schirripa (“The Sopra- Bred” to the Morris Museum‘s Bickford nos”), and Vic DiBitteto (“Mall Cop 2”). Theatre in August. Candice made a name for herself on the New York theatre scene with her outra- a tailgate picnic. The general public as well geously revealing one-woman show “S.O.S.” as ticket holders are invited to bring lawn which ran at Stage 72 and the Laurie Beech- chairs and small tables to dine al fresco on man. “Whether you are Italian or not, you’ll the Morris Museum grounds. The trucks relate to this very funny and touching will be serving until the 8 p.m. curtain. show,” said Eric Hafen, Bickford Theatre’s artistic director. “I’m sure that our audience Tickets for Italian Bred cost $40, $38 for seniors, will love this extremely talented comedian $35 for museum members and $20 for students who possesses a unique storytelling ability.” ages 18 and under or with valid college ID. Tickets Before the Saturday night performance, may be purchased online at www.morrismuseum. the Bickford Theatre will host three top food org, by phone at (973) 971-3706, or in person at The era of silent film returns to Centenary Stage Company at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, trucks at 5:30 p.m. so that guests may enjoy the box office. as The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra performs in the Lackland Center. HERMITS: Peter Noone brings Recorder Community Newspapers British Invasion to Mayo Center FROM PAGE 1 sumed performing regularly and also be- & came a star VJ on MTV’s VH1 channel. Out About ed to play psychedelic music, others want- Noone also starred in three feature films, NEW JERSEY HILLS MEDIA GROUP ed to go disco. But Noone did not want to “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daugh- change the type of music. ter,” “Hold On!” and “When The Boys Meet • • Editor: Roberta Burkhart “We didn’t have a plan to be anything The Girls.” He has had guest-starring WHAT’S INSIDE Phone: (908) 766-3900 ext. 225 but Herman’s Hermits and that leaves you roles in television series such as “Married nowhere to go,” Noone said. With Children,” “My Two Dads,” “Dave’s Art ...... 8 Fax: (908) 766-7199 These days, Noone said he may listen World” and “Too Close For Comfort.” Farmers Markets ...... 11 Address: to “Traffic,” one of his favorite bands or The Buckinghams number one song 17-19 Morristown Road, to classic Rolling Stones like the “Beggars was “Kind of a Drag,” which was fol- Kids ...... 10 Banquet” and “Exile on Main Street” and lowed by seven national chart hits, 15 sin- Bernardsville, N.J. 07924 Van Morrison. gles, and eight albums. Since 1985, original Music ...... 11 Email: “We have 10 more years playing, we al- Buckinghams Carl Giammarese and Nick [email protected] ways say that,” Noone said. “We’ve out- Fortuna and their band have continued to Potpourri ...... 9 lived all the competition for fun music.” perform. To be considered for Out & About, please After the band broke up, Noone found Sudoku ...... 9 send information by Tuesday, the week success on stage in “The Pirates of Tickets cost $39 to $79 and can be purchased at before the publication date. Penzance” in the mid-1980s. He has re- www.mayoarts.org or by calling (973) 539-8008. Theater ...... 10 newjerseyhills.com Out & About Thursday, July 27, 2017 PAGE 3 Folk Project to host fifth N.J. Uke Fest Aug. 25-27

The Folk Project will host the electric bass, Sheller reveals that all levels of players from the bar- 2017 New Jersey Uke Fest, featur- the ukulele can be utilized as a se- est beginner through the most ac- ing concerts, workshops, vendors, rious and vibrant instrument, or- complished players. In addition, open mics and more, on Friday ganizers said. this year’s festival also features and Saturday, Aug. 25 and 26, at The Lords of Liechtenstein is a some workshops for the non-uku- the Ukrainian American Cultural contemporary folk band based in lele players: songwriting, lei mak- Center of New Jersey, 60-C North New York City. It started as a duo ing and even a Hula workshop. Jefferson Road in Whippany. The project of two brothers, Dan and The lobby of the Ukrainian Cen- music continues on Sunday, Aug. Noah Rauchwerk. The Lords of- ter will transform into a vendor 27, with an outdoor Jam on the ten draw comparisons to The Ev- marketplace showcasing all things Green in Morristown. erly Brothers for their harmonic ukulele, including gig bags, straps, The fifth annual ukulele festi- sensibilities and to The Smothers capos, tuners, poi balls, hula dolls, val begins with a concert on Fri- Brothers for their mischievous stained glass ukuleles, jewelry to day evening, then six hours of onstage interactions. They write wear while performing, and of workshops on Saturday, a second purposeful lyrics to tell musi- course, ukuleles. The Ukulele Kids concert on Saturday evening, and cal stories that fluctuate between Club will help spread the word of still time for jamming on Sunday. heart-wrenchingly sad and out- all the good they do with music Headlining this year’s festival is landishly ridiculous topics. Their therapy in hospitals nationwide. Kimo Hussey, one of Hawaii’s pre- YouTube star Danielle Ate the Sandwich is among the performers newest album, “Downhill Ride There are a variety of advance eminent ukulele players and in- to Joyland,” is a raucous 15-song ticket options, including full festi- structors. Combining his love of at The Folk Project‘s 2017 New Jersey Uke Fest, featuring concerts, romp through the ups and downs val admission for $100, a Saturday the ukulele with his knowledge, workshops, vendors, open mics and more, on Friday and Saturday, of human existence. full day admission for $85, Satur- experience, and confidence, Hus- Aug. 25 and 26. day workshop only admission for sey’s ability to impart knowledge Workshops, Vendors, $70, concert only for $20 per con- relevant to technique, practice, And More cert. Tickets prices – except the and having fun is unmatched. quirky lyrical twists and for deliv- lor’s “A Prairie Home Compan- Workshops offered this year concert only option – go up by $10 Danielle Ate the Sandwich has ering witty and honest stage ban- ion.” Manke has a teaching style range from blues, jazz and ragtime if purchased at the door been touring since 2009, cultivat- ter in her live shows. that is fun, relaxed, and accessible. to the Great American Songbook A buffet style lunch and dinner ing an online following from her Rachel Manke has been called Inspired by their affection for and Irish music. There will be will be available on Saturday with homemade videos on YouTube. one of the brightest stars in the jazz improvisation, the Curt Shell- technique workshops for both the meat or vegan options. Lunch Her unique style of online mar- ukulele universe, and loves shar- er Jazz Trio reworks timeless clas- left and right hand, fingerpicking, costs $12 and dinner costs $18. At- keting brings her music to the au- ing her astounding technique sics on “How About More Uke?” performance skills and even some tendees may bring their own food dience she affectionately refers and beautiful singing with audi- replacing the standard guitar of the funkier playing styles, in- and beverages. to as “Fanwiches.” Her songs can ences young and old. She has ap- backing with a ukulele played cluding tapping, chucking and be thoughtful, heavy, and serious, peared on stages that range from with skill and creativity by Shell- slapping, to add more dimension For a complete schedule or to purchase but Danielle rarely takes herself the Ashokan Uke Fest and Funky er himself. Alongside drummer to one’s playing style. Most work- tickets, visit www.FolkProject.org/ too seriously. She’s known for her Frets Uke Fest to Garrison Keil- Ed Rick and Eric Schreiber on shops will be able to accommodate NJUkeFest.

• BOOK NOOK • First Wednesday Book Club How would you describe your club? ginia Deberry and Donna Grant, we were Our book club is called the First Wednes- lucky when the authors accepted our invi- day Book Club. It was started in a store tation to come to dinner and discuss their called the Book Basket in Madison in 1998 book and the co-authoring process with us. and now we take turns meeting in mem- It was really a wonderful time! bers’ homes. We have eight active members Another time, after reading “Under the and other members will drop in and out as Tuscan Sun” we went to an Italian restau- their schedule allows. rant for our dinner where the restaurant How do you select your books? owner prepared a special menu for us and We try to use books readily available served it family style. There were oth- through local libraries. Whomever is host- er similar type meetings at other restau- ing the meeting that month will present rants to tie in with the book we were read- four books and then we vote on which book ing. we will read. There are usually some re- “The best thing though is that over the freshments. 19 years we were in the club, we shared our Do you have any special activities? lives too,” says member Maryhope Zitel- Some members of the First Wednesday Book Club are, from left, Sharon Johansen of Although we generally meet in member’s li. “We shared kids growing up, births and Woodland Park, Ellen Patterson of the Convent Station section of Morris Township, and homes once a month, we have had some deaths, moves and divorce, sickness and Rama Mathew, Maryhope Zitelli and and Chris Fillimon, all of Madison. Members not special occasions too. When we read the many many happy times. It is the one day pictured include Kris Scerbo of Whippany, Debbie Sanford of Madison, Alex Howie of book “Better Than I Know Myself” by Vir- a month I really look forward to.” Montclair, and Laurie Reynolds of Madison. PAGE 4 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com newjerseyhills.com Out & About Thursday, July 27, 2017 PAGE 5 An unexpected meeting, ‘Hamilton’ author Chernow delights in Spokane, Wash. to speak Oct. 13 at Mayo

Editor’s Note: This is the Jennifer Then with a twinkle in his eye, Bestselling author details new biography 15th in a monthly series de- “But make it soon because I tailing the discoveries made Fischer am 88 years old. I live just over ‘Grant’ to kick off fourth Festival of Books during the author’s road trip ROAD TRIP OF there,” he said, pointing toward following the trail of Lewis a nearby foothill. We won’t Pulitzer Prize-winner Ron Cher- and Clark. DISCOVERY soon forget James Longstreet. now, the best-selling author of “Alex- After crossing the Continen- Back on the road and acres of ander Hamilton,” kicks off the fourth tal Divide in the mountains of The writer has been traveling and writing brown and sandy colored roll- annual Morristown Festival of Books Idaho, my husband and I ap- about her adventures on the road for many ing fi elds that formed a patch- with a keynote address at 7:30 p.m. Fri- proached the Lewiston-Clark- years. Formerly a resident of Chatham, she and work of harvested squares and day, Oct. 13, at the Mayo Performing ston area where the Clearwater her husband Richard now live in Basking Ridge. rectangles. We passed huge si- Arts Center, 100 South Street in Mor- River meets the Snake River. A She may be reached at: jwfi [email protected]. los, llamas and goats, and cut ristown. paper mill emitted steam that fields of hay, wheat, rye and Chernow will discuss his newest bi- combined with the smoke from barley. After about a 2-hour de- ography, “Grant.” some recent forest fi res, mak- tour we fi nally got back on the The book festival continues the fol- ing the whole area hazy. intended highway. lowing day, Saturday, Oct. 14, with Lewiston is in Idaho and We arrived in Spokane in the more than 40 award-winning and House of Mor- Clarkston, its sister city, is early afternoon with time to visit best-selling authors speaking and an- gan,” won the over the border in Washing- the 90-acre Manito Park and Bo- swering questions in one-hour ses- National Book ton. (Guess for whom these tanical Gardens containing spa- sions at fi ve locales, all within walk- Award, “Wash- cities are named.) The hills cious manicured lawns, groves ing distance of each other along South ington: A Life” around Clarkston are rocky of trees, walking and bicycle Street: St. Peter’s Church Sanctuary won the Pulitzer with some brown vegetation. paths and the glorious Duncan and Parish House, The Church of the Prize for Biogra- This was the end of summer Garden. What a visual treat! Redeemer, the Morristown/Morris phy, and “Alexan- and we were told that with the es, gave us a hardy “HELLO!” Manicured formal plantings Township Library and the Starlight der Hamilton,” spring rains they turn a lush He rested the boxes on a near- surrounded a fountain and ga- Room at the Mayo Performing Arts the book that in- emerald green. The water has by bench and selected the zebo, highlighted by red and yel- Center. spired one of the eroded these hills so that, to smaller one. “Draw a piece of low fl owers contrasting against Book sales and signings will occur most successful me, they looked like brown paper,” he said. “I’m giving out deep green trimmed bushes. As at a tent on the grounds of the histor- Broadway musi- claws or huge gorilla knuck- ‘thoughts for the day.’ Tomor- if that weren’t enough, there ic Vail Mansion. The free, all-day Sat- RON CHERNOW cals in American les. The eastern portion of row is Palouse Day and I’ll be was also a spectacular rose gar- urday Festival is presented by Morgan history, won the Washington is quite arid, not charging 25 cents for them, but den with 1,500 bushes and 150 Stanley Private Wealth Management. American Histo- like the moister western half. today they are free. Go ahead, varieties of roses and a beauti- Ulysses S. Grant’s life has typical- ry Book Prize. A past president of PEN Dick and I were about to see choose one.” And we did. ful Japanese Garden. ly been misunderstood. All too often America, Chernow has been the recip- the Snake and Columbia rivers One read, “The most infl u- The next day Dick and I de- he is caricatured as a chronic loser ient of eight honorary doctorates. He from nearly the same perspec- ential of all educational fac- cided to do a little sightseeing and an inept businessman, or as the lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. tive as Lewis and Clark did — tors is the conversation in a starting with Riverfront Park, triumphant but brutal Union gener- An honors graduate of Yale and from a boat. But fi rst, we were child’s home.” The other, “If which was the site of the 1974 al of the Civil War. But these stereo- Cambridge universities, Chernow is to explore areas unknown to your mind isn’t open, keep World’s Fair. The skyride is types don’t come close to capturing one of the most distinguished com- our favorite explorers. We your mouth shut too.” I be- still in operation, so we pur- him, as Chernow shows in his biogra- mentators on history, politics, and drove about 100 miles north of lieve he chose carefully which chased a ticket to ride in the phy, the fi rst to provide a complete un- business in America today. He has won Clarkston to spend two nights thoughts he put into his boxes. gondola, from which we could derstanding of the general and presi- virtually every major prize in Ameri- in Spokane, Wash., one in the James Longstreet then told see the spectacular Spokane dent whose fortunes rose and fell with can letters. The St. Louis Post-Dis- historic Davenport Hotel. us a little bit about his diffi cult Falls from above. dizzying speed and frequency, festival patch has hailed him as “one of the On the main highway to Spo- life. When he was four, his par- The city initially was named organizers said. pre-eminent biographers of his gen- kane we came to a detour that ents divorced and he and his “Spokane Falls.” There is a Chernow’s probing portrait of eration,” while Fortune magazine has reminded us to keep an open sister went to an orphanage dam and power plant located Grant’s lifelong struggle with alcohol- called him “America’s best business bi- mind and always have a real somewhere in Pennsylvania at the Upper Falls, and a foot- ism transforms readers’ understand- ographer.” map handy. There had been an for 1½ years until his mother bridge over the falls gives one ing of the man at the deepest level, Tickets for Chernow’s keynote ad- accident earlier and the road took them back. He enlisted in an awe-inspiring view of the said organizers, adding that “Grant” dress cost $42 for adults or $20 stu- was closed. This led to a very in- the Navy at age 17. powerful water flow. The Spo- is a grand synthesis of painstaking dents. All adult tickets include a teresting encounter. After some He told us he was suffering kane River fl ows into the Snake, research and literary brilliance that signed, hardcover copy of “Grant,” twists and turns, we came to from dementia, but he thought which in turn fl ows into the Co- makes sense of all sides of Grant’s life, which will be published just a few days the charming town of Palouse, the most important thing a per- lumbia and onto the Pacifi c. explaining how this simple Midwest- earlier – on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Tickets Wash., where we stopped for son could do is to infl uence the The next stop on the Road erner could at once be so ordinary and may be purchased by calling the Mayo lunch at the Green Frog. life of a child. He then gave us Trip of Discovery includes so extraordinary. box offi ce at (973) 539-8008 or by visit- When we came out of the each a little envelope of more more about Spokane, the ele- Chernow is the prize-winning au- ing www.mayoarts.org. café, an older weathered gen- thoughts to open later, one gant historic Davenport Ho- thor of six previous books and the tleman with a white mous- each day. He said to come back tel, built in 1914, and another recipient of the 2015 National Hu- For more information about the festival, visit tache, carrying two large box- to Palouse again and see him. serendipitous experience. manities Medal. His fi rst book, “The www.morristownbooks.org. PAGE 6 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com An artisanal grower champagne bubble-off at Lindsley

A fellow oenophile and family friend, Adit course named, “Captain Potato Rides The blushing bride of a rose champagne, its Reddy, hosted a 7-course dinner last year Ash Sea,” consisting of crusted scallops in herb pink hue mined, not from sight, but from paired solely with champagne. My personal Rajan butter accompanied by a robin’s nest au Benoit’s nasal notes. A friendly eccentric snob gentry, fellow wine geeks, were unsure gratin. genius, Marguet is becoming a cult among if a single varietal could handle the burden READ BETWEEN THE WINES Aurelian Suenen is a French ex-basket- the growers. The blush paired like heav- of matching the spectrum of the multiple ball player turned vigneron whose bubbly, en with “Popeye Burnt at The Steak” fea- courses. I have to admit that I went in, an Suenen C+C Blanc de Blanc – hailed from turing medium rare rib-eye fingers with atheist, came out, a pilgrim. Inspired by the The writer is a French-certifi ed Maitre Du Vin Du Bordeaux two Grand Cru vineyards with a rarity issue braised spinach and tart cream of wheat. assault to my senses that pairing evening from the Ecole Du Vin in France. While his hobby passion is wine, of only 2,900 bottles – showed layers of rai- Dessert was “The Fat Lady Sings Saha- had, I embarked on another champagne-on- Ash, a former Wall Street Strategist, is currently a V.P. Investments sin bread and gooseberry fumes with a va- ra,” a plate of artisanal raw-milk cheeses ly dinner episode. A departure from the ven- at Janney Montgomery Scott. Contact him at [email protected] por of honey. Paired with “Duck Dr. Jekyll, moated with wild honey and pepper jelly erable Maison champagnes of last year (Dom Mr. Hyde,” a meritage of Duck Pate’ and complemented by a rarifi ed 1963 Fonseca Perignon, Ruinart, Krug, Kristal and Salon) sauteed Duck medallions in hoisin sauce. Vintage Port and a 1929 Rivesaltes. to artisanal farmer-grown champagnes this er and doubles her time with Classic and A Cali Red intermezzo of a 1994 Stag’s Leap Eighty-eight crystal goblets and 42 ava- year. A stage was set at Lindsley, my home, the very tony L’Escale bistro at the swanky Cask 23 and a 2004 Harlan Estate’s Maiden tars of china of various size, shape and de- for the battle of the sultans and the serfs and Delamar Hotel in Greenwich, Conn. She preambled Robert Barbichon’s ’13 Blanc de scent formed a block chain to the heavenly the field marshals to this bubble-off were is the last word on all juice from Spain Noirs, a 100 percent pinot noir bubbly with 6-course production line from the Chef de my tasting council consisting of Adit Reddy, but her immersion with Blancs de Blanc hints of clay, chalk and lavender was paired Cuisine, my wife Mariette Rajan, who had Sunil Vij, Raj Bendre, Kamal Arora and JS. and Pinot Meunier growers in the Cotes- with “Trouble nay Truffl e in Paradise,” featur- to cloak her sworn humility and absolute Champagne has several faces, Brut is the Blancs, Sezanne, Etoges, Oiry and Chouil- ing a plume of Portobello Mushroom dressed distaste and rejection for gross indulgence driest, and the most common. Sec is sweet, ly colored the texture of the navigation that in sautéed Vidalia and gorgonzola splinters. to deliver on this decadent tasting. She had and Demi Sec, sweeter. Then there’s Blanc night. A reveal of the regions and her farm- Benoit Marguet’s Shaman Rose ’13, a ample bubbly to drown her sorrow. de Blancs, made entirely from chardonnay er friends are captured here. versus the standard blend of chardonnay, pi- Our first indulgence was L’Atavique not noir, pinot meunier and pinot gris. Fur- from Mouzon Leroux, a blend of Pinot Noir ther, there is non-vintage, a blend of several (55 percent), Chardonnay (45 percent) with vintages or vintage from a specifi c declared 25 percent being barrel fermented. Wine- OUR TABLE year and single-vineyard champagnes pro- maker/owner Sébastien Mouzon has a love Y duced from a specific ‘terroir’ and mi- for the environment and continues his long cro-climate, like the ones at this tasting. family legacy of talented winemaking that IS READY This Vigneron (grower-owner-winemak- shows mint and subtle spice notes with a er) bubbly celebration of farm-to-goblet firm mineral presence. Stunning. Paired may have prompted the question, “Why an- with a whimsically named course, Tzar GRAIN HOUSE RESTAURANT other champagne theme?” Lily Bollinger, Nicoulai and The Farmer, featuring chilled Champagne’s fi rst lady answered that best: peasant pea-soup vesseled in a cluster of “I only drink Champagne when I’m hap- Caspian Sea Caviar. py, and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink Cecile Grongnet’s ‘09 Special Club came it when I’m alone. When I have company, I next, a blend of 48 percent chardonnay, Pi- consider it obligatory. I trifl e with it if I am not Noir 34 percent and Pinot Meunier 18 not hungry and drink it when I am. Other- percent. Cecile has the most beautiful vine- wise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.” yards worked predominantly by women. While my council is endowed with the Her wines are electric and with a great bal- knowledge and animal spirits around ance of ripe fruit, citrus and brioche notes. wine broadly but champagne, specifi cally, I A course called “The Cheesy Foreplay” fea- asked a consummate devotee and a promi- tured Burrata de la Sardinia sprayed with nent voice of the genre to curate the tasting Modena perched on Joisey Heirloom toma- and navigate the sequence and the narra- to (which exit?). tive that evening. She was Angela Demmel The star of the night, Georges Laval, is of Classic Wines – a pre-eminent import- a pioneer in organic farming with a cult er of cult, esoteric wines from around the following. His ’12 Les Chenes, an incredi- world. (Find out more at www.classicwines. bly complex sparkler fermented in ancient us/our-story-2/). Burgundy barrels, had waves of croissant Angela is a grower champagne whisper- and citrus peel with violets paired to a

Exceptional American Cuisine ‘Unfurling Femininity’ exhibit on view at Acorn Hall Served in a Unique Historic Tavern with 12 Beers on Tap The Morris County Historical Society whale bone, through Sunday, Aug. 13 at Cozy Fireside Dining (MCHS) will host “Unfurling Femininity,” Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave. in Morristown. an exhibit of 19th and 20th century fans, Acorn Hall is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plus Private Spaces for Weddings, Parties, Meetings & Events parasols and feminine accoutrements dec- Wednesdays and Thursdays and 1 to 4 p.m. orated in American, European and Asian Sundays. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for Telephone:908-221-1150 GrainHouse.com motifs made of silk, satin, lace, wood, pa- seniors, $3 for students, and free for chil- 225 Route 202, Basking Ridge, NJ07920 (GPS: 225 Morristown Rd.) pers, feathers, mother of pearl, ivory and dren under 12 and MCHS members. newjerseyhills.com Out & About Thursday, July 27, 2017 PAGE 7 Y OUR TABLE IS READY Cool Off at the CoolStillThings WarmDown onAreand theBlooming Cozy Patio Stirling Hotel at THE STIRLING By Deb McCoy HOTEL “The Tavern on Main” Informal Dining Indoors & Outdoors he summer menu is in full swing with options like a Seafood Bisque, a Local Greens & Watermelon Salad and Year-Round on the Terrace NOWOPEN7DAYS Crispy Battered Green Beans, appetizers recently found on the luncheon specials list. Main lunch dishes have Lunch & Dinner included a Sausage, Onion & Pepper Hoagie, Tequila Lime Clams and a Turkey Bruschetta Panini. Mon - Sat 11:30am - 10pm T Sunday 11:30am - 9pm Dinner specials are always creative and tasty. A few days ago, diners had choices like a Seasonal Vegetable Pasta 227 Main Ave. • Stirling, NJ (908) 647-6919 with garlic, shallots, baby spinach and more, or a Blackened Fish Taco with fresh tomato salsa and lemon aioli. www.thestirlinghotel.com As of last week, the Stirling Hotel offered a huge selection of Craft Beers, 18 on tap, 17 in bottles and 5 in cans. Here are a few specific names: Weyerbacher Insanity 2015 on tap, Omission Gluten-Free Lager in bottles and Rogue Dead Guy in cans. Cider is also represented with Original Sin Apple Cider.

Events are plentiful in August. On Sunday, August 13th, come experience This Old Engine from 2 pm until 6, PAPPOUS in the Beer Garden. Salad Dressi rinade

August's Community Supper takes place on Wednesday, the 16th at 5 pm. This supper will benefit the Carrier Clinic Walk of Hope. Diner • Restaurant E P F E ME Southern Tier Brewery Night kicks off at 5 pm on Thursday, August 17th. With a strong finish, the "Locals Only" WI RI A ILY Jersey Beer & Food Fest occurs on August 27th at 1 in the Beer Garden.

As always, stay connected with the website for additional information. -8 Denville Commons Plaza Music Mondays continue to be extremely popular and owners Dori and Tom really enjoy hosting talented 3130 State Route 0 e t musicians and local bands. Denville, J Owners Tom and Dori remind you to also try The Stirling Tavern in Morristown. The Tavern has developed a loyal following and is truly one of the best restaurants in Morristown. A short walk from the Mayo Performing Arts Center, Vi it us online at: the Tavern also features live music on Wednesdays. alexisdinernj.com for menus and promotion ! The Stirling Hotel is located at 227 Main Avenue in Stirling within walking distance from the Stirling Train Station. In fact, there is a link to the train schedule right on the restaurant’s website. This favorite eatery is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30 am until 10 pm and Sunday until 9 pm. The bar closes later. The restaurant can be reached by calling 908-647-6919. Details about events and daily specials can be found by visiting the websites. The Stirling Tavern is located at 150 South Street in Morristown and can be reached by calling 973-993-8066. PAGE 8 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com

• ART CALENDAR •

”Roy.G.Biv,” the 16th exhibit hosted by and is free and open to the public, will high- 70 South Print & Gallery will be on view light photographs of her primitive paintings, from Friday, Aug. 4, through Tuesday, Oct. pencil drawings, and works on canvas. 31, at the gallery, located at 70 South Street in Morristown. An opening night reception ”Celebration of Summer,” featuring will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. the artists of Studio 7 Fine Art Gallery in Images by photographer Thomas Conway Bernardsville, will remain on view through and student photographer Santiago Rob- Saturday, Aug. 26. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. ertson, whose work, “The Sun Will Always to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays. For more Shine Tomorrow,” is shown at right, capture information, call (908) 963-0365 or visit www. urban life — from the architectural details in studio7artgallery.com. buildings located in the Czech Republic and ”Summer Sizzle,” an exhibition of paint- Romania to upstate New York — each por- ings in pastel, oil and acrylic by Medy Bozkur- traying different views on life, people, and tian, will be on view through Sunday, July 30, their artistic expressions. at the Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Ander- ”Bonjour,” an art show and sale featuring son Hill Road. Bozkurtian, who lives in East the works of artist Tine Kirkland Graham of Hanover, describes her artwork as greatly Harding Township, will be on view through influenced by her world travels and inspired Saturday, Aug. 5, in the main lobby of the by her love of music, people and nature. “I Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison endeavor to capture the essence and spirit of Ave. in Morristown. Partial proceeds from my diverse range of subjects with expressive the sale will benefit the Women’s Association realism and a touch of impressionism,” she for the Morristown Medical Center. For more said. This exhibit is on view in the community information about the sale, visit the artist’s room during regular library hours unless a website at www.tinegraham.com. meeting is in progress. For more information, call the library at (908) 766-0118. ”Common Ground” is on view now through Thursday, Aug. 24, at Gallery at 14 ”Reimagine Everything,” featur- Maple, located at 14 Maple Ave. in Morris- ing works by contemporary artists Diana town. This exhibit features works by six New 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Artwork is An exhibit of works by artist Randi González Gandolfi, Lisa Pressman, and Adam Jersey artists, including Alaine Becker of for sale. For information, call (973) 635-4600. Fretague of Gladstone will be on view Welch, will be on view through Saturday, July South Orange, Dominant Dansby of Jersey at the Clarence Dillon Public Library, 2336 29, at J. Cacciola – Gallery W, 35 Mill Street NJ Audubon: NJ Audubon Photogra- Lamington Road in Bedminster Township in Bernardsville. For more information, call City, Dahlia Elsayed of Palisades Park, Hee- phy Instructors’ Summer Exhibition, jung Kim of Bogota, Mel Leipzig of Trenton during July. The exhibit, which will be held in (212) 462-4646 or email info@jcacciolagal- an exhibition of photographs from Phil Witt, the downstairs meeting room of the library leryw.com. and Alex Piccirillo of Nutley. The Gallery at 14 David DesRochers, Jack Moskowitz and oth- Maple is free and open to the public from 10 ers, will be on view through Tuesday, Aug. a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 29, at the at the Wayrick Wildlife Art Gallery by appointment. at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, Morris Arts‘ Spring/Summer 2017 11 Hardscrabble Road, Bernardsville. Admis- Exhibit is on view through Friday, Sept. 1, sion is free. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to at the Atrium Gallery, located on Floors 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon 5 of the Morris County Administration and to 5 p.m. Sundays. It is closed Mondays. Records Building, 10 Court St. in Morristown. “The Garden State: Living off the Featuring 237 works by member artists from Land in Early New Jersey,” is on view the HUB Camera Club, ARTsee, the Blackwell through Sunday, Sept. 3, at the Museum Street Center for the Arts, the Myhelan Art- of Early Trades and Crafts at 9 Main St. at ists Network and the Drew Art Association, Green Village Road in Madison. The exhibit the exhibit showcases the creative talents explores the odd assortment of tools, from of 79 artists working in wide variety of me- bee smokers to cradle scythes, that farmers dia such as oil, acrylic, collage, multimedia, in 18th and 19th century New Jersey utilized pencil, paper, encaustic, watercolor and pho- in order to survive. The exhibit also features tography. For more information, call (973) a new generation of Garden State farmers 285-5115, ext. 10. who are working to make the distance from “On the Road & Home Again,” featur- farm to table a little bit shorter for today’s ing the works of artist Sally Abbott, will be families. Regular admission is $5 for adults; on view through Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the $3 for senior citizens, students, and children Lundt-Glover Gallery in the Chatham Town- 6 and older, and free for museum members ship Municipal Building, 58 Meyersville Road and children 5 and younger, with a maxi- in Chatham. The exhibit, hosted by the Art mum family admission of $15. The museum’s League of the Chathams, includes landscapes summer hours, through August, are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; the and seascapes that Abbott painted from “Free As A Breeze,” above, by Tine Kirkland Graham of Harding Township, is among photos she took on her travels and still lifes museum is closed on Sunday and Monday that she painted at home. Gallery hours are during the summer, but will resume Sunday the works on view in “Bonjour,” an art show and sale in the main lobby of the Mor- hours from noon to 5 p.m. in the fall. ristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Ave. in Morristown, through Saturday, Aug. 5. newjerseyhills.com Out & About Thursday, July 27, 2017 PAGE 9

• POTPOURRI •

ARTS AND CRAFTS Street: St. Peter’s Church Sanctuary and Par- and people died. No one knows for certain, or you want take the big step to a spotting ish House, The Church of the Redeemer, the but many believe the buildings of the Red scope, the more you know about optics, Lace Creations will be held from 1 to Morristown/Morris Township Library and the Mill Museum Village are haunted by spirits of the happier and more confident you’ll be 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Cooper Starlight Room at the Mayo Performing Arts those who labored here years ago. Join the about your final purchase. In this workshop, Gristmill, 66 Route 24 in Chester Township. Center. Book sales and signings will occur Red Mill staff and volunteers for a special af- optics experts will explain what the numbers Watch the nimble fingers of the Lost Art at a tent on the grounds of the historic Vail ter-hours tour in the dark to hear the stories and the terms mean and how they apply Lacers of North Jersey as they perform the Mansion. Visit www.morristownbooks.org of the ghosts that are said to inhabit the mu- to birding, as well as answer any questions. centuries-old arts of bobbin lace-making and for more information. seum. Afterwards, enjoy a private viewing Afterwards there will be an extended peri- tatting. Try your hand at bobbin lacing. This of some of the more macabre objects in the od of hands-on comparisons of the various program is free but donations are appreci- Senator Al Franken, D-Minnesota, will museum’s collection. Not recommended for binoculars and spotting scopes that we carry. ated. visit the Clinton Book Shop, 12 East Main St. young children – parental discretion strongly This program is free and no registration is in Clinton at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, to suggested. Cost is $15 for museum members required. Industrial Crafts Day will be held from sign copies of his latest book “Al Franken: and $20 for non-members. Space is limited, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Coo- Giant of the Senate” in a ticket-only event advance reservations required. For more in- per Gristmill, 66 Route 24 in Chester Town- at the shop. This is a book about an unlikely formation or to purchase tickets, visit www. POETRY ship. Industrial Crafts Day features metal and campaign that had an even more improba- theredmill.org/calendarofevents. fiber craft demonstrations by a tin smith and ble ending – the closest outcome in history ”Epistles & Erasures: The Poetry of tin piercers, a blacksmith, weavers, and spin- and an unprecedented eight-month recount Address & What Is Unsaid” will be pre- ners. Add to your skill-set by trying tradition- saga. All attendees must register by calling OUTDOORS sented from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at al crafts, such as weaving and spinning, and (908) 735-8811. The cost of the ticket is the Historic Speedwell in Morristown. Join 2017 create a tin-pierced craft to take home. Sug- price of the book. Thursday Evening Mystery Hike will Honoree Artist Emari DiGiorgio in this craft gestion donations are $3 for adults, $2 for be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursdays, July talk and writing workshop to learn a brief seniors ages 65 and up, $1 per child ages four 27 and Aug. 3, at the Schiff Nature Center, history of the epistolary poem (the letter as to 16, and free for children under age four. COOKING 339 Pleasant Valley Road, Mendham. Join a poem), try your hand at two guided writing For more information, call (908) 879-5463. Schiff naturalist for a guided hike covering a exercises, and share your work informally. Epic Tomatoes will be presented from 1 to different mysterious topic each week. Hikes The workshop is open to all levels and costs 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Haggerty Cen- will be moderately paced and suitable for $30 per person. To register, call (973) 285- BOOKS ter at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 East families and adults. This hike is free to Schiff 6537 or email [email protected]. Hanover Avenue in Morris Township. Take members; non-members pay $5. Drop-ins advantage of New Jersey’s tomato harvest are welcome. Once online registration closes by showcasing them to their best advan- the day before the hike, you may register tage, both raw and cooked, in this cooking by email at environmentaleducator@schiff- demonstration. This program costs $25 per naturepreserve. For more information or to person. Registration is required and can be register, call (973) 543-6004 or go to www. made by calling (973) 394-1100 or at www. schiffnaturepreserve.org. arboretumfriends.org. Gong Journey Meditation will be of- fered from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Saturday, July 29, GARDENING at the Schiff Nature Center, 339 Pleasant Valley Road, Mendham. When fully engaged Grow Your Groceries: Culinary Herbs in listening to the Gong, participants will will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, be encapsulated within the sound field, Aug. 19, at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, merging with the sound as it travels through 353 East Hanover Avenue in Morris Town- the body. The sound experience produces ship. This series features arboretum gardener the effect of journeys. As the frequencies Jeanne Lardino and chef and master gar- of the gong travel throughout the body, dener Cynthia Triolo. Jeanne will focus on attendees are enabled to relax and enter a growing techniques, varieties, pest and dis- deep meditative state during some expe- ease management and harvesting. Cynthia rience a journey outward, and a profound prepares dishes using the veggies for tasting, expansion of mind state. This program costs while focusing on storage, and cooking $15 for members or $20 for non-members. The fourth annual Morristown Fes- methods. Recipes accompany the talk. This Pre- registration closes on Friday, July 28. program is eligible for 1.5 Rutgers Master tival of Books will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Others may email environmentaleducator@ Place a number in the empty boxes Friday, Oct. 13, with Pulitzer Prize-winner Gardener CEU’s. The program costs $15 per schiffnaturepreserve.org and pay at the door in such a way that each row across, Ron Chernow, above, the best-selling au- person. To register and for more informa- if space is available. For more information or each column down and each small thor of “Alexander Hamilton,” delivering tion, call (973) 394-1100. to register, call (973) 543-6004 or go to www. 9-box square contains all of the the keynote address at the Mayo Performing schiffnaturepreserve.org. numbers form one to nine. Arts Center, 100 South Street in Morristown. Chernow will discuss his newest biography, GHOST STORIES NJ Audubon: Bins and Scopes for Bird- ing Workshop will be presented from 1 to “Grant.” The book festival continues the Red Mill Ghost & Folklore Tours: The following day, Saturday, Oct. 14, with more 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Nature Store Red Mill Museum Village Ghost and Folklore at the Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctu- than 40 award-winning and best-selling tours return at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, authors speaking and answering questions ary, 11 Hardscrabble Road in Bernardsville. Aug. 12, at the museum at 56 Main St. A job Whether you’re new to birding and want to in one-hour sessions at five locales, all within in a 19th century mill or quarry was danger- walking distance of each other along South buy your first pair of binoculars, are thinking >> SEE ANSWERS ON PAGE 11 ous work – sometimes accidents happened of upgrading from your current binoculars, PAGE 10 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com

• KIDS CALENDAR • • THEATER CALENDAR • FILMS MAGIC Aug. 6, at the Schiff Nature Center, AUDITIONS by visiting www.paxamicus.com. 339 Pleasant Valley Road, Mend- ”Finding Dory” will be screened ham. Join our Schiff naturalist for Auditions for “The Secret Gar- for free at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, a short hike to the Great Meadow den” at Brundage Park Playhouse PLAYS Aug. 9, at the Mayo Performing to learn fascinating facts about the in Randolph Township will be held Arts Center, 100 South Street in many species of fireflies through from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, “Twelfth Night,” by William Morristown. In this sequel to Find- observation and games in the and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Shakespeare will be presented by ing Nemo, amnesiac blue tang meadow. Bring your friends to the playhouse on Carrell Road in Trilogy Repertory Company and Dory searches for her long-lost par- this family friendly/all ages event. Randolph Township. Call backs are Bernards Township at the outdoor ents with the help of pals Nemo Children under 16 must have a from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. amphitheater at Pleasant Valley and Marlin. This film is rated PG. parent present. Young children Auditioners will be asked to sing Park, Valley Road in Basking Ridge must be in backpacks – not stroll- and read from sides, which will be at 8 p.m. on July 28 and 29, and ”Moana” will be screened for ers. Wear sturdy shoes and bring provided, and should bring a head- Aug. 3-5. Admission is free but free at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tues- a flashlight. Member families pay shot and/or resume to the audition. donations are gratefully accepted. day, Aug. 22, at the Mayo Perform- $10. Non- member families pay Performance dates will be from Bring lawn chairs or blankets for ing Arts Center, 100 South Street $15. Drop-ins are welcome. For Oct. 6 to 22. seating. in Morristown. An adventurous more information or to register, teenager leaves the safety and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer call (973) 543-6004 or visit www. security of her island on a daring Night’s Dream,” will be staged schiffnaturepreserve.org. COMEDY journey to save her people. This by the Shakespeare Theatre of New film is rated PG. Jersey through Sunday, July 30, at the company’s Outdoor Stage: the THEATER The Magic Jim Show, above, amphitheater of the College of will be presented at 11 a.m. and HANDS-ON The 2017 Kid’s Cabaret will be Saint Elizabeth at 2 Convent Road 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at off Madison Avenue in Morris the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy staged Wednesday through Sun- day, Aug. 9 to 13, at the Brundage Township. Performances begin at Heights Road, Morris Township, 8 p.m., with an additional matinee at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Park Playhouse on Carrell Road in Randolph Township. Talented each Sunday at 4:30 p.m. There are July 27. Tickets cost $12 or $10 for no shows on Mondays. Single ticket museum members. Purchase them youth put on the 2017 Kids Cab- aret, one of the playhouse’s most prices begin at $37, and tickets are at www.morrismuseum.org or by free for patrons 18 and younger. calling (973) 971-3706. popular performances for young performers, with various musical Families are invited to picnic un- numbers and comedy skits that is der the stars. For information and MUSEUM FUN family friendly fun. Performances tickets, call (973) 408-5600 or visit take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday shakespearenj.org. The Harlem Wizards will visit through Friday, Aug. 9 to 11, and Morris County’s annual “The Bungler,” a Molière com- the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, National Night Out, above, edy in an English version by Rich- Heights Road, Morris Township, Aug. 12 and 13. All seats are hosted by the Morris County Park ard Wilbur, will be staged by the at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, general admission. For more in- Police and the Morris County Park Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey July 27. Get ready for the oohs, formation or to purchase tickets, Ron White, above, will perform Commission, returns to Mennen through Sunday, July 30, at the aahs and serious laughter inspired call (973) 989-7092 or visit www. at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, Sports Arena, 161 East Hanover Main Stage, 36 Madison Avenue in by world class basketball tricks, randolphnj.org. at the Mayo Performing Arts Cen- Madison. For information and tick- Avenue in Morris Township, from 5 hilarious humor, dynamic energy, ter, 100 South Street, Morristown. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, with ”Jane’s Jungle Adventure” ets, call the box office at (973) 408- fan participation, and basketball Cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking fun- 5600 or visit shakespearenj.org. lots of free and fun attractions. wizardry. Tickets cost $12, or $10 will be staged at 11 a.m. and 1:30 nyman Ron White of “Blue Collar p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Ice Cream ‘Sunday’ will be held for museum members. Purchase Comedy” fame returns to Morris- The 23rd annual Jersey Voices Morris Museum, 6 Normandy from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. them at www.morrismuseum.org town for an evening of politically One-Act Festival will be hosted Heights Road, Morris Township. 27, at Fosterfields Living Historic or by calling (973) 971-3706. incorrect humor. This show features by The Chatham Community Play- Jane is lost in the jungle and no Farm off Kahdena Road in Morris mature content and language and ers in five performances between longer has use of her trusted GPS. Township. Get cranking as you is for adults only. Tickets cost $49 to Friday, July 28, and Sunday, Aug. 6. With the help of her new friend, lend a hand churning a special rec- NATURE FUN $99 and can be purchased at www. This year’s production will include Tarzan, and his jungle animal fam- ipe until it becomes ice cream. This mayoarts.org or by calling (973) six original short plays by New Jer- Macro Mayhem! will be held ily, she is able to navigate through program is included in the cost of 539-8008. sey playwrights. Performance dates from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, the trees to her camp site. Kids will admission. are Friday, July 28; Saturday, July 29; at the Great Swamp Outdoor Edu- get a chance to “monkey around” Friday, Aug. 4; and Saturday, Aug. ”You Say Tomato” for ages six cation Center, 247 Southern Blvd, with the characters throughout MUSICALS 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 6 at to 10 will be held from 9 a.m. to Chatham Township. The pond is this performance and be part of 7 p.m. All performances are at the noon Thursday, Aug. 24, at the alive with aquatic insects. Search the show. With a little imagina- ”Bye Bye Birdie” will be staged Chatham Playhouse 23 N. Passaic Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Mor- for these macroinvertebrates, and tion, they will become different from Friday, July 28, through Satur- Ave., Chatham. Tickets cost $15 for ris Township. Harvest, taste, create learn about their interesting life jungle animals, assisting Jane as day, Aug. 12, at Pax Amicus Castle adults ages 19 and older, or $13 art, and play games with the gar- cycles. Wear boots and old clothes. she treks through the trees. Tick- Theatre, 23 Lake Shore Road in the for youth ages 18 and younger. To den favorite, the Jersey Tomato. This program, intended for ages ets cost $12 or $10 for museum Budd Lake section of Mount Olive access the online ticketing service, This program costs $8 per child. six and up, costs $5 per person. members. Purchase them at www. Township. Show times are 8 p.m. go to ccp.booktix.com. For infor- Registration can be made at www. morrismuseum.org or by calling Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Firefly Bonanza will be offered mation, call (973) 635-7363 or go to arboretumfriends.org. (973) 971-3706. Sundays. Tickets cost $25. Purchase www.chathamplayers.org. from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, them by calling (973) 691-2100 or newjerseyhills.com Out & About Thursday, July 27, 2017 PAGE 11 • MUSIC CALENDAR • Find a fresh harvest at BLUES Township. Another young talent on the swing jazz scene, Danny Bacher has been The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band turning heads for the past couple of years. will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Warren Vache called him “one talented area farmers markets 16, at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, fellow” and Houston Person said that he 100 South St. in Morristown. The Peterson “makes serious music without pretension, Editor’s note: The following is a list of Oct. 26, Central Avenue between Main Brothers open. In a 20-year recording career but often with a touch of humor.” Danny farmers markets now open throughout the Street and Cook Avenue. that began when he was just 16, Kenny will be joined by Alan Farnham on piano, area. Enjoy! Mendham Township: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sat- Wayne Shepherd has established himself Charlie Caranicas on sax, Dean Johnson on Bernardsville: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays urdays June through October, at Pitney as an immensely popular recording artist, bass, and Mark McLean on drums. Tickets through Nov. 11, train station parking lot Farm, 1 Cold Hill Road. Offerings include a consistently in-demand live act and an cost $17 in advance or $20 at the door. Pur- located at the intersection of Route 202 and fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, influential force in a worldwide resurgence chase them by calling (973) 971-3706 or by Claremont Road. honey, granola, flowers, fresh pressed juice, of interest in the blues. The Louisiana-born visiting www.morrismuseum.org. Boonton: 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturdays gluten-free cupcakes, olives, pickle, nuts, axeman has sold millions of albums while through November 18, Upper Plane Street wine, pre-made Italian meals, cheese, fresh shining a light on the rich blues of the past Parking Lot. Available will be a variety of jam, olive oil, soap, and more. and forging ahead with his own modern OLDIES fresh fruits and vegetables, produce, honey, Morris Plains: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturdays twist on a classic sound. Tickets cost $39 to baked goods including gluten-free variet- through Oct. 7, Speedwell Avenue Mer- $79 and can be purchased at mayoarts.org. Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter ies, flowers, pasture-raised pork and poul- chant Block Extension. Treats include a Noone and The Buckinghams will try, and more. variety of fruits and vegetables, jams and perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Chatham Borough: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Satur- jellies, eggs, artisan breads, cheeses, home FOLK Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South days through Nov. 18. located in Railroad made soaps and more. St. in Morristown. A double bill of classic Plaza South off Fairmount Avenue. Jersey Morristown: 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sundays The Minstrel’s 42nd Birthday Show 60s pop! Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers, bath through November, in the municipal park- will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, Noone scored over 20 top 40 hits, such as products, artisan cheeses, dried fruits and ing lot at the intersection of Spring and at The Minstrel, Morristown Unitarian “There’s a Kind of Hush,” “I’m Into Some- nuts, eggs, fresh mozzarella, gourmet pick- Morris Streets. Fresh fruits and vegetables, Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd., thing Good,” and “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got les and olives, honey, Jersey-made wines, local ingredient-prepared foods, cheese, Morris Township. Admission, which includes a Lovely Daughter.” The Buckinghams are knife blade sharpening, locally prepared fish, poultry, honey, picked products, live refreshments, costs $12 for adults and chil- known for such pop classics as “Kind of a foods, pasture-raised meat and poultry. music, cooking demonstrations and tast- dren ages 12 and under are admitted free. Drag,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” and “Don’t Chester: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sundays through ings. WIC and Senior FMNP vouchers ac- For more information, call (973) 335-9489 or You Care.” Tickets cost $39 to $79 and can Oct. 8 at Chester Gazebo Park, 175 Main cepted by some farmers. go to www.folkproject.org. be purchased at www.mayoarts.org. Street. Fresh fruits and vegetables, gour- Raritan Township: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sun- met baked goods, pastries and pies, honey, days through Nov. 19 at the Dvoor Farm, 111 The Inspire Project will perform at 7:30 Jersey wine, locally prepared cheese, hot Mine Street off the route 12 circle in Rari- p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at The Minstrel, Morris- foods and more. tan Township. shoppers can find a bounty town Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Clinton: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sundays weath- of locally grown, organic vegetables, grass- Heights Rd., Morris Township. Carolyn er-permitting through Oct. 29, Clinton Fire fed beef, artisan breads, cheeses, honey, Messina opens. Admission costs $10 for Company parking lot, 1 New Street (off pies, plants and much more. adults and children ages 12 and under are Highway 22 near the post office). There is Washington Township: The Long Valley admitted free. For more information, call limited parking on-site. Parking is also on Green Market, 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, 20 (973) 335-9489 or go to www.folkproject. nearby East Main Street, other side streets, Schooley’s Mountain Road. For more infor- org. and at PNC Bank lot. mation, including a complete vendor list, Denville: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sundays visit: longvalleygreenmarket.com. Robinson and Rohe will perform at 7:30 through Nov. 19, Bloomfield Avenue park- Watchung: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at The Minstrel, Mor- ing lot. Fresh fruits, vegetables, gourmet through Oct. 15 at the Best Lake parking ristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy breads, cheeses, and more. WIC and Senior lot. The market has available local organic Heights Rd., Morris Township. Gerry and FMNP vouchers accepted by some farmers. produce freshly picked the same day, bak- Olga opens. Admission costs $10 for adults East Hanover: noon – 6 p.m. Mondays ery items, pickles and tapas, homemade and children ages 12 and under are admit- through Oct. 30, Lurker Park, 609 Ridgedale pet treats, Polish delicacies, prepared Ital- ted free. For more information, call (973) Avenue. Variety of fruits and vegetables. ian meals, crab cakes, raviolis, paleo grano- 335-9489 or go to www.folkproject.org. Flemington: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturdays la, variety of breads, natural beauty prod- The 2017 New Jersey Uke Fest, fea- year-round at Stangl Factory Farmers’ ucts, homemade pet treats and more. turing concerts, workshops, vendors, open Donny and Marie, above, will perform Market, Mine Street and Stangl Road, Flem- mics and more, will be hosted by The Folk at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Mayo ington. Project Friday and Saturday, Aug. 25 and 26, Performing Arts Center, 100 South St. in High Bridge: 8:30 a.m. – noon, the sec- Answer at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center Morristown. The legendary Donny and Ma- ond Saturday of each month through Octo- of New Jersey, 60-C North Jefferson Road in rie invite your family to celebrate summer ber, parking lot of Riverside Wine and Li- Whippany. The music continues on Sunday, with them in true Osmond fashion. Donny quors, 45 Main St. The October market will Aug. 27, with an outdoor Jam on the Green and Marie mix the spirit of their early televi- be an all-day street fair in conjunction with Foundry Festival marking the 275th anni- in Morristown. sion specials and recordings with a nostalgic look back on their storied career in a dy- versary of the founding of Taylor Wharton namic stage show showcasing fan favorites, Ironworks in 1742. A wide range of activi- JAZZ including “A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit ties and a parade are also planned for the Rock ‘n Roll,” “Paper Roses,” “Puppy Love” weekend of Oct. 14 and 15. For more infor- Danny Bacher & Friends will perform and “It Takes Two.” Tickets cost $75 to $200 mation, email [email protected] or call (908) 638-9066. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Morris and can be purchased at www.mayoarts. : 2 – 7 p.m. Thursdays through Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris org. Madison PAGE 12 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Out & About newjerseyhills.com