Mum Sale. These are large, beautiful flowers from a local grower at a great price. Mums are available in five colors. Proceeds benefit the Marching Blue Devils of Westfield High School. Visit https://shorturl.at/2Bjtn to fill out the form to select your flower colors by September 28. $12 payable by check or Venmo. Pick up will take place on Saturday, October 5 – Specific timing and Westfield location will be emailed after purchase.
Faith Meets Fantasy, virtuoso cellist Mo Mo joins NJFO to present Tan Dun’s concerto from “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”. Friday, September 27 at 7 p.m. at St. Helen’s Church in Westfield and Sunday, September 29 at 2:30 p.m. at the Sieminski Teater in Basking Ridge. For tickets visit www.njfestivalorchestra.org
NJ Greek Festival, Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, located at 250 Gallows Hill Road, Westfield. Highlights of this year’s festivities include: authentic Greek cuisine, live music and dance performances, marketplace, kids’ activities and a mega 50/50 raffle. www.njgreekfest.com
Green Team Fair, Saturday, September 28. Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. the Green Team of Westfield will present a fair at the library: How to Electrify your Home and Improve Energy Efficiency. Electrifying homes offers many benefits ranging from saving money to impacting the environment and making the homeowner’s life more convenient. On hand will be experts, who’ll discuss heat pumps, solar panels, electrical equipment for home landscaping, and energy conservation for the home. People are encouraged to drop by anytime during the fair’s hours.
Mostly Music presents international soloists flutist Sooyun Kim, harpist Bridget Kibbey, violinist Tessa Lark and violist Paul Neubauer performing Debussy’s Sonata for flute, viola and harp, Beethoven’s Serenade for flute, violin and viola, and Fantasia for Tomorrow for violin and viola by Michi Wiacko, along with comments about the composers and the music. The performance will be held on Sunday, September 29 at 3:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 756 East Broad Street, Wetsfield. Tickets are $50. Students are free. Subscriptions for the five-concert chamber music series are available. Visit https:// mostlymusic.org.
I Run for Girls 5K, Join Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey on September 29 at Tamaques Park at 9 a.m. As you lace up your running shoes and prepare to take on the USATF Grand Prix sanctioned course, remember that your participation is about more than just competing in a race – it’s about coming together to empower girls, inspire change, and make a difference in your community. Walkers and people of all abilities are welcome! Participants are encouraged to create or join a fundraising team or to fundraise on their own. All proceeds will support Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey in our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. We give girls access to life-changing experiences that inspire them to do something BIG! Together, we can make a lasting impact and create a brighter future for girls. https://raceroster.com/events/ 2024/86664/i-run-for-girls-5k
Wednesday Morning Club, October 2 at 10 a.m. a General Meeting of the Wednesday Morning Club will be held. The program will be a speaker, Ellen Steinberg, Chair of the Senior Citizens Council, to talk about the Anchor program.All are welcome to attend. Cranford Community Center, 220 WalnutAve., Cranford in the Audio Visual Room
Charlie’s Curiosities, Before Salem: The Botched Execution of Half-Hanged Mary with author Codie Crowley. Saturday, October 5, 2 p.m. 16 Prospect Wine Bar and Bistro. Register at www.addamsfest.com.
Cartooning Workshop with New Yorker Cartoonist Dan Misdea, Sunday, October 6, 2 to 4 p.m. Westfield Memorial Library. Register at www.addamsfest.com.
Lantern Cemetery Tours at the Presbyterian Church of Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue, Sunday, October 6, 4:30 to 6 p.m., running every ten minutes. Rain date: October 13. Register at www.addamsfest.com.
When There Were Witches: An Exploration of the Salem Witch Trials. Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Thomson Hall, 11 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. In January of 1692, a strange illness seized control of five young girls living in Salem Village, a contentious and divided town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When medical professionals couldn’t identify the illness, the town believed the girls had come ‘under an evil hand.’ Events soon spiraled out of control with local divisions and a splintered colonial government feeding the frenzy. Archivist Mickey DiCamillo unravels the events with archival documents from the period, and program participants will interact with transcripts from the 1692 interrogations of suspected witches. Participants will also learn where the documents live online, so they can investigate more on their own. A Q&A session follows the presentation.
Columbus Day Ceremony, Sunday, October 13 at 11 a.m. in Mindowaskin Park. Columbus Day Ceremony celebrating Columbus’ accomplishments and the Italian American Heritage and Culture. Gene Jannotti will be the Grand Marshall, and the event is sponsored by the Italian American Club of Westfield, the Westfield UNICO, the Westfield Knights of Columbus and the Union County Board of Commissioners. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at Mindowaskin Park with Italian music and refreshments. All are invited to attend.
Charles Addams Heritage Trail Tour, Sunday, October 13, 10 to 11 a.m. Meet in front of the Center for Creativity at the Rialto, 250 East Broad Street. www.addamsfest.com You Can’t Take It with You, Westfield Community Players presents its first show of the season. It’s a classic comedy about a wacky family who marches to the beat of their own drum. Things like stress, jobs, and paying taxes are for other people, not for them! But when young Alice becomes engaged to her company’s vice president Tony, the clan must straighten up to meet the new inlaws. Disaster ensues when Tony’s parents arrive at the wrong time and see Alice’s family in all of its crazy glory. October 12, 19, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m.; October 13 and 20 at 2 p.m. Westfield Community Players, 1000 North Avenue West, Westfield.
Full Moon Community Gathering, Thursday, October 17, 5 p.m., Outdoor location TBA, Rain location: Westfield Memorial Library, 550 East Broad Street.
Hexed: A Bewitching Musical Revue, Saturday, October 19, 8 p.m., Sunday, October 20, 3 p.m., Acting Out Theatre, 439 South Avenue, Westfield. Pre-registration required: www.addamsfest.com
Addams Family Fun Day, Sunday, October 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Downtown Westfield. No tickets or registration required. From Pugsley to Grandmama, there’s something fun for everyone at Addams Family Fun Day. Head on over to Quimby Street in Downtown Westfield, which will be closed to cars for a day of family fun — including Addams Family character visits, live performances, incredible displays by the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, bubble demonstrations, pumpkin decorating, activities with local merchants, and more.
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