| Golf Anyone?, The Community Children’s Museum, 77 East Blackwell St., Dover, (973)366-9060. Participate in the Third Annual Golf Outing at Picatinny Arsenal Golf Club in Picatinny, which benefits the children of Northern New Jersey. The outing is a fun day of golf, food and great prizes which range from hotel stays to baseball game tickets, to restaurant gift certificates. Prizes will be awarded for golf skill contests like closest to the pin and longest drive. The cost per golfer is $135 and includes a box lunch, buffet dinner, beverages and greens & cart fees. Sponsorships are also available starting at $150 on up to event sponsors. Support the children of our community by giving them a place to be themselves and learn, create and have fun, 7/14, noon. Brad Garrett, The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, 100 South St., Morristown, (973)539-8008. Stand up comedy from the Emmy-winning comic from Everybody Loves Raymond and ‘Til Death, 7/16, 8pm. 4-H Fair, Morris County Fairgrounds, Chubb Park, Chester. The 38th Annual Morris County 4-H Fair opens, 7/25-27, 9:30am-9:30pm. Parents’ Night Out, Gymnastics Inc., 80 North Dell Ave., Unit 17, Kenvil, (973)252-4300. Parent can go out and enjoy their evening without worrying about their kids, 7/26, 6-10pm. Old Fashioned Fun Day, Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave., Morristown, (973)267-3465. Special kids tours of Acorn Hall, games on the lawn, Victorian dress up, tea and cookies, and a take-home craft, 7/27, 1-4pm. Peach Festival 2008, Community Presbyterian Church, 220 Main St., Chester, (908)879-5091, www.cpcchester.org/peach. Enjoy a day of family fun, 8/2. One Year Anniversary, Clown Around, 186 Gold Mine Road, Flanders, (973)691-6999, www.clownaroundinc.com. Celebrate Clown Around’s birthday with half-price Open Play on 7/14 and 7/15, noon-2pm. New Jersey Then & Now, Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, (973)971-3700, www.morrismuseum.org. An extensive selection of paintings, drawings, fabric art and sculpture from the collections of the Morris Museum as well as superb representations from the ACA Galleries in New York, until 9/14. Attention Teens, Sharon’s Studio of Dance, Whippany, (973)386-0259. Now offered are Swing and Salsa Dance classes for “tweens” and teens, ages 9 and up. Classes will be held on Saturday afternoons for 8 week sessions. Tween classes will be held from 3-4pm; teen classes will be from 4-5pm. Students do not need a partner to join! Spanish Story & Song Time/Chinese Story & Song Time: At The Language Workshop for Children, 596 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, 45-M Story & Song Time for ages 2-6 kids hear stories in a new language, watch felt board play, and build a repertoire of foreign words and phrases. Youngsters also get to sing a few of the LWFC’s multi-award winning, vocabulary-building songs. Open to the public. $10 for Non-LWFC Students, FREE for LWFC students. For details visit www.languageworkshopforchildren.com. Call (800)731-0830 to reserve. Spanish: Tuesday at 2:45pm. Chinese: Fridays at 2:45pm.
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| King Lear, F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, (973)408-5600, www.shakespearenj.org. One of Shakespeares’s greatest masterpieces, 7/2-7/27. Summer Theatre Series for Children, Bickford
Theatre, Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown,
(973)971-3700. Enjoy these child-friendly performances: Safari
Magic, 7/12; Skate & Break, 7/15; Desert Travels, 7/16;
Pocahontas Vision Quest, 7/17; Ghost Net, 7/22; Harlem Wizards,
7/24; Stafish! 7/26.
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| Family Fun Day, The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, 9 Main St., Madison, (973)377-2982, www.metc.org. Cool off from the hot summer at this Ice Cream Social, 7/12, 1-3pm. George G. Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 53 E. Hanover Ave., Morris Township, (973)326-7600, Formerly known as Whippany Farm, this magnificent Colonial revival house and garden includes extensive collections of trees and shrubs, as well as the Haggerty Education Center, which offers a variety of classes and courses for children. Open daily, 9am-4:30pm. Guided Tours of the Willows, Historic House Museum at Fosterfields, 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown, (973)631-5344, Tour The Willows, a Gothic Revival-styled house museum that reflects the life and times from 1880-1910. Tours are offered to adults and children ages 8 and up, Wednesday through Friday at 1pm and on Weekends at 1 & 3pm. Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, Hopatcong State Park, Route 80, Landing, (973)398-2616. Located in a rustic 19th century building which served as a lock tender’s house on the Morris Canal, the Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the history of New Jersey’s largest lake. Permanent exhibitions at the museum include: They Lived Here— The Lenape at Lake Hopatcong, Passage to Progress— The Morris Canal and the Transformation of Lake Hopatcong, Jewel of the Mountains— The Great Hotel Era at Lake Hopatcong and much more! Admission to the museum is free. Dover History Museum House, 155 W. Blackwell St., Dover, (973)366-0629, The Dover Museum offers a range of photographs from the Civil War to present day, and features events from the town’s 285-year history. The museum is open every Sunday, 1-4pm. Whippany Railway Museum, Route 10 West and Whippany Road, Whippany, Located on the grounds of an early 1900s railroad yard, the museum was created to preserve New Jersey’s railroad history and share up close and personal experiences with actual locomotives, original memorabilia and archival material. The new 2007 exhibit is Railroad Tugboats, Ferries and the Great Ocean Liners of the 20th Century. Call for more information. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, (973)971-3700, Located in the heart of historic Morristown, this Museum displays both permanent and changing exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities, and serves as a home to a model train collection and 312-seat theater for the performing arts. Museum: Tues-Sat., 10am-5pm, Thus., 10am - 8pm, Sun., 1-5pm. Morris County Historical Society, 69 Morris Ave., Morristown, (973)267-3465, This volunteer, non-profit organization, encouraging a better understanding of the history of Morris County and the state of New Jersey, offers programs that include a spring and fall lecture series and children’s workshops and trips. Call for admission prices. Children under 12 are Free. Open Mon. 10am-4pm, Thurs. 10am-4pm, Sun. 1pm-4pm. Morristown National Historical Park, 10 Washington Place, Morristown, (973)539-2085, Encompassing nearly 1,700 acres, this historical park commemorates two winter encampments of General George Washington and the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Featured attractions include the Washington Headquarters Unit, Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow Unit, Fort Nonsense Unit and the Wick House, a furnished 18th-Century farmhouse. Call for hours and more info. Washington’s Headquarters Museum & Ford Mansion, Morris Avenue, Morristown, (973)539-2085, Enjoy two floors of exhibits, and a film, shown hourly. Open 9am-5pm. Tours: 10am-4pm. $2 for adults; children, free. Willowood Arboretum, Gladstone, (973)326-7600,
Made up of 130 luxurious acres of rolling farm land in a shallow
valley, Willowood Arboretum is home to over 3,500 kinds of native
and exotic plants, as well as 35 kinds of oaks, 50 kinds of
maples and 100 kinds of willows. Educational programs and special
events are offered throughout the year.
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| Family Fun Night, Cooks and Crafts, Mall at 206, Flanders, (973)927-3222, www.cooksandcrafts.com. Book your next family outing at Cooks and Crafts where Family Fun Night is a night to remember. Paint themed ceramics and enjoy a dinner entree. Call for more information and to book your family night. Year-Round Activities, The Morris County Ski Club, Hanover Marriott, 1401 Route 10 E., Whippany, (973)656-1817, the club meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 8pm. Walking Program, Chilton Memorial Hospital’s Mall Walkers Club, Wayne hills Mall, Berdan Ave. and Hamburg Tpke., Wayne, (973)831-5367. A fun way to exercise with peers. Participants can walk from 9-10am M-F, call to register. ADD Support Group, The Morris ADDult Support Group, Morristown Memorial Hospital, 100 Madison Ave., Morristown, (973)971-8934. Those will Attention Deficit Disorder can meet on the second Thursday of the month at 8pm in conference room two on level B. Addiction Recovery, Northern Chapter Meetings of Friends of (Addiction) Recovery, United Methodist Church, Rt. 183, Netcong, (973)383-4787, (888(871-3979, www.friendsofrecoverynj.org. Anyone interested in supporting addiction recovery is encouraged to come. Adoptive Mothers Club of Morris County, Denville Community Church, 190 Diamond Spring Rd., Denville, (908)979-9093. This post-adoption informational meets the second Tuesday of most months until June 2007 at 7:30pm. Core Fusion Classes, The Youth Health Club, 16 Aspen Drive, 2nd Floor, Randolph, (973)598-0004. Discover a brand new and innovative way to stay in shape as these unique weekly classes provide participants with a wonderful blend of both pilates and yoga. Classes are held on Wednesdays at 7pm and enrollment is ongoing. Call Youth Health Club at (973)598-0004 for more information or to reserve a space. Class sizes are limited, so call today! Diabetes Talkfest, www.diabetestalkfest.com. You won’t have to go through it alone anymore, thanks to this online support group for people and families with type 1 and 2 Diabetes. The goal of the site is to help people that are having a tough time dealing with diagnosis, finding out information about medicine and technology, or just to offer tips on your daily regimen. If you would like to find out more, e-mail: gcapone1@optonline.net.Enrichment Classes, Kid-netic, 2 Changebridge Road, Montville, (973)331-9001. This fun and innovative enrichment center is dedicated to the social, physical and intellectual development of children from newborn to 10 years old. Children are invited to take part in a variety of fabulous hands-on enrichment class, including Kindermusik, Movement and Arts & Sciences. Spring season of classes are running now! Call for schedules or to reg. AL-ANON, Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church, 75 Ridgedale Ave., Cedar Knolls, meets for those who are affected another person’s alcoholic abuse. Every Thursday from 8:30-9:30pm. Franchise Opportunity, Thinkertots, (877)TOTS-444, www.thinkertots.com. Who says work can’t be fun? Thinkertots provides age-appropriate education and creative stimulation for children from birth to 5 years of age. Founded by a mom who’s a child development professional, Thinkertots classes are fun and enlightening for children and their parents alike. A Thinkertots franchise is easy to open and operate. If you love helping kids learn and would enjoy spending time with your own children while working in your own challenging, flexible and close to home business, Thinkertots will teach you everything you need to know. The M.O.M.M.I.E.S. (Mothers Overcoming Medical Mental Illnesses Eternal Support) Club, (973)257-9585. This support/mom’s club is for mothers who suffer with bipolar, clinical depression, compulsive disorders, etc. Form a connection to other moms through play groups for preschoolers, day trips, grown-up conversation, picnics, luncheons and much more! Women and children of all age ranges welcome. Call Kim-Marie for schedule info.Mothers and More, Jefferson, (973)697-8448. A national organization that offers support, encouragement and a sense of connection to mothers. Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Mom’s Night Out, Moms and Tots playgroup and more. For additional info, call Heidi at (973)697-8448. Mothers and More of Morris County, Paris House of the Presbyterian Church, 65 south St., Morristown, (973)755-9175. This bi-monthly group offers support and socialization for new and seasoned moms, including a book club, Mom & Tot Outings, Speakers, Mom’s Night Out, Community Service, Playgroups and more. Meetings held twice monthly. Call for schedules and more info. Mothers of Only Children of Northern NJ, (973)887-4160, jkowalski_makeovers@yahoo.com. This group meets together to discuss topics that pertain to raising an Only Child!!! There is also fun outings for the kids to meet, socialize and have a good time!! For more information, please contact Joanne at the number listed above. Morris County Mothering NOW, Morris County Community Center, Jim Fear Drive, (973)285-1200 or (973)214-2643. A National Organization for women, Morris Mothering is a group of moms that meet for challenging, grown-up conversation about women’s/mother’s rights issues. Book Club and guest speakers are featured and childcare is available. Meetings are held on the 2nd & 4th Fridays of every month, 1 - 3pm. (Childcare available with 24-hours notice!) Call for meeting times and more information. New Classes!, Cooks and Crafts, Flanders, (973)927-3222. Cooks and Crafts has recently partnered up with EK Success, the leader in Scrapbooking products. This partnership will result in a multitude of new classes which include a demonstration of various tools and techniques on Monday mornings, Tuesday afternoons and Friday nights (sign up in advance). Participants are invited to bring their tools and materials for hands-on fun featuring a beverage, slice of pizza and a huge selection of products for sale that are sure to enhance your scrapbooking format! Call for schedules and more info. New Daily Classes!, Jazzercise of Succasunna, Succasunna, (973)252-9778. Jazzercise of Succasunna is happy to announce the addition of more daily classes to their weekly schedule. No more excuses for busy parents on the go...now there is a class for everyone! Babysitting is available for all classes and no contract walk-ins are welcome! Come in for a free week and mention PARENTGUIDE! Call for directions and more info. Parent Resource Network of Rockaway Township, (973)784-3265/361-6250. This helpful network for parents offers a monthly newsletter, activities and events for moms/children/families, Mom’s groups, First Friends Play groups and much more! Contact Beth at (973)784-3265 or Lina at (973)361-6250 for locations and more info. Parent’s Night Out, Cooks and Crafts, The Mall at 206, Flanders, (973)927-3222. Busy parents who would like a night out to themselves are invited to gather 10 of their friends for a special evening that includes creating a high quality craft and a delicious dinner meal of your choice! Call to reserve your night and time. Cooks and Crafts is offering a 15 percent discount to groups of ten or more who want to take part in any of the programs at their fun, safe, exciting and clean facility. Call to find out more. Safe Sitter® Classes, (973)383-3461. NORWESCAP/CFRS (Child & Family Resource Services) is now offering classes for 11 to 13-year-old adolescents. Safe Sitter® Classes address first aid, rescue skills, behavior management techniques and life experiences necessary for handling medical, behavioral and household emergencies, as well as the responsibilities a young adolescent accepts when accepting a baby-sitting job. Please call Trixy at the number above to find out more. Stamping Workshop, (973)770-5782. Looking for a fun girls’ night out? Then host a stampin’ up workshop and have a ball. Great opportunity for you and your friends to share a fun and exciting evening and learn the art of rubber stamping and scrapbooking. Call for more information. Strollerfit!, Programs available in the Morris County area, www.strollerfit.com. Discover the perfect postnatal workout thanks to Strollerfit!® Carefully designed to meet the unique needs of moms and their stroller-age children, a strollerfit workout transforms your ordinary baby stroller into a portable fitness machine. This unique new exercise experience for both mother and child is a convenient and affordable way to get fit and lose weight, exercise with your baby and receive personal attention, all while having fun and making new friends. All you need is a stroller, comfortable shoes and your child! Find out more by visiting them online today at www.strollerfit.com. Cancer Prevention Vaccine, Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern NJ, 196 Speedwell Ave., Morristown, (973)539-1364, www.ppgnnj.org, offers Gardasil, the FDA-approved vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers cause by the human papilloma virus (HPV). To make an appointment or to learn more, call now. Dog Walks, Lord Stirling Stable 256 S. Maple Ave., Basking Ridge, (973) 635-8672. Dogs can enjoy the company of other canines as they roam through the equestrian trails. All pets must be leashed and kept under control at all times. Every Saturday, 10:30-11:30am. Registration at 10am. Guided Hikes,
Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area, Rt. 511, Montville,
(973) 334-3130 or visit www.morrisparks.net. Patrons can enjoy
an easy two hour hike on alternating Saturdays and Sundays.
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