Name: Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Native Plant Garden and Free Little Library Seedling Exchange
Start: 2026-10-24T11:00:00-04:00

Morristown Area Girl Scout Somya has planted a native plant garden on Early Street in Morristown and built a free little library for people to exchange native plant seeds as part of her Gold Award project. The garden will be open to the public on October 24 and October 25, 2026,  from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free seedlings will be distributed to the first 50 attendees, and all attendees are welcome to take home a seed packet from the library.

Local Event: Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Native Plant Garden and Free Little Library Seedling Exchange

Morris County

 Jack Slocum

New York City Metropolitan Area

Morristown

New Jersey

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Native Plant...

Morristown Area Girl Scout Somya has planted a native plant garden on Early Street in Morristown and built a free little...

Girl Scout Gold Award Project: Native Plant Garden and Free Little Library Seedling Exchange

Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ, 07960

This event is part of a lecture series, Breakfast University, dedicated to arts and culture.What is the American Sound? Does such a thing exist in the realm of concert music? During the 1920s and 30s, composers, music critics, entertainment executives and audiences believed in the idea of an American Sound, and they worked hard to promote their various points of view in the concert hall, via newspaper articles, through advertising and on film. This course explores the origins of two quintessential American masterpieces — George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Duke Ellington’s Symphony in Black — and their relationship to contemporary American culture. Using film clips, music excerpts, and popular dance steps from the 1920s and 30s, Professor Anna Celenza of Johns Hopkins University introduces participants to the wide range of musical genres and styles that influenced Gershwin and Ellington (from spirituals, blues, and Klezmer music to Tin Pan Alley songs, opera, Ragtime and even symphonic forms). 
Doors open at 9:15 AM for coffee, and the lecture starts at 10:00 AM.

Local Event: Gershwin, Ellington, and the Search for the American Sound: Anna Celenza / Johns Hopkins

Gershwin, Ellington, and the Search for the...

This event is part of a lecture series, Breakfast University, dedicated to arts and culture.What is the American Sound? Does...

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Did you know there is a permanent book store inside the Morristown and Morris Township Library? Year-round you’ll find 10,000+ books, fiction and nonfiction, including vintage, signed, classics and new releases, plus DVD’s, CD’s, puzzles and more. All are donated by the community, and offered at incredible prices! New inventory is added daily so shop often!
TO SHOP &nbsp;Visit the Friends of the Morristown and Morris Township Library book shop every Tuesday and the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month, except July/August. Open 10 – 2. Please bring CASH or check. Dealers are welcome.&nbsp; Enter any library door and follow the signs to the lower level of the library.&nbsp;
Plus, every day, books and media for sale are on a cart in the circulation room. And children's books are always for sale in the children’s department.&nbsp;
TO DONATE&nbsp; Bring your good condition books and media, children and adults, to the circulation desk inside the Morristown and Morris Township Library. We do not accept books with out of date information, textbooks except science and math, encyclopedias, small paperbacks or magazines. Leave up to 4 bags/boxes at a time, any time the library is open. Call first for larger donations:&nbsp; (973)538-6161.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Your donations and purchases benefit the many beloved library programs supported by the Friends of the Morristown and Morris Township Library. Hope to see you soon!

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Employers, job seekers, and career pivoters are invited to kick off 5787 by making connections!
Join us on Tuesday, October 13 at 7pm for an evening of networking, conversation, and community-building with professionals from across the area. Whether you’re looking for your next opportunity, hiring, exploring a career change, or simply looking to expand your professional network, this is a chance to meet new people and exchange ideas.

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Employers, job seekers, and career pivoters are invited to kick off 5787 by making connections!
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Join MHHM's Curator of Education, Karina Filipowski, and Senior Museum Interpreter and Researcher, Cynthia Winslow, for a virtual lunchtime talk on food history at Macculloch Hall.&nbsp;
Corn has been a staple of diets in North America for centuries. This program explores the origins of corn, its spread across the world, and its use at Macculloch Hall in the 19th century. &nbsp;
While George Macculloch's garden journal answers questions about what fruits and vegetables grew on the Macculloch's 26 acres, Louisa Macculloch's handwritten recipe book covers what was eaten at Macculloch Hall.&nbsp; MHHM has adapted the historic recipes for modern kitchens.
During this program, MHHM staff will make corn fritters. Participants will receive a copy of the recipe to follow along during the program.

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Macculloch Hall: Farm to Table 19th Century Style

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In this major exhibition, candid photography—unscripted, unposed images taken from everyday life—by eleven contemporary artists explore the lives lived in the nation’s most densely populated and ethnically diverse state. Garden State Lens presents scenes of New Jerseyans going about their everyday lives. We see them raise their families, earn a living, come together as a community, and enjoy the state’s great outdoors. Powerful images—some printed at titanic scale, others more modestly sized—upend the typecast idea of our state through popular television shows and social media. More than 100 photographs on view instead offer nuanced and authentic glimpses of the incredible human tapestry that makes contemporary life in the state so exceptional.
Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 16, 2026 - Sunday, March 14, 2027
Museum Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11:00AM to 5:00PM

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In this major exhibition, candid photography—unscripted, unposed images taken from everyday life—by eleven contemporary artists...

<blockquote> Join us for our Legos &amp; Torah on Friday, Oct 16 at 5pm. A brand-new, fun family event for children in grades 2–5 and their parents! Enjoy dinner together while we explore the week’s Torah portion and bring the story to life with LEGO creations. </blockquote>

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 Join us for our Legos & Torah on Friday, Oct 16 at 5pm. A brand-new, fun family event for children in grades 2–5 and their...

Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

IN-PERSON in Morristown, NJ 
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Allison Strong <a href="https://www.allisonstrong.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpLOnnsx9bApBW_fuENvn-WD1OZig-5ySUlRpj4w5pIVeG5n0f5gcmdaeMNW_aem_-3OInDpnLfaVrekY8bRY8w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.allisonstrong.com</a> 
Hailed as “captivating” by the New York Times, Colombian-American singer-songwriter and actor Allison Strong is releasing her bilingual EP Weightless in 2026. Strong has opened for Grammy Winners LeAnn Rimes and Jesse + Joy, and earned recognition as a NJ State Council on the Arts Music Fellow, ASCAP Latin Beat Songwriting Grantee, Kerrville New Folk Finalist, Hudson West Fest Emerging Artist Winner and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist. She starred opposite Adam Sandler in the Netflix comedies The Week Of and Leo, and appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Broadway’s Bye Bye Birdie and Mamma Mia! 
Video link: Weightless - <a href="https://youtu.be/fhK0ijtQ9Tw?si=wtpIzKtub27BYXdN&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrUCItor6HNJnPsj0a7BUNiej5gV5v7Hrov-POiTbwfTYA65CGDCLzaM1Af-_aem_EiKo1VBa8Qq_9IurWY0zHw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/fhK0ijtQ9Tw?si=wtpIzKtub27BYXdN</a>
Lily DeTaeye <a href="https://lilydetaeye.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHm3a81xNJQkXj4gWf0Com4JVb57RCjSFuPcY47lGeYuss-X3LW_NpcQ1TXfH_aem_NM4oqQBZWg_PM36epvjD5A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://lilydetaeye.com/</a> 
Lily DeTaeye is a Des Moines, Iowa native with a foundation in alt rock, pop, and folk, who delivers original songs in honey-smooth vocals. She has lit up venues from Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, to Americanafest in Nashville, to The Bitter End in New York City. Her third studio album, Even With My Eyes Closed, is a nostalgic and biting entry into the world of dreamy pop. Think Lilith Fair etherealism meets barbed hooks that stick right in the jaw. DeTaeye is based in Brooklyn, NY. 
Video link: Maybe It’s November - <a href="https://youtu.be/aJeLzc36SIU?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpLOnnsx9bApBW_fuENvn-WD1OZig-5ySUlRpj4w5pIVeG5n0f5gcmdaeMNW_aem_-3OInDpnLfaVrekY8bRY8w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/aJeLzc36SIU</a>Jillian Matundan <a href="https://jillianmatundan.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrUCItor6HNJnPsj0a7BUNiej5gV5v7Hrov-POiTbwfTYA65CGDCLzaM1Af-_aem_EiKo1VBa8Qq_9IurWY0zHw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jillianmatundan.com/</a>
Jillian Matundan is an award-winning, multi-instrumental singer-songwriter, trade unionist, and first-generation Filipina American who has been winning over audiences with her resonant vocals, acute and relatable observations, unique guitar-style, and sharp sense of humor. Ever since returning to the scene in 2019, Jillian has been on a tear, winning multiple songwriting awards (including fifteen Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Awards), playing numerous shows on the club and festival circuit, and collaborating with musicians in the studio and on stage. She has opened for Susan Werner, Ellis Paul, Laurie MacAllister (of Red Molly), Natalia Zukerman, and many others. 
Video link: Frozen - <a href="https://youtu.be/kN0pvvQckMw?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgFicmlkETFUVm54bENpTDZhcEdPVXFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtv4AieEHdC3YbsRH6aKv11kfklbqXj_Of76xu7Fuk86Um7B3GHhg4sNng96_aem_YVMr7naywWw12wk3WVdaZA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/kN0pvvQckMw</a>

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