This weekend is a great time to stay home and work in the garden with the warm weather that’s forecast but we wanted to tell you about a few festivals, concerts, and charity events that you might want to check out. Here are our choices for the best things to do in New Jersey this weekend.
Salem County’s riverfront and countryside are especially beautiful this time of year and the County’s arts community has organize a special weekend celebration of arts combining the beauty of the season with the artists’ creativity.
The 22nd Annual Yuletide Tour of Historic Salem, New Jersey, features premiere Southern Jersey Colonial and Victorian homes. Many historic homes, churches, and museums will be on display. While strolling through the quaint streets of Salem, enjoy the sights and sounds of period Christmas decor, meet characters from the past, and Re-enactment groups. Numerous shops throughout town will also be open with various displays of antiques, primitives, crafts, and collectibles. Tickets are $10, group ticket rates available.
Each visitor will receive a booklet with descriptions and history of each site. Advanced tickets will be available in participating Salem City shops. Tickets also available the day of the tour at the booth on the north end of Market Street. Call (856)339-0400 or visit www.salemcitynj.com for more information. 15 minutes from the Delaware Memorial Bridge, 295 and the Turnpike.
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Event Details:
Event Name: Yuletide Tour of Historic Salem, NJ
Event Venue: Christmas House Tour
Event Street Address: Market Street
Event City: Salem, NJ 08079
Event County: Salem
Event Date: Saturday December 5, 1pm-6pm
Event Admission: $10.00 per person or group rates
Event Phone: 856-339-0400
Event Website: http://www.salemcitynj.com
(SALEM, NJ)—New Jersey Network has posted a new podcast featuring organist Joanne Owen discussing the Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission’s upcoming concert, “Tunes from the Crypt,” Friday evening, October 23, 2009, 6 PM. The concert takes place in historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, 76 Market St., Salem, NJ, and is a free event.
“Having New Jersey Network feature Tunes from the Crypt is very exciting,” said Deputy Freeholder Director Beth Timberman. “It is wonderful to have Salem County’s cultural events recognized and publicized this way.”
NJN producer Eric Schultz visited Salem at the beginning of October to interview Owen at the console of the organ at St. John’s. The resulting program offers a taste of the “spooky music” that will be performed that evening, including Bach’s famous “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Gounod’s “Funeral March for a Marionette.” The podcast is available for listening and downloading at www.jerseyarts.com/podcast.asp
“When I came down for the interview I was really struck by the evocative beauty of the church and the surrounding graveyard,” said Schultz. “Hearing the organ live reverberating around me in that gothic setting was so powerful – a totally different experience from listening to a recording.”
(SALEM,NJ)—With Halloween fast approaching, the Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission is sponsoring an appropriately bone-chilling evening of entertainment for the whole family on Friday evening, October 23, 2009. “Tunes from the Crypt” features Joanne Koerber Owen at the console of the organ at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 76 Market St., Salem, NJ who has prepared a suitably spooky prelude for the city’s annual Walking Ghost Tour of historic Market St. and the inaugural presentation of “Music Around the County,” a new concert series that will continue next March and April in Daretown and Salem.
“We are really excited to be offering this new opportunity to experience great music in beautiful spaces in Salem County,” said Deputy Freeholder Director Beth Timberman. “The series promises to be an exciting and enjoyable way to hear some of the region’s talented artists, and best of all the event is free.”
Owen is well-known in Salem County and South Jersey as a recitalist. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she has taught and performed widely throughout the region and for many years as Minister of Music and the Arts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Salem, where she was named Minister of Music Emerita.
(SALEM, NJ)—Salem County’s rural countryside and quaint villages are especially beautiful in the Fall and the County’s arts community has organized a special weekend celebration highlighting creativity and artistic expression. On Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11, 10 am – 6 pm, eighteen studios and galleries across the County will feature exhibits and demonstrations in a wide variety of media, a wonderful opportunity to see and learn from artists at work – the title of the event. Many sites are offering ?hands-on? activities, including mural painting, glass cutting, leatherworking and meditation exercises and there is no admission charge.
Artists at Work promises to be an exciting and enjoyable way to explore Salem County,? said Deputy Freeholder Director Beth Timberman. ?Each location is different and distinctive, and autumn is wonderful time of year to discover the possibilities here.
(August 18, 2009 – Hancocks Bridge, NJ) – PSEG Nuclear today submitted applications to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the operating licenses of its Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations by 20 years.
Salem is a dual unit station with a generating capacity of 2345 megawatts. Salem Unit 1’s current 40 year operating license expires in 2016 with Unit 2’s operating license expiring in 2020. Hope Creek is a single unit station with a generating capacity of 1211 megawatts. Its original operating license expires in 2026.
The second largest nuclear facility in the United States, PSEG Nuclear is located on a 740-acre site in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County. The three nuclear units generate enough power for approximately three million homes each day.
“License renewal is part of our ongoing commitment to provide safe, reliable, economic and green energy to New Jersey and the region,” said Tom Joyce, president and chief nuclear officer of PSEG Nuclear. “Last year, we replaced our steam generators at Salem Unit 2 and implemented
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