The Weekend: Rock, Classical, Film, Folk, and Slow Food

There’s something for everyone to enjoy this weekend:

Local band out of Glen Ridge, Thing-One will rock Tierney’s on Friday night. Self described as “We are a rock band from New Jersey.  We’ve been playing for ten years.  We took a 3.5 year nap. We are now back and working on a double single and an album to follow,” Thing-One is a a young five-piece band that play soulful indie-pop made possible by machines.

Thing-One
Friday, January 17 at 10:30 pm
Tierneys Tavern, 138 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ, 07042

 

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If you didn’t see local filmmaker Dawn Porter’s Gideon’s Army, the award winning film,  during the Montclair Film Festival, you’ll have a chance tomorrow night. The UUCM’s Undoing Racism Committee will hold a  screening of Gideon’s Army, with a reception beginning at 6:30 pm. The film follows the personal stories of three young public defenders who struggle against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads so common that even the most committed often give up in their first year. Nearly 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling Gideon vs. Wainwright that established the right to counsel, can these courageous lawyers revolutionize the way America thinks about indigent defense and make “justice for all” a reality?

“Gideon’s Army” screening
Friday, January 17 at 6:30 pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, 67 Church St. Montclair, NJ 07042 
Free 

 

 

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents its 2014 Winter Festival: Earth—the fourth and final season of a multi-year odyssey spotlighting the symbolic power of natural elements that have inspired composers for centuries. The festival, which runs January 17–19 and 24–26, encompasses two concert programs celebrating the earth in music. Music Director Jacques Lacombe leads each Winter Festival program. Performances will take place at four of the Orchestra’s venues throughout the state of New Jersey—NJPAC in Newark and MAYO Performing Arts Center in Morristown locally. Jacques Lacombe and the Orchestra conclude their multi-year odyssey through the four classical elements with a celebration of our very foundation—Earth itself. Composers, poets and artists have been inspired by deep canyons, sandy shores, sweeping plains and highest peaks, resulting in a rich artistic landscape. In addition to the Winter Festival concerts, there are special conversations and events to enhance understanding of the music and the Earth:

NJSO Winter Festival: Earth
Saturday, January 18, at 8 pm | NJPAC in Newark
Sunday, January 19, at 3 pm | Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown
Tickets range from $20 – $90 and can be purchased online here

 

 

Also on Saturday night, husband and wife team, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, along with special guest Frank Lombardi, will perform at Outpost in the Burbs. Teresa Williams grew up picking and hoeing cotton on her family’s 7th generation West Tennessee farm surrounded by the music of the Delta, Muscle Shoals, Nashville and Kentucky.  As a child, she sang at revivals and “singings with dinner on the ground.” Larry Campbell, three time GRAMMY winning producer, winner of the Americana Association Lifetime Achievement Award for Multi-Instrumentalist, and native of Manhattan, spent many years as an A team studio musician in New York’s roots, rock and country scene, recording and touring with some of the biggest names in Americana music.

Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, with Special Guest Frank Lombardi
Outpost at The Burbs, 67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
Saturday,  January 18 at 8 pm
Tickets are $25 in advance or $28 at the door and can be purchased online here.

 

 

On Sunday, Slow Food Northern NJ holds its 6th Annual Local Harvest: Farms, Food, and Family at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown. You’ll have the opportunity to stock up on the local, sustainably produced foods from farmers and artisanal food makers that are normally only available during the warmer months at farmers’ markets. Visitors can purchase seasonal vegetables and fruit, grass-fed beef and pork, pastured poultry, eggs, cheese, breads, and prepared foods from 20 local growers and producers. Appleridge Farm, Good Fields Farm, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, Griggstown Quail Farm, Churutabis Farm, Plaid Piper Farm, Flint Hill Farm, and Valley Shepherd Creamery will be on hand with artisan breads, artisan cheeses, charcuterie, grass-fed meats, and pastured and free range poultry. Tassot Apiary will showcase their honey products. Rogowski Farm will offer seasonal vegetables, prepared foods, and baked goods. For those with a sweet tooth, artisan chocolates from Donna & Company and gelato from Lickt Gelato. Best Fruit Farm apples and cider would pair nicely with Lazy Susan Granola.

Local Harvest: Farms, Food, and Family
Sunday, January 19 from 12 pm – 4 pm
Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 East Hanover Ave, Morristown, NJ
Entrance fee is a $3 donation to support Slow Food Northern NJ school vegetable garden programs. 

 

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