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Weekend Picks: Brews, Battles, Beasts PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 21 June 2007

ImageAre you in good shape? Show’em starting this Sunday by paddling in the Delaware River Sojourn.

The entire trip runs 80 miles from the river’s source in upstate New York to Delaware Bay, but you can sign up for a shorter segment. The daily fee of $65 covers some meals, canoe/kayak/raft rental and a commemorative t-shirt. www.delawareriversojourn.org and (609) 883-9500 x-205.

Also on the Delaware, you can sit by the Battleship New Jersey in Camden Saturday and enjoy the work of the state’s best microbrewers at the Garden State Craft Brewers Beer Festival. There will be food and specialty vendors, too, and you can tour the World War II ship, $35. www.njbeer.org/news/stories/2007/brewers_festival.php or (856) 966-1652 x107.

More military activity is on tap Saturday and Sunday at the annual reenactment of the Battle of Monmouth, when George Washington and his army routed 20,000 Redcoats. It takes place at

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/monbat.html.

For information call (732)780-7007

Or, if you are feeling so patriotic you can’t wait for Fourth of July, head to the Robert Street Park in Wharton Sunday for an early fireworks show and concert. Music starts at 7 p.m., fireworks go off around 9:30. (973) 361-8444.

You want mellow, you say? The New Jersey Symphony plays on the lawn at Giralda Farms in Madison at 6 p.m. Sunday, $10 Adults, $5 children under 12. www.morrisarts.org and (973) 285-5115, x-18.

You want mellow and free? Also on Sunday, the summer-long Jazz on the Beach series begins in Long Branch, at West End Park. www.visitlongbranch.com and (732) 923-2044.

Then there is the State Fair Meadowlands (www.njfair.com) at Giants Stadium, which runs from Thursday until July 8. Expect rides and attractions including a side show featuring, ladies and gentlemen, the mystifying “head of a REAL GIRL with the body of an UGLY SNAKE”!! www.sideshowworld.com/hcwow.html

How can we top that?

 

 
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