Weekend Picks: Seasonal Selections

December 6, 2007

One thing we love about Enn-Jay is that we can go from urban to country to suburb to Shore in the snap of a finger.

Or, at least, on two lanes that will take us anywhere—to enjoy the holiday season.

You say urban? There’s the New Jersey Symphony’s (www.njsymphony.com) holiday concert with the Canadian Brass (www.canbrass.com) and the New Jersey Youth Chorus (www.njyouthchorus.org). Shows Friday at New Brunswick’s State Theater (www.statetheatrenj.org) and Saturday at NJPAC (www.njpac.org) in Newark, 8 p.m., $20-$75.

And there’s the Holiday Festival of Lights at the Camden Children’s Garden (www.camdenchildrensgarden.org), every weekend the rest of December. Santa will be there, of course, and also Melchor, Gaspar and Baltazar, the Three Kings of Hispanic tradition. They’re staying be at Plaza de Aibonito, a exhibit of Christmas in the Spanish-speaking tropics.

Or maybe you want country. North or south?

Saturday up in Sussex County, Linda Russell (www.lindarussellmusic.com) recreates 200 years of American folk songs at historic Beemerville Presbyterian Church at 6 and 8 p.m. $10 adults, $8 children, (973) 702-2209.

Down in South Jersey the Pinelands Cultural Society holds a holiday musical celebration at Albert Hall (www.alberthall.org), 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. $5 adults, $1 children.

Still in the Pinelands, one day later, there’s a Christmas Bazaar at Buzby’s General Store in Chatsworth, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pine Barrens jams, books, and crafts. www.pineypower.com.

And for Christmas shopping in deepest suburban Essex, you are bound to find unusual gifts at the 14th Annual Crafts Fair sponsored by Pierro Gallery (www.pierrogallery.org) of South Orange. We are told you will find jewelry, ceramics, hand-painted silks, wood, woven and glass ornaments, metal wall sculpture, stationary—all of it hand-made by this year’s roster of guest artists. It runs through Sunday.

Maybe you want music and shopping together.

You can find both in Cape May, where carolers will be strolling the Washington Street Mall tonight and Friday while stores offer free holiday snacks. Then on Saturday 5:30-8:30 p.m. it’s the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts’ (www.capemaymac.org) Christmas Candlelight House Tour, with visits to homes, inns, and churches decorated for the holidays. $24 for adults, $12 for children. Tickets at Washington St. Mall or by calling or 800-275-4278.

.There’s also holiday music and shopping at the Walk of Lights Festival at Dutch Neck Village (www.dutchneckvillage.com), near Bridgeton. They’re having a bonfire and a live Nativity Saturday and Sunday, along with the quaint stores.

And at Tuckerton Seaport (www.tuckertonseaport.org), organizers are calling this weekend’s “Christkringlemarkt” celebration “New Jersey’s only outdoor holiday market under a heated tent.” Sip hot mulled cider while you consider what piece of Jersey Shore folk art—prints, carvings, basketry—is right for that Jersey Shore lover in your life.

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