Lantern Folk Night: The Marlowe Sisters
Church Street Listening Room · Montclair
Close-harmony folk from a sister trio, played acoustic in a 90-seat room with candlelit tables.
Events in the New York area
21 events at 18 venues, 11 free.
Friday, November 6
Saturday, November 7
Late Harvest Farmers’ Market
Walnut Street Station Lot · Montclair
Apples, squash, cider and bread from about thirty regional farms, plus a knife-sharpening stand.
Breakneck Ridge Guided Hike
Breakneck Ridge Trailhead · Cold Spring
A steep scramble with river views, led at a steady pace with stops to talk geology. Sturdy shoes required.
Saturday Story Time: Leaves and Acorns
Watchung Branch Library · Montclair
Autumn picture books, a song or two and a leaf-rubbing craft to take home. Caregivers stay with little ones.
Fall Migration Bird Walk
Mills Reservation, Normal Ave Trailhead · Montclair
An easy two-mile loop looking for hawks, juncos and late warblers. Loaner binoculars available.
Owl Prowl at Little Stony Point
Little Stony Point · Cold Spring
A short evening walk listening for screech and great horned owls, with hot cocoa at the end.
Riverside Bluegrass Night
Main Street Music Hall · Cold Spring
A Hudson Valley string band plays two sets of fiddle tunes and high lonesome harmonies.
Sunday, November 8
Cold Spring Farmers’ Market
Village Green · Cold Spring
The last outdoor market of the year: root vegetables, maple syrup, cheese and hot apple cider donuts.
Printmaking Open Studio
Glenfield Arts Collective · Montclair
Drop in to carve and pull linocut prints with a teaching artist. Materials included.
Hudson River School: A Walking Talk
Cold Spring Dock · Cold Spring
Stand where the painters stood. A historian compares the views today with the canvases they made.
Chamber Sundays: Brahms Horn Trio
First Congregational Hall · Montclair
Horn, violin and piano in Brahms’s autumnal trio, paired with a short new work by a local composer.
Thursday, November 12
Author Talk: A Field Guide to Backyard Moths
Watchung Branch Library · Montclair
A naturalist on the overlooked night life of New Jersey yards, with slides and a book signing.
Friday, November 13
Film Club: Paper Moon
Valley Road Cinema · Montclair
The 1973 Depression-era road comedy on a 35mm print, with a short introduction and discussion after.
Stories by the Fire
Riverside Chapel Lawn · Cold Spring
Neighbors tell true five-minute stories around a fire pit. Bring a blanket; listening is the main event.
Saturday, November 14
Kids’ Nature Journaling
Highlands Nature Center · Cold Spring
Young naturalists sketch seed pods, feathers and lichens and start a field notebook of their own.
Puppet Theater: The Fox and the Lantern
Little Elm Puppet Stage · Montclair
A shadow-puppet tale about a fox who lights the way home. Short, gentle and good for first theater trips.
Sunday, November 15
Chamber Music at Riverside Chapel
Riverside Chapel · Cold Spring
A string quartet plays Haydn and Dvořák in a small riverfront chapel with remarkable acoustics.
Saturday, November 21
Edgemont Park Leaf Day
Edgemont Memorial Park · Montclair
Neighbors rake, mulch and plant bulbs around the pond, then share cider. Rakes and gloves provided.
Winter Raptors Talk and Walk
Highlands Nature Center · Cold Spring
Meet a rescued red-tailed hawk indoors, then walk to the river overlook to look for eagles.
Sunday, November 22
Jazz Vespers
First Congregational Hall · Montclair
An unhurried hour of standards from a piano trio as the light goes. Donations welcome.
Saturday, November 28
Small Business Saturday Village Stroll
Main Street · Cold Spring
Shops stay open late with tastings, carolers on the corner and a lantern walk to the river at dusk.