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Join Adventure Aquarium and SANCCOB as we celebrate African Black- footed Penguin Awareness. This endangered species needs our help. Purchase penguin paintings - made by our own AAQ penguin colony - for a good cause. Learn how every person can make a difference through special penguin shows, interactive activities and more.

The world-famous Weeki Wachee Mermaids are returning to the Camden Waterfront. For a limited time only, experience the breathtaking acrobatics of these mermaids as they swim with sharks, stingrays and sea turtles.

Get those recipes ready and bring your favorite Pumpkin Dessert out to the Salem County Fairgrounds and enter to win Longaberger Baskets and Pottery. Contest is open to anyone that loves the great flavor of pumpkins.

Over $4,000 in prizes and money awarded to the top heaviest pumpkins. Backyard gardeners and farmers bring your big pumpkin out to the Salem County Fairgrounds for the New Jersey's Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off. Pumpkins can be entered from any state. Held during the South Jersey Pumpkin Show Festival.

12th annual three day fall harvest that celebrates Pumpkins of all sizes. Enjoy Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off, over 100 craftsmen, Home-Garden-Farm-Expo,food, music, wine, rides, contests, parades, headless horsemen, hay rides and so much more. Over 4,000 prize money for Big Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Sunday.

Juried, profesional fine artists, fine crafters, photographers, and speciality food vendors will be displaying and selling their unique, beautiful work in lovely Essex County's Brookdale Park. Free parking in the park.

NJ’s Best Oktoberfest & Vendor Fair. Gates Open from 12pm-5pm. Live music. Hearty German & American foods available for purchase. Don’t forget that cold German beer to wet your whistle. Kids will keep busy with Amusement Rides, Inflatables and more. Don't miss the Vendor Fair in the Park, 50 vendors selling a wide variety of items. Don't miss this Family Friendly day.

Art work by Andrea Joyce Heimer & Dimitri Drjuchin, paintings with stories. With more art in the back gallery.

1:00-4:00pm: Come join the penguin party and celebrate our partner in conservation, the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Enjoy games, crafts, and keeper chats. Fun for all ages.

This will be a delightful celebration of all things Bach. Yelena Grinberg, a Russian-born pianist will enthrall you with her passionate performance. Composed at the height of Bach's creative powers during the second part of his Kothen years (ca. 1717-1723), the six sonatas for violin and keyboard represent one of the towering achievements of his life, along with other great masterworks written during these fruitful years.This festive and colorful journey through Bach's complete Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard is not to be missed.

This long running show will feature over 100 exhibitors set up in one huge gym with a great array of arts & crafts filling the booths. This is a great opportunity to start your holiday shopping. A breakfast & lunch menu will be available. Held from 10 to 5.

Bring in the harvest with the villagers of Las Golondrinas. Crush grapes for wine by foot and string chile ristras while enjoying beautiful fall colors at the ranch.

Music, wine, beer, authentic German food, fireworks at dusk, kids games, face painting -- fun for the whole family.

Breathtaking contemporary dance, including mixed repertory and A Light in the Dark"—a story ballet based on the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan."

A live-action graphic novel—reminiscent of a 1930s radio play—about three fearless heroes who set out to save humanity from an evil, alien force.

Start your excursion on the Pine St. railroad platform near the Lockport Caves right here in Lockport, NY. Climb aboard beginning promptly at 12:45pm. Take a leisurely trip on vintage 1947 Budd Coaches through the beautiful Niagara countryside. You’ll visit the Medina Railroad Museum for a self-guided tour of the largest collection of train memorabilia in New York. Then return aboard the train to beautiful Spring Lake Winery at Varallo Vineyards for dinner with live music and fine wine.

Start your excursion on the Pine St. railroad platform near the Lockport Caves right here in Lockport, NY. Climb aboard beginning promptly at 12:45pm. Take a leisurely trip on vintage 1947 Budd Coaches through the beautiful Niagara countryside. You’ll visit the Medina Railroad Museum for a self-guided tour of the largest collection of train memorabilia in New York. Then return aboard the train to beautiful Spring Lake Winery at Varallo Vineyards for dinner with live music and fine wine.

Enjoy a haunting good time at the Aquarium Kids who dress as their favorite sea creature receive FREE admission. All others subject to regular admission prices. There will be treats, surprises and a special sea lion show. There will be prizes for the best child's costume.

A day to celebrate Southern Africa culture, traditions, landscape and wildlife and understand how to protect them. The event will provide interactive activities for kids and adults. African drumming, African dancing and food will be part of the event. The event will end with a talk about life in Botswana with the San Bushmen with a live Skype session to Botswana to meet the Bushmen. Ostrich eggs painted by local artists for sale.

During the turbulent years preceding the French Revolution, the great thinkers of the day—Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Herder, and Burke—were fascinated by a certain question: “What is Enlightenment?” Readings are interspersed with Rebel’s varied choices by J.S., J.C., and C.P.E. Bach, Buffardin, Leclair, and Edelmann.

How unusual to find any 18th-century popular music in manuscript! But the bishop Martínez Compañon compiled a codex covering every aspect of life in Peru. The Latin American musicians of Música Temprana are ideal interpreters for this rare repertory.

Second Lake Gaston Tedx event featuring speakers with ideas worth sharing. Ticketed event. (limited to 100 ticket sales)

Live music, food, craft vendors, displays, artisans, and local produce.

DJ, refreshment vendors, Halloween-themed displays, prizes and great family fun.

Overnight relay adventure in which you and your friends Run 200 Scenic Miles to finish at the beach and enjoy tuna and your beverage of choice after a job well done.

50+ talented exhibitors showcasing their handmade crafts and wares. This event will include exhibitor demonstrations, contest and door prizes. Plus a Harvest Pumpkin Display. Handcrafted work and fine art will be sold ie. pottery, baskets, jewelry, wreaths, paintings, scrap-booking and much more.