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Five Things You Need to Know Today, June 16

Roses, a schoolroom gallery, bedtime stories, and more.

On this date in history, the Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 and in 1911, the future IBM was founded. Here are five things that might be of interest today. 

1. There will be a Roses Naturally - Lecture & Plant Sale at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum, 165 Hobart Ave., Summit.  This event will run Thursday through Saturday. The cost is free to members and $15.00 for non-members.  All are welcome.

2. Special program in the schoolroom gallery at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum.  “Family and Friends: Life Behind the Scenes at Home, 1810-1850” will explore the home experience paralleling the first decades of family life at Macculloch Hall. Guest speaker Elisabeth Garrett Widmer will peek into the specifics of family life and the many challenges in caring for and regulating a household, including the pleasures and inconveniences of hospitality and entertaining.  Ms. Garrett Widmer will base her remarks on such primary source materials as diaries, letters and reminiscences in an attempt to better “listen” to the past— and hear it in their own words. In the process, the audience might want to reflect on any nostalgia for the “good old days.”

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The museum will be open for tours of the home and galleries from 1pm, with extended hours until 5pm, the last tour will leave at 4pm.  Touring will end for the day at 5pm when the program begins.  Prior to the lecture visitors may also enjoy the colorful and elegant gardens, restored in the 1950s by the Garden Club of Morristown. Commodore Matthew Perry, who opened Japan to American trading in the mid-1850s, brought the wisteria on the rear porch arbor as a gift to the family.  Light beverages will be served on the porch from 4pm – 5pm. Following the program visitors are welcome to continue to enjoy the gardens, open dawn ‘til dusk, and may picnic in the grounds.

3. Pebble Players Presents....Once Upon A Time...on Broadway. At 7:00pm, watch your favorite broadway shows come alive in this fun bedtime story.  Pebble Players is Stony Hill Players youth program serving the youth community of Summit and its surrounding towns and provides educational theater.  To order tickets click HERE TO ORDER TICKETS and follow the link.

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Pebble Players performs one musical production each calendar school year and one fundraising event. Children will have the opportunity learn all facets of theater including: lighting, assistant director, assistant stage manager, acting, singing, and dancing.

4. The International Film: “Man on the Train will be shown at the Berkeley Heights Public Library tonight.  The movie will start at 7:00pm. This 2002 drama is rated R and runs 90 minutes. It is in French with English subtitles and is free and open to the public. Seats are first come, first served.  The door to the meeting room will be opened at 6:45 p.m.  For more information, call the Reference Department at (908) 464-9333.

5. The Senior Center of the Chathams will run a two-part Art-Travel Series this summer, presented by New Providence resident, Valerie Moreno.

Part one, “The Alluring Gems of Southern France", will take place on Friday, June 17 at 11:30 a.m.

In this segment Moreno takes the participants on a journey through the medieval streets of Arles and Aix, and uncovers the hidden history of Provence and Lacoste and indulges the group in the dramatic countryside of Southern France.

In part two on July 22, “The Glory and Grandeur of Northern France”, the photographic journey continues to Rouen, Mont-St-Michel, Chartres, Lyon, Strasbourg, Reims and many chateaus in the Loire Valley exploring the rich history, architectural achievements and maze of legends.

Please sign up by calling the Senior Center at 973-635-4565. Door-to-door bus transportation is available to Chatham senior residents.

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