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Columbus Day Weekend Events for Kids in NJ: Kids' Jazz Concert, Star Wars Reads, Steampunk and More!

Things to do with kids: Columbus Day Weekend Events for Kids in NJ: Kids' Jazz Concert, Star Wars Reads, Steampunk and More!

Welcome to October, month of harvest festivals! You could just pack up the kids and go town to town "festing" this weekend. There are also other fun events such as the Family Harvest Weekend at Four Sisters Winery, WBGO Kids Jazz Concert in Maplewood, International Steampunk City in Morristown, Italian Festival in Seaside Heights, or the Star Wars Reads day across the state.  Read on for our top picks and remember, you can find a listing of all NJ activities for kids in our Event Calendar.

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Sep 26 2012
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Mostly Free and Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 29-30: Fall Funfest, Go Dog Go, Chowderfest & More!

Things to do with kids: Mostly Free and Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 29-30: Fall Funfest, Go Dog Go, Chowderfest & More!

Fall family fun is in full swing in New Jersey this weekend. There's so much going on, you might not know what to do first. Head down the shore for Margate's Fall Funfest or Chowderfest in Beach Haven, "go" to Go, Dog, Go in Hoboken, or sample some amazing free events such as Hub City Sounds, Public Lands Day, Devil's Family Fun Day and National Museum Day Live. Read on for all our top picks and remember, you can find a listing of all NJ activities for kids in our Event Calendar.

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Sep 19 2012
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Mostly Free and Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 22-23:Oktoberfest, Fall Family Fun, Jump start Fall & More!

Things to do with kids: Mostly Free and Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 22-23:Oktoberfest, Fall Family Fun, Jump start Fall & More!

In anticipation of autumn's arrival, I celebrated with pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin coffee! As Saturday marks the Autumnal Equinox, you'll find tons of fall celebrations this weekend like Terhune Orchard's Fall Family Fun event, Crystal Spring's Oktoberfest, Jumpstart Fall at Reeves Reed Arboretum, Mid Autumn Moon Festival in Morristown, and the Bedminster Fall Fest. Read on for all our top picks and remember, you can find a listing of all NJ activities for kids in our Event Calendar.

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Sep 12 2012
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Mostly Free & Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 15-16: Dinosaurs, Clownfest, Apple Day, O'Keefe & More!

Things to do with kids: Mostly Free & Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend September 15-16: Dinosaurs, Clownfest, Apple Day, O'Keefe & More!

Hold onto your Pumpkin Lattes, folks, there will be plenty of time for fall, but this weekend you can still hold onto the last remnants of summer with some great summery events!  You'll find the Atlantic City Seafood Festival, Clownfest 2012 in Seaside Heights, Festival by the Sea in Point Pleasant, and a Family Day celebrating Georgia O'Keefe at the Van Vleck Gardens. Read on for all our top picks and remember, you can find a listing of all NJ activities for kids in our Event Calendar.

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Sep 5 2012
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Mostly Free & Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend Sept 8-9:JazzFeast, Italian Festival, Cockpit Day, Country Fair & More!

Things to do with kids: Mostly Free & Fun Things To Do With NJ Kids This Weekend Sept 8-9:JazzFeast, Italian Festival, Cockpit Day, Country Fair & More!

I'll admit, I may have shed a few tears this week saying goodbye to summer. But looking ahead to this first weekend in September, you really wouldn't know that those carefree summer days were gone with all the amazing family activities going on. There's Oysterfest, JazzFeast, Hoboken Italian Fest, and the Country Fair and Harvest Festival to keep you in the fair spirit. Read on for all our top picks and remember, you can find a listing of all NJ activities for kids in our Event Calendar.

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Bring a Guest – A Buy One, Get One Free Event
Various Morris County venues
9:00am
Avatar: The Exhibition
Liberty Science Center
Various times
Astronomy Day
Trailside Nature and Science Center
Various times
Family Day: Celebrations Around the World
Princeton University Art Museum
10:30am
Ready, Set, Go!!
Garden State Discovery Museum
11:00am
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Bring a Guest – A Buy One, Get One Free Event
Various Morris County venues
9:00am
New Jersey Ballet presents Beauty and the Beast and Peter and the Wolf
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Various times
Avatar: The Exhibition
Liberty Science Center
Various times
Be a Pirate Day! and Pirate Cruise
Absecon Lighthouse Historic Site:
11:00am
Junior Naturalist Program
Duke Farms
1:00pm
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Garden Sprouts - Ka-Bloom!
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
11:00am
If You Give A Mouse and Other Storybooks
Mayo Performing Arts Center
4:00pm
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Various times
"Almost 2!"
Gerrard Berman Day School
9:30am
Storytime
Barnes and Noble - Somerville
10:00am
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Read & Pick Program
Terhune Orchards
Various times
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Various times
Stepping into GBDS Early Childhood
The Gerrard Berman Day School - Solomon Schechter of North Jersey
9:30am
Crafty Toddlers Workshop
Express Yourself Studios
10:00am
Spring Preschool Program: Busy Bees
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
10:00am
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Ramona Quimby
Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University
Various times
Stepping into GBDS Early Childhood
The Gerrard Berman Day School - Solomon Schechter of North Jersey
9:30am
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Various times
Milk & Cookies Playgroup
The Gerrard Berman Day School - Solomon Schechter of North Jersey
9:30am
Children's Storytime & Activity
Clinton Book Shop
10:00am
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Stepping into GBDS Early Childhood
The Gerrard Berman Day School - Solomon Schechter of North Jersey
9:30am
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Various times
Stepping into GBDS Early Childhood
The Gerrard Berman Day School - Solomon Schechter of North Jersey
9:30am
Crafty Toddlers Workshop
Express Yourself Studios
10:00am
My First Nature Box
Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center
2:00pm
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Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Various times
Weekly Bird Walk
Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary
8:00am
"Almost 2!"
Gerrard Berman Day School
9:30am
Tiger Tales
Cotsen Library at Princeton University
11:00am
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