Weekend Picks: Women on the Slopes

The King would have turned 73 this January. His fans need only turn to Red Bank’s Count Basie Theater for The Elvis Birthday Bash, Friday at 8 p.m. Elvis impersonators will pay tribute to the man and his legend, and there will be prizes for the best Elvis costume in the audience. 

Also in Red Bank, the German School of Monmouth County presents the only New Jersey performance of Der Kiepenkasper.

“Whut?” you surely ask. Well, it’s traditional German puppet theater, we are told, with roots that stretch not to Sesame Street but to the early days of Christianity. The Sunday, 2 p.m. performance is one stop in a world tour by master puppeteer Uwe Spillman. He likes to encourage kids in the audience to participate in the show.

Fun of a more adult nature can be yours at the Rutgers Geology Museum in New Brunswick. It is having its annual open house Saturday starting at 10 a.m., with lectures and exhibits including dinosaur tracks from Towaco, a mastodon from Salem County, a mummy from Egypt.

Too much excitement? Get away from it at all, Friday through Sunday, at Mountain Creek’s Women’s Weekend. Activities at the Vernon resort include skiing clinics for beginners and a 3 or 5K snowshoe walk to fight breast cancer, with pledges going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Lodging packages (starting at $200 per person per night) include workshops on yoga and massage, plus a cocktail hour.

We have two festivals. In South Jersey, Mount Holly’s Fire & Ice Festival is blowing hot and cold with a chili cook-off and an ice carving competition, Saturday starting 10 a.m. Also around: dog sled demonstrations, fire engine rides, a Revolutionary War encampment.

And on the Delaware, the sister cities of Lambertville and New Hope on the Pennsy side stage their annual Winter Fest now through Sunday. Philadelphia Mummers are parading, there will be historical walking tours of the two towns, and Friday there’s a concert by Lori McKenna. Plus, the always terrific shopping and dining.

Plenty of reasons to get out and enjoy…. though we’re partial to the Jersey side.

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