Weekend Picks: Read All About It

Saturday in Collingswood, authors and readers come together for the area’s largest literary event, The Collingswood Book Festival. There are poetry readings, workshops with authors, and you can select from thousands of new and used books. (www.collingswoodbookfestival.com). 

Tonight, kick the weekend off at Bergenfest (www.bergenfest2008.com) in River Vale.
Tastings from the area’s best restaurants, combined with wine, beer and live music — plus a special corner for the kids.

Beginning this month, you can shop for a great cause at the Mall at Short Hills (www.shopshorthills.com). The whole place will be decked out in pink for breast cancer awareness month, and for every Mall gift card purchased, they’ll make a $5 donation to the North Jersey chapter of Susan G. Komen For the Cure (www.komennorthjersey.org).

You can walk your best friend at the annual Monmouth County SPCA Dog Walk and Pet Fair,  at Brookdale Community College (www.mcspcadogwalk.org/). Special appearance by Elwood, the winner of 2007 Ugliest Dog Contest. The walk benefits homeless animals.

You’ve got a few days left to catch Tennessee Williams’ classic A Streetcar Named Desire at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison (www.shakespearenj.org). 

Also in Madison,  the county tourism folks are offering a walkthrough at the historic Gibbons Barn and its surrounding property on Saturday afternoon. You’ll need to register on-line at www.morristourism.org.

In AC, Brooks and Dunn are at Trump’s Taj Mahal (www.trumptaj.com) tomorrow night. Enrique Iglesias and Aventura are at the Izod Center (www.meadowlands.com) on Sunday.

Finally, the leaves are beginning to turn in parts of northwestern New Jersey. For a different view, consider a hot air balloon ride over scenic Hunterdon County (www.hunterdonballooning.com). You’ll get a lovely perspective on our fair state.

Enjoy the flight!

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