MARK YOUR CALENDAR
BESTBEEFSTEAKEVER
JUSTIN KAUFLIN
REACHFOR A HIGH NOTE
Justin Kauflin, William Paterson University alumni, has signed a multi-record contract with Quincy Jones. Kauflin has appeared on the Jazz Room stage at WPU many times as astudent, and now makes his debut as a featured
artist in GENERATIONS OF JAZZ PIANO II: JUSTIN KAUFLIN TRIO on Sunday, Dec. 4at4p 4. m. atWPU’ s SheaCenter forPerformingArts( 300 Pompton Road, Wayne) when he will preview selections from his newCDdue out in the spring. General public admission $ 15, WPfaculty, staff, alumni, and senior citizens $ 12, non-William Paterson students $ 8, WP stu- dents free. ■ Ameet-the-artist sessionwillbe held one hour prior tothe performancefor all ticket holders.
This is your chance to eat well, party with friends, and tically supportvolunteer firefighters at the PACKANACK LAKE FIRE enthusias-
CO. NO. 5BEEFSTEAK on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7p. m. held at Packanack Clubhouse( 52LakeDriveWest, Wayne).
■ Your $ 50. donation will helpfinishthe restoration project for Packanack Lake Fire Co. No. 5’ s 1951 Mack Pumper, the first new fire truckowned by Co. No. 5 in 1966 that was returned to them in 2007.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
ProfessorJames P. Kane, ofWayne will present PEARL HARBOR – THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY as part of Packanack’ s Leisure Club lecture series on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 4 p. m. at Packanack Lake Community AssociationClubhouse, 52 LakeDriveWest,
Wayne.“ OnDec. 7, 1941, warcame to America at 7:55 a. m. on a quiet Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,” he relates.“ The U. S. Naval base on Oahu Island was attacked by the Japaneseandand morethan 2,400 Americans were killed and another 1,200 were wounded.” Learn more aboutthisthis pivotal event in American history.
■ The lectureisfree.
EVERYOPINION COUNTS
The Wayne Free PublicLibrary
Foundationkicks off aseriesof talks at the Wayne Public Library’ s main branch at 461 ValleyRoad, Wayne, on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7p. m. ProfessorKim Tracey from the MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY POLLING INSTITUTE will talk about the history of polling, howpolling is accomplished, and whatthose results can tell us. The Monmouth University Polling Instituteis aleading center forthe study of publicopinion on critical national and state issues, whose mission is to foster greater public accountability by ensuring that the public’ s voice is heard in the policy discourse. ■ The lecture is free.
LESSISMORE
Renowned gardening expertKerry Ann Mendez is the featured guest at ajoint meeting of Friends of LaurelwoodArboretum and the Master Gardener Association of Passaic CountyatKnippenbergCenter for Education atLaurelwood, 725 Pines Lake Road West, Wayne, on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2p. m. Mendez is an award-winning author, speaker, and garden designer who will talkabout SMALL GARDENS, BIG ATTITUDES. Her garden designs have been featured on HGTVand in notable national magazines. ■ Admission is free for FOLA and MGAPC members;$ 5 for the general public. ■
KAUFLIN: COURTESY OFWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY; FIRE TRUCK: COURTESY OFPACKANACK LAKE FIRE COMPANY 5; SMALL GARDENS: COURTESY OF MASTER GARDENER ASSOCIATION OF PASSAIC COUNTY; BOW: AMOS MORGAN / GETTY IMAGES / THINKSTOCK
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