Submit your pet’s photograph for the annual shelter calendar
The animal shelter is collecting photographs for their third annual pet calendar. Dogs, cats, fish, birds, rabbits, and pets of all kinds will be featured in the 2016 calendar.
To submit your photo, visit the town website at secaucusnj.org to fill out the form and attach your picture.
Visit the observatory to view the lunar eclipse on Sept. 27
View the total lunar eclipse at the William D. McDowell Observatory, 3 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst on Sunday, Sept. 27. The peak of the eclipse, when the Earth is positioned completely between the full moon and the sun, will take place at approximately 10:45 p.m. The free event, running from 7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., will also include a talk on the history of eclipses and telescope viewing of astronomical objects including Saturn and Neptune. You must be able to climb 25 steps to reach the telescope. No registration is necessary. For information call (201) 615-8570 or (201)-777-2416.
The William D. McDowell Observatory features a research-grade, Classical-Cassegrain telescope with a 22-inch mirror housed beneath a six-meter retractable dome. The telescope is capable of viewing objects millions of light years away. The precision instrument is equipped with a variety of tools, including specialized cameras, light-pollution filters, and devices that measure the brightness of stars and analyze wavelengths of light.
The Observatory’s namesake was the first executive director of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (now the NJSEA), which was created in 1969.
‘This Is My Brave: The Show’ comes to New York City in collaboration with The Depressed Cake Shop
One in four people face mental health issues. Nearly every family in America has been touched by this treatable challenge. Yet, the conversation on the subject still remains muted and the sufferers closeted. “This Is My Brave – The Show” raises the volume of conversation around mental health, one powerful story at a time.
The lauded, groundbreaking concept, which has received rave reviews and has been touted as “healing for humanity,” is coming to New York for one night only, Sunday, Oct. 4, at Hunter College’s Kaye Playhouse, 695 Park Ave., just in time for Mental Health Awareness Week beginning Oct. 11.
Former Jersey City resident Lorne Jaffe helped put the show together.
“This is My Brave” will feature 14 individuals whose first act of bravery was auditioning for a role in this very unique evening. The cast will share their true stories about living with or loving someone with a mental illness, through comedy, poetry, personal essays and original music.
Depressed Cake Shop’s gray baked goods will be on sale with all proceeds benefitting “This Is My Brave’s” mission of ending stigma through storytelling. Jennifer Marshall and Anne Marie Ames launched the 501(c)3 non-profit in 2014 to create a safe community and a platform to speak out about stigma associated with mental illnesses. Both had been impacted by mental illness and wanted to fight the isolation and disconnection by giving people from the community a chance to share their stories onstage.
The performance is Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at hunter.cuny.edu/kayeplayhouse/calendar.
For info on all shows, visit thisismybrave.org/events/. Twitter: @ThisIsMyBrave. Web: www.thisismybrave.org.
Nutley Little Theatre will perform ‘Lapped’ on Oct. 4
Nutley Little Theatre will stage its first Readers’ Theater event of the 2015-2016 season on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. with a reading of “Lapped,” an original piece by NLT member Joe Del Priore, at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place, Nutley. Admission is free.
Del Priore, a North Bergen resident, has often contributed short comedy-dramas for NLT readings and workshops. On this occasion, readers will be Sharon Curran of West Orange and Vicky Chalk of Nutley. Supplementing Del Priore’s piece will be a reading of ribald limericks by Dickson Lane of West Orange. (The event will not be suitable for children.)
NLT’s Readers’ Theater series features actors reading scripts of new and established plays, supplementing NLT’s regular, fully staged performances. Readers’ Theater events are open to the public, free of charge.
Nutley Little Theatre stages its productions at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place, Nutley, located off Brookfield Avenue (one block east of Franklin Avenue) in the heart of the Erie Place Historic District. For directions, see nutleylittletheatre.com. For information about this or other productions, call (973) 667-0374.
First-Sunday-of-the-Month Nature Walk is Oct. 4
Take a free two hour nature walk around DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst on Sunday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon, looking for shorebirds, raptors, and other migrating birds. The First-Sunday-of-the-Month Nature Walk meets outside the Meadowlands Environment Center in the park, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza. For information email greatauk4@gmail.com or call (201) 230-4983.