Real Life 'Downton Abbey', Skate for Cystic Fibrosis and More This Weekend

CALDWELLS

'Life at the Edwardian Manor'
Sunday, 2 p.m.
West Caldwell Public Library
30 Clinton Road, West Caldwell
FREE

Food historian Judith Krall-Russo will present a lecture titled “Life at the Edwardian Manor,” inspired by the award-winning TV series “Downton Abbey,” in the Community Room of the West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road. Learn about the wealthy aristocrats who owned huge manor houses and reveled in luxury, leisure, and extravagant entertaining during England’s Edwardian era. The culture, manners and customs of this period’s elite will be the focus of the program. A reception of period food, provided by the Friends of the Library, will follow the program. Registration is required. To sign-up, call 973-226-5441 or sign-up online at http://lifeatedwardianmanor.eventbrite.com  

NEARBY

2nd Annual Skate4CF
Saturday, 12:15 p.m.
41 Chestnut St., Montclair
$25

Join Matthew and Mitchell's Crew for an open skating session at Clary Anderson Arena in Montclair and help us raise money for Cystic Fibrosis charities. All proceeds for this event will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Mauli Ola Foundation. Skate on the open ice at Clary Anderson with friends. Stay until the end to watch a special Figure Skating performance by Mackenzie, dedicated to her brothers and those with CF. Tickets purchased at the door will be $25. Complimentary skate rentals and walkers are available at no extra charge, but availability is limited.

Free Optimism Workshop & Best-Selling Book
Saturday, 9 a.m.
117 Watchung Ave., Montclair
FREE

Optimism workshop at Montclair's Watchung Plaza covering how we can all become more optimistic and resilient. Register at
http://­lynda­wallace.­com/workshops/­

College Women's Club Booksale
Friday, 9:30 a.m.
College Women's Club Booksale Headquarters
26 Park St., Montclair
FREE

Come to the Used Book & Music Sale located at Booksale Headquarters. SPECIAL: Giant collection of Golf books. Extensive selection of LGBT books and Judaica, Science Fiction & Art sections. Hardcovers & paperbacks in all categories. LPs, CDs, DVDs,  Audio & Video Tapes, Sheet Music, Software, Ephemera. 

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: Don Juan
Friday, 8 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St., Newark
$20

Under the baton of Susanna Malkki, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performs two of Richard Strauss’ major tone poems, an early Messiaen work and Debussy’s only piano concerto with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet as the soloist.

Urban Foraging to Table - Wild Plant Walk at Branch Brook Park
Sunday, 1 p.m.
Bloomfield Avenue and Lake Street, Newark
$20

Join Forager Dan Farella and Community Artist Moira Williams for insightful Urban foraging.  We will discover wild edible and medicinal plants living with us in Newark! We will learn how to identify many plants revered in the herbal traditions for healing and how to forage for nutritious wild food from Branch Brook Park! Following our urban foraging we will go to Gallery Aferro, 73 Market St., where Artist Moira Williams will cook up a meal from our foraged foods. 

Holocaust Rememberence Day: Yom Hashoah Service

Sunday, 4 p.m.
936 Broad St., Bloomfield
FREE

The Yom Hashoah service will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield on Sunday, April 7th. It is open to the public. This year's annual Yom HaShoah / Holocaust Remembrance Day service will be hosted by Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield. The interfaith service is held each year to honor the memories of those who perished in the Nazi genocide. Our guest speaker will be Paul Janeczko, a writer and poet who teaches at the University of Southern Maine. He will be accompanied by two young adults in reading from his poems about the Holocaust and its victims.  Additionally, this year's memorial will include music from PSALMS ("Partners in Social Action through Learning Music with Spirit"), an interfaith choir.