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Digable Festival, Scavenger Hunt This Weekend in Hoboken

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*TRUE Mentors, a local one-to-one mentoring program for children ages 7 to 17, is hosting its third Annual Hoboken Scavenger Hunt on Saturday at 2 p.m. Check-in and registration starts at 1 p.m. at the Church Square Park Gazebo. Tickets are $40 per five-person team before Saturday and $50 on hunt day, or $10 per individual before Saturday and $15 on hunt day. 

*The Digable Festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday at The Monroe Center for the Arts from noon to 7 p.m. each day. Artists, musicians, crafters and vendors will participate in the festival, which is free to the public and will have an outdoor stage and live music.

*The Mile Square Theatre company continues its two-week run of the musical "A Year With Frog and Toad," this Saturday and Sunday at Monroe Theatrespace. Saturday shows are at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., and Sunday shows are at  11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

*The Proto Gallery, a new contemporary art gallery in Hoboken, has an ongoing exhibition called, "Proto Intro: One," which features 10 contemporary artists who work in a variety of mediums, from painting to photography. The exhibit is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment, through Nov. 17.

*An exhibit of Florentine art "with a modern twist" is on display now through Oct. 20 at the Mason Civic League, located at 1200 Washington St. The gallery is open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and by appointment Sunday and other times throughout the week.

*The Hoboken Historic Museum is hosting its sixth annual Heirloom Garlic-Tasting Festival on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the breezeway by the Museum entrance. Tastings are free.

*The city hosts table tennis nights at the Multi-Service Center from 8 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. every Friday and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday for the rest of the year. Players of all ages are invited to attend the free games (children 18 and under must be accompanied by an adult), which will be held in the Multi-Service Center's second floor gym. Six tables, paddles and balls are available at the center.

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