Weekend Event

20- Nov.-2014

  Some events happening in and around Bogota for the weekend starting Friday 21- Nov.

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Saturday-22-Nov.
Bogota 
  The Trinity Lutheran Church is having its annual Thanksgiving  Turkey Drive, to collect Frozen Turkeys & other Non-Perishable food item to be distributed to those families in need this Holiday season. Drop off time is from 9:00a to 1:30p  at the Trinity Church located at 167 Palisade Ave Bogota, NJ. They are working in conjunction with the St .Peter Church in River Edge, NJ. All collected items will be distributed by the Food Bank of New Jersey. For more information please call 201-487-3576.

Sunday 23-Nov.
Bogota 
The Bogota Community Alliance is holding two days of registration days for any contestant who wishes to enter this years pageant.  These will be on Sundays 23- & 30 Nov. starting at 12:00 noon and going until 4:00p. It will be held at the Bogota Recreation Center located at 162 W. Main St. Bogota, NJ. This is open to all females  who reside in the Borough of Bogota. This year it is open to those women who live in the surrounding community neighbor Bogota. There are three ages groups to the pageant. the first is for the title of Little Miss Bogota this is for girls from the ages of 5 to 10 years old. The next is Miss Teen Bogota which is open to those young ladies from the age 11 to 14 years. Those who want to be eligible for the title of Miss Bogota must to aged 15 to 18 years old. There is a $15 entrance fee. Application are available at the Bogota Rec Center and at the Bogota Public Library located at 175 Larch Ave. in Bogota, NJ. For more information please call 201-880-5492.

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Sunday 23-Nov.
Bogota 

Bogota Beautiful will decorate the planters on W. Main St. with lights for the Holiday Season. This is schedule to take place  at 1:00p. Anyone wishing to volunteer may meet them at the North east corner of W.Main St & Larch  Ave. ( in front of the bank). For more information please visit their website at http://www.bogotabeautiful.com/


                                          

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Sat. & Sun-22 & 23- Nov.

River Edge , NJ

BCHS EVENT: The 238th Anniversary of the British Invasion and American Retreat from Fort Lee at The Bridge That Saved A Nation Saturday & Sunday, November 22 & 23, 2014 Saturday, 7:00 pm Lecture by Todd Braisted Sunday, 11 AM to 4 pm with talk in Steuben House at 1 pm. Between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 23rd, members of various living history groups, representing both sides of the conflict, will perform military demonstrations, showing the life and times of the common soldier of the American Revolution. Cooking and baking demonstrations will likewise take place in the Out-Kitchen behind the Campbell Christie House and visitors may tour the historic homes on the site. At 1 p.m. Todd Braisted will speak in the Steuben House on Aftermath: Bergen County, December 1776 to June 1777.  (it is asked that while attending this event you  inform them that you saw it on Bogota Blog NJ) Sat. -22 - Nov. Teaneck, NJ The Puffin Cultural Forum presents the music of a group of instrumentalists and singers from all over the world form the New York Andalus Ensemble. Concert features music from the illustrious traditions of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa performed and sung in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, and Jedeo-Espangnole, that conjure the cosmopolitanism of Córdoba. The performers are Dr. Samuel R.Thomas (nay, oud, benir, vocals), Megumi Saruhashi (violin), Prosper Lankry (vocals), Nadav Remez (guitar, mandolin), Dror Shahaf (darbukah, frame drums, flamenco guitar). $10 Suggested Donation Reservations Recommended The Puffin Cultural Forum is located at  20 Puffin Way , Teaneck NJ Sun.-23 - Nov. Teaneck, NJ  The Puffin Cultural Forum presents Englewinds’ “Bees, Please!” Starting at 4:00p   NJ's Eco-Music ensemble performs a concert about the disappearance of honeybees, and tells how we can help. Concert will feature "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakoff, "The Bees" by Chopin (with jazz arrangement by Tomoko Ohno), music by Balay, Bizet, and world premieres by John McMurtery (commissioned by the TCC), Elise Carter, Sarah Davol, Christian Humcke, Sunbin Kim, Norman Weiss and more. Englewinds are Marcia Hankle(flute), Sarah Davol(oboe), Mitch Kriegler(clarinet), R.J. Kelley(horn), Atsuko Sato(bassoon), Tomoko Ohno(piano). NJ Beekeeper Daniel Senter will speak after intermission. Concert funded in part by Bogota Savings Bank, Parkway Toyota, Tiger Lily Flowers, and private donations. $10 Suggested Donation The Puffin Cultural Forum is located at  20 Puffin Way , Teaneck NJ  (it is asked that while attending this event you  inform them that you saw it on Bogota Blog NJ) Also the Trinity Church working with the Kean University Gospel Choir is accepting new or gently use toys to benefit the Homeless Shelter of Elizabeth, NJ. They will be accepting items upto Sunday 30- Nov. For more information please call Nicole Occhiogrosso at 201-931-5068  Bogota Beautiful has announced  an addition rehearsals date for Friday 5- Dec. from 7:30p to 8:30p at the Bogota Recreation Center located at 162 W. Main St. Bogota, NJ For more information please contact them at bogotabeautiful@gmail.com or register on their website at www.bogotabeautiful.com (it is asked that while attending this event you  inform them that you saw it on Bogota Blog NJ)