Eco-Week & Green Fair
RiverFest
Pride
Zombie Crawl & Witches Dance
Bastille Day
Frenchtown Festive
At ArtYard in Frenchtown! At the intersection of somatic movement, dance, and theatre games, accentuating improvisation, the spoken word, and the expressive body, this eight-week workshop series aims to spark one’s creativity and inner joy. Each class is designed to awaken the body and inspire the imagination through the joys and benefits of music and movement.
Inclusive in design and built for older adults, this workshop is open to all adults 55 and older, with special consideration given to those living with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions.
Classes are on Wednesdays from 11 AM to 12:15 PM. The series runs on Jan. 14, 21, & 28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, & 25; and March 4.
We recommend participants wear comfortable clothing and bring water.
First American Legion square dance of 2026 is Saturday, January 24! come out and dance square
The caller is the infamous Sue Dupre https://www.suedupre.com/my-bio.html
Live music by Burnt Mills Highballers!
The Legion will have their cash bar open!
Joseph Keckler’s Golden Hour returns to ArtYard in the new year for an unforgettable evening of daring storytelling and performance. This double bill features two celebrated artists whose fearless, genre-defying voices illuminate the strange, the profound, and the deeply human.
Edgar Oliver, a cult favorite of New York’s downtown theatre scene, is a poet, playwright, and performer renowned for his haunting voice and singular tales of longing, memory, and eccentricity. A beloved storyteller at The Moth, Oliver has appeared in films such as That’s Beautiful Frank and Gentlemen Broncos and hosted Odd Folks Home on the Science Channel. His work, both literary and theatrical, captures the gothic beauty of the everyday and the mysterious poetry of being alive.
"Lit Lunches" present nationally-known authors for intimate talks and gourmet lunch, prepared at Frenchtown's FiNNBAR by bestselling cookbook author and former Chez Panisse head chef Cal Peternell.
This Lit Lunch features famed literary agent Kate McKean (whose clients include Alix E. Harrow, Madeleine Roux, Claudia Aguirre, and Joy Callaway). Through her newsletter Agents & Books, she has devoted herself to teaching writers how to find an agent and how to get published.
In this Lit Lunch, Kate will explain what every new and aspiring author needs to know about the publishing industry and how to navigate all the complicated feelings that come with writing a book, as described in her no-nonsense guide, "Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life."
The reservation ($55) includes Kate's talk, a delicious lunch, and a signed copy of "Write Through It."
Join us for a feel-good gathering to refresh your wardrobe and nourish your body and soul!
Bring gently loved clothing, accessories, or yoga wear to swap with fellow community members—anything you no longer wear may be just what someone else has been looking for.
After the swap, we’ll share a casual potluck meal together. Bring a dish, snack, or drink to share (homemade or store-bought—whatever feels good to you!).
Let’s reduce waste, celebrate connection, and create space—for new things and new friendships.
All are welcome—come as you are, even if you’re not swapping or cooking!
Come enjoy Movie Night on Friday, January 30 at 6 p.m. at the Frenchtown Elementary School. Free Admission. Movie Night is held in collaboration with the Frenchtown Police Department.
Re-Live Frenchtown's Spectacular Fall of 2025 at MFA Gallery's "Fall In February" Exhibition!
This Showcase will feature 40+ artworks created during the first ever (and wildly wonderful) "Plein Air Frenchtown" last September!
If you love Frenchtown, this is an Exhibit not to be missed!
Every painting beautifully depicts a place in Frenchtown that you will recognize!
Address:
MFA Gallery; 10 Bridge St. Suite 7; Frenchtown NJ
Join us on Sunday, February 1st 2026 for the Opening Reception!
We will celebrate from 1-5pm with live music, wine, and tasty treats!
The Exhibit will be on display from February 1st - March 1st 2026.
MFA Gallery
10 Bridge St. Suite 7
Frenchtown NJ
Darcy Lodge in Frenchtown presents Terry King's Drifters 2.0 live Sunday, February 1 at 6 p.m. $25 admission fee per person. Tickets go on sale 01/01/26.
The Bookshop welcomes Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning journalist Timothy Weiner to discuss his masterful history of the Central Intelligence Agency's past 25 years, which is a NY Times bestseller and New Yorker Best Book of 2025. The author will be introduced by Richard A. Nelson of Uhlerstown, who served as a senior executive for the State Department after a decorated career military officer.
Pre-Event Discount: Take 15% off the price of this book with code "CIA."
The recent history of the CIA is dramatic: After the 9/11 attacks, the agency mostly abandoned spycraft and instead devoted itself to secret prisons, brutal interrogations, and paramilitary anti-terrorism strikes. This shift allowed widespread security breaches, the deaths of foreign agents, and misguided wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. More recently, the CIA has been gutted by "the shattering of our nation's alliances" and the firing of career intelligence officers in favor of incompetent political minions. Weiner bases this gripping story on interviews with multiple former CIA directors, its top spymaster, and scores of station chiefs and undercover operations officers, few of whom had ever spoken to a journalist before.
Free and all are welcome. The author will read from and sign his book.
It's that time of the month for that wonderful all you can eat buffet breakfast located at Darcy Lodge No. 37 F.&.A.M. 39 Everittstown Rd Frenchtown NJ 08825.
Hours 8-11
$12.00 pp 13+
$7.00 ages 6-12
Children under 5 always free
The Frenchtown Bookshop is delighted that these two powerful poets, who are married, are returning to the Bookshop for a Valentine's Week joint reading.
Major Jackson's "witty, musical, and intelligent" (The New Yorker) poems and essays have been published in American Poetry Review, the Paris Review, and in six collections, most recently "Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems." He is the Poetry Editor of the Harvard Review, a Pushcart Prize and Whiting Writers Award winner, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Poets, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He was the host of the NPR poetry podcast "The Slowdown," previously hosted by US Poets Laureate Tracy K. Smith and Ada Limón.
Didi Jackson's poems, marked by "stunning metaphors and a profound understanding of grief" (Poetry Foundation) have appeared in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and in two collections, most recently "My Infinity" (poems inspired by the artist Hilma af Klint).
This reading is free and all are welcome. Join us after the reading for a reception for the poets.
Join the mailing list for the Visiting Poets Series for news on all Visiting Poets events.
Excited to announce the start of Open Mic nights at Wild Fern Brewing in Frenchtown! Starting this month on Jan 15th and every third Thursday of the month. Looking forward to hosting a space for the community to showcase their talents!
**PHOTO FRENCHTOWN!**
Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th, 2026
9AM - 6PM both days
(come for as much of the time as you'd like.)
Pouring Rain Date: Saturday July 18th & Sunday July 19th
~PHOTOGRAPH ALL OVER FRENCHTOWN!~
All artists will be permitted to display 1 framed photograph in an MFA Gallery Exhibition during the month of January 2027!
(MFA will charge NO COMMISSION on pieces under $1000, and 15% for pieces over $1000.)
MFA GALLERY WILL BE “HOME BASE”, providing refreshments, facilities, a Frenchtown map, companionship & encouragement!
MFA Gallery Address:
10 Bridge St, Suite 7
Frenchtown, NJ
*LIMIT: 75 PHOTOGRAPHERS*
To REGISTER, please send an email to modernfossils@yahoo.com with the following information:
1. Name
2. Phone Number
3. Email Address
4. How you paid / will be paying the fee
5. Indicate if you'd like to participate in the "Hidden Frenchtown" workshop, for an added fee (see info below).
There is a $45 FEE which may be paid via one of the following:
1. Venmo (@ModernFossils) *PREFERRED due to zero additional
fees*
2. Paypal (Modern Fossils Eco-Social Art)
3. Check made out to Modern Fossils and delivered or mailed to
the below address:
Modern Fossils
207 Milford Rd.
Frenchtown, NJ 08825.
For an additional $45 ($90 total) you can join a 3 hour photography workshop called "Hidden Frenchtown" on Sat June 27th from 10am-1pm.
This will be led by photographer & photography instructor Stephen Harris.
Mark your Calendars for: "PLEIN AIR FRENCHTOWN 2"!!
Sat. Sept 12th & Sun. Sept 13th 2026
9am - 6pm both days
Rain Date: Saturday Sept. 19th & Sunday Sept. 20th
~PAINT ALL OVER FRENCHTOWN!~
*LIMIT: 75 ARTISTS*
MFA Gallery will be “HOME BASE”: providing refreshments, facilities, a Frenchtown map, companionship & encouragement!
All artists will be permitted to display 1 finished piece in an MFA Gallery Exhibition during the entire month of February 2027!
Submit your event (members only)
Art by John Schmidtberger of SFA Gallery
PO Box 425Frenchtown, NJ 08825lovefrenchtown@gmail.comwww.lovefrenchtown.org
