Nerd Times for August 19-20

If you are anything like us, your budget for summer fun is about tapped right now. We are committed to posting only low-cost events, but in honor of Nerds Who Love a Bargain, especially in the end of August, everything listed this week is FREE.

Friday, August 19:
Screening of Ratatouille at Riverview-Fisk Park in Jersey City or Cars (along with a classic car show--what else?) in Mountainside

Saturday, August 20:
Dahlia Society's Show at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown
Canal Day in Wharton
Jazz & Blues Festival on the Morristown Green

Nerdy Goings-on: August 12-14

Nerds with Kids have plenty to choose from this weekend, and Nerds Who Want To Be Kids Again will find a lot to please too.

Friday, August 12:
Festival Nerds catch the last day of the Somerset County 4-H Fair
Music Nerds who give a care may be interested in Camelfest 2011, a benefit show at Maxwell's in Hoboken featuring several Jersey bands. Read more about the North Jersey organization that will benefit here.
Sports Nerds can see fireworks after the Somerset Patriots game
Nostalgia Nerds should bring a blanket to Washington Park in Jersey City to watch an outdoor screening of The Wizard of Oz

Saturday, August 13:
Music, Activist Nerds abound at The Green Summerfest in Mount Olive
Sports Nerds can see fireworks after the Newark Bears game
Nostalgia Nerds can wax sentimental at the Classic Car Show on Main Street in Boonton

Sunday, August 14:
Last day for the NJ State Fair at the Sussex Fairgrounds
The Green Summerfest continues
Book Nerds can attend a staged reading of a new screenplay at The Raconteur Bookshop in Metuchen

Nerds Reap The Spoils Of August

Things nerds can do this weekend to celebrate the turning of another calendar page:

Debate terminology (and honor your nerd roots) at a reading/signing of Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture with our good friends The Raconteur Bookshop in Metuchen on Friday; those cool cats are also screening Fritz Lang's Metropolis outdoors on Saturday (both events FREE and include refreshments)

Watch fireworks after minor league baseball at the Somerset Patriots' Friday game (roughly $10)

Get nostalgic while watching an outdoor screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark in Jersey City on Friday, part of a weekly series in August co-sponsored by Loew's Jersey City (FREE)

Catch the tail end of the Warren County Farmer's Fair on Friday or Saturday ($6/$4) and/or attend the event we at NANJ wait all year for: the return of the New Jersey State Fair at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, starting Friday ($11/$5, with discounts on specific days)

Bring your sweet tooth to Chester Community Presbyterian Church's Peach Festival on Saturday (FREE)

Attend a Summer Star Party (!) in Mountainside on Saturday night, and see Saturn! Amateur astronomers will provide the telescopes (FREE)

Check out the bargains at Clinton's weekend-long Sidewalk Sale (Friday night with live music on every corner)

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