Rutherford NJ Events

Rutherford Multicultural Festival!

Multicultural Festival May 21

Rutherford’s Civil Rights Commission will be holding the 13th Annual Rutherford Multicultural Festival on Saturday, May 21, 2016 (rain date May 22), at Lincoln Park from noon to 7 p.m. The Festival will feature food, dancing and music from around the world. People with disabilities will have priority for all events and there will be a bathroom and quiet room for families. For more information, updates or would like to assist or be a sponsor, visit www.rutherfordtogether.com

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Rutherford NJ Tree Planting Day

Rutherford Clean Up Day & Tree Planting
When: 9:00 a.m.
Sat, April 23, 9am – 12pm
Where
Throughout Rutherford (map)
Description
Residents are invited to help make sure various areas around our borough are nice and clean during Rutherford’s second annual Clean Up Day. Residents may volunteer at sites such as the Train Station, Williams Center Plaza, Memorial Park Leisure Lane and the Ettrick Terrace Parking Lot.

Participants must sign-in at Borough Hall at 9 a.m. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Participants will be welcomed and then divide into groups.

At 11:30 a.m., there will be a tree planting ceremony at Union School. This year, the tree will be planted in honor of of Board of Education Board Member, Thom Casadonte, and Arbor Day (which is April 29).

"Coming Home" in Rutherford NJ Library

Coming Home On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., The Friends of The Library of Rutherford will present a free screening of “Coming Home.” Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a la- bor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him. Star- ring Li Gong, Daoming Chen and Huiwen Zhang. The film will be shown in The Library Auditorium. This is a compelling movie, a must see for all. Please come and bring your friends-sure to be a winner!