Olmsted 200th Birthday Celebration in Anderson Park
Sponsored by Friends of Anderson Park & Essex County Department of Parks. 274 Bellevue Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043. 1 pm. In celebration of the bicentennial of the pioneering landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, Friends of Anderson Park is having a birthday party on May 14 from 1-4 p.m. (rain date is May 15, same time). The family-friendly celebration will include live music, a vintage bicycle display, children’s activities, a puppet show, and a theatrical living-history portrayal of Olmsted by the actor Joseph Smith. Anderson Park is an Olmsted-designed landscape on the National Register of Historic Places. FREE. Check the Friends of Anderson Park Facebook page for any rain date rescheduling. Sponsored by Friends of Anderson Park and Essex County. A schedule of activities will be at FriendsOfAndersonPark.com. For more info: https://friendsofandersonpark.com/, Lisanne@FriendsOfAndersonPark.com, 9734777207. Free. Rain date: 05/15/2022.