WHAT: Premiere screening of NJN’s “Rescuing a River: The Raritan”

WHEN: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6:45 pm. Doors open at 6 pm.

WHERE: Metuchen Forum Theater, 314 Main Street, Metuchen

RSVP: Seats are limited. Contact EWA at 732-321-1300 or via email at ewainfo@edisonwetlands.org to reserve your ticket.

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The environmental nonprofit Edison Wetlands Association (EWA), Rutgers University, Wild New Jersey and Bayshore Recycling will host the premiere screening of NJN’s hour-long documentary, “Rescuing a River: The Raritan” on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6:45 PM at the Metuchen Forum Theater, located at 314 Main Street, Metuchen, New Jersey 08840.

A dramatic reading and book signing for the popular new book, “Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures in the Garden State” by author David Wheeler and special guests will precede the screening, while a Question & Answer session with NJN film producer Eric Schultz and EWA Executive Director Robert Spiegel will directly follow the film screening. The film, likely NJN’s last as a film studio, and is part of an incredible trend of renewed focus on the Raritan River.

This documentary film traces the incredible transformation of the Raritan River – the longest river solely in New Jersey – from a toxic witches’ brew into a wildlife sanctuary beloved to fishermen, crabbers, and boaters. This incredible documentary will show the importance of the Raritan River – New Jersey’s Queen of Rivers. Where once smokestacks lined the shores, spewing poisonous clouds into the sky, now bald eagles, peregrine falcons and ospreys soar above.

Doors will open at 6 PM, and the show will start at 6:45 PM. Seats are limited, so please reserve your ticket by contacting EWA at 732-321-1300 or via email at EWAinfo@edisonwetlands.org.

** EWA is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment in the New Jersey, with a focus on the Raritan River through conservation and the remediation of toxic waste sites for over 20 years. **Eric Schultz is an award-winning producer and director of arts and cultural programming and a regular contributor to State of the Arts. During his first year at NJN in 2001, he received the first of seven Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards. **David Wheeler’s “Wild New Jersey: Nature Adventures in the Garden State” was published by Rutgers University Press in Spring 2011 and features a full chapter dedicated to nature in the Raritan River Watershed of Middlesex County. **