Fred Lehotay and the Ragtimers will perform a St. Patrick’s Day Irish music concert at 2 p.m. March 15 at the Howell Library, 318 Old Tavern Road, Howell. Admission is free. The public is invited to attend, and all ages are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Details: 732-938-2300.
Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, seeks volunteers for its medical campus and for its thrift store locations in Jackson and Lakewood. For more information, contact Donna Salin at 732-886-4650 or email [email protected].
The Jackson Veterans of Foreign Wars will host spring ham shoots at 1 p.m. on Sundays, March 9 through May 18 (excluding April 20, Easter). Only 12-gauge shotguns are allowed. All shotguns will be checked by VFW range staff for safety prior to shoots. Details: 732-928-0077 or email jackson_ vfw_ [email protected].
Learn how to draw comic art characters with techniques from professional comic artist Guy Dorian at 7 p.m. April 10 at the Jackson Library, 2 Jackson Drive. Space is limited. Register by calling 732- 928-4400.
The Jackson Rotary Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City, on March 23. The cost is $32 per person and includes bus transportation, lunch on the bus, beverages, driver gratuity and $25 back in slot play. The bus will leave at noon from Brookwood Plaza, Jackson, and return at 9 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Rotary Club charities. Details: 732-928- 4500 or 732-207-4029.
Congregation Ahavat Olam, Howell, will host Eric Dittelman, mind reader, comic and entertainer, at 7 p.m. March 16. Dittelman was a semifinalist on “America’s Got Talent” and has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” The event will include an ice cream sundae dessert bar. Admission is $35 per person; $10 for children ages 5- 12 ($30 by March 10.) Details: 732-363- 5190 or 732-367-1677.
Mommy and Me will be held at 10:30 a.m. March 13 at the Howell Library. Kim Yarson will conduct the program with special baby and toddler music. Details: 732- 938-2300.
Meet Janice Young, author of “Puppy Eyes Guide the Blind,” at 3:30 p.m. March 9 at the Clifmar Diner, 2010 W. County Line Road, Jackson. Young will speak about the guide dogs she has raised, demonstrate commands, answer questions and leave time for attendees to meet Mark, a 6-year old therapy/service dog, and Madison, a 3- month-old seeing eye dog in training.
A book sale sponsored by the Jackson Friends of the Library will be held April 26 to May 3 at the Jackson library in the Jackson Justice Complex. Doors open at 9 a.m. April 26 and at 10 a.m. the other days of the sale. New items will be added daily. For more information, call 732-928-4400.