The Epiphany House of Asbury Park, a home for recovering women addicts with children, is sponsoring a benefit concert at the First Presbyterian Church in Red Bank on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Performers include the Monmouth University Chorus & Music Ensemble, and the Colts Neck Reformed Church "Jubilation!" Choir and Celebration Ringers.
Tickets in advance are $10 adults and $7.50 for children under 12. Call Maria at (732) 775-0720.
The West Long Branch Public Library, 95 Poplar Ave., is showing "Impressions of New York" by artist Warren Satter, of Elberon, through Oct. 30.
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway, is offering educational programs on Israel. The programs deal with many aspects of Israeli history and culture.
From Nov. 6-16, The Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival: Films about Israel, will have a showing of "A Trumpet in the Wadi," "Exodus" and "Exodus 1947" at the Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (732) 932-4166.
On Nov. 16 at 3:30 p.m. at Trays Hall, Douglass College Center, there will be "A discussion in Hebrew about Jews and Arabs as characters in his novels," with the author, Sami Michael. The novels include "A Trumpet in the Wadi" and "Victoria." A reception will follow.
This event is free and open to the public, but reservations can be made by e-mail at [email protected] or call (732) 932-2033.
The second annual Timothy Neylon Memorial Art Exhibit at the FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean, Route 66, Neptune, will be held on Oct. 17 from 5-8 p.m. and Oct. 18 from 1-4 p.m.
Neylon, Brick, was confined to a wheelchair due to muscular dystrophy, but did not let it keep him from his strong desire to express himself through art.
"Watercolors" by Tom Wilczewski, Long Branch, will be featured, along with photographs by Joseph Garon, Wall, and digital arts and imaging by Peter Cohen, Toms River.
Admission is free. For more information, call (732) 918-2600.
Red Bank Chamber Music Society announces its fifth season of free concerts. On Oct. 26 at 3 p.m., the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roy Gussman, will perform Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn and Orchestra at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank.
All other concerts will be at 8 p.m. on Saturdays, at the Red Bank Middle school on Branch Avenue.
Nov. 15 — Piano and Strings — Beethoven, Kabalevsky and Dvorak
Jan. 17 — Piano, Strings and Woodwinds — Shostakovich, Bruch, Mendelssohn and Schumann
Feb. 28 — An All Winds Concert
Apr. 17 — Piano, Voice, Strings and Clarinet — All Schubert
Jun. 5 — Piano, Clarinet and Chello — Beethoven and Brahms
The concert series is funded by Red Bank Volvo, Volvo Cars of North America and individual contributions.
Everyone is welcome with the purchase of a ticket. Obtain tickets for your own immediate family only by [email protected], fax-732-291-8617 or write RBCMS Inc., 34 Red Coach Lane, Locust, NJ 07760.
On Oct. 12 at 11:30 a.m., the Monmouth Symphonic League is holding its annual luncheon-Musicale, a major fund-raising event in support of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra celebrating its 55th year, at the Deal Golf and Country Club.
The musical program will feature Mardee Reed-Ulmer, flute, and Lillie Ann Reed, piano.
There will be a raffle and door prizes. For reservations, call Ruth Lione at (732) 961-1847 or Kate Wellauer at (732) 842-6203.
Interested in reading good books and then sharing your beliefs on them? Come to a book discussion group at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St., Red Bank, at 2 p.m. on the third Monday of each month.
Go to the organizational meeting on Oct. 20 at 2p.m., where types of books to read and choosing a title for the next meeting, Nov. 17, will be discussed.
The Unlimited Potential Theater Company offers Fall Poetry Workshop Series for adults, ages 16 and over, at the South Brunswick Municipal Building in Monmouth Junction.
The eight-session course is held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7-9 p.m. on Oct. 14, 16, 23, 28 and 30, and Nov. 6, 11 and 13.
John Chorazy, who has been the editor of "The Ever Dancing Muse," a semiannual poetry publication, since 1993, will be teaching the courses.
The UPTCo was founded by VSA/NJ to expand the opportunities for young people and adults with physical disabilities to participate in all aspects of the theater arts in New Jersey.
These workshops are free. Transportation may be available to Middlesex County residents, with at least two weeks notice. For registration materials, contact VSA/NJ at (732) 745-3885, (732) 745-5933, or (732) 745-3913 (TTY).
The 32nd semi-annual Juried American Indian Arts Festival will take place at the Rankokus Indian Reservation in Westhampton Township on Oct. 11-13.
Many tribes are coming together for this event, which will provide non-stop entertainment, and indigenous food such as caribou and alligator!
There will be American Indian celebrities, traditional performers and demonstrations of ancient techniques such as silversmithing, and drum and pottery making at the 350-acre, wooded reservation, which contains an American Indian Heritage Museum, a traditional woodland ancestral village and self-guided nature trails.
For more information, call the Rankokus Indian Reservation at (609) 261-4747 or visit their web site at www.pawhatan.org.
On Oct. 11, from noon to 7 p.m., Harry’s Roadhouse, 662 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, is offering its first annual Guinness Oysterfest, outdoors on Cookman between Bond Street and Press Plaza, to benefit the Asbury Park Recreation Fund and Senior Citizen Association. Admission is free.
Harry’s will open at 10 a.m. for a traditional Irish breakfast, along with a bagpipe kick-off salute. There will be many Irish musicians performing.
For more information, call Harry’s at (732) 897-1444 or go to www.harrysroadhouse.com.
The Atlantic Artisans LLC is delighted to exhibit "One Man Show," featuring the photography of Tom McGuire, on Nov. 7 from 5-9 p.m.
The show will run Nov. 7-30, Tuesdays through Thursdays from 12-6 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 12-8 p.m., and Sundays from 12-3 p.m. Appointments can also be made.
Tom McGuire passed away on May 9 after a courageous battle with cancer. He is best known for his Jersey Shore photography.
Featured at the show will be some of his "never-seen-photography," as well as some of his oldies-but-goodies.
For more information, call (732) 291-0100 or visit www.atlanticartisans.com.
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Morristown, announces the launch of www.njArtsTix.org, the nation’s first statewide, discount ticket web site.
Bargain-hunting arts patrons can now go to this "online ticket booth" for an overview of performances from around the state, and for "Hot Tickets," which are discount tickets for same-day performances.
For more information, call (973) 540-0515 or email NJTA at [email protected].
The Fourth Ultimate Epicurean Experience to benefit the Monmouth Museum, to be held at the Knopf riverfront Georgian estate, has been rescheduled to Oct. 18 at 7:15 p.m.
The theme will be "Wines around the World." There will be a live auction in addition to the culinary and wine event.
Tickets cost $425 each ($325 tax deductible). Call (732) 747-2266.
The Monmouth Museum, at Brookdale campus in Lincroft, presents Wahoo Medicine Show & Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus on Oct. 19 from 2-4 p.m. for children age 6-12.
There will also be a "Westward Ho!" exhibit, where children can reenact the 2000-mile journey pioneers faced.
The entrance fee is $25 for children of members and $30 for non-members. Advanced registration is required. Call (732) 747-2266.
Local historian Randall Gabrielan will present a slide show and sign copies of his latest book "Rumson: Shaping a Superlative Suburb" on Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m. at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St., Red Bank. The program is free, and refreshments will be served.
Gloria Healy and Robert D. Hardy of the poetry group, Writer’s Ink, will present a poetry reading and a book signing from the new Writer’s Ink book, "Monmouth County: A Poetic Portrait, 1602-2001," and an open mic session, on Oct. 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St., Red Bank. The program is free, and refreshments will be served.
"Artscapes," a Monmouth County-based enterprise devoted to guiding people in the discovery of beauty through art and travel, will offer three free, monthly art workshops for adults at the Red Bank Public Library, 84 West Front St., Red Bank.
The first, "Turning over a New Leaf," will be on Oct. 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
"Art on the Move" will be on Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., and "The Art of Approaching the Holidays" will be on Dec. 11 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Materials for these three workshops will be made available for purchase for a small fee. To register, call Denise Weiner (732) 264-4658 or at [email protected].