Author: MARY HELEN FINK
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Metuchen’s Schoolhouse Songwriter Series on Feb. 27
The Metuchen Arts Council, in cooperation with the Borough Improvement League, will kick off the second full year of the Schoolhouse Songwriter Series on Feb. 27 at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, located next to the Metuchen Fire Department, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Parking is available on Middlesex Avenue and in the Borough Hall parking lot…
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JCC offers trip to AC on Feb. 22
Members of the JCC Senior Adult Club have announced a trip to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. The trip will leave Inman/Grove at 8:30 a.m. and the JCC at 8:45 a.m. on Feb. 22. The return trip will leave Atlantic City at 5 p.m. The cost is $30/person (gratuities included) and each participant receives $25…
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Dance Team fundraiser Feb. 24 in Metuchen
Dine in or take out lunch or dinner at What’s the Scoop, 410 Main Street, Metuchen, on Feb. 24, and support Ms. Doreen’s Fabulous Feet Dance Competition Team of Metuchen. Ask for a Fabulous Feet competition team fundraiser flier at the What’s the Scoop counter when lunch or dinner is purchased, and the team will…
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JCC holds presentation Feb. 23
The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, has announced Dr. Marcia Midler will present “Molly Picon, Sweetheart of Second Avenue” at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. For eight decades, Molly Picon was a force of nature both in the realm of Yiddish theater and in the wider world as well.…
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Photo exhibit opening Feb. 24 in Edison
The Edison Arts Society announces the opening of a single artist exhibit, Rick Backman, at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the EAS Gallery, located on the third floor of the Edison Municipal Building, 100 Municipal Blvd. (off Route 27), Edison. Backman’s photographs will be on display until March 24. The exhibit is free of…
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Garden Club of Metuchen announces meeting
The Garden Club of Metuchen will meet on March 7 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Fryer Hall, 17 Oak Ave., Metuchen. Bruce Crawford, director of Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick, will speak on “Curb Appeal: Creating a Garden with Four-Season Interest.” The meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. with light refreshments, followed by the program at…
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Monmouth Civic Chorus music concert scheduled
The Monmouth Civic Chorus will perform meditations on Lent from the 17th to the 20th centuries at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, 101 Chelsea Avenue, Long Branch, in a concert titled Passions at 4 p.m. March 6. The Chorus will be accompanied by a string quartet, organ and five professional vocal soloists. Listeners…
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Monmouth University announces performances
The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University has announced that the Grammy winning flutist, bandleader and tin whistle virtuoso, Joanie Madden, with her Irish-American supergroup, Cherish the Ladies, will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch. Tickets are priced at $40 and $50, and…
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Shore Players presents ‘The Music Man’ in March
Shore Players will present “The Music Man,” at Shore Regional High School, 132 Monmouth Park Highway 36, West Long Branch, from March 11 through March 20. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20. A preview performance for senior citizens will be offered…
