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  • Playing with passion

    Playing with passion

    Natasha Paremski will perform a Prokofiev piano concerto during Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s next concert By Linda Holt From the Princeton Packet “I don’t take an ‘aggressive’ approach (to Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in C Major),” says pianist Natasha Paremski. Then, with a telling smile, the pianist adds, “but there will definitely be some forceful playing,…

  • A funny look at marriage

    A funny look at marriage

    Passage Theatre to open new season with “Out of the City” By Anthony Stoeckert From The Princeton Packet June Ballinger figures audiences could use a few laughs right about now, and she has just the play for them. Passage Theatre, the Trenton-based company for which Ms. Ballinger is the artistic director, is opening its new…

  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    From executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck comes a new futuristic thriller series Incorporated, premieres Wednesday, Nov.30 at 10 p.m. on Syfy. Set in the future where corporations have unlimited power, the series centers on Ben Larson (Sean Teale), a young executive who conceals his true identity to survive as a company man. However,…

  • Cheers & Jeers

    Cheers & Jeers

    by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine Cheers to Ana Navarro for schooling her own squad. The GOP strategist has become the pundit of the moment with her colorful takes on the presidential race and a smackdown of fellow CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes that was the kind of TV we can only describe with the…

  • More than 30 women receive free mammograms

    More than 30 women receive free mammograms

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Thirty-five women were able to be proactive with their health despite a lack of medical insurance thanks to the Indian Health Camp of New Jersey (IHCNJ) in collaboration with New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection. The organizations offered free digital mammograms in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Oct. 23 at the Durga…

  • The monster craze will be with us; we love to be scared out of our seats

    The monster craze will be with us; we love to be scared out of our seats

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine They’re creepy and ugly and usually have very bad intentions. But we Americans can’t do without our monsters. That delicious thrill of being frightened from the comfort of our couches … the vicarious excitement of wondering what we would do in the same situations (who hasn’t yelled instructions at…

  • The Hub Kings to perform Nov. 5 in Matawan

    The Hub Kings to perform Nov. 5 in Matawan

    The Hub Kings, an instrumental, soul-jazz trio, have added a new date to their fall performance schedule. The band will perform instrumental soul-jazz, ranging from standards to their own original Hub City-centric tunes, at 9 p.m. on Nov. 5 at Brass Rail Bar & Grill, 89 Freneau Ave., Matawan. To learn more about The Hub…

  • Wreath layings, ceremonies part of Monroe’s Veterans Day observance

    Wreath layings, ceremonies part of Monroe’s Veterans Day observance

    Monroe Township will hold Veterans Day services on Nov. 11. There will be a wreath-laying service at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Monument at the municipal complex, 1 Municipal Plaza. At 9:45 a.m., there will be a wreath laying and special commemoration for the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and Vietnam veterans at Veterans Park,…

  • St. James’ Christmas Bazaar set for Nov. 19

    St. James’ Christmas Bazaar set for Nov. 19

    St. James Memorial Episcopal Church will hold a Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 19 at 69 Broad St., Eatontown. Crafts for children will be held from 2-3 p.m. Start holiday shopping early. Christmas ornaments (including collectibles from Hallmark), holiday decorations, linens, jewelry, crafts, food and baked items will be available for purchase.…