Category: Independent Calendar
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Hazlet Rec. announces activities in April
Hazlet Recreation Commission will sponsor “Tots, Toddlers, and Mom” for children age 10-12 months beginning April 17, and it will be held for 10 Tuesdays from 10:45-11:30 a.m. Cost is $50 with a $15 fee after April 16. The program includes play, songs, music and other activities. Karate lessons for children age 4-12 will begin…
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Big Band concert, talks slated at Brookdale
The Brookdale Community College Big Band will perform a swing concert April 14 at 8 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown. The band features faculty members from Brookdale’s music and speech departments. Tickets are $20, $18 for seniors age 62 and older, and $5 for Brookdale students with…
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Pike’s ‘peek’ into storied past of West Long Branch
‘West Long Branch Revisited’ follows earlier volume BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent BY LARRY RAPPOPORTCorrespondent Above: Designed by Edward Creiger, this building was the only structure to survive the fire that destroyed Shadow Lawn. It now houses the art department at Monmouth University. What do The Rolling Stones, the publisher of “Peyton Place” and President Woodrow…
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Students’ artwork now at Fair Haven Library
Paintings and drawings created by Monmouth County Arts High School students will be displayed at Fair Haven Public Library, 748 River Road, during April. Local students with work selected for the exhibit year are Cassandra Bernadini, Middletown High School South, and Jessica Chepauskas and Emily Hueston, Middletown High School North. The exhibit features work completed…
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Registration under way for Duke Gardens trip
The Aberdeen Township Recreation Department has scheduled a senior citizens trip open to Aberdeen seniors age 55 and older to Duke Gardens, Hillsborough, May 31. Nonresidents may sign up after the April 27 resident deadline, space permitting. Cost is $35 for residents, and $40 for nonresidents, and includes a guided one-hour bus tour of the…
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Middletown Library trustees to meet April 18
The board of trustees of Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will hold its regular meeting April 18 at 7 p.m. For more information, call the library at (732) 671-3700.
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Aberdeen native to star in ‘Cabaret’ at Rutgers
The Livingston Theatre Company will present “Cabaret” April 12, 13, 14, and 18-20 at 8 p.m.; and April 15 and 21 at 4 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave., Piscataway. Aberdeen native Gavin Kenny will star as the emcee. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), Lincroft section of Middletown, Kenny…
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Greenway walk, Earth Day festival April 22
Holmdel Environmental Commission and the Citizens for Informed Land Use will sponsor the ninth annual Holmdel greenway walk and Earth Day Festival April 22 (rain or shine). The walk sponsored by the Holmdel Environmental Commission will begin at 10 a.m. at Holmdel Park, and the festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. at Bayonet…
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Peter Puppets at area church April 27
First Baptist Church of Keyport, 45 Main St., will welcome The Peter Puppets presenting “David the Chosen One” April 27 at 7 p.m. The free 30-minute show presents the life of King David. Light refreshments will follow the presentation, which is open to the public. The Peter Puppets are a nonprofit group that presents Biblical…
