Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Dinner event to raise funds for heart recipient

    The nonprofit organization Have A Heart for Heather is sponsoring a Jan. 28 dinner and entertainment as a fundraiser for Heather Hornecker. Heather, 22, of Sayreville, underwent a heart transplant in December. The pasta dinner is being donated by Camillo’s Restaurant in Sayreville. Entertainment will be provided by the musical group All That, and by…

  • Reading club at Monroe library begins Jan. 14

    Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, will begin its Cabin Fever adult reading club Jan. 14. Individuals read books, fill out entry slips, and enter a weekly prize drawing. Three winners are selected weekly. The club ends March 11. “Spyware/Adware,” a free program for home computer users, will be presented Feb. 2 at 10:30 a.m.…

  • Arthur Schwartz will speak at temple

    Best-selling cookbook author, food critic and radio host Arthur Schwartz will appear from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 at Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick. The event is sponsored by the Temple B’nai Shalom Sisterhood and Men’s Club. Schwartz will offer anecdotes on how food shaped his life…

  • ‘Oldies Dance’ Jan. 21 at American Legion hall

    American Legion Post No. 253, Spotswood, will hold an “Oldies Dance” Jan. 21 from 8-11 p.m. at the Legion hall, Devoe Avenue. The cost is $7 per person for the dance, which will feature music of the ’50s and ’60s, coffee, cake, tea and cookies. For more information, call Tony at (732) 251-0970 after 7…

  • Cut-a-thon to be held at Brunswick Square Mall

    A cut-a-thon will be held Jan. 22 to benefit a memorial scholarship in the name of Louise Stewart, a cosmetology teacher at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, East Brunswick, who died in 2002. Sebastiano Hair Studio will hold the fund-raiser from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the J.C. Penney court. The event…

  • Temple will sponsor art exhibit and auction

    Congregation Anshe Emeth, 88 Main St., South River, will host a gala art exhibit and auction beginning at 8 p.m. on Jan. 22. A preview is set for 7 p.m. The event will feature art, sculpture, hand-blown glass and sports memorabilia. Tickets cost $12.50 per person for members, $15 for nonmembers, and will be available…

  • Library Friends selling coupon savings books

    The Friends of the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St., is selling “Hometown Savings 2005” books containing discount coupons from many local retailers and large, chain merchants in Spotswood, East Brunswick, South River, Milltown, Monroe and Old Bridge. All coupons expire at the end of 2005; there are no “rolling dates” attached to any of…

  • Band parents to host Jan. 14 tricky tray

    The Spotswood High School Band Parents Association will sponsor a tricky tray beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the high school, Summerhill Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 per person and includes one sheet of blue tickets. The event is open to individuals age 18 and above. For more…

  • Jewish mysticism to be discussed in E.B.

    East Brunswick Hadassah will present Rabbi Yossi Hirsch of the Chabad Chai Center, East Brunswick, in a program titled “An Introduction to Kabbalah” at 10 a.m. on Jan. 23 at the office of Dr. Philip Schiffman, 593 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Reservations are requested. The event is free of charge. The public is invited. For…