Category: Sentinel-EBS Calendar

  • Alisa Hadassah chapter

    slates Sept. 18 meeting The Alisa Chapter of Hadassah of Greenbriar/Whittingham, Monroe, will hold its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at a location to be announced. Guest speaker Dr. Adria Sherman, professor at Rutgers University Department of Nutrition, New Brunswick, will discuss "How Foods, Vitamins and Drugs Affect Our Bodies." Refreshments will…

  • for the record

    Dan Sroka, pictured in a photograph with fellow band member Lee Chernovitz, at Bobfest in East Brunswick in the Aug. 16 issue of the Sentinel, was incorrectly identified in the cutline.

  • Widows and widowers schedule Sept. 3 social

    Widows and widowers schedule Sept. 3 social The Widows and Widowers (WOWs) Chapter of Middlesex County West will hold a social from 7-11 p.m. on Sept. 3 at the Belarussian American Center, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Socials are held on the first Sunday of every month, unless otherwise specified. New members are welcome. Admission is…

  • A feast for the mind

    Caitlin Whittemore (below), 8, of New York, reads a book while Fran Lerner (left) of Monroe checks out the selections at the book sale held by the Monroe Township Public Library last Wednesday.   Photos by Jerry Wolkowitz

  • Library exhibits museum publications, paintings

    The East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, has scheduled exhibits for the month of August. Bulletins, catalogs and monographs describing groundbreaking exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, will be on display in the library’s showcases. The collection, which includes some of the museum’s earliest publications, is presented courtesy of…

  • Plays-in-the-Park sets auditions for ‘Aladdin’

    Middlesex County Plays-in-the-Park will hold open auditions for its upcoming children’s musical, Aladdin, at 4 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater, Edison. Roles are open for adults; the play is a children’s musical performed by adults. Interested individuals should prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song, bring sheet music and be…

  • S.R. library offer three programs this month

    A basic sign-language course will be offered at the South River Public Library, Appleby Avenue, beginning Aug. 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. A $35 fee should be paid at or before the first class. Storyteller Jim Rohe will be at the library at 7 p.m. Aug. 21. Children ages 5 and up and adults are welcome…

  • Circle Players to hold auditions for ‘Nunsense’

    The Circle Players in Piscataway needs five actresses with comic timing, vocals and some dance background for its production of Nunsense. An African-American actress is also needed for the role of Sister Hubbert. These actresses will need to sing 16 bars of music and perform a one-minute comic monologue, both to be provided by the…

  • Township to get money for farmland purchase

    By nicole c. vaccaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township may be reimbursed for purchasing the development rights of one local farm. After careful consideration, the Giamarese family agreed to sell its farm’s developments rights to the township in September for the sum of $1.7 million. In doing so, the land became deed restricted,…