Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar
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Diocese slates golf classic, ‘Celebrate Life’ event
The Diocese ofMetuchen will be holding its 15th annual Golf Classic on June 18, beginning at 8:30 a.m., at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster. The event will benefit Catholic Charities of the Diocese ofMetuchen. The cost is $150 per person. The day will begin with a continental breakfast, golfing and barbecue luncheon and will…
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Toastmasters meet at Metuchen Library
The Brooklynites Toastmasters, a local chapter of Toastmasters International (TI), recently began meeting at the Metuchen Library, 480 MiddlesexAve., Metuchen, on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at 7:30 p.m. The next meeting will be held June 17.All are invited to attend a meeting as a guest to learn about the Toastmasters. TI…
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Edison to host summer concert series
Edison Township will host its second annual Summer Concert Series beginning on Flag Day, Saturday, June 14. The New Jersey Symphonic Band, under the direction of conductor Chris Peterson, starts the summer off with well-known pop and Broadway classics at 7 p.m. The Grass Roots, a rock band with hits in the ’60s and ’70s,…
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Live butterflies, summer reading club at library
The Edison Public Library will offer its annual summer reading club for children from preschool age through 11 years old, through Aug. 22. This year’s program, “Catch the Reading Bug,” is sponsored by the Friends of the Edison Public Library and Staples. • Registration will begin June 16 for “Family Time: Butterfly Flutter with Rick…
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Give blood for Mets tickets June 5
Edison Township Department of Health and Senior Services will be conducting a blood drive 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. June 5 at the Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 100 Municipal Blvd. Every donor will receive two free tickets for a Mets game. Call 1-800-933- BLOOD to schedule an appointment. Walk-in donors are also welcome. Qualified donors should be…
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Blood donors urgently needed in New Jersey
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS) is conducting the following local blood drives: • June 5 – Edison Municipal Building, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. • June 7 – Metuchen-Edison YMCA, 65 High Street, Metuchen, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. • June 8 – Neve Shalom of Metuchen, 250 Grove Ave, Metuchen, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. •…
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Shavuot services, blood drive at Neve Shalom
Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will hold the following activities and services for Shavuot: • June 7, there will be Confirmation of the Hebrew high school students and a Shavuot evening service at 7 p.m. A dessert reception is scheduled for 7:45 p.m., followed by a traditional night of study at 8 p.m. •…
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Quilt guild to hold convention, show
The State Quilt Guild of New Jersey will hold its annual convention and show June 12-14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the New Jersey Convention Center, Raritan Center, Edison. This year’s theme is EastMeetsWest, with the interpretation left to the quilter as to how these two come together in the quilt.…
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Local artist’s artwork on exhibit at Rutgers
Metuchen’s Joan Arbeiter is displaying her “Lives and Works: Talks With Women Artists” portrait series at theRutgersArt Library, Voorhees Hall, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, through June 13. The portrait series is a companion project to the book “Lives and Works: Talks with Women Artists, Volume 2,” co-authored by Beryl Smith, Sally Swenson and Joan…
