Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Trip to NYC’s Met Museum set for Dec. 4

    The Friends of Metuchen Library will host a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, on Dec. 4. The museum is newly renovated and has several special exhibits. The bus will leave the library at 8:15 a.m. and will leave the museum at 3 p.m. The cost is $30, which includes transportation,…

  • Toys for Tots digital media contest for K-12

    Metuchen’s own Learning Is an Art, the innovative toy seller that uses all of its profits to support highly rated charitable causes, is holding a Toys for Tots Digital Media Contest through Nov. 30. Students K-12 are invited to create a video, write a song, create a poem, take a photograph, make a poster, etc.,…

  • Arts H.S. and Middle School to hold auditions

    Auditions applications are available for students in grades six to 12 to apply for the Middlesex County Arts High School and Arts Middle School programs. The program provides a wide range of classes to gifted and talented children in creative writing, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, theater arts, visual arts and photography. Children must audition…

  • Interfaith Thanksgiving Service to be Nov. 20

    The Metuchen/Edison Clergy Association will sponsor an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. The service will begin with a discussion led by members of different faiths on the subject of “Diversity in Middlesex County: Less Conflict, More Collaboration.” Rabbi Gerald Zelizer of Congregation Neve Shalom…

  • Garden club provides community services

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison is a nonprofit community service club that meets on the last Wednesday of each month, September through June, at 6:45 p.m. in the North Edison Library, 777 Grove Ave. A guest speaker or program about interesting topics from flower design to caring for the environment is presented at…

  • Edison offering flu, pneumonia shots

    The Edison Health Department will be conducting a flu and pneumonia vaccine clinic Nov. 14 from 4-7 p.m. at the J.P. Stevens High School, 855 Grove Ave., and on Fridays, until supplies run out, at the Dr. William Toth Memorial Health Center 80 Idlewild Road, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. The clinic is open…

  • Crime and punishment to be discussed Nov. 27

    The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County will host “Jail the Innocent or Free the Guilty?: The Politics of Crime and Punishment in the U.S.” Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the JCC, 1175 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The lecture is free and open to the public. Beth Kiyoko Jamieson, Ph.D., will describe the decisions…

  • Classes in coordination, tai chi offered at center

    The JFK Fitness Center is offering a six-session introductory program that will include balance and coordination classes. This form of workout is designed to help with daily activities in gaining more stability, flexibility and strength. Rich Lund, an instructor of tai chi and qigong for 20 years, will teach the course, which is offered to…

  • Safety fair at JFK Medical Center

    The Falls Prevention Committee of Solaris Health System will host a safety fair for the community at the JFK Medical Center Main Hospital Lobby, 65 James St., Edison. The objective of the fair is to encourage patients and families to be actively involved in their outpatient health care as a safety strategy. Patients and families…