Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Watercolorist to offer demonstration, lecture

    Watercolorist to offer demonstration, lecture Marge Chavooshian, well-known watercolorist, will demonstrate and lecture at the next meeting of the Suburban Artists Guild set for 2-4 p.m. on March 14 at the East Brunswick Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Chavooshian is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Philadelphia…

  • Wonderful words

    Anant Jani, 7, (above) finds the plotline of Carrots Don’t Talk, by Dr. Seuss, to be very amusing during a reading of the story at a “pajama party” Friday night at Carpenter Elementary School in Old Bridge. At right, Nicholas McCarthy (l-r), Rowan Sanko and Tegan Skibniewsi respond with smiles and wonder to a reading…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Sayreville theater groupto host spaghetti dinner Sayreville theater group to host spaghetti dinner Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company, a community nonprofit theater group, will hold a spaghetti dinner from 5-8 p.m. on March 15 at Holy Trinity Church, Main Street, Helmetta. The dinner will feature entertainment from the theater company’s upcoming spring shows, Snoopy!, My…

  • Course on preparing for emergencies March 18

    In response to ongoing homeland security concerns, the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey will present a free course on emergency preparedness March 18 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The 90-minute presentation, titled "Preparing for the Unexpected," is designed to provide individuals with the information needed to prepare for any type of disaster, including…

  • O.B. Library to offer

    Coffee House Night The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will hold a Coffee House Night at 7 p.m. on March 13 in the library coffee café. The event will offer the opportunity to play board games, drink coffee, eat snacks and listen to live entertainment by keyboardist Justin Negraval.…

  • Bulletin Board

    Teens are invited to Teens are invited to ‘Sweet St. Paddy’s Day’ Professional dessert decorator Bonnie Brown will be the guest guide at "Sweet St. Paddy’s Day," a teen program set for 6-7 p.m. on March 13 at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Participants in the program, which…

  • O.B. veterans auxiliary slates St. Patrick’s Bash

    O.B. veterans auxiliary slates St. Patrick’s Bash The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7508 will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Bash at 6:30 p.m. on March 8 at the post home, 17 Bordentown Ave., Old Bridge. The event will feature a corned beef dinner, free beer and soda, entertainment and dancing.…

  • Sayreville Main Street Theatre sets auditions

    Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company will hold auditions for its summer season of musicals — Carousel, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and The Mystery of Edwin Drood — from 7:30-10 p.m. March 17-19 at the Step Inn Ballroom, MacArthur and McCutcheon avenues, Sayreville. Actors, singers and dancers of all ages are sought. Interested individuals should…

  • Photo

    MARK KSENIAK Christina Noto, a hairstylist at Salon 527 on Englishtown Road in Old Bridge, works on a customer’s hair during a cut-a-thon held to raise funds for the fight against leukemia Sunday.