Category: Suburban Calendar
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Remembrance Masses set at two cemeteries
The Very Rev. Brian Nolan of St. Mary’s- Stony Hill Parish, Watchung, will be the celebrant at a remembrance Mass in honor of all the faithful departed at 9 a.m. July 2 on the grounds of Holy Cross Burial Park, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The Rev. Michael Crummy of Mary, Mother of God Parish, Hillsborough,…
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‘Rhapsody in Two’ coming to Monroe
The Greenbriar at Whittingham adult community, Monroe, will present Linda Purl and Kevin Spirtas in “Rhapsody in Two,” a singing and dancing tribute to composers Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin and more, 8 p.m. July 16 at the Richard P. Marasco Performing Arts Center, Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. The evening…
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Applications due for Sayreville Preschool
Mail-in registration is due by July 7 for the upcoming Sayreville Preschool program. Two-, three- and five-day sessions are available. Eligible youngsters must be Sayreville residents, age 3 by Oct. 31, 2011. The child must be toilet trained. Transportation will not be provided. The program is low cost and nonprofit. For an application or more…
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Concert to aid young woman’s RSD fight
Abenefit rock concert to help raise money for Brittany Fields of West Windsor, a young woman fighting reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), a debilitating and progressive disease of the autonomic nervous system, is set for 8 p.m. July 7 in the Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. RSD is…
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Troupe to perform ‘Merchant of Venice’
The Old Bridge Public Library will present the Workshop Theatre of Northern New Jersey in a performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” 2 p.m. July 2 at the library main branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Corey NoahAron of Old Bridge will appear as Bassanio. The new production is directed by Thomas Farrington…
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Photography exhibit, receptions scheduled
CoLAB Arts, a New Brunswick nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and presentation of emerging local artists, will present “Discernment of Spirits,” a one-month exhibition featuring the photography of Robert Addessi, curated by Theresa Francisco, in the gallery at coLAB Arts, 49 Bayard St., Third Floor, New Brunswick. Opening and second-look receptions will take place…
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Monroe writers’ play to open July 8
Berdanhand Productions will offer performances of “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,” an original play by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, July 8-10 and 15-17, 8 p.m. Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, at the Grange Playhouse, 4860 Route 9 south, Howell. The play, directed by Albert Hepner, steps beyond the security…
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Patriots game event will aid Cooper Fund
The Chris Cooper Scholarship Fund will hold a fundraiser at the Somerset Patriots game 7:05 p.m. July 15 at TD Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater. Fireworks will follow. Tickets cost $9.50 per person; discounts for groups of 20 or more. The event will raise money for the scholarship fund, named in honor of Cooper, a 1999 OBHS…
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Dining event to aid library foundation
A Dining-to-Donate fundraiser to benefit the Dowdell Library Foundation is set for 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. July 19 at Sciortino’s Harbor Lights, 132 S. Broadway, South Amboy. Diners should present an event flier. The restaurant will then donate 10 percent of supporters’ checks to the library foundation. Fliers are available at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Library,…
