Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Home decorating to be topic at library

    The Old Bridge Public Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, will offer a “Home-Decorating Success” program at 7 p.m. July 9. Karen Sanders, decorator and owner of a decorating business, will be the guest presenter. The program will include before and after scenes and advice on fabrics and color palettes. Sanders will discuss current and…

  • Belarusian Festival on tap in South River

    St. Euphrosynia Belarusian Church, South River, will hold its 10th annual Belarusian Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 18 at the Belarusian-American Center, 284 Whitehead Ave., South River. The event will feature Russian food, music, dancing, a Chinese auction, raffles, children’s games, prizes and more. For more information, call Lilly at 732-613-8718 or…

  • Tickets on sale for trip to Atlantic City

    Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church Senior R Club will sponsor a July 7 trip to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Cost is $25, with a $30 return in slot dollars. For more information and to reserve, call…

  • VSA/NJ seeks authors for Wordsmith event

    The Unlimited Potential Theater Company (UPTCo), a project of VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), is seeking poems, essays, short stories and plays by New Jersey residents, 18 years of age or older, for its 16th annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith Competition. The contest is open to all writers; submissions by writers with disabilities…

  • Monroe writers’ play set for July 10-26

    Berdanhand Productions will present “Fade Out at Clo-Achers,” an original play by Monroe residents Myra Danon and Meryl Berness, July 10-26 at the Empire Diner Restaurant Dessert Theater, 4135 Route 9 North, Freehold. The play, directed by Jessica Pfeiffer, steps beyond the security gates of an active adult community known as Clo-Achers to observe the…

  • Independence Day fest set in Sayreville

    The Sayreville Independence Day Celebration will begin at 4 p.m. July 3 at Kennedy Park, Washington Road, Parlin section of Sayreville. Rain date is July 5. Highlights will include live musical entertainment 5-9 p.m. featuring Rocksplosion with Matt O’Ree and Rosedale; free children’s rides; pony rides; carnival games; a hot-dog eating contest; a patriotic cake-decorating…

  • Theatre junior troupe will present ‘Joseph’

    The Main Street Theatre Company Junior Branch will perform the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock-opera “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Junior Version” at 8 p.m. July 17, 18 and 24, 2 and 8 p.m. July 25, and 2 p.m. July 19 and 26 at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin…

  • Sewers, quilters invited to meeting

    The Molly Pitcher Stitchers Quilt Guild will meet 7:30-9:30 p.m. (approximately) July 13 at Grace Lutheran Church, 200 Park Ave., Freehold. Participants will learn how to sew a cathedral-windows design into a Christmas ornament.Avendor will offer fabric and notions for purchase. The club is made up of women who love to sew and quilt. Guests…

  • ‘Macbeth’ at Brookdale slated to begin July 9

    The Brookdale Shakespeare Ensemble will present “Macbeth” at 7:30 p.m. July 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18, and at 6:30 p.m. July 12 and 16, on the great lawn at Brookdale, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown. All performances are free, and attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic…