• ‘Making Trouble’

    Adocumentary film that tells the story of some of the greatest female comic performers of the last century will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson. “Making Trouble” features Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner and Wendy Wasserstein. Hosted by four of today’s funniest women —…

  • ‘Catching the Light’

    An exhibit of oil paintings by Pratima Rao, of Holmdel, is at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. “Catching the Light” features familiar landscapes in oil painted at parks, marinas and other locations such as Bayonet Farm, Holmdel Park, a Red Bank marina, Belford harbor and Monmouth Park racetrack. “At the dock, Belford” The…

  • IN THE ARTS

    The Monmouth Players will present "Night of One Acts: Stranger Things Have Happened." The plays, directed by Paul and Lori Renick, are a mix of comedy and drama. Some of the pieces are just a step outside the norm, while others take you somewhere nearer to the twilight zone. It’s a fun and diverse evening…

  • Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn’t the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. Nope, family vacations were a more immediate form of…

  • Garden Club will visit Morris Arboretum

    The Brick Garden Club is sponsoring a trip to the Morris Arboretum of The University of Pennsylvania on June 2. The trip includes a 1 1/2 hour docent tour and a gourmet sandwich lunch in a reserved tent area. The cost for the bus, admission and tour is $50. The bus will depart the Cultural…

  • Library to close June 5 for staff development

    All branches of the Ocean County Library will be closed June 5 for a staff in-service training event. Normal branch hours will resume June 6. The library website, www.theoceancountylibrary. org, and its databases will be available during that time. For further information, go to www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 732-349-6200.

  • N.J. Blood Services will hold blood drive

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, will conduct a blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 9 at the Ocean County Mall, 1201 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Qualified donors should be 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds, and be in generally good health. Donors must present…

  • Armed Forces Day picnic slated

    Live music will be featured at an Armed Forces Day picnic and dance to be held 4-10 p.m. May 16 at the Point Pleasant Elks Lodge, 820 Arnold Ave., Point Pleasant Beach. Those bringing a donation to be part of a package being sent to Iraq, or those attending in any era military uniform may…

  • Become a substitute teacher in two days

    The Department of School Relations at Ocean County College (OCC) is offering a two-day substitute teacher training workshop in May. The course will be offered from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. May 15 and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 16 in Room 17/Library, Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River. The Registration Deadline is May…

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