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Lombardi a key part of Hawks’ bright softball future
VARSITY REPORT By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent J.P. Stevens High School first baseman Brianna Zederbaum, left, tries to tag out Woodbridge High School’s Emily Henry during the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament first-round game May 20 at J.P. Stevens in Edison. The Eagles advanced with a 5-3 victory. MATT DENTON Whatever the J.P. Stevens High School softball…
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The Italian Chicks Variety Show
TOP PICK Presented by actor Danny Aiello, “The Italian Chicks” opens its East Coast tour on May 31 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. It is a one-night-only comedy and song event that kicks off the group’s tour. “The Italian Chicks” is a two-hour comedy revue variety show with a focus on family,…
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Devious Maids
“Devious Maids” returns to Lifetime PHOTO BY STUART PETTICAN Copyright 2015 Lifetime’s hit series, “Devious Maids,” will return for a third season on Monday, June 1 at 9 p.m. The series is set in a world where murder and mayhem collide in the mansions of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families. Season three picks…
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1970s Fashion: Rock goes soft, disco finds a beat and punk trashes everything
By Ali Datko, ReMIND Magazine Disco fashion rules in “Saturday Night Fever” (1977). By the ’70s, most fashion-related stigmas of the past had been overturned, clearing the way for even more experimentation and expression. This attitude ironically characterizes the three primary fashion subcultures of the ’70s, which are all strikingly different. The hippie look, continued…
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Don’t Stop Dreaming
In theaters now By Paul Hall Dreamers look to the future as a place that is full of endless possibilities. They don’t view today with doomand gloom pessimism; instead, the optimism flows from the dreamer like water rushing down a river with no dam in sight. The future is theirs for the taking, and that…
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Lifetime’s miniseries ‘Marilyn’ reveals the broken heart behind the bombshell
By Lori Acken Everybody knows “Marilyn Monroe” — she of the frothy halo of platinum hair, baby-doll voice and va-va-voom figure, splendidly showcased in her most memorable films. But few people know the real Marilyn Monroe, a.k.a. Norma Jeane Mortenson, a lonely foster child who used her kittenish charm, lush good looks — and, yes,…
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Metuchen library displays high school art
An art exhibit featuring the works of Metuchen High School students in Linda Graf’s classes is now on display at the Library Gallery in the community room of the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, through May. Works include masks by first-year art students, which they created by making a plaster cast of their…
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Workshop to focus on selling homes
The Edison Public Library will host a workshop by professionals from Berkshire Hathaway Home Services at the North Edison Branch at 7 p.m. June 1. Attendees will learn the six major factors that influence the sale of real estate, the steps to ready one’s home for sale, and what buyers want and don’t want.
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Community center offers bridge group
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will offer a bridge group 12:45-3:30 p.m. Fridays. The sessions are free for Community Campus members or $3 per week for guests. Sign in and play at the front desk. For more information, call Sue Horwitz at 732-494-3232, ext. 3603.
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