• Holiday harbinger: the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival

    Sculpture by Martin Silverman of Jackson The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will host more than 275 nationally known artists and craftsmen Oct. 25-27 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset. The festival showcases one-of-a-kind, handcrafted work by jury-selected artists from around the country who will be showing their seasonally inspired works in pottery, sculpture, glass,…

  • Conservatory presents concert Nov. 10

    The Monmouth Conservatory of Music will present Sam Magill and Vladislav Kovalsky in concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 50 White St., Red Bank. Magill, a teacher, soloist, and chamber and orchestral musician, will play the cello. Kovalsky is an internationally known concert pianist. The conservatory hosts a guest artist concert each…

  • Axelrod PAC presents new programs

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (PAC) will return to its home at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Deal Park to present a program of cultural events that includes blockbuster musicals, concerts and film premieres. Two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 9. The concert will…

  • Flu shots offered Oct. 30 at walk-in clinic

    The Visiting Nurse Association Health Group is offering a walk-in flu shot clinic for children age 13 and older and adults at 176 Riverside Ave., Red Bank. The clinic will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 30. Cost is $30 for flu vaccine and $72 for pneumonia vaccine. For those who have Medicare…

  • Pumpkin Barn Dance scheduled for Oct. 26

    The Monmouth County Park System is hosting a Great Pumpkin Barn Dance 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Thompson Park Activity Barn, 805 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The fun will start with pumpkin carving and end on the dance floor. The program is open to children and adults. Children under 18 must…

  • Hymn festival leads off Tower Hill Concert Series

    RED BANK — The 2013-2014 Tower Hill Concert Series will commence with a Nov. 3 hymn festival at the First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank, 255 Harding Road. The festival, which will begin at 7 p.m., celebrates “Glory to God,” the newly published hymnal of the Presbyterian Publishing Corp. The hymnal is the product of…

  • Healthy Buddies and Reading Buddies needed

    Family & Children’s Service (FCS) is seeking enthusiastic adult volunteers for two of its school-based learning programs — Reading Buddies and its newest undertaking, Healthy Buddies. Now in its 15th year, Reading Buddies is a weekly, intergenerational, shared-reading program currently operating in 17 public elementary schools in underserved communities throughout Monmouth County. Last year, Reading…

  • Symphony orchestra concert set for Oct. 27

    The Monmouth Symphony Orchestra willbeginits65thseasonwitha3p.m. concert on Sunday, Oct. 27, at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Led by conductor Roy Gussman, the program will begin with Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.” The last orchestral work written by Brahms, it requires both great technical brilliance and delicate musical expression…

  • Old First Church celebrates 325 years

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The Rev. Joyce A. Phipps, dressed in period costume, gives a tour of Old First Church cemetery during the 325th anniversary celebration held Oct. 6. MATT DENTON MIDDLETOWN — In its 325-year history, Old First Church survived the British assault during the Revolutionary War, two devastating fires and, most recently,…

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