Tag: Disney
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Theater students to reprise roles from 19 years ago
OLD BRIDGE – Back in 1999, there was a small class of students with special needs who wanted to participate in their elementary school talent show. Their teacher, Debbie Goncalves, took on the challenge to create an act for them to perform. During the next few months, the students were involved not only in rehearsals…
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Monroe girl gives back to nonprofits that helped her through cancer diagnosis
MONROE — Four nonprofit organizations helped uplift Avery Moskowitz and her family after she was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma five years ago. To repay their help, Avery, who is now 8 years old and a second-grader at Mill Lake Elementary School in Monroe, held a fundraiser for A Moment of Magic Foundation, Friends Are…
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Pop star spreads positive message of overcoming bullying
WOODBRIDGE — At age 12, Meredith O’Connor was the lead in her school play and modeling for a model agency. Despite such accomplishments at a young age, O’Connor was being bullied by some of her peers. The bullying had started as early as elementary school. This left her with low self-esteem. She said she was…
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“Inside Out” movie under the stars July 20 in Metuchen
The Metuchen Arts Council and the Metuchen Downtown Alliance will present a free family movie night under the stars on July 20 featuring the hit animated Pixar Disney movie “Inside Out.” For this event, the parking lot of the Metuchen Senior Center, 15 Center St., will be converted into an outdoor movie plaza for the…
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Plays-in-the-Park announces summer musicals
EDISON — Plays-in-the-Park has announced its upcoming summer season of musicals staged at the Stephen J. Capestro Amphitheater in Middlesex County’s Roosevelt Park. The first show of the season is the comedy “Legally Blonde,” based on the popular 2001 film. The show runs from June 21 to July 1. It tells the story of a…
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State Theatre gala will honor freeholder
The State Theatre New Jersey will honor Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios and the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders at the 2017 State Theatre Benefit Gala on May 13. In 2015, the freeholder board established the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund, the goal of which is to integrate the arts…