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New Jersey Youth Asian Dance Troupe Performs at MAC
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Celebrate the Chinese New Year at the New Jersey Youth Asian Dance Troupe’s “New Year’s Wish” Performance
Hosted by the Middletown Arts Center
Sunday, January 30, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Middletown, NJ – The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) invites the general public to welcome in the Chinese New Year on Sunday, January 30th from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., with an interactive performance by the New Jersey Youth Asian Dance Troupe that features lively traditional dances, music, folk tales, legends, riddles, fortune-telling, games, and themed prizes. Come enjoy the festivities with your family and friends and make your wishes come true this New Year!
Members of New Jersey Youth Asian Dance Troupe
Performance admission is $5 for Middletown Arts Center members and $8 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased by calling 732-706-4100, or at the MAC ticket box at 36 Church Street (next to the Middletown train station) in Middletown, NJ.
Author Pens New Children's Book
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RED BANK, NJ - Colts Neck resident and author Lin Fong-O'Neill has added her fifth children's book, Monkey Mo, Monkey Go, to her previous successes, "Mommy, Why?", "Daddy,Why?", "Tiger! Tiger! Tail on Fire!", and "Benny Pig to the Rescue".
Lin Fong-O'Neill
This new book is about a young boy named Peter finds a runaway circus monkey in his backyard and wants to keep him. They become good friends. But the monkey’s unhappiness with his human family eventually convinces Peter to let him go. He learns at the end that being helpful and sensitive to his friend’s feelings and needs brings joy to both.
Balé Folcórico da Bahia Returns to NJPAC
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Friday, February 4th at 8 PM
Newark, NJ - Garnering international raves from critics, as well as tens of thousands of audience members, for its performances of Brazilian folk dance based in Bahian folklore, Balé Folcórico da Bahia returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 8pm for a program entitled “Sacred Heritage,” paying tribute to the rich cultural traditions of Bahia, one of the 26 states of Brazilian. Tickets are $21 $36 $44 $52 $62 $82, and may be purchased at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at www.njpac.org or at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark. This performance is made possible, in part, by The Judy and Josh Weston Fund for Artistic Excellence.
Samba de Roda. Photo: Marisa Vianna
One Millionth Item Borrowed from Middletown Township Public Library in 2010
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MIDDLETOWN, NJ - On Thursday, December 23rd, Middletown Main Library loaned its one millionth item for 2010 when 2-1/5-year-old James Pirozzi borrowed the book "Thomas-saurus Rex." A preschooler at King of King's School, James was accompanied to the library by his mother, Kristen Pirozzi, and his six-year-old sister, Dylan. On hand to help celebrate this milestone were Committeewoman Pamela Brightbill and Randy Gabrielan, President of the Library Board of Trustees. To thank our “one in a million,” James's mother will receive two tickets to a performance of “A Thousand Clowns” compliments of The Two River Theater in Red Bank.
James and Dylan Pirozzi
Middletown Library employees and its Board of Trustees extend hearty congratulations to James and his family.
Middletown Main Library is located at 55 New Monmouth Rd—mtpl.org—732-671-3700 x320.
Middletown Township Organization Day Set for Jan 2
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Meeting Scheduled for January 2, 2011
MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee will hold Middletown’s annual Organization Day meeting at 11 a.m. on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Town Hall, 1 Kings Highway.
On the agenda will be the swearing in of the 2011 Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Under the township’s form of government, the Township Committee designates two members to serve as mayor and deputy mayor for a one-year term. Kevin Settembrino will be sworn in as the newest member of the Township Committee. The term for each Committee member is three years.
Scores of volunteers traditionally attend to accept oaths of office to serve on more than a dozen township boards, committees and commissions. Each group focuses on different aspects of the community and works to enhance Middletown’s quality of life. Residents are appointed to these positions by the Township Committee.
For more information call the Township Clerk at (732) 615-2014 or visit www.middletownnj.org.
