Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, May 1-3, 2015
By Greg Kelly
Friday, May 1
- New Jersey Shipwreck Symposium (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
- The Realization of Emily Linder by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Brighton Beach Memoirs by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Picnic by South Street Players (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
- Tribute by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- Present Laughter by Monmouth Players (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Manasquan Reservoir Boat Tours (Howell) – MORE INFO
- Traditional Rug Hooking Show & Exhibit (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
- Gallery of Dolls Display (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- Sweets & Treats Gift Auction (Belmar) – MORE INFO
- Habits of Happy People (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
- Mark Diomede & the Juggling Suns Project at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Larry Mitchell Trio at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- For the Love of Ta-Tas at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Logistical Nightmare Band (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
- Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball – MORE INFO
- Nearly New Rummage Sale (Marlboro) – MORE INFO
- Bake Sale & Shredding Event (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Opera by Anne Tormela (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- Virago in Concert (Belmar) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- GSA Sock Drive at Brookdale (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- A Little Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
- Simulcast Racing at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- New York Sightseeing Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Spandau Ballet at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
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Saturday, May 2
- A Weekend in Old Monmouth – MORE INFO
- “Spring Fling” Arts & Crafts Festival (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
- Brighton Beach Memoirs by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Spring Arts Festival (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Fair Haven Town Wide Yard Sale – MORE INFO
- Red Bank Town Wide Yard Sale – MORE INFO
- Greenfest Celebration (Ocean Twp) – MORE INFO
- Tribute by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- “Photography of Kamelia Ani” Exhibit Opening (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- GSA Sock Drive at Brookdale (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- The Realization of Emily Linder by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- MAAC Track & Field Championships Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Picnic by South Street Players (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse 5k – MORE INFO
- Let Your Color Run 5k (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
- SCAN’S Alzheimer’s Forum at Monmouth Mall (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
- Bobby Bandiera: Autobiography at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- American Revolution Encampment at Allaire Village – MORE INFO
- Spring Craft Market & Art in the Park at Allaire Village – MORE INFO
- Blackfish Cove Kayak Adventure (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Bird Watching Basics at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell) – MORE INFO
- Drop-In Surprise Story Time at Deep Cut Gardens (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Climb Time at Dorbrook (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
- Gallery of Dolls Display (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- You Can Make a Basket (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
- “Photography of Bill Jones” Reception (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
- Origami for Experienced Paperfolders (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- Meet Artist Rose Reilly Leonard (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
- Yoga for Orangutan Awareness (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
- Spring Nationals at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
- “First Transcontinental Call” with Dr. Sheldon Hochheiser (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- 9th Infantry at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Pugapalooza at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Miss Ida Blue at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- People’s Choice Car Show at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Spring Plant Sale at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Meet Authors Beth Ferry and Audrey Vernick (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
- Animals & Children’s Art Art Show Opening (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- A Night of Comedy with Bob Nelson (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Gateway to Creativity Photographic Workshop on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO
- Chords & Canines Concert (Ocean Twp) – MORE INFO
- OASIS Green Ball (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
- Nearly New Rummage Sale (Marlboro) – MORE INFO
- BCA-NJ Car Show (Keyport) – MORE INFO
- Yoga Family Fun Day (Howell) – MORE INFO
- Customer Appreciation Day at Battleview Orchards (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Babysitting Safety Class (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Free Eye Screening for Diabetes Patients (Neptune) – MORE INFO
- Live Harness Racing at Freehold Raceway – MORE INFO
- Present Laughter by Monmouth Players (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Simulcast Racing at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- New York Sightseeing Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Kids Night Out (Fair Haven) – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore: America’s Playground Exhibit (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- AAUW Used Book Sale (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Fan Appreciation Day at Wall Speedway – MORE INFO
- Flea Market (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
- Mushroom Cultivation Workshop (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Can U Canoe? (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Music on Main (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
- Forest Eats and Wild Treats at Huber Woods (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Soccer Shooting Clinic (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
- Jack and the Beanstalk at Paper Moon Puppet Theatre (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Historic Mill Demonstration (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Women’s Open Gym Fitness (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
- Women’s College Softball: Monmouth U vs. Canisius (WLB) – MORE INFO
- For Pete’s Sake 5k (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
- Rent by Boom Roasted Productions at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
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Sunday, May 3
- Spring Arts Festival (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Secret Places on Sandy Hook – MORE INFO
- Bird Watching Basics at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell) – MORE INFO
- A Weekend in Old Monmouth – MORE INFO
- Mary Poppins at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
- Brighton Beach Memoirs by Center Players (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- The Realization of Emily Linder by NJ Repertory Company (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
- GSA Sock Drive at Brookdale (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine at TRT (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Cinemas Movie Night (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Tribute by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- New Jersey AIDS Walk ’15 (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- People’s Choice Car Show at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Picnic by South Street Players (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
- You Can Make a Basket (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Open Ceramics Class (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Music Man Rich Marzec (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
- Spring Nationals at Raceway Park (Englishtown) – MORE INFO
- Historic Seabrook-Wilson Open House (Port Monmouth) – MORE INFO
- Gallery of Dolls Display (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- The New Standard Featuring Layonne Holmes (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
- Ewan Dobson at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- WSJ Columnist Bret Stephens (Rumson) – MORE INFO
- Concordia Youth Chorale at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- March for Babies (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
- Paulette’s COLORECTAL Run/Walk & Auxiliary Vendor Show (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Fair Trade Spring Bazaar (Neptune) – MORE INFO
- Earth Day Festival (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
- Gold Star Family Monument Ground Breaking Ceremony (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
- Honeybees Apitherapy with Dr. Petrusia Kotlar (Matawan) – MORE INFO
- NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
- Spring Migration Bird Watching Hike (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
- New York Sightseeing Cruise via Seastreak Ferry (Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Jack and the Beanstalk at Paper Moon Puppet Theatre (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- Men’s Open Gym Basketball (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
- MAAC Track & Field Championships Monmouth U. (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Women’s College Softball: Monmouth U vs. Niagara (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Run the Hills 5k (Neptune) – MORE INFO
- Rent by Boom Roasted Productions at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
- Spring Plant Sale at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
- Jackie Mason at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Jonathan Singer: Botanica Magnifica Art Show Opening (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
- Children’s “Morning at the Museum” (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Timolat Pond Discovery (Locust) – MORE INFO
- Historic Mill Demonstration (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
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Coming Next Weekend:
- May 8: A Night in Provence at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
- May 9: Monmouth Park Racetrack Opening Day (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- May 10: NJ Equine & Agriculture Expo (Allentown) – MORE INFO
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Coming Soon:
- May 16: Spring Lake Irish Festival – MORE INFO
- May 23: Jersey Shore Food Truck Fest at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- May 30: Ocean Grove Giant Spring Flea Market – MORE INFO
- June 6: The Amazing Funtathlon (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
Greg Kelly is a longtime Monmouth County journalist. He welcomes comments or questions at [email protected]
Can you please include the Keyport Antique & Artisan Festival in you list on the weekend of May 16, 2015 (raindate May 17th).
The Antique & Artisan Festival features Antique Dealers and Artisans selling their wares on W. Front St., Artists painting live in the harbor, “Spheres of Imagination,” a garden art silent auction featuring bowling balls repurposed and decorated by artists, and amazing entertainment including NYC artists and bands including rock, folk, hip hop, a capella and an new Off Broadway Family Musical Preview! Enjoy special discounts and menu items at Keyport Restaurants and Eateries. Festival opens at 11:00 AM and closes at 6:00 PM.
Allenwood PTG Playground Funraiser – Yard Sale/Vendor Sale
Saturday, June 20th
Rain or shine
$25 per spot
Rent a space or donate items for the PTG to sell. The PTG is looking for donations of any items but particularly books and sports equipment.
All proceeds go toward new playground equipment!!
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Make checks payable to: Allenwood PTG
Return form to school Attention: Linda Ragan 3301 Allenwood-Lakewood Road Allenwood, NJ 08720
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