Events Page

Biographies and Women’s History books are half price for March. If you love to read and have never visited our sale, please come in to shop. Our prices are unbelievable. We are currently overloaded with paperbacks and children's books. You will also find puzzles, games, vinyl records, DVDs and CDs as well as books on tape and large print books. We are also open on Thursdays from 10 a.m. until noon. Visit our website at www.aauw-nj-nmcb.org for our donation policy.
Closed on Holiday weekends.

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Silver Ridge Park West Community Events is thrilled to present another dinner and comedy night to bring the community together and support the neighborhood.
Headlining this show is Jimmy Graham (Comedy Central, Oxygen Network), featuring even more of NJ's best professional entertainment.

This event is being held Saturday, May 17th at the Silver Ridge Park West Clubhouse, located at 145 Westbrook Dr. in Toms River, NJ.

The event starts at 5PM for dinner, with the comedy show to follow. Tickets are only $40 - call Virginia (862-208-9061) or Vicky (201-280-7190) for more info.

In the spirit of collaboration and appreciation for musical brilliance, we bring you our monthly concert series — pairing tunes from legendary masters of rock, along with some unsung heroes following in their footsteps. Settle in for an intimate vibe akin to MTV Unplugged, Storytellers and Behind the Music, as singer/guitarist Kevin Spyker performs timeless hits and hidden gems, accompanied by an array of instrumentalists from the Belmar Arts music collective.

Reserve your seats for our series launch on May 18th — highlighting the music of rock icon Tom Petty, with an opening set honoring the up-and-coming band known as Dawes...each month we will tribute two different bands.

Between songs we’ll share some history and fun facts about our featured songsters.

We’re honored to name our tribute series after the memorable Dawes song / album “All Your Favorite Bands” with the anthemic refrain:

“I hope that life without a chaperone is what you thought it'd be,

I hope your brother's El Camino runs forever,

I hope the world sees the same person that you've always been to me,

And may all your favorite bands stay together!”

Union County Performing Arts Center proudly announces our UCPAC Film Fest 2025. This exciting two-day event will showcase short films crafted by aspiring and independent filmmakers ages 14 and above, along with engaging panel discussions workshops, and more! We’re excited to host the second annual event at UCPAC’s historic Main Stage and modern Hamilton Stage.

Be the Difference was founded in 2023 by Piper Wyman, a junior high school student at the time with a passion for mental health awareness. Be the Difference unites residents to break the stigma surrounding mental health and promote suicide awareness. Over the past two years, Be the Difference has raised over $25,000, all of which has been donated to the goals of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
Looking forward, Alex Taddeo has taken on the role of Managing Director for Be the Difference for the year 2025. Together, Alex and Piper are working collaboratively to ensure that the 3rd Annual Be the Difference Walk will be the most successful yet.

The Bradley Food Pantry is pleased to announce it will host its Second Annual Bradley Food Pantry Benefit Golf Outing at Hominy Hill Municipal Golf Course in Colts Neck on Monday, May 19, 2025, rain or shine. The event kicks off with a 7am breakfast and a shotgun start at 8am. A BBQ luncheon and raffle drawings will follow. The outing will feature traditional closest-to-the-pin and longest-drive contests.

Purchase tickets here: https://bradleyfoodpantry.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/22034

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR GOLFERS AND SPONSORS. COME AND ENJOY A FRIENDLY COMPETITION FOR A GREAT CAUSE!

You can also send a check for payment, payable to, Bradley Food Pantry Inc. Mail to P.O. Box 308 Bradley Beach, NJ 07720

Join us on Monday, May 19th in the Atrium of the Asbury Hotel for an evening of conversation with Niko Stratis talking about her new memoir The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman.

Hailed as "a piercing memoir of trans adolesence and young womanhood amid Canada's beauty and desoltation" by Sasha Geffen, author of Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Brike the Binary.

Niko Stratis is a culture writer based in Toronto, Ontario with bylines her work regularly appears in outlets like Spin magazine, Xtra, and Paste Magazine, and covering events like Riot Fest, and Warped Tour. Stratis provides a unique voice in cultural spaces seeking to work through lifelong traumas and emotional highs and lows through her work. Her column in Catapult, Everyone Is Gay, was a widely read series that explored gender and sexuality in 90s music and music criticism, and its impact on her as a closeted queer and trans woman in her teen years. Her newsletter, Anxiety Shark, is a self-published weekly essay collection using music to explore her relationship to themes like gender and sobriety.

“A book that sits beautifully with the bloodiness and bones of a working-class trans life. A wonderfully queer love letter to artists and musicians and all those who have had to bare their souls just to carve out a life in a world that has no place for them. A lesson on how to write yourself alive.”

—Carvell Wallace, bestselling author of Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Books will be available for purchase day of event for those selecting FREE tickets.

Paid tickets include a Signed copy of The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman.

To respect Stratis' time, personalized dedications will only be guaranteed at the Reserved ticket tiers.

Come share your musical passions at Belmar Art Center's Weekly Open Mic and Music Workshop! Every Tuesday, sign-ups start at 7pm.
Attention songwriters and musicians, a new open mic is town. In addition to the monthly open mic we have, we are facilitating a WEEKLY open mic and workshop, every TUESDAY for artists to hone and share their amazingness and receive feedback. If you wish to share an original of yours, awesome. If you want to play a cover, great. You may want to just share an idea with a band to see what it sounds like. That's great. This open mic is designed for collaborators and experimentalist alike, to try new things, and be open to different possibilities. Join Multi-Instrumentalist Andy Demos every Tuesday Night.

This is a Belmar Arts Shared Interest group run by Andy Demos adreamos1@gmail.com
Please email Andy if you have any questions or concerns.

Guests are warmly welcomed for any two open mics but after that a membership to the BAC is required. ($35/year and goes to a great cause)

Come share your musical passions at Belmar Art Center's Weekly Open Mic and Music Workshop!

Every Tuesday, sign-ups start at 7pm.

Attention songwriters and musicians, a new open mic is town. We have been facilitating a Tuesday WEEKLY open mic and workshop, every TUESDAY for artists to hone and share their amazingness and receive feedback for over 3 years now!

If you wish to share an original of yours, awesome. If you want to play a cover, great. You may want to just share an idea with a band to see what it sounds like. That's great. This open mic is designed for collaborators and experimentalist alike, to try new things, and be open to different possibilities. Join our hosts multi-instrumentalist Andy Demos & singer, song writer, guitarist Alex Sanders every Tuesday Night.

Free for BAC Members ($35/year membership fee)
$5 donation for non-members

This Shared Interest group is run by Andy Demos adreamos1@gmail.com
Please email Andy if you have any questions or concerns.