Donations for Pets
Best Friends seeks donations for pets in need. Animal lovers can donate food, toys, and treats for homeless dogs and cats. All donations will benefit the pets being cared for by the Animal Placement Agency of the Windsors in West Windsor. Donations may be made at 1379 Route 130 in Windsor. Call 609-448-3114 or visit www.apawpets.org.
Auditions
Theater to Go seeks performers comfortable with improv, character walkaround, and audience participation to engage the audience in the “Grease Sing Along” movie screening on Friday to Sunday, January 25 to 27, at Kelsey Theater. The performers will be in Grease-type costumes and will teach and lead the crowd in Hand Jive, Greased Lightning, Beauty School Dropout, and others. Auditions will be held at Kelsey Theater on Monday, December 17, from 7 to 10 p.m. Send headshot and resume to Ruth Markoe at ruth@theatertogo.com.
Playhouse 22 has announced its audition schedule for the upcoming season. Auditions for “The Uninvited” are Wednesday and Thursday, January 2 and 3, at 7 p.m. Auditions for “Twist of Faith” are Tuesday, January 15, and Thursday, January 17, at 7 p.m. Auditions for “Sunday in the Park with George” are Sunday, January 27, at 1 p.m.; and Tuesday, January 29, at 7 p.m.
Auditions will be held at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Visit www.Playhouse22.org.
Somerset Valley Players has auditions for “13,” a musical with seven teenage boys and six teenage girls. Sunday, December 16, and Tuesday, December 18, at 7:30 p.m., at 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Performance dates are weekends, Friday, April 12, to Sunday, May 5. Be prepared to sing 32 bars of a pop/rock or contemporary musical theater song (not a song from the show). Bring sheet music clearly marked and in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. All actors must realistically be able to portray a 13-year-old. Visit www.svptheatre.org or call 908-369-7469.
For the Young
Nassau Tennis Club offers a holiday tennis camp for young people on Wednesday to Friday, December 26 to 28. The half-day program includes tennis instructions, drills, fitness, and more. $60 a day includes lunch. 1800 Route 206, Skillman. Visit nassautennis.net or call 908-359-8730 for information.
Mercer Museum offers a Lego robotics workshop focusing on construction, manipulation, and computer technology, on Wednesday, December 26, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. $85 a session. Visit www.mercermuseum.org or call 215-348-9461.
Princeton Airport is the scene for Santa’s landing on Monday, December 24, at 11 a.m. The airport opens its maintenance hangar at 10:30 a.m. for the holiday festivities. Santa will distribute gifts from the sack on his back to each child and parents will have the opportunity to snap a picture of their children on Santa’s lap. There is no charge for the event.
To participate bring one toy (12 inches or smaller) for each child to the chimneys in the airport lobby. The gift must be wrapped and have the child’s name written clearly. Santa will distribute gifts according to order in which they were received. Deadline is Sunday, December 16.
Please donate a gift of a new toy or book for a needy child. These gifts should be unwrapped. The airport will also be collecting checks made out to the “Food Bank Network of Somerset County” and canned and boxed food donations.
The airport is on Route 206 in Montgomery Township. Call 609-921-3100 or visit www.princetonairport.com.
Sylvan Learning Center offers free tutoring to students impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Days of Learning are to help students catch up on school work. The offer is open to any non-Sylvan student who reserves a Saturday afternoon spot at a participating center. Centers participating in the free tutoring efforts include the center at 3635 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-588-9037.
Bucks County Playhouse has announced its Saturday Arts Program, a training ground for performers in grades 4 through 12. The nine-week session runs from Saturdays, January 19 to March 23. An open house is scheduled for Saturday, January 12, at 4 p.m.
The winter session costs $450. Visit www.bcptheater.org/education, call 609-460-4630, ext. 114, or E-mail sap@bcptheater.org. Classes take place at Bucks County Playhouse and the Solebury School.
New Jersey State Bar Foundation offers free mock trial programs for students in grades 3 to 8 at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. During the interactive programs, elementary and middle school students will serve as jurors. They will hear cases written and performed by students. Judges and attorneys will preside over the trials.
Programs for grades 3 to 6 will be held Tuesday to Friday, May 28 to 31. Seventh and eighth grade sessions will take place Monday to Thursday, May 20 to 23. Register at www.njsbf.org. Contact Sheila Boro at 732-937-7519 or E-mail sboro@njsbf.org.
Donate Please
Century 21 Abrams, Hutchinson & Associates are holding a diaper and pajama drive for young children in HomeFront. Bring the diapers and pajamas to 64 Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor. Call Janice Hutchinson or Barbara Weinfield at 609-683-5000.
Seeking Dancers
Roxey Ballet has male and female company auditions for dancers with professional experience. Contracts are 19 to 30 weeks. Send letter of inquiry and resumes to info@roxeyballet.org or 243 North Union Street, Lambertville 08530. Visit www.roxeyballet.org. No phone calls please.
DanceVision has auditions for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Sunday, January 27. Performances are Sunday, May 5 at noon and 4 p.m. Visit www.dancevisionnj.org.
ESL Registration
YWCA Princeton offers English as a Second Language for winter visitors to the U.S. in an intensive two-week, 30-hour course, Wednesday, January 2, to Saturday, January 12, from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $360 plus admission fees. The program is geared toward non-native visitors.
Field trips may include Princeton Public Library, Princeton University Museum, local police departments and rescue squads, the Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, and the New Jersey State Museum. Contact Caroline Tompkins at 609-497-2100, ext. 329 or E-mail ctompkins@ywcaprinceton.org.
Register for Princeton Adult School ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, on Thursday, January 24, at Princeton High School, 151 Moore Street, 7 to 8 p.m. Visit www.princetonadultschool.org or call 609-683-1101.
Call for Vendors
Princeton YWCA Flea Market, Sunday, February 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. Vendor fee is $20. Admission is $2. Vendor and admission fees benefit the YWCA. E-mail yfleamarket@gmail.com.
