In Town
WW-P PLC Parent Workshops focus on communicating more effectively with your children. Afternoon and evening workshops are available for the free program. Call 609-936-1067 or E-mail wwp_plc@yahoo.com.
Tutoring Society, a community service group run by WW-P high school students, offers free tutoring for students in grades one to twelve, from adding single digit numbers to the correct way to approach a computer programming algorithm. Volunteers are available every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in the Plainsboro Library, from 6 to 8 p.m. E-mail tutoringsociety@gmail.com for more information.
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South seeks clothing, shoes, purses, linens, towels, and stuffed animals to benefit Post Prom 2006. Drop off is Saturday, October 8, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Penn-Lyle Road, West Windsor. Call 609-716-1940 for information.
Stage and Music
Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton, 609-392-0766. Seeking a young male actor, ages 10 to 14 for the role of Scott in the upcoming musical “Move It and It’s Yours.” Rehearsal begin in October in New York City. Production opens October 27. Auditions in Trenton on Sunday, September 25. Prepare an upbeat song and a joke or story to tell. Call for appointment.
Villagers Theater, 415 Demott Lane, Somerset, www.villagerstheatre.com. “The Day They Shot John Lennon” by James McLure. Actors should be ages 16 to 70. Bring a headshot and resume. Readings will be from script. Monday and Wednesday, October 3 and 5, 7 p.m. Also seeking actors for ages 10 to 45 for December production of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Kathryn Schultz Miller. Saturday, October 8, 2 to 4 p.m., and Sunday, October 9, 7 to 10 p.m.
Princeton Garden Statesmen invites guests and new members to meetings at Pavilions at Forrestal, 1000 Windrows Drive, Plainsboro. Visit www.menwhosing.org or call 609-252-1515 for information.
Submit Entries
Villagers Theater, www.villagerstheatre.com. Accepting original unpublished plays for the 2006 New Playwrights Series to be presented as staged readings in February. No musicals. Sent to Catherine Rowe Pherson, Villagers Theater, Box 6175 DeMott Lane, Somerset 08875. Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
MGP Studio Arts Gallery invites artists to enter work in “The Painterly Print” for original works on paper in any media except photographs and digital images. The fee for up to three entries is $25. Delivery dates are Sunday and Thursday, September 25 and 29, from noon to 4:30 p.m. at 430 Union Square Drive, New Hope. Call 215-862-9690 for information.
Nominations
Princeton Area Community Foundation seeks nominations for the Bud Vivian Community Service Award presented to an individual who has helped promote change and opportunity in Princeton. Mail to PACF, 15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville 08648 by October 15. Visit www.pacf.org or call 609-219-1800.
Donate Please
Mercer County Literacy Volunteers seek donations of various specific items. Contact June Vogel at 609-587-6027.
M.C.F.O.O.D.S. seeks canned and non-perishable food items, and personal products for Hurricane Katrina victims. Call Jennifer Apostol at 609-409-5033. Items may be dropped off at libraries in Plainsboro, North and South Brunswick, and Monroe.
Scholarship
The Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism recognizes young New Jerseyans for exceptional acts of heroism. In honor of the Seton Hall University student credited with save lives during the dormitory fire, the recipient must be age 21 or younger at the time of his or her heroic act. Deadline is Wednesday, October 12. Visit www.hesaa.org or call 800-792-8670 for information.
HomeFront seeks formal dresses in all sizes, especially sizes 14 to 24. More than 60 formerly homeless single parents who have met their goals in HomeFront programs will be honored at a formal event in November. Visit www.homefrontnj.org or call 609-989-9417.
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen seeks holiday gifts of hats, gloves, towels, socks, ponchos, hooded sweatshirts, scarves, stuffed animals, and mini hygiene kits. Deliver to TASK Monday to Thursday, 9 am. to 5 p.m.; and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All items should be new. 72 1/2 Escher Street, Trenton, www.trentonsoupkitchen.org or call 609-695-5456.
