By Greg Kelly
Friday, April 4
• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Many county restaurants) – MORE INFO
• The Imaginary Invalid (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Monmouth County Job Fair at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Date of a Lifetime at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Monty Python’s SPAMALOT at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Play It Again Sam at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Aberdeen) – MORE INFO
• Nunsense at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• An Evening with Groucho at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Asbury Park Music Storyteller Series with Marc Ribler – MORE INFO
• Ethel featuring Kaki King at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Cher Lloyd at The Stone Pony (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• Dark City Launch Party at The Wonder Bar (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• The Little Mermaid by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• Small Meals: A Guide to Shopping & Cooking (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Adult Open Ceramics (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Dentistry From The Heart (Belmar) – MORE INFO
• Vintage Computer Festival (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• First Avenue Playhouse 25th Anniversary (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Mah Jongg (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Free Tax Preparation Help (Wall Twp, Shrewsbury, Manalapan) – MORE INFO
• Free Tax Preparation Help (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• “Young Frankenstein” The Musical (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• The Addams Family (Middletown) – MORE INFO
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Saturday, April 5
• Meditation Workshop (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
• Riverview Kids Rock Fair (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Play It Again Sam at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• The Great Jersey Shore Burger Contest (Lake Como) – MORE INFO
• Spring Vegetable Gardening 101 (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• 50+ Family Yard Sale (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Many county restaurants) – MORE INFO
• The Imaginary Invalid (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Date of a Lifetime at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Open Shoot Archery (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• “Make Summer Happen” Resource Fair (Leonardo) – MORE INFO
• Roving Park System Naturalist at Charleston Springs GC (Millstone) – MORE INFO
• Drop-In Surprise StoryTime (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Massage Techniques Class (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
• Free Foreclosure & Bankruptcy Seminar (WLB) – MORE INFO
• Diary of Anne Frank at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
• The Little Mermaid by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• AAUW Used Book Sale (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Monty Python’s SPAMALOT at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• The Carnaby Street Band (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• NJMEA Guitar Festival (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• Free Tax Preparation Help (Wall Twp, Shrewsbury, Manalapan) – MORE INFO
• Walnford’s Mill Season Opening (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Beauty and the Beast at Paper Moon Puppet Theatre (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• The Broadway Dolls at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• First Saturday in Asbury Park – MORE INFO
• Free Wellness Screening (Hazlet) – MORE INFO
• Eggpril Eggstravaganza (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
• Soccer Goalie Clinic (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
• The Art of Pysanky (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Run with the Royals 5k (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
• Nunsense at First Avenue Playhouse (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Trouble in Mind at TRT (Rd Bank) – MORE INFO
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Navesink Arts Center (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Easter Egg Hunt (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• FilmOneFest Benefit Dinner & Auction (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Run with Eagles 5k (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Calling All Angels: A Benefit for Bobbie (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
• Vintage Computer Festival (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• “Young Frankenstein” The Musical (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• Music for Old Middletown – MORE INFO
• Rose Pruning Workshop (Eatontown) – MORE INFO
• “Break the Grip of Life Stress” Free Seminar (Atlantic Highlands) – MORE INFO
• Improve Your Child’s Communication Skills (Shrewsbury) – MORE INFO
• Big Muckshaw Preserve Trek (Lincroft departure) – MORE INFO
• Kid’s Earth Day Birdhouse Workshop (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• The Addams Family (Middletown) – MORE INFO
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Sunday, April 6
• Red Bank Street Fair & Craft Show – MORE INFO
• NJ Home & Business Expo (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Open Ceramics (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• In the Mood: A 1940s Musical at Monmouth U (WLB) – MORE INFO
• RE: IMAGE Film Festival at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Introductory Archery (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Many county restaurants) – MORE INFO
• The Imaginary Invalid (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Trouble in Mind at TRT (Rd Bank) – MORE INFO
• Date of a Lifetime at NJ Repertory Theater (Long Branch) – MORE INFO
• Free Tax Preparation Help (Wall Twp, Shrewsbury, Manalapan) – MORE INFO
• Diary of Anne Frank at Axelrod PAC (Deal) – MORE INFO
• Book Swap Drop In (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
• Once Upon an Opera at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• Billy Lawlor: Swing into Spring (Manalapan) – MORE INFO
• Vespers Concert (Colts Neck) – MORE INFO
• Brookdale CC Spring Open House (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Greg Trooper in Concert (Belmar) – MORE INFO
• Jeff Crespi at The Saint (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO
• Terrific Turtles (Howell) – MORE INFO
• The Little Mermaid by Spotlight Players (Matawan) – MORE INFO
• The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Hiking Adventures: A Toddler’s Perspective (Holmdel) – MORE INFO
• Mill Demonstration (Upper Freehold) – MORE INFO
•The Colors of Style Fashion Show (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Spring Fling Fundraiser & Auction (Union Beach) – MORE INFO
• Pysanky Egg Workshop at Poricy Park (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Navesink Arts Center (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Monty Python’s SPAMALOT at BCC (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
• Meet Author Deborah Smarth (Spring Lake) – MORE INFO
• Indian Trails 15k & 3 Mile Road Races (Middletown) – MORE INFO
• Vintage Computer Festival (Wall Twp) – MORE INFO
• Violinist David Podles (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Chocolate & Wine Pairing Class at Algonquin Arts Theatre (Manasquan) – MORE INFO
• Play It Again Sam at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
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Next Weekend:
• Friday, April 11: Family Game Night (Tinton Falls) – MORE INFO
• Saturday, April 12: Jim Lindemuth Postcard, Book & Paper Show (Ocean Grove) – MORE INFO
• Sunday, April 13: Brookdale Guitar Show (Lincroft) – MORE INFO
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Next Month:
• May 2-3: Spring Lake Fashion Weekend Extravaganza – MORE INFO
• May 10: Monmouth Park Racetrack Opening Day (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
• May 25: Seaport Craft Show (Highlands) – MORE INFO
• May 31: Ocean Grove’s Giant Spring Flea Market – MORE INFO
Greg Kelly is a longtime Monmouth County journalist. He welcomes comments or questions at monmouthcountylife@gmail.com