The Arts
Maurer Productions has auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life: The Musical” on Saturday and Sunday, August 12 and 13, noon to 6 p.m. at Kelsey Theater, West Windsor. Production opens in November. Visit www.mponstage.com/auditions to make appointment. Call 609-882-2292 for information.
Bridge Players Theater Company has auditions for “Arsenic and Old Lace” on Sunday and Monday, August 6 and 7, 7 p.m., at Broad Street Methodist Church, 36 East Broad Street, Burlington. October production. Visit www.bridgeplayerstheatre.com or call 215-680-6965.
Professional Center for the Arts has auditions for the dance company, the junior company, and the Team Hip Hop. 4 Tennis Court, Hamilton. Visit www.professionalcenterforthearts.com or call 609-586-3008.
VSA Arts of New Jersey seeks authors for the annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith competition. Submissions by writers with disabilities encouraged. Deadline is Monday, October 16. Visit www.vsanj.org or call 732-745-3885.
A Nature Writing Field Camp will be held in the Kittatinny Valley of New Jersey from Friday to Sunday, September 22 to 24. Mary Jasch, publisher of Dig It! Magazine, is the guide. Register by Thursday, August 31. $300 includes all meals and heated lakeside cabin. E-mail apple5@garden.net or visit www.dig-itmag.com.
Support Needed
American Red Cross seeks volunteers for Meals at Home program. Meals are picked up at St. Francis Hospital and delivered to homebound clients in Hamilton area. Call Joyce Gorsky at 609-951-2123 for information.
Church World Service New Jersey seeks donations of emergency clean-up buckets including cleaning products, brushes, and sponges. Visit www.churchworldservice.org/kids or call 609-924-6466.
For Bikers
Princeton Free Wheelers offers six tours from 20 to 100 miles for beginners to experts on Saturday, August 5, at Mercer County College. Free parking, rest rooms, vendors, sag and emergency help, water and snacks, and a post-ride lunch. Call 609-882-4739. Adults, $30; $10 for 16 and under. Helmets are required.
For Kids
Central Baptist Church offers a fiesta-themed vacation Bible school from Monday to Friday, July 24 to 28 for kindergarten graduates through fifth graders. A parenting class, “Parenting is Heart Work,” will be held in conjunction. 2015 Pennington Road, Ewing, 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. Register. Free. Visit www.cbcnj.org or call 609-882-0337.
McCarter Theater’s First Stage Company offers both half-year, full-year, and intensive five-week programs for grades kindergarten to twelve. For questions E-mail firststage@mccarter.org or call 609-258-8289. Registration for first-time students begins Tuesday, August 1, at 10:30 a.m. Register online at www.mccarter.org or in person at 91 University Place, Princeton. Classes fill quickly, be prepared with alternate choices.
