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Friday Night Teen Events: Pickleball Doubles, Friday, May 16, 8:15 to 9:45 p.m. Time to serve up some serious fun! Team up with your friends for an action-packed nightofthrillingmatches!Forgrades 6-12, Y membership not required. Located at the Westfield Area YMCA,220ClarkStreet,Westfield. $10 to play (registration is required). Visit westfieldynj.org/events to register.

Steel Magnolias, May 16, 17. Westfield Community Players presents Steel Magnolias. In this comedy- drama, the local ladies meet each week for appointments at a Louisiana beauty salon. This lively group of friends with varying personalities enjoy looking forward to an upcoming wedding, but a change in health soon takes a loved one away.Friendshipssupportandcomfort as life moves on… Steel Magnolias is known for its ability to evoke both laughter and tears, often simultaneously!WestfieldCommunity Players, 1000 North Avenue West, Westfield, NJ, 07090 Water Safety Event for Kids & Families at the Westfield Area YMCA, Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Free & Open to the Community! Learn exercises to help kids adjust to being in the water, discuss safety topics, and participate in activities that reinforce skills! Geared toward families with children ages 5 to 11, child and parent/guardian should come dressed for the water. Register (required) at www.westfieldynj.org/events Westifeld Area YMCA, 220 Clark Street, Westfield.

Networking Event, Monthly Open Networking event, Tuesday, May20,8a.m.to9:30a.m.,Westfield Memorial Library, 550 East Broad Street,Westfield.This month’s topic is “Property Perspectives”. Register at www.gwaccnj.com/events/ #!event/2025/5/20/-quot-propertyperspectives- quot-may-meeting Play Reading, May 21, Vivid will present David Lee White’s Etiquette.

It’s the Fall of 2021 and the Cellar Theatre is back in production after a year of Zoom programming. When Lauren Ellis, the lead actress in the Cellar’s production of the American classic ‘Midnight Cicadas,’ spotsanaudiencememberfilming the show with his phone, Lauren strikes back – stopping the show and refusing to perform. A video of the incident goes viral, bringing the Cellar praise for speaking out against poor theatre etiquette. But when an onlinecommentergivesanalternate interpretation of the same event, the praise quickly turns bitter and the criticism begins to mount.The overworked andunderpaidstaffsuddenly have to navigate in-fighting, diva tantrums, illegal vaping and internet trolls…not to mention the Cellar’s problematic history. Summit Community Center, 100 MorrisAve, at 7 p.m. Admission is $13. For more information visit https:// www.vividstage.org/ or call (908) 514-9654.

Water Safety Event for Kids & Families at the Cranford YMCA, Friday, May 23, 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free & Open to the Community! Learn exercises to help kids adjust to being in the water, discuss safety topics, and participate in activities that reinforce skills! Geared toward families with children ages 5 to 11, child and parent/guardianshouldcomedressed for the water. Register (required) at westfieldynj.org/events Cranford YMCA Indoor Pool, 401 Centennial Avenue, Cranford.

Play Reading, May 28, Vivid presents It’s You by their very own Laura Ekstrand. Two actors play all of the parts in this examination of the choices we make that lead to the lives we live. Working parents Lily and Greg confront the possibility that their marriage won’t survive the challenges of modern life. In living rooms, offices, boutiques and spas, characterscyclethroughaLaRondeesque series of scenes where people perform a chain of actions that lead back to the original conflict. It’sYou asks the question: how do we each influence the lives of others to nudge themtotheirdestiny?SummitCommunity Center, 100 MorrisAve, at 7 p.m. Admission is $13. For more information visit https:// www.vividstage.org/ or call (908) 514-9654.

Summer Clothing Drive at Cranford YMCA, 401 Centennial Avenue, Cranford, Tuesday, June 3 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Have clothing or other items you’re looking to part with? Bring them to the Cranford YMCA on Tuesday, June, 3 from 7:00am-3:00pm. No items are accepted before or after the drop-off window. Visit westfieldynj.org/ events to view accepted items.

Fanwood Performance Series presentsPeteMuller&TheKindred Souls, blending folk, rock and soul, along with singer-songwriter Hope Dunbar on Saturday, June 14. Doors open 6:30 p.m., showtime 7 p.m. Admission $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, cash at the door. Reservations strongly suggested! RSVP to fanwoodperformance@gmail.com. More details at fanwoodperformanceseries.org. Kuran Cultural Arts Center (‘the CarriageHouse’),135WatsonRoad just west of Martine Ave., next to Fanwood Borough Hall. ***

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