'Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings'
Book helps children cope when someone they love has cancer
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer
     Take heart. There's hope. And help for anyone who has to explain to a child that someone they love has been diagnosed with cancer.
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In the Arts
     The fourth annual Walt Whitman Poetry Festival will take place Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Auditorium Square Park, Ocean Grove. Sixty-two award-winning New Jersey poets will be reading, leading workshops, lectures, tutorials and open mics. There will be walking tours of The Grove. The event is
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Stories pieced together in fabric
     An exhibit of fiber collages by fiber artist Pamela Burke will be at the Oceanic Library in Rumson throughout October.
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From rockabilly to rap
     The second season of Young Audiences New Jersey performances for children and their families at Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Ave. in Red Bank, will get under way on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. when the four talented musicians of the award-winning group RockRoots take to the stage.
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R.B. International Film Festival
     Three days of screenings, filmmaker appearances, festival gatherings and awards will turn Red Bank into indie cinema central Oct. 13-15 when the Freedom Film Society's (FFS) sixth annual Red Bank International Film Festival opens.
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Chantey singers to perform Oct. 7
     The Northern Neck Chantey Singers will perform Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church Hall in Keansburg. The public is invited to enjoy an evening of traditional work songs and history of the African-American menhaden fishermen who worked off the coast of New Jersey.
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Monmouth Arts Council announces 2007 awards
     HOLMDEL - The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced its Local Arts Program Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 at a special networking event for members on Sept. 13 at the Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel.
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Local musicians click in My Eyes Just Closed
BY SHARON LEFF Correspondent
     Though the four local boys had been playing music since they were children and had all been members of other bands, they finally found the combination that worked when they formed My Eyes Just Closed.
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Visiting Writers Series to begin
     The Brookdale Visiting Writers Series has announced the lineup for fall 2006 events. The public is invited to all presentations, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the Warner Student Life Center, Navesink III Room. A $3 donation for the English Club is requested at the door.
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