Fall fest in Midtown
The fifth annual Midtown Village Fall Festival will kick off at noon Oct. 2, bringing together bars, restaurants, vendors, residents and visitors to celebrate the sights and sounds of the neighborhood.
Seven new restaurants have opened in the district in the past year and will join the slate of fooderies offering specials during the festival, which will also feature activities like sumo wrestling, a dunk tank and an Alex’s Lemonade Stand, with proceeds benefiting the children’s cancer charity.
For more information, visit www.midtownvillage.org.
B-I-N-G-O in N-J
The South Jersey AIDS Alliance will host its monthly Red Ribbon Bingo at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, 1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City, from 8-10 p.m. Sept. 24.
The fundraiser, this month themed “Miss America,” raises funds for the HIV/AIDS group, which provides HIV testing, case management, support groups and other HIV treatment and prevention services.
Guests should come ready with their best pageant waves, as prizes will be awarded for the best-dressed individual, best-decorated table and best-dressed group. Cash prizes will be awarded to the game winners.
Doors open at 7 p.m. in the Xanadu Ballroom at the Taj Mahal.
For more information or to reserve a table, call (609) 347-1083.
Gym to host book drive
The 12th Street Gym will host a book drive next month to garner donations for a new agency that seeks to provide college scholarships to local high-school students.
Education by Inclusion will accept donations of textbooks, hardcover and paperback books at the gym, 204 S. 12th St., from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 4.
The organization collects items through drives such as the 12th Street event and sells them to an array of e-commerce channels, then pools the proceeds into scholarship funds for local students.
The organization is also hosting a Facebook fan drive, in which it will donate an entire library to a local school if it can generate 10,000 fans on the site.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/educationbyinclusion.
— Jen Colletta