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Today GEICO Skytypers The GEICO Skytypers perform at McGuire Air Force Base and a World War II flying squadron will also make an appearance. Pilots flying six World War II planes will demonstrate low-level precision maneuvers and deliver aerial messages from 10,000 feet up in letters 120 feet high. Deputy squadron commander Larry Arken is a career commercial aviator. The aircraft flown are SNJ-2s, on which many Allied pilots trained during the war. Free. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 609-754-1919 or www.geicoskytypers.com.
Today
GEICO Skytypers
The GEICO Skytypers perform at McGuire Air Force Base and a World War II flying squadron will also make an appearance. Pilots flying six World War II planes will demonstrate low-level precision maneuvers and deliver aerial messages from 10,000 feet up in letters 120 feet high. Deputy squadron commander Larry Arken is a career commercial aviator. The aircraft flown are SNJ-2s, on which many Allied pilots trained during the war. Free. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 609-754-1919 or www.geicoskytypers.com.
Thursday
Wellness fair
Get healthy with the help of the fourth annual Pitman Manor Senior Health and Wellness Fair. The event, at Pitman Manor, 535 N. Oak Ave., recognizes Older Americans Month. There will be door prizes; free blood-pressure, blood-sugar and cholesterol checks; small-group seminars; one-on-one consultations; product demonstrations; massages; balancing and spinal screenings; and giveaways. Healthful refreshments will be served to all who attend. Free. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 856-589-7800.
Spirit of Jane Rodney
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure of Central and South Jersey holds the Spirit of Jane Rodney Reception at Drumthwacket. Named after the woman who was instrumental in bringing the Race for the Cure to New Jersey, the reception is an evening at the Governor's Mansion, 354 Stockton St., Princeton. There will be food, entertainment and a silent auction. This year's event honors the memory of Meredith Peterson, a fund-raiser and volunteer who died in October at 36. $150. 6 p.m. For information, call 609-896-1201 or visit www.komencsnj.org.
Saturday
Sam Maitin celebration
An evening of film and dance honoring artist Sam Maitin is set for the Middle Township Performing Arts Center, 212 Bayberry Rd., Cape May Court House. Access to Art, a New Jersey not-for-profit group, hosts this event with the film Sam Maitin: Celebration by Craig Rinkerman. It includes footage of Maitin with art critics, collectors, friends, family and colleagues discussing the artist and the man. There will also be a 12-minute screen dance by Susannah Newman, filmmaker, choreographer, and former associate professor of dance at the State University of New York at Brockport. It celebrates Maitin's color-saturated collages. The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company also performs. Reservations are required. $25 and $30. 7:30 p.m. film; 8 p.m. dance. 609-465-3963.
Continuing
Photography exhibition
The Gallery of the West Deptford Free Public Library, 420 Crown Point Rd., Thorofare, exhibits "Captured Creation," color photographs by Mimi Stevens, a Mickelton resident for 28 years. Her floral subjects and landscapes will be on display through May 30. Free. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 856-845-5593.