EVENT APPEARANCE: Police Athletic League

On Saturday, December 15th, The Police Athletic League (PAL), the city’s largest, independent, nonprofit youth organization, and CitySights NY, the leader in New York City tours, sightseeing, and attractions, will team up to host many hundreds of boys and girls, ages five to seven, from all five boroughs at a festive holiday party filled with arts and crafts, board games, face painting, inflatable rides, and holiday treats. There will also be a special visit from Santa who will arrive atop a CitySights NY bus filled with over 2,000 toys for the children.

The event will take place at PAL’s Harlem Center located at 441 Manhattan Avenue from 11:00am-1:00pm.

Read more at BroadwayWorld.com

EVENT APPEARANCE: Stockings with Care Benefit

Jesse L. Martin, Aaron Tveit Kate Shindle and more set for Stockings with Care Benefit:

New York’s television and theatrical celebrities will take their place behind the bar at the annual “Stockings with Care Celebrity Bartending Night” in New York City on Tuesday, November 19th at Hudson Station Bar and Grill (440 Ninth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets) from 7 pm to 11 pm to raise money for the not-for-profit organization. Stockings with Care provides holiday gifts for children whose families live in homeless shelters or are in jeopardy of becoming homeless.

There will also be a silent auction and raffle. All monies raised from this event will support Stockings with Care’s 2013 Holiday Drive. A $30 cover will be charged at the door and all tips raised by the celebrity bartenders will be donated to Stockings with Care. Tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate of $20 in advance of the event by visiting Brown Paper Tickets.

For more information and see who else will be joining, visit BroadwayWorld.com

EVENT APPEARANCE: Celebrity Charades

Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Billy Crudup and Zosia Mamet will be part of the LAByrinth Theater Company’s annual “Celebrity Charades” benefit Oct. 28 at Capitale in New York City.

This year’s theme, which is “Disco Fever,” will feature four celebrity teams participating in a high-speed game of charades to raise money for the Labyrinth’s 2013-14 season.

Also participating are Josh Charles, Richard Kind, Padma Lakshmi, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Danny Pino, Cynthia Rowley, Callie Thorne, Yul Vazquez and David Zayas.

Additional participants will be announced shortly.

Capitale is located at 130 Bowery. The evening is co-hosted by the Labyrinth and Raymond Weil.

For tickets phone (917) 743-1767 or email charades@labtheater.org.

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EVENT APPEARANCES

There With Care
Jesse L. Martin joins Justin Kauflin, Zach Heckendorf and others in “A Red Carpet Adventure” to fund raise for There With Care: For Families and Children Facing Critical Illness. An event will take place on October 13th, 2012 in Denver, Colorado and another on October 14th, 2012 in Boulder, Colorado. For more information on There With Care and the “A Red Carpet Adventure”, visit http://www.therewithcare.org/redcarpet/. 

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Jazz House Kids Turns 10
Jesse L. Martin and S. Epatha Merkerson will be Mister and Mistress of Ceremonies as Jazz House Kids (in New Jersey) celebrates turning 10 with a cocktail party, concert and dinner on October 17th, 2012. The event will feature Grammy award-winning Christian McBride Big Band with Melissa Walker, along with other artists.

For more information on the Jazz House Kids and the 10th year celebration event, visit: http://www.anniversary.jazzhousekids.org

EVENT APPEARANCE: Our Time

Jesse L. Martin will join Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Steve Kazee, Mariska Hargitay, Daphne Rubin-Vega and many others for Paul Rudd's second annual All-Star Bowling Benefit on October 21st, 2013 at Lucky Strike Lanes. The gala/event benefits Our Time, a non profit organisation that helps kids who stutter. (Source: Broadway.com.)