Last June the Lighthouse International Film Festival on Long Beach Island finished its 10th year, and I am looking forward to the upcoming one. Eleven years ago it started with a small group of people sitting around the kitchen table blue-skying about an idea to show artsy-type films on LBI. Now, people from all over the world gather here, patrons and producers. The opening night film last June filled every available seat at the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, our largest venue.

As an aside, I wondered what would have happened if 11 years ago they had thought about a gathering of motorcycle…