Arts & Entertainment
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•July 5, 2023
Free Skin Cancer Screening at Bayview Park July 22
Take a break from summertime fun in the sun and devote just a few minutes to a free skin cancer screening in the Bayview Park Pavilion on Saturday, July 22. The Long Beach Island Health Department…
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•July 5, 2023
Art Notes, July 5
New To-Do: The first-ever Mosaic, a series of special events this summer at Firefly Gallery in Surf City, happens this Saturday, July 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. Featured artists include Victoria Ford of…
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•July 5, 2023
Southern Regional Theater Student Receives Extra Gift on Graduation Day
Amanda Muldowney had a tough decision to make on June 13.
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•July 5, 2023
Foundation’s Family Night Celebrates Summer Camp, Community
Family Night at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies was a party for new and returning families attending this summer’s camp programs and also for the public to…
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•July 5, 2023
SRHS Class of 1978 Reunion Dinner at Dolce Liberta July 15
Members of the Southern Regional High School class of 1978 are invited to come by for a reunion dinner at Dolce Liberta in Manahawkin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 15. No RSVP is necessary, the…
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•July 5, 2023
Kids Party With PJs at Bayview Park July 12
The second of three pajama parties in the park sponsored by the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library takes place on Wednesday, July 12 at 7 p.m. at Bayview Park in Brant Beach.
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•July 5, 2023
Steal the Sky
STYLE: The sexiest pop, rock, alternative and hip hop covers to set the night on fire.
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•July 5, 2023
Learn How to ‘Spot It’ to Relieve Stress at LBI Library
Where can you turn for relief when inner tensions mount? Learn about an in-the-moment technique during “Spot-It” – Breaking Free from Stress, Worry, Anger, and Anxiety,” on Friday, July 7, 2 p.m. at…
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•July 5, 2023
Learn How to Become a ‘Dungeon Master’ July 12
Ever wanted to learn to play “Dungeons & Dragons” but didn’t know how to start? As part of the Adult Summer Reading Program theme, “All Together Now,” the Ocean County Library will present a…
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•July 5, 2023
Virtual Talk Offers a Little Bit of Soule
Best-selling novelist Charles Soule will discuss his new futuristic mystery The Endless Vessel, with fans during his Ocean County Library virtual author talk on Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m.
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•July 5, 2023
‘Rework Your Closet’ With ALO and Feelin’ Blue at LBT Field Station
Join local environmental nonprofit Alliance for a Living Ocean and recycled fashion brand Feelin’ Blue at the Long Beach Township Field Station from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. on July 13 or July 27 to…
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•July 5, 2023
Stay Small Art Club Comes to Bayview Park Starting July 13
Calling all pint-sized artistes! Beginning July 13, Stay Small Art Club will set up at Bayview Park on Thursdays to offer songs, stories and, of course, art for children 18 months to 4 years old. The…
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•July 5, 2023
Surflight’s ‘Something Rotten’ Shows Shakespeare in a Farcical Light
The play-within-a-play has been a common dramatic device for centuries. Theater historians generally agree the first time the concept was employed was in the 1580s, when a mostly forgotten playwright…
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•July 5, 2023
The Rave-Ons
STYLE: Buddy Holly tribute, transforming everything from ’50s rock ’n’ roll and doowop, to classic rock, to ’90s alternative hits.
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•July 5, 2023
Drunken Clams
HOME BASE: The coast with the most. “We play all over New Jersey, but the best, most fun and crazy audience is always at the shore,” drummer Keith Burns said.
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•July 5, 2023
Tuckerton Church Offers Blueberries, Prayer and Yoga
Tuckerton’s Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, located at 220 East Main St. (Route 9), is celebrating the blueberry on Saturday, July 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine.
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•July 5, 2023
Team Mariani Switches Up the Tandem for Another Shot at Mini Golf Glory
Scott Mariani loves a challenge. More importantly, he loves seeing his while family take a challenge and succeed. Three years ago, during Season 2 of “Can You Beat Biggy?” he and two of his children…
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•July 5, 2023
Summer Music on the Horizon
The heat of summer is finally settling in, and what’s summer without a punchy beach bop to coast down the Boulevard to?
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•July 4, 2023
Annual Block Party Celebrates Community in Ship Bottom
Looking for something to do after coming off the beach this weekend? Why not attend the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co.’s Block Party on July 8?
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•July 4, 2023
With a New Book, Beach Badges Have Their Day in the Sun
The world’s largest known collection of New Jersey beach badges, over 800 strong, belongs to Bob Kugel of Ship Bottom. The first-ever book on the subject, a colorful hardcover titled 55 Years of Long…
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•July 1, 2023
Independence Day Celebrations Ready to Dazzle and Rumble
The Fourth of July always gets summer off to a sizzling start in Southern Ocean County, and this year is no exception.
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•June 29, 2023
Celebrating Chowder: A Daylong Chowderfest in Two Parts, Free Event and Ticketed Cookoff Tasting
The Chowder Cook-Off Classic as a Chowderfest tradition is coming back to the Taylor Avenue ball field in Beach Haven. Mark the calendar for a celebratory Saturday, Sept. 30 – a daylong bayfront…
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•June 29, 2023
Scoring a Hole-in-One on These Miniature Golf Holes Is Quite the Chore
Every summer, tens of thousands of people swing a putter along the greens of miniature golf courses up and down Long Beach Island. And why not? Mini golf is for everyone and, generally, the game’s a…
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•June 29, 2023
Arts and Sciences Foundation’s Diamond Anniversary Party Sparkles
In 1950, two years after sculptor Boris Blai founded the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, the New Jersey Senate adopted a resolution praising Blai’s “splendid…
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•June 28, 2023
When the Picnic Calls for an Antipasto Salad
The following seasonal recipe was furnished by food enthusiast and guest writer Rose Smith.
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•June 28, 2023
Todd Meredith Dishes Sunny Sunday Tunes at Joe Pop’s
“Nice to see the sun, huh?” asked a cheerful Todd Meredith, after greeting his audience seated around Joe Pop’s Shore Bar on a sultry Sunday afternoon with Beatles classic “Here Comes the Sun.”
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•June 28, 2023
Two Photographers, Two Views
Bold, evocative imagery characterizes the current exhibit at the Pine Shores Art Association’s Tuckerton annex gallery, a joint show of two photographers with distinctive artistic viewpoints. PSAA…
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•June 28, 2023
New Jen’s Links Owners Jump at Opportunity to Challenge SandPaper Pro
Full disclosure: When I heard Tim Flynn, Scott Mason and their business partners, Dan Flynn and Chris Burke, acquired Jen’s Links earlier this year, I was concerned about the possibility of the…
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•June 28, 2023
Solid Variety for Summer Concert Series in Stafford Township
Now in a tradition for more than two decades, the Stafford Township Historical Society will host its annual concert series again this summer. Concerts are every Monday beginning July 10, from 7 to…
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•June 28, 2023
Challenge the Pros at Island Golf and Help Celebrate Cecily’s Legacy
Last July, 130 individuals competed in the first Celebrate Cecily – Putt Against the Pros Tournament. Corey Doyle was one of them, and she had plenty to say about her best friend, Cecily Lovas.
