Arts & Entertainment
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•June 21, 2023
Pinelands Regional Star Takes Another Shot, Brings Sister in Attempt to Thwart ’Champ’
Brandan Tyhanic learned several lessons during Week 8 of “Can You Beat Biggy?” last summer. The first was to not equate putting on a mini golf course to putting on a standard green on a regulation…
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•June 21, 2023
Standup at Elks for Veterans
Get ready to bust a gut for a good cause. The Elks Lodge in Manahawkin hosts comedy night this Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.m. with proceeds to benefit New Gretna’s Veteran’s United Military Memorial…
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•June 21, 2023
Lick of Sense
STYLE: Classic rock deep cuts and dance music throwbacks. A unique song list that leans away from over-played top 40.
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•June 21, 2023
French Filmmaker Rediscovers Herself in Debut Film, ‘Leave Me Tender’
French filmmaker Rachel Collignon began her career in Paris as a playwright and actor when she was only 19. After four successful years producing and acting in her own plays, Collignon decided to…
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•June 21, 2023
Live Music Matinees Sunday on 68th Street Beach
Sunday afternoons on Long Beach Island just got even better. Long Beach Township once again is hosting live concerts from noon to 2 p.m. right on the 68th Street beach beginning Independence Day…
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•June 21, 2023
Art Notes, June 21
Art Every Way: Themed events are lined up at the Tuckerton annex of the Pine Shores Art Association and at partner organization Maker’s Station pottery and glass blowing studio/gallery in West Creek.
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•June 21, 2023
Surflight Theatre Performing ‘State Fair’
Surflight Theatre’s second musical of its 2023 season is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “State Fair,” which opens June 21 and runs through July 9.
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•June 21, 2023
BH Fire Company Selling Blueberries June 30
The Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a blueberry sale at the firehouse on Amber Street on Friday, June 30, beginning at 11 a.m. Flats, which consists of 12 pints, will be available for $36…
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•June 21, 2023
Master Cutter Demonstrates His Art June 27
Without sketching, in the wink of an eye, Hou-Tien Cheng takes ordinary paper and cuts it into images that spark the imagination. The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City…
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•June 21, 2023
Hot Take: Danksters Capture LBI Essence at HopSauce
Island life was a theme of Saturday’s eighth annual HopSauce Festival at Veterans Memorial Park in Beach Haven, and local reggae-fusion band The Danksters purveyed the message musically in their…
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•June 21, 2023
Meet an Author Virtually on June 28
Award-winning writer-actor-producer Tananarive Due, a contributor to Black Panther: Days of Wakanda and Black Panther: Sins of the King, will appear in the Ocean County Library’s Virtual Author Talk…
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•June 21, 2023
First Responders Converge on Stafford Library
The Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library celebrates the system-wide summer reading theme “All Together Now” by meeting community helpers who keep the community safe at a First Responders Day…
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•June 21, 2023
Summer Kickoff Party at LBT Field Station June 29
Summer is here, and Alliance for a Living Ocean and the Long Beach Township Field Station are partnering to celebrate on LBI’s south end at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 29. Stop by the field station, on…
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•June 21, 2023
Navigating Recovery One Show at a Time
Summer is upon us, and it’s getting hot. As the holiday weekend approaches, it’s a good time to hydrate, reapply sunblock and check in on our friends.
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•June 21, 2023
Summer Camp on LBI for Young Wildlife Enthusiasts
A summer wildlife adventure awaits youngsters on Long Beach Island. Conserve Wildlife Foundation is partnering with the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, in Loveladies, to offer camps that…
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•June 21, 2023
Meet the Mayor at Surf City Firehouse June 24
The Surf City Taxpayer Association is hosting its annual summertime Meet the Mayor event at the borough’s firehouse June 24.
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•June 16, 2023
New Tree Sculpture in Manahawkin Celebrates Fishing Heritage
Joining the town’s prominent tree sculpture, carved in 2019, in front of the Stafford municipal building is a second sculpture by the same artist, this one located in front of the Bay Avenue…
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•June 15, 2023
Cuisine on the Green’s Demonstration Garden Blooms Into Success, Provides Bounty for Pesto Workshop
On June 7, Cuisine on the Green hosted a pesto workshop led by author Olwen Woodier, employing recipes from her recently published The Pesto Cookbook. Many ingredients were harvested in the…
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•June 15, 2023
Sandy Avocado Camp Expands to Offer More for Waterwomen
When campers arrive at the Sandy Avocado Surf Camp on the Taylor Avenue beach in Beach Haven, they stick their boards down in the sand with the others and are immediately invited into an activity.…
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•June 15, 2023
Free New Jersey Symphony Outdoor Concert at Ocean County College June 27
Ocean County College welcomes back a summer tradition on Tuesday, June 27 at 8 p.m., as the New Jersey Symphony returns to campus to perform a free outdoor concert. Admission and parking are both…
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•June 14, 2023
Gen X Anthems Reborn in Ridgemont High
Ridgemont High founder and bass player Keith Kozak formed the 1980s tribute band, named for the stoner cult flick/coming-of-age classic “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” about 20 years ago. Nowadays he…
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•June 14, 2023
Young Director’s ‘Out There’ Gives Ken Burns a Run for the Money
When Brendan Hall was attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, he was planning on becoming a narrative filmmaker. But then one summer, he and a friend took a road trip visiting…
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•June 14, 2023
Calling LGBTQ+, Allies to Paint Lakeside Rainbow for Pride in the Park
Stafford Township will host its annual Pride in the Park event at Manahawkin Lake Park on Wednesday, June 21 from 5 to 8 p.m.
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•June 14, 2023
The Way Outs
STYLE: Covers of all the new and old tunes that keep the party happening – classic rock, hip hop, pop and emo – complete with inflatable palm trees, flamingos and pizza.
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•June 14, 2023
Going All Out With Outside Living Garden Tour and Art Show
The name itself conjures colorful thoughts: The Outside Living Garden Tour and Art Show. The Garden Club of Long Beach Island has it arranged for Monday, June 19 from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. as a ticketed…
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•June 14, 2023
2023 LIFF Was Exhausting and Exhilarating
I’ve been covering the Lighthouse International Film Festival for several years, but I was totally unprepared for this year’s event. It was so much bigger, so much better, so much everything than…
