Arts & Entertainment
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•November 16, 2022
Garden Club Announces Display, Hurricane Ian Donation
What’s more warm and cozy than a pretty teacup filled with steaming tea as winter rolls around? Try pretty teacups overflowing with dried flowers to welcome the days of autumn.
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•November 16, 2022
Southern Regional Golden Rams Marching Band Rises to the Top With ‘Statuesque’
Inanimate objects coming to life are not something new within creative efforts. “March of the Wooden Soldiers,” “Toy Story” and “Night at the Museum” each had this similar theme. After all, it’s one…
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•November 16, 2022
Marching Bengals Hit the High Note in Competitions
The Barnegat High School Marching Bengals won their first ever Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship, capping off what director Dan McGrath said was “a storybook ending to their competitive…
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•November 16, 2022
OCVTS Performing Arts Academy Brings ‘Clue’ to Grunin Center Stage
Was it Professor Plum in the library with the candlestick? Or Mrs. Peacock in the kitchen with the rope? Find out when the Ocean County Vocational Technical School’s Performing Arts Academy presents…
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•November 13, 2022
Make the Holidays Merry and Bright for Those Who May Not Have Much
While many during the holiday season don’t have an issue with purchasing gifts for their family and friends or putting food on the table for a colossal Christmas feast, such is not the case for…
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•November 13, 2022
Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market Return to Stafford’s Heritage Park
Heritage Park in Stafford Township has become a mainstay for special events, and next month it again will set the mood for the second Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market.
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•November 12, 2022
Tuckerton Seaport Dazzles This Holiday Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and the Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum is buzzing with holiday activities for the entire family.
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•November 12, 2022
Traditional Holiday Foods Unite Past, Present
The sights and sounds of the holiday season evoke memories of bygone days for some, while others are transported back in time by the scents of foods steeped in holiday traditions passed down from…
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•November 12, 2022
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Barnegat Light Style
Santa knows the best way into Barnegat Light – by boat. His annual arrival is part of the borough’s official tree-lighting festivity, capped off with caroling and refreshments.
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•November 12, 2022
Santa Paws Is Coming to Town
This howl-iday season, think outside the (cat) box when considering gifts for pets and pet-lovers. (Or think exactly about the box itself and buy a cat owner an automatic self-cleaning litter…
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•November 12, 2022
‘Christmas in a Box’ Offered at St. Mary’s in Manahawkin
A Christmas dinner at no charge will be a gift to so many again this year.
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•November 12, 2022
How to Host a Stunning At-Home Holiday Party
If the last few years of pandemic life have taught our society anything, it’s how to create a cozy atmosphere right at home. Of course, after not having an option for a couple of years, the instinct…
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•November 12, 2022
Santa’s Viking Christmas Village Sets the Scene in Barnegat Light
At picturesque Viking Village in Barnegat Light, Santa’s Viking Christmas Village is the center of merriment on Saturday, Nov. 26, the Saturday right after Thanksgiving.
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•November 12, 2022
Area Theaters Offering Nearly a Score of Holiday Shows In November, December
If you mention “The Christmas Song” many people won’t know what you’re talking about. But if you sing the opening line of that Nat King Cole classic “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” there will…
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•November 12, 2022
Albert Music Hall Holiday Show Planned Dec. 17
Ever hear Christmas songs with a country/bluegrass twist? That’s what’s in store when the Pinelands Cultural Society presents its holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 17 at Albert Music Hall, located at…
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•November 12, 2022
Barnegat Rotary Playing Santa for the Needy
The Rotary International club of Barnegat is gearing up for its annual Christmas Elf Program for helping needy children in the community. Working in partnership with the Barnegat High School Interact…
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•November 12, 2022
Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Ye Olde Christmas Returning to Tuckerton
Some holiday celebrations will be returning to Tuckerton this year, celebrations that were canceled or at least reduced in size due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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•November 12, 2022
LBIF Holiday Market Brings Art to the Season
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is proud to host its annual Holiday Market from Nov. 19 through Dec. 4. Over 50 exhibiting artists will sell books, ceramics…
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•November 12, 2022
Local Author Shares ‘Culinary Stories of Comfort and Joy’
Manahawkin resident Cindy Roos Young has penned a recipe book gathering “culinary stories of comfort and joy.” The holidays are the best time to serve a family recipe that stirs up warm memories, and…
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•November 11, 2022
Find Budget-Friendly Gifts at Fall Bazaar
Want to get a jump on holiday shopping, and save some money in the process? The Friends of the Stafford Library hold a fall bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in…
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•November 10, 2022
Local DeLorean ‘Time Machine’ Promotes Coming Broadway Show
Jon Miller’s DeLorean “Time Machine” was front and center at the Javits Center during last month’s New York Comic-Con NYC to promote the coming Broadway production “Back to the Future: The Musical.”
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•November 10, 2022
Art Becomes Her: Nikki Nous
Currently hanging at the Union Market and Gallery in Tuckerton, on the wall above the coffee station, are three paintings by Brick artist Nikki Nous. One is a depiction of the Grateful Dead’s famous…
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•November 9, 2022
Christmas Craft Show on LBI Lights Up Two Days in November
This year’s Christmas Craft Show at the St. Francis Center in Brant Beach is ready to open up all the possibilities for the holiday season, and some for anytime.
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•November 9, 2022
‘Clown House’ Wins Halloween Decorating Contest in Barnegat
Since moving to Barnegat Township five years ago, Allen Clair says he has gone “hog wild” when it comes to decorating his Savannah Drive home. But this fall he had an extra incentive to adorn his…
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•November 9, 2022
Nov. 12 Comedy Night at Surflight Will Benefit Fire Company
Surflight Theatre will host a comedy night at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 that will benefit the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co.
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•November 9, 2022
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix to Bring Legendary Woodstock to Lizzie Rose
A little bit of history is coming to the Lizzie Rose Music Room, which recently celebrated a momentous return to its indoor venue at 217 East Main St., Tuckerton. After a month of heavy hitters to…
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•November 9, 2022
November Art Exhibit Reflects on Kindness
Kindness can take many forms, and its effects can last a lifetime. “A World of Kindness,” paintings by Ocean County families to show what warmth and goodwill mean to them, will be on display…
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•November 9, 2022
Go Browsing at Stafford Library Fall Bazaar
Want to get a jump on holiday shopping, and save some money in the process? The Friends of the Stafford Library hold a fall bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in…
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•November 9, 2022
Sharpen Your Mind With Playaway Tablets at Ocean County Library
Brain games are fun ways to maintain or improve mental fitness. The Ocean County Library System is now offering a full menu of games in ready-to-use Playaway Launchpad tablets for patrons at its 21…
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•November 9, 2022
Silkscreen Exhibit Running at Barnegat Library
The Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library will feature Catherine LeCleire’s intriguing interpretations of the great outdoors, “Nature at Its Best,” beginning Friday, Nov. 11, and running…
