Arts & Entertainment
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•January 5, 2022
Surflight’s 2022 Season Will Include Concerts and Comedy Galore
Last week we introduced the shows comprising Surflight Theatre’s main stage 2022 season. This week we’ll check off the concerts, comedy shows and children’s theater offerings that will round out the…
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•December 29, 2021
First Day Hikes in Bass River State Forest
Ring in 2022 and kick off 2022 on New Year’s Day with a healthy hike in a state park or forest, thanks to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, which is offering 28 hikes and one…
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•December 23, 2021
Dr. Sanjay Gupta to Speak at Ocean County College
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, an Emmy award-winning journalist and chief medical correspondent for CNN, will take the main stage at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m.
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•December 22, 2021
Hearts of Mercy President Relaunches Jersey Arts and Music
On Thursday, Dec. 16, Hearts of Mercy hosted a holiday party for the kids and volunteers in its community, held in its newly established, spacious and fully renovated Manahawkin location. The…
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•December 22, 2021
Jerry Christmas, Happy New Weir: Grateful Heads on Holiday
The coronavirus pandemic – now having consumed the last two years of our lives – has been the longest, shortest, weirdest time to be alive. Despite the ever-present challenges, we are slowly marching…
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•December 22, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Open for Winter Walks
The Tuckerton Seaport is open for strolls along the decorated boardwalk on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays through Jan. 16. The gift shop inside the Tucker’s Island Lighthouse is also open…
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•December 22, 2021
Barnegat Esports ‘Rockets’ to State Title
Over the weekend, Barnegat High School’s esports team won the state Rocket League championship at Rutgers University.
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•December 22, 2021
‘Wonders of the Seasonal Sky’ at Novins Planetarium in January
Learn about the celestial composition above New Jersey in winter as the Robert J. Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College presents “Wonders of the Seasonal Sky” on four dates in January.
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•December 22, 2021
Art Notes December 29
Deck the Halls: The Pine Shores Art Association members have created holiday-themed artwork for a “Deck the Halls” exhibit in the gallery at 94 Stafford Ave., available for viewing when the building…
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•December 22, 2021
Ride the Tuckerton Railroad Through Holiday Decorated Woods
The Jersey Shore Live Steam organization is offering rides on its Tuckerton Railroad through Bass River Woods Park on Jan. 2 from 2 to 9 p.m., weather permitting. The railroad line is decorated with…
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•December 21, 2021
Amid Holiday Shopping, Wintry Delights, Stafford Heritage Shines
Where east meets west in the heart of historic Stafford Township – i.e. where East Bay Avenue meets West Bay Avenue at the intersection with Main Street (Route 9) – the first-ever Winter Wonderland…
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•December 16, 2021
Crafter Transforms Nature’s Curios into Keepsakes
Michele Capri lives in Ocean Acres now but grew up on Long Beach Island, where she pulls inspiration from the natural world to create decorative objects that cheer and beautify a space. Her canvas…
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•December 16, 2021
Deck the Walls With Cheerful Paintings
Pine Shores Art Association is not just a place to take wonderful workshops with some of the area’s finest artist/teachers and special events with artists from far away. It’s also a club where…
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•December 15, 2021
Gypsy Moon Duet Rises High Over daddy O
Saturday night, Dec. 11, was an evening of classics for patrons enjoying fine food and drink around the elegant bar inside daddy O to the live sound track of the Gypsy Moon Duet (no relation to the…
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•December 15, 2021
Art Notes December 15
Lovers of LBI: Looking for that special gift this holiday season? A perfect solution is a new book, Local Color: Long Beach Island’s Photographic History Reimagined by Leslee Ganss and Ray Fisk of…
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•December 15, 2021
Gingerbread House Contest Is Online in Stafford
Gingerbread is a tricky building material, but there’s more time to build tasty walls than before in a local contest. The deadline has been extended for the Home Sweet Home Gingerbread House 2021…
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•December 15, 2021
Take Control of Health Conditions in Online Series
Chronic conditions including diabetes can be self-managed safely and effectively, through an upcoming series of free live and virtual workshops hosted by the Ocean County Library. The workshops are…
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•December 15, 2021
Grunin Center to Livestream ‘The Nutcracker’ Dec. 18
In-person tickets are sold out for Ballet for Young Audiences’ annual production of “The Nutcracker” at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, but fortunately, Ocean County College will also…
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•December 11, 2021
Surflight’s ‘Ebenezer’ Will Make You Feel Like You’re in 19th-Century London
The opening scene from Surflight Theatre’s holiday show, “Ebenezer, a Musical Christmas Carol,” looked charmingly like a Currier and Ives print or a daguerreotype.
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•December 9, 2021
Despite the Elements, Manahawkin Artist Installs Glass Mosaic in Apartment Complex
Neither fire nor flood could keep Manahawkin artist Cheryl Syminink from displaying her commissioned three-panel glass mosaic in an apartment complex in Bound Brook, N.J.
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•December 8, 2021
Tuckers’ Tree Lighting Benefits Beach Haven Fire, First Aid
Last Saturday, Tuckers Tavern in Beach Haven capped off a full day of holiday festivity with its eighth annual tree lighting celebration, designed to support and give back to the community. The event…
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•December 8, 2021
A ‘Blue’ Christmas Service
Recognizing that not all people are happy at Christmastime, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, at 220 East Main Street in Tuckerton, is offering a Blue Christmas Service on Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. The…
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•December 8, 2021
Skirmish at Cedar Bridge to Be Re-Enacted at Tavern
Tragedy erupted two days after Christmas in 1782, near a Pinelands tavern in Barnegat Township. History would later record it as the last skirmish of the Revolutionary War. Re-enactments are open to…
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•December 8, 2021
Albert Hall Christmas Show on Dec. 18
The Pinelands Cultural Society presents its holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 18 at Albert Music Hall, located at 131 Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532) in Waretown. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the…
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•December 8, 2021
Art Notes Dec. 8
Lovers of LBI: Looking for that special gift this holiday season? A perfect solution is a new book Local Color: Long Beach Island’s Photographic History Reimagined by Leslee Ganss and Ray Fisk of…
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•December 8, 2021
Holy Innocents’ Lessons and Carols Dec. 17
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven holds a traditional service of Lessons and Carols on Friday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.
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•December 8, 2021
Barnegat High School Thespians Will Perform ‘Museum’ This Weekend
Members of the Bengal Theatre Co. of Barnegat High School will be performing Tina Howe’s play “Museum” at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9 through 11 and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 12.
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•December 8, 2021
Ocean County Naturalist Describes South Jersey Ghost Towns
The New Jersey Pine Barrens are extensive and mysterious. Within the 1.1 million acres are rare animals and plants that are found nowhere else. And there are towns that have disappeared with only…
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•December 8, 2021
LIFS Screening ‘Hive,’ Which Swept the Awards at Sundance Festival
The Lighthouse International Film Society will present the film “Hive” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies.
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•December 8, 2021
Barnegat Student Helps Stockton Win Esports Tournament
Tyler Langan of Barnegat Township helped Stockton University’s esports team win an Esports Gaming League 2v2 Call of Duty Vanguard Search and Destroy tournament held Thanksgiving weekend. He paired…
