Arts & Entertainment
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•December 8, 2021
Garden Club Offers Tips for Winter
Just because winter is close to settling in doesn’t mean your garden should be ignored, according to the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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•December 6, 2021
Church in Tuckerton Offers Free Christmas Dinners for Pickup
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Tuckerton is offering a free Christmas dinner for those in need of a hot meal. The meal, consisting of turkey and all the fixin’s, is prepared by the Dynasty Diner and…
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•December 6, 2021
Sweet Potato Pie Brings ‘A Home-Grown Christmas’ to Grunin Center Dec. 9
Act fast to secure one of the remaining tickets for Sweet Potato Pie’s “A Home-Grown Christmas” at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College at 1 p.m. this Thursday, Dec.…
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•December 4, 2021
Tuckerton Artist’s Wetland Paintings Honored at Estuarine Federation
Alice McEnerney Cook has always loved the New Jersey salt marshes. She grew up in North Philadelphia in a row home where “there was not a tree on the block, so I know what it’s like to live…
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•December 2, 2021
Ship Bottom Christmas Parade Is Back for Its 42nd Installment
In 2020, the Grinch slunk off Long Beach Island with the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade firmly in the large red sack flung over his shoulder. The last-minute thievery, due to pandemic restrictions in…
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•December 2, 2021
Newly Minted Musician Credits Open Mic Scene For Age-Defying Pursuit
The Jersey Shore fosters a flourishing music and arts scene. The ever-growing open mic community has given rise to opportunities for aspiring musicians to play for a captive audience. One part-time…
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•December 2, 2021
Holiday Wonderland and Market Premieres at Heritage Park
The Stafford Township Recreation Department presents the inaugural Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 1 to 7 p.m., when farmers, makers and food vendors will fill…
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•December 2, 2021
Stage Road Winter Wonderland Returns
While most families spent last weekend in their pajamas feasting on Thanksgiving leftovers, Jay Zimmerman and a host of good Samaritans were hard at work preparing the Stage Road Winter Wonderland…
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•December 2, 2021
Santa Claus Is Coming to Surf City
With such a busy schedule it isn’t always easy for Santa Claus to get away this time of year, but word on the street is that the jolly ol’ elf might make an appearance Friday night in Surf City to…
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•December 2, 2021
Stockton University Presents Holiday Programs
Get into the holiday spirit with Ed Vezinho and the Jim Ward Big Band performing the soundtrack from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at the Stockton University Campus Center Theater at 7:30 p.m. Monday…
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•December 1, 2021
Art Notes December 1
Buy Local Art: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies hosts its Holiday Market Festival through Dec. 5. Come socialize and shop small, shop local. At the LBIF Holiday…
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•December 1, 2021
Barnegat Quakers Invite Public to Open House
The Barnegat Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) will hold an open house at its meeting house on East Bay Avenue on Saturday, Dec. 4, from noon to 3 p.m.
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•December 1, 2021
Ship Bottom Fire Co. Hosts Annual Christmas Tree Sale
Christmas is about tradition, and one of the most recognizable traditions on Long Beach Island can be found in the parking lot of Country Corner Market, which has been transformed into a slice of…
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•December 1, 2021
Don’t Be a Scrooge; Check Out Surflight’s ‘Ebenezer’
Surflight Theatre will be performing “Ebenezer: A Musical Christmas Carol” at 2 p.m. on Dec. 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 and 19 and at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18.
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•December 1, 2021
Beach Haven Library Holiday Open House on Dec. 15
The Beach Haven Public Library invites the community to stop by for a holiday open house on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from 1 to 3 p.m.
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•December 1, 2021
Dig Into Ocean County Soil Conservation District’s Educational Virtual Events
As it approaches its 70th year, the Ocean County Soil Conservation District remains committed to building and sustaining a conservation legacy by working with partners and constituents to conserve…
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•December 1, 2021
Green Drinks Has Eco-Friendly Talk Dec. 7
Environmentally minded people are welcome to stop by for refreshments and conversation on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is sponsored by…
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•December 1, 2021
Grunin Center Offers Virtual Viewing of Yates Musical Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’
Although in-person tickets are sold out for the always-popular performance of “A Christmas Carol” at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, the show will be available via livestream. Tickets…
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•December 1, 2021
‘Messiah’ Sing-Along at Holy Innocents’ Dec. 5
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven holds a Handel’s “Messiah” sing on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. The event is held in partnership with the New Jersey Chamber Singers, who will feature…
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•December 1, 2021
Pinelands Thespians Performing ‘Clue’ Dec. 2 to 4
The Pinelands Regional Thespians will be performing the play “Clue” at 7 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 2 to 4 in the high school auditorium.
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•December 1, 2021
Vengeance (Sort of) Belongs to ‘El Presidente’ as Hunger Foundation Benefits in a Big Way
Aaron Kaminski arrived in Ship Bottom on Nov. 27 seeking vengeance.
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•November 29, 2021
Shannon Harrington Wins a ‘Silver Telly’
Shannon Harrington, a Barnegat High School senior, has won a Silver Telly for creating original music for a local business in 2021.
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•November 25, 2021
Surflight’s 2022 Main Stage Season Offers a Wide Variety of Shows
Surflight Theatre has announced its 2022 season, and its main stage lineup follows a pattern long set by producing artistic director Steve Steiner: a mixture of sure-fire hit musicals and other shows…
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•November 25, 2021
Christmas Tree Lighting, Ye Olde Christmas in Tuckerton
After Thanksgiving dinner, line up along the boardwalk to observe Tuckerton’s annual tree lighting. Arrive at Stewart’s Root Beer at 6 p.m. to enjoy hot cocoa and Christmas carols sung in the style…
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•November 25, 2021
Past Is Present in ‘Local Color’ Exhibit; Quilt Auction for COVID Survivor at LBIF’s Holiday Market
Newly hung in the Main Gallery at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is a vintage photography exhibit that “reimagines a black and white Island in color.”
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•November 25, 2021
Ugly Sweater 5K Returns to Slate After One-Year Hiatus
With the COVID-19 pandemic running wild a year ago, many holiday events were placed next to some elf on a shelf, and plenty of nasty looking sweaters probably remained in the closet. Well, runners…
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•November 24, 2021
Holiday Open House for David’s Dream and Believe
All are invited to gather at The Union Market & Gallery in Tuckerton on Friday, Dec. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. for the David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation Holiday Open House.
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•November 24, 2021
First United Presbyterian Church of Tuckerton’s Annual Craft Sale
Crafters have been working all year on items to sell at the Holiday Craft Sale on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to noon at the First United Presbyterian Church of Tuckerton.
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•November 24, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Hosts Lunch ‘N Learn
Most years when it’s cold outside, the Tuckerton Seaport moves indoors to offer the Lunch ’N Learn programs, a series that explores all things related to Barnegat Bay and the baymen’s way of life.…
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•November 24, 2021
Art Notes Nov. 24
Very Viking Christmas: Over 40 crafters and artists participate in Santa’s Viking Christmas Village on Saturday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Viking Village, 19th Street and Bay Avenue in…
