Arts & Entertainment
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•June 9, 2021
‘The United States vs. Reality Winner’ an Intriguing Documentary
I’m a news junkie. I tend to watch five hours of cable news programming just about every day. While viewing I also read, or at least scan, five to six newspapers a day thanks to the internet, mostly…
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•June 9, 2021
Eagles Nest Community Day
The Eagles Nest Pilots Association presents its community day and open house at the airport, located at Stafford Forge and Airport Roads in Eagleswood, on Saturday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The…
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•June 9, 2021
New Farmers Market to Start in Stafford This Month
Beginning June 22, every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon shop the new Farmers Market at Stafford’s historic Heritage Park on West Bay Avenue, home of the train station, train car and Old Stone Store.
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•June 9, 2021
Vote for Winning Chili in Cook-Off at Sea Pirate Campground
Add some spice to the weekend – check out Saturday’s chili cook-off and craft beer bash at Sea Pirate Campground in West Creek to benefit the Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co.
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•June 9, 2021
Beach Haven Farmers Market Opens June 23
Sassafras Hill Farm in Barnegat Township and Stillwell Farms of Columbia will be operating a farmers market in Beach Haven at Walsh Field on Wednesdays, beginning June 23, from 9 a.m. to noon through…
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•June 9, 2021
Mark the Calendar for a Little Christmas in July with Biggy
While three weeks remain available on the “Can You Beat Biggy?” summer series schedule – What are you waiting for? Get on the schedule! – they won’t last much longer, so the best way to challenge…
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•June 9, 2021
Italian-American Club’s Weekly Pasta Dinners Now Back Indoors
Volunteers at the Italian-American Social and Civic Club of Stafford have been churning out a goodly number of pasta dinners every Tuesday night since 1976. That’s a lot of gravy.
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•June 9, 2021
On Tap: Tropidelic
LINEUP: Matthew “Roads” Andrle, lead vocals, guitar; James Begin, vocals, trombone; Bobby “Chronic” Markouc, lead guitar; David “Pags” Paglisotti, bass; Rex Larkman, drums; Derek McBryde, trumpet…
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•June 9, 2021
Farm Market in Barnegat Opens June 17
The Barnegat Township Recreation Department and Barnegat-Waretown Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a Jersey Fresh farm market on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 14 Birdsall St. (across from…
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•June 9, 2021
Meet ‘The Casts’ in YA Virtual Program
Fans of House of Night and The Escaped can meet the creators, P.C. and Kristin Cast, when they join the Ocean County Library’s “Dive into YA: It’s Not Just for Teens” virtual author dialog series on…
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•June 9, 2021
June Highlights Diverse Musical Offerings, Innovative Legends, Record Store Day
After 16 months of building tensions with little opportunity for release, emerging from pandemic prohibition was like riding a social wave through the floodgates. Music and laughter can be heard from…
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•June 9, 2021
LIFF Announces 2021 Awards Amid Celebratory Atmosphere
Joking that he was doing well to remember all the names considering he had just come from a party where he had a couple of glasses of wine, Lighthouse International Film Festival Executive Director…
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•June 5, 2021
Famous ‘String of Pearls’ Lights Up Bird & Betty’s
The String of Pearls shines once again. Bird & Betty’s restaurant and nightclub in Beach Haven is proud to announce the addition of some of the original lights, famously deemed the “String of…
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•June 4, 2021
LIFF Serves Up ‘Potato Dreams of America’ and More on Festival’s Day Two
Back in February it was announced that Mr. Potato Head would soon become known as simply Potato Head. Hasbro, the company that manufactures the classic toy, decided to go totally woke and neuter the…
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•June 3, 2021
Surf Cinema Remains Important to Lighthouse International Film Fest
Every year since its inception, the Lighthouse International Film Festival has made a concerted effort to include a selection of surf films. Since the first surfing filmmakers in the 1960s, surf…
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•June 3, 2021
Frivolity in No ‘Short’ Supply at Surf City Hotel’s Beach Club
With the mask mandate lifted, locals and visitors alike were eager for a night of carefree drinking and dancing – and Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns at the Surf City Hotel’s newly reopened Beach…
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•June 2, 2021
High Flying on the Aerial Course at Mainland Adventure Park
“Man, you gotta put your hands up in the air, like this. That’s the best way.”
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•June 2, 2021
Weekend Washout Just What the Doctor Ordered
A drought threatening fire and fury to the Pine Barrens along the coast was doused out by a cold, hard rain Friday night. Perhaps not everyone’s ideal Memorial Day weekend weather, but the entire…
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•June 2, 2021
‘Jumper’ Leaps Into Summer at Nardi’s
It was truly a dark and stormy night. Cloud cover obscured whatever residual light would have been left over from the sunset an hour before glowing in the west. With the wind blowing at a steady…
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•June 2, 2021
In Short, Don’t Miss Out on Short Films at 2021 LIFF
It would be extremely remiss to give short shrift to the wonderful short films playing at the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival.
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•June 2, 2021
Local Historian Compiles Pages of History
Back in the day, newspapers were the only form of communication – except, of course, for the neighbor across the wash-line – and newspapers like the Tuckerton Beacon were vital. Unlike the flash of a…
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•June 2, 2021
Garden Club Seeking House Tour Hosts
December may be a long way off, but not for the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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•June 2, 2021
Art Notes June 2
Rattled Red: The Pine Shores Art Association’s “Red Show” is online through June. Artists were tasked with adding red to their work. Starting June 1, see dozens of paintings by this dedicated group…
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•June 2, 2021
Take Home Fish & Chips From Thistle Food Truck
The popular Kearny Thistle food truck will once again visit Long Beach Island and bring its tasty fish and chips specialty. In conjunction with the St. Francis of Assisi Parish, the food truck will…
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•June 2, 2021
Ted Hammock
STYLE: Breezy, bouncy, beach-y covers evoking the spirit of Jack Johnson, Dispatch and Sublime, seasoned generously with people-pleasing charm.
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•June 2, 2021
Barnegat Bay Partnership Seeks Volunteers for Paddle for the Edge Project
The Barnegat Bay Partnership is looking for paddling enthusiasts – kayakers, canoers and standup paddleboarders – to help collect data about the condition of shorelines along the bay. “With many…
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•June 2, 2021
Last Science Saturday of the Season Features Coyotes of New Jersey
Coyotes arrived in New Jersey about 80 years ago and can now be found in almost every community across the state – including on Long Beach Island. Kathleen Kerwin, wildlife conservation and…
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•June 2, 2021
Take a ‘Nature and Forest Therapy Walk’ at LBI Foundation
Join Richard Collins, a certified guide for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs, for “forest bathing” on the grounds of the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and…
