Arts & Entertainment
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•November 20, 2025
Play Pickleball and More Alongside Stafford Township PBA 297
There’s never a bad day to play some pickleball, and Sunday, Dec. 7 is the perfect day not only to get in some swings on the indoor courts of The Picklr Manahawkin-LBI, but also to give back to the…
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•November 19, 2025
Get Festive, Enjoy Holiday Concerts at Southern Regional
This holiday season, it may be fun to take a horse and carriage ride, shop for gifts at a nearby mom-and-pop store or make a gingerbread house. But it also means a variety of music will be in…
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•November 19, 2025
Shop, Donate to Little Egg Harbor’s Gift Giveaway
The holidays can be a difficult time for many, and sometimes a little extra community magic can help brighten up the season. Those in need or looking to donate gifts can participate in Little Egg…
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•November 19, 2025
Garden Club Helps Students, Seniors Create Holiday Floral Arrangements
Island elementary students, under the tutelage of Garden Club of LBI members, recently designed Halloween floral arrangements at the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City.…
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•November 19, 2025
Celebrate Ye Olde Christmas in Tuckerton
Mark your calendars – Saturday, Dec. 6 is set to be a fun-filled day of holiday festivities in Tuckerton.
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•November 19, 2025
Holiday Events Planned in Beach Haven
Thanksgiving weekend will be filled with holiday events and activities in Beach Haven. It all begins on Friday, Nov. 28, at Kapler’s Pharmacy. From 4 to 6 p.m. there will be free horse and carriage…
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•November 19, 2025
Annual Beefsteak Dinner Dec. 5 at St. Francis
’Tis the season to indulge: Reserve a seat at the St. Francis Parish and Community Center’s annual beefsteak dinner – on Friday, Dec. 5, in the center gymnasium in Brant Beach – to savor…
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•November 19, 2025
Atlantic City Ballet Performing Radio City-Like Show at STAC
At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30 the Stafford Township Arts Center will host “It’s a Shore Holiday with the Atlantic City Ballet.”
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•November 18, 2025
Pinelands Thespians Present Another Physical Comedy With ‘Puffs’
The Pinelands Thespians will perform the play “Puffs” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 to 22 in the Pinelands Regional High School auditorium.
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•November 15, 2025
There Are Great Christmas Movies Galore
Have you ever noticed many singers simply can’t resist recording Christmas albums, sometimes multiple albums? The same thing holds true for filmmakers.
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•November 15, 2025
New Programs Offered at Ocean Acres Community Center
A pair of new, exciting programs sponsored by the Stafford Township Recreation Department are now in place at the Ocean Acres Community Center.
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•November 15, 2025
Festive Food, Delightful Drink Pairings for the Family
Every year shortly before my birthday in the middle of October, my phone starts dinging with links to Christmas food and drink pairings since we are always looking for ways to reinvent some favorite…
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•November 15, 2025
Looking for the Spirit This Year? Try a Little Tenderness
May the following reminiscences remind us to find the sweetness in the holidays’ symbolism and humanity. Take it from four folks who have found ways to make Christmas uniquely their own.
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•November 14, 2025
Double the Riding Pleasure for Stafford Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market
During last year’s annual Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market in Stafford Township, the line for the horse and carriage ride was huge, so big the Stafford Recreation Department staff realized a…
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•November 14, 2025
Brighten Up Holiday Season at Tuckerton Seaport
While the Tuckerton Seaport always offers holly, jolly holiday activities, this year’s planned events are especially merry and bright. Plan a day of festive family fun to admire decoration displays…
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•November 14, 2025
Holiday Fun, Decorations Contest in Barnegat
Barnegat Township rings in the holidays with special events at the Frederick Watts Gazebo Park on Saturday, Dec. 6 from noon to 5 p.m.
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•November 14, 2025
Ditch Physical Items, Gift a Local Experience
When the idea of buying another candle, mug or impersonal item gives you fatigue for the holiday season, give the gift of a local experience. LBI and surrounding mainland towns have plenty to offer…
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•November 14, 2025
Get a Look at Julia Child’s Kitchen
Julia Child was an American chef, author and television personality who revolutionized American cuisine by introducing the public to French cooking. Her award-winning cookbooks and world-famous TV…
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•November 14, 2025
The Holidays Between the Pages
One of the simplest ways to stoke the holiday spirit is opening a special book. Continue a tradition of reading aloud to family and friends, or seek out a new story to mark the festive season.
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•November 14, 2025
Barnegat Rotary Hosts Holiday Activities
The Rotary Club of Barnegat is requesting monetary donations to be used for its annual Christmas Elf Program.
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•November 14, 2025
Five Budget-Friendly Holiday Activities for the Whole Family
The most wonderful time of the year is finally here, which means most of us have already been bludgeoned into cinnamon-scented submission by holiday sales-sales-sales over the last three months. No…
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•November 14, 2025
Holiday Model Train Show Roaring in Barnegat
After the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Barnegat-Waretown Little League holiday model train exhibit returns to the Barnegat Recreation Center, located in the municipal complex on West Bay Avenue.
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•November 14, 2025
Barnegat PBA Toy Drive Underway
Barnegat Township PBA Local 296 will hold a toy drive through Saturday, Dec. 6.
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•November 14, 2025
Harvey Cedars Police Readying Holiday Toy Drive
As the holiday season approaches, the Harvey Cedars Police Department and its nonprofit affiliate, the Harvey Cedars Police Foundation, will host their fourth annual “Fill A Patrol Car” toy drive.
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•November 13, 2025
Holiday Market Set to Take Over LBIF Galleries This Saturday
For art, science, culture and education on Long Beach Island, the Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is a mecca. Starting Saturday, it will also be, for a limited time, a world-class…
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•November 13, 2025
Opera Returns to Beach Haven
The Center Stage Opera Company of Harrisburg, Pa., will make its annual visit to Surflight Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15.
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•November 13, 2025
Little Egg Harbor to Host First Tree Lighting
Get ready for a holly jolly evening in Little Egg Harbor. The township will host its inaugural tree lighting on Saturday, Nov. 29 at the municipal building.
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•November 12, 2025
Taylor Swift Tribute Band, Emerging Jazz Saxophonist and Woodwind Player Coming to Stockton
Different websites vary dramatically when they list the average price for tickets to a Taylor Swift concert.
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•November 12, 2025
LIFS Screening Spanish Documentary About the Story Behind the Comic Opera ‘Behold the Man’
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen the new documentary that looks into the true story behind the light opera “Behold the Man” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Surf City…
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•November 12, 2025
Wobble Through Downtown Manahawkin in Annual 5K
For millions, Thanksgiving is a day to gather with family or friends and eat some great food, maybe watch a little football and take a short nap induced by the old turkey coma. But if you’re a runner…
