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  • •April 30, 2025

    Heritage Day Celebrates Beach Haven History

    Last year marked Beach Haven’s 150th anniversary, and a newly formed group, the Friends of Beach Haven, celebrated the milestone with a Heritage Day. Based on the success of the event, the group is…

  • •April 30, 2025

    Pine Shores Artists Celebrate Women, Family in Tuckerton Art Center Exhibit

    “Mothers and children should be cared for. We are the most important people on the train.”

  • •April 30, 2025

    Psychic, Wellness Fair at LBI Historical Association Museum

    The Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum in Beach Haven will hold its fourth annual Spring Psychic and Wellness Fair on Saturday, May 10 from noon to 4 p.m. Doors open at 11. Admission is…

  • •April 30, 2025

    Program Deals With Adolescent Grief

    In times of sorrow, guiding teens past their darkness requires sensitivity and awareness. Hackensack Meridian Health experts will illustrate how to be supportive and knowledgeable during “Adolescent…

  • •April 30, 2025

    Verdi Operas Highlighted at LBI Library

    In a two-year burst of inspiration, Giuseppe Verdi composed three of the world’s most beloved operas that set a new path for the art form and secured his place in the opera pantheon. Maestro Robert…

  • •April 30, 2025

    May 4 a Big Day of Music at Stockton Performing Arts Center

    The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host both a symphony orchestra concert and a choir concert on Sunday, May 4.

  • •April 24, 2025

    Pirate’s Day Brings Music, Re-enactments to Barnegat

    Pirate’s Day in Barnegat Township will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Russell Brackman Middle School on Barnegat Boulevard North.

  • •April 24, 2025

    DeLorean Transports Pinelands Band Concert ‘Back to the Future’

    Roads? Where we’re going (the Pinelands Regional High School auditorium stage), we don’t need roads!

  • •April 24, 2025

    American Angler Surf Fishing Tournament This Saturday, April 26

    Don’t miss out on free 4×4 ocean beach access, prizes for adults and kids and, most importantly, a great day of fishing off Long Beach Island. This spring’s American Angler Classic Surf Fishing…

  • •April 23, 2025

    A Jazzy Afternoon at Holy Innocents’

    The spring concert series at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven continues with an afternoon of jazz featuring Fotografia on Sunday, May 4 at 4 p.m.

  • •April 23, 2025

    ‘MEternally’ Kits Available at Library Branches

    Families, friends and caregivers of loved ones living with conditions involving memory loss have a new tool to keep their connections strong. Ocean County Library Senior Services is now offering…

  • •April 23, 2025

    Enjoy the Guitar Stylings of Pete Wagula

    Green is the dominant color of spring, and Jersey Shore guitarist Pete Wagula gives it his own shade of blue. The Ocean County Library presents “Spring Concerts with Pete Wagula” at the Tuckerton…

  • •April 23, 2025

    Turn in Your Unused, Expired Medications on Saturday

    Police departments in Harvey Cedars, Surf City and Barnegat Township are participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 26. From 10…

  • •April 23, 2025

    Families Invited to Children’s Festival

    Celebrate early childhood education with art, music, entertainment and activities during the 2025 Ocean County Children’s Festival at the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library on Saturday…

  • •April 23, 2025

    Bottle Dancers Performing at Two Library Branches

    The ebullience and energy of Jewish culture come to life when Bottle Dancers USA appears on Saturday, May 3 at the Waretown branch of the Ocean County Library at 11 a.m. and at the Stafford branch at…

  • •April 23, 2025

    Learn About NJ Cranberries With Tuckerton Historical Society

    Cranberries – we eat them every day in our salads, jams and sauces, not even realizing their historical significance. The Tuckerton Historical Society invites the community to the Giffordtown…

  • •April 22, 2025

    Get Ready to Spring Into Comedy at Surflight Theatre

    Comedy Night is returning to Surflight Theatre. Host Joe Bublewicz, featured comic Missy Hall and headliner Chris Coccia will take the stage starting at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, April 26.

  • •April 22, 2025

    Tuskegee Talk at Lighthouse Visitor Center

    This Saturday, April 26, historian and educator Jon Fiorella will close the 2025 winter lecture series at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park with a discussion of the history of Tuskegee Airmen, the first…

  • •April 22, 2025

    Opera and a Classic Comedy-Drama Play at Grunin Center on April 25

    Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts will host two up-and-coming opera singers as well as a classic play on Friday, April 25.

  • •April 22, 2025

    LBIF Marks Citizen Science Day at Barnegat Light Pavilion

    Join Rick Bushnell of ReClam the Bay and Darlene Cavalier, founder of the citizen science portal SciStarter, from 11 a.m. to noon this Saturday, April 26 for the grand finale of the Long Beach Island…

  • •April 22, 2025

    STAC Hosting ‘Spring Oldies Spectacular’ on April 27

    The Stafford Township Arts Center, located at 1000 McKinley Ave. in Manahawkin, will host a Spring Oldies Spectacular at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.

  • •April 22, 2025

    Give Unused Plastic Toys Another Chance to Make Others Happy

    Perhaps there’s a LEGO set stashed in your closet that hasn’t been touched in ages and is destined for the trash. Maybe there’s a bin full of Fisher Price trucks in your garage waiting to go out with…

  • •April 18, 2025

    Will Chef Britt Go All the Way? Find Out Sunday

    Season VI of Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions,” on Sundays at 8 p.m., has local favorite Chef Britt Rescigno sitting pretty for this weekend’s finale. Marking her third trip to the finals…

  • •April 17, 2025

    Jason Alexander to Headline 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival

    The 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival, which will be held June 4 through 8, will be keynoted by none other than Jason Alexander, best known as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom “Seinfeld.”

  • •April 17, 2025

    Celebrate Earth Day at Community Cleanups

    As Earth Day, April 22, approaches, there are plenty of ways to honor and clean up the beaches, woods and waterways so many build their lives around in Southern Ocean County. If you’re looking for a…

  • •April 16, 2025

    Major Lighthouse International Film Festival Fundraiser on April 25

    The Lighthouse International Film Festival is planning to make its 17th edition, which will run from June 4 to 8, its biggest and best ever.

  • •April 16, 2025

    Denise Miller’s Veterans Tribute Racks Up Streams, Accolades

    Little Egg Harbor’s own folk artist Denise Miller has been hard at work for well over 50 years, ever since she was inspired by Joni Mitchell and John Denver to pick up an acoustic guitar as a child.…

  • •April 16, 2025

    April 23 Webinar Explores Unique Pinelands Ecology

    Join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance at noon on Wednesday, April 23 via Microsoft Teams for the latest installment of a webinar series exploring Pinelands ecology and how development has impacted…

  • •April 16, 2025

    Barnegat Bay Health Is Beach Haven Library Topic

    The Beach Haven Public Library presents the program “Coastal Stewardship: Improving the Health of Barnegat Bay” on Thursday, April 24 at 2 p.m.

  • •April 16, 2025

    Skate Clinic to Return to Barnegat Light

    The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will host its second annual youth skate clinic at Barnegat Light Skate Park on Saturday, May 3 (rain date May 10), noon to 2:30 p.m. Skaters of all skill levels…

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