Arts & Entertainment
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•November 20, 2024
Buy Holiday Specialties at Barnegat Farm Market
On Sunday, Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Barnegat Township Recreation Department sponsors a special Thanksgiving/holiday farm market at 14 Birdsall St., across from the volunteer fire company.
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•November 20, 2024
Tuckerton Red Men Holding Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner Once Again
Several churches in the Tuckerton-Little Egg Harbor area serve up free community dinners each month, and Little Egg Harbor Township, along with Ocean County Senior Services and Meals on Wheels of…
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•November 20, 2024
Officer Holding Scam Prevention Talk
Scammers invent endless ways to steal money, belongings and even identities, and victims are often fleeced when they least suspect it. Learn how to fight back with help from Stafford Township…
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•November 20, 2024
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ at Grunin Center
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will be performed at Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, and at 1…
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•November 20, 2024
Classical Pianist at Stockton Will Mix Old and New
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24 the Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host classical pianist Junwen Liang, who will perform a program titled “From Then and Now.”
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•November 19, 2024
Usher in Holiday Season at Lizzie Rose
It’s finally the most wonderful time of the year, with the holiday season right around the corner. Concert tickets make great gifts, and bringing loved ones to a show is an excellent way to spend…
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•November 19, 2024
Get Out Early, Shop Locally at Pinelands Brewing Co.
Turkey Day is right around the corner, and rather than rushing out after a perfect family dinner to take advantage of Black Friday sales, do some early shopping right in the neighborhood.
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•November 17, 2024
Stephen Colbert Drives Jon Miller’s Time Machine Into 1964
Hundreds of locals tuned into last Thursday night’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to see a facsimile of an iconic movie prop that rose to fame right from the humble borough of Tuckerton.
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•November 14, 2024
Art Notes, Nov. 13
While the Getting’s Good: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is pleased to present its annual month-long Holiday Market Festival from Nov. 16 through Dec. 15…
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•November 14, 2024
Barnegat Light Part-Time Resident Is Successful Author in Juvenile Literature
If you’re sitting in a bar watching a baseball game with a bunch of hardcore fans, the type that can name the top 10 home run hitters of all time or in a single season – something that changed bigly…
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•November 13, 2024
Little Egg Theatre Co. Performing a Hilarious Comedy This Week
The Little Egg Theatre Co. will be performing the murder-mystery-comedy “Done to Death” at 7 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 14 to 16 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17 at Little Egg Harbor…
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•November 13, 2024
Art of Quilting on Full Display in Pieceful Shores Show
In an outright celebration of needlecraft and fiber art, the Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild, a 30-year-old organization based in Manahawkin, held its quinquennial quilt show this weekend at the Ocean…
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•November 13, 2024
No Generation Gap With Garden Club of LBI
On a recent weekday afternoon, children from pre-K through third grade at the Beach Haven School created Halloween floral arrangements guided by the Intergenerational Committee of the Garden Club of…
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•November 13, 2024
Short Story Resurfaces – 50 Years Later
During the 1970s, Barnegat Township resident Scott Bilker’s parents were prolific authors. They had a particular interest in science fiction, and in 1973, their short story “All You Can Eat” was…
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•November 13, 2024
Maritime Museum Talk Focuses on WWII Aircraft
The New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven is taking reservations for its next monthly program, on Friday, Dec. 6 at Buckalew’s Restaurant and Tavern.
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•November 13, 2024
Stafford Library Friends Holding Fall Bazaar
Want to get a jump on holiday shopping and save some money in the process? The Friends of the Stafford Library hold a fall bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 10…
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•November 13, 2024
Cranberry Industry Talk at Beach Haven Library
Did you know Ocean County once produced more than a quarter of the nation’s cranberry supply? The county’s last commercial harvest was held in 2010 at Double Trouble Village, a former company town…
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•November 13, 2024
Historical Society Rings in the Holidays
The Barnegat Township Historical Society thrift shop, located at 106 Railroad Ave., is holding a “Yuletide Extravaganza” Saturday, Dec. 7.
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•November 13, 2024
St. Francis Collecting Donations for Thanksgiving Food Drive
In the last three months of the year, the St. Francis Human Concerns food pantry, in Brant Beach, typically sees an increase in the number of those assisted. According to Moira Krier, public…
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•November 11, 2024
Run for Fun, Raise Funds in Little Egg Harbor Saturday
Lace up the running shoes and head to the Frog Pond School, at 305 Frog Pond Rd. in Little Egg Harbor, this Saturday, Nov. 16 for the Little Egg Harbor PTO Color Fun Run. Jog alongside community…
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•November 11, 2024
Union Market to Host Holiday Food Drive, Concert
The season of giving has officially begun and the Union Market & Gallery celebrates this weekend with a special holiday food drive concert – a healing evening of music, poetry and community support.…
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•November 11, 2024
Early Holiday Shopping at West Tuckerton Firehouse
Rushing to big box stores on Black Friday is old hat, especially when there’s a multitude of unique, handmade gifts made right in the community. Area residents are encouraged to get an early start on…
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•November 11, 2024
Step Dancing and a New Musical Take Stage at Stockton
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will be hosting two unusual shows in the coming week.
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•November 11, 2024
LIFS Screening Film About Some of the Cleverest Squatters of All Time
The Lighthouse International Film Society will be screening the film “Secret Mall Apartment” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Surf City Firehouse, located at 713 Long Beach Blvd.
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•November 10, 2024
Southern Ocean County Celebrates Veterans Day
With these words in 1919, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the…
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•November 9, 2024
Teens Gifts Are Most Needed This Year as Groups Try to Fulfill Christmas Wish Lists
When the Stafford Township Recreation Department and PBA Local 297 began their partnership to deliver toys and other gifts to families in need during the Christmas season back in the early 1990s…
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•November 9, 2024
Make-Ahead Dishes for an Easy Christmas Morning
Shortly before Labor Day, I had a brilliant idea for this year’s Holiday Guide article: make-ahead Christmas morning breakfast recipes. In the time that has elapsed since then, I failed to beat the…
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•November 9, 2024
Tree Lighting at Manahawkin Baptist Church on the Slate
While the Stafford Township Christmas tree lighting is set for the first weekend in December, another tree not far away from the municipal complex will make its debut as a lighted spectacle for all…
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•November 8, 2024
Santa Claus Receives the Gift of Hearing
Most every local has had the good fortune of catching an off-season sighting of Santa Claus, who has summered right in historic Barnegat for many a decade. St. Nick can be seen out and about, always…
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•November 8, 2024
Burn Calories With a Run, Walk Before or After Thanksgiving Stuffing
For millions, Thanksgiving is a day to get together with family and friends and do lots of fun things – eat some great food, watch football, pass out from the turkey coma.
