Arts & Entertainment
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•April 6, 2024
April Showers Can’t Rain on Tuckerton Seaport Events
The Tuckerton Seaport won’t let April showers rain on its parade. There is a variety of workshops and other spring happenings for the whole family to enjoy all month long.
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•April 5, 2024
Bunco Fundraiser Set for April 22
Tuckerton’s Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, located at 220 East Main St. (Route 9), will host a “Bunco Night” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22.
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•April 4, 2024
Are You Ready for April 8 Partial Eclipse?
On the afternoon of Monday, April 8, people in the area will be treated to the Great North American Eclipse, when parts of the United States, Mexico and Canada will see the entire sun blocked by the…
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•April 4, 2024
STAC Will Be Filled With the Sounds of the ’50s and ’60s This Weekend
Happy days are here again for local fans of American pop rock and doo wop groups of the 1950s and 1960s, thanks to the Stafford Township Arts Center.
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•April 4, 2024
For Lensman William Jones, Digital Medium Makes Reality Artful
Wilmington, Del.-based digital photographer William Jones, who has a vacation home in Beach Haven, is an exhibiting artist at Art & Décor at Surf City. Specializing in floral, oceanscape and scenic…
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•April 3, 2024
Ocean County Parks and Rec Spring Program Guide Now Online
Ocean County’s Department of Parks and Recreation has released its spring guide online, with information about a multitude of programs, events, classes and more. Registration, for the offerings that…
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•April 3, 2024
Protect the Coast By Helping Prevent Marine Debris
Hear about statewide efforts to reduce marine debris, including balloons, at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ April 6 installment of Science Saturday. Devon Haines, an…
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•April 3, 2024
Calling All Poets for Social Change
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center has put out a call for poetry submissions for the 2024 Dodge Poetry Festival, Oct. 17-19. Deadline to apply is April 15. Visit dodgepoetry.submittable.com/submit.
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•April 3, 2024
Don’t Miss West Tuckerton Fire’s Annual Gift Auction
West Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. invites the community to the firehouse, at 505 Route 9 South in Little Egg Harbor, on Saturday, April 13 for its 26th annual gift auction. Play for the tricky tray…
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•April 3, 2024
Porchfest Draws Creatives in Droves to Front Steps of Historic Tuckerton
GOT CULTURE?: A stretch of Tuckerton hosted the area’s finest artists for a day-long artist showcase. (From top) Lilies of David serenades the Lizzie Rose Music Room. Chris Fritz plays folk tunes for…
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•April 3, 2024
Art Notes, April 3
Art for All: Acrylic painter of abstract and nature scenes and Toms River resident Erin Fallon displays her artwork in the aptly named Second Floor Gallery at the Toms River branch of the Ocean…
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•April 3, 2024
Old Time Radio Brought Back to Life April 10
Return to the era when families gathered around the wireless set for “theater of the imagination.” The Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch will host a live presentation by When Radio Entertained…
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•April 3, 2024
‘Meet’ Alice Roosevelt at Stafford Library
The Friends of the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library will present American Historical Theater actress Kim Hanley, who will portray Alice Roosevelt Longworth on Thursday, April 11 at 10 a.m.
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•April 3, 2024
Journalist’s Death Is Virtual Talk Topic
The gruesome death of a freelance journalist by terrorists that changed his grieving mother’s life trajectory unfolds in Colum McCann’s stunning American Mother. Meet Diane Foley, the title subject…
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•April 3, 2024
Grunin Center Presenting Czech Piano Pieces and Philadelphia Brass
The Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts will present two very different musical performances this coming week.
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•April 3, 2024
‘Birds of the Pinelands’ Talks Planned This Month
Did you know more than 100 species of birds inhabit the Pine Barrens for breeding, feeding, nesting and resting? Join the Pinelands Preservation Alliance for “Birds of the Pine Barrens” at three area…
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•April 3, 2024
Learn About Plants Made in the Shade
Are your landscaping plans hampered by too much shade? Learn about flowering plants that thrive on limited sun at the Ocean County Library’s Stafford branch on Monday, April 8 at 10:30 a.m.
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•April 3, 2024
Beach Haven Library Wants to Hear Your Story
The Beach Haven Public Library will be holding its first-ever writer’s workshop on Friday, April 12, 2 p.m.
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•April 3, 2024
‘Heart Health Bingo’ at LBI Library April 11
Games are fun, but don’t play around with your heart. Have an entertaining and educational time during “Heart Health Bingo” in the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library on Thursday…
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•April 3, 2024
‘Happy Together’ Concert at Holy Innocents’
A concert of uplifting and inspirational music by vocalists Chloe Dondero, Elizabeth Meagher and Nora Walsh, along with pianist Spenser Prichard, will take place Saturday, April 6 at 4 p.m. at Holy…
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•April 1, 2024
‘Mush!’ to This Stafford Library Program
Meet true champions and dedicated team players – all four-footed and furry – when the Friends of the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library present “All About Sled Dogs” on Thursday, April 4, 10…
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•March 31, 2024
Sketchy Tina’s Painted World a Gift of Joy
When community comes together to make something beautiful, public art takes on new meaning.
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•March 28, 2024
LIFS Will Let Viewers Get to Know More About William Shatner
OK, Trekkies, grab your hand phasers and communicators (a flip phone will do) and report to the transporter deck to get beamed down to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences…
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•March 28, 2024
WheatonArts a Worthwhile Trip for Annual Extravaganza
Wheaton Springs on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center’s annual kickoff celebration that invites the public to explore, experience and create. The opening…
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•March 27, 2024
Art Notes, March 27
Perchance: The Ocean County Library headquarters in Toms River presents “Dreams Real and Imagined,” an exhibit by Ocean County-based artist Michelle Dillon, April 2 through 30.
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•March 27, 2024
St. Francis Hosts Trip to Sight and Sound Theatres Production of ‘Daniel’
Registration is going on now for an Oct. 9 trip, organized by St. Francis Parish and Center, to see the show “Daniel” at Sight and Sound Theatres in Lancaster, Pa. “From the fiery furnace to the…
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•March 27, 2024
Lizzie Rose Sizzles With Spring Concerts
Spring is warming up and so is the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, serving up a whole variety of bands that sizzle on stage. As the days grow longer, so do the music room’s star-studded lineups.…
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•March 27, 2024
Stafford Township Green Team Schedules Cleanup in April
The Stafford Township Green Team is gearing up for spring by hosting a community-wide cleanup on Saturday, April 20. The effort is a cooperative one with Alliance for a Living Ocean, and it will be…
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•March 27, 2024
Etiquette Refresh: Support Original Music, Respect Local Talent
It has been refreshing to see the LBI community embracing original music these last few months. Especially when the majority of musicians play everyone’s favorite covers five to seven days a week in…
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•March 27, 2024
Estate Planning Primer at Lacey Library April 3
Creating the guidelines that your heirs will one day follow entails many steps and raises many questions. Attorney Paul R. Daniele will discuss those concerns during an estate planning workshop at…
