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"I Remember Wanamaker's" exhibit at OC Arts Center
Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 28, 2012 03:36 pm
Share your memories of the seminal department store, John Wanamaker's of Philadelphia, with some of the area's finest artists at the Ocean City Arts Center. The artists will offer various interpretations of the Wanamaker's experience through their paintings. Many pieces will be for sale.
A "Meet the Artists" reception will be held Friday, June 8, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Arts Center, 1735 Simpson Ave., Ocean City. For more information, call (609) 399-7628 or see www.oceancityartscenter.org.
Live butterfly exhibit is an ever-changing nature show
Written by Christie Rotondo Friday, May 25, 2012 10:47 am
Lance Cockrell said that when he was a kid, he liked to imagine building a big rainforest.
Today, as one of the owners of Imagine Butterflies, he basically has done just that, but on a smaller scale.
Cockrell opened the live butterfly exhibit and gift shop two years ago with his business partner, entomologist Peter Bosak, at the Woodland Village shopping center in the Clermont section of Middle Township. Closed in winter, the exhibit reopened for the season on Mother’s Day weekend.
The butterfly exhibit is contained in a greenhouse just off the gift shop, which specia
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Small bookstores turn a new page
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:41 am Written by Marjorie Preston Friday, May 25, 2012 10:08 am
Will loss of chains revive independents?
Over the past 20 years, the centuries-old business of selling books has become a battle for dominance that continues today. Starting in the mid-1990s, chain retailers like Borders and Barnes and Noble expanded their big-box presence; according to USA Today, by 2007 they had forced 1,000 stand-alone bookstores to close. Then the predators became the prey, as e-readers and online bookstores began picking off the megastores.
In 2011, when once-mighty Borders closed hundreds of locations in the United States and Puerto Rico, some pundits predicted the end not only of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, but of books themselves – real, physical books with covers, bindings and pages you can dog-ear.
Bike tour starts with ferry ride across the bay
Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 25, 2012 09:48 am
New Jersey Audubon Nature Center director Gretchen Whitman will lead a bicycle tour of Cape Henlopen, Cape May’s “sister cape” across the Delaware Bay, on June 2.
The all-day tour begins and ends with a ride on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. Cyclists will explore Cape Henlopen, an area with a history, ecology and culture very different from that of Cape May.
Cyclists will meet 8:30 at the ferry terminal and return at about 6 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, June 3.
A bicycle in excellent condition is required. Participants can bring their own bicycle or rent one at the Lewes terminal. Whitman recommends that riders bring drinks and snacks, suntan lotion, a wide-brimmed hat and a protective helmet, a long-sleeved shirt, cash for lunch and anything else needed for a full day of leisurely (think beach cruiser) yet continuous biking through generally flat terrain.
Happy Days Cafe opens in Ocean City
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:29 pm Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 25, 2012 09:10 am
OC’s ode to the ’50s opens this weekend
A 20-something employee of Happy Days Café said she didn’t think “the younger generation” would appreciate the memorabilia in the ’50s-themed eatery, opening this week at 10th Street and Asbury Avenue in Ocean City.
In reply, manager Angelo Cucolino asked her, “Do you know who Elvis is? Have you ever heard of Marilyn Monroe?”
Of course she said yes, said Cucolina, proving that some things never go out of style.
Don’t be ‘that guy’ holding up the line at the boat ramp
Last Updated on Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:54 pm Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 25, 2012 06:38 am
Memorial Day is here. It’s a time to slow down and remember every soldier that has made a sacrifice, suffered death or a life-changing injury so that goobers like me could run around covering bass tournaments and filming fishing shows. Two simple words: Thank you.
But look, I’m convinced that if I ever stop filming fishing shows, I could show up on any boat ramp in America on Memorial Day weekend and film a bestselling blooper tape of people struggling on boat ramps.
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Service with a Smile - May 25, 2012
Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 25, 2012 06:07 am
Mark Kinsey, Olivia Tirello, Rich Fullerton and Sue Jones of the Boathouse Restaurant in Wildwood.
Beach Reads > May 25, 2012
Written by Marjorie Preston Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:33 pm
Jackie After O. By Tina Cassidy, It Books. On Nov. 22, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy witnessed the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in a Dallas motorcade. Five years later the young widow, enshrined in the public imagination as an almost mythically tragic figure, shocked Americans by marrying a toad-like billionaire named Aristotle Onassis and becoming a very public member of the jet set. Five years after that, when Onassis died, “Jackie O” reminded the world that she was more than the widow of a U.S. president, the widow of a Greek billionaire, and a preferred target of the paparazzi. One of the world’s wealthiest and most recognized women, Onassis took a job as a consulting editor at a New York publishing house. The pay was a mere $10,000 per year – which Onassis could have spent in a single day of clothes shopping. Tina Cassidy tells the story of Jackie’s first year on the job, when she faced the wrath of colleagues who thought she didn’t deserve the job, and worked in earnest to gain their trust and earn her keep. This charming and disarming chronicle will give you a glimpse of Onassis as a protective, sometimes frustrated mother of two teens; a seasoned celebrity who knew how to navigate the fishbowl of fame; a cautious lover; and an ambitious, intelligent woman who wanted to do more than star in tabloid headlines.
One Kook's Safari > Shed the neoprene and shred
Last Updated on Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:29 pm Written by Bill Barlow Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:24 pm
Once summer starts and the gloves come off, surfers shift from cold avoidance to crowd avoidance
I’ve been feeling it. Have you? That spring fever – the hood’s off and the gloves are off and the water feels fine, so you can’t wait to lose the rest of the neoprene armor that has been keeping you cozy. You dream about paddling out with just a bathing suit and a smile.
It seems so much easier not having to wrestle into a wetsuit – being able to just paddle, and removing hypothermia from the surfing equation entirely.
Then Memorial Day is around the corner, and with it warm water and open businesses, and oh yeah, crowds.
Above-normal water temp brings fluke action
Written by Heather Holtzapfel James Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:11 pm
After a rocky start of the week, the nicer weather is beginning to settle in, providing anglers with what looks to be a memorable Memorial Day weekend. Cooperative conditions plus the unofficial start of the summer equals lots of boat traffic as well as a lot of fish to be caught.
The water temperature is about 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. This has resulted in a lot of fluke action and the early arrival of many weakfish up and down the coast, and plenty of blue claw crabs are being caught.
Tom Christ of Brennan Marine Supply in Somers Point reported that flounder fishing was really good last week. Chris Daggett, on the vessel Leanne, caught several flatties in the bay behind Somers Point, with one measuring 27 inches. Mike Wolfe fished the same area and caught four of his own, with the largest coming in at 23 inches.
Sweet! In praise of our honeybees
Written by Staff Reports Sunday, May 13, 2012 01:36 pm
By Sandy Stuart Perry
Communications Manager
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
This past winter was the mildest in recorded history. While this was a plus for many – no plowing, no shoveling! – it wasn’t good for our honeybee colonies.
Instead of staying snug in their hives, expending little energy and consuming little food, the confused honeybees buzzed out into the warm weather, searching for pollen and nectar. Not finding much, they returned to their hives hungry and quickly depleted the stores of honey they needed to survive. Beekeeper Shaun Ananko, who teaches beekeeping courses for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey and Grow It Green Morristown, says some colonies actually starved.
One Kook's Safari > The ocean is deeper than our emotions
Written by Bill Barlow Friday, May 11, 2012 01:43 pm
The ocean is not kind.
Nor cruel.
Waves and water are untouched by such human constructs. They can gently embrace a child, crush a battleship, or demolish a city with caprice that seems to us like mood swings.
We sometimes speak of waves as friendly, but there is no love for you in a wave. No anger, either.
It sure seems like it sometimes, doesn’t it?
I don’t so much mean when the ocean seems angry. It’s such a natural metaphor, looking out over a churning ocean reflecting a storm-gray sky. Saying “The angry waves fiercely tossed the fishing boat” gets a feeling across, even if we all know that nothing so petty as emotion was involved at all. Those waves and currents would have followed the same rules of physics whether there was a fishing boat there or not.
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Cinemania > ‘Avengers’ filled with heart, humor, spectacle
Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 11, 2012 01:18 pm
From a patchwork of superhero franchises, Joss Whedon assembles one big blockbuster
As a sequel to “Thor,” “Captain America,” and the two “Iron Man” films, “The Avengers” is truly an event movie. Throwing all these franchises together must have been difficult, and it could easily have been screwed up. Thankfully, director Joss Whedon pulls it off, and the risk pays in a big way.
It opens with Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury, head of the secret military organization S.H.I.E.L.D., testing an alien energy source called the Tesseract when the headquarters is invaded destroyed by a vengeful Loki, Thor's brother. His goal is to take over the Earth, with the help of the Tesseract and an intergalactic army under his control.
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Ocean Galleries to feature Brian Davis florals
Written by Staff Reports Friday, May 11, 2012 12:56 pm
Ocean Galleries will kick off the summer Memorial Day weekend with guest artist Brian Davis, who will be in Stone Harbor with a collection of his lifelike floral paintings.
The exhibition, “Flowers of Light,” runs Friday through Monday, May 25-28 at Ocean Galleries, 9618 Third Avenue, Stone Harbor, with the artist scheduled to appear at receptions 7-10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Davis’ primary subjects are florals. He transforms roses, calla lilies and dahlias into romantic, compelling images with sharpness, color, movement, edge, and light. His work hangs in the Los Angeles Museum of Art, Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., and the Laguna Beach and Long Beach museums of art, and his fans include Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Henry Winkler and the Ford family, according to a press release.
A native Californian, Davis began experimenting with photography at a young age. Formally educated in Fine Art at Pierce College and California State University (Los Angeles), Davis was influenced by the Dutch masters, along with the artists of the art nouveau and art deco eras.
Beach Reads > edition of May 11, 2012
Written by Marjorie Preston Friday, May 11, 2012 12:40 pm
Every Step You Take. By Jock Soto. Harper. Ballet dancer-turned-chef Jock Soto grew up the gay son of a macho Hispanic father and artistic Navajo mother. In his teens, the self-described “half-breed” fled the Arizona desert for New York, where his talent propelled him to the top at George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet. Soto’s rise was swift but not simple; a natural dancer but unsophisticated and naïve, he used dance “as an emergency-escape from the messy turmoil” of his insecurities, faced occasional rejection and jealousy from his peers, fell in and out of love, struggled to reconnect with his family, and ultimately became the principal dancer for the NYCB under Peter Martins. Interspersed among the tales of disappointment and triumph are encounters with the greats – “Mr. B,” Jerome Robbins, Darci Kistler, Jacques D’Amboise and others. Soto also includes some favorite recipes: spicy guacamole, penne Polonaise, and Grandma Rachel’s Navajo fry bread among others. A rewarding memoir, and memorable depiction of the artist as a young man.
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