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Red, White & Blueberry Festival in Hammonton
What Is It: Once a year, in late June, Hammonton buzzes with excitement for its prime crop, blueberries. And for one Sunday per year, blueberry vendors, cooks and crafts producers gather at the local high school to show the region their wares. Think there's only so many ways you can package the blue stuff? Think again. Blueberry soap? Check. Blueberry lemonade? Yup. Blueberry mustard? Step up and try it.
What To Expect: Although fruit is the day's focus, there will be traditional rides, games and live music to entertain the family. More importantly, kids can compete for the first time this year as chefs-in-training: The blueberry bake-off, which invites cooks to prepare a dish of any sort using the berries, holds a junior division this year. Expect a range of fun food experiments and a phalanx of blueberry muffins.
Event Info: The festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hammonton High School on Old Forks Road. Admission is free. For more information, call 609-561-9080, or visit www.HammontonNJ.us
Shorecast
If it's not too much to ask for, we need a decent beach day. Even if we have had a few breaks in our June-long wall of gray lately, we need a whole lot more sunshine to dry things out, including our water-logged selves. So why not start with the first full weekend of summer? Well, if the early forecasts are right, we may get a look today at the sunshine and beach time we've been missing. The call is for sun, a high near 77 on the sand - OK, that's considerably cooler than normal for now - and just a slight chance of any more rain. Plus the ocean has been on our side lately - the water temp was flirting with 70 the other day.
Casinos
Yesterday - A Tribute to the Beatles, Tropicana, Liverpool Club in North Tower,
8:30 p.m. $25. 609-340-4020.
Kozak the Magician, Tropicana, Comedy Stop,
7 p.m. $23. 609-348-0920.
"Fame," Tropicana, Showroom, 7 p.m. $25. 609-340-4020.
Carnival of Wonders starring Kalin, Jinger & Hobson, Trump Plaza, Theatre, 3 and
7 p.m. $25. 609-441-6000.
Cirque Dreams Pandemonia, Trump Taj Mahal, Xanadu, 3:30 and 8 p.m. $25, $35. 609-449-5150.
FakeFest with Parrot Beach, Separate Ways and Invisible Beach, Trump Marina, The Deck 2:30 p.m. Free. 877-4-R-SHOWS.
Comedy
DJ Hazzard Rick, Clesler, Steve Sweeney, Borgata, in the Music Box, 9 p.m., $20.
Karen Rontowski, Steve Shaffer, Louis Ramey, Tropicana Comedy Stop, The Quarter, 10 p.m., $23.
Nature
Cape May Point State Park, free bird walk 9 a.m.; nature walks 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 609-884-2159.
Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, free ranger-guided walk on Long Beach Island
1 to 2 p.m., Holgate bulkhead. 609-652-1665.
Ocean County Parks, free photography tour of cranberry bogs, 9 a.m., Cloverdale Farm County Park, Barnegat, preregister. 877-OC PARKS.
Events
Quilt Show, 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Historic Cold Spring Village, 720 Route 9, Cape May, demonstrations, displays, vendors, quilt appraisals, music. 609-898-2300, ext. 11, admission to Cold Spring Village $8 adults, $7 seniors ,$6 children ages 3 to12.
"Hoofin For Hooters," breast cancer fundraiser, auction and wine tasting, noon to
5 p.m., Natali Vineyard, 221 Route 47 North (Delsea Drive), Cape May Court House, $7,000 worth of silent auction prizes, live music, food vendors, crafters, winery tours, free admission. 609-972-7318.
"Kites Over the Cape,"
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the beach between Decatur Street and Convention Hall, Cape May, kite flying, kite making, racing, demonstrations, free. 609-884-5508.
Jaws Youth Fund Family Fitness Festival, 9 a.m. to noon, 82nd Street Park and Recreation Field, Stone Harbor, kickoff 9 a.m. with 5K run, jog or walk for all fitness levels, registration opens
7 a.m., $10; also football clinics led by NFL players and coaches, cheerleading clinic by Eagles cheerleaders, tennis clinic by Riverwinds Golf & Tennis, skateboard demos and open skate with pro riders, exhibits by Philadelphia sports teams, displays, entertainment, music, children's activities, proceeds from festival benefit Ron Jaworski's Jaws Youth Fund for at-risk youth.
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Music
Cape Harmonaires Barbershop Singers, 8 p.m., Rotary Park Bandstand, Lafayette Street, Cape May, summer concert series, free.
Chita Rivera with Ocean City Pops Orchestra, 8 p.m., Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and the Boardwalk, Ocean City, tickets $20 and $25. 609-525-9291 or www.ocnj.us
South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble, 3 p.m., All Wars Memorial Park, Shore Road, Linwood, "Movie Music Matinee" music from screen classics, bring blanket or chairs, free. In case of rain, concert moved to auditorium at Mainland Regional High School. 609-402-5575.
Opera Night by The Sea, featuring soprano Nancy Fox, first seating 6 to 6:30 p.m., second seating 8:30 p.m., La Fontana Pizzeria & Ristorante, 20 South Douglas Ave., Margate, special menu provided. Reservations call 609-822-7460.
The Anthony Rubbo Quartet, 8 to 11 p.m., Blue Moon Brewery Summer Jazz Series, Gregory's Restaurant, 900 Shore Road, Somers Point, free to Jazz Society member, high school, college students with valid I.D., all others $5. 609-927-6677.
Tru, 7:30 p.m., summer concert series, Fox Park Amphitheater, Ocean and Burke avenues across from Convention Center, Wildwood, free. 609-522-2444.
Theater
"Ragtime," musical, 2 p.m., Surflight Theater, Engleside and Beach avenues, Beach Haven, $30 adults, $20 children. 609-492-9477.
"Say Goodnight Gracie," The Life, Laughter and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen, 8 p.m., comedy, Cape May Stage, Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank and Lafayette streets, Cape May, $35 adults, $25 seniors, $12.50 children. 609-884-1341.
Nightlife
Bobby Dee's Rock'n Chair Restaurant, 2409 Dune Drive, Avalon, 609-967-3300 - Quizzo with Bobby Mansure, 8 p.m.; Vince Schneider,
9 p.m.
Bojo's Ale House, 222 High St., Millville, 856-327-8011 - NASCAR and Baseball Night.
The Branches, The Village Shoppes, Route 47, 609-889-0667 - Open Mic Night for singers, musicians, comedians, poets and magicians of all ages, 6 p.m.
The Brown Room, Congress Hall, Washington Street Mall, Cape May, 609-884-8421 - Ann Oswald, 7:30 p.m.
Buckalew's Restaurant and Tavern, 101 N. Bay Ave., Beach Haven, 609-492-1065 - The Kootz, 9:30 p.m.
Bulldog's Bar and Grill, 743 White Horse Pike, Cologne, 609-965-4433 - World Tavern Poker, free to play,
7 and 10 p.m.
Cabanas Beach Bar and Grill, Beach and Decatur avenues, Cape May, 609-884-4800 - Love Seed Mama Jump, 9 p.m.
Firewaters, Tropicana, Atlantic City, 609-344-6699 - DJ Dance Party, 10 p.m.
Hibiscus, Longport Blvd., Somers Point, 609-926-9400 - Boardwalk Baby, 6 p.m.
Joe Pop's Shore Bar, 2002 Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom, 609-494-0558 - Bobby Lynch Band, 9 p.m.
JP Prime, 206 Olde New Jersey Ave., Wildwood, 609-729-4141 - Frank Drake as Frank Sinatra, 7 p.m.
JR's Tavern, 650 New Road, Somers Point, 609-653-9853 - Free pool, noon to 5 p.m.
Keenan's Irish Pub, 113 Olde New Jersey Ave., North Wildwood, 609-729-3344 - Breast Cancer Awareness Day, all day event.
Kix McNutley's Bar, 63rd Street and Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, 609-263-7286 - After The Beach Party with Fabulous Greaseband, 7 p.m.
La Costa Lounge, 40th Street and Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, 609-263-3756 - The Benderz Acoustic, 9 p.m.
Levari's Seafood and American Grill, Route 50 and Tuckahoe Road, Petersburg, 609-628-2225 - Robyn Chrystyne, 3 p.m.
Merion Inn, 106 Decatur St., Cape May, 609-884-8363 - George Mesterhazy, 5:30 p.m.
Ocean Drive, Landis Avenue, Sea Isle City, 609-263-1000 - Afternoon Jam with Secret Service, 4 p.m.; Laura Lea and Tripp Fabulous, 9 p.m.
Planet Rose Karaoke Lounge, The Quarter, Tropicana, Atlantic City, 609-344-6565 - Happy Hour Specials, 7 to 9 p.m.
Springfield Inn, 43rd Street and Pleasure Avenue, Sea Isle City, 609-263-4951 - Crystal Roxx, 4 p.m.
Steve and Cookie's, 9700 Amherst Ave., Margate, 609-823-1163 - Joe Mancini and Paula Jones, 7 p.m.
Tomatoe's, 9300 Amherst Ave., Margate, 609-822-7535 - Jazz Trio with Sharon Sable, 6 p.m.
The Windrift, 80th Street and the beach, Avalon, 609-368-5175 - BLT, 4 p.m.; Darin McDonald in the Piano Bar,
6 p.m.; Chatterband and DJ Radar, 9 p.m.
Posted in Life on Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:10 am
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