Steve Winwood brings that Traffic sound to Hard Rock Friday
Tune In, Turn On The rock group Traffic was a band I regularly listened to during my formative years. With a cool repertoire of songs that included “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys,” “Heaven Is in Your Mind,” “Medicated Goo,” and many more –...
MBCA Foundation celebrates ‘The Best is Yet to Come’ with 34th anniversary gala honoring Gary Hill
The MBCA Foundation will celebrate its 34th anniversary with its annual Officers Installation and Awards Gala — this year titled “The Best is Yet to Come” — 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Tropicana Atlantic City honoring Gary Hill, MBCA and Schultz-Hill Foundation...
Sebastian Maniscalco at Ocean: Getting older, but staying funny
The Casino File The main takeaway from uber-comic Sebastian Maniscalco’s first of eight performances at Ocean Casino Resort? The dude is getting old. That’s not an opinion. It’s straight from the horse’s mouth, as the 52-year-old, Chicago-born funnyman anchored last...
‘Dangerous When Wet’
Esther Williams’ big splash in Atlantic City By 1958, the film career of actress/swimmer Esther Williams was winding down. Originally an award-winning competitive swimmer, Williams was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer around 1942. After several less-than-impressive small...
Remembering when Barry Manilow brought ‘Copacabana’ to the Boardwalk
Remembering When When pop-music titan Barry Manilow decided to bring his 1978 hit single, “Copacabana,” to life as a book musical, he certainly could have staged the show about “music and passion” at what was arguably the most-famous American nightclub of the mid-20th...
