Atlantic City - Shore Local Newsmagazine

Swinging through 2025: The year in jazz and a look at what lies ahead

by Bruce Klauber | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey, Wahoo

With rare exceptions, jazz has been absent from the main stages and lounges of Atlantic City hotel/casinos since the mid-1990s. Artists with name value have aged, retired or passed on. Tastes and demographics have evolved, and the age and tastes of those in charge of...

Harrah’s La Strada at the Shore an eastern outpost of a western landmark

by Chuck Darrow | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File When La Strada at the Shore opened inside Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City it was an unusually bold move. After all, in a region — and city — where top-shelf Italian restaurants are part of the cultural fabric, it didn’t necessarily make a lot of sense to...

Remembering when the Showboat was part of the local gaming universe

by Chuck Darrow | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey

Remembering When Recently, a friend of mine asked if what is currently called Showboat Hotel Atlantic City would one day re-acquire the gaming license it voluntarily forfeited when it closed in that darkest of casino-era years, 2014. In an instant, I mentally accessed...

Where to dine on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

by Delaney Crawford | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Business, Food & Beverage, South Jersey

Christmas is here, and it’s time to finalize those holiday plans, if you haven’t already. For those looking to skip the cooking and endless dishes this season, Atlantic County and Ocean City offer plenty of festive dining options on both Christmas Eve and Christmas...

Atlantic City Headliners

by shorelocalnews | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Calendars, Entertainment, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Tuesday, December 23 Christmas in Concert 8 p.m. The Music Box at Borgata Wednesday, December 24 Christmas in Concert 2 p.m. The Music Box at Borgata Friday, December 26 Pitbull 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Saturday, December 27 Pitbull 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live...

Headliners who became lounge acts

by Bruce Klauber | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey, Wahoo

There’s an old show business adage that says casino lounges are either for performers on their way up, or on their way down. There was a time in Las Vegas and Atlantic City when that was true. Comics Don Rickles and Shecky Green first worked the Vegas lounges, then...