The great monarch migration begins: The odyssey of the butterfly
As September rolls around, kids are heading back to school and butterflies are headed to Cape May. Monarch butterflies, despite their delicate appearance, travel from New England to Mexico every autumn, making a pit stop in South Jersey around September. The New...
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The weekend is upon us, and there’s so much to do throughout South Jersey. The annual Good Old Days Festival will be held in Somers Point, Thunder Over the Waves soars into Wildwood, live and local rock music takes over Hard Rock, and a doo-wop celebration arrives at...
Mitch Ryder to headline Somers Point’s ‘First in the Nation Celebration,’ Sept. 12
Somers Point will cap its “First in the Nation” beach concert season with a historic homecoming: Mitch Ryder — the Detroit rock icon who played Somers Point before breaking big nationwide — will headline with the Tony Mart Allstars on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. on...
Paying tribute to Led Zeppelin has paid off for Get The Led Out
The Casino File It would pretty much be impossible to calculate the number of “tribute” acts performing around the world today. But what is easy to ascertain is the name of the band that, by any measurement, sits at the pinnacle of the tribute-act universe. That would...
Miss’d America Pageant: Drag and disco unite for a fun night with a great cause
The first time I got to see the Miss’d America Pageant was as a judge well over a decade ago. I certainly had my doubts. Why, as a straight man in my 40s, would want to watch a bunch of dudes in dresses and swimsuits walk a runway and sing Broadway showtunes? It...
