Three nights of swinging jazz
The powers that be who book jazz festivals across the country should consider taking a serious look at what the South Jersey Jazz Society is doing with the Jazz@ThePoint festival, taking place at the Gateway Playhouse and Gregory’s restaurant in Somers Point from Oct....
The Atlantic City Aquarium: A year-round destination for the whole family
In a city known for high diving horses, a diving bell that took riders to the floor of the sea, a sky tower ride that rose 300 feet into the sky, and a Ripley’s Believe it or Not and Louis Tussaud’s Wax Museum, it was inevitable that someday, Atlantic City would...
Atlantic City dining back in the day: Part II
Newspaper and magazine articles about Atlantic City’s restaurants of yore always seem to elicit a healthy response from readers. The recent piece within these pages about fondly-remembered, long-gone eateries was no exception. Two responses to that piece stand out. A...
Atlantic City and all that jazz
Atlantic City’s rich history of jazz festivals stretches back to 1960 when promoter Sid Bernstein leased the Boardwalk’s Warner Theatre for three days in July and presented a lineup of certifiable jazz legends, including Count Basie, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington,...
