by Bruce Klauber | Apr 23, 2026 | Entertainment, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
Sofia Kalish was born on Jan. 13, 1887, in Tulchyn – part of the Russian Empire. Kalish and her family immigrated to the United States the following year and settled in Boston before moving to Hartford, Connecticut, where her father opened a restaurant. Young Sofia...
by Bruce Klauber | Apr 16, 2026 | Entertainment, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
When popular music icons like Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee and Whitney Houston left us, many believed they could never be replaced. But as is inevitably the case in show business, new generations of divas – also with legendary status and tremendous drawing...
by Bruce Klauber | Apr 9, 2026 | History, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
The year 1968 will be forever remembered as one of the most tumultuous in American history. It was a year defined by the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and civil unrest in the streets of many...
by Bruce Klauber | Apr 2, 2026 | Features, Atlantic County, Business, Egg Harbor Township, South Jersey
On an unseasonably warm August afternoon in 1975, I went through the day’s mail and found a large envelope with a Temple University return address. It was my diploma. That was the good news. The not-so-good news was, though I had been working as a professional...
by Bruce Klauber | Mar 26, 2026 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Entertainment, South Jersey
The late and great Bobby Rydell was a show business rarity: He became an international name who never succumbed to the bright lights of Hollywood, but chose instead to live in the Philadelphia area for all of his life. Because of his stardom, popularity and...
