by Chuck Darrow | Feb 12, 2026 | History, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
Remembering When For more than a century, Atlantic City has been an entertainment capital; its countless venues have hosted show business immortals from Al Jolson and W.C. Fields to Frank Sinatra and Abbott & Costello to The Beatles and Kevin Hart. But once upon a...
by Chuck Darrow | Feb 5, 2026 | Entertainment, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
The Casino File Ronnie Platt, lead singer of the veteran heartland prog-rock band Kansas, had only one thought when, a mere 53 weeks ago, he heard the word no one ever wants to hear from their doctor: “Cancer.” “It doesn’t get more sobering than that, being...
by Chuck Darrow | Jan 29, 2026 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey, Sports
The Casino File Although Mike Tyson’s performance last Friday of his one-man show, “Return of The Mike” at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, did not quite meet the expectations of this audience member, it was nonetheless a compelling and entertaining affair...
by Chuck Darrow | Jan 22, 2026 | Top Stories, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Business, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
The Casino File Ocean Casino Resort’s latest addition/innovation is anything but par for the course. Last Saturday evening, a few hundred of the pleasure dome’s closest friends — including a few bold-faced names — gathered to celebrate the grand opening of...
by Chuck Darrow | Jan 15, 2026 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
The Casino File What’s so funny about January in Atlantic City? Well, if you’re at Harrah’s on the 31st, the answer to that question will be easy: Joe List. The 43-year-old suburban Boston native is a standup-comedy vet of some two decades whose act offers...
