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Atlantic City Casino Headliners for August 2008
August 1, 2008
Kennedy Plaza Summer Events Presents the Stockton Faculty Jazz Band
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Kennedy Plaza
Boardwalk at Mississippi Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ
The Stockton Faculty Jazz Band is comprised of professors and administrators from Richard Stockton College. The band covers musical selections from classic rock to rhythm-and-blues, funk and jazz. In June 2007 it released a CD of cover songs called Pop Quiz that serves to benefit a scholarship fund. Admission is free
609-343-6326
August 1-2, 2008
8th Annual Art of Surfing Festival
Friday and Saturday: 12:00 noon � 10:00 p.m.
Ocean City Music Pier
Ocean City boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace
Ocean City, NJ
This free family event features original art from surfing's biggest names, live music, and a chance to meet the artists from across the country. The festival is an expression of the local surfing culture and it�s influences from Hawaii and California. This show is for anyone that is drawn to the ocean and enjoys the beach culture lifestyle.
609-398-8887
August 1-3, 2008
Ocean City's 45th Annual Boardwalk Art Show
Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ocean City Boardwalk
from 8th - 13th Streets
Ocean City, NJ
Leading artists from throughout the East Coast exhibit and sell their work. Traditionally an ideal place to buy fine artwork at reasonable prices.
August 2, 2008
American Idols Live Tour 2008
7:00 p.m.
Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
Mississippi Ave. and the Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
Season 7 cast members Brooke White, Carly Smithson, Chikezie, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns, Ramiele Malubay, and Syesha Mercado perform. Admission: $42.50, $54.50 & $68.50
609-348-7000
August 4, 11, 18, 2008
Temperance Tantrums
7:30 p.m.
Althea's Restaurant at The Inn of Cape May
7 Ocean Street
Cape May, NJ
Temperance Tantrums is a unique musical and theatrical entertainment that combines song & dance, comedy improvisation, melodrama, and audience involvement into a hilarious look back to 1905 and the Temperance Movement's efforts to "dry out" the nation. Tickets run between $20-40.
609-884-5555
August 5, 12, 19 & 26 2008
Family Film & Fun Night
7:15 p.m.
Cornerstone Auditorium at Stainton's Square
810 Asbury Ave.
Ocean City, NJ
Cost: $4. per person or max $15. per family. Includes: movie, pizza, popcorn & drink. Call for schedule.
609-399-7527
August 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2008
Concerts By Candlelight
8:30 p.m.
Henry Sawyer Room at The Chalfonte Hotel
301 Howard St
Cape May, NJ
Performing this month: Soprano Maria Damore on August 5, Carmen Artis (soprano), John Hammel (tenor), and pianist Nancy DeRitter on August 12, Festive Brass on August 19, and composer/singer Michael Ogborn on August 26. Tickets are $10 per adult, $7 per child, or free with dinner in The Chalfonte's Magnolia Room.
609-884-8409
August 6, 2008
First Wednesday in Atlantic City
All Day
Throughout Atlantic City at Participating Vendors
First Wednesday Atlantic City continues throughout the summer season with spectacular shopping and dining specials, entertainment and spa discounts, special room rates and more from participating vendors throughout Atlantic City.
Park in the South Jersey Transportation Authority's lots on Fairmount Avenue and Atlantic Avenue for a nominal fee and take the First Wednesday Shuttle to each of the various locations in Atlantic City.
August 6, 2008
Kennedy Plaza Summer Events Presents Gina Roche
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kennedy Plaza
Boardwalk at Mississippi Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ
"International Night" presents Brazilian music. As the summer heats up, so too will the music when Roche performs a spicy blend of jazz, blues, standards and original compositions with a Brazilian twist. She's one of the featured artists in Dante Hall's "Bad Girls of Summer Series." Admission is free.
609-345-2269
August 6, 2008
Oceanography
7:00 p.m.
Dante Hall Theater of the Arts
14 North Mississippi Ave
Atlantic City, NJ
609-344-8877
A multimedia experience that exposes the young audience member to the undersea world of sea creatures combined with the art of dance and mime. Admission: $15 Donation
August 6-30, 2008
8:30 p.m.
East Lynne Theater Company presents The Guardsman
East Lynne Theater Company
The First Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street
Cape May, NJ
Written by Franz Molnar, established Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne as theatrical stars when it was first produced on Broadway in 1924. This comedy is about a husband who goes to great lengths to discover whether or not his wife is faithful. Cast includes Mark Edward Lang, Alison J. Murphy, and Gayle Stahlhuth under the direction of Karen Case Cook.
Tickets: $25, $20, $10, and ages 12 and under are free. For information/reservations: 884-5898 or on their website.
August 7, 2008
National Lighthouse Day
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cape May Point State Park
Lighthouse Avenue off Sunset Boulevard
Cape May Point, NJ
The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC), proprietors of the Cape May Lighthouse, will sponsor a day of family activities at the foot of the Lighthouse. Included in the day's festivities will be vendors offering nautical merchandise; pirate hat-making for kids; storytelling about the Lighthouse, pirates and shipwrecks, and the ghosts of the Lighthouse; programs by the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority and the Nature Center of Cape May; a richly illustrated presentation by the Lighthouse Keeper on lighthouses in general and the Cape May Lighthouse, in particular; performers singing songs of the sea; and refreshments. Lighthouse Pete the Pirate, mascot of the Cape May Lewes Ferry, will also make an appearance. For information about MAC's year-round schedule of tours, festivals and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278.
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