Join us on Wednesday April 18th at Monmouth University to get yourself registered to join the Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry.
We will be set up at:
Monmouth University
With the Monmouth University Football Team
The Rebecca Stafford Student Center
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
From 10am-3pm
Contact Jessie for details: (607)-222-0221
To Join you must be 18-44 years old.
If you can’t make it, don’t worry you can sign up online here:
join.bethematch.org/hawkssave
On April 28, the Surfrider Foundation: Jersey Shore Chapter is hosting a Beach Cleanup followed by Happy Hour at The BAR ROOM + kitchen in Deal, New Jersey!
Volunteers of all ages are welcome and encouraged to clean the beach with us! Bring gloves and wear hard-soled shoes. Dress weather-appropriate!! Always stay off dunes and respect wildlife!
Beach Sweep: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM @ Phillips Beach
Location: Meet at the Phillips Ave. beach entrance.
Happy Hour: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Bar Room & Kitchen (100 Norwood Ave, Deal, NJ 07723).
The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, non-profit, environmental organization that works for the enjoyment and protection of our oceans, waves and beaches.
Founded in 1984, the Surfrider Foundation’s most important coastal environmental work is carried out by more than 60 chapters located along the East, West, Gulf, Puerto Rican and Hawaiian coasts.
Make sure to buy a ticket to this screening of the Award winning recently released documentary, “American Circumcision.” The event will only happen if enough people reserve tickets to the screening on May 2nd.
This is the first documentary of its scale to comprehensively explore this cutting edge issue, which involves sex, politics, and religion, all in the most personal way possible.
The event showcases the tremendous talent OceanMHS has discovered from individuals suffering with mental illness. This is an opportunity to eliminate barriers and misconceptions surrounding mental health, encourage positive conversations to reduce stigma, and shed light on the changing climate of mental health treatment in NJ. The event will contain paintings and drawings, mixed media, and several forms of creative expression provided by children and adults seeking services at OceanMHS.
Bowl for Kids’ Sake is about having fun to help put kids on a positive path in life! Raise funds and bowl with friends, family or coworkers to support the BBBS 1-to-1 mentoring programs.
Bowl For Kids’ Sake is fun and easy!
For more information please visit https://bbbsmmc.org/events/
Rock for a cleaner, healthier and safer state!
Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for students (with valid ID) in advance and $25 for adults, $15 for students at the door. Performances will be by DJ Lee Mrowicki, FREE PASS, THE TROUBLES, THE NEW SOUL REBELLION and DIRTY SHINE. Proceeds of this concert to work across the state supporting programs and services of EarthShare NJ’s non-profit members. All ages welcome, must be 21 to purchase and drink alcohol.
After last year’s successful inaugural event — featuring heavy-hitters such as Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Former Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, Freeholder Ashley Bennett, Comedian Julia Scotti, and more — Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn, Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton, Comedian/Politico Jess Alaimo, and AP Women’s March founder Dani Fiore are keeping the conversation going with the event which again promises to be both both educational and entertaining. The non-partisan event aims to look at issues that affect women across party lines in an engaging and realistic manner. The APWC will not only leave audience members inspired but also with direction on how to actually bring forth change. Last year, with over a thousand women in attendance at the Paramount theatre, the Convention addressed issues such as: Equal Pay, Women’s Healthcare, and Sexual Violence. This year the event will be at the Stone Pony and will tackle the issues of: Cannabis and Wellness, Being A Trans Ally (with Garden State Equality), and Agreeing To Disagree.
APWC co-founder Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn adds, “We are once again thrilled to host an event which brings together women of different ethnicities, political affiliations, and ages to ensure all our voices are being heard on issues that matter to us all. Mark your calendar for a fun, informative event on March 30th.”
Original APWC co-founder and Councilwoman Yvonne Clayton adds, “We are very excited about the opportunity to bring APWC to the Stone Pony this year. The APWC was not just a one-time event. Every year we will be doing something new, different, and exciting. We know that both women and men will come out and support us.”
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center will host its annual Sippers for Flippers fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at Nauti Spirits Distillery in Cape May. The event will feature an auction, live music from the duo Clavicles as well as a variety of cocktails made with Nauti Spirits. In addition, samples of specialty dishes from a variety of local restaurants such as Mama Mia’s Ristorante, Fins Bar and Grille, The Ugly Mug and many more will be on hand.
Come anytime between 9-noon and stay as long as you want. Help our community, marine life, and beaches by picking up trash and making them ready for those sunny summer days. All ages welcome, be sure to bring some gloves. When you arrive you will be given black bags for trash and white for recyclables, as well as data cards to track what kind of trash you pick up.
On April 13th, Warhorse SCUBA will run their first “Urban Scavenger Hunt”, a town-wide scavenger hunt through the town of Belmar, New Jersey! You can join as an individula or as a team of you and your friends (2-6 people max) to compete against others to gather pictures of you objectives, and complete puzzles to reach the finish line! This is a family friendly event will take teams all over the town, to complete the obstacles and riddles to reach the finish line! The entrance fee is $25 per person – this will give each participant a FREE event T-shirt and a FREE beer/soda at our ending location – The Beach Haus Brewery!!! This fee is due at sign up to guarantee an event T shirt
Hamilton Mall has Earth Day in the bag with giving away FREE usable shopping bags to help you reduce the use of plastic bags. Pick up yours starting on Earth Day at Customer Service. Starting Monday, April 22nd, 2019, repeats every day until Friday, May 31, 2019.
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
The Island Heights Environmental Committee hosts their Island Heights Earth Day Celebration at Wanamaker Field from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. with eco friendly vendors, free seedlings of native shrubs in exchange for a bag of litter. Other activities include a townwide cleanup, gardens and Bioswale maintenance
PAINT YOUR PET @ MAVERICK ART STUDIO, SATURDAY, 4/27/19 FROM 6-8PM, BENEFITING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. TICKETS ARE $45. WHICH INCLUDES COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF WINE OR NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, LIGHT SNACKS, PAINT, CANVAS AND SUPPLIES. YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKET THROUGH MAVERICK ART STUDIO https://www.maverickartstudio.com, YOU MUST EMAIL A PICTURE OF YOUR PET BY 4/13/19 SO THE ARTIST CAN SKETCH YOUR PET AND HAVE IT READY FOR YOU THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT. WE WILL ALSO HAVE RAFFLES AND SOME OF OUR ADOPTABLE DOGS AND CATS THERE.
Come out and enjoy a beautiful spring Sunday morning with Dean’s natural food market community and help take care of our local shoreline. What better way to celebrate earth day!
Advance Tickets: $15
DOS Tickets: $15 (children under 1 free)
Doors Time: 11:00AM
Show Time: 11:30AM
The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series hosted at The Stone Pony, Brooklyn Bowl, The Capitol Theatre, Industry City, Ardmore Music Hall, The Sinclair, Boulder Theater, and more, allows kids to “move, play and sing while listening to works from the classic-rock canon” (NY Times). Using the songs created by the most iconic musicians in rock history, The Rock and Roll Playhouse offers its core audience of babies and kids games, movement, and stories and an opportunity to rock out. The Rock and Roll Playhouse is an early and often first introduction to a child’s lifelong journey with live music and rock and roll.
The Monmouth County Women’s Council of Realtors hosts their Boxers & Bras For a Cause Gala at the Sheraton Eatontown on Route 35 in Eatontown from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Throughout the evening, decorated boxers and bras, each with a unique theme, will be auctioned off in support of the fight against cancer.
This signature benefit dinner has impacted over 300 children and families served by Family Promise of Monmouth County annually. Join the celebration for a delectable dining experience, featuring an impeccable live band, amazing honoree and an evening to remember at the luxurious, Jumping Brook Inn Country Club!
The Cape May County Coast Guard Community Festival is presented by the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation in partnership with the County of Cape May and its 16 municipalities, the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce, the City of Cape May and community sponsors.
The festival honors the men and women of the United States Coast Guard and celebrates the county’s designation as a Coast Guard Community. The designation was awarded after approval by the United States Coast Guard and an Act of Congress in 2015.
Considered by many to be the Coast Guard’s hometown, the festival takes place at Training Center Cape May (TRACEN) – the only active Boot Camp for Coast Guard recruits in the United States.
All proceeds donated will support JOH’s fight against Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne is a muscle wasting disease for which there is no cure. Those affected are typically wheelchair-bound by their teen years, with life expectancy in their 20s. JAR of Hope was established in 2013 by James and Karen Raffone in an effort to save their son Jamesy’s life and prevent other families from the pain of losing their children. Race through fitness stations competitively for time or enjoy a fun-filled atmosphere with your friends and family.
Tickets: $25 in advance (plus applicable surcharges), $30 at the door
Betty Who has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to support The Trevor Project, and their work providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. TheTrevorProject.org
To understand where Betty Who currently stands in her career, it’s best to imagine her as she often stood as a kid: solo, in front of the bedroom mirror, belting out hits, dancing like everyone’s watching. Because as the Australian pop queen walked away from her record deal and into her first independent album, she had a single mandate: “I am going to be the most me I can be.” That is, in part, why her third full-length statement is simply called Betty. It’s pure her: a brilliant swirl of pop — ’80s, Y2K, and hyper-modern strains — that encompasses everything from intimate artful fare to darkly sexy bangers to full-on wedding reception shout-alongs. What’s more, these are songs about grown-woman emotions delivered by someone who rediscovered the drive and verve that fueled her rise through music in the first place. As Betty says, “It all came back to joy.”There’s a reason Betty was tapped to remake the Queer Eye theme song for the uplifting series’ second season. It’s the same reason she’s soundtracked Pitch Perfect and made the Glee cast swoon, and that a certain legendary flash mob proposal video went viral to the tune of her 2012 debut single “Somebody Loves You.” Joy has always been in the music, but for Betty herself the feeling had faded. “I didn’t understand how damaging it was to feel like I was never living up to expectation,” she says of her time on a major label. “When you’re in the middle of it, you think it’s driving you. When I came out the other side I realized, no, I was devastated.” She wanted to handpick her team, sink or swim by her own choices, and share music while it’s fresh. With Betty, she did all of that and made an album that, as she puts it, “I’m more proud of than I could possibly say.”The world got a taste of that with Betty’s first independent single “Ignore Me,” an uplifting ode to moving on set to warm, indie-tinged electropop. Likewise, synth-streaked dance cut “I Remember” takes on something sad — the dissonance that can bubble up in a relationship — and finds the sweetness therein as Betty coos, “I don’t want perfect, I want you.” Our heroine not only split from her label in 2017, she got engaged, and the thrill of realizing you’ could spend your life with someone rings out on “Marry Me.” The song’s exuberance was inspired by the unabashed pop (namely Katy Perry) Betty loved as a teen. Meanwhile, the vintage JT-evoking “All This Woman” addresses a would-be lover but is really about Betty’s acceptance of her own body: “This is me saying to the man or woman I’m standing opposite, ‘This is what I want and you’re crazy if you don’t want it too.’”These songs spilled out with a similar assuredness — among them, early teaser “Taste,” which Betty has described as “a little rock ‘n’ roll with just a touch of vampire fetish,” and Betty‘s first official single, the achingly up-close, acoustic-powered “Between You & Me.” The process began in sessions between runs of her famously vibrant, intensely choreographed tour. She’d planned to write more when she came off the road, but instead realized she already had an album’s worth of songs she adored. So rather than iron them out in high-profile studios around Los Angeles, she absconded to a rental in Palm Springs with her two of her best friends, artist/producer Pretty Sister and decade-long collaborator Peter Thomas. They finished Betty in 10 days between shared meals and streaming sunshine. “It was one of the best times of my life,” recalls Betty. “I swear I’ll never make a record any other way.”But that setting conjures the beginning of Betty Who, when the woman born Jessica Newham studied cello at Berklee during the week, then took the first train out to Providence so she could spend all weekend inventing her sound at classmate Peter’s family home. And that hustle itself mimics a theme of Betty’s childhood in Sydney: while her classical training began at age 4, she devoted every free second to Britney, Christina, *NSYNC, and MJ. The voices, the moves, the lyrics, the spectacle — she ate it all up, especially that feeling the best pop gives you: “When you hear it,” says Betty, “and go, ‘Oh my God, you literally wrote this about me.’ I’ve wanted to make music like that ever since.” In that spirit, Betty gives us what we need most right now: an excuse to dance in the mirror, license to trust our instinct, and knowledge that joy is never too far away
The parade starts at noon from City Hall. Festival includes live performances, over 100 vendors, family zone and food court. FREE.
Come join the worlds largest fundraising event against cancer and donate for a great cause! Not only will you be donating but you will be able to participate in many activities and meet many great people as well!
The 2019 Ride to Defeat ALS, which begins and ends at Morey’s Adventure Pier in Wildwood, NJ, will loop bicyclists around scenic Cape May County and pass such attractions as a WWII sunken ship, Cape May Lighthouse, and local vineyards. Families with young children can opt to ride a 10-mile loop, while more adventurous cyclists can choose a 25-, 50-, 75-, or 100-mile loop. A colorful celebration hosted by Morey’s Piers will await cyclists as they break through the finish line. Festivities will include food, music, and FREE two-day passes to Morey’s amusement piers and water parks for June 15th and 16th. Proceeds from the Ride help The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter continue its support of vital ALS research, care services, and advocacy.