This is the last week to see famous painter Sheba Sharrow’s work at Monmouth University in Long Branch. The event will close on December 3rd.
The American Cancer Fund and Run2Health.com team up for our annual “Run Santa Run” 5K Fun Run and 1-Mile Walk at Brookdale Park in Montclair / Bloomfield, NJ. A family fun morning in one of Essex County’s most beautiful parks. Our 5K Fun Run / 1-Mile Family Walk is led by the one and only, Santa. Register by November 15th to receive a free Santa hat.
Originally from New York, now dividing his time between Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York’s Hudson Valley, Richard Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be.
Ever wonder what goes on behind those closed doors at the aquarium? Join our staff members as they take you on a guided tour of the building from top to bottom! Pre-registration and sneakers are required. Call 732-899-1659 to reserve your spot(s) today. For ages 5 and up only.
The Community House is the most beautiful and joyful place to visit during Christmastime. Our production of Scrooge has become a holiday tradition for generations of families. If you’ve never experienced this spectacular production, treat yourself and your loved ones to our thirty-fifth annual production. The tale of the mean, old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge is known and loved by everyone. No one does it better, we promise! Order early, we usually sell out by Thanksgiving. Thank You Very Much, Happiness, Father Christmas, The Wish, Beautiful Day are some of the beloved songs that are part of this legendary musical.
Tuckerton Seaport rolls out the holly for the Annual Christkindlmarkt on December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. This is a family fun three day event with late night hours on Friday, celebrating the traditions of the season with a Holiday Market and Craft Fair under a huge heated tent and throughout the Seaport buildings. Come jump start your holiday shopping. Get in the holiday spirit with a horse drawn wagon ride.
Interested in making your own holiday gifts or decorations? Drop in to Master Basketmaker Mary May’s Christmas Ornament Class on Saturday or Sunday. Classes begin at 10am, 11am, 2pm, and 3pm with a fee of $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers plus $7 for materials. Students can come for two hours and make one stocking, or stay all day and make more.
Featuring:
• Family Friendly Holiday Market & Craft Fair
• Food Truck Food Court
• Live Entertainment
• 50 Craft, Gift, and Gourmet Vendors
• Demonstrators throughout the Seaport’s buildings
From its earliest settlements, Ocean Township—like most of Monmouth County—was farmland. Our founding families—the Potters, Drummonds, Whites, Tuckers, land that today is covered with homes, apartments, offices, and shopping centers.
The mini-exhibit opening Holiday Weekend tells the story of our rural beginnings and traces the forces that transformed the Township from a farming community to a modern, high-density (2,497 people per square mile) suburb.
Celebrate the holidays with your friends and family at the Casino Pier Arcade! This event will include an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest, arts & crafts, an indoor snowball fight, and a visit from Santa himself! Please bring any non-expired can goods for donations!
Take a guided walk with a Park System Naturalist along the beach at Fisherman’s Cove Conservation Area, Manasquan, collecting and identifying some of the ocean’s natural treasures. Make sure you dress in warm clothing and bring along something to carry shells. Meet on the beach. FREE!
Join Magician Steve Woyce for a magical adventure in Winter Wonderland. You will help him make a snowman appear, candy canes disappear, and play a magical game of hide and seek.
“This is a family show so ages 4-12 would be best. I have performed shows where younger children were in the audience and had a blast as well.” – Steve Woyce
Come to Long Beach Island this holiday season and enjoy the 38th Annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade! The event will begin at 1:00pm (end time depends on participants) and will take place between 5th street and 25 street on Long Beach boulevard. Boats, floats, and cars alike will be competing to be crowned this year’s champion. The theme this year is “Deck the Hulls!”
The musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol is the timeless tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who hates Christmas. Shocked into action by visits from three ghosts that take him on a journey to the past, present, and the future; Scrooge discovers the true meaning of Christmas. The music and dancing of A Christmas Carol will help put everyone in the holiday spirit!
Start the Tour with Tea & Cookies at The Breakers on the Ocean. Tea, coffee, hot cocoa and cookies will be offered at two pre-assigned seatings and will be designated at the time of ticket purchase. Participating Inns & Properties include:
The Breakers on the Ocean, Chateau Inn & Suites, Two Private Homes & The Duggan Building featuring a Holiday Train Spectacular. More inns will be confirmed later this summer.
Capital Ringers combines music on handbells, percussion instruments, movement, audience interaction, humor, visual technology, and an actor to create a “Holiday Classic” show that will appeal to all ages. This creative and upbeat performance will entertain and educate audiences with the timeless holiday songs you love. Featuring favorites such as “White Christmas”, “O Hannukah”, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”, “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year”, and many more, you’ll leave with a smile and warm feeling of the holiday spirit.
Experience the high point of Cape May’s holiday season during these self-guided walking tours, which feature homes, inns, hotels & churches specially decorated for the holidays. During the tour you will enjoy Christmas caroling and strolling musicians, trees and garland & good old-fashioned cheer. There will also be hospitality centers with warm beverages & home-baked goodies
Once again the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce will bring the holidays downtown on First Saturday. The children from Alphabets Preschool will be singing your holiday favorites! Come see the 25+ foot tall tree in Press Plaza, and be there as Santa himself lights it.
In the early fall of 1973, The Marshall Tucker Band was still a young and hungry group out to prove themselves every time they hit the stage. “We were a bunch of young guys who didn’t know any boundaries,” says founding member and longtime lead singer Doug Gray. As it turned out, the collective talents of The Marshall Tucker Band took them very far indeed. Years of rigorous tour schedules earned the band the respect of critics and countless dedicated fans.
The Community House is the most beautiful and joyful place to visit during Christmastime. Our production of Scrooge has become a holiday tradition for generations of families. If you’ve never experienced this spectacular production, treat yourself and your loved ones to our thirty-fifth annual production. The tale of the mean, old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge is known and loved by everyone. No one does it better, we promise! Order early, we usually sell out by Thanksgiving. Thank You Very Much, Happiness, Father Christmas, The Wish, Beautiful Day are some of the beloved songs that are part of this legendary musical.
The Kids Holiday and Health Fair will give families the chance to experience holiday shopping, entertainment and health care information sessions, all under one roof. Taking place the same day as The Laurie Berkner Band’s performance in iPlay America’s Event Center, the Kids Holiday and Health Fair will feature doctors and departments from Hackensack Meridian Healthcare, local vendors to shop with, as well as live entertainment with Miss Sherri and Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam – all taking place in Warehouse 100. Guests are encouraged to bring their favorite teddy bear and other stuffed animals for the Hackensack Meridian Health Teddy Bear Clinic! Have your cuddly friends checked out by the doctors and staff to be sure they are in tip top shape! This event is not to be missed!
Tuckerton Seaport rolls out the holly for the Annual Christkindlmarkt on December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. This is a family fun three day event with late night hours on Friday, celebrating the traditions of the season with a Holiday Market and Craft Fair under a huge heated tent and throughout the Seaport buildings. Come jump start your holiday shopping. Get in the holiday spirit with a horse drawn wagon ride.
Interested in making your own holiday gifts or decorations? Drop in to Master Basketmaker Mary May’s Christmas Ornament Class on Saturday or Sunday. Classes begin at 10am, 11am, 2pm, and 3pm with a fee of $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers plus $7 for materials. Students can come for two hours and make one stocking, or stay all day and make more.
Featuring:
• Family Friendly Holiday Market & Craft Fair
• Food Truck Food Court
• Live Entertainment
• 50 Craft, Gift, and Gourmet Vendors
• Demonstrators throughout the Seaport’s buildings
From its earliest settlements, Ocean Township—like most of Monmouth County—was farmland. Our founding families—the Potters, Drummonds, Whites, Tuckers, land that today is covered with homes, apartments, offices, and shopping centers.
The mini-exhibit opening Holiday Weekend tells the story of our rural beginnings and traces the forces that transformed the Township from a farming community to a modern, high-density (2,497 people per square mile) suburb.
Are you looking for holiday gifts “Made in Monmouth” County? The 2017 Made in Monmouth Holiday Shopping Directory contains over 270 Monmouth County businesses that make unique products ranging from paintings, pottery, candles, hot sauce, wine and chocolate to handcrafted jewelry and woodworking.
Sunday, December 3, iPlay America welcomes fan-favorite Laurie Berkner’s Holiday Show to iPlay America’s Event Center for two fun-filled performances. In her holiday shows, Laurie and her longtime collaborators Susie Lampert, Bob Golden and Brady Rymer — the “band” — will celebrate the season with such traditional, secular songs as Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman, plus originals from Laurie’s well-loved album A Laurie Berkner Christmas like Santa’s Coming to My House Tonight.
Come to the Thompson Park Creative Arts Center, Lincroft, and choose from a large selection of bisque fired pottery pieces to glaze and make your own. Children age 12 and under are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. The cost is $6 per hour plus price of bisque ware; cash or check only. Pieces will be fired in about a week.
A production of the non-profit organization Jazz Arts Project, the Sinatra Birthday Bash is every December on or around Frank Sinatra’s birthday as a tribute performance to this American icon. This is the original Sinatra tribute concert in New Jersey and takes place each year at the historic Count Basie Theatre.