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Letter to Our Readers
The past couple of months have given us rather warm weather for which I am sure we are all thankful. However it is now Winter and time has come for us to look toward snowfall and all the pleasures it brings. This month’s main editorial feature will introduce you to the possibilities of “Snow-cations” …. the time to enjoy the fun side of snowflakes and the winter weather. A trip down Rock & Roll memory lane. That’s what you’ll get when you listen to Illegally Blind. They’ll take you back to where you were when you first heard that song. They love playing the old songs and watching their fans enjoy themselves. And, the band has a somewhat unique difference …. two of their band members are blind! Read how this band got together and where you can catch them in this issue’s Band Profile. This month our writers have chosen to introduce you to a young, ambitious woman who tends bar at Game Time nj while njBar & Grill at iPlay E S America, U E N studying for a degree E N U E Sattending school in nursing and training to become a flight nurse. She likes tending bar and nj nj the interaction it provides E S with guests. U N E E N U E SLearn more about Jamie Jackowski, our
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Publisher’s Letter....................................................................................4 Sports Bars & Quiz..................................................................................6 Where To Watch All The Games Chart ............................................7 Pro Sports Schedules............................................................................8 All That’s Beer ....................................................................................... 12 Band Profile: ......................................................................................... 14 Mixologist-of-the-Month ................................................................. 16 Libations................................................................................................. 16 Main Feature: ....................................................................................... 18 Catering ................................................................................................. 20 BYO’s ........................................................................................................ 22 Two on the Aisle ................................................................................. 24 Comic Relief........................................................................................... 26 Dining Pleasures.................................................................................. 28 Happy Hours......................................................................................... 30 Where it’s happening!........................................................................ 31 Concerts & Theater.............................................................................. 32 Plugged into AC................................................................................... 33 Venues NJ Cares .................................................................................. 34 The Last Word ..................................................................................... 34
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PGA Pro Tour
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NJ DEVILS
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By: M. Buonauro
There’s always that great song airing on radio, one that you can’t help but to sing along. It instantly transports you to where you were when you first heard it. Maybe it’s Led Zeppelin’s Misty Mountain Hop, Styx’s Come Sail Away, Boston’s Rock n Roll Band, Journey’s Any Way You Want It, or Def Leopard’s Rock of Ages. That is the magic of Illegally Blind: Deni Jerome (lead vocals), Joe Miglionico (bass guitar/backing vocals), James Ricci (drums), Damon Fabrio (keyboards/ backing vocals), and Leroy Aiello (lead guitar/ backing vocals) carrying their audience, song after song, on a musical trip down rock music’s memory lane. In 2014, Illegally Blind was imagined by Joe Miglionico (bass). He was enjoying dinner out with his wife, Joelle, when he first heard Deni Jerome sing as a guest singer for the performing band. Joe found her voice “powerful” and decided to approach her and they both began singing along with the band. “I’m going to put a band together around your voice”, Joe told Deni, who seemed flattered but skeptical.
That night, Joe posted an advertisement for players to do a keyboard-based classic rock project. This is where their story begins to unfold. Replying to the ad, Damon Fabrio (keyboards) said he could do that style music and would be happy to join, but was unable to get to rehearsals because he is blind. Joe assured Damon if he could play, Joe would get him to rehearsal. After guitarist Ralph Guidi joined the band, James Ricci (drums) was next to audition. “James showed up with his wife and proceeded 14
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to bang his kit off every wall in my house trying to get to my studio downstairs”, recalled Joe. “He set up and that’s when he told us that he was legally blind”. What are the chances of two blind players auditioning for the same band? He was a perfect fit and was asked to join after just two songs.” The name Illegally Blind was born. The band debuted in October 2014 at the Vic Tavern in Bayonne, New Jersey. Shortly after January 2015, Leroy Aiello replaced Guidi as lead guitarist. “Leroy’s ability, experience and enthusiasm elevated the band immediately” recalled Joe. “We all started to gel and we were adding new music and more and more gigs.” Illegally Blind defines its music style as keyboard-based classic rock. A typical set for Illegally Blind would include: Any Way You Want It, Journey; Rock n Roll Band, Boston; Don’t Tell Me You Love Me; Night Ranger; Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin; Carry On My Wayward Son, Kansas; Rock of ages, Def Leopard; Keep On Loving You, REO Speedwagon; Misty Mountain Hop, Led Zeppelin; Dream on, Aerosmith; Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd and Come Sail Away, Styx. What are the band’s personal favorites? Joe named Renegade, Styx because they love the harmonies and are lucky to have four voices. Also, Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin because Deni kills it. Lastly, Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd because Leroy Aiello brings the house down and is amazing to hear and see. “At the end of the night, we hope people have genuinely enjoyed themselves,” Joe explained “we hope to have brought back memories of songs they forgot about, but still remember the words. Hopefully, they will spend their time with us again. We really enjoy performing for our fans, it’s what drives us”. Here’s where you can find Illegally Blind: The Blue Rock Café in Keyport every first Friday of the month for all of 2016. Look for them at Crossroads in Garwood this coming spring and at Martell’s Tiki Bar, Point Pleasant Beach this summer. Also in New Jersey, Rockies, Rahway; Molly Maguire’s, Clark; The Dive Bar, Sea Bright; The Vic, Bayonne; and the General Saloon, Old Bridge. In Staten Island: Rookies Sports Bar, To Advertise Call 732.995.1714 • www.venues-nj.com
Afternoons, and Big Nose Kates. Joe also talked about one of Illegally Blind’s best experiences as a band. “This past summer we had the privilege of playing for the Staten Island Chapter of Rolling Thunder. They hosted a day for the Road Home Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping local seriously injured veterans. This experience was so much fun for them, but more so for us. It was so humbling. If you didn’t smile through your tears you were not human, these veterans are amazing. We will be back there this summer and we can’t wait.” Get behind Illegally Blind at: Facebook.com/illegallyblindband instagram.com/illegallyblindband twitter.com/illegallyblind7 reverbnation.com/illegallyblind youtube.com/illegallyblindband
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Ingredients: • 1 oz brandy, whiskey, or rum • 1 Tbsp honey • 1/4 lemon • 1 cup hot water • 1 tea bag Preparation: 1. Coat the bottom of a mug or an Irish coffee glass with honey. 2. Add the liquor and the juice of the lemon quarter. 3. On the side, heat water in a tea kettle and add the tea bag to make hot tea. 4. Pour the steaming tea into the glass and stir.
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Ingredients: • 1 egg • 1/2 oz simple syrup or 1 tsp powdered sugar • 1 oz dark rum • 1 oz Cognac or brandy • Hot milk or hot water • Grated nutmeg for garnish Preparation: 1. Separate the egg white from the egg yolk and beat them separately. 2. Fold the beaten eggs together and place into an Irish coffee glass. 3. Add the sugar or simple syrup, dark rum, and brandy. 4. Fill with hot milk or hot water. 5. Stir well. 6. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
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being transferred love the one-on-one interactions and to another medical relationships that you get to have with facility. a guest when you are behind the bar. I love my regulars and enjoy being In the meantime, involved in their lives,” she adds. Jamie tends bar while maintaining “I also love the friendships I have a full time status as formed working behind the bar. The a nursing student. stories that I hear as a bartender are She began the best. They make me laugh and working at Game help me relate to guests at another Time as a server level.” four years ago, but moved to In between her studies and her bartending about bartending work, Jamie makes time to three years ago. indulge in one of her favorite pastimes “Bartending allows - watching hockey games on TV, me to interact especially New York Rangers hockey and connect with games. guests on a level different from “I’m not just a New York Rangers that of a server,” fan, but a ‘die heart’ Rangers fan. I have Jackowski said. gotten my mom into hockey and now she yells at the TV with me during all Previously, she New York Ranger games,” she revealed. worked as a server at Hop and Buffalo Wild Wings, both in Brick. Jamie began her fervor over the She also served as a medical assistant New York Rangers when she was just 9 at an ob/gyn office for a little under a years old and says she “fell in love” with year in 2015. the game. I have a love and a passion for the game of hockey which only When asked why she chose to work grew as I got older as a bartender, she said, “Because I
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Ingredients: (Serves 8-10 Drinks) • 1 cup PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur • 4 lemons, sliced • 2 oranges, sliced • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg • 12 whole cloves • 4 cinnamon sticks • 2 cups sugar • 1 1/4 cup water • 2 bottles red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot) Preparation: 1. In a saucepan over low-medium heat, combine all ingredients. 2. Heat for 15-20 minutes. Do not bring to a boil. 3. Remove from heat and strain. 4. Return liquid to pan and serve warm.
Ingredients • 1 part Maker’s Mark® Bourbon • 1 tsp to 1 tbsp Sugar • 2 dashes Bitters • 3 parts Hard Cider, Dry • Garnish with Cherry, Maraschino
1 750 ml bottle dry or off-dry white wine (preferably Riesling or Grüner Veltliner) • 1 piece star anise • 2 1/4-inch slices fresh ginger • 3 green cardamom pods • 3 whole cloves • 3 to 4 tablespoons honey, or to taste • 1/4 cup pear brandy (Poire William) • 1 Asian pear
Preparation: 1. Put the wine in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan with the star anise, ginger, cardamom, cloves and honey (start with 3 tablespoons and adjust later if necessary). Set the pan over medium heat and bring just to a simmer, stir ring occasionally. Turn off the heat and let the wine mull for at least 15 to 20 minutes. Preparation: 2. Taste the wine and add more honey if 1.In a you’d like. Gently reheat the wine until champagne it starts to steam, then turn off the glass,stir heat and stir in the brandy. Divide together the among 4 mugs or heatproof glasses, sugar and the bitters until putting a few of the spices in each the sugar dissolves. glass if you’d like, and add a slice of 2. 2. Add Makers Mark® Bourbon. Asian pear. Toddy away! Top with cold cider. 3. 3. Garnish with a cherry and slice of orange.
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We here in Central NJ have been “blessed” this past month with unusually warm weather for this time of year. While there are definite benefits (no need for heavy clothing, lower NJNG bills, etc.), we are accustom in these parts to four distinct seasons and, if you’re like me, you start looking forward to colder weather and snow. An abundance of snowflakes invites not only the imagination to run wild, it engenders a certain desire to expend energy and surround oneself with the healthy slight sting of invigorating cold air. Skiing, snowboarding, snowtubing and sledding on a mountaintop is a rush – and it is great exercise, especially after holiday gluttony.
instruction for all levels as well as full packages. And of course, little ones can simply enjoy building a snowfort or snowfamily with their own families. And they all have lodges for relaxing, enjoying winter cocktails and conviviality. Several are located in or nearby towns for shopping and enjoying meals and local restaurants. Some cautions – remember that the sunshine, even in winter, can damage skin, so ensure you have your highSPF sunscreen. Also, ensure you have enough bottled water to hydrate; to keep it from freezing, just put it in a thermos. Here, we present a roundup of our region’s great snowcations. Check the websites for many more details.
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Mountain Creek is a resplendent arena for skiers and snowboarders of any age. It features high-quality snowmaking and lighting across 45 trails that are serviced by 11 lifts with a 1040’ vertical slope and breathtaking views. Mountain Creek is also known for having the Largest Terrain Park in the East. For families or romantic getaways, Mountain Creek also contains luxurious townhome-style accommodations at Black Creek Sanctuary or the slopeside Appalachian Hotel, which also hosts small groups and meetings. There are also free ski and board check resort-wide, plus rental equipment and professional lessons. Log onto the website for play-andstay packages.
High Point Cross Country Ski Center 1480, Rt. 23, Sussex, NJ 973-702-1222 -- http://xcskihighpoint.com
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1660, Palme Blue Mountain Drive, Palmer (610) 826-7700-- www.skibluemt.com
With a 1,082’ vertical slope, 30 trails and 10 Ski Resort is a very popular skiing area skiing and excellent snowmaking capabi Campgaw Mountain ski area contains the Summit Lodge and 200 Campgaw Road, Mahwah, NJ numerous conveniences and services in 201-327-7800 -babysitting, equipment repair, food a www.skicampgaw.com more. Blue Mountain offers its Snow Sp Campgaw Mountain is billed variety of learning packages for skiing as New Jersey’s premiere plus the Valley School with its triple ch ski, snowboarding and tubing destination located in lift, is specifically for first-time ski less northern Bergen County and is the closest ski resort to the snowboarding lessons. Children can e New York metropolitan area. Campgaw Mountain provides Program for half or full days excitement. 100% snowmaking capabilities and a variety of skiing and snowboarding terrain for all ability levels plus short lift lines Shawnee Mountain and uncrowded trails, as well as eight scenic cross-country Box 339 Hollow Road I-80, Exit 309, Shaw trails. Campgaw Mountain provides state-of-the-art rental (570) 421-7231 -- www.shawneemt.com equipment as well as skiing and snowboarding instruction for all ages, as well as a snow sports camp. You can purchase season passes and there are group rates available.
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Located at the northern tip of New Jersey the High Point Cross Country Ski Center features more than 1600 feet in elevation and a picturesque alpine hollow of lakes, trees, wildlife for sweeping vistas, also perfect for snow-tography! Here, skiers can partake on more than 15 km of trails, skate and classic skiing, including 60% beginner, 15% intermediate, and 25% expert trails. There are also special trails for children and for handicapped or visually impaired skiers. Another 8 km trail is designated for snowshoeing passing the highest point in NJ. Enjoy special events here such as Take Your Kids to the Snow Week and Ski Fest. Call for dates and details.
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Shawnee Mountain, a Poconos ski res fun family activities and packages; it night skiing, half pipe, terrain park, Al and snowboarding with pipes and rails Mountain annual events include: Hom Getaway, Take Your Daughter/Son to the Slalom Race Against Cancer and the Shaw Day. Call for more details.
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instruction here from the Elk Mountain Ski School, a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America with more than 75 instructors. Elk Mountain offers a racing program, mogul clinics and special Women’s Day programs for first-timers through expert. Seasonal programs are offered for Freestyle, Adult Ski Improvement and Junior Racing.
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301 Resort Rd. , Tannersville, PA (570) 629-1661 -- skicamelback.com \ Located in the heart of the Poconos, Camelback Mountain Resort is fun for the entire family for skiing, snowboarding and especially snowtubing, and offers single tubes, double tubes and tube chains - giving you the opportunity to tube with up to four or five other riders. It has two magic carpet lifts, 18 single and double chutes and friendly staff. Events for parents include the Captain Morgan Weekend and for families, the Mid-Atlantic Snowboard Series Halfpipe. Call for dates and more details.
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Former New Jersey Ski Area Gets a New Mission - NWAC Hidden Valley Ski Area has been closed for two years but under new ownership, it will become an educational ski center run
by a nonprofit organization. The Ski Center has been welcoming youth from area cities and youth organizations to learn how to ski on weekends. Schone Malliet, the center’s chief executive officer who co-founded its umbrella organization National Winter Sports Education Foundation, said the objective of the center will be to “provide all youth with the experience to enjoy outdoors.” Malliet said his organization will partner with YMCAs, Boys and Girls clubs, schools, churches and youth groups from within a 70-mile radius of Vernon, including New York City.
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on to ski regularly at Mountain Creek. They have hired Mountain Creek instructors as well. More than $5 million will be spent on improvements at the ski area, including new snowmaking equipment, new chairlifts, a renovated ski lodge and trail widening. The work will be financed through Malliet’s National Winter Sports Education Foundation.
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The revival of “Fiddler on the Roof ” that recently opened at the Broadway Theater in NYC includes O allNthe cherished B Rcharacters O A(Tevye, D Golde, their five daughters, and their neighbors) and all the unforgettable language (“Even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness!”). For months, the innovation, which consumes perhaps one minute in a show that is 155 minutes long, has been debated by the show’s Tonywinning director, Bartlett Sher, and its Tony-winning lyricist, Sheldon Harnick, who at 91 is the last surviving member of the show’s original creative team. Mr. Sher was adamant that the revival should explicitly, if briefly and quietly, connect to current events; Mr. Harnick repeatedly objected, leery of any changes to a show that has totemic power for several generations of theatergoers. Ultimately, after weeks of previews, Mr. Harnick acceded to the staging.
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He was persuaded, he said, by audience feedback. The debate offers a window into of reviving W theAcomplexity Y beloved stage shows. Long-ago creations are often radically reimagined without incident. But “Fiddler” is in a class by itself. It is among the best known, most popular and most staged shows in the history of musical theater. There have been plenty of variations over the years, particularly in school and community productions — Mr. Harnick unhappily recalls a production set in a tenement, rather than in Anatevka, and one in which a tree was planted on the stage and grew throughout the show. “People generally have deep attachments to musicals, and to how they remember them, but ‘Fiddler’ has that quality more than any musical that’s ever existed, because of the force it had” said Alisa Solomon, the author
of “Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’” This production is passionately respectful of the original; intense, but deeply familiar, to anyone who has seen the show before. There are subtle but crucial visual changes — in particular, it features work by a contemporary choreographer, whereas most productions rely primarily on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins. But the most striking change is the framing device: At the start, a bareheaded man, wearing a red parka and carrying a book, walks onto a stage that is empty but for a chair and a sign that says, in Cyrillic, “Anatevka.” The man speaks the show’s prologue words (“A fiddler on the roof ? Sounds crazy, no?”), and, as he does, he puts
on a cap, removes his coat, untucks a prayer shawl, and, as if investigating his past, transforms into Tevye, leading the cast into “Tradition.” At the end of the show, the device is mirrored — the Jews of Anatevka are leaving their hometown, under orders from the Russian government, and as they pull their carts around the stage, the actor emerges with red coat, bare head and book, picks up Tevye’s cart alongside his family, and joins the exodus. “ You see him enter the line of refugees, making sure we place ourselves in the line of refugees, as it reflects our past and affects our present,” Mr. Sher said. “I’m not trying to make a statement about it, but art can help us imagine it, and I would love it if families left the theater debating it.”
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Selena Coppock Joey Kola by Steve Ortlieb
stuff until later. I started to do warm up in the early 90’s when Jon Stewart had a TV show and we shared managers. I did that for a few years until it went off the air and then I started working with David Letterman doing the same thing.
I have had the pleasure of interviewing comedians for about two years now. Over that period of time I’ve met some who are famous, some not so famous and some who work a couple V-NJ: I assume warm up is hundred days a year, earning a what we think it is, prepping great living and yet are not as the audience for the main act. well known. Joey Kola is one of How does that work? those hard working and unsung JK: Like I said, I started with Jon comics. Joey is from Brooklyn Stewart in ’93 and I’m more of a (okay, who isn’t?) and grew up conversationalist. I try to get the adly,ISelena on Long Island. guess Coppack’s that fits aBostonian and doesn’t in the only audience real teamsinvolved to root for arewhole in the mold understand of almost allthat the the name experience. I don’t perform for NY and NJ. I jest of course (kinda, sorta). Coppack has comedians out there (Seinfeld, them, I perform with them. I been performing stand up for eight years and her new Eddie Murphy, Rosie O’Donnell, to getlaunches everyone, even the book, The New Rules For try Blondes, in April. Billy Crystal, Jon Stewart, Kevin quiet ones, involved so when James—you get the idea). the “headliner” comes out, Anyway, IWere had a you few minutes withone” everyone “the funny growingfeels up?like they have a Joey and here’s some of what I vested interest in the show. learned. I come from a very funny home and my older sister V-NJ: I know you’ve worked Laurel is a comedian, So I wasn’t really ‘the funny Venues-NJ: Joey, you weretoo. all over, cruise ships, colleges, one’ at home so much as Laurel I spent aand lot ofjust born in Brooklyn and moved to corporateandevents time writing musicals in our bedrooms, choreographing Long Island when you were a about all 50 states. Are you still strange numbers, and watching “Saturday Night kid. Did you havedance a sense early travelling all over? Live” since ageto 7.be I think on that you were going a that my parents and oldest sister Emily are super hilarious, too. But I’ve always JK: Actually not yes, so much. I’ve comedian? been a bit of a ham andbeen really working interestedthe in comedy and warm up Joey Kola: Ya know, when I was for the Rachel Ray Show for a performing. little, not more than 4 or 5 years while now and it’s a regular gig. do all is theone school old, my Along Uncle those Ralphlines, useddid toyou Rachel of productions? the hardest play the Where’d guitar and all us kids you grow up? Or rather,people if you’re like working I’veanything ever been used to me, takewhere turnswere withyou the associated with. I’ve done warm raised? microphone. I knew I enjoyed up for Letterman in ’96, Rosie that but II honestly O’Donnell’s show, Paulie, grew up didn’t outsidecome of Boston and I did all ofJane the school out of my shell until much later, Who Wants to be a Millionaire plays growing up -- I absolutely loved performing and after high school. and Martha Stewart. Rachel the excitement of rehearsing and being in shows. I did Ray sometimes does as many some professional theater in Boston (at the Boston V-NJ: So it was in college that as sixty segments a week BakedtoTheater--now gone) and in high school I became things started happen? and we usually do 3 shows interested in singing, too. I went to college in upstate a day, 3 days a week. It can JK: Not really until after college.in English and didn’t do any of the NY where I majored be a long day. I usually leave I majored and I was in the only co-ed a cappella playsinon Finance campus; but the house at 5:30am and get Theater was myon minor. I acted group campus (the Hamilton College Hamiltones) home at 9pm on taping days. in a fewand plays college but After school I moved to Chicago theinimprov troupe. didn’t really do the stand-up V-NJ: : So the travelling is
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almost non-existent now? study improv further and it was improv that JK: to I wouldn’t say comedy that. 2016 really led me to standup. I did improv for years and is pretty much booked solid. eventually I juston gotTuesday, sick of working with other people, I do the shows which makes me sound like a total curmudgeon, I know. Wednesday and Thursday and perform stand-up on the Stand upThis is very tough. You have to be able to take weekends. week I have rejection. handle your first bomb, unless Uncle Vinnie’sHow’d in Pointyou Pleasant you’re the one comic who’s and I think next week I have thenever experienced that? Borgata in Atlantic City, so I’m stillThe a working buthard I and it’s something that rejectioncomedian is definitely don’t travel as far or as often. everyone -- even my comedy idols -- have experienced at some point. Early on I think that I wanted the audience Joeytoislike alsome, going to be which canatbeThe dangerous territory, especially American Hotel in Freehold, information can beand found at for female comedians. You have to be confident NJ in the next few weeks. I’m http://www.rachaelrayshow. feel entitled to be up there with the microphone and adding the link to get free com/show-info/be_in_the_ that took me a while to figure out -- how to just own Rachel Ray tickets in case audience/ the stage and trust myself more. I think of standup as anyone would like to see Joey training dogaudience. -- if you get out there and you’re Kolalike warm up athat and in control, the audience is with you. For confident more information on Joey But if you exude a sense of Kola I suggest you hit his nervousness or you seem insecure, they’ll eat you alive. I’ve been doing standup website at JoeyKola.com for about eightpage. years and even now sometimes I’ll have and visit his IMDB a show where I can sense that certain people in the Rachel Ray aren’t completely on board with me and it audience t i cmakes k e t me feel nervous, but I know to just plow through it and keep on going and eventually I’ll hit on a joke or reference that wins them over.
Is this a means to an end? “SNL”, sitcoms, head writer-what’s your goal? I definitely don’t think of standup as a means to an end and I think that comedians who do are pretty miserable people. It has to be its own reward or else you’re crazy to do this thing. But as far as my goal, mine is pretty broad: I’d like for my comedy (performance, writing) to pay for my life. I don’t know exactly how that will shake out, but I’d like my job to be what I love to do, which is write and perform comedy. I have a book coming out in April (The New Rules for Blondes, from It Books/HarperCollins), which I hope will open up new opportunities for me. It’s a collection of humorous essays celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype, but it’s for readers of all hair colors.
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703 Belmar Plaza 732-280-7501
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149 Brighton Ave. 732-870-8800
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46 S. Broadway 732-263-1050
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APPLEBEE’S / TINTON FALLS 14 Park Rd., Tinton Falls 732-935-1158 APPLEBEE’S / WALL 2007 Rt. 35, Wall 732-280-3676 BIG ED’S B•B•Q 305 Route 34, Old Bridge 732-583-2626 BIG SHOTS SPORTS BAR 780 Rt. 1 North, Woodbridge 732-750-5050 BLUE MOON 114 S. Bway, S. Amboy 732-525-0014 BLUE ROCK CAFE 522 Amboy, Rd., Cliffwood Beach 732-583-7699 BRASS RAIL 80 Rt. 79, Matawan 732-290-8400 BRICKHOUSE 979 Cedarbridge, Brick 732-279-3743 BUFFALO WILD WINGS / BRICK 2770 Hooper Ave., Brick 732-475-7645 BUM ROGERS 2207 SW Central Ave., Seaside Park 732-830-2770 BURLEW’S SEAFOOD & STEAK 59 West Front Street, Keyport 732-497-0500 THE CABIN 984 Rt. 33, Freehold 732-462-3090 CJ MCLOONE’S 560 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls 732-758-0800 CAFÉ LUNA 3679 Rt. 9N, Old Bridge 732-965-5490 CLADDAGH IRISH PUB 297 Bay Ave, Highlands 732-291-0099 COLTS NECK INN 6 Rt. 537 - 732-462-0383 COURT JESTER / FREEHOLD E. Main St., Freehold 732-462-1040 DONOVAN’S BAR & GRILL 1900 Rt. 70, Manchester 732-657-0006 THE DOWNTOWN 10 W. Front St., Red Bank 732-741-2828 DUBLIN HOUSE 30 Monmouth St., Red Bank 732-747-6699 FIRESIDE GRILL 133 Rt. 79, Marlboro 732-780-7900 GAME TIME 110 Schanck Rd., Freehold 732-577-5548 GENERAL SALOON 1194 Englishtown Rd.Old Bridge 732-416-8628 GUSTO’S GRILL 1050 Rt. 18N, East Brunswick 732-651-2737 IVY LEAGUE Rt. 9N, Howell - 732-370-2206 JACK’S GOAL LINE 149 Brighton Ave., Long Branch 732-870-8800 JAKEABOB’S 910 Union Ave., Union Beach 732-264-3730 LANDMARK TAVERN 117 N. Broadway, South Amboy 732-721-6812 LA RIVIERA 113 Main St, Matawan 732-566-8400 MALONEY’S PUB 117 Main St., Matawan 732-583-4040 MARKET YARD GRILLE 18 E. Main St., Freehold 732-431-3220 MARTELL’S Boardwalk, Pt. Pleasant 732-892-0131 MCLOONES @ FAVORITES 3 Lafayette Rd., Fords 732-512-5025 MCLOONE’S PIER HOUSE 1 Ocean Pl., Long Branch 732-923-1006 METROPOLITAN CAFÉ 8 E. Main St., Freehold 732-780-9400 MEDITERRANEAN CHATEAU 27 Freneau Ave. (Rt. 79),Matawan 732-780-9400
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Blue Moon – Jazz Jam @ 3pm Monday, Feb. 22 Game Time Bar & Grill – APA Pool League River Rock – Family Funday 5pm – 7pm Tuesday, Feb. 23 Blue Rock Café – 80’s Night w/ DJ Sway Fireside Grill – Trivia Night P.J. Sweeney’s – World Tavern Poker @ 7pm River Rock – Trivia & Game Night 7pm – 9m; DJ Q @ 9pm Wednesday, Feb. 24 Game Time Bar & Grill – World Tavern Poker River Rock – Ladies Night Thursday, Feb. 25 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm Blue Rock Café – Live DJ Colts Neck Inn – Open Mic Night @ 8pm Market Yard Grill – Live Music Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café - DJ River Rock – DJ Jason Jani @ 9pm Rosalita’s – Live Music TRE – Live Music Friday, Feb. 26 Blue Moon – Live Music Blue Rock Café – Live Bands The Cabin – B&E Duo 5-8pm; Rock Bottom Colts Neck Inn – Hashtags La Riviera – Live Music Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – DJ P.J. Sweeny’s - DJ River Rock – Brue Crew 4pm-7pm; Lifespeed & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm Rosalita’s – Live Music TRE – Live Music Saturday, Feb. 27 Blue Rock Café – Live Bands The Cabin – Eddie Testa Band Colts Neck Inn – Uptown Sounds Game Time Bar & Grill – Live Bands @ 9pm La Riviera – Live Music Market Yard Grill – Live Music Metropolitan Café – DJ P.J. Sweeney’s – Live Bands River Rock – Lisa & Wendy 3pm7pm; Club Night w/ Jason Jani @ 10pm Rosalita’s – Live Music TRE – Live Music Sunday, Feb. 28 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam @ 3pm Monday, Feb. 29 Game Time Bar & Grill – APA Pool League River Rock – Family Funday 5pm – 7pm
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Thursday – Saturday, February 4 – 6 Once
Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
State Theater New Brunswick, NJ
Sat. January 23 Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
Thursday, February 11 The Beach Boys Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
NJ Performing Arts Center Newark, NJ
Saturday & Sunday, February 13 & 14 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Saturday & Sunday, January 23 & 24 Monster Jam Prudential Center Newark, NJ
NJ Performing Art Center Newark, NJ
Sunday, January 24 An Evening With Groucho
Saturday, February 20 ABBA Mania Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
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Sunday, February 14 Borgata Sebastian Maniscalco
Friday & Saturday, January 29 & 30 Boardwalk Hall Arena Indoor Auto Racing
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D Squared works with NJ communities in creating a safety net for young adults. If, for whatever reason, they cannot safely make their way home, D Squared will provide a pick up at their location and a direct drop off at their home, at NO COST. Your gift or donation to D Squared will help cover the cost of The devastation brought on b fuel, insurance, maintenance, licenses, and the software linking the widespread and has had an effec passenger with dispatch and driver.
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given to those who find themselves stranded or without a safe means •of transportation. Immediate Openings • Excellent D Squared was formed in January 2014, almost one year after$$$ P Stephan and Karen Dushnick lost both of their sons, Stephan and Michael, in a vehicular accident. After this tragedy the Dushnick family felt compelled to create a program for their sons’ friends, their neighbors’ children and all youth by extending to them a safe ride home, AT NO COST. Download the D Squared App through iTunes or more technology information call: Google Play.For D Squared’s is much like that used by UBER. Use the App or call 732-223-4663 to request a ride. If possible, provide your driver with a valid form of ID bearing your name and address and we will get you home. The hours of operation are from 8PM until 3 AM, 30 To Advertise Call 732.995.1714 Fridays and Saturday.
The devastation brough ENU ENUES widespread and has had an As we enter into this New Year, let’s try to start on a positive note. As Glen Campbell versed in his 2002 hit song “…. Try a little kindness.” You’ll be amazed how it will make you feel.
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Not just a Restaurant… Enjoy Good Food & Good Drink along with NFL Football and Great Nightlife
NIGHTLIFE DESTINATION
SPORTS BAR
ATMOSPHERE
• 22 Large HDTV Flat Screens
• 10 Ft. Projection Screen
• Special Football App Menu
• Multiple Bars
TUESDAY NIGHTS @7PM
• Ocean County’s Newest
• Fri. DJ’s & Sat. Live Bands
• All New Sound / Lighting System
• Great Drink & Shot Specials
MON-FRI 4PM--7PM
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447 Brick Blvd., NJ • 732-202-6414