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July 2014 Vol 3 • no 6
ENUES Where it’s happening! NJ’s Premier Dining & Entertainment Guide
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Letter to Our Readers
“Let’s go for a walk on the boardwalk.” This is a phrase spoken millions of times during a typical New Jersey summer. Our boardwalks are an experience and vary widely from town to town. The history of these “planks of wood” and the reasoning for their creation is extremely interesting. Hope you agree after reading this month’s main editorial. The name “Buttonwood Manor” has long been synonymous with fine food, friendly service, beautifully landscaped grounds and banquet facilities, all with a touch of enduring class. This venerable restaurant and banquet facility can add another facet to its list of characteristics: MJ’s Restaurant, which now owns and operates the Buttonwood Manor and MJ’s at the Buttonwood. Read more about all the new renovations and exciting changes taking place at this historic venue. Doug Rockwell started playing guitar at age six; joined a band at age 11 and is now a full-time musician, songwriter, audio engineer and producer. Learn more about this multi-talented music man in our Band Profile. Speaking of multi-talented people, let me introduce you to Shea Terzino, a young woman with many talents and passions. Shea bartends at Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar in Monroe to the delight of her customers. When not behind the bar, she crafts hair decorations, rides her Harley and cares for her two rescue dogs. Read more about this month’s Mixologist-of-the-Month. On the comedy side, our “relief ” writer, Steve O interviews a true multi-talented entertainer: a comedian, actor, filmmaker and producer with his own video blog. Take a few minutes to read the conversation with Nick Ruggia. Okay, after reading this month’s features and reviewing our many listings of bars, restaurants and entertainment venues, I hope we’ve sparked your initiative to get out and enjoy all that is available in the region to satisfy your leisure time.
Bob Byrne, Publisher LIKE US!
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Publisher’s Letter................................................................................4 Sports Bars & Quiz..............................................................................6 Restaurant Profile: MJ’s Buttonwood........................................10 Band Profile:.......................................................................................12 Mixologist-of-the-Month...............................................................14 Main Feature: NJ Boardwalks.......................................................18 Catering...............................................................................................20 Libations..............................................................................................21 BYO Restaurants................................................................................22 Comic Relief........................................................................................24 Two on the Aisle...............................................................................26 Dining Pleasures...............................................................................28 Happy Hours......................................................................................30 Where it’s happening!.....................................................................31 Concerts & Theater......................................................................... 32 Plugged into AC................................................................................33 The Last Word....................................................................................34 Venues Cares......................................................................................34 Graphics & Design Daria Kenny
Publisher Bob Byrne rfbyrne@att.net
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Sports Bar Listings ABERDEEN Court Jester 732-566-6674 ASBURY PARK Cabana Club 732-988-4500 ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS Twin Light Taphouse 732-872-1345 BELMAR 507 Main 732-681-6301 Boathouse 732-681-5221 Connolly Station 732-280-2220 BRICK Brickhouse 732-279-3743 Buffalo Wild Wings 732-475-7645 River Rock 732-840-1110 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 732-262-5180 BRIELLE Simko’s 732-528-9989 CLARKSBURG Clarksburg Inn 732-259-2558 COLTS NECK Huddy’s 732-431-0194 EAST BRUNSWICK Brunswick Grove 732-254-0495 Gusto Grill 732-651-2737 Tilted Kilt 732-992-8532 EAST WINDSOR Brewster’s Pub 732-448-2258 City Streets 732-426-9400 FARMINGDALE Mulligan’s 732-938-6166 Woody’s 732-938-6404 HAZLET Park East 732-739-2002 HIGHLANDS Chubby Pickle 732-872-7000 The Claddagh 732-291-0099 Windansea 732-872-2266 HIGHTSTOWN Tavern on the Lake 609-426-9345 HOWELL Chapter House 732-462-0056 Ivy League 732-370-2206 KEYPORT Blue Rock 732-583-7699 McDonagh’s 732-264-0999 LAKE COMO Bar A 732-681-7422 PK Shamrock 732-681-3111
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LOCH ARBOUR Lakehouse 732-531-5555 LONG BRANCH Draft House 732-272-1598 Jack’s 732-870-8800 MANASQUAN Leggett’s 732-223-3951 O’Neill’s 732-526-5666 MARLBORO Fireside Grill 732-780-7900 Nonna’s 732-536-9050
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SOUTH AMBOY Landmark Tavern & Cafe 732-721-6812 SPRING LAKE The Porch 732-449-5880 St. Stephen’s Green 732-449-2626 TINTON FALLS Applebee’s 732-935-1158 MJ’s 732-542-3131 Pour House 732-842-4337 TOMS RIVER McIntyre’s 732-349-0420 WALL Applebee’s 732-280-3676 Four Winds 732-223-9579 WOODBRIDGE Big Shots Sports Bar 732-750-5050 Chris Michael’s 732-634-5355 Rugs & Riffy’s 732-636-3747
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ENTERTAINMENT!
Congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs 2014 NBA Champions
PGA Pro Tour
Jul 3 - 6 The Greenbrier Classic The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, WV
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions
Jul 10 - 13 John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL Quarter Finals - July 4th & 5th Semi Finals - July 8th & 9th Finals - July 13th
Nationwide Series FRI, JUL 4 - 7:30 PM ET
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES AT DAYTONA DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
NASCAR - Sprint Cup Series Sat, Jul 5
7:30 PM ET Sun, Jul 27
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona Daytona International Speedway
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1:00 PM ET
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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES AT NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
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Jul 17 - 20 The Open Championship Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake, Eng Jul 24 - 27 RBC Canadian Open Royal Montreal GC(Blue Course), Ile Bizard, Quebec, CAN Jul 31 - Aug 3 Reno-Tahoe Open Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV Jul 31 - Aug 3 World Golf ChampionshipsBridgestone Invitational Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH
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JULY Monthly Entertainment Check out Where it’s happening! listings on PAGE 31 of this issue
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BY CLARE MARIE CELANO
The name “Buttonwood Manor” has long been synonymous with fine food, friendly service, beautifully landscaped grounds and banquet facilities, all with a touch of enduring class. Now the restaurant and banquet facility can add another facet to its list of characteristics: MJ’s Restaurant, which now owns and operates the Buttonwood Manor and MJ’s at the Buttonwood. This is the fourth location for MJ’s Restaurant, also found in Tinton Falls, Neptune, and Middletown. With the new ownership in January of 2013 came a major renovation of the Buttonwood Manor, which has served patrons in the area for over 75 years. Renovations, according to Andrea Perry, marketing manager for MJ’s Restaurants, include a new 40-seat marble top bar, new wood flooring, and a new sports bar theme complete with plenty of neon signs to light up the cozy, casual atmosphere just enough to exude a touch of warmth and ambience. Enjoy the tasty food and refreshing libations from the bar as you relax in booths, high-top tables or the bar stools while you view your favorite game on the 21 flat screen TVs. Gather with friends here to enjoy scrumptious appetizers in this upbeat atmosphere that also promotes a “kick-back and enjoy” environment for its guests. In the autumn and early winter enjoy NFL Sunday ticket in season, along with the plentiful appetizers and drinks at wallet-friendly prices.
pm; it includes great bargains such as $1.50 off draft beers, $5 glasses of house wine, $4 call drinks, and $6 call martinis. Mondays through Thursdays at the bar offers half-price appetizers from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, and on Fridays, a free hot and cold buffet is provided for patrons from 4:00 to 6:00 pm which may include foods like chicken, pasta and pizza, salads and subs. And don’t miss the hearty Sunday Brunch from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. It offers custom omelet station, breakfast sausages, waffles, French toast, smoked salmon, assorted cold salads, a chafing station with selections of fish, beef and pasta; a carving station with turkey or ham, breakfast breads and full dessert display with such treats as New YorkStyle Cheese Cake, and Italian pastries. The Sunday Brunch is a wholesome way for folks to begin their Sundays. It’s $24.99 per person and children under 12 eat for half-price. Visit MJ’s at the Buttonwood on Tuesday where Tuesday Trivia night is held from 6:30 -8:30 pm. The festive game also offers cool prizes like a New York Rangers jersey, a NutriBullet and an iPod Touch.
Wednesday is Karaoke night at MJ’s where you can sign up for your own few minutes of fame as you take up the microphone and sing your favorite tunes and join in the fun. Thursday offers “Sunset Thursdays on the Deck,” where guests may enjoy cocktails or a meal in the warmer months on the outdoor deck, offering a panoramic view of Lake Lefferts. Friday and Saturday nights at MJ’s at the Buttonwood offer music with a DJ from 10:30 pm through 1:30 am. MJ’s delicious signature “Big Burger” is a juicy Angus burger topped with Pepper Jack cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, sliced red onion, frizzled onions and Chipotle mayo. Also popular are the wings with traditional buffalo sauce, honey Thai or chipotle BBQ.
Spicy Shrimp and the Rigatoni Vodka. All foods are prepared under the talented supervision of Chef Nick Kouvel, formerly of Sallee Tee’s in Monmouth Beach, who joined MJ’s in 2011 and is known for his homemade desserts. For patrons who prefer to have a more intimate dining experience, the formal dining room is available where diners will enjoy the same delicious meals in a quieter setting that still offers a wall of windows to view the panoramic scenery of the lake and the pristine grounds. MJ’s at the Buttonwood is a destination sure to become a habit.
Freshly prepared salads are also plentiful such as the Hanger Steak Salad, which presents mixed greens, sundried tomatoes, goat cheese, Granny Smith apples, spiced walnuts and cranberries and topped with Hanger steak and finished with a balsamic glace. Other popular dishes include the Pistachio and Pecan Encrusted Salmon, the Hot and
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1213 Sycamore Ave - Tinton Falls
MJ*s at Rt. 35
1005 Rt. 35 North - Middletown
MJ*s at Rt. 66
3205 Rt. 66 West - Neptune
Sit, relax & enjoy!
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Bike Night @ MJ*s at Rt 66
3rd Tuesday of the Month now - September!
Cruise Night @ MJ*s at Rt 66 Every Monday 5:30pm now - September!
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Doug Rockwell has been surrounded by music his whole life and began playing guitar at age eight. Since then his life has been all about music from playing and touring to writing and producing. His family is musically inclined; his dad a drummer, mom a singer and great grandmother an opera singer. After learning guitar he also learned bass, drums and even played trombone in his high school marching band. Rockwell’s music career started early. He has been in bands since the age of 11 and began touring right out of high school with his band Someday Never until the mid-2000s. He traveled the country with this band and even had their song, “The Natural Trend of Breathing,” featured on the PlayStation game ATV Offroad Fury 4. Someday Never marked the beginning of his professional career and he carries nothing but good memories from those days. “I just remember touring around the country and being thousands of miles away from my home and still having hundreds of kids singing my lyrics back to me. That’s definitely one thing that I’ll always carry with me; it’s just an amazing feeling.” It was after playing with Someday Never that Rockwell really got into writing music, though he is in another band now called Lovelectric, which he balances with producing and writing for other artists. Some DJs he has worked with include Laidback Luke, Tiësto & Showtek and Captain Luna. He recently signed to work with multiplatinum producer Isaac Hasson, who has worked with artists such as Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. He also learned a lot and met the right people to further his career through producer Bill Grainer, who has worked with Jennifer Hudson. From there Rockwell’s professional music career has gained solid footing. “Once you get into the circle you realize how small it really is and everybody knows everybody.” His skills as an audio engineer are really what helps him out as Rockwell (for which he records and produces music for himself), Lovelectric and 12
others. “That part of making music probably comes in handy more than anything,” he says of his engineering abilities. “It’s like a ninja without his sword; they must go hand-in-hand.” He went to school in Manhattan to learn audio engineering, but has also taught himself many aspects of it by spending hours upon hours reading tutorials and watching videos on the subject. He also takes as much in as possible whenever he works with another artist. Rockwell grew up on punk rock and is currently rising in the EDM scene, but he appreciates and works on all genres of music. He has written metal, rock, indie, country and even horn arrangements, never discriminating against any genre and willing to accept any challenge that lies ahead of him. “To me, music is music and if you can write a good song it doesn’t matter what genre you’re working in as long as we’re able to give a good product,” he says. Though EDM isn’t something he was into until recently, he gave it a shot and has been successful thus far. “Every genre of music has its own guidelines -- and I don’t want to say rules because there shouldn’t necessarily be rules when it comes to being creative -- but there are guidelines that you follow. Certain things work certain ways. I
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had to learn how to adapt to EDM. It wasn’t my first language musically; it was something that I caught onto and it’s another thing I can say I’m able to do.” Rockwell is constantly skipping around and working on different genres of music all the time, but while that seems as though it would be tough he relishes the opportunity to work on so many different project and feels it helps his overall creative process. “Going back and forth, genre to genre is like cleansing your palate,” he says. “You have to try not to get numb to it; you have to remember that you are creating something totally new every time. Sometimes it’s hard to step out of that when you’re doing such similar work.” Every genre of music is formulaic in a way and working on different music and with different artists all the times allows Rockwell to help his mind fresh and his creative process alert. “I like jumping back and forth from genre to genre. It keeps my senses aware and alert and I’m just refreshing myself every time.” You can get news on Doug Rockwell; listen to his music and find contact information on his website -- DougRockwellMusic.com. Be sure to follow him on facebook.com/dougrockwellmusic, and Twitter, @dougrockwell. You can also learn more about his band Lovelectric at facebook.com/Lovelectric.
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‘Four wheels move the body, but two wheels move the soul.’ They both ring true for me personally. Riding is so freeing, and to experience places you’ve been a hundred times before on a motorcycle really changes your perception of them,” she explains. Aside from her bike, her down time consists of
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It’s all about the bows for bartender Shea Terzino who, to date, has crafted over 100 hair decorations for herself and her family and friends. Using colorful fabrics, flowers, rhinestones and other sparkly decorative embellishments, Terzino crafts just what she’s in the mood for to match her work uniforms or her off-duty duds. Terzino, who tends bar at Ryan’s Pub in Monroe, got tired of the prices of hair decorations and after a quick YouTube lesson, decided she could make her own and spend a lot less money. Once she began making -- and wearing -- her bows, they are the first thing her customers talk about. “And it’s the thing they remember most about me,” she says with a smile. The self-described “tomboy with a bow in her hair” has also crafted bows for her girlfriends’ new babies,
as well as for her two rescue dogs. She also crafts bow holders from old picture frames to repurpose the frames. She uses ribbons as a base on the frames and the bows clip on to them for display and storage. “I typically only make bows for close friends and family. I feel it’s more personal and special when they receive a handmade gift,” she says. “I don’t really sell them because I like being unique, and quite honestly, it’s very time consuming,” she adds. Terzino also works on creative projects with her boyfriend Jeff, a carpenter by trade. “We work well together on home projects. He builds things and I make them look pretty,” she explains. “Last year we did a Make-a-Wish Fundraiser at Ryan’s Pub and Jeff built a wishing well that I painted for the event,” she said. They have other things in common as well, such as riding motorcycles. After getting her motorcycle license Jeff surprised her with a Harley-Davidson Sportster for her birthday. “Two of my favorite sayings are ‘Only a biker knows spoiling the couple’s rescue dogs. “They’re our babies why a dog sticks his head out of a car window,’ and and I couldn’t imagine our life without them.”
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ew Jersey is a pioneer in many things. One of those is the shore or beach boardwalk -- more than just planks, the boardwalk we invented is an experience; the epitome of fun at the beach in the summertime. According to Dick Handschuch and Sal Marino, authors of “The Beach Bum’s Guide to the Boardwalks of New Jersey,” our original boardwalks began to take shape after a mini railroad building boom, such as that built by a Dr. Jonathan Pitney of Absecon to ferry Philadelphians to the healthy environs of the Atlantic shoreline in Absecon. They then expanded to Atlantic City. By the 1880s, more shore locations were accessible by rail, and hotels sprung up. Enter the origins of the boardwalk: hotel owners did not like the sand being tracked into their lobbies -- and this sentiment was shared by rail conductors. The solution? Lay down a long wooden floor on top of the sand! The authors note, “Although Atlantic City usually gets the credit, it was in Cape May that the first boards were laid down, in 1868. Atlantic City followed in 1870 and, later, was the first to raise its boardwalk.” As crowds grew at the shore in the latter Victorian era, entrepreneurs began to
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extend the boardwalk, and add promenades, eateries, arcades and amusements -giving rise to our modern day boardwalk experience. In fact, amusements first appeared on the boardwalk in Atlantic City in the 1870s. In their book, Handschuch and Marino provide a delightful description of the Atlantic City boardwalk, written in 1916 by a Pleasantville resident to his mother: “The Boardwalk is a very wide, substantial affair, about nine miles long, being from fifty to a hundred feet from the water’s edge all along. On the side away from the beach are the hotels and then all kinds of shops, such as one would find in any city, except that I would say there were more soda fountains and candy shops than on a regular city street; then there are some moving picture theaters, merry- go-rounds, shooting galleries, and other amusement places. On the beach side of the walk, there are here and there long piers reaching out into the ocean, and on these piers are the principal amusement places of Atlantic City.” Fast-forward to the modern world, where many towns that dot our 130-mile coastline now have sturdy boardwalks, each with its own identity, from sophisticated to family friendly to more party style.
Wildwoods
In far south Jersey, this fabled “two miles of smiles” (actually 2.5 miles of boardwalk) has hosted generations of families. The Wildwoods Boardwalk is festooned with brightly colored rides, souvenir and other shops, games of chance, arcades, and “Boardwalk Foods,” such as funnel cakes. This locale has been honored nationally as one of the top 10 American boardwalks by Forbestravel.com, and one of the 50 authentic American experiences by time. com. It began its hosting duty in the 1890s as a 150-yard wooden stroll. Interestingly, points out VisitNJ.org (New Jersey’s official tourism site), throughout its century of existence, it was moved closer to the ocean twice due to the constantly changing shoreline.
According to the website, “Visiting guests will find an array of exciting amusements, including three of the best seaside roller coasters in the country at Morey’s Piers: the Sea Serpent, the Great Nor’easter – an inverted looping coaster and the Great White – one of the tallest and fastest wooden coasters on the East Coast. Also, giant monster trucks offer a high-speed, bumpy ride along the beach. The Wildwoods’ three large beachfront water parks provide cool relief on a hot summer day – with plunging waterfalls, cool cabanas, spas, hydrochutes, speed slides, raft rides, tube floats, lazy rivers, waterslides, rope swings, water guns for soaking and a 1,000 gallon dumping bucket.” Event-seekers will enjoy Wildwoods’ annual Baby Parade, classic auto and crafts shows, family entertainment nights, weekly fireworks and laser light shows. Also, visitors always rave about the tram cars, originally created for the 1939 World’s Fair and moved to the Wildwoods Boardwalk in 1949, and now carry folks along the lengthy stretch. One cannot mention Wildwoods in writing without a nod of respect to the Morey family, who built Morey’s Piers. This amusement institution remains family owned and operated since 1969. Voted the third best seaside amusement park in the world by Amusement Today, Morey’s Piers has over 100 rides and attractions spanning across 18 acres along six beach blocks -- it includes three amusement piers and two beachfront waterparks. Visit Surfside Pier, featuring the Ocean Oasis Waterpark and Beach Club at 25th Avenue, Mariner’s Landing Pier, featuring Raging Waters Waterpark at Schellenger Avenue, and Adventure Pier at Spencer Avenue, all Morey’s properties.
Ocean City
Similarly, Ocean City and Gillian’s are also practically synonymous. Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, now in its third generation, began when David Gillian put in a merry-go-round and a Ferris
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wheel on the boardwalk about 80 years ago. That Ferris wheel is still there! Now the pier features 38 rides, including the Runaway Train Coaster and the Canyon Falls Log Flume. The family also built the Gillian’s Island Waterpark, to cool off on a hazy hot day, featuring serpentine slides, Lil’ Buc’s Bay (where you can navigate shipwrecks), and the Lazy River. At the north end of the Boardwalk, Playland’s Castaway Cove amusement pier, on the boardwalk’s northern end, features a wide variety of amusements, including mini-golf. On this 2.5-mile stretch of boardwalk, visitors can enjoy amusements, shop, eat, and lounge on many benches and even rent bikes.
Asbury Park
“Everything that dies ... someday comes back,” sang Bruce Springsteen, somewhat mournfully, in his 1981 hit “Atlantic City.” But that refrain applies perfectly to the shore town that began his rise to superstardom. Remnants of this city by the shore’s glory days, in the latter 1800s and early 1900s, are still seen, notably the “Casino,” the carousel building and the Convention Center. Through much-publicized travails of bankruptcies and fits and starts to renovate, Asbury Park’s boardwalk has been infused with passion, positivity and a newfound prosperity. The result is now a hub for artists of all stripes, as well as a touch of sophistication, both blending together symbiotically. The ultra-wide boardwalk is a pleasure to stroll and people watch, and when hunger strikes or the desire for some cocktails, choices are aplenty. The boardwalk has an art gallery and glass studio, a pottery shop, and the Silver Ball Museum, with hundreds of pinball games to gawk at -- and play. Dining includes Stella Marina, McLoone’s Supper Club, Langosta Lounge, Pop’s Garage, Cubacan, Watermark and several casual snack shops. During the summer, visit the annual Jazz Festival and Oyster Festival, as well as films on the beach and fireworks.
Point Pleasant
“Point” remains one of the most popular family shore outings. Especially among those who love aquariums. Its mile-long boardwalk is festooned with arcade game booths, a carousel, shore souvenir shops, a fun house, a Victorian ice cream parlor and another longstanding amusement complex by an entrepreneurial visionary similar to Morey’s and Gillian’s. According to Jim Futrell, author of “Amusement Parks of New Jersey,” Charles Jenkinson, who owned and operated soda fountains in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, opened Jenkinson’s Pavilion in 1928, and the rest is, of course, history. Currently, there is Jenkinson’s South Amusement Park, with children’s rides, and rides for older folks such as the
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Swing Ride, Himalaya and Moby Dick; the mile-long Jenkinson’s Boardwalk, teeming with games, mini-golf, batting cage, funhouse and arcade; Jenkinson’s Entertainment Complex (“Jenks”) features nightlife seven nights a week and a party atmosphere with DJs and bands all summer long; and Jenkinson’s Aquarium, a must-see for those who are enthralled with
marine life -- up close and personal. In Point Pleasant, according to visitnj.org, kids can enjoy “kiddie beach shows, Radio Disney events, arts and crafts, hermit crab races, weekly fireworks and payone-price amusement evenings and days.” Sharing the nightlife and party scene is the famous Martell’s Tiki Bar, an expansive domain of bar seating, tables and standing room -- to enjoy fresh seabreezes and conversation or dancing.
Seaside Heights
Although maligned for hosting a bunch of spirited 20-somethings filmed for MTV for a few years, Seaside Heights has always drawn the youth crowd enjoying their lives to the fullest before true adult responsibilities set in. It is this “anything goes” spirit that characterizes the fun and amusements of the now internationally known town of Seaside -- and its colorful boardwalk. One of the standouts on the boardwalk is Lucky Leo’s arcade. Since 1953, when Leo T Whalen II, leased the space from Seaside Heights’ Mayor Stanley Tunney, it is still creating memories. (A compelling first-person historical account by Mr. Whalen can be found at luckyleos.com.) Seaside also features Casino Pier, an amusement park that has also been around for several decades; it contains classic children’s rides such as the boats, motorcycles, and speedway whip cars. Family rides include the TiltA-Whirl, Moby Dick, Hot Tamales Roller Coaster, and fun houses. Thrill seekers will enjoy the 170 foot tall Skyscraper where riders are strapped to the end of a crane-like arm and are whipped around at speeds up to 70 miles per hour! Seaside’s Casino Arcade abounds with the latest video and redemption games of chance, plus all of the classic slot machines, skee ball and pin ball games.
Keansburg
In late May, 2013, Keansburg’s popular amusement park reopened after being devastated by SuperStorm Sandy. And this year, Keansburg Amusement Park will host its 110th Anniversary on Thursday, August 28th. It will have “Throw Back” pricing all day long on food, drink and rides. Keansburg Amusements and Runaway Rapids continues to provide family fun -- the amusement park features such memorable rides as Frog Hopper, Tornado, Pharoah’s Fury, Moby Dick, Loop-o-Plane, Looping Star, Wave Swinger, Double Shot, Gravitron, Super Slide, Tilt-a-Whirl, Teacups, Sea Serpent Rollercoaster, Spook House and much more. There’s also the Runaway Rapids Water Park, and traditional games found at Bev & Wally’s and The Game Room. Plus, the famous Go Karts. Jeff Schlegel, a reporter for the Washington Post, asserted: “No place in the country matches the breadth and depth of boardwalk culture found along the Jersey Shore.”
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Summer Drinks... ibations ibations Cucumber Lemonade Ingredients Original recipe makes 2 quarts • 1 cucumber, thinly sliced • 1 (12 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate • 1 (2 liter) bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage Directions 1. Place the cucumber slices into a large pitcher. Pour the lemonade concentrate over the cucumber and let stand for 10 minutes. Pour in the lemon-lime soda and pour into glasses to serve. July 2014
Here are 5 refreshing Summer Drinks to quench your thirst on a hot July afternoon. While a few recipes are non-alcoholic, they can be adjusted to add that extra kick. Photos from allrecipes.com
Mexican Strawberry Water
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Ingredients Original recipe Ingredients makes 10 servings Original recipe 4 cups makes 2 cocktails strawberries, 6 mint leaves sliced • 4 teaspoons white sugar • 1 cup white sugar • 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges • 8 cups cold water • 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers • 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges (optional) lemon-flavored rum • 8 fresh mint sprigs (optional) • 1 cup ice cubes, or as needed Directions • 1/2 cup carbonated water, or as 1. In a medium bowl, mix together sliced needed strawberries, sugar, and 1 cup of water. Directions Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place 1. Put 3 mint leaves and 2 teain the refrigerator for 4 hours. spoons sugar into each of 2 glass 2. Remove the strawberry mixture from the tumblers; vigorously stir sugar refrigerator and pour into a blender. Blend and mint together, crushing on high until smooth. Pour the blended berry mixture through a wire mesh strainer mint with the back of a spoon to set over a large mixing bowl; discard the release oils. Add 3 lime wedges to pulp and seeds. each glass; again stir vigorously 3. Add the remaining 7 cups cold water to to release some lime juice. Pour the pureed strawberries and mix well. Place 1 jigger rum into each glass. Fill the Aqua de Fresa in the refrigerator to chill for several hours or pour over ice and serve glasses with ice cubes and top with carbonated water; stir. immediately. Garnish with lime slices or mint leaves. To Advertise Call 732.995.1714 •
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Ingredients Original recipe makes 8 servings • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed • 12 fluid ounces water • 12 fluid ounces vodka • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer Directions 1. Place lemonade concentrate in a gallon pitcher. Measure water and vodka in the 12 ounce lemonade can and add to the pitcher. Pour in the beer, mix well and serve over ice.
Orangeade
Original recipe makes 10 cups • 2 cups water • 1 1/2 cups white sugar • 6 cups water • 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice • 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice Directions 1. Bring 2 cups water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan; cook at a boil for 3 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar, and creating a simple syrup. 2. Combine simple syrup, 6 cups water, orange juice, and lemon juice in a large pitcher; refrigerate until cold.
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Comic Relief Selena Coppock Nick Ruggia
by Steve Ortlieb Editor’s Note: This interview will be in two parts. The second part will appear in the August issue. Enjoy the read!
by Steve Ortlieb
footage of the quetzal, the sacred bird of the toI study improv comedy further and it was improv that Maya. The following year shot spec footage really led me to standup. I did improv for years and of sea turtles in El Salvador. I had some skill eventually I just got sick of working with other people, (I’m a world class animal spotter and I can which makes me sound like a total curmudgeon, I know. compose a frame) and I think I could have made a life there, but the job I applied for at Stand up is very tough. You have to be able to take NGTV didn’t come through.
rejection. How’d you handle your first bomb, unless
I had done maybe 40 open micsthe from 19 who’s never experienced that? you’re oneage comic to 23, and I loved comedy but I didn’t think Nick Ruggia is something of a Renaissance a normal person could become a comic. The rejection definitely hard and it’s something that man. He’s a talented actor, comedian, financial crisis was in fullThe effect in 2009isand I everyone -even my comedy idols -- have experienced at filmmaker, writer, producer -- I think you couldn’t find a job. On a lark, I applied for an some point. Early on I think that I wanted the audience get the idea, he does it all. And he’s half the internship at The Onion. I got it and I loved it to like me, which can be dangerous territory, especially creative force of the Temple Horses, an online and by early 2010 I started studying sketch video blog with over 90,000 views. Nick can and improv at The Upright for female You have to be confident and a real job Gotta ask, do you have Citizenscomedians. Brigade V-NJ: be foundadly, on his Facebook homepage and and Selena Coppack’s aBostonian doesn’t or dowith you the make enough money feelviewing entitledittoallbeasup there microphone and writing/ and doing stand-up and also atunderstand templehorses.com. performing/producing? that the only real teams to root areofina career path. somefor kind that took me a while to figure out -- how to just own NY and NJ. I jest of course (kinda, sorta). Coppack has the stage and trust myself more. I think of standup as Venues-NJ: I know you’re a Jersey guy Ryan I decided very early that V-NJ: I spent days watching been performing stand up for eight years and her newthe last couple training a dog -- ifNR: you get outand there and you’re (Hoboken) and had an interesting upbringing a bunch of your Templelike if we were going to be able to do all of Horses videos. You book, The New Rules For Blondes, launches in April. and in control, the audience is with you. -- your mother and stepfather were National have a good ensembleconfident group. Do you guys this production stuff that we pretty much of nervousness or you Geographic photographers and your father work together a lot? But if you exude a sense needed to have the sameseem schedules. We insecure, they’ll eat you alive. I’ve been doing a poet.Were From you this “the aesthetic background, how up? work corporate video gigsstandup and we’ve been funny one” growing for about eight years and even now sometimes have does one go through college as journalism NR: Temple Horses started as a duo. It’s Ryan production assistants and I’ll cameramen on a writing, show where that certain people in the major to the stand-up genre? Hoffman and I doing the a lot ofI can the sense TV sets. We coach youth baseball in the I come from a very funny home and my older sister production, casting, taking turnsaren’t directing audience completely board(usually with me and iteach other) same on league against Laurel is a comedian, too. So I wasn’t really ‘the funny Nick Ruggia: I spent a lot of my childhood and acting in every one. There’s a third one in but the spring fall. plow We’re through both extremely makes me feel nervous, I knowand to just home so muchand as Laurel and I of spent a lot of W. Thompson, but he mostly passionate about the sport, know the game in the one’ field at with my stepdad my mom. us now, Steve it and keep on going and eventually I’ll hit on a joke or time in our choreographing I’ve been towriting around musicals 35 countries, andbedrooms, spent does editing, directing and production stuff. them and over. are pretty good ballplayers in our own reference that wins time with bears,dance tigers,numbers, lions, sharks, leopards strange and watchingWe “Saturday Night tend to work with a lot of the same people, right. We make some money doing comedy and other theirthat element. Live”large sincepredators age 7. I in think my parents and oldest because they’re our friends, we to also here“SNL”, and there. The money isn’t great, but Is this abut means an end? sitcoms, head writer-I studied Thehilarious, Universitytoo. of But have pretty wide net what’s and we’ve gotten to there are some opportunities on the horizon sisterjournalism Emily are at super yes,a I’ve always your goal? Maryland and thought that maybe I’d be an work someand pretty awesome stand-ups that could change all that really quickly. I’m been a bit of a ham and really interested in with comedy international reporter in Latin America. I got that we really respect. We cast a lot from the really grateful to even have that as a potential performing. don’t thinkthing of standup as a means to an end two internships at National Geographic TV. stand-up scene becauseI definitely that is where Ryan at age 27, seeing the way this industry andand I think comedians do areone pretty miserable Then my focus quickly shifted anddoI wanted and productions? I do most of our work our that hanging Along those lines, did you all the school works.who Hopefully, of those things catches to be a cameraman. I went to Costa Rica to out. We put out a webpeople. It has to be its own reward or else you’re video every month, on sooner than later and I cancrazy devote myself Where’d you grow up? Or rather, if you’re anything like write for a newspaper, and on the weekend, we help a lot of other stand-ups to do thisproduce thing. But far as to mythe goal, mine isofpretty for asentirely art instead 75 percent of my me, where were you raised? with the blessing of the head of NGTV’s their own channels. broad: I’d like for my comedy (performance, writing) time it currently gets. To be continued … Natural History Unit, I tracked and shot spec to pay for my life. I don’t know exactly how that will I grew up outside of Boston and I did all of the school shake out, but I’d like my job to be what I love to do, plays growing up -- I absolutely loved performing and which is write and perform comedy. I have a book the excitement of rehearsing and being in shows. I did coming out in April (The New Rules for Blondes, from some professional theater in Boston (at the Boston It Books/HarperCollins), which I hope will open up new Baked Theater--now gone) and in high school I became opportunities for me. It’s a collection of humorous essays interested in singing, too. I went to college in upstate celebrating and subverting the blonde stereotype, but NY where I majored in English and didn’t do any of the it’s for readers of all hair colors. plays on campus; but I was in the only co-ed a cappella group on campus (the Hamilton College Hamiltones) and the improv troupe. After school I moved to Chicago
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“It’s O notNpersonal, Dick, B it’s R justOpolitics,” A Lyndon Johnson says to a good friend who has suddenly turned into a vanquished foe in “All the Way,” by Robert Schenkkan. Johnson, played by Bryan Cranston in the mighty slab of history that played at the Neil Simon Theater. He infuses that glib phrase with palpable urgency and a whisper of tenderness. There’s no question that he really means what he’s saying. Nevertheless, the words are practically radioactive with irony. For Johnson, one of the great manipulators of men to achieve the highest office in the country, politics was always personal. In Mr. Schenkkan’s dense but mostly absorbing drama, set during the tense first year of Johnson’s presidency, Johnson is in constant motion: slapping backs, putting friendly hands on shoulders, bestowing benevolent smiles on loyal friends, glowering and growling angrily at enemies. While Mr. Cranston doesn’t have the towering stature of the man he’s portraying, he still seems to be looking down at everybody onstage from a great height. All this intimacy, whether it is meant to ingratiate or intimidate, serves but one purpose: Johnson’s own political ends. “All the Way” illuminates in intricate detail how Johnson bent a recalcitrant
Congress to his purpose, D W A Yas he labored to pass a signature piece of legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Riding the crest of his fame from “Breaking Bad,” Mr. Cranston strides onto the Broadway stage with an admirable confidence, as if he’s thoroughly at home. Although Johnson is not the exclusive focus of the play, Mr. Cranston’s heat-generating performance galvanizes the production. Even when Johnson is offstage, the show retains the vitalizing imprint of his performance. The play’s superior first act digs into the strategies Johnson deployed to impress upon a grieving nation his ability to lead. Johnson was famed for his long work hours and sledgehammer energy, and Mr. Cranston’s jetfueled performance captures the restlessness, the drive, the sheer stamina that the new president called upon to meet the greatest challenges of his career. Johnson is desperate to pass the Civil Rights Act, both to honor his predecessor’s legacy and even more important, he needs a major legislative victory to help secure him a full term in power.
The most pragmatic of politicians, who held in contempt those who preferred to posture over their ideals rather than seek compromise, Johnson works every angle possible to cajole, arm-twist or even gently blackmail the bill’s supporters and its detractors into agreeing on a middle way. Dispatching Senator Hubert Humphrey as a primary liaison to the liberal congressmen and the civil rights groups, Johnson personally takes on the entrenched Southern congressmen, with whom he has always had a cozy rapport. People unfamiliar with the politicking behind the passage of the bill will probably find the play’s intricate, admirably lucid parsing of the president’s maneuvering more engrossing than those who have studied it thoroughly. Nevertheless, “All the Way” will probably have even policy wonks nodding with pleasure: On a set, evoking a congressional chamber, a virtual army of characters come and go. Among the more substantial performances are those of John McMartin, as Senator Richard Russell
watching in dignified dismay as he sees the Southern Democrats’ ability to block any substantive civil rights bill slipping away; Brandon J. Dirden, as a studiously cool Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., caught between the more conservative and more radical organizations fighting to keep a voting rights plank in the bill; and Mr. Petkoff as Humphrey, whom Johnson disdains as overly conscientious behind his back, even as he dangles the promise of the vice presidency in front of him to keep him in line. “All the Way,” which is the first of two parts (“The Great Society” will debut at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer), is at its most captivating and nuanced in its multifaceted portrait of Johnson. His many contradictions — egoism battling with insecurity, a natural warmth at odds with a violent temper, a true commitment to the greater good alongside sharklike political instincts — are all given their due, and are expertly synthesized in Mr. Cranston’s terrific portrayal.
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Applebee’s (TintonFalls/Wall) 3pm - 6pm; 3pm - 6pm; 3pm -6pm; 3pm - 6pm; 3pm - 6pm; Big Ed’s BBQ 11:30am - 6pm 11:30am - 6pm 11:30am - 6pm 11:30am - 6pm 11:30am - 6pm Big Shots Sports Bar 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Blue Moon — — 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Brass Rail 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm Brickhouse 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Buffalo Wild Wings 4pm - 7pm; 4pm - 7pm; 4pm - 7pm; 4pm - 7pm; 4pm - 7pm; (Brick) 10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close 10pm - close Bum Rogers Tavern & Crab House NOON - 6pm NOON - 6pm NOON - 6pm NOON - 6pm NOON - 6pm The Cabin 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm Café 34 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Chapter House 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Colts Neck Inn 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Court Jester (Aberdeen/Freehold) 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Donovan’s Bar & Grill 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm The Downtown 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Dublin House 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Fireside Grill 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm Gusto’s Grill 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 12N - 7pm Ivy League 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Jack’s Goal Line 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Klein’s 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm Landmark Tavern & Cafe 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 11pm 4pm - 7pm La Riviera 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 11pm 4pm - 7pm Market Yard Grille 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm McDonagh’s 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Metropolitan Café 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm MJ’s (Middletown, Buttonwood Neptune/Tinton Falls) 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Molly Maguires 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Moore’s Tavern 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Nonna’s 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Off the Hook 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm 3pm - 8pm 4pm - 7pm On the Deck 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Park 33 Noon - 6pm Noon - 6pm Noon - 6pm Noon - 6pm Noon - 6pm Park East 4pm - 8pm 4pm - 8pm 4pm - 8pm 4pm - 8pm 4pm - 8pm 3pm - 5pm; 8pm-close 3pm - 5pm; 8pm-close 3pm - 5pm; 8pm-close 3pm - 5pm; 8pm-close 3pm - 5pm Pine Tavern PK’s Shamrock Rose 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm 12N - 7pm River Rock Restaurant & Marina Bar 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Riverwatch 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 2pm - 6pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm 3:30pm - 6:30pm Rosalita’s Rugs & Riffy’s 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Sunsets 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Surf Taco (Jackson) 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm 4pm - 6pm Tavern on the Lake 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm 3pm - 6pm The Shannon Rose 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm Tilted Kilt 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm 3pm - 7pm — 9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close 9pm - close Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 10pm (Brick) Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 10pm (Red Bank) The Sycamore Grille 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Twin Light Taphouse 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm Windansea 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm 4pm - 6:30pm Wine Loft 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm 4pm - 7pm
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Tuesday, July 01 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Martell’s – No Standards Trio 2-6pm; Dr. Cheeko 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune - Trivia Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, July 02 Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Gypsy Trap Trio 2-6pm; RFM 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – Seth Tieger MJ’s / Neptune – Car Cruise Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Game On Thursday, July 03 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm The Cabin – Bike Night w/ Still Small Voice Band Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Jamie Brown Trio 2-6pm; Soul Cruisers 9:30pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karlus Trapp MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Shawn Mars MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Joe V Ryan’s Pub – Simple Groove Shogun Legacy – Live Music Friday, July 04 Independence Day Blue Moon – Live Music Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Upside Fireside Grill – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Latin Music Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Mike Dalton Band 2-6pm; Garden State Radio 9pm – 1am River Rock – Hybrid Duo 5-8pm; The Event Horizon @ 9:30pm Shogun Legacy – Live Music Saturday, July 05 Big Ed’s BBQ – Night Karaoke Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Eddie Testa Band La Riviera – R&B Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 7pm; The Benderz 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown –Kenny Dubman & Mary Sue MJ’s / Neptune – T & V MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Seth Tieger River Rock - Lisa & Wendy 3-7pm; UFC 175 Ryan’s Pub – DJ Bryan Shogun Legacy – DJ Matrix Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night Sunday, July 06 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3 – 7pm Bum Rogers – Live Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 6pm; Mike Dalton Band 8pm – 12:30am River Rock – Joe Faronea 4-7pm; Pasadena 9pm – 1am Monday, July 07 Martell’s – Triple Play Trio 2-6pm; Rachel Allyn Band 8pm – 12:30am Tuesday, July 08 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Martell’s – No Standards Trio 2 – 6pm; Dr, Cheeko 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune - Trivia Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, July 09 Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Gypsy Trap Trio 2 – 6pm; RFM 8pm – 12:30am July 2014
MJ’s / Buttonwood - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – Matt O’Ree MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Game On Thursday, July 10 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm The Cabin – Yasgurs Farm Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Jamie Brown Trio 2 – 6pm; Soul Cruisers 9:30pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Koka & Phillips MJ’s / Middletown - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Joe V MJ’s / Tinton Falls – The Constant River Rock – Guns for Hire @ 9pm Shogun Legacy – Live Music Friday, July 11 Blue Moon – Johnny Charles Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – NRC @ 5pm; Moondoggie Fireside Grill – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Latin Music Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Mike Dalton Trio 2 – 6pm; Johnny Drama 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Shore Thing MJ’s / Neptune – Tim & Andy MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Martin Rivas River Rock – Trane Stevens Duo 4-7pm; Undisputed @ 9:30pm Ryan’s Pub – Ridgemont High Shogun Legacy – Live Music Saturday, July 12 Big Ed’s BBQ – Night Karaoke Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Sideways La Riviera – R&B Music Martell’s - Dr. Cheeko 12:30 - 7pm; Big Bang Baby 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Aronson Twins MJ’s / Neptune – Jody Joseph MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Karlus Trapp River Rock – Funbox Duo 3-7pm; Club Night @ 10pm Ryan’s Pub – DJ Shogun Legacy – DJ Matrix Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night Sunday, July 13 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3 – 7pm Bum Rogers – Live Music Martell’s - Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 6pm; JoBonnano & Godsons 8pm - 12:30am River Rock – The Benjamins @ 8pm Monday, July 14 Martell’s – Triple Play Trio 2 - 6pm; Nashville Drive 8pm – 12:30am Tuesday, July 15 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Martell’s – No Standards Trio 2 – 6pm; Dr. Cheeko 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune – Bike Night w/ Matt O’Ree MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, July 16 Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Gypsy Trap Trio 2 – 6pm; RFM 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – Seth Tieger MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Game On Thursday, July 17 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm The Cabin – Bike Night w/ Tommy Baz & the Bullzeye Band Fireside Grill – Acoustic Night @ 7pm
Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Jamie Brown Trio 2 – 6pm; Soul Cruisers 9:30pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Koka & Phillips MJ’s / Middletown - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Bob Garaffa MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Russell & Shawn River Rock – Nikki Briar Country Band 9pm – 1am Shogun Legacy – Live Music Friday, July 18 Blue Moon – Kid Sparkie & the Blue Fish Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Nancy Malcon @ 5pm; The Bridesmaids Fireside Grill – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Latin Music Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Mike Dalton Trio 2 – 6pm; Peat Moss & the Fertilizers 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Magic Taxis MJ’s / Neptune – Lisa & Wendy MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Tom Cintual River Rock – The Professionals 4-7pm; Dark City Saints @ 9:30pm Ryan’s Pub – Black Night Shogun Legacy – Live Music Saturday, July 19 Big Ed’s BBQ – Night Karaoke Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Time Machine La Riviera – R&B Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 7pm; New Power Soul 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Lisa & Wendy MJ’s / Neptune – Ken Dubman & Mary Sue MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Chris Gilligan River Rock – Brue Crew 3-7pm; Club Night @ 10pm Ryan’s Pub – DJ Shogun Legacy – DJ Matrix Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night Sunday, July 20 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3 – 7pm Bum Rogers – Live Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 6pm; Daddy Pop 8pm – 12:30am River Rock – Steve Johnson 4-7pm; Mark Burg Band Monday, July 21 Martell’s – Triple Play Trio 2 – 6pm; Midnight Rodeo 8pm – 12:30am Tuesday, July 22 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Martell’s – No Standards Trio 2 – 6pm; Dr. Cheeko 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune - Trivia Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, July 23 Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Gypsy Trap Trio 2 – 6pm; RFM 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – Matt O’Ree MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Game On Thursday, July 24 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Jamie Brown Trio 2 – 6pm; Soul Cruisers 9:30pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karlus & Trapp MJ’s / Middletown - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe
MJ’s / Neptune – Seth Tieger MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Lisa & Wendy Shogun Legacy – Live Music Friday, July 25 Blue Moon – Chuck Lambert Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Easily Distracted @ 5pm; Twice Is Good Fireside Grill – Live Entertainment La Riviera – Latin Music Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Bobby Lynch Trio 2 – 6pm; Ultrafuse 9pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Rich Genoval MJ’s / Neptune – Strawberry Pie MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Paul Baccash River Rock – Half Brothers 4-7pm; Fuzzpops @ 9:30 Ryan’s Pub – Clever Con Shogun Legacy – Live Music Saturday, July 26 Big Ed’s BBQ – Night Karaoke Bum Rogers – Live Music The Cabin – Undercover La Riviera – R&B Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 7pm; Johnny Drama 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Andy Russo & Joe Napolitano MJ’s / Neptune – Problem Child MJ’s / Tinton Falls –Boys Meet Girls River Rock – The Fever Duo 3-7pm; KDrew & Friends 7pm – 3am Ryan’s Pub – DJ Shogun Legacy – DJ Matrix Tommy’s / Brick – Trivia Night Sunday, July 27 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3 – 7pm Bum Rogers – Live Music Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko 12:30 – 6pm; Johnny Drama 8pm – 12:30am River Rock – Jay & Rob Duo 4-7pm; Trane Stevens Monday, July 28 Martell’s – Triple Play Trio 2 – 6pm; Rachel Allyn Band 8pm – 12:30am Tuesday, July 29 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Martell’s – No Standards Trio 2 – 6pm; Dr. Cheeko 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Trivia Night MJ’s / Neptune - Trivia Night MJ’s / Tinton Falls - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe Wednesday, July 30 Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Gypsy Trap Trio 2 – 6pm; RFM 8pm – 12:30am MJ’s / Buttonwood - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Middletown – Rob Garcia MJ’s / Tinton Falls – Game On Game On River Rock – Psychic Sabra 6-9pm; Thursday, July 31 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm Market Yard Grill – Live Entertainment Martell’s – Jamie Brown Trio 2-6pm; Soul Cruisers 9:30pm – 1am MJ’s / Buttonwood – Koka & Phillips MJ’s / Middletown - Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Steve Reilly MJ’s / Tinton Falls –The Back Beats River Rock – DJ Jersey Joe 4-9pm; Basso Brothers 9pm – 1am
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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 MJ’s Middletown 1005 Hwy 35N, Middletown 732-796-1400 MJ’s Neptune 3205 Rt. 66, Neptune 732-918-9700 MJ’s Tinton Falls 1213 Sycamore Ave, Tinton Falls 732-542-3131 Molly Maguire’s 132 East River Road, Rumson 732-530-2882 Nonna’s 190 Rt. 9N, Marlboro 732-536-9050 Off the Hook 1 Navesink Ave., Highlands 732-872-2006 On the Deck 2 Simon Lake Dr., Atlantic Highlands 732-872-1424 Park 33 618 Park Ave, Freehold 732-761-1300 Pine Tavern 154 Rt. 34N, Old Bridge 732-727-5060 PK’s Shamrock Rose 415 18th Ave., Belmar 732-681-3111 Park East 3352 Rt. 35S., Hazlet 732-739-2002 Prime 34 1212 Rt. 34S., Aberdeen 732-441-9663 River Rock Restaurant & Marina Bar 1600 Rt. 70, Brick 732-840-1110 Riverwatch 799 Rt. 70, Brick 732-920-8900 Rosalita’s 180 Rt. 9 North, Marlboro 732-617-0099 Rugs & Riffy’s 493 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge 732-636-3747 Ryan’s Pub & Sports Bar 299 SpotswoodEnglishtown Rd Monroe Township (732) 251-1709
Salt Creek Grille 4 Bingham Ave, Rumson 732-933-9272 Shogun Legacy 1536 North Bay Ave., Toms River 732-286-9888 Shogun Legends 1969 Rt. 34 South, Wall 732-449-6696 St. Stephen’s Green 2031 Rt. 71, Spring Lake 732-449-2636 Sunsets 302 S. Concourse Ave., Neptune 732-775-9911 Surf Taco / Jackson 21 S. Hope Chapel, Jackson 732-364-8226 Tavern on the Lake 101 Main St., Hightstown 609-426-9345 The Shannon Rose / Woodbridge 855 St. George’s Ave. , Woodbridge 732-636-6100 The Stone Pony 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park 732-502-0600 The Sycamore Grille 1 Shinnecock, Manalapan 732-792-7722 Tilted Kilt Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick 732-992-8532 Tim McLoone’s Supper Club 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury 732-744-1400 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza/Brick 515 Rt. 70, Brick 732-262-5180 Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza/Red Bank 2 Bridge St., Red Bank 732-212-1700 1200 Ocean Ave, Asbury 732-744-1400 Twin Light Taphouse 128 Bay Ave., Highlands 732-872-1345 Windansea 56 Shrewsbury Ave., Highlands 732-872-2266 Wine Loft 32 Laird St., Long Branch 732-222-7770
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THEATER Tuesday, July 08 Natalie Merchant
Friday, July 25 Roberta Flack
Friday & Saturday, July 11 & 12 Katy Perry & Capital Cities
Saturday, July 26 Menopause The Musical
State Theater New Brunswick, NJ
State Theater New Brunswick, NJ
Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
Prudential Center Newark, NJ
Friday – Sunday, July 11 – 20 Phoenix Production: Grease Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
Wednesday, July 23 Queen & Adam Lambert
Saturday, July 26 Skid Row
Starlight Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
Sunday, July 27 Alanis Morissette
Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
Wednesday – Friday, July 23 – 25 Walking with Dinosaurs Prudential Center Newark, NJ
Thursday, July 31 The Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra w / Wynston Marsalis State Theater New Brunswick, NJ
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Caesars The Jacksons
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Saturday, July 12
Trump Taj Mahal The Voice Tour
Borgata Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Saturday, July 5
Borgata Jeff Dunham
Revel Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Thursday, July 17
Friday, July 11
Borgata Keith Urban
House of Blues Huey Lewis & The News
Saturday, July 26
Friday, July 11
Trump Taj Mahal Under The Sun Tour: Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth & Blues Traveler
Caesars Boston the Band
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What: Annual Summer “Passport Around the World” Benefit Where: Navesink Country Club, Middletown When: Friday, July 18th @7:00pm Contact: Julia Zapcic, Development & Communications Mgr., You can also contact this Central Call Center to volunteer 732-935-2296 or www.cpcbehavioral.org
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