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Letter to Our Readers

For those who may not remember all the St. Patrick’s Day festivities they attended or for those who wish they had done and seen more, we start this issue with a recap of all the celebrations.

While New Jersey is most noted for its history, people and beautiful shores, this time of year, there is a large choice of festive events for all to participate in and enjoy.

This month, we present you with a large selection of interesting activities ranging from music fests to food truck fiestas to wine and art festivals. In New Jersey, you can never get too “festive.”

While out enjoying your choice of activities in our region, local bands are plentiful and worth seeking out too. Check out Alter Ego, which switches between electric and acoustic presentations. The band provides more than five decades of music to entertain you. Read more in this issue’s “Band Profile.”

As always, within each issue, we like to introduce you to our Mixologist-of-theMonth. Meet Jennifer Nuss, who, after trying a stint in the “corporate world,” then at a dog-grooming salon, settled in the hospitality industry, now tending bar at Burlew’s Seafood & Steak in Keyport. Jennifer calls herself a “Michigan girl at heart,” but moved to NJ in 1998. She has been serving customers in local area bars for the past 10 years and states that she “loves her customers and listening to their stories.

On the jocular side, our contributing columnist, Steve O would like you to meet and learn about Steve Trevelise, a man who juggles many endeavors: he’s a radio personality on NJ 101.5, runs a comedy club in Cherry Hill and still finds time to perform standup in the tri-state area over 150 nights a year.

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Publisher’s Letter................................................................................4 St. Patrick’s Day Photos................................................................... 6 Sports Bars & Quiz..............................................................................8 Band Profile:.......................................................................................14 Mixologist-of-the-Month ..............................................................16 Main Feature......................................................................................18 Catering ..............................................................................................20 BYO’s .....................................................................................................22 Two on the Aisle ..............................................................................24 Libations..............................................................................................25 Comic Relief .......................................................................................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

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Just a quick spin in a phone booth away from being able to play electric or acoustic shows, Alter Ego can cater their performance special for any occasion. Whether they’re rocking out electric or toned down acoustic, either face of this band can keep an audience entertained with over five decades of music in their arsenal.

Alter Ego has been playing since 2008 and though they started as a five-piece band, they now perform as a trio with the current lineup having been together for nearly two and a half years. There’s Dave Griffiths on guitar, Jon Sebastian Brice on bass, harmonica and vocals, and Wayne Parsons on drums, percussion, vocals and the cajón, a box-like percussion instrument that originated in Peru and is similar to a bongo drum. Parsons also serves as the band manager, marketer and booking agent.

Parsons came up with the name because when the band started he felt like Clark Kent turning into superman. “I have to wear a suit and tie during the week going into New

York City and at night I transform into a rock ‘n roll guy, so it’s like my alter ego,” he explains. And rock ‘n roll is certainly a far cry from their day jobs; Parsons is a jewelry designer, Griffiths is in the printing business and Brice runs a collectibles business.

Alter Ego is more than just the name as the band itself has two different sides, one electric and one acoustic -- depending on the occasion and size of the venue. The acoustic version of the band, called Acoustic Alter Ego or Alter Ego Lite, is when Griffiths switches to the acoustic guitar and Parsons plays the cajón, a real attention grabber because of how it imitates the sound of a full drum set, especially when played with a cowbell and small splash cymbals. Switching to acoustic allows for them to bring their volume down while still delivering the same great sound.

This lets them play the smaller bars and lounges in the winter so they can keep entertaining all year long.

“The acoustic guitar and the cajón as a percussion instrument rather than the drum set gives us that opportunity to play both types of venues and it’s a different kind of sound,” describes Parsons. “We still play the same songs that we do as an electric band, but we reinterpret them to fit into a lower volume acoustic kind of genre.”

Alter Ego performs a wide variety of songs, ranging from 1960s British and American rock to 90s grunge, to southern rock, reggae and current pop songs. “I would say we consider ourselves like an eclectic jukebox where we cover everything that is recognizable to our audience,” says Parsons. They even go as far as giving some songs themselves an alter ego, reinterpreting popular songs to give them a different sound. They can turn a rock song into a reggae song or one that is played primarily on the piano into one that works well on electric guitar.

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Alter Ego plays all around Central Jersey, especially down the shore. They play some of their favorite spots four to six times a year including The Ivy League in Howell, the Lanes at Sea Girt, the EvenTide Grille in Sea Bright, the Ocean Place Tiki Bar in Long Branch and The Channel Club in Monmouth Beach. They can also be booked for private shows; they’ve done sweet 16s, birthday and anniversary parties, corporate networking events and backyard barbeques, tailor making a customized playlist for any engagement. They especially enjoy playing for charity as they have performed for the Make-AWish Foundation, Care One senior

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Alter Ego is more than just the name as the band itself has two different sides, one electric and one acoustic

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Bartender Jennifer Nuss has worked in many different types of jobs, including the corporate world for JCP&L, and at a dog-grooming salon. But she says she always manages to find her way back to the bar/ restaurant scene because ultimately, this is what makes her happy.

Nuss, who has been tending bar at Burlew’s Seafood and Steak in Keyport since 2013, was born and raised in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

Calling herself “a Michigan girl at heart” she ended up moving to New Jersey in 1998. “My bartending career started at the Kat Shack in Matawan. I worked there from 2004 through 2006 when it closed for renovation. I loved bartending there and even met my husband while I was working there,” she says, adding, “I was the first bartender and the last at the old Kat

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Mercer County Spring Food Truck Fiesta -- April 18

GPS: Mercer County Park Festival Grounds, 1638 Old Trenton Rd., West Windsor Township, NJ 08550 609-883-8484 -- foodtruckfiesta-nj. com A variety of food trucks, so bring your appetite. Also music. Event benefits One Simple Wish. Family and petfriendly. Admission, $5.

Cape May’s Spring Festival -April 24 to May 3

GPS: 11 Bridge St., Lambertvill 08530 609-397-0055; shadfest.com The American Shad is the largest fi the herring family. Every spring, migrate from salt water to fresh to reproduce. Fishermen call thi “annual spring shad run.” Feat over 80 of the area’s finest artist crafters, great food and family e tainment such as face painting, san and rides plus shad seining demon tions. Shopping includes jewelry ramics, furniture, apparel, access home décor and more. The Food C features shad chowder, as well as p lar foods. Over 150 original art po created and donated by local artis display will be auctioned off on Su to raise money for scholarships.

New Jersey Folk Festival -- April

New Jersey is not only packed with people, cars, housing developments and strip malls -- we are happily abundant in days and weekends of celebrating a variety of things -- festivals grand and small are devoted to history, towns, hobbies and holidays.

The winter has gone, and days are milder and longer. The desire to be outdoors is instilled in almost all of us, and event organizers are well aware. Communities, associations, and charitable foundations work year-long to craft family-style events with something for everyone.

When one thinks of a festival, one conjures happy faces, jovial laughter, and a “to heck with my diet today” attitude. And there’s great reason -- festivals are not only perfect for families, but are great for dates and groups of friends. Festooned with food booths, crafts, entertainment and colorful sights, there’s always much to explore and do.

The warm-weather months are full of all styles of festivals throughout New Jersey, so finding some to attend is easy. Of note, many seek vendors, and if you have a business that fits, you may want to participate.

Here are some of the numerous festivals -- great and small -- occurring from April through June, courtesy of http://www.visitnj.org/nj/events/ festivals (descriptions are slightly edited). For many more festive events, we encourage you to “favorite” this page!

GPS: Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC), 1048 Washington St., Cape May, NJ 08204 , 609-884-5404 Celebrate the arrival of spring in America’s first seaside resort, featuring private homes tours, ghost tours, murder mystery dinners, food and wine events, living history programs and more.

Somers Point Bayfest -- April 25

GPS: Bay Ave., Somers Point, NJ 08244 , 609-926-3399 The Somers Point Bayfest is now the largest, single day festival in South Jersey, and is a 14-block block party along Bay Avenue packed with over 120 crafters, 38 food vendors, 15 children’s activities, live musical bands, and bicycle and kayak giveaways.

Lambertville Shad Festival April 25 and 26

GPS: 131 George St, New Bruns NJ 08901 848-445-4636; njfolkfest.org The New Jersey Folk Festival is a scale, multi-faceted family and e tional event that focuses primari traditional indigenous, multicu folk forms and artists from and r ing in and around New Jersey New Jersey Folk Festival presen annual heritage theme that focus folk music, crafts and other trad of a specific ethnic, cultural or reg heritage found within our state.

Waretown Spring Wine Festiv April 25 and 26

GPS: Waretown Recreation and Area, 182 Wells Mills Rd., Ware NJ 08758 , 609-693-5407 Enjoy samplings of many New J wineries, crafters, food trucks an entertainment.

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GPS: White Street Parking Lot, 19 White St., Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-829-1104 The 4th Annual Red Bank International Flavour Festival is a family-friendly, outdoor celebration of international food, music, vendors, wine and beer with 25 of the town’s restaurants serving specialty international menu items.

Featuring the Glen Burtnick Beatles Tribute, The Nerds, Virago, Brian Kirk and the Jirks, Verdict, Atlantic Watch Pipes and Drums, O’Pocketful and more entertainment. Admission is $5 for those 10 and older.

Jersey Shore Festival -- May 14 to 17

GPS: Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 , 732-203-7787 The Jersey Shore Festival is a free admission music and arts festival that features more than 200 artists from around the world, plus fun, food, more entertainment, rides and games, for the entire family.

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GPS: The Radisson Hotel PiscatawaySomerset, 21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway NJ 08854, 732-980-0400; steampunkworldsfair.com New Jersey is host to the largest Steampunk festival in the world, with a vast array of everything steampunk -- music, shopping, panels, literary and dining events, performers, participatory workshops, sideshows and so much more.

Ocean Fun Days -- May 16 and 17

GPS: NJ Sea Grant Consortium, 22 Magruder Rd., Fort Hancock, NJ 07732 , 732-872-1300 Enjoy hands-on marine and environmental programs and exhibits at this family-friendly festival. Learn how to use a seine net to catch fish, crabs and other marine creatures. Grab a fishing rod with the youth fishing clinic. Test your boating safety knowledge or become a beachcomber and search for natural treasures on a guided tour. Hear from NJ scientists and researchers all about the inner-workings of the ocean

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Jersey Shore Food Truck Festival May 23 to 25

GPS: Monmouth Park Racetrack, 175 Oceanport Ave, Oceanport, NJ 07757 732-747-4449 The Jersey Shore’s Food Truck Wars is pitting over 40 regional trucks head to head in this competition of the tri-state area’s best mobile-made eats and treats.

Come out for a day of delicious food, entertainment and the Star Ledger’s Family Fun Day. Admission is only $3 to the park.

performances throughout each Festival weekend, the Spring edition features Jazz at the Estate, a full day of music and celebration on the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate with music, local food, wine and craft beer vendors. This event’s headliner is Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and six-time Grammy winner, Dr. John & The Nitetrippers.

JerseyFest -- May 30 GPS: Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment, 1 Racetrack Dr., East Rutherford, NJ 07073 , 201-843-2446 Celebrate the best of music, food offerings, entertainment and horse racing that the Garden State has to offer. Jerseyfest will showcase businesses of all sizes with a New Jersey presence. Vendors and artisans from all over the Garden State will be on-site sampling and selling their wares. Attendees will have several opportunities to win different prizes throughout the night.

Red Bank RiverFest May 29 to May 31

Eats & Arts Festival -- May 31

GPS: Marine Park, Riverview Rd., Red Bank, NJ 07701 , 732-255-1844 This popular annual event features three days of the region’s best local food establishments, music and family fun.

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the music and delicious festival treats.

GPS: 135 1st Ave., Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716 , 732-737-7160 Enjoy a full-filled afternoon that provides a wide variety of art and delicious foods from the local artists and chefs in Atlantic Highlands. Each restaurant will introduce its chef and offer guests tastes of a favorite and popular menu item from its restaurant, while featuring several local artists and live artist demonstrations.

Exit Zero Jazz Festival -- May 29 to 31 GPS: Cape May Convention Hall, Main Stage, 714 Beach Ave., Cape May, NJ 08204 , 609-8499202; exit0jazzfest.com During the three-day bi-annual, Exit Zero Jazz Festival weekend, the national historic landmark city of Cape May transforms into a jazz mecca. In addition to the main stage and club venue

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Coming up in June: Metuchen Junebug Artfest Festival (5 to 26), VonThun Farms (Monmouth Junction) Strawberry Festival (6 and 7), New Jersey Seafood Festival (Belmar, 12 to 14), Jersey Shore Wine Festival (First Energy Park/Lakewood, 13 and 14) Annual Baymen’s Seafood Music Festival (Tuckerton Seaport, 20 and 21), Beachstock (Margate, 27 and 28), Annual Rock, Ribs and Ridges (Augusta, 27 and 28), and LobsterFest (Bradley Beach, 27 and 28).

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What’s more, her celebrated majesty is being embodied by the same majestic celebrity who won an Academy Award for portraying her on screen: Helen Mirren, who picked up a mantelpiece’s worth of prizes for playing Elizabeth in the 2006 film “The Queen.” Even if she’s not the real royal deal, this is still about as close as most of us are going to get to a cozy tête-à-tête with the best loved of the regal Windsors.

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The show also allows the smashing Ms. Mirren to demonstrate her quickchange virtuosity in becoming the queen at different ages, from 1951 to the present, before our very eyes.

Those transformations, accomplished with sleights of hand worthy of a master magician, are probably the most entertaining and satisfying aspects of “The Audience.” It is somehow deeply reassuring to see Ms. Mirren, who turns 70 this year, step back in time as Elizabeth and persuade us that she is whatever age

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That projection is fond, formulaic and most respectful. As we watch Elizabeth in scenes that leapfrog back and forth through the decades, she emerges as homey, honest, dog-loving, constantly aware of the immense obligations of her royal role and — since this is the world of drawing-room (or state room) theater — rather witty.

“For the most part, I’ve found my ministers to be very human,” Elizabeth says to a nervous John Major in her first scene. Then, a beat, and she adds, face to the audience, “All too human.”

Many of the prime ministers here unburden themselves of their secret anxieties and fears in their policy sessions with the queen, as if she were a mother confessor. And the queen, in turn, unbends with the politicians she likes just enough to allow them to intuit where her real interests

lie, which are always on the side of the angels, those who occupy the middle-left wing of heaven.

Queen Elizabeth, you see, is one of us, or as much of one of us as she can be given her extraordinary upbringing and imprisoning public role. The compulsively watchable Ms. Mirren brings out the humor and the pathos in this contradiction.

To remind us of just what the queen has sacrificed, we are introduced to her as she was as a girl The Young Elizabeth has a rebellious streak and a slight resentment regarding the duty-bound future that awaits her. Given a chance to escape, she could turn into Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday.”

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Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ 8pm MONDAY, APR. 13 Surf Taco / Jackson – Trivia @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, APR. 14 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown - Curbie MJ’s / Buttonwood – Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe WEDNESDAY, APR. 15 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls – Game On Trivia Surf Taco / Jackson – Open Mic Night @ 8pm THURSDAY, APR. 16 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm The Cabin – Bike Night iPlay America/GameTime Bar & Grill – Dueling Pianos Maggie’s Uptown - The Professionals Market Yard Grille – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe FRIDAY, APR. 17 Blue Moon – Lew Gatewood Band The Cabin – NBRG 5:30pm; Shorty Long & The Jersey Horns @ 10pm Colts Neck Inn – BJ & The Band Jenk’s Club – Grand Re-Opening La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ NAB Maggie’s Uptown - Brue Crew MJ’s / Buttonwood – Clifton Brothers 7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm MJ’s / Middletown – Magic Taxis MJ’s / Neptune – Koka & Phillips MJ’s Tinton Falls – Tom Cintula River Rock – Professionals 4-7pm; Event Horizons & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm SATURDAY, APR. 18 Big Ed’s BBQ – Karaoke @ 8:30pm The Cabin – Moondoggie @ 10pm Colts Neck Inn – Take Five iPlay America/GameTime Bar & Grill – The Pickles Jenk’s Club – VIP Trade In Night w/ DJs La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground –

DJ Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Kevin Hildebrandt Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko @ 12:30pm MJ’s / Buttonwood – Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – The Back Beats MJ’s / Neptune – Mike Oregano MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karius Trapp River Rock – Brue Crew 3-7pm; Club Night w/ DJ Jani @ 10pm SUNDAY, APR. 19 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3-7pm Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko @ 12:30pm MONDAY, APR. 20 Surf Taco / Jackson – Trivia @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, APR. 21 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown - Curbie MJ’s / Buttonwood – Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe WEDNESDAY, APR. 22 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls – Game On Trivia Surf Taco / Jackson – Open Mic Night @ 8pm THURSDAY, APR. 23 Blue Moon - Blues Jam @ 8pm MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe FRIDAY, APR. 24 Blue Moon – Dean Shot Band The Cabin – PJ Farley 5-8pm; Twice As Good @ 10pm Colts Neck Inn – The Hashtags Jenk’s Club – DJ Tony Gia La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – DJ Blu I’z Maggie’s Uptown – Jay & Rob Market Yard Grille – Live Music Metropolitan Café – Live DJ MJ’s / Buttonwood – Tommy Aboussieman 7-10pm; Modern DJs @ 10:30pm MJ’s / Middletown – Matt O’Ree Duo MJ’s / Neptune – 80’s Night w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s Tinton Falls – Ron Ossi River Rock – The Amused Duo 4-7pm; Eddie Testa Band & DJ Adam @ 9:30pm

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SATURDAY, APR. 25 Big Ed’s BBQ – Karaoke @ 8:30pm Blue Moon – Anniversary Party @ 3pm The Cabin – Eddie Testa Band @ 10pm Colts Neck Inn – Matt O’Ree Band Jenk’s Club – Love Our Locals Night La Riviera – Live Music Maggie’s Underground – Richie Sparta Maggie’s Uptown – Brue Crew Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko @ 12:30pm MJ’s / Buttonwood – Modern DJs @ 10pm MJ’s / Middletown – Andy Russo & Joe Napolitano MJ’s / Neptune – The Neighbors MJ’s Tinton Falls – Taylor Tote & Rob Dye River Rock – Lisa & Wendy 3-7pm; Club Night w/ DJ Adam @ 10pm SUNDAY, APR. 26 Blue Moon – Jazz Jam 3-7pm Maggie’s Uptown Martell’s – Dr. Cheeko @ 12:30pm iPlay America/GameTime Bar & Grill – UFC 186 River Rock Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ 7:30pm MONDAY, APR. 27 Surf Taco / Jackson – Trivia @ 7:30pm TUESDAY, APR. 28 Fireside Grill – Trivia Night Maggie’s Uptown - Curbie MJ’s / Buttonwood – Game On Trivia MJ’s / Neptune – Game On Trivia MJ’s Tinton Falls – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe WEDNESDAY, APR. 29 MJ’s / Buttonwood – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe MJ’s / Neptune – Sing Along w/ Shawn Mars MJ’s Tinton Falls – Game On Trivia Surf Taco / Jackson – Open Mic Night @ 8pm THURSDAY, APR. 30 Blue Moon – Blues Jam @ 8pm iPlay America/GameTime Bar & Grill – Dueling Pianos Maggie’s Uptown – The Professionals MJ’s / Middletown – Karaoke w/ KJ Giuseppe

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THEATER

Saturday, Apr. 04 The Buddy Holly Story Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Friday, Apr. 10 Robby Krieger

Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday, Apr. 11 Dan & Shay Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

Saturday & Sunday, Apr. 11 & 12 Cinderella Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Tuesday, Apr. 14 Stevie Wonder

Prudential Center Newark, NJ

Friday, Apr. 17 Bret Michaels

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

Friday, Apr. 17 Buzzcocks

Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ

Saturday, Apr. 18 John Mellencamp

Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ

Friday, Apr. 24 Wayne Brady

State Theater New Brunswick, NJ

Saturday, Apr. 25 Monster Energy AMA Supercross

MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ

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Saturday, Apr. 04 Caesar’s Moody Blues

Saturday, Apr. 18 Borgata The Beach Boys & America

Friday, Apr. 10 Borgata Bob Dylan

Saturday, Apr. 18 Golden Nugget Paul Anka

Saturday, Apr. 11 Tropicana D. L. Hughley

Thursday, Apr. 23 Harrah’s The Bacon Brothers

Saturday, Apr. 11 Borgata Jerry Seinfield

Thursday, Apr. 30 Harrah’s Sister Sledge

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