Events for the Week Starting August 29, 2011
Market Days 10am – 1pm - Asbury Avenue. Entertainment, Face Painters, Balloon sculptors. Every Thursday in July and August.
The Ocean City Arts Center, 17th and Simpson Ave., call (609)399-7628 and the Ocean City Fine Arts League, 608 Asbury Ave., (609) 814-0308 have on-going exhibits and classes to keep the Art Spirit alive. Call them or stop by.
August 29, 2011 - Musical Mondays Young rock and roll artists take the stage every Monday as part of our successful Musical Mondays series. The bands perform a blend of alternative, funk/punk and rock. Mondays at 7pm-9pm thru August 29th. OC Rep Theater 813 Asbury Ave. Admission: $5 Reservations: (609) 457-6686
August 29, 2011, The Ocean City Tabernacle presents Starfield, a rock concert, 7 p.m. at the Music Pier, Tickets $10 at the Pier Box Office, 609-525-9248.
August 30, 2011, Richard Paul Evans, New York Times Best Selling Author, 7 p.m. in the Main Lecture Room, will speak on The Power of Books.
Now: Tickets are on sale for the Annual Author’s Luncheon of the Ocean City Free Public Library, Oct. 6 at the Flanders Hotel featuring Carol Higgins Clark. Tickets are $30, available at the Library.
August 30, 2011, 9 AM - Beach Walks Every Tuesday & Wednesday in July & August South End Location: 59th St. & Central Ave., (Entrance to Corsons Park) Tuesdays-9am, Wednesdays-6:30pm. North End Location: OC/Longport Bridge Parking Lot (Gardens Parkway) Tuesdays-6:30pm, Wednesdays-9am. Tickets may be purchased on-site. Adults $1.00 Children $.50
August 30, 2011, 10 AM - Funtastic Tuesdays Beginning Tuesday, June 28th through August 23rd 10am – 1pm on Asbury Ave. Entertainment, Face Painters,Balloon sculptor
August 30, 2011, 1 PM - Oink! A Pig of a Tale - Great for kids! OINK! is, a musical, based upon the well known tale of The Three Little Pigs, but you can be sure you have never heard this version before! When little Frank Trotter and his big, greedy brothers Monty & Welly are caught stealing the harvest feast, they are banished from the farmyard and sent out into the big wide world. At the same moment, infamous carnivore BB Wolf is being released from prison, apparently cured of his granny-eating ways by a mad professor. Unfortunately, his vegetarian days are short lived and BB is soon on the prowl for a sausage sandwich! Tuesdays @ 1pm -2pm and Wednesdays @ 6pm-7pm thru August 31st OC Rep Theater 813 Asbury Ave. Admission: $5 Reservations: (609) 457-6686
August 30, 2011, 7 PM - Mummers Night Strutting 7pm – 9pm on the boardwalk, 6th – 14th Sts. Every Tuesday through the end of August
August 30, 2011, 7:15 - Family Film & Fun Night 7:15pm at Cornerstone Auditorium at Stainton's Square - 810 Asbury. $4.50 per person or max $18 per family includes: movie, pizza, popcorn and drink.
August 30, 2011, 8 PM - Midweek Music Ocean City Repertory Theater music director, Andrew Hink and vocalists Katelynn Shoemaker, Amanda Desouza, Austin Jon Satinsky and Molly Huber perform a selection of broadway, classical and jazz favorites every Tuesday at 8pm. Join us for a dessert reception following the show. Tuesdays @ 8pm-930pm thru August 30th. OC Rep Theater 813 Asbury Ave. Admission: $10 Reservations: (609) 457-6686
August 31, 2011 - 8 PM -August 31, 2011 - Ocean City Pops presents - From the Top visits Ocean City with the Pops! Hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley. From the Top’s radio broadcasting taping from the Music Pier stage will feature the very best young talented students in the country. This program is made possible through a generous gift by Flora Baker. 8:00pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk. Tickets $20/15 available at the Music Pier Box Office or online at www.ocnj.us.
August 7, 2011 - 8 PM - Ocean City Pops presents - An Evening of Song! Singers Colleen Daly and Dominic Inferrera. Highlights of La Traviata, Puccini, Man of La Mancha and Richard Rodgers. Sponsored by Primo Pizza. 8:00pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk. Tickets $15/10 available at the Music Pier Box Office or online at www.ocnj.us.
August 31, 2011, National Public Radio’s popular show “From The Top,” hosted by famed pianist, Christopher O’Riley, will tape a broadcast with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra 8 p.m., Wed. Aug. 31 at the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. The show is scheduled as a regular feature of the Pops summer program. Tickets are $20/$15 at the Music Pier Box Office. (609) 525-9248. The prestigious event is made possible thanks to a generous gift by Flora Baker.
September, 2011 - 2 PM - Ocean City Repertory presents: The Lady With All The Answers by David Rambo. The legendary, trailblazing advice columnist who defined herself as a woman with chutzpah and "one hell of a Rolodex", Ann Landers was one of the most influential - and controversial - women in America. It's 1975, and after years of dispensing advice to lovelorn teenagers and confused couples, the lady with all the answers finds herself with a looming deadline to write the most important column of her career. "Sharp and amusing!" -Time Out New York "Sweet and frothy" -NY Times OC Rep Theater 813 Asbury Ave. July 27th - August 27th Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm Thursdays @ 2pm Tickets: $15 Reservations: (609) 457-6686
September 1, 2011 - 7:30 PM - Family Nights Entertainment on the boardwalk 7:30pm to 9:30pm between 6th – 14th Sts.
September 2, 2011 - 9 AM - OCHS Senior Class Craft Show 9am – 3pm, Music Pier loggia, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Specialized crafts to be sold. For vendor information please call 610-368-6656.
September 2, 2011 – King and Queen of Plop - Ocean City welcomes the fall season with the King and Queen of Plop competition on the Moorlyn Terrace Beach at 11:00am. Those demonstrating the most dramatic plops or falls win prizes. Entry is free. The best man and woman in the contest are crowned the King and Queen of Plop. There will be special entertainment by the World's Only Wind Chimes Band of Ocean City. For more information call: 609-525-9300.
September 3, 2011 - Fall Farmers Market In The Downtown – 8am – 1pm, 9th & Asbury Ave.
September 3, 2011 - OCHS Senior Class Craft Show 9am – 3pm, Music Pier loggia, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Specialized crafts to be sold. For information please contact Karen Bender at 399-1136.
