Victoria Ford

Break for Brushwork: Paint a salty old fisherman on canvas during Paint Night at Baker’s Port Hole in Ship Bottom on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. Join Jamie Jarka of Lil Monsters Art workshops as she guides the group through an easy-to-follow process. A $10 Venmo deposit is required with RSVP; the $30 balance is payable in […]

Tickets go on sale this Friday, Oct. 9 for the Garden Club of Long Beach Island’s 59th annual Holiday Tour of Homes, dubbed “18 Miles of Yuletide,” Dec. 9 and 10. Visit thegardencluboflbi. The cost is $55. Last year the ever-popular weekend event drew 1,661 ticket holders. The tour takes guests through five fascinating homes, according to spokeswoman Gillian Rozicer, […]

Shop Originals: The St. Mary’s annual art show and sale is this Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Parish Center at Bishop Lane and McKinley Avenue in Manahawkin from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Over 30 fine artists will sell artworks ranging from paintings and pastels to photography, pottery and painting on silk. Lunch will be available; all proceeds benefit the […]

Stair masters wanted! The 2026 Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey will take place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18. The annual event brings thousands of visitors to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in Barnegat Light, to the nearby Barnegat Light Museum (containing an antique prismatic Fresnel lens, with its “ancient-wonder-of-the-world quality,” as Historical Society Vice President and Museum […]

Given the prompt “Anything Goes,” Pine Shores Art Association members really let it all hang out. For the first show of its kind, on display now at the Stafford Gallery Thursdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the end of October, artists submitted more than 70 of their best, weirdest, old, new or unexpected works. “There weren’t a lot of […]

Halloween is big business, and the skeleton lawn ornaments and elaborate displays are bigger than ever. The region’s bars and restaurants are meeting the demand during the Ghastliest Time of the Year by doing what they do best: offering hospitality, festivity, food and libations. Hopefully by now the holiday’s devotees are finalizing the details of their costumes, and it’s time […]

Pine of the Times: Register by this Saturday for “Pen, Ink and Watercolor for Beginners” with instructor Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan at Pine Shores Art Association’s Tuckerton Art Center on Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuition is $50 for members and $55 for non-. Knowles-Harrigan is an art professor at Atlantic Cape Community College. In a mixed media painting, […]

At the monthly meeting of the Barnegat Light Borough Council, Tax Assessor Ed Seeger gave a status report on the borough-wide property tax revaluation that

Sip, Paint, Repeat: Spend an evening making art and making friends, with Sandie Levine at The Grapevine Restaurant in Tuckerton on Monday, Nov. 9 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, and all supplies are provided, including a pre-drawn canvas if desired. The theme is “cozy November,” Levine said. RSVP via text by Nov. 5 to […]

When the right team comes together, dedicated people can tackle big projects. For proof, see efforts currently underway in Waretown to heal and protect a vital coastal ecosystem and demonstrate a marsh restoration program with broader applications. Spearheaded by the world’s largest environmental nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy, four organizations have assembled a task force of wetlands scientists and coastal engineers […]