Weekend Picks: Surf And Turf
August 30, 2007
We’ve gone up and down the state to find the best of the holiday weekend. There are more shore things… and plenty for the inland-lubbers.
Want fireworks, to light up your holiday? Wildwood is shooting them off on the boardwalk Friday at 10 p.m. (www.wildwoodsnj.com). Further north, on Saturday, fireworks are in Manasquan—preceded by a 7 p.m. concert on the beach (www.manasquan-nj.com/events.html) sponsored by legendary Shore bar The Osprey (www.ospreynightclub.com).
Or watch the Oakley Pro Junior surfing contest, Friday and Saturday all day in Sea Isle City. Surfers under 21 are trying to measure up for the World Qualifying Tour. For more info, surf your way to the website of Heritage Surf and Sport shop, www.heritagesurf.com.
In Atlantic City, end-of-season festivities begin tonight with the last of the free jazz concerts sponsored by the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Society (www.chickenbonebeach.org). It’s a block party atmosphere celebrating Atlantic City’s African American heritage—Chicken Bone Beach, segregated until the 1950s, was a sort of Harlem-on-the-Shore. Entertainers like Sammy Davis Jr., and “Moms” Mabley were regulars at nightclubs in the neighborhood.
Up north, watch sleek Arabian horses practice the graceful art of dressage. In Sussex County, try “Autumn Adventure,” a schooling dressage show sponsored by the Arabian Horse Breeders Society of New Jersey. It’s Sunday at the state fairgrounds in Augusta. www.newjerseystatefair.org/html/page.cfm/offseason
Check out the Great Falls Festival in Paterson, with games, rides, petting zoo, clowns, circus acts, artists’ impersonators, art shows, and a food court showcasing the diverse cultures that make up Paterson. Saturday through Monday, here’s their flier, www.patersononline.net/other/2007/2007_09_01_festival.pdf
And there’s free music at NJPAC (www.njpac.org) in Newark, outdoors at Theater Square. Tonight it’s Sounds of the City, with Vicki Genfan and Fertile Ground. Tomorrow there’s a salsa dance party with Saborioco and Smiling David and the Pzazz Dance Company.
It’s your last chance to relax before your schedule shifts into fall gear. Enjoy the show, wherever you go!
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