Ocean City Sentinel - Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment
Published in the May 09, 2012 issue

Annual Spring Block Party
A time for crafts, food, music on Asbury Avenue in Ocean City
Ocean City — Alyse and Les Cahn, at top, look through vintage posters at an Ocean City antique shop’s stand at Saturday’s Spring Block Party on Asbury Avenue. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the annual multi-block-long festival which featured crafts, vendors, music and food. At center, Johnny, 7, gets an up close look at Jersey Lizards, handcrafted decorations made from copper pipes and other homebuilding materials. At left, Herb Birch, or Bubba Mac, jams out on Asbury Avenue with the Bubba Mac Blues Band.…[more]

Downtown landmark Stainton's gets a new lease on life
'A Gallery of Shops' plans grand opening May 19
By Eric Avedissian
Ocean City — When Howard Stainton opened a small dry goods store in 1912, he couldn’t fathom that his business would grow to be an Ocean City institution.…[more]

Greater Ocean City Theatre Company finds a home downtown
By Kristen Kelleher
Ocean City — For the last five years, the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company has made do rehearsing for their amateur and professional-level shows by hopping from one rehearsal space to the next.…[more]

Martin Z. Mollusk sees shadow; summer will come a week early
By Kristen Kelleher
Ocean City — After 37 years on the job, Martin Z. Mollusk doesn’t need sun to predict summer’s arrival to Ocean City.…[more]

Mother's Day concert is this Sunday
Ocean City Publicist Mark Soifer
By Mark Soifer
Ocean City — MOTHER’S DAY has always been a special time in this family community and resort. Mothers are and always will be the core of the family, the person who brought us into this world and nurtured us through childhood.…[more]

Yianni's opening third location on the Ocean City Boardwalk
By Eric Avedissian
Ocean City — Yianni’s Café at 841 Asbury Ave. will open a new restaurant on the Boardwalk at Moorlyn Terrace. Owner Yiannis Siganos, who opened the café in 2008 on…[more]

Previously in Arts & Entertainment

OCHS Drama Guild improves on musical "Footloose" (05/01/13, Ocean City)
Ocean City's Spring Block Party marks 30th anniversary Saturday, May 4 (05/01/13, Ocean City)
Ocean City has one of Food Network Magazine's top 5 boardwalks (04/24/13, Ocean City)
Martin Z. Mollusk predicts arrival of summer for 38th time on May 2 (04/24/13, Ocean City)
Guitarist goes from tribute band to playing with Grateful Dead founders (04/24/13, Atlantic City)
Artist Rachel Smith breathes life and faith into two-dimensional and three-dimensional work (04/24/13, Somers Point)
'Footloose: The Musical' (04/24/13, Ocean City)
OCHS getting 'Footloose' next week (04/17/13, Northfield)
Just another Doo Dah Parade sight (04/17/13, Ocean City)
Coffee shops react to Starbucks news (04/17/13, Ocean City)
Plenty of Easter events in Ocean City this weekend (03/27/13, Ocean City)
Mermaid Tears Jewelry has a personal history behind the personal touch (03/27/13)
Local singer, musician, composer Andrew Hink is on his way (03/27/13, Ocean City)
Jazz loves get another taste at Somers Point Jazz Series (03/27/13, Ocean City)
Is this a Vincent van Gogh sketch? (03/27/13)
Ocean City Fishing Club unveils centennial banner (03/20/13, Ocean City)
Casino HiLIGHTS (03/20/13)
'Sleeping Beauty' awakens in Upper Township (03/20/13, Upper Township)
'All Creatures Great & Small" at Ocean City Fine Arts League (03/20/13, Ocean City)
Somers Point Jazz Society renames award for musician George Mesterhazy (03/13/13, Somers Point)

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