Plus "Skins Fore Kids", "1920 - Even Water's Getting Weaker", Debbie Harry & Blondie
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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Trivia
In anticipation of the debut of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire — which is really something, trust us — we begin our ‘Boardwalk Empire Trivia’ contest. After reading the question below, leave your answer in the comments portion below. If you leave the correct answer on our Web site, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a $20 gift certificate for a dinner at the legendary Fedeli’s Restaurant in Margate. OK, here’s the question (no cheating by looking up on Internet): How much money did Enoch “Nucky” Johnson alledgedly make each year off of Atlantic City’s “vice” industry in the 1920s?
Daly, Sanford Swing for Kids’ Sake
The Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City will hosts its inaugural “Skins Fore Kids” golf outing on Monday, Sept. 20, at Hidden Creek Golf Club in EHT. The event is designed to raise funds for the B&G Club of Atlantic City, a United Way agency that works with over 1,100 children from the community to offer assistance in areas such as education and career training, character and leadership development, nutrition and physical fitness. It will feature professional golfers John Daly and Angela Stanford competing against three amateur golfers (selected via lottery drawing) in a “skins game” format, whereby a group of five players vies for a cumulative pot of money by posting the lowest score on each of nine holes (skins). The player with the most skins at the end of nine holes wins the contest, and excitement for the fans — along with pressure on the players — builds if ties occur and the pot is pushed to the next hole. Spectator tickets are $25 and allow ticket holders full access to all nine holes. Ticket holders may also attend a skins clinic that takes place from 9:30-10am, giving fans the chance to see and hear some of the techniques that made Daly (the 1990 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year and a two-time major tournament winner) and Sanford (a four-time LPGA tournament winner, pictured here) such tremendous champions. Tee-off time for the Skins Fore Kids event is 10:15am. For more information contact Shane Bargy, executive director of the A.C. B&G Club, at 347-2697, e-mail shane@acbgc.org or visit acbgc.org. — Ray Schweibert
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1920 - Even Water’s Getting Weaker”
Want to hear some of the sounds of 1920, the year the upcoming HBO series ‘Boardwalk Empire’ depicts? This 1999 release, from Archeophone’s ‘Phonographic Yearbook’ series, delivers 25 tracks from the year, including songs by Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams and more. Check archeophone.com.
Debbie Harry and Blondie returned to Atlantic City last weekend for a concert at the House of Blues at Showboat. Read interview with Debbie Harry here.
Photos by Rob English
Q: How was the show?
A: She’s still got it!
Heather Kelly
Pleasantville, N.J.
A: Miss Harry rocked! Seeing a legend was amazing. I loved the show!
Patti Lopresti
Atlantic City, N.J.
A: She sounded really good and looked amazing!
Carrie White
West Chester, Pa.
Early in the premiere episode of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, a crowd of dapper Atlantic City movers and shakers, partying well into the night in a spiffy supper club, make a familiar countdown, cocktail glasses held high...
It was a windy and rainy mid-September night for the Atlantic City premiere of the much anticipated new HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Regional storms pounded the beach and Boardwalk with crashing ocean waves and assaulting wind gusts. We're talking not only hold onto your hat, but everything else, too.
"There have been so many great performances by guys like Stanley Tucci and Andy Garcia. And they play him as this slick guy and you see what he became. And you certainly don’t want to betray the popular image. But through the research you have to kind of work backwards. You have to go back to the beginning and try to understand where he came from and all the events that shaped his life."
Each Friday acweekly.com presents a new episode in the "Atlantic City History: Conversations & Storytelling" web video series, inspired by HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" series, and featuring the conversations on six selected topics between Atlantic City historians Vicki Gold Levi, All "Boo" Pergament, Pinky Kravitz, Ralph Hunter, Jim Waltzer and Israel Posner.
In the 10th episode of this ongoing web video series, hear the panel of Atlantic City historians tell stories about the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Tune in next Friday, Dec. 10 for part two.
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1. joe said... on Sep 16, 2010 at 01:13PM
“the answer is $500,000.00”
2. Herm said... on Sep 17, 2010 at 05:49PM
“a million”
3. Karen Johnson said... on Sep 17, 2010 at 06:59PM
“more than a half million a year from vice”
4. richie chazen said... on Sep 17, 2010 at 07:07PM
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$350,000 per year”
5. ellen de said... on Sep 17, 2010 at 07:11PM
“$573,000per year”
6. beachlover said... on Sep 18, 2010 at 08:16AM
“he exceeded over 500,000$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$”
7. mariec said... on Sep 18, 2010 at 09:57AM
“$500,000 - which was a lot of money in the '20's (and still is!)”
8. Anonymous said... on Sep 19, 2010 at 05:00PM
“More than $500,000 each year off vice alledgly in the 1920s.”