Plus Drew Toonz, the Album of the Week, and Chanukah on Ice on Dec. 25
Boardwalk Basketball Classic Tournament in Wildwood
Tis the season for watching college football bowl games on TV, but if you are in the mood to see top sports action in person, head to Wildwood for the 14th annual Boardwalk Basketball Classic at the Oceanfront Arena at the Wildwoods Convention Center Monday, Dec. 26, through Monday, Jan. 2. The tournament features an impressive lineup of high school boys and girls basketball teams from the South Jersey and Delaware Valley areas. All games begin at 9am daily. Tickets range from a single day pass ($7 adults, kids/students/seniors, $5) to tournament passes ($25/$20). Included in this year’s annual holiday basketball tournament will be an additional day of competition, titled Battle at the Boards, which will feature six games that include each of the boys and girls high school basketball teams from Cape May County: Wildwood, Wildwood Catholic, Ocean City, Cape May Tech, Middle Township, and Lower Cape May Regional. The Battle of the Boards tickets are $5/$3. The Boardwalk Basketball Tournament was founded in 1998 and continues to be the largest single-venue coed high school holiday basketball tournament in the United States. The tournament has raised nearly $300,000 in college scholarship money for graduating seniors at Wildwood and Wildwood Catholic high schools, the two host schools. Some of the teams scheduled include Monsignor Bonner (PA), Father Judge (PA), Holy Spirit, Metropolitan (N.Y.), Wilmington Christian (DE), Cherokee, Neumann-Goretti (PA), Mainland Regional and Shawnee. For the complete schedule visit bbclassic.net. — Lori Hoffman
Dec. 25: ‘Chanukah on Ice’
It’s not always a given that Chanukah and Christmas will coincide on the calendar, but this year Christmas falls on the fifth day of the festival of lights. So surely a party is in order. Chabad of Atlantic County will host a “Chanukah on Ice” event starting at 3pm on Christmas Day at the Flyers Skate Zone. Open to the entire community, the event will include open ice skating, organized skating games for children and families, and a special guest appearance by the biblical heroes of Chanukah, “The Maccabees.” (The Hebrew rebels who re-consecrated the Jewish Temple in the Chanukah miracle). There will also be skating to the sounds of Chanukah music and the tastes of the holiday including potato latkes and jelly donuts, as well as the all important hot dogs and soft drinks. The highlight of the event will be the lighting of a giant menorah at center ice. “The program is intended to bring the spirit of Chanukah to children and their families and instill in them a feeling of Jewish pride” says event coordinator, Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport. Admission is $7 per person and includes refreshments. Ice skates are available for a $3 rental fee, but participants can bring their own. To RSVP and for more information call Chabad at 822-8500 or visit chabadac.com. — Mike Pritchard
The Black Keys
“El Camino’ (Nonesuch)
The Akron, Ohio band the Black Keys are the White Stripes of today’s rock world. While Jack and Meg have been quiet since 2007, the Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have been prolific, releasing four albums over the past five years, including the duo’s recent, and seventh, studio effort El Camino. Produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), the 11-song set is super-charged romp down the expressway of time with short, punchy songs that echo the best of psychedelic rock, Motown, soul, and ZZ Top at its finest. With Burton’s eclectic touches — whether it’s hand claps, synths or fuzzed-out guitars — the Keys’ new songs make for a sweet, if rather short, ride. El Camino is a predictable follow-up to the band’s 2010 breakthrough Brothers, but that’s not a bad thing at all. — Jeff Schwachter
Drew Toonz
Seeds for the Sixers’ successful ‘66-’67 season planted in Margate
In a year that saw the return of widespread protests around the world, the power and potential of grass-roots movements, such as Occupy Wall Street, more and more bad economic news and forecasts, the music industry seemed to bounce back with a bunch of solid releases, including new albums by Kanye West and Jay-Z, Adele, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and others, as 'indie' labels such as Sub Pop, Yep Roc, and ANTI-, emerged as the leaders of a new renaissance in the music biz. Meanwhile, reissues, by specialty labels like Legacy, were among the most exciting "new" music of 2011. Atlantic City Weekly runs an Album of the Week column on the Coasting page each week, and the editors have put together a list of the best 2011 albums of the bunch, as well as several re-issues, and albums we didn't get a chance to write about yet for a total of 50 albums that you may or may not have heard yet. 2011 Albums of the Year (in no particular order. Click on links to see album review; when you get to page, scroll down to the Album of the Week column). Rock on. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The...
As we continue our countdown of “Best Lists” at Atlantic City Weekly, here are the 10 best interviews we had in 2011, in alphabetical order.
Auld acquaintance of 2011 may best be forgot for many — and how better to clear the cache and ring in a fresh slate of calendar dates than by partying like there’s no tomorrow? In Atlantic City the choices on New Year’s Eve are nearly endless.
Here is a list of what we think are the cream of the crop for 2011 — the Top 14 Drew Toonz comics of the year.
Article:
Remembering ‘Memorial Day’
Article:
Taste of Revel May 18-20
Article:
Ocean City Voters
Turn Down BYOB Option
Article:
Roaring ’20s Tour Returns May 3
Article:
Katz JCC Celebrates 100 Years
Article:
Dead Revival Destined
for Mays Landing
Article:
Doo Dah Days in Ocean City
Share this Story: