Asbury Park Valentine's Bazaar and more things to do this weekend at the Jersey Shore
Celebrate local makers and love at the eighth annual Asbury Park Valentine’s Bazaar from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday.Guests will be able to shop and stroll at two pop-up Valentine’s locations: Grand Arcade of Convention Hall and the event space at The Asbury hotel.
"Pick up perfect Valentine’s Day goods and gifts, snap cute photos at our immersive photo stations, enjoy music, delicious food and libations, fun workshops, tarot card readings, and kids face painting," said Jenny Vickers, founder of the Asbury Park Bazaar, in a news release.
Vendors will sell everything from jewelry to art to home goods to chocolates.
You can pick up fresh flower bouquets from Wicked Florist at Convention Hall, and Made of Leaves at the hotel.
Live music takes place at Convention Hall, with DJ Mike Chick spinning tunes at The Asbury.
There also will be a Galentine's Day Floral Arrangement workshop hosted by Amber and Earth from noon to 1:30 p.m. at The Asbury hotel.
Go: Asbury Park Valentine's Bazaar, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Grand Arcade of Contention Hall, 1300 Ocean Ave., and The Asbury hotel, 210 Fifth Ave.; asburyparkbazaar.com.
Here are some other things to do this weekend, including a Bob Dylan tribute in Red Bank, and a concert featuring a traditional Korean musical instrument in Toms River.
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Dine around town in Point Pleasant Beach
This month and next, there's a culinary scavenger hunt happening in Point Pleasant Beach.
Nine restaurants in town are taking part: Point Lobster Bar & Grill, Point Lobster Co., Bam Bam Burger Co., Prime 13, Shore Fresh Seafood Market & Restaurant in Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough, Jersey Shore BBQ, Daniel's Bistro and Mugsy's Mercantile. Diners can print out a playing board listing the restaurants, spend a minimum amount at each, and have the board stamped.
Once all boxes are stamped, participants will be entered to win $50 gift cards from each restaurant. The scavenger hunt runs through March 31, and three winners will be chosen April 1.
Go: Point Culinary Collective Restaurant Scavenger Hunt, through March 31, Point Pleasant Beach; instagram.com/pointculinarycollective.
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Don't Tell Comedy coming to Asbury Park
Don't Tell Comedy has a few 90-minute shows coming to the Shore, including one this weekend in Asbury Park. Who's performing? Where is it taking place? We don't really know.
Lucas Connolly of Don't Tell Comedy says that once you register at donttellcomedy.com/cities/jerseyshore, you'll get an email on the day of the event letting you know details of where to go. After the show, you are sent an email saying who performed.
Comedians who have performed recently at Don't Tell Comedy shows, Connolly said, include Josh Johnson, an Emmy Award-winning writer for "The Daily Show" who has two-hour long TV specials on Comedy Central and Paramount+; Frank Conniff ("Mystery Science Theater 3000"); and Mia Jackson ("Comedy Central Half Hour").
Shows can take place at a coffee shop, a soul food takeout restaurant or a competitive cornhole arena, Connolly added.
On the Don't Tell Comedy website, it says this weekend's show begins at 7 p.m. Friday. If you miss it, Don't Tell Comedy returns to Asbury Park at 8 p.m. Feb. 17 and 24. Tickets are $25.
Note that the shows contain adult content.
Go: Don't Tell Comedy, 7 p.m. Friday, somewhere in Asbury Park, $25; donttellcomedy.com/cities/jerseyshore/.
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Bob Dylan tribute in Red Bank
How does it feel to be a Rolling Stone? Find out Monday at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank as indie rocker Cat Power begins the U.S. leg of her “Cat Power Sings Dylan” tour.
Cat Power, aka Atlanta native Chan Marshall, recently released the critically acclaimed “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert,” which re-interprets Dylan's famous UK concert where he went electric.
It's a quirk of rock 'n' roll history — and a mislabeled bootleg record — that the show is identified as taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. It actually went down at the Manchester Free Trade Hall just prior to the Royal Albert Hall show. Deeper still, Dylan actually first went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
“Some of the greatest people in life and people in rock 'n' roll history are from New Jersey!” said Cat Power in an email. " ... I'm honored to begin my tour with the Red Bank crew. They know how to get down!!”
Go: Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank, $49.40 to $99.50; 732-842-9000, thebasie.org.
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The Wag's Beatles Spectacular in Lakewood
Come together and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Fab 4's arrival in America with The Wag’s “Beatles Spectacular” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Strand Theater in Lakewood.
The show includes two sets of music and costume changes. There's also an opening set of Wag originals. Tickets are $20, $15 for kids 18 and younger, and seniors 65 and older.
Hailing from the Bayshore, this four-piece unit has been entertaining and moving audiences for 25 years. The Wag performs their Beatles tribute show annually at The Fest for Beatles Fans (the biggest Beatles festival on the East Coast), Abbey Road on the River in Jeffersonville, Indiana (the biggest Beatles festival in the U.S.), and at many different theaters, townships and private parties.
Go: The Wag's Beatles Spectacular, 7 p.m. Saturday, The Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Ave., Lakewood, $20, $15 for kids and seniors; 732-367-7789, strand.org, thewagband.com.
'Abstracts vs. Outsiders' in Middletown
The Middletown Arts Center presents "Tracey Ann Finley Art: Abstracts vs. Outsiders Exhibition, The Battle Between the Undefined and the Unconventional," through Feb. 29.
Born in Brooklyn, Finley and her family moved to Middletown in 1972. She lives in Leonardo with her husband, daughter and Cairn Terrier. In 2004, the self-taught "outsider” artist began offering her work for sale online. Her paintings can be seen in spaces across the country and in Australia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Spain and other countries.
“I feel truly blessed to be able to create my funky and colorful paintings full-time," Finley said in a news release. "I love what I do. Many times I get asked the question about my particular painting style. I have found over the years that inside my brain, there is a battle.
"One part of me loves the child-like, outsider painting style, where the other part of me is drawn to an abstract style of motion. Both painting approaches fill my heart with joy."
Go: "Tracey Ann Finley," through Feb. 29, Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., Middletown; 732-706-4100, middletownarts.org.
CelloGayageum performs in Toms River
Cellist Sol Daniel Kim and gayageum player Dayoung Yoon will bring their fusion of instruments and musical styles to the Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College at 7 p.m. Thursday.
What's a gayageum? A traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants apparently have 18, 21 or 25 strings.
The intercultural musical duo, formed in 2016, draws inspiration from the "Pavilion of Unification" in Berlin, a city with a history of war, division and reunification. Tickets are $25.
The two have appeared on several popular Korean primetime TV shows, and have toured extensively throughout Asia, Europe and beyond.
"(They) are promoting the traditional music culture of South Korea and bridging cultural divides through the universal language of music," a release says.
Go: CelloGayageum, 7 p.m. Thursday, Grunin Center, Ocean County College, 1 College Drive, Toms River, $25; 732-255-0500, grunincenter.org.
Sarah Griesemer and Chris Jordan contributed to this story.
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