Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Reviving the lost art of good manners

    Teaching etiquette in an age of e-mails and texting BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent PHOTOSBY JEFFGRANIT staff Laurajane Wikoff, founder of the Etiquette School of the Northeast, demonstrates proper use of a napkin. At left, Sammy Haigh practices his napkin technique under Wikoff’s watchful eye. For etiquette expert Laurajane Wikoff, good manners are…

  • Survivor urges others to attend Go Red event

    I am a daughter. I am a wife. I am 29 years old. I am a sudden severe headache with no known cause. I am a stroke. I am laughter and love. I am a horse lover. I am a stroke. I am sudden confusion and trouble speaking. I am a stroke. I am a…

  • Photos, faraway & near

    Metro (Metropolitan Hotel, Asbury Park) An exhibit of photographs by Jill Katz will open Sunday at The Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal. “Picturing Place: Photographs by Jill Katz” will present images inspired by the artist’s recent travels and projects locally and around the world. The JCC will host an artist reception Sunday at…

  • In the Arts

    On Wednesday, a 130-by-9-foot mural depicting the history of art was dedicated at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The mural was designed by Bob Mataranglo and painted by him with students and faculty members. The project, consisting of 30 panels of various sizes on a curved wall, was begun in early October. The finishing touches…

  • Obituaries

    Immacolata Ciaglia Mrs. Ciaglia, 74, of Long Branch, died April 21, 2007, at home. Born in San Lupo Benevento, Italy, she resided in Long Branch since 1969. She was a seamstress at Paul Terry Sportswear, Long Branch, for 21 years, retiring in 1995. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She…

  • A celebration of all things chiseled, shaped & formed

    SICA unveils urban sculpture park in Long Branch Human kenetics The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch will officially unveil an urban sculpture park and orchestrate a host of related sculpture events Saturday throughout the City of Long Branch. At the center of the arts events will be “Sculptoure,” an urban sculpture…

  • War, not peace, is subject of landscape paintings

    ‘Through Their Eyes,’ based on soldiers’ views of war, on view May 7 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “Watching” War is the subject of oil paintings by landscape artist Steve Alpert. In fact, it is the war in Iraq, as seen by American soldiers, that is the focus of an art…

  • What is a ‘woman of distinction?

    That is a question we at the American Heart Association have been considering for a number of months as we prepare to present the inaugural New Jersey Go Red for Women “Woman of Distinction” Award on May 7 at the New Jersey Go Red for Women Luncheon. Is it a woman making extraordinary contributions to…

  • Bringing ‘Annie’ to the stage

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top left: A chorus of orphans performs ‘It’s the Hard-Knock Life” during a production of the musical “Annie” staged by the Seashore Players at Seashore School in Long Branch April 27. Marie Lord applies makeup to 8-year-old Brianna Schwing. Erica Sambogna, 7, and Olivia Paggioli, 6, watch as…