| Greetings from Asbury Park: |
What’s up with this weather?????? I just don’t get it. The weather wanna-bes on TV can’t take a stand and keep handing out these wimpy forecasts that keep scaring away visitors. Well, one thing is for sure, no matter what the weather, there are always good times in Asbury Park! Take for instance, this weekend: the Wave Gathering . . . 3 Days, 180 performers, music industry panels with top A & R executives at 23 venues starting Friday, June 19th at 6 PM. Free street festival on Cookman Ave. on Saturday, June 20th. The Showroom will be hosting a number of music related events. For a special festival preview check out: www.NewJerseyStage.com/wave2009. Get your wristband at registration at 629 Cookman Ave. during the festival or order on line at wavegathering.com. HUGE! Also, our monthly art event, Collide-A-Scope takes place Friday evening in the downtown. “Art-in-Progress” is this month’s theme. Besides hanging works, check out artists as they create art. John Kaplow has organized a group of artists that will be working on the sidewalks and in Kennedy Park. Come, watch, and learn as artists showcase their craft skills producing clay sculpture, photography, glass fusing and stained glass works, fire-blown pottery works, and plaster sculpture. To learn more go to www.collideap.com. And then there’s the FREE 21st Annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival in Sunset Park . showcasing the best of contemporary jazz and gospel.
There are still a few slots available for vendors. Call 732.995.3909 for information. Parlor Gallery presents the opening reception of “Le Petite Mort” on Saturday, June 20th from 7 to 11 PM at 717 Cookman Ave. Two announcements from NJ Transit: Bus service returns to the Asbury Park beach. A special press conference will be held next Thursday to formalize our continued progress in attracting visitors back to the city. Purchase a round trip ticket on a NJ Transit train to Asbury Park and get free access to our beach. Huge! Show your Asbury Park beach badge at the new Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Information Center and receive a free VIP Coupon Book worth hundreds of dollars in savings. The Outlets are only 10 minutes from the city! VH1 was in the city filming their Top 20 Video Countdown. It will air Sat., June 20th at 9 AM, Sun. June 21st at 8 AM and Tues. June 23rd at 9 AM. BIG! The Asbury Park Second Annual Surf Film Festival takes place this weekend starting at noon on Saturday at the Paramount Theatre with Through the Looking Glass by Bob Gilanyi and My Eyes Won’t Dry 2 by Brian Conley. For more information visit AsburyParkFilmInitiative.com. The AP Chamber of Commerce will be hosting one of its great monthly business card exchanges next Thursday, June 24th at Market in the Middle.Not to be missed. Call 732.775.7676 to sign up. If you are down on the boardwalk, make sure you stop by Madison Marquette’s offices and check out their new plasma display. A video shares their redevelopment plans for the boardwalk. It incorporates some great footage of Michael Sodano’s and Nancy Sabino’s great film Sense of Place. Hey, it’s Rich Karpinski’s birthday this weekend (bless you Johna!). The youngster finally joins the 50 Club. Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 10:00 Posillipos Restaurant presents “Opera by the Sea.” SummerFest ’09 comes to the Asbury Park boardwalk on June 28 from 10 AM to 6 PM. This first time event will feature exhibitors displaying new merchandise, arts and crafts, and kid friendly items. The Rain Garden Fundraiser is Saturday June 20th at Watermark Lounge from 1 to 3 PM. If you can’t make it, checks can be made out to Asbury Park Rain Garden and sent to Tom Pavinski at 1607 Emory Street, Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Just a friendly reminder, paid parking in all numbered spaces along the waterfront became effective this past Monday. The Garden of Joy shared that they will host grand openings of their three Community Gardens on Saturday, June 20th beginning at 10:30 AM.
1. 10:30 AM at 715 Cookman Avenue
2. 11:00 AM at Trinity Episcopal Church, 503 Asbury Avenue and
3. 11:30 AM at Springwood Avenue (corner of Dewitt).Fresh! On Tuesday our Special Events Committee met to discuss and plan for the 4th of July fireworks. This year’s celebration will be like no other on the Jersey Shore. Most fireworks’ shows are shot from one location. We will fire rockets from two locations on the beach and rumor has it there might be a third. Come early for the parade. Stay tuned! AP rumor ’09 #1,853: the new outdoor stage at the Stone Pony belonged to Jimmy Buffett. This Friday, Patti and I will be at the Mary’s Place fundraiser at the Paramount Theatre (www.marysplacebythesea.org). Mary’s Place is a new place for women to rest and relax during cancer treatment. It will be a night of great music and fun. Might include some special guest appearances – isn’t Mary’s Place a Springsteen song? Hope to see you there. And Sunday is Father’s Day. Looking forward to coming up for air and spending some time with my children: Tom, Linnea and Dan. Don’t know where we will be but you can bet it will be in Asbury Park. Treat your Dad and bring him to the city by the sea. Besides Father’s Day, Sunday is also the Summer Solstice. There is no better place than Asbury Park to enjoy summer’s Opening Day. Wishes for a wonderful weekend! Tom Gilmour
Director of Commerce and Good Times If you know anyone who would like to receive these weekly email updates, they may go to the city’s web site, www.cityofasburypark.com and subscribe.Tom Gilmour serves as the Director of Commerce for the City of Asbury Park and is responsible for economic development, the APUEZ (Asbury Park Urban Enterprise Zone Program), special events, and the city’s employment initiative; “Asbury Works.” |
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