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Toto vocalist proves the son also rises

by Chuck Darrow | Jul 24, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Pressure is the constant companion of any professional musician. After all, finding and keeping gigs is a non-negotiable fact of life (at least for those artists who prefer eating regularly). But imagine also being the son of one of the most revered and celebrated...

A surprising, and encouraging, stroll on Steel Pier

by Michael | Jul 17, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey

Last Wednesday evening, I found myself with some time on my hands and, for reasons I can’t explain, decided to kill a few minutes by taking a leisurely stroll on Steel Pier, the legendary live-entertainment venue that has successfully reinvented itself as a...

Ocean Casino Resort riding a classic-rock wave this summer

by Chuck Darrow | Jul 10, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey

The Casino File The classic rock is coming in waves this summer at Ocean Casino as two acts have settled in for separate summer-long, once-a-week residencies. Most Thursday evenings (this week it’s Friday), Magical Mystery Doors bring their neat twist on some of the...

Singer’s upcoming Resorts gig more than just another Sinatra rehash

by Chuck Darrow | Jul 3, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File If you think Frank Sinatra acolyte Brandon Tomasello’s July 25 performance at Resorts Casino-Hotel will just be another standard rundown of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ beloved musical canon, you couldn’t be more wrong. To be sure, the program will include a number...

The Beach Boys hit the beach

by Chuck Darrow | Jun 26, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, History, South Jersey

Remembering When The Beach Boys have been one of the most popular headline attractions of Atlantic City’s legal-gambling era. So much so that it would be difficult without a good deal of research to list every local appearance the legendary pop-rock unit has made...