Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve Celebrations Planned at Island Library Dec. 22

The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City will host “What Is Kwanzaa?” on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 2 p.m. Participants in the family-oriented program canfind out the meaning of the seven candles, what colors represent this celebration and where it originated. The celebration honoring African heritage inAfrican-American culture is observed from Dec. 26 to […]

‘A Very Electric Christmas’ at Grunin Center Dec. 23

Lightwire Theater is traveling north from the members’ New Orleans, La., home base to present “A Very Electric Christmas” at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, located on the Ocean County College campus in Toms River. Performances are scheduled for 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23. The company, known for its signature brand of dazzling […]