This Weekend’s Kite Festival Moves To Ship Bottom, New Jersey
This weekend's LBI kite festival has moved to Ship Bottom from Long Beach Township
Heads up kite flyin’ fans. This weekend’s LBI kite festival has moved to Ship Bottom, New Jersey. The organizers of the L.B.I Fly have moved the festival to Ship Bottom. It was to be held in Long Beach Township.
The reason: There’s been too much beach erosion at the location on Long Beach Township. The recent storms have created major beach erosion issues all over the Jersey Shore. So because of that, this very popular kite festival will change locations.
The coolness of the enormous and beautiful kites can’t be overstated On a bright, sunny day the high-flying colorful kites are joyful for all ages. The kites come in all shapes, sizes and colors. A kite festival like this is truly a sight.
Fans of this cool event know that it was formerly held in Ship Bottom. Many comments on social media actually applaud the move. The event will be held between 18th and 25th Streets in Ship Bottom.
The event is October 6th, 7th and 8th. Details of the scheduling changes involved with this announcement can be found here. Friday, it’s Noon to 4p, Saturday 10a til 4p, and Sunday 10a to 4p.
Considering how our local football teams have performed (well, not the Eagles – they’re doing just fine) we’ll need something to entertain ourselves with this weekend.
Here’s some fun facts about The L.B.I Fly International Kite Festival:
- This festival is a yearly free event.
- They expect to be able to fly some kites even if there’s rainy weather.
- Parking is free on local roads
- The public information tent will be at 21st Street in Ship Bottom
- Official merch can be found at the public information tent
- Anyone interested in volunteering for the event should click here.
Late Night Returns From Writers' Strike With These 4 Monologues
After the WGA (Writers Guild of America) came to an agreement recently with new contracts, late-night television programs made their debut back on the air last night (October 2). Writers have been given cost of living increases, will be protected from Artificial Intelligence, and will receive better pay for streaming royalties. Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon have all been off the air for five months. Each host made it clear that they were glad to be back.
RELATED: Jimmy Kimmel Wanted To Retire Before the Writer’s Strike
Kimmel thanked his team of writers for returning in his 17-minute-long monologue. He then expressed that he wishes that striking actors, auto workers, and healthcare workers get the contracts they deserve, too. Meanwhile, Colbert had a two-part opening monologue upon his return to recap “a crazy summer,” totaling around 17 minutes long as well. Meyers kept things short and sweet, primarily focusing on thanking his writers, staff, and audience members. Speaking about their joint podcast while their late-night shows were off the air, Fallon said Strike Force Five donated their earnings to their crew and staff who were striking. His monologue was the shortest, under four minutes long.
The WGA strike began on May 2. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) began its strike on July 14. (SAG-AFTRA is the union representing striking actors.) Both unions have shared reasons for striking. As reported by Deadline at the time, an anonymous studio executive was quoted about the WGA strike that the “endgame” is to allow things to “drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses.” This statement rejuvenated the WGA’s energy around the strike. The Hollywood Reporter has been running “Anonymous Strike Diary,” and wrote, in part, “Thank you, whoever you are. Because those quotes turbocharged us. They reminded every writer why we’re doing this.”
Take a look below at late-night hosts’ first monologues after the writer’s strike.
When Carl is not working at the greatest rock radio station known to mankind; a station known around the globe; a station that has the best music, co-workers, advertisers and most importantly THE BEST F'N LISTENERS you may find me doing any one of the following: Riding or making mountain bike trails. playing with his kids. playing sand volleyball on 5th Ave, cooking amazing food, including on his sweet smoker grill, going to concerts, swimming in the ocean, going to amusement parks with his kids, and other stuff that rocks!
