LBI "Welcomes Summer"

It has been a long winter, and the business organizations on and around Long Beach Island have been planning the first offical Opening of the Beach and Welcoming of  Summer on May 21 beginning at 1030am at the 17th Street Beach entrance in Ship Bottom.

Families and beach goers have their choice of activities happening in the morning; which  will kick off with a free LBI Surf Fishing Clinic on the 17th Street Beach hosted by Oceanside Bait and Tackle at 1030am, as well as a " Welcome the Summer Breeze" Kite Contest sponsored by The Breeze FM  Radio Station.

Look for events happening throughout the day at Long Beach Islsnd Foundation of Arts & Sciences Green Business Panel will be hosting a live broadcast featuring enviormentally minded businesses, Sidewalk Sales in Ship Bottom, Anniversary of the Sneakbox at Tuckerton Seaport  and other activities throughout the region.  For information contact the Southern Ocean County Chamber Of Commerce at visitLBIregion.

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Irish Arts Day in Harvey Cedars

Irish Art Day at the Maris Stella Retreat and Conference Center, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Island.  Irish Art Day features artwork, music and dance.  Admission and refreshments are free.  A multimedia program about the Book of Kells will be conducted also.

Music by Odes and Aires starts with harping starting sometime around 1:00 PM with piping just after. Come have some soda bread and tap your feet to our jigs and reels.

The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks ca. 800 or slightly earlier. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure.

The illustrations and ornamentation of the Book of Kells surpass that of other Insular Gospel books in extravagance and complexity. The decoration combines traditional Christian iconography with the ornate swirling motifs typical of Insular art. Figures of humans, animals and mythical beasts, together with Celtic knots and interlacing patterns in vibrant colors, enliven the manuscript's pages. Many of these minor decorative elements are imbued with Christian symbolism and so further emphasize the themes of the major illustrations.

The manuscript takes its name from the Abbey of Kells that was its home for centuries. Today, it is on permanent display at the Trinity College Library, Dublin.

Irish Art Day takes place on February 26th at the Maris Stella Retreat and Conference Center, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Island, 72nd Street and Long Beach Blvd, Harvey Cedars, between 1 and 4 PM.

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