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Live Like A Y2K Influencer Instagram Sweepstakes Rules
Must be at least 21 years of age or older to be eligible. Participants must not be a part of any exclusionary lists. Current employees of Ocean Casino Resort are not permitted to participate. Entrants will be able to enter once during an entry period via Instagram during the following timeframes. One (1) entry qualifies a participant for all subsequent drawings: Entry Period: January 25, 2023, 11…
The Festival of Lights is Celebrated This Year At Makai
Ocean Casino Resort, is the premier place to spend the holiday season, and that includes, Hanukkah, . This year, we are celebrating the Festival of Lights with an exceptionally special Hanukkah menu at one of our newest additions to the Ocean Casino Resort dining experience,, Makai, . From Sunday 11/28 through Monday 12/06, we will be offering traditional dishes, but with a truly one of a kind island twist. Additionally, Ocean Casino Resort will be contributing a monetary donation to the, Jewish Family Services, of Atlantic City, in support of Makai’s Hanukkah menu. To start off the day, breakfast will consist of classic Hanukkah specials like, Smoked Salmon Eggs Benny’s, with potato latke, furiyake spinach and yuzu hollandaise and the decadent, Challah French Toast, , complete with macadamia, white chocolate and a divine toasted coconut guava rum syrup., Classic Kugel, gets infused with some Makai influence with pineapple, raisins, cinnamon and mint included in this dish. If you are looking to start off your Makai experience with an appetizer, the, Potato Latkes, with a unique caramelized pineapple sauce and scallion sour cream) is a sure bet, and the, Matzo Ball Soup, with roast duck & black tip scallion is a rare delight that must be tried. Brisket is a Hanukkah favorite, so the, Kona Beef Brisket Sandwich, complete with island slaw & pineapple on a Hawaiian sweet roll and served with Yuka Fries is a sure bet to satisfy your seasonal cravings. Entrees showcase everything from the, Huli Huli Roast Chicken, served alongside red cabbage and maui onion jus and the, Kona Beef Brisket, with a mango date sauce, ginger tzimmes and dill potatoes. The, Za’atar Crusted Salmon, is served alongside a perfectly charred bok choy and a uniquely wonderful miso mustard sauce. Dessert is a requirement on both Hanukkah and during a visit to Makai, and we have several options available to satisfy any craving. The, Rugalach, is a sweet pasty of nuts, raisins and fruit perfect for those of any age that are celebrating. The, Chocolate Gelt Martini, is the quintessential adult dessert, combining Chopin potato vodka, Godiva chocolate liqueur, and Goldschlager., For more information about Hanukah at Makai, visit our website.
Presidents Weekend at Ocean
Jingle Bell Bar Brings Holiday Magic To Ocean Casino Resort
The holidays always seem to provide a little extra sparkle, which is on full display at Ocean Casino Resort this season. This year, Ocean is transforming 1927 Lounge into a glittering Winter Wonderland, as the, Jingle Bell Bar: A Holiday Pop-Up Experience, becomes one of the “musts” on your holiday wish list. Entering 1927 Lounge (from Friday, November 24th through Sunday, December 31st) you are immediately transported to a whimsical winter experience, just steps away from the casino floor. The Jingle Bell Bar features a selection of seasonal cocktails and nostalgic décor along with holiday-themed entertainment every weekend, sure to make you you…, The Grinch, (Malibu, Melon Liqueur, Pineapple, Sour Mix, Red Candy Heart) and , Top Shelf Elf, ( Grey Goose La Poire, Bitter Truth Pimento Dram, Apple Cider, Ginger Beer, Lemon) will help you ring in the holidays decadently. Other selections like the , Poinsettia Margarita, ( Espolon Blanco, Pom juice, Triple Sec, Lime, Simple Syrup, Sugar Rim ) or the , The Little Drummer Boy, ( Stoli Vanil, Chocolate Liqueur, White Crème de Cacao, Half & Half, Whipped Cream) are just some of the unique cocktails you can choose from. In support of the Jingle Bell Bar, Ocean is going to be making a monetary donation to Atlantic City Toys for Kids. As a local organization, Atlantic City Toys for Kids has worked for close to four decades visiting local hospitals and nursing…, For more information on Jingle Bell Bar, check out our, website
Covenant House Atlantic City Holds Their 'Sleep Out' & Raises $245,000
Throughout New Jersey,, Covenant House, has locations that provide sanctuary and support for youth ages 18-21 facing homelessness and human trafficking. The Garden State locations can be found in both Northern New Jersey-- Asbury Park, Jersey City--and also in Southern New Jersey, including the Atlantic City location, which Ocean Casino Resort remains a proud supporter. Covenant House New Jersey offers their free services to youth…, Chris O’Connor, Vice President of Player Development, , gave up his own bed for the evening and slept outside in a box, all to raise awareness for homeless youth in Atlantic City. Sleep Out this year raised, $11,829.00, for the Covenant House. In addition, Chris was named Rookie of the Year by the Covenant House, which also named him as the Sleep Out participant who raised the most money. This year, the seventy five Sleep Out participants raised, $245,771.00, to benefit Covenant House Atlantic City. , For more information on Covenant House Atlantic City, check out their, website
Exhale Spa's New Seaweed Ocean Wrap Is The Perfect Cure For Your Cold Weather Skin
Listed as the #1 Spa in New Jersey (courtesy of Spas of America), Exhale Spa continues to find new and inventive ways to help our customers luxuriate and relax. On December 1st, we will be officially launching a brand new signature therapy, the, Seaweed Ocean Wrap, . While seaweed wraps are typically known to enhance skin toning, relaxation, and sweating (for detoxification) , the exclusive Seaweed Ocean Wrap takes rejuvenation to the next level. From beginning to end, the Seaweed Ocean Wrap is a luxurious experience. Our specialists utilize a Sugar Body Polish along with a seaweed gel body mask, which will exfoliate your skin in a nourishing and ultra-…, The Seaweed Ocean Wrap can be booked beginning December 1st at Exhale Spa. Please call 609-783-8700 for more information.
Sarah Brightman Brings "A Christmas Symphony" To Ovation Hall
Whether you fell in love with her lush vocals through her classical recordings or during her star turning performance in The Phantom of the Opera or on a dance floor to her remixes to songs like "Harem", once you hear Sarah Brightman's music, you are an instant fan. The woman that has pioneered the classical crossover movement is now bringing "A Christmas Symphony" to Ocean's Ovation Hall on…, Michael Cook: You are returning to the stage and to touring this year with your Sarah Brightman-A Christmas Symphony show coming to Ovation Hall on Saturday December 4th. What is it like to finally be able to return to the stage after the extended pause we all had to take with the pandemic? , Sarah Brightman: It is such a relief. Not just to be performing again, but to employ everybody. So many people that are revered in music and the arts, they have been delivering packages and things like that, just to keep going; it has been so hard for everyone. For everyone to be able to go back to doing what they know they are able to do, it is really just fantastic. It is not only a relief for…, MC: The holidays are always magical, but for you to be able to perform a holiday show like A Christmas Symphony probably makes this time of year that much sweeter, is that fair to say? , SB: You know, it’s so funny because last year we were right in the middle of everything and Britain had locked down quite heavily. I knew that Christmas was going to be horrible for everyone that celebrates it, so I thought that maybe I could stream something? We put together a show for streaming through my website and it did incredibly well. I wanted everyone who watched it to feel that we…, MC: A Sarah Brightman concert is always a treat, but showcasing people like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Aled Jones takes it to another level, particularly for the LGBTQ community. How sweet must it have been to get the chance to reunite with people you have collaborated with for this holiday show?, SB: It was really great to get together just to help everyone else, especially at that tricky time. I have known Aled since he was a boy and of course Andrew, he was so desperate to get theater going again and did a lot of hard work in this country to deal with the government. He was working to make sure that they knew that actors and actresses have to have a voice at this time. They were the…, MC: As a performer, what do you think is the highest note that you can hit? , SB: Well that is difficult to say. Whether you want a high note with perfect quality…what happens is you get older and you can't reach those kind of high notes. The voice is like a wine, it becomes richer. Your higher notes are better. I can go to a top C, but I may prefer to sit with a high note of a G or an A, it may sound better than the top C; it’s richer there and you get more enjoyment…, MC: That is a fantastic point; “the voice becomes richer” . So many times, as artists progress in their career, people try to zero in on when they think they are not sounding like they always have. It sounds like though, that they are not supposed to. , SB: It’s supposed to change, you have to think of it as a wine. Like a really good wine that has all of that youth and freshness when it’s younger and then as it matures it actually becomes more of what people want. Actually, it is lots of fun to work with as you get older. There is a repertoire that you would not have touched when you were younger, and now that you are older you are allowed.…, MC: Casey Wilson mentioned in her book The Wreckage Of My Presence that she sang “Send in The Clowns” at an audition and was not nearly ready from a life perspective and told the story brilliantly; it’s the same kind of idea. , SB: That’s true. Speaking of A Little Night Music , I went to see it in the summer when some theaters were doing their thing at the Buxton International Festival production. It was the first time back for the audience, they all sat very politely with their masks on, and there were all of these rules. At the end, people were crying; it was such a relief to see something and to be involved in…, MC: So many discovered you on a dance floor to the brilliant remixes of your music like 'Harem'. When did you look around and notice that you had a remarkably large LGBTQ fan base? , SB: Well my brother is gay and and he would love what I did. He would collect all of my albums and the newspaper articles, so that was my first experience. When I was doing records like “I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper” when I was hanging out in the late 70’s with Amanda Lear, I had a gay following then; it has always been there. The gay community has such a great taste for what is coming…, , MC: The past year and a half has been truly life-changing for so many people. What do you think you have learned about yourself as a person and a performer in the past year and a half? , SB: Probably how many things I got wrong! How precious everything was that I worked for. Communicating with other people in what I do. I felt lucky because I could be with my family, but it was about the gifts that I have been given; I was just so desperate to use them again. I think that is really what I learned., Sarah Brightman appears at Ovation Hall this Saturday, December 4th (tickets available here ).
Ocean Casino Resort Celebrates Thanksgiving By Giving Back To The Atlantic City Community
Thanksgiving is a special time for family, friends, and gratitude. This year, as part of Ocean Casino Resort's inaugural " Season of Giving ," we gave thanks to members of the Atlantic City community by spreading holiday cheer from The Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City, all the way to AtlantiCare!, Ocean Casino Resort Hosts "Friendsgiving" Dinner at The Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City, Turkey was roasting, sweet potatoes were sizzling, and asparagus was frying at The Boys & Girls Club Teen Center last Wednesday, as Ocean's culinary team showed kids how to prepare a mouthwatering Thanksgiving feast. Rocco's Italian Kitchen & Market 's very own Chef Julian Colon lead the students in preparing each dish, until it was time for the meal to be served to over 150 members of…, Thanksgiving Dinner at AtlantiCare, As a special thank you to the staff caring for COVID-19 patients at AtlantiCare's Atlantic City campus, our culinary team prepared and delivered over 50 individually wrapped Thanksgiving dinners. Local healthcare professionals on the frontline got to enjoy delicious turkey wraps, green salads, crudités, pie, and cookie s! , Thanksgiving lunch at Adelaide’s Place, Our culinary team provided a delicious lunch to the women in Adelaide’s Place, a center for disadvantaged women in Atlantic City. Our team members also surprised each woman with a special Tumi puffer jacket. LEARN MORE ABOUT OCEAN'S SEASON OF GIVING
DJ Dahve
Don't miss out on, DJ Dahve , at Nola's Bar & Lounge on, Tuesday, December 26 , at, 6PM, ! Nola’s is a 21+ venue with valid photo ID.
Anthony Wilkinson Brings "My Big Gay Italian Wedding" To Ocean Casino Resort
As live performances return to Ocean Casino Resort, that also includes phenomenal Off-Broadway productions like Anthony Wilkinson's My Big Gay Italian Christmas . As the fourth production in a series of now four smash Off-Broadway productions, My Big Gay Italian Christmas is sure to bring the hilarity, heart, and surprises that the first three productions did from this multiple Emmy-winning…, MC: You’re bringing My Big Gay Italian Christmas to Ocean Casino Resort on December 18th. What does it feel like to bring your production to a property that you love so much?, Anthony Wilkinson: I am excited, not really nervous. I am excited because it is my home away from home; I have been coming to Ocean as a player since it opened. The people that are there have become like family. It is a very cool vibe there because I know everyone. I am really excited because we are finally going to get to do one of my shows there. , MC: Writers are always encouraged to “write what you know” which many consider the keys to their success. Did you ever dream when you wrote your first production that it would become what it has become? , AW: I never thought that, no (laughs). With My Big Italian Wedding , I had no idea that it was going to take on the life that it did. I thought that it was just going to run for a year or a year and a half if we were lucky. Mostly because of Wedding , the excitement built because of the whole marriage equality movement. That really projected us into where we are today, it is amazing how the shows…, MC: The backbone of the shows always remain a strong and massively funny Italian family. Did it ever cross your mind to not write one thing or another because it may offend someone? Or did you simply decide you were going to write what you wanted to? , AW: I decided I was just going to write what I wanted. What I write is what I believe, like you said I write what I know. All of my stories are half fiction & half non-fiction. They’re based on some kind of reality. That is what I think is interesting for a lot of people because they see themselves in a lot of these stories. So often, people come up to me and say that they went through "…, MC: You are a Daytime Emmy winner for One Life to Live , writing for families like the Lords and the Buchanans. Do you think that writing for soaps helped in writing your stage productions? , AW: I would definitely say that my soap background comes through in a lot of my shows. A lot of people have said through the years in reviews that some of the shows have that soapy element. Wiring on a soap opera, the arc of the story was something that played on and on through all of the years that I was there. It was a different type of writing when you’re writing for a soap operas, but it …, MC: You wrote for One Life To Live for so long and won three Daytime Emmy Awards. I have to ask, where do you keep your Emmy Awards? So many people keep them in crazy places! , AW: (laughs) I keep them in my office at work. , MC: When writing for One Life To Live , you got to see LGBTQ people start to come to prominence on daytime soaps. Was it surreal seeing the life people like you were living start to be played out on-screen? , AW: Absolutely. When I first started as an intern in 1995, it was definitely not the story; it was more traditional type of stories. You did not see LGBT related stories; before I got there, they did a story with the AIDS epidemic, but that was it. It was very taboo at the time. As time progressed, you started to see more. I was very proud of some of the stories that we did; they involved LGBTQ…, MC: Everyone has their passion projects; The Trevor Project is so important to you personally. What makes it so important to you personally? , AW: I was bullied as a child. I attempted suicide and had all kinds of problems when I was in my early teens; I was home schooled for a year and a half because I was afraid to leave my house. I was fortunate because I had a support system at home and at my high school, but I put it away and never looked back. When I turned thirty, I was asked to come to my school and talk about my story and I…, MC: For an outgoing and creative type of person as yourself, the last two years not being able to be on stage was probably immensely challenging. , AW: Absolutely. Between running my own shows and seeing all of these shows get pulled, it was just terrible. We had to reschedule so much. It was a tough time for all of us in the industry, but at least now we are at a place where people are excited to get back to live theater and I am excited to help bring it back. , MC: What do you think is the biggest lesson that you have taken from the past eighteen months of not being able to perform live? , AW: I definitely didn’t like being alone for so long, I was losing my mind (laughs)! Not having the venue and not performing, it helped me appreciate what we have and the things in life that we took for granted. You still need a vaccine card and to wear a mask to see a Broadway show; some people don't mind, but it does make you miss the days where we didn't have to worry about such things. If…, My Big Gay Italian Christmas comes to Ovation Hall on December 18th, 2021 at 8PM., , Visit theoceanac.com for more informa, t, ion,