Sound Waves
The Musical Marriage of Herb Moore & Terry Dougherty
If you’ve spent any time in Cape May over the past two and a half decades, chances are you’ve heard them.
Arts & Culture
The Islander
Zack Mullock
Since childhood, Zack Mullock has been shaped and molded by community and family for his current role as Cape May’s mayor.
Artist in Residence
Linda Guarente
“The heron creates its own beauty, particularly in the wintertime when all is quiet and beautiful from a snowy day.”
Antiquing Around Town
Mourning Hair Art Jewelry
With Halloween just around the corner, we’ll take a look at an item rather ghoulish but fascinating: mourning jewelry.
Victorian Vignette
The Aesthetic Movement
Art for the sake of art was a completely new and distasteful idea for some Victorians.
Sound Waves
Gordon Vincent
Cape May’s resident songwriting sage opens up about his process, his projects, and the quiet art of keeping things real.
The Islander
Karen Thompson
With over 20 retail shops spanning three states, Karen Thompson is an entrepreneurial powerhouse.
Artisans Corner
Anthony Hillman
“Carvings start with a pencil profile drawing to make a pattern. Sometimes I draw directly on the wood itself. Once I started carving, some of my friends wanted decoys and I added this craft to my repertoire.”
Artist in Residence
Karen Calastri
“This painting was inspired by one of my favorite places to watch a beautiful sunset.”
Antiquing Around Town
Bakelite
In 1907, while experimenting to create an alternative for shellac, a Belgian chemist discovered a new product. He named it Bakelite
Victorian Vignette
The Cakewalk: A dancefull of curves and resistance
The irony of the phrase is that the dance itself was no cakewalk.
Sound Waves
Maddie Hogan
Maddie Hogan has felt her calling since childhood, with her earliest memories of singing Disney Princess songs, hitting the notes with uncanny accuracy, and demonstrating that her musical talent was obvious from the start—as well as her belief that dreams come true.
The Islander
Dustin Piccolo
“You can get ice cream anywhere. We want Fine Fellows to be an experience.”
Artisans Corner
Koko Lafferty: Collecting Cape May
What’s the expression? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well, when life gives Koko Lafferty seashells, she makes jewelry.
Artist in Residence
Joel Adas
In this painting, the reflection of a house or cottage interlocks with a phantom boat.
Antiquing Around Town
Fiestaware: The colors that endure
You didn’t have to grow up in the 1950s to remember this colorful earthenware.
Victorian Vignette
Adolphe Sax and his invention: the saxophone
As the musical era of vaudeville and jazz evolved into the early 20th century, the saxophone came to America and took its place in big-band jazz music and as a solo instrument.
Sound Waves
Jazz Night at the Chalfonte Hotel
Carrying on the legacy of jazz nights at the Merion Inn, these Chalfonte gatherings ensure that jazz remains a vital part of Cape May’s cultural fabric.
The Islander
Ross Hammer and Lauren Cavallo
Interview with Ross Hammer and Lauren Cavallo: Entrepreneurs & business owners
Artisans Corner
Beverly Chernaik
For Beverly Chernaik, who splits her time between her homes in Maryland and North Cape May, mosaics have become her absolute favorite creative outlet.
Artist in Residence
Mary Lippincott
“I love making people happy with portraits of their pets. I strive for realism in my artwork.”
Antiquing Around Town
Hurricane Lamps
Thousands of years ago, lamps were made of pottery, carved shells, and other materials. They contained oil derived from animal fat or plants. A fiber, linen, or papyrus wick floated in the oil, providing longer periods of light. In 1780 Aime Argand developed an oil lamp that contained a wick […]
Victorian Vignette
Tattoos: Modern Expression & Ancient Art
“A sailor without a tattoo is like a ship without grog: not seaworthy.” -Samuel O’Reilly, tattooist, 1854–1909 For millennia, humans have tattooed their bodies to express their individuality, chronicling loves, losses, beliefs, victories, affiliations, hopes, and dreams. The oldest human discovered—5,300 years old— had 60 tattoos, and his contemporaries, from […]