Rick Mellerup is a journalist at The SandPaper Inc. He focuses on themes related to education, the education system, and the arts and entertainment sector, covering topics such as plays and musicals, the music business, concerts and festivals, and entertainment news. His work has been featured in various publications, showcasing his insights into nightlife, school administration, school districts, and relevant legal matters.
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By: Rick Mellerup
The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its lineup of documentary films for its 2026 season. The 18th version of the festival will feature some of most talked-about nonfiction films of the year. A prime example is the 99-minute American film “My NDA,” directed by Juliane Dresser and Miriam Shor, which premiered at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in […]
It’s going to be a jazzy weekend, and more, at the Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College when it will host singer-songwriter-guitarist Raul Midon at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and then the Sentimental Journey Big Band at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 17. Tickets for the Midon show, which will be held in the Gia […]
By: Rick Mellerup
The 2026 Lighthouse International Film Festival will be screening many more full-length documentaries than the eight in the documentary competition that will be judged by industry insiders. There are six more on tap, and that’s before documentary shorts are added to the mix, a list of which has not yet been released. “Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall Of A […]
By: Rick Mellerup
The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its opening and closing nights’ films. The opener is “Chili Finger,” co-directed by Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad. The film is 100 minutes in length. It had its world premiere at the 2026 SXSW Festival in Austin on March 14. It will be screened at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 11 at Surflight […]
By: Rick Mellerup
Maybe there is a new life after all for the Atlantic City International Airport after the demise of its largest carrier, Spirit Airlines. Allegiant Air and Breeze Airlines could replace Spirit as low-cost options to fill Spirit’s void, although they would have to add additional flights to match that now-defunct airline’s schedule, which accounted for 75% of the airport’s flights. […]
By: Rick Mellerup
Of course the Lighthouse International Film Festival is centered around films, scores of them, be it feature-length narratives, feature-length documentaries, surf features, New School/Parsons films, Dark Horse features (horror and science fiction), a TV and web series competition, and more shorts of every type than you can shake a stocky stick at. Films will be shown at four venues: Surflight […]
The first thing about Surflight Theatre’s current musical, “A Grand Night for Singing,” is this – the cast consisting of Danny Crowe, Taylor Hilt Mitchell, Ashley Nicole Martin, Melanie Becker and Christine Suddeth is absolutely wonderful. Under the direction of director/choreographer Elizabeth Troxler and accompanied by an on-stage band led by conductor/pianist Ricky Pope, along with Luke Piszar on bass, […]
By: Rick Mellerup
The Stafford Township Arts Center has announced “Saturdays in Stafford,” a Fall 2026 Saturday-night entertainment series presenting live music or comedy at 8 o’clock. It will kick off on Oct. 3 with “The Royal Scam,” a tribute to Steely Dan. Stafford Township’s own Chris Fritz will be the opening act. On Oct. 10, comedian Colin Quinn will take the stage. […]
By: Rick Mellerup
Darkhouse films are a major part of the Lighthouse International Film Festival. The Darkhouse genre consists of horror and sci-fi, period. The films in the narrative category aren’t broken down to drama, comedy and thrillers. Some shorts are just a few minutes long, while some others hit or even pass the 30-minute mark. What exactly is the cutoff? Documentaries can […]
There were only two local contested primary races in Southern Ocean County this year, both on the Republican side. In Tuckerton, Councilman Michael Dupuis
