ATLANTIC CITY — Because A Time For Wine II opened its doors in July 2012, and undisputed political boss Enoch “Nucky” Johnson died in 1968, the two never got to actually unite … until now!

Finally A Time For Wine II and Nucky will get to meet mano a mano, sort of. The premium cigar, beer, and spirit outlet — located on the second level of Caesars Atlantic City — will host a special book signing of author Frank J. Ferry’s biographical work Nucky: The Real Story of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Boss on Friday, April 19, from 7-9pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Ferry will sign copies of the book to all fans in attendance. A Time For Wine II will raise the stakes by treating all in attendance to a special free-of-charge sampling of their exclusive Nucky’s Boardwalk Red and Nucky’s Speak Easy Reserve wines.

“Frank is a dear friend and a talented author,” says Janet Markowitz, A Time For Wine II owner and a Margate resident.  “A Time For Wine II is extremely proud to host a book signing of such high caliber and at the same time showcase the signature Nucky wine series to Atlantic City locals and visitors.”

HBO‘s Boardwalk Empire has signed actress Patricia Arquette for Season 4 in a major recurring role opposite star Steve Buscemi.

She will play Sally Wheet, a tough-as-nails Tampa speakeasy owner with connections to local gangsters.

Season 4 of the award-winning HBO drama series is currently in production for a debut later this year.

Cast additions also include new regulars Ron Livingston and Jeffrey Wright and recurring Brian Geraghty and Eric Ladin.

This marks Arquette’s first major series since Medium.

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ATLANTIC CITY — Frank Ferry’s relationship with the late, legendary Atlantic City powerbroker Enoch “Nucky” Johnson grew out of a 1964 legal case in which Ferry, then a young lawyer appointed assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New Jersey, helped Johnson beat an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to collect $20,000 from a tax-evasion conviction 23 years prior. The two remained close friends for the next four years, until Johnson’s death in 1968.

Attorney and author Frank J. Ferry

It is nearly a certainty that nobody still alive knows more than Ferry about the life of Nucky Johnson, who bestowed his memoir upon Ferry and is the subject of his book Nucky: The Real Story of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Boss. Ferry began writing the book 13 years ago and just released it in January during a book signing at A.C.’s historic Knife & Fork Inn.

Along with Johnson’s memoirs and a close personal relationship with him, Ferry researched his life through transcripts of FBI interviews, trial testimony, and recollections from stories told to him by his mother, who also knew Johnson well. This Saturday, March 9, at 11am, Ferry will discuss his book at the Atlantic City Free Public Library’s second-floor meeting room (1 N. Tennessee Ave.) The discussion is free and open to the public, and registration is not required.

Call 345-2269, ext. 3112, for more information, or to learn more about Nucky Johnson (whose fictionalized character in the award-winning HBO series Boardwalk Empire, Nucky Thompson, is based on Judge Nelson Johnson’s 2002 book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City), visit the library’s Atlantic City Experience Web site at atlanticcityexperience.org.

The following updates have been posted on the Downbeach Film Festival Web site:

The first…
1. We have cancelled the awards reception at Showboat on Sunday night. The awards ceremony at Dante Hall will be held as scheduled at 7 p.m.

and… regarding the Revel party:

2. CREDENTIAL UPDATE: For filmmakers and VIP pass holders attending the party at Revel, you must pick up credentials and wristbands outside the Orleans Room at Showboat Friday night between 6 and 9 p.m. If you come to Revel without them, security might deny entrance. We have no room to handle credentials at Revel. Best bet? Go to Showboat and attend an evening with Robert Downey, Sr. and see Putney Swope.

and now, for the festival venues:

The 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest announces four venues for film screenings: Presenting sponsor, Dante Hall Theater, will host films Saturday and Sunday. Showboat will host the opening night film on Friday night. Carnegie Center will show films on Saturday as well, and Golden Nugget will provide a second venue for Sunday afternoon.

Regarding special Saturday screening of Boardwalk Empire:
HBO has granted permission for the Downbeach Film Festival to screen a not-yet-aired episode of season three of “Boardwalk Empire” at the 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest. The episode will air at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 13 at Dante Hall Theater, 14 N. Mississippi Avenue. Terrence Winter, series creator, head writer and producer, will moderate the program and hold a Q&A afterwards in Dante Hall Theater, 14 N. Mississippi Ave., Atlantic City. The screening will precede a filmmaking panel discussion where Winter wil lbe one of the participants.

The schedule for the 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest includes:
SCHEDULE 2012 ATLANTIC CITY CINEFEST

Friday, October 12th

Showboat Atlantic City
ORLEANS ROOM

7 p.m.     An Evening with Robert Downey Sr. – $5
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
**Putney Swope (84 mins)

**For Open-Minded Mature Audiences

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Now this is pretty funny…

The real 'Nucky.'

The Atlantic City Historical Museum, presented by the Atlantic City Free Public Library, has unveiled an exhibit dedicated to the 1920s. The exhibit, “The Atlantic City Experience: 1920s,” features information and photographs of Atlantic City boss Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, the man who is the inspiration behind Boardwalk Empire’s fictionalized character Nucky Thompson.

Other Atlantic City icons and landmarks synonymous with that decade are highlighted, including the first Miss America, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Mayor Edward L. Bader and various Boardwalk scenes.

Those wishing to learn more about Nucky’s empire and Atlantic City’s rich history can also visit the museum’s Web site. The site highlights many of the historical resources available at the Atlantic City Free Public Library and showcases them through online exhibits.

Call the museum at 347-5839 for more information.

Rolling Stone’s Web site has an interesting interactive feature for fans of the HBO show Boardwalk Empire.

Click here for RS’s “The Worst Acts of Betrayal on ‘Boardwalk Empire.’

And believe us, there will be more to come this season.

RELATED: Boardwalk Empire Season 3 Guide with candid Terry Winter interview.

RELATED: Terry Winter to speak and show upcoming episode of Boardwalk Empire in Atlantic City on Saturday, Oct. 13.

… that Caesars built.

The lobby at Caesars Atlantic City (above) has been readied for the upcoming season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and the free screening of the third season’s premiere episode Saturday, Sept. 15 in Atlantic City. Click here for details.

Although all of the specifics are not set yet, Caesars Atlantic City WILL be hosting a screening of the premiere episode of the HBO original series Boardwalk Empire in the Circus Maximus Theater on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Season 1 premiere in Atlantic City

Season 2 premiere in Atlantic City

The premiere episode of season 3, “Resolution,” will debut on HBO Sunday, Sept. 16, at 9pm.

According to the show’s creator Terry Winter, the 2012 season of the multiple award-winning HBO series, starring Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, and based in Prohibition era Atlantic City — as well as Chicago, New York and Washington DC — is still being shot, with the season’s final two episodes to end filming in September.

“We are currently shooting episode 11 [and] we are in the process of prepping episode 12, which should start shooting in about a week and that will be it,” Winter told Atlantic City Weekly prior to the Labor Day holiday weekend. “We’ll wrap up at the end of September. So, yeah, we’re coming down the home stretch of season three.”

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Boardwalk Empire’s third season kicks off Sunday, Sept. 16, on HBO and as a new trailer illustrates — Atlantic City will be bloody in 1923.  New actor to the award-winning show, set in Prohibtion era Atlantic City,  Bobby Cannavale, plays a Sicilian gangster who lives in New York and seems to have an enormous chip on his shoulder for Nucky Thompson.

Check out the trailer: