Jessica Quill and Ernest White got engaged Valentine's Day onstage at the HOB.
Love was really in the air during a Valentine’s Day concert Tuesday at the House of Blues. As Grammy nominated artist Marsha Ambrosius performed “Say Yes,” Jessica Quill of Pottstown, Pa. did just that when her longtime boyfriend Ernest White took center stage with ring in hand and proposed.
The versatile Jamie Foxx will be in town next weekend for two different shows, his Foxxhole Comedy Jam Friday, July 1, at Caesars and a musical show Sunday, July 3, at the House of Blues. Besides Horrible Bosses, his new film coming out July 8, the movie site Deadline.com reports that Foxx is in negotiations to star in Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, playing the title character in Django Unchained.
I had a chance to talk with him about his career and his upcoming shows in A.C. Check it out.
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tertainment is celebrating Mardi Gras with a series of fun events at Showboat true to “N’awlins” traditions!
The fun starts Tuesday, March 8, at 3pm for the highly anticipated Fat Tuesday King Cake Eating World Championship. Twelve of the world’s best Major League Eaters will gather at Showboat Casino in Atlantic City for a chance to win cash prizes as well as bragging rights! Competitors will include Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti, Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, and Bob “Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt. The eight-minute contest will take place at the House of Blues Restaurant in Showboat. Showboat will award $2,500 to the top finisher. Second place will earn $1,000 and the third-place finisher will receive $500.
For guests who think they have what it takes to compete alongside these MLE champions, there will be a special drawing to determine which amateur will challenge the pros for a shot at King Cake Glory. The drawing will take place at 2:30pm, March 8, at the House of Blues courtyard.
Throughout the day there will also be a Mardi Gras Sweepstakes taking place from 2-6pm in which guests can swipe in at promotional kiosks to activate their free entry into the Mardi Gras Sweepstakes. Drawings will be held at 4, 5 and 6pm at the Front Stage in Showboat lobby. There will be a grand prize drawing at 7pm, during which the names of 11 contestants will be drawn and given a mini king cake. In true Mardi Gras tradition, one of the mini king cakes will have a plastic baby hidden inside. Whoever receives the king cake with the plastic baby inside will receive the grand prize of $10,000 cash.
In this week’s issue of Atlantic City Weekly, the ticket prices for the Ludacris show at the House of Blues were listed incorrectly. The prices for the show are $35 and $40 plus fees, not $70 and $75. Go here for more information on the show.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The Frankadelics, a locally based, four-man ensemble fusing funk, blues, country, rock and R&B in a way that has to be heard to be appreciated, is alive and well and sounding better than ever.
The quartet (left and below) performed with Alan Weber and Frenz at the Cape May Jazz Festival last Saturday, Nov. 7, and can be seen on a monthly basis the House of Blues lounge and other locations. Fronted by Frank DiNunzio III on his customized 1947 Gibson electric guitar (signed by the late, legendary Les Paul), the group also includes Tony Day on drums, Chris Quaile on upright bass, and Larry Larrabee on blues harmonica.
DiNunzio, grandson of an innovative bass player with the same name who performed with the late, renowned marimba player Reg Kehoe, and a third-generation musician originally from Harrisburg, Pa., hopes to become involved with Armed Forces Entertainment, an adjunct of the Department of Defense that boosts morale and provides a variety of entertainment to U.S. military personnel stationed around the world.
“It would involve going out for two to four weeks to places like Greenland, Africa, Japan, all over Europe, South America, the Carribbean — it would be quite an experience, and a very worthy cause,” says DiNunzio.
