John Higbee

The Super Sizzlin’ Summer Concert to benefit the Community Food Bank of New Jersey is scheduled for Sunday, July 25, at the Pleasantville Music Shoppe, 13-15 East Black Horse Pike in Pleasantville.
The event will take place in the piano presentation room starting at 1pm. Entertainers scheduled to perform include Sacred Sword starring local rock legend John Higbee (from approx. 1-1:45pm), Tom Hauck and the Neatles with special guest Adam Berado (2-2:45pm), and Jim Craine and the Atlantic City All Star Band with special guest NBC-TV 40’s Michelle Dawn Mooney (3-4:30pm). Admission is free, but please bring non-perishable food to donate to Community Food Bank of New Jersey.
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The Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s 15th annual Have a Heart for Hunger Chance Auction is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, at the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township. Doors open at noon for a prize preview and ticket sales. The prize drawings take place 1:30-6pm. The entry fee is $5 and includes refreshments.
Presented by AtlantiCare, the hospital will hold a mini-health fair. Michelle Dawn Mooney from NBC-TV 40 and David Allen Pratt from WTKU radio will emcee this day-long event. Auction items include electronics, appliances, entertainment packages, home décor, fashion accessories, toys, sporting goods and more.
“With the need at its highest in FoodBank history, we’re hoping to hit fundraising records to help us in our mission to fight hunger and poverty,” says Margie Barham, executive director of the CFB-Southern Branch, in a media release.
For more information call  (609) 383-8843 or go here.

The 2nd Annual Atlantic City Weekly Nightlife Awards took place at Boogie Nights at Resorts, Atlantic City. Readers of Atlantic City Weekly voted for the best of Nightlife in the Greater Atlantic City and Atlantic County Area of the New Jersey Shore. The event was hosted by Scotty and JoJo of WJSE 102.7. Guest presenters from Atlantic City Weekly, NBC TV 40, the Courier Post and the Philadelphia Daily News participated in the 2010 Nightlife Awards. Camera by Christine Steiner. Video Production by Lew Steiner.

Atlantic City Nightlife Awards 2010 – Video by Lew Steiner and Chris Steiner

La Fontana Restaurant in Margate will be hosting a dinner concert featuring singer/songwriter and NBC-TV 40 news anchor Michelle Dawn Mooney (pictured left) this Sunday, Aug. 30. The event begins 7pm and a donation from the proceeds will benefit Gilda’s Club of South Jersey — a cancer support group based in Linwood. The cost is $44.95 per person, and guests will have their choice of entrees that include Chicken Marsala, Veal Scallopini, Tilapia Livornese, as well as several delectable appetizers, pastas, soup or salad, a beverage and dessert. For reservations or more information, please call (609) 822-7460.

Cincinnati born, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Phil Cody (left) will be appearing at the Trinity Irish Pub on Thursday, July 30, at 7:30pm. The show is free to all who would like to attend. Performing at 8:30pm is singer/songwriter Michelle Dawn Mooney (below), who may be best known locally as the television news anchor for NBC-TV 40 in Atlantic City.
Cody released a critically acclaimed album in the late 1990s on Interscope Records , as well as two self-released records, and he’s performed with such esteemed artists like Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon and Steve Earle. A direct descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody, Phil Cody’s story-based, introspective lyrics have brought comparisons to such luminaries as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Despite a growing following, Cody took an extended sabbatical to focus on raising a family. He began work on a new record, set for release later this year, and this will be his first tour of the East Coast in almost a decade. He was one of the headliners of the Singer-Songwriter Showcase this past March at Historic Congress Hall in Cape May, and his set received rave reviews.