Author: Joe D’Aquila

A team of aspiring movie makers from South Jersey banded together last year to enter a short film challenge called the 48-Hour Project in Philadelphia. At the outset of the…

For most people, the movies hold a special place in their hearts, or often it’s one particular movie or another that strikes a chord. “I’m a huge ‘Jaws’ fan,” said…

INTRODUCTION AS POSTED ON PAGE 2 OF OUR APRIL ISSUE: Welcome to The South Jersey Local! Usually I use this space to talk about the overall theme we have for…

With spring ready to be sprung and our region coming out of one of the harshest winters in recent memory, the opening day for a garden center served as a…

The following account comes to us from Laura Basara of the Rescue Kitty organization in Gloucester County. In it she details a recent situation in South Jersey, where hers and…

The Cape May Stage theater company recently announced their full season of programming for 2026, and it’s a slate packed with opportunities for entertainment, engagement and enlightenment to be had…

For our look at stage productions in Salem County, we turned to the Blue Moon Theatre in Woodstown. The theater’s founder and owner Cheryl Stark went out of her way…

Despite her new venture as the owner of Eclipse Brewing, Megan Hilbert said she had never really been a big fan of beer personally “I did not like beer at…

Ed Goodavage is a singer-songwriter from the Cape May area who plays in a thrash metal band, and now finds himself in the center of a growing comedy community at…

Citing a lack of consistent written accounts about community theater productions in the area, one local theater enthusiast took it upon herself to create a group dedicated to reviewing stage…