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Feed Your Soul

Konscious Youth Development and Service [KYDS], a holistic youth support nonprofit, will host an information session from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at Monday at Kula Café, located at 1201 Springwood Ave. The event is being held to garner volunteers and support for program facilitation, events, marketing, administration and social media. The event kicks off with a mindful meditation. For more information, email info@konscious.org or visit www.konscious.org.

Comedian Open Mic

Anchor’s Bend launches its 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday night Comedy Open Mic. Funny men and women will get 5 minutes stints at creating a bit of levity June 20 through July 11. The inaugural event will be hosted by Jess Alaimo with special guest comedian Joe McAndrew. To sign up, email AsburyComedy@gmail.com. Anchor’s Bend is located inside Convention Hall at 1300 Ocean Ave. For more information, visit their Facebook page.

Ice Cream with a Cop

The Ocean Township Police Department will host Ice Cream With A Cop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The department has partnered with Igloo Ice Cream, who will be bringing their truck to the event at Joe Palaia Park. A social media blast will be sent to confirm the exact location within the park, officials said. For more information, click here.

Babes In Business Meetup

The support networking group Babes In Business will hold its next meet up from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Asbury, located at 210 Fifth Ave. Featured speakers Sarah Potter, Abby Taylor and Anne Hamilton will unveil how they turned what they love into their careers. Tickets are $5, in support of the Boys and Girls Club of Asbury Park. For more information, visit their Facebook page.

Sunset Lake Footbridge

Local officials say it is as old as the city itself and they invite the public to celebrate the Sunset Avenue Footbridge [shown in featured photo] reopening 4 p.m  Friday on the Fifth Avenue side. While the original construction date for the footbridge isn’t clear, records exist for the 1888 reconstruction of an Emory Street Bridge, updated to carry streetcar tracks for trolleys running from Deal Lake to the Central Business District, city officials said. Historic aerial photographs and postcards show the bridge going back to 1930, with a 1945 rebuild to remove the trolley tracks, which were by then out of use. The only documented repair for the footbridge was for a full deck replacement in 2006. Closed since the 2012 Superstorm Sandy damages, the bridge replacement and enhancement work was primarily funded by FEMA. For more about the history, click here.

Asbury Park SuperFest

A celebration for classic R&B and funk music, Asbury Park SuperFest will be held from noon to 9 p.m Saturday in Sunset Park, 404 Fifth Ave. Legendary groups from the 70’s headline, including the BarKays, SLAVE, the Mary Jane Girls and Lakeside. Local acts include Joe Keys and the Late Bloomers Band, the El Maroc Band and D.J. M.I.X.Tickets are $30 via eventbrite.com.

New Jersey and the Great War Exhibit

A new exhibit – New Jersey & the Great War: Local Stories of World War I – opens Sunday at the Richmond Gallery in Eden Woolley House, located at 703 Deal Rd. Among the featured visul anecdotes is that of Accadia, Italy native Joe Marino [born Giuseppe Maranaccio], an Asbury Park resident, who was captured and imprisoned in Austria. Near the end of the war, he escaped and walked under cover of darkness the hundreds of miles back to his village, organizers said.. His sweetheart, assuming him dead, had married. Heartbroken, Joe moved to Rome where he worked three years to save the money to immigrate to the states. He married, fathered four children and became the Marino’s Bar on Main Street. An opening reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, click here.

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