A FREE Empowering Event where we delve into crucial discussions surrounding women in business and life, the power of women supporting women, and the undeniable truth that we are more alike than we are different.

Learn what LBIF has to offer as a wedding venue!

Take a tour of LBIF's beautiful grounds and facility with LBIF's Wedding and Special events coordinator Jaime Caravella, and meet the the Preferred Wedding Vendors that LBIF loves and supports. This lively event will feature live music from some of LBIF's preferred bands and D.J.s along with bridal gowns, accessories, photo booths, and more.

Participating vendors include but are not limited to:

Kate and Allys (LBIF's Exclusive Caterer)

Ordained Minister Joe Mangino

Ann Coen Photography

Anchored Events (event rentals)

FBM Bridal (Bridal Gowns and accessories)

Stylus DJ

The Pour Boys Band

CWE Entertainment

ShooBoo Shuttle (Transportation)

Luxury Suite Mobile Restroom

Caught Ya Lookin Photo Booth

Stephanie Somodi Invitations

Ice Cream Emergency

Rae of Sunshine (florist)

Poe Road Posies (florist)

Reed Event Design (florist)

Rustic Drift (Event Rental/Decor)

Barrel Mobile Bar

Join the LBIF on February 17th, 2024, for a special screening of My Love Affair With Marriage and Q+A with director, Signe Baumane.

From the director of Rocks in my Pockets, comes a new award-winning animated feature about a spirited young woman determined to find love in the bewildering world. My Love Affair With Marriage follows Zelma on her 23-year quest for perfect love and lasting marriage set against a backdrop of historic events in Eastern Europe.

Told from a woman's point of view, the film blends historical, biological, societal, ad emotional arcs with a lively sense of humor and musical numbers. This animated film for adults tackles the issues of love, gender norms, domestic violence, fantasies and toxic relationships to propel a woman's journey toward independence and liberation.

DATE: February 17th, 2024

TIME: Doors open at 7:00 PM, Film begins at 7:30 PM

FEE: $15

“Van Gogh’s Eyes”, in the hands of prolific and groundbreaking Director Jose Celestino Campusano of Argentina, is a moving film designed to be both ominous and beautiful. The film was shot on location in San Clemente, Argentina, featuring atmospheric scenes from Patagonia, the timeless beauty of the Atlantic Ocean, and period scenes in historic locations. Campusano’s characteristic nodtoward the unique in evident. In this groundbreaking work, one of the most famous and prolific artists lives on in the gaze of “Van Gogh’s Eyes”.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of ReClam the Bay, please join LBIF and Lighthouse Film Society for a FREE and IN-PERSON screening of “Deep Rising.”

Narrated by Jason Momoa, "Deep Rising" illustrates the fate of the planet's last untouched wilderness; the deep ocean. The film leads the viewer into an investigative journey to a secretive organization that is threatening this delicate ecosystem by allowing massive extraction of seabed metals in an attempt to address the world's energy crisis. A panel discussion with Dr. Amy Williams from Alliance for A Living Ocean (ALO) and Chris Huch from The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Reserve will follow the film.

Doors: 10:30AM

Film: 11:00AM

*Please note: Space is limited inside of LBIF Gallery, register below to reserve your seat.

The 57th Annual Seashore Open House Tour
Date Wednesday, August 2, 10:30am - 4:30pm
Rain or shine
Fee $50 per person (in advance) includes House Tour Ticket, Catalog, and Sunday, July 30 architecture presentation at 10:00am.
$55 per person day-of includes House Tour Ticket and Catalog

Over the course of one day, visit six exquisite homes that capture the history of LBI and its renowned architects and architecture. The tour will feature houses chosen for their unique style, lush landscaping, dynamic interior décor, and energy efficiency. The LBIF House Tour will canvas the island from Barnegat Light to North Beach. Included are beach and bay front houses, old and new, modern and traditional. The LBIF House Tour is our most important fundraising event. 

Alaine Portner is a gifted evidential Medium, experienced Meditation Coach and accomplished author. Through her exceptional skills as a “Happy Medium'', she makes a difference in the lives of people across the globe through communication with the departed. Alaine delivers life affirming insight and personal direction through mindfulness, meditation moments and random audience readings. Stories from her book, Medium Memoirs, random readings and Q & A will all be a part of these entertaining and enlightening evenings. 

*Door open at 6 PM, event starts at 6:30PM

$50 in advance, $55 day-of

Renowned conservation photographer Melissa Groo will touch on her journey into photography, sharing favorite photos from her magazine assignments and personal work over her decade-long career as a professional photographer. She’ll discuss how photos can aid in conservation, how to best gain an audience with birds and other sensitive animals, and how noticing the natural world around us can greatly enrich and enlarge our lives. Hosted by Long Beach Island Foundation, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Little Egg Foundation, and Osprey Foundation.

Melissa Groo is a wildlife photographer, writer, and conservationist. She’s passionate about conveying the marvels of the natural world to diverse audiences. She believes that photography can be both fine art and a powerful vehicle for storytelling, and considers herself a “wildlife biographer” as much as a wildlife photographer. By capturing and sharing stories about individual wild animals, she hopes to raise awareness and change minds about not only the extrinsic beauty of animals, but also their intrinsic worth. Melissa’s photographs and articles have been published in numerous magazines including Smithsonian,  Audubon, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife, National Geographic (online), Living Bird, and Natural History.

Our 35th Annual Juried Foundation Arts Festival is one of LBIF’s largest fundraisers. On Friday evening, we will host a ticketed Preview Party inside our gallery with music, food, drinks, and first looks at shopping our indoor vendors. Spend Saturday shopping, outdoors and indoors, and stay for the live music, food trucks, and beer from Pinelands Brewing. 

$1 at the gate

Join field biologists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey to learn about rare wildlife that call Barnegat Bay home. Throughout the event , CWF will offer eco-friendly art activities for all ages, walks to the Osprey Blind, and tours of the Turtle Garden. This is a family learning experience with lots of hands-on activities. Explore the importance of the critters and plants, living underwater and on land, in the Barnegat Bay ecosystem. While you’re here check out the LBIF Camp’s mini-aquarium and participate in a science themed craft! Learn about our local environmental non-profits and how you can help conserve, preserve and protect LBIF’s natural resources. 

FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Attention Camp families! This night is for you! Get down to the sounds of the Pour Boys as we kick off our 2023 Summer Camp season. Grab a bite from the Lunch Wagon, have a beer courtesy of Manafirkin, dance, make friends, and get into the Summer mindset!
Kid crafts courtesy of LBIF’s amazing Summer Camp Counselors!

FREE ENTRY + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Come celebrate LBIF’s 75th Birthday!
Dress to dazzle as we enjoy an outdoor mobile cocktail hour experience followed by a grand evening of dinner and drink in our newly renovated Gallery. 
Join us as we proudly recognize our past presidents.  We welcome you to join us for a lovely evening of seeing old friends and making new ones.
Reserve your tickets online, as this will surely be a sold-out event. 

Whether you are already a tennis player or you’d like to learn, join us on the courts for our Open Houses to kick off the 2023 season.
Play with members, learn about our tennis program, and mingle with the community over food and refreshments.

FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join art instructor Anna Yates Krain for a Parched Poodle Paint + Sip! Her goal is to guide you on a journey into painting that will open your eyes to the medicine and the magic of making art and being in touch with your inner child. Anna started her lifetime of being a creative adventurer when she was nine years old. Fortunately for her she remained loyal to her muse all this time, making her at heart and in spirit a Life Artist. Her aim is to help you return to a joyful inner sense of your own creativity by following this journey with her.
Unleash your obedience to the inner critic and run with her!
She promises you a howling good time! Bring your own sip. Paint + Supplies included.

Dive In! Experience New Jersey’s premier contemporary modern dance company – Carolyn Dorfman Dance. Led by LBI resident Carolyn Dorfman, and now in its 40th anniversary season, the acclaimed troupe brings an evening of athletic, dramatic, and virtuosic dance.
In this intimate evening of performance and conversation, the company will present selections from some of its signature works as Dorfman shares her inspiration and process for the works presented, including:

PRIMA!, a vibrant new work featuring the robust, driving, and buoyant sound of legendary jazz musician, Louis Prima, and his band; with the powerful, virtuosic, and expressive voices of Prima’s female lead jazz singers, Gia Maione Prima and Keely Smith;

Mayne Mentshn (My People), Dorfman’s soulful, inspiring tribute to her family that celebrates her Eastern European Jewish roots through music, gesture, ritual, character, and more;

And WAVES, a sonically eclectic celebration of movement and sound with music by cellist Jessie Reagen Mann, multi-instrumentalist and human beat boxer Pete List and recorder player Daphna Mor.

The evening includes a post-show discussion and a meet and greet with the artists. Dive in! Be inspired and thrilled by this bold, athletic, “no-holds-barred” company.

Tickets Advance $27.50
Day-of $35
Kids 18 and under $10

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR
ONLINE SALES HAVE CLOSED

YOU BE THE JUDGE!
Film lovers will unite in over 500 venues worldwide to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 25th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival takes place during September 22 to October 2, 2022.

Join Mike of Howling Woods, a non-profit rescue in Jackson, NJ for a family-oriented presentation and a “Meet & Greet” with wolf dogs who reside on the farm!

LBIF Members FREE, $10 fee for nonmembers payable at the door.

Be it, R&B, Classical or Jazz, there are songs and certain artists that have inspired and touched me throughout my life that have pushed me into some of the musical choices I make and have made.

I've learned an appreciation of opera from mezzo-soprano Mertine Johns...(Yes, My Mother), I've also learned the cool elegance of Nancy Wilson, the humor of Pudgy, the great pop sound of Gladys Knight, the "Sassiness" of Sarah Vaughn, Jazz from Ella, and that NO FEAR attitude from the great Lena Horne! My band and I will be performing songs from Ella’s songbook, the Dionne Warwick songbook, which you remember from a few years ago, and also hits from Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, and those great songs from the Great American Songbooks of Gershwin, Porter & Kern

Paula has been performing with the Dave Hart Trio for quite a few years now and was the house band for over 2 years at South Jazz in Philly. Dave & Paula are currently working at The River House at Odettes in New Hope, PA twice a month in their cabaret lounge. With the help of Dave Hartl, on Piano, Lee Smith on Bass and Grant MacAvoy on drums, we hope to hit on your favorite songs. So, sit back and let us take you on a musical journey hopefully, with laughter, maybe a tear or two, but mostly smiling as you remember where you were when that song came out. www.paulajohns.com

Tickets: $30 Advance/ $35 Day of

Hailey Brinnel is a trombonist, vocalist, and educator based in Philadelphia. She has shared the stage with artists including Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, Tony Glausi, and Charles Neville. She is also an active educator at The University of the Arts, The Kimmel Center, as well as clinic and K-12 settings in the greater Philadelphia area. Brinnel is an Outside in Music, B.A.C. Musical Instruments artist, and was a finalist in the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.

Tickets: $30 Advance/ $35 Day of

Join Art of Motion Dance Theatre for Aviary Aspirations, an artistic dance performance.

Tickets: $30/Adults; $10/Children 12 and under. LBIF Members receive 15% off.

7:00 PM Performance

8:30 PM Meet the Artists Q+A

Artistic director: Lynn Needle

Associate artistic director: Olivia Galgano

Independent Scholar: Dr. Laura Fattal

The Cornelia Street band is a six piece, classic rock and blues band featuring two keyboard players, a flute player and a saxophone player. Hailing from Harvey Cedars and Greenwich Village, NYC, the band was originally formed in 2010. Its focus has always been on music that makes you want to dance.

This breadth of instrumentation offers the audience a broad range of artists which includes Tom Petty, Dire Straits, The Beatles, Lucinda Williams, Blondie, B-52's, The Pretenders, Springsteen, Dylan, Neil Young, David Bowie, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Band, The Supremes, Warren Zevon, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, Grateful Dead, Four Tops, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, The Cars, Johnny Cash, The Kinks, Lovin' Spoonful, Fountains of Wayne, Steve Miller, Rod Stewart, Joan Jett, and many more. Come dance, and bring friends!

Tickets: $10

The classically trained Elberon Trio comes together once in a blue moon. Join us for an unforgettable evening of symphonic sounds from Rich Grossman, clarinet; Richard Sachs, french horn; and Helen Benham, piano. This trio is sure to leave you feeling lighter on your feet and more in touch with your senses.

Tickets: $30 Advance/ $35 Day of

Immerse yourself in LBIF's gallery, view Unmasked, our Contemporary Portraiture exhibition, and don your Mardi Gras best for a night of food, drinks, and fun! 

Food by Shore Catering and drinks by Drifting Buoy.

$50/pp. Price of ticket includes food and two drinks. 18+. 

Thank you to our House Tour sponsor:
Woodhaven Lumber and Millwork

$50 per person- House Tour + Catalog + Panel Discussion
$40 Advance/ $45 Day Of per person- House Tour + Catalog

The Rave-Ons are a high energy rock and roll band originally formed in 2012 to revitalize the music of Buddy Holly and the Crickets.  They produce and star in two different Buddy Holly tribute shows as well as a 50's and 60's rock and roll tribute.  For concerts, they have over a hundred and fifty early rock and roll tunes in their repertoire. They have played together all over the world, dazzling audiences on cruise ships and at clubs, theaters, and civic centers from coast to coast.

Tickets: $30 Advance/ $35 Day of