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If all you know about Jerry Springercomes from “The Jerry Springer Show,”you don’t know Jerry Springer.

ThemanservedasmayorofCincinnati.He danced on the third season of “Dancingwith the Stars.” He appeared not only onBroadway, but in London’s West End in“Chicago.” He hosted “America’s Got Tal-ent” in its initial flush of success.

“People do not know me, personally.They know me based on watching me,”Springer said in a phone interview.

And he is in Atlantic City these dayshosting a stage version of the populargame show “The Price is Right Live” atHarrah’s Resort. Last year, the folks whostage the touring version of “The Price isRight Live” asked Springer to host. Thesewere the same people who do the nationaltour of “America’s Got Talent.” He signedonforsevenweeks inLasVegas. InJuly,hehosted in Vancouver.

While the game mirrors the one on TV,it’s also about comedyand interactionwiththeaudience. “Forme, it’s like twohoursofstand-up. Of all the shows I do, this kind isthe most fun. It’s the most free-wheeling,where you have no idea where you’re go-ing. I’m very much at home.”

And in that respect, it’s not unlike hisTV show. “Every day I meet the most out-rageous situations on the show. At the endof day, I go home and talk about my day.Whatever day you may have had, I have abetter one. You always have a better storywhen there’s a live audience,” he said.

Springer says his trademark show is allunscripted. The only storylines that don’tmake it are normal ones, he said.

“At first, I was surprised at its success.But now I know it’s a niche part of pop cul-ture, an hour escape of what goes on inyour life. It’s aimedatcollege-like fratpar-tymentality, not aimedata69-year-old. It’snot my cup of tea.”

Is it really all that shocking, he asks?

“You cannot be a grown-up and beshocked by any story. Open up any news-paper in America and on page three I canhave 10 shows.”

But hey, everything else on stage grewout of the financial freedomhis show gavehim, including a run on Broadway.

“I never did that before,” he said. “Ilearned to sing and dance and act outsidemy comfort zone. It went well. I get of-fered things thatwork inmy schedule thatseem like a fun thing to do at the time.”

Born in England, Springer left for theU.S. when hewas 5. So he can’t be king.Hecould never be president either.

“My passion has always been politics. Iworked hard at it. I work hard for Presi-dent Obama now because I want him towin,” said Springer, who has homes in Sa-rasota, Fla., and Evanston, Ill., where hegraduated from law school at Northwest-ern.

In the 1980s, Springer landed a job as apolitical reporter and commentator inCin-cinnati.Within twoyears, hewas thearea’sNo. 1 news anchor. His show started as apoliticallyoriented talk show, a longerver-sion of Springer's commentaries.

But it became more and more success-fulas itbecamemore lowbrow,withanem-phasis on infidelity. Confrontations oftenled to shouting, profanities, chair-throw-ing and fist-fights. And he beat “Oprah” inmany cities.

“Whataprivileged life I’vehadbecauseofasillyshow,”said theproudgrandfatherof a 4-year-old boy.

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is in rarefiedair: The band still tours after 46 yearswith threemembers who are, for all in-

tent, originals.In 1970, the band topped the charts with a

cover of Jerry JeffWalker’s “Mr. Bojangles.”Thegroupreleased“Will theCircleBeUnbro-ken” in1972, featuringtraditionalcountryart-ists Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs,Roy Acuff and Doc Watson. A follow-up al-bum, “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: VolumeTwo,” released in 1989, won two Grammyawards.

But for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whichplays Harrah’s Philadelphia Saturday, suc-cess is more a sum of the parts than a trip tothe charts.

“We’re a group of four musicians dedicat-ed to American roots music, essentially, ablending of country, rock and folk. Each of ushas a different exposure and upbringing andgeographic areas of childhood and that of ourparents,” said drummer and harmonica play-er Jimmie Fadden in a phone interview.

Fadden grew up in Long Beach, Calif., lis-tening to folk, blues and the surf music ofDickDale andTheVentures. Guitarist-singerJeff Hanna came from Michigan, where heliked BuddyHolly. JohnMcEuen, who played

with the band from 1966 to 1986 and rejoinedin2001,wasobsessedwith thebanjo.Thenew-est member, keyboardist and Philadelphiaarea-native Bob Carpenter, joined in the late’70s.

“But we had enough common interest toplay together,” said Fadden, who first got themusical itchat summercampin the late1950s,with friends who played bluegrass.

The popularity of groups like Peter Pauland Mary and shows like “Hootenanny”changed the tone of popular music, he said.

“I had friends in a band. There was some-thing very attractive about that. Picking up aguitar seemed kind of a universal solution toeverything,” Fadden said.

When the band plays Harrah’s, don’t ex-pect to hear a bunch of tunes from any one al-bum. Instead, expect a mix from the ’60s and’70s output, the Nashville material from the’80s, and a track or two from the 2009 CD“Speed of Life.”

“What we’ve been trying to do in the lastyear is a distillation of a couple of things. Thesongs people remember the most. And themusicalitywe embody in some formor anoth-er such as guitar and banjo styles.We are try-ing to bring all that together in one show.”

Expect also to hear the cover of Canned

Heat’s Woodstock tribute, “Goin’ Up TheCountry.”

“That captures my musical interest andbackground. I knew (lead singer-songwriter)AlWilson.We have an interest in the blues, sothis one was a natural vehicle,” Fadden said.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has no defini-tive plans for a new album. “But there’s al-ways something perking along, some kind ofactivity amongst themembers,’’ Fadden said.“JeffandIplaya lotduringsoundchecks.Mu-sical guitar ideas come to his mind. I play adrum part for them. We have a backlog ofthese bits on tape.”

Meantime, the band will continue touring.“We enjoy doing it. It’s something beyond aregular, 9-to-5 job none of us was cut out for.We figure if the fish are biting, you keep fish-ing.We all need a soundtrack to live by, and ifwe are that for someone, we succeeded.”

The Nitty GrittyDirt Band — JohnMcEuen (fromleft), JimmieFadden, JeffHanna and BobCarpenter — playHarrah’sPhiladelphia onSaturday inChester, Pa.JIM MCGUIRE

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Friday, Sept. 28THE TEMPTATIONS 9 PM, Borgata >> The namecontinues, even if the personnel don't. But hey,you ain't too proud to beg for classic Motown.$39.50-$45.JOE, AND K-CI & JOJO 9 PM, House of Blues >>Soul singer, Joe, shares the bill with former mem-bers of the R&B group, Jodeci, brothers Cedric"K-Ci" Hailey and Joel "JoJo" Hailey perform inthe Music Hall. $30-$50THE PRICE IS RIGHT, 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts the long-running game show in theEvent Center. $27-$37LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.5021BAR@DUSK Caesars >> DJ provides music.DUSK Caesars >> Global Fridays with Kevin Brown.SAMMY'S BEACH BAR 8 PM, Bally's >> SleevelessHearts alternates by DJ, with the DJ going till 3a.m.FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE POOL AFTER DARK10 PM, Harrah’s >> DJ Vito G spins the music.GYPSY BAR 7 PM Borgata >> Big Bang Baby andGypsy Wisdom rock the house of tequila.TOGA BAR 10 PM Caesars >> VJ Bizz spins themusic. The Toga Dancers provide the visuals.murmur 10 PM Borgata >> Eli Escobar providesthe tunes.MIXX 10 PM, Borgata >> DJ ATB stepsbehind the turntable to offer up music.EDEN LOUNGE 8:15 PM Harrah’s >>Brian Kirk and the Jerks plays early andElement K rocks at midnight.XHIBITION BAR 11:30 PM Harrah’s >>DJ Vida Ventura spins the music.PARTY PIT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES9 PM >> DJ Sonatra alternates withGarden State Radio to provide music.MIA 10 PM, Caesars >> DJ Lu’APprovides the music.MOUNTAIN BAR 9 PM, Wild Wild West,Bally's >> DJ Kyle Sweeney spins the rec-ords. Shorty the Sheriff and Vixens enter-tain from10 PMRUSH 6 PM Golden Nugget >> DCDuo rocks early and DaneAnthony plays late in thisintimate lounge.LIVE 10 PM, GoldenNugget >> HouseDJ serves upmusic in thislounge.THE DECK 7PM, GoldenNugget >>SleevelessHearts

rocks by the bay.BLUEMARTINI 11 PM Bally’s >> DJ Nicky D pro-vides music throughout the evening.

Saturday, Sept. 29TONY BENNETT 8 PM, Borgata >> Ageless in-stitution shows how to turn a phrase in The EventCenter. $66-$126THE PRICE IS RIGHT, 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> Theirrepressible Jerry Springer hosts the long-runninggame show in the Event Center. $27-$37COHEED AND CAMBRIA 9 PM, House of Blues >>Nyack, New York rockers play the Music Hall.$35-$45THE POOL AFTER DARK 9 PM, Harrah’s >> It isn'tKim, but Rob Kardashian who hosts the pool party.Brody Jenner, too. DJ Ed Smooth and DJ ECHO spinthe music.LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.50SAMMY'S BEACH BAR 1 PM, Bally's >> DJ XTinaand Reservoir Doggs alternate in the day timewhile Slamm alternates with DJ Dnial come eve-ningDUSK Caesars >> "Role Models" and "Hall Pass"star Carly Craig hosts with music by Eric Vandersliceand A-Run.GYPSY BAR 7 PM Borgata >> Hyjinx rocks in thiseclectic setting just off the casino floor.murmur 10 PM Borgata >> Jesse Marco and DougGrayson provide music.MIXX 10 PM, Borgata >> Steve Aoki provides the

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The Exceptions rocks early andGarden State Radio rocks at

midnight.LOBBY BAR 10 PM Bally’s >>Beth Tinnon Duo perform.MIA 10 PM, Caesars >> DJLu’AP provides the music.XHIBITION BAR 10 PM,Harrah’s >> DJ VidaVentura and DJ Hannahshare entertainmentduties till 5 AM.PARTY PIT AT THEHOUSE OF BLUES 8 PM

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BIG SEAN 9 PM, House of Blues >> Californiarapper performs in the Music Hall. $35-$55THE PRICE IS RIGHT 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts the game show. $27-$37.LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.5021BAR@DUSK Caesars >> DJ provides music.DUSK Caesars >> Global Fridays.FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE POOL AFTER DARK10 PM, Harrah’s >> DJs provide the music in thispopular attraction.GYPSY BAR 7 PM Borgata >> Two bands rock thehouse.TOGA BAR 10 PM Caesars >> A DJ spins the music.The Toga Dancers provide the visuals.murmur 10 PM Borgata >> Eli Escobar providesthe tunes.MIXX 10 PM, Borgata >> Above & Beyond pro-vides the music.EDEN LOUNGE 8:15 PM Harrah’s >> A pair ofbands rock the room till early in the morning.XHIBITION BAR 11:30 PM Harrah’s >> A DJ spinsthe music.PARTY PIT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES 9 PM >> DJSonatra alternates with a live band.MIA 10 PM, Caesars >> DJ Lu’AP provides themusic.MOUNTAIN BAR 9 PM, Wild Wild West, Bally's >>DJ Kyle Sweeney spins the records. Shorty theSheriff and Vixens entertain from10 PMRUSH 6 PM Golden Nugget >> Live music fromtwo performers.LIVE 10 PM, Golden Nugget >> House DJ serves upmusic in this lounge.BLUEMARTINI 11 PM Bally’s >> DJ Nicky D pro-vides music throughout the evening.

Saturday, Oct. 6JETHRO TULL'S IAN ANDERSON PLAYS THICKAS A BRICK, 9 PM Caesars >> The billing says it all.Circus Maximus Theater. $75-$105FRANKIE VALLI 9 PM, Borgata >> Legendary FourSeasons front man and original Jersey Boy showshe still has the chops in The Music Box. Sold out.ANTHRAX & TESTAMENT 8 PM, House of Blues>> Heavy metal stalwarts provide rock in the MusicHall. $28.50-$37.50THE PRICE IS RIGHT, 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts the game show in the Event Center.$27-$37THE POOL AFTER DARK 9 PM, Harrah’s >> DJsand more provide the entertainment in this pop-ular watering hole.LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.50DUSK Caesars >> DJs provide music.GYPSY BAR 7 PM Borgata >> Live music.murmur 10 PM Borgata >> The legendary RevRun and DJ Ruckus provide hip music.EDEN LOUNGE 8:15 PM Harrah’s >> A pair of livebands liven up the lounge.LOBBY BAR 10 PM Bally’s >> Quiet music in thislounge.MIA 10 PM, Caesars >> DJ Lu’AP provides themusic.XHIBITION BAR 10 PM, Harrah’s >> A par of DJsshare entertainment duties till 5 AM.PARTY PIT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES 8 PM >> DJAiden Scott spins the music alternating with a liveband and dancers.MOUNTAIN BAR 9 PM, Wild Wild West, Bally's >>DJ Cool Jon Sprang spins the records. Shorty theSheriff and Vixens entertain from10 PMBLUEMARTINI 9 PM Bally’s >> Live music al-ternates with DJ Prefer.TOGA BAR 10 PM, Caesars >> A DJ plays the musicwith the Toga Dancers providing the visuals.RUSH 6 PM, Golden Nugget >> A pair of live actsperform.LIVE 10 PM, Golden Nugget >> Live music.AFTER HOURS FOUNDATION ROOM10 PM,Showboat >> DJs and more till 6 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 7FRANKIE VALLI 9 PM, Borgata >> Legendary FourSeasons front man in The Music Box. Sold out.LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.50THE PRICE IS RIGHT, 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts. $27-$37EDEN LOUNGE 9 PM Harrah’s >> Drop Dead Sexyrocks the room.GYPSY BAR 8:30 PM Borgata >> Live.MIXX SUNDAYS 10 PM Borgata >> MayhemSundays with Hook N Sling and Paul Castr.RUSH 8 PM Golden Nugget >> Doug Jenningsperforms.THE DECK 2 PM, Golden Nugget >> The Excep-tions rock.21 SPORTS BAR@DUSK Caesars >> Music in thisnew lounge.

TAIN BAR 9 PM, Wild Wild West, Bally's >> DJ CoolJon Sprang spins the records. Shorty the Sheriffand Vixens entertain from10 PMBLUEMARTINI 9 PM Bally’s >> Sleeveless Heartsalternate with DJ Prefer for the evening.TOGA BAR 10 PM, Caesars >> DJ Micah plays themusic with the Toga Dancers providing the visuals.RUSH 6 PM, Golden Nugget >> Richie Balin isfollowed at 10 PM by All Souled Out in this in-timate lounge.THE DECK 2 PM, Golden Nugget >> No Pressureplays by day and Seven Stone plays by night.LIVE 10 PM, Golden Nugget >> Second Majestyrocks the room.AFTER HOURS FOUNDATION ROOM 10 PM,Showboat >> Epiphany Promotions DJs till 6 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 30LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-$32.50THE PRICE IS RIGHT, 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts the game show in the Event Center.$27-$37EDEN LOUNGE 9 PM Harrah’s >> Jeremiah Hunterrocks the room.GYPSY BAR 8:30 PM Borgata >> Stellar Mojo playsin this eclectic setting.MIXX SUNDAYS 10 PM Borgata >> MayhemSundays with Paul Castro in this bi-level lounge.SAMMY'S BEACH BAR NOON, Bally's >> DJAlisha Monique does the day shift before turningthe music spinning over to DJ Eddie Edge.RUSH 8 PM Golden Nugget >> Doug Jenningsperforms.THE DECK 2 PM, Golden Nugget >> The Excep-tions rock the afternoon.21BAR@DUSK Caesars >> Music in this newlounge off the casino floor.

Monday, Oct. 1mur.mur 10 PM Borgata >> Vice provides themusic with PS1 to lend a hand.RUSH 8 PM Golden Nugget >> Beth Tinnon per-forms.SAMMY'S BEACH BAR 9 PM, Bally's >> Latinnight with DJ Cano and DJ Jaime

Tuesday, Oct. 2LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return for another stand. $16.25-$32.50DUSK TUESDAYS Caesars >> Mr. Best spins themusic.21BAR@DUSK Caesars >> Music in this new

lounge.RUSH 8 PM Golden Nugget >> Live music.

Wednesday, Oct. 3THE PRICE IS RIGHT 3 and 8 PM, Harrah’s>> Jerry Springer hosts the long-runninggame show in the Event Center. $27-$37.LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8 PM, Bally's >>The best tribute artists return. $16.25-$32.50GYPSY BAR 9 PM Borgata >> Livemusic.XHIBITION BAR 10 PM, Harrah’s >>DJ provides the entertainment.EDEN LOUNGE 9 PM Harrah’s >>Rock Star Karaoke with Big RaguTHE POOL AFTER DARK 10 PMHarrah’s >> DJ Vito G and acolleague spin the music.RUSH 8 PM Golden Nugget >>Live music.

Thursday, Oct. 4THE PRICE IS RIGHT 3 and 8PM, Harrah’s >> JerrySpringer hosts the gameshow in the Event Center.$27-$37LEGENDS IN CONCERT 8PM, Bally's >> The besttribute artists return. $16.25-

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Friday, Oct. 5FRANKIE VALLI 9 PM, Borgata >> Jersey Boylead of The Four Seasons rolls out the hits in TheMusic Box. Sold out

JOHN LEGEND Oct. 27 atBorgata. Tickets, $56 to $86.ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

RUFUSWAINWRIGHT Feb. 8 at Borgata.Tickets, $49.50 and $59.50.NEW JERSEY PRESS MEDIA FILE

B.B. KING. Nov. 23 at House of Blues,Showboat. Tickets, $45 to $100.NEW JERSEY PRESS MEDIA FILE

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Proving his cross-generational appeal,Tony Bennett shared a bill Labor Dayweekend with Jane's Addiction, Skrillexand Big Sean, among the dozens of otherperformers at the Bumbershoot Festivalin Seattle.

Say what? How did Skrillex and Jane’sAddiction fans take to the legendarycrooner?

“It was a very enthusiastic crowd —very much like the shows I did at Glaston-bury and the iTunes Festival in London,”Bennett said in an email interview. “I usu-ally enjoy performing at concert halls, butover the summer, it’s fun to do a festivallike that as a change of pace.”

The man doesn’t rest on his consider-able laurels. Bennett goes back to the con-cert hallwhenheplays theEventCenter atBorgata Saturday night.

“When I perform, my main premise isto entertain the audience,” said the 86-year-oldBennett. “I don't sing formyself, Ising for them. So I know that they want tohear thehits that Ihavehadover theyears.So I try to put together the best possiblecollection of songs from the ‘Great Amer-ican Songbook’ each and every night.”

That doesn’t mean he phones it in. “Ihave a magnificent jazz quartet that tourswith me and I love working with jazz art-istsbecause theyneverplay thesamesongtwice. It keeps things very spontaneous onstage so that every show is different andstays in the moment.”

Certainly, Bennett sings music that ap-peared on his successful collaborationswith pop and rock’s best-known artists,“Duets” and “Duets II,” featuring talentsuch as LadyGaga and the late AmyWine-house. Bennett made music-industry his-tory when “Duets II” entered Billboard’sTop 200 at the No. 1 position, making himthe oldest artist, at age 85, to have a CD inthe top spot.

“The idea behind the ‘Duets’ albumswas to present the songs that I am mostknown for and record themwith other per-formers. So there are definitely songs inmy show that are included on the ‘Duets’CDs.But even so, songs that I have record-ed can changewhen you sing them live on-stage—wechange the tempoor turn abal-lad intoaswingtune—sothingsarealwaysdifferent,” said the 17-time Grammy win-ner.

And later nextmonth, Bennett releasesthe third in the series, “TonyBennett: VivaDuets.” Artists include Marc Anthony,

Gloria Estefan, Christina Aguilera, Vicen-te Fernández, Juan Luis Guerra, RomeoSantos, Thalía and others with perfor-mances in English and Spanish.

“Actually I hadn't planned on doing athird CDbutmy son, Danny, whomanages

me,cameupwith the ideaofdoingarecordwith Latin artists. So the record companyreached out and the enthusiasm from theartistswas so great thatwe decided to do awhole album of Latin duets.”

Songs include “The Way You Look To-night” with Thalía; “For Once In My Life”with Marc Anthony; and “I Wanna BeAround” with Ricardo Arjona.

“Eachof theseartistsweresowarmandwelcoming that there was an instant rap-port. Latin music has always been aboutmelody and harmony and a lot of soul, so

there was a very close artistic connectionwith each duet guest. I am absolutelythrilled about the record.”

Why did these pairings resonate sowell?

“It’s a wonderful group of artists thatjoinedmeon theprojects and theyall hadareal feel for the songs, even performersthat may not have sung a pop standard be-fore. And it was a diverse group of artistsas well, so every track was very differentand had its own style.”

TONY BENNETT KEEPS ACT FRESH

Tony Bennett is known for his decades of hits, but he’s alsoa traditional artist and paints every day. He performs, withhis daughter as the opening act, Saturday at Borgata. MARK

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IF YOU GOTony Bennett appears Saturday night atThe Event Center in Borgata Hotel Casino& Spa, One Borgata Way. Daughter Anto-nia Bennett opens. Show time is 8 p.m.Tickets are $66 to $126 and can be pur-chased through www.theborgata.com,(866) 900-4849 or at Borgata’s Box Office.

TONY TIDBITS» Tony Bennett attendedthe High School of Industri-al Arts in Manhattan, wherehe fed his two passions:singing and painting. But at16 he left school to find ajob to help his widowedmother.» ‘Every day, I am still study-ing and learning things, andI am always reading books,’he said in his bio. He alsopaints every day. He hasexhibited his work in galler-ies around the world. TheUnited Nations commis-sioned him for two paint-ings, including one for its50th anniversary. His origi-nal painting, ‘Homage toHockney,’ is on permanentdisplay at the Butler In-stitute of American Art.» Now about that name.‘Bob Hope came down tocheck out my act in 1949. Heliked my singing so muchthat after the show he cameback to see me in my dress-ing room and said, ‘Comeon kid, you’re going tocome to the Paramount andsing with me.’ But first hetold me he didn’t care formy stage name (Joe Bari)and asked me what my realname was. I told him, ‘Myname is Anthony DominickBenedetto’ and he said,‘We’ll call you Tony Ben-nett.’’» Tony Bennett does nothave a driver’s license.

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GAMING DESTINATIONS & DIVERSIONS

“Boardwalk Empire” screens a newepisode. An indie legend shows one of hismost successful films.ANorthJerseyhor-ror film will have its world premiere.

These are some of the high points fortheDownbeach FilmFestival’s 2012Atlan-tic City Cinefest, slated for various loca-tions throughout the resort fromOct. 12 to14.

Terence Winter, “Boardwalk Empire”series creator, writer and producer, willhost the screening of a new episode of theHBO Atlantic City-based drama at DanteHall Theater at 2 p.m. Oct. 13. Winter willalso participate in a filmmaking panel im-mediately after the episode, also at DanteHall.

Winter said the festival’s location con-vinced him to take part. “Since beginning‘Boardwalk Empire,’ I consider AtlanticCity a second home. There's no betterplace to discuss my work than in the citythat made the show possible.”

And he hopes that the attention thescreening gets will bring more people tothe show. “I’m all for anything that bringsmore eyes and ears.”

Film festivals bring an awareness ofprojects not only to other film and TV pro-fessionals, but also to the public, Winteradded. “They're also a great excuse to gettogether with colleagues and fans to cele-brate the projects we’re working on,” hesaid.

The project for Winter is the MartinScorsese drama “TheWolf ofWall Street,”currently filming with Leonardo Di-Caprio, Jonah Hill, Gene Hackman andRob Reiner.

Robert Downey Sr. — dad of RobertDowney Jr. — is set to open the festivalwith “Putney Swope,” his 1969 classic sat-ire inwhich a tokenblackmanon the exec-utive board of an advertising firm is put incharge.Renaming thebusiness “Truth and

Soul, Inc.,” he replaces the white ad menwith his militant friends.

Downeywill holdaQ&Aafterward.Thefilm will be shown at Showboat AtlanticCity.

“We are so excited by the guests wehave lined up for this year’s festival,” saidNichole Kilpatrick, vice president ofDownbeach Film Festival. “This makesour fifth anniversary festival that muchmore meaningful.” Character actor PeterDobson of Neptune will be another panel-ist. He will also screen his short “WhiteMule”set forSaturdaynightatDanteHall.

Keith Collins, a North Jersey actor-writer-filmmaker, will premiere his hor-rormovie, “TheMeat Puppet,” to close thefestival Sunday at theGoldenNugget. Thefilm will cap an afternoon of New Jerseyhorror films, with “Azrael” and “Ticket toHell” — both from South Jersey filmmak-ers —preceding the closer.

A.C. CINEFEST UNREELS OCT. 12 TO14

‘Boardwalk Empire’ creator Terence Winterwill host the screening of a new episode ofthe drama at Dante Hall Theater at 2 p.m.Oct. 13 as part of the Downbeach FilmFestival’s 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest. Thefestival runs Oct. 12 to 14. PHOTO PROVIDED

Character actor Peter Dobson, of Neptune,will be a panelist at Cinefest. PHOTO PROVIDED

‘Boardwalk Empire’creator is special guestByWilliam SokolicCourier-Post Staff

FILM FESTHIGHLIGHTS» ‘Party Crashers,’ a docu-mentary about the TeaParty.

» A trio of films fromTamar Halpern, a LosAngeles filmmaker whodirected two shorts —‘Count Back from Ten’ and‘Death, Taxes and AppleJuice,’ and the feature‘Jeremy Fink and theMeaning of Life.’

» ‘A Perfect Ending,’ withBarbara Niven and JessicaClark, a feature dramedyabout a young womanwith an unusual secret.

» ‘8:46’ and ‘The Guys,’two different approachesto Sept. 11.

» ‘Bottled Up: The Legendof Boost!’ about theBurlington County in-stitution.

»Most events are $5 aticket. VIP passes are $50.For a complete scheduleand to order tickets, visitdownbeachfilmfestival.org

TheAtlanticBrassBandperformsafreeconcertOct. 5 featuring music by Samuel Barber, MauriceRavel, Giacomo Puccini and others. The perfor-mance, part of the second annual Atlantic City Mu-sic Festival, is presented by the Bay-Atlantic Sym-phony at Richard Stockton College – Dante HallTheater.

The ensemble, conducted by Salvatore Scarpa,will perform Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” Liu’saria from Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” and the fi-nale fromMaurice Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chlöe.”

“The Bay-Atlantic Symphony is happy to workwith theAtlanticBrassBand to kick offwhatwe ex-pect to be another tremendous festival,” said PaulHerron, executive director of the Bay-Atlantic.“The Atlantic Brass Band has a wonderful reputa-tion and we are proud to partner with them.”

Founded in 1984, the Atlantic Brass Band, is theensemble-in-residence at Rowan University inGlassboro. It is a British-style brass band made upof professional musicians, professors, educatorsand community members.

The ensemble, originally formed as theWheatonBrass Band by Yorkshire-born Herb Roselle, hasperformed internationally, with a tour of Italy andtwo tours of England.

Over the years, the group has hosted such distin-guishedmusicians as Steve Sykes, Gary Cutt,MarkFrost, Ronald Waiksnoris, Tyrone Breuninger, Ste-phenBulla,Dr.StevenAllen,Dr.BryanAppleby-Wi-neberg, the Avonbank Brass Band, Philip Smith,Maynard Ferguson and Dr. Nicholas Childs.

Scarpa graduated from Rowan and the EastmanSchool of Music, where he majored in jazz studiesand contemporary media. He has served on facul-tiesof IndianaUniversityofPennsylvaniaandCam-den County College. Currently a facultymember atRowanUniversity, he also conducts the University/Community Orchestra. He is assistant conductor ofthePennsylvaniaBallet andmusicdirector/conduc-tor of the Bel Canto Lyric Opera Company.

TheAtlanticCityMusicFestival, fromOct. 5 to7,also features traditional bluegrass andold-timemu-sic by the RandomCanyonGrowlers on Oct. 6 and aconcert of chamber music by the Bay-AtlanticString Quartet on Oct. 7.

FormoreonallBay-AtlanticSymphonyconcertsand programs, call (856) 451-1169 or visitwww.bayatlanticsymphony.org

See free showby AtlanticBrass BandRowan profs play in groupByWilliam SokolicCourier-Post Staff

IF YOU GOThe Atlantic City Music Festival runs Oct. 5 to 7 at DanteHall Theater, 14 N. Mississippi Ave. Times are 7 p.m. Oct.5 and 6; and 4 p.m. Oct. 7. Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis. For more on the festival, call theRichard Stockton Performing Arts Center Box Office at(609) 652-9000 or visit Dante Hall’s website atwww.stockton.edu/dante.

When you play the seventh hole atRenault Winery Resort & Golf thistime of year, the shots have to sailover rows of grape trees in fullbloom. It’s the kind of thing youwon’tsee in July or August, and one of thebest reasons to drive down the Atlan-ticCityExpresswaytoplayaroundofgolf this fall.

“The hole plays over the vine-yards,” said Kevin P. McCarty, direc-tor of marketing for Renault. “Thegrapes are in harvest at this time. Re-nault is just a short drive down theExpressway. It’s a great day trip.”

And there are two restaurants anda winery to boot. “You can take winehome with you.”

Indeed, the Atlantic City area hasalmost two dozen courses to choosefrom in Atlantic and Cape May coun-ties. In fall, courses are usually moreaffordable, the weather is still goodand the courses are not as crowded.

To celebrate golf in the region, theGreater Atlantic City Golf Associa-tion held a pep rally last week, whichalso served to also announce the ap-pointment of former Eagles quarter-backRon Jaworski asAmbassador ofGolf for the association, which repre-sents 18 courses from Cape May Na-tional to Seaview.

“We’re here tomake golf in theAt-lanticCity regioncomealive,” Jawor-ski told the course owners, managers

and tourism officials.ForassociationPresidentTomSul-

livan, it’s a newbeginning to “take theright steps to promote Atlantic Cityas a golf destination.”

He credited Gov. Chris Christie’svision to revitalize Atlantic City byemphasizing non-gaming attractionssuch as golf.

When people think of golf destina-tions,OceanCity,Md., comes tomind.So does Myrtle Beach. But not Atlan-tic City, which is considered a casinoresort. But Sullivan points out thatthe region has more courses thanOcean City.

SullivancomparedAtlanticCity toOcean City. Climates are the same.Both depend on the drive-in market.“They have 17 courses. We have 18.

We also have more amenities.”In 2009, Forbes magazine named

Atlantic City one of the top 10 golfdestinations in the country.

Theproblemisa lackofmarketingclout that theotherdestinationshave.To that end, the Casino ReinvestmentDevelopmentAuthority justawardedthe association a $250,000 grant tomarket the region through ads ontelevision, in “Golf Digest” and“Golf.” It also has a newwebsite: pla-yacgolf.com.

“Our role is to fill the gap,” saidCRDA Executive Director JohnPalmieri. “As far as non-gaming at-tractions, golf is a no-brainer.”

More than 70 percent of the pro-motions will be booked between No-vember and March. The marketingplan includes attending golf tradeshows in Philadelphia, New Jersey,Connecticut, Boston and New York.

While the thrust is to draw golfersto the area for golf package vaca-tions, the attraction works just aswell for golfers closer to the shore.

“The true golfer loves the chal-lenge of these courses. You can playthe best possible courses,” saidMcCarty. Renault lowers its greenfees come November. And the vine-yards are still lush.

Feeshavealreadybeen reducedatMays Landing Golf & Country Club,whichhas longused the tagline: “Bestbirdies for the buck.” The course hasplenty of woods, but they are clearedout so golfers can easily find an er-rant shot.

“Fall is a beautiful time at theshore,” said Jim Fraser, owner of theclub. “Andwe compete hard for localplayers.”

For more information, visit pla-yacgolf.com.

The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has awarded the Greater Atlantic City Golf Association a $250,000grant to market Atlantic City-area courses, such as Renault Winery Resort & Golf, to help draw tourism. PHOTO PROVIDED

Golf tourism gets a boostGrants allowcourses to marketregion’s assets

ByWilliam SokolicCourier-Post Staff

Ron Jaworski promises to make ‘golfin the Atlantic City region come alive’in his new role as Ambassador of Golffor the area’s golf association.BRIAN SPURLOCK/US PRESSWIRE