East Lynne Theater Company is an Equity professional theater located in Cape May, New Jersey. Named after a popular melodrama of the 19th Century, East Lynne was founded in 1980 to resurrect plays from America’s theatrical past. Over the years, our mission has expanded to include contemporary work on American themes.
Laugh along with your friends as you play a little bingo, compete for prizes and enjoy a fashion show by Lace Silhouettes/Cotton Company. It’s all over a scrumptious breakfast buffet in the Ocean Room at the Marquis de Lafayette Hotel, 501 Beach Ave., Cape May.
During the Jim Crow era, African American travelers heavily relied on an annual publication, the "Green Book", to navigate segregated areas, using it to find safe places like hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and even beauty salons that would serve them, essentially acting as a lifeline for safe travel across the country where they might face discrimination or danger due to their race.
Board the trolley at the Emlen Physick Estate and travel to the Bellevue Tavern in Cape May Court House for a delicious lunch. The trolley will then travel to Jessie Creek Winery for a tasting and souvenir glass, and to Natali Vineyards for an educational tasting and tour . This event is for adults ages 21 and over.
Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts four 2-hour writing workshops in person this July in Cape May Convention Hall’s air-conditioned Community Room, 714 Beach Ave. Each workshop will explore a writing style: poetry, fiction, memoir and children’s literature.
Cape May County is home to outstanding breweries! Relax on board our Cape May MAC trolley with no worries as we visit four local breweries: Cape May Brewing Co., Behr Brewing, Cold Spring Brewery and Gusto Brewing Co. Lunch is included at Cold Spring Grange Restaurant. Beverages are purchased separately. This tour is for adults ages 21 and over.
2025 Lecture “Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutions” In this 13th year, Professor of English Carla J. Mulford, Penn State University, and Director of the Library & Museum Michelle Craig McDonald, American Philosophical Society, present this in-depth look at founding father Benjamin Franklin.
Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts three interactive online seminars via Zoom on American literature of the Victorian age, featuring Emerson, Thoreau and Alcott, Emily Dickinson and Helen Hunt Jackson, and Hawthorne, Poe and Melville.
Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts three interactive online seminars via Zoom on American literature of the Victorian age, featuring Emerson, Thoreau and Alcott, Emily Dickinson and Helen Hunt Jackson, and Hawthorne, Poe and Melville.
Cape May’s Poet Laureate Sylvia Baer hosts three interactive online seminars via Zoom on American literature of the Victorian age, featuring Emerson, Thoreau and Alcott, Emily Dickinson and Helen Hunt Jackson, and Hawthorne, Poe and Melville.