Echoes of LBI

Echoes of LBI Long Beach Island’s original free art & leisure magazine since 2009. Local art, stories, and history.

As the preeminent luxury magazine of Long Beach Island since 2009 - Echoes of LBI is the only publication dedicated to promoting the local arts, life & lifestyle of Long Beach Island, New Jersey - past, present and future. Firmly rooted in five generations of personal island history, Echoes of LBI is a product of the passion of publisher and local business owner Cheryl Kirby of Ship Bottom. Reflec

ting excellence and an iconic coffee-table book style the magazine’s all original content, photographs, and artwork by local artists and writers gives Echoes of LBI its unique perspective. From its earliest days, Long Beach Island has been built on art, culture and community relationships. By providing an unparalleled platform for the arts and culture of today and tomorrow, and preserving the unique history of the island - Echoes of LBI is the only publication continuing this future-building tradition.

🎨🎨🎨ATTENTION 🎨🎨🎨Reception tonight for a new art exhibition: Carol Freas - Paintings with Local Poets, September 3-Octobe...
09/10/2025

🎨🎨🎨ATTENTION 🎨🎨🎨
Reception tonight for a new art exhibition: Carol Freas - Paintings with Local Poets, September 3-October 15 at the Ocean County Library Surf City Branch. Reception tonight 5-7pm.

STILL LOOKING FOR ECHOES OF LBI? 🌊🌊🌊We've just restocked and reloaded! Here's where you can find this year's issue on an...
08/29/2025

STILL LOOKING FOR ECHOES OF LBI? 🌊🌊🌊
We've just restocked and reloaded! Here's where you can find this year's issue on and off the Island!

SHIP BOTTOM:
Amiano & Son
A.R. Aitken Builders
The Freeman Group
Pagnotta
Big Dipper Ice Cream
Ship Bottom Borough Hall
Surf City Marina
Things A Drift
Walter's Bicycles

SURF CITY
The Cheese Shoppe
Surf City Dog House
Ocean County Library

HARVEY CEDARS
The Freeman Group
BARNEGAT LIGHT:
Barnegat Light Museum
Miss Barnegat Light (on cruises)

LOVELADIES
LBI Foundation of the Arts & Scieneces

BARNEGAT LIGHT
Barnegat Light Museum

BRANT BEACH:
Hutchison Pools
Dippers Ice Cream

BEACH HAVEN:
Coastal Living Real Estate
Compassion Cafe
LBI Historical Society
NJ Marintime Museum
Surflight Theatre
Beach Haven Library

MANAHAWKIN
Bloom at the Shore Florist
Orozco Orthopedics
Manasquan Bank
Southern Ocean Chamber of Commerce

PHOTOS OF THE SEA KING - Courtesy: Barnegat Light Museum Color - A view of the Sea King (left) and the Prescott (right) ...
08/28/2025

PHOTOS OF THE SEA KING - Courtesy: Barnegat Light Museum

Color - A view of the Sea King (left) and the Prescott (right) the day after they ran aground. The ex-Navy Prescott was being towed for conversion into a scalloper by the Sea King.

B&W - The Sea King on the beach just a couple of years after its sinking thanks to frequent shoaling and storms that would see the ship in and out of the water several times during its 62 years as a wreck.

THE SEA KING MAST IS GONESwallowed by the waves of an angry sea, churned up by Hurricane Erin. A bit of LBI history lost...
08/22/2025

THE SEA KING MAST IS GONE
Swallowed by the waves of an angry sea, churned up by Hurricane Erin. A bit of LBI history lost beneath the waves, but we still have our stories. To learn more about the Sea King, check out our article by Reilly Platten Sharp.

THE STORY OF THE BARNEGAT LIGHT MAST By Reilly Platten Sharp Photography courtesy of Margaret Thomas Buchholz and the Barnegat Light Museum On a cold and stormy morning in February 1963, Marion Larson was in the kitchen of her 12th Street cottage in Barnegat Light making breakfast for her five child...

THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE HERE 🌭🐕SURF CITY DOG HOUSE IS OPEN!!!Head down to Surf City on and check out this brand new...
07/18/2025

THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE HERE 🌭🐕
SURF CITY DOG HOUSE IS OPEN!!!
Head down to Surf City on and check out this brand new business! These dogs are like nothing you've seen before in our area. Toasted warm thick buns, filled with topping and a big dog in the middle. Perfect for on the go snacking. Thirsty? Try their fresh squeezed lemonade!

ICE CREAM, YOU SCREAM 🍦🎂🍰Need a cool birthday cake or just want a sweet treat for the summer cook out? Ice cream cakes a...
07/18/2025

ICE CREAM, YOU SCREAM 🍦🎂🍰
Need a cool birthday cake or just want a sweet treat for the summer cook out? Ice cream cakes available at Big Dipper and the new location Dippers! Stop by today!!!

Happy 4th of July! Here's a snippet from the Echoes of LBI 2013 Holiday Edition, page 22
07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July! Here's a snippet from the Echoes of LBI 2013 Holiday Edition, page 22

🌊🌊SECOND WAVE INCOMING🌊🌊Still looking for the new copy of Echoes of LBI? Check out these locations across the Island and...
07/03/2025

🌊🌊SECOND WAVE INCOMING🌊🌊
Still looking for the new copy of Echoes of LBI? Check out these locations across the Island and beyond!

SHIP BOTTOM:
Things A Drift
Ship Bottom Borough Hall

SURF CITY
Ocean County Library

LOVELADIES
LBI Foundation of the Arts & Scieneces

BARNEGAT LIGHT:
Barnegat Light Museum

BEACH HAVEN:
LBI Historical Society
Surflight Theatre
Beach Haven Library
NJ Marintime Museum

MANAHAWKIN
Southern Ocean Chamber of Commerce

07/01/2025

Thank you to all those who came out to the lecture last night at the LBI Historical Museum! If you missed the conch blowing lesson, here's a brief video of Mark Simmons teaching some new conch blowing students 🐚🐚🐚

07/01/2025

Thank you to those who came out for the lecture last night at the LBI Historical Museum! If you missed the conch blowing lecture by Mark Simmons, here's a brief look at the lesson and some new conch blowing students 🐚🐚🐚

06/30/2025

🌊🌊 TONIGHT 🌊🌊
The story of Echoes of LBI, how it came to be, and its publisher Cheryl Kirby. From local history to Guinness World Record, to an award winning magazine, join us Monday, 7pm at the LBI Historical Museum for a lecture as part of their Monday Night Talks series. Featuring an introduction by Susan Spicer-McGarry. Learn how to blow a conch! Free conch blowing lesson with Mark Simmons.
Location: 129 Engleside Ave, Beach Haven (adjacent to Surflight Theatre) - Time: 7pm.

🌊🌊 THIS MONDAY 🌊🌊The story of Echoes of LBI, how it came to be, and its publisher Cheryl Kirby. From local history to Gu...
06/27/2025

🌊🌊 THIS MONDAY 🌊🌊
The story of Echoes of LBI, how it came to be, and its publisher Cheryl Kirby. From local history to Guinness World Record, to an award winning magazine, join us Monday, 7pm at the LBI Historical Museum for a lecture as part of their Monday Night Talks series. Featuring an introduction by Susan Spicer-McGarry. Learn how to blow a conch! Free conch blowing lesson with Mark Simmons.
Location: 129 Engleside Ave, Beach Haven (adjacent to Surflight Theatre) - Time: 7pm.

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