Monmouth Beach Cultural Center

12/01/2022

This Saturday 12/03/2022 6 pm - Come on down to MB Cultural Center for our annual open house holiday party! Enjoy the great decorations, holiday music and help us trim the Tree! All welcome!

06/22/2022

05/16/2022

Don't Forget - Our outdoor garage sale is this coming Saturday 5/21/2022 8 am - 2 pm! Come on down and join in the fun! For more info contact LOIS 732-229-4527 [email protected]

05/06/2022

Unfortunately, the weather will force us to cancel Saturday's Garage sale. New Date is Saturday May 21, 2022 8 am - 2 pm - contact Lois at 732-229-4527 or [email protected] for more info!

04/18/2022

Still time to sign up for 2022 Sale at MB Cultural Center! Have over 25 vendors lined up already - join the fun! Contact LOIS 732-229-4527 [email protected] Only $20 for a space!

04/05/2022

04/05/2022

Here is our April newsletter - come check out the local artists on display and other events happening in April & May! (Note date of garage sale is Saturday May 7th). If you would like to join as a Friend of The Center individual memberships are $25 & Family $40

04/04/2022

MB CULTURAL CENTER Annual Parking Lot Sale: Saturday 5/7/2022
8am - 2 pm. Spaces $20 each! Call Lois 732-229-4527 or [email protected] to reserve! Always a fun way to spend the day!

03/02/2022

MB Cultural Center is now open! Stop down and check out the local artwork, photos & artifacts. Wed through Sat 10 am - 2pm

05/25/2020

The MB Cultural Center was opened on Memorial Day 2000 and is housed in U.S. Life Saving Station #4. The Surfmen who manned this post had a saying, "You have to go out but you don't have to come back." Please take some time to reflect on the heroic deeds the men and women of all branches of our military, volunteer services, police, fire and EMT'sperform each day and especially for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom and way of life who we honor today. Thank you for your support of the Cultural Center over these 20 years.

05/09/2020

Several people have inquired if the Cultural Center has re-opened, it has not. The activity in the parking lot is due to the beach being re-opened and people parking to access the beach. Thank you for your inquires and we will be sure to advise everyone when we re-open!

11/20/2019

Save the Date! MB Cultural Center will host our annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 7th at 6:30 pm! Open to the public and free, we will have our Dickens Village on display, Holiday Music, sandwiches and refreshments for all to enjoy!

10/17/2019

Thanks to all who made our 2019 CHIIFEST such a great event! The Chili entries were awesome, music by Dave McCarthy kept the good times rolling and photo booth by Pablo Photography added a fun touch to a great day! See you all next year for more Chili and thanks for the support! Please stop by the Center to check out our local history and monthly art exhibits!

10/01/2019

Saturday October 12th at Cultural Center 12 noon - 4 pm and see if everybody really does dig your Chili!

09/24/2019

CHILIFEST SAT 10/12/19 NOON - TIL - 4 PM! Wanna enter? [email protected] / 908-343-0098 for details! some photos from last years fiesta!!! Endless bowl of Chili and Fixin's bar $10 donation!

09/14/2019

Our 6th Annual CHILIFEST will be held on Saturday October 12th from NOON - 4PM! Great music by Dave McCarthy! Endless bowl of CHILI, Fixin's Bar & Light refreshments for $10 donation! Interested in cooking? Contact [email protected] or stop down and see LOIS for
details!

05/26/2019

Memorial Day Services will be held tomorrow at 12 noon sharp at The Cultural Center. There will be a flag raising ceremony performed by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary #26 with renowned local performer Pam McCoy singing the National Anthem. Immediately following all are welcome to a reception in our main display room. We look forward to seeing all tomorrow at noon.

11/24/2018

Come Join us in celebrating the Holiday spirit - Tree Trim Party Saturday December 1st 6:30 pm! Refreshments & sandwiches served and a good time will be had by all! Showcasing our Dickens Village decorations.. Grinches need not apply..

09/28/2018

CHILIFEST - Next Saturday noon til 4pm - Rain or Shine! $10 donation gets you an endless bowl and Fixin's Bar! Music by Dave McCarthy! All proceeds benefit Cultural Center! 19 awesome entries lined up!

09/21/2018

Big Sale is tomorrow! 8am until 2pm!! All vendors please set up between 7am and 7:30am and then park in the gravel lot. Paved lot will be closed off at 7:45. Thanks and let's have a great day and $ell lots of stuff!!

09/15/2018

Our BIG Parking Lot sale is next Saturday 9/22 8am-2pm! $20 for a spot with a few still available! Contact Lois 732-229-4527 or [email protected]. See you Saturday!!!

08/19/2018

Don't miss out - MBCC Annual Yard Sale is back! Saturday, September 22nd 8am-2pm! $20 a spot, please call Lois at 732-229-4527 or email [email protected] to reserve a spot! Always a fun day!!!

06/16/2018

We are back up and running at the Center! Come down and check out the renovations and Historical exhibits. The Art Society will be exhibiting their paintings for June/July too! We will be conducting a membership drive for June and July and count on your support to maintain the facility and continue to host art, musical and historical exhibits. We plan on having our "annual" Parking Lot Garage Sale in September and our ever popular CHILIFEST on Saturday, October 6th. Thanking you in advance for your consideration and look forward to your next visit to the Center! Hours : Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm.

05/29/2018

Thanks to all who came out yesterday for our Memorial Day Services, especially Coast Guard Auxiliary #26, Chief Warrant Officer Seth Hunt (Commanding Officer Sandy Hook), MB Fire Co. Chaplin Phil Kuhlthau, Pam McCoy for her beautiful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, Pablo Cortes for photography, Connie Gryczka for making up the programs, Director Lois Geyer, Trustee James Heath and volunteer Betty Heath for coordinating all the food and Lyn Graham for playing the patriotic music! All of our volunteers are the best and we thank everyone for their support!

05/19/2018

Good News! The MB Cultural Center will be re-opening by hosting Memorial Day Services on Monday, May 28th, 2018 at 12 noon sharp. Coast Guard Auxiliary #26 will be performing a flag raising ceremony followed by a reception to commemorate our re-opening. It has been a long road recovering from the fire damages, but we hope all will be pleased with how everything turned out. Reception is open to the public and a great way to honor those who gave all for our freedom and way of life.

06/28/2017

UPDATE: Phase 1 of reconstruction has been completed : (Removing and replacing fire damaged areas, siding, roofing, and interior framework) The bid for Phase 2 (Interior repairs to duct work, sheetrock, electrical, etc..) was awarded last night! We are hoping for work to commence on that shortly and will keep you posted on our progress! Thanks for all the support!!!

05/24/2017

Just a reminder - Due to the on-going repair work at the Cultural Center, we will not be hosting Memorial Day Services this year. We encourage everyone to attend your local town and/or volunteer organization services and honor those who have giving their lives in service to our great nation.

05/21/2017

We are very proud to announce that the 2017 recipient of the Richard L. Keller Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Volunteer Service is Matthew Malley. Matt has been very dedicated in his volunteer efforts over the past several years in helping out at the Cultural Center - setting up and cleaning up at our many events and especially in helping to secure our building and save and store our artifacts after the fire last fall. It has been a pleasure working with Matt and we wish him great success in his future endeavors in college and beyond. Matt (front row on right in photo) joins our previous scholarship winners : Alex Jones, Matt Schulz, Drew Schulz, Nick Wade, Griffin Keller and Paul Wedel and Merit of Achievement winners Heidi Jones and Justin Heath. Our community is blessed to have such fine young people giving back to it with their time and efforts!

05/03/2017

Good news is that work has resumed on the Center and they will begin rebuilding exterior walls and closing in the fire affected areas. Bad news is that we will be closed for the immediate future and ,unfortunately, we will not be holding our annual May Yard Sale or Memorial Day Services at the Center this year. We hope to be back up and running better than ever as soon as possible. Thanks to all for your support!!

04/18/2017

Progress report the charred History room is now, history!

04/17/2017

Work started today on phase 1 of repairs at the Center! We will keep you posted on progress!

02/10/2017

We received some good news this week! The first phase of the fire re-construction has been approved and will get underway shortly! This will include the exterior repairs and repairs to the structural damages inside. First foot forward ! We will keep you posted when construction will start and provide progress as we go! Thank you for all of your support!

12/14/2016

Hello All! Bids are out for our reconstruction from the fire and we hope to start making progress shortly after the New Year! It will take some time, but we will get back up and running and better than ever as soon as possible! We hope to do a few music events in the coming months off-site so be sure to keep checking back for updates! We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and great Holiday season!

11/06/2016

Progress update: Specs for the bids being worked up and required repairs will hopefully be going out to bid in near future. We will keep you posted!

10/18/2016

Had the pleasure of working with this great volunteer crew this weekend getting all photos and artifacts cleaned up and safely stored. The major clean-up has been completed, now working with insurance to get things going on the re-build. It may take some time, but we will be back! Photo : front row: Paula Murray, Pat Keller, Lois Geyer. Back Row; Richard Keller, Michael Heath, Betty Heath, James Heath. Not pictured: Andy Wade, Alan Jones, Lyn Graham, Alex Jones, Pat McConnville.