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(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Bruce and Bon Jovi. Lucy the Elephant and Hurricane Harbor. The Parkway and the Turnpike. You are Jersey all the way. However, have you seen the tallest Jersey Devil tale ever? The Ocean County Library Toms River Branch presents The Devil and Daisy Dirt: A Garden State Gothic, Alt-Folk Event on Monday, April 14, 2025. The event begins at 7:00pm.
Alex Dawson, Dan Diana, Arlan Fieles and Jackie Fogel appear in this twisted tale with live bluegrass music and the eight-foot-tall, winged, antlered creature that’s been rumored to live in the Pinelands for centuries.
Think of an edgy, Goth, Pine Barrens cross of Our Town and E.T. Daisy finds the wounded beast in a dumpster behind the diner where she keeps the locals fed. It needs saving, especially with a poacher named Tasty Murder hot on its trail. With help from a Piney palm reader and a piece of “magic muscle meat,” Daisy risks everything. Will she preserve a legend?
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Weird NJ calls The Devil and Daisy Dirt “the most original, Jersey-Centric and downright weird presentation in the state’s theatrical history.” It won raves from a raft of celebrities including Joyce Carol Oates (The Gravedigger’s Daughter), Lev Grossman (The Magicians), Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters) and Tom Holland (Fright Night).
Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclTRDDD to attend this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Toms River Branch, 101 Washington Street, or call (732) 349-6200. See the full schedule of Library programs in the online Calendar of Events.
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