By Evelyn Maguire We are officially halfway through our summertime book club! This past Saturday, we discussed the 1872 vampire novella Carmilla. A little blurb for those of you who have yet to pick this one up: When hapless Lady Laura meets Carmilla, an enticing — if strangely off-putting —…

by Evelyn Maguire The summer is in full swing, and we’ve officially read two (out of six) books for the Cape May MAC inaugural book club. For our second discussion, we read the fascinating memoir, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, written by, as you might guess…

by Evelyn Maguire We’ve kicked off the Cape May MAC Book Club with the 1848 novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë! If you missed our live discussion, check out the recording here. And to stay up to date with book club news, follow our Facebook Event Page…

by Evelyn Maguire Picture this: It’s the 19th century, you’ve never seen — let alone conceptualized — a horror movie, you have a very limited knowledge of science, you are quite open to the concept of the undead, and a man has projected a ghost in front of your very…

by Evelyn Maguire Calling all book lovers, Victorian-era devotees, and anyone who enjoys a spirited discussion! Cape May MAC’s inaugural summer book club kicks off on Saturday, June 18 and will run until August 27, featuring six lesser-read literary works from the Victorian era. …

by Evelyn Maguire From mid-May to mid-June, some of the oldest (and strangest) Delaware Bay residents overtake the beaches in fantastic numbers. No, I’m not talking about New York tourists, but rather the enigmatic horseshoe crabs — mysterious invertebrates that visit Cape May and surrounding areas each year to spawn…

Consider volunteering for Cape May MAC this summer It is spring! Now that we’ve all crawled out of our hibernation dens, done all the spring cleaning we can handle and gotten poison ivy on our first day in the garden, maybe it’s time to start looking for something new and…

by Evelyn Maguire Today, any bouquet from the Cape Winds Florist is sure to delight your beloved, but a Victorian-era suitor had to pay much closer attention to their flower selection, lest they send an unintended message. As societal constrictions and ideas regarding proper etiquette reigned, the language of flowers…

“For me, MAC and the City of Cape May are very intertwined,” said Sylvia Baer, Cape May’s newly appointed official Poet Laureate, and the daughter of Fred and Sarita Kuhner. She is deeply part of MAC (now known as Cape May MAC), with a connection that goes back to the…