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IN oRBit: BACHELORETTES AND EVERYMAN

You’ve seen his somber, silent, life-size figures in places like the Port Authority and the National Mall — and now George Segal is coming to the outskirts of town. Not the veteran comic actor (although that would be cool too) but the famed artist who became the most noted American sculptor of his time by [...]

IN oRBit: WIDE AWAKE IN ARTVILLE

The news that cheese actually promotes healthy sleep should be cause for some concern on the wine-’n-cheese reception circuit, since patrons of your garden-variety boring art show would be in danger of nodding out into the hummus — but fortunately, over at Red Bank oRBit, we don’t have that problem.
In fact, today’s edition of redbankgreen’s [...]

WEST SIDERS GETTING SOME OVERDUE TLC

Danny Murphy, outside his Bridge Avenue restaurant, is leading an effort to boost the Arts & Antiques District’s profile.
For years, a cluster of businesses west of Red Bank’s downtown has felt like a neglected stepchild.
That was supposed to change with the inclusion three years ago of a portion of the West Side in the special [...]

RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS

Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater.
Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to town are uncertain, are up for the Discover Jersey Arts People’s Choice Awards for 2009.
The Two River Theater Company, Count Basie Theater and the Borough of Red Bank are [...]

IN oRBit: WINE ‘N CHEESE IN WINTER

The unofficial art walk is back — and baby, it’s cold outside — but over at Red Bank oRBit, we’ve got enough virtual wine and cheese to warm whatever cockles haven’t turned deep purple and broken off by now.
In today’s edition, we look in on a local institution that most folks tend to speed by on [...]

ART BAR

Painter Medy Quiroz at the opening of the two-artist show at Jamian’s Thursday night. Below, a bar patron takes in a Quiroz triptych. (Click to enlarge)
Live music venue; bar; restaurant; art gallery; place for knitters to drink — or should that be, “a place for drinkers to knit?”
Whatever. Continuing its evolution into a kind of [...]

BARAKA HOLDS COURT IN RED BANK

Poet and author Amiri Baraka  just before he spoke to a captive crowd at Frank Talk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
He slipped slowly out of the back seat of a shiny black Mercedes-Benz with a slight hunch, shuffled into the storefront at 163 Shrewsbury Avenue, immediately took a seat and started thumbing through a [...]

THIS WON’T LAST, BUT IT ISN’T MEANT TO

Gallery mavens at last night’s opening, in the see-through space last occupied by Design Front. (Click photos to enlarge)

Emily Asher Neiman, who closed her short-lived gallery on Monmouth Street in Red Bank just about year ago, returned to town last night with a new enterprise, one that’s got planned obsolence built in.
Asher Neiman Gallery reopened [...]

BIKE GROUP PLANS ART RIDE, OR VICE-VERSA

Some of the participants in Spoke & Art’s inaugural ride in October.
[UPDATE: This event has been indefinitely postponed due to post-storm road conditions.]
Here’s a possible conversation starter: the sight of a people dressed in day-glo and riding bikes through Red Bank. At night.
Kate Okeson is organizing just such an event for Monday night.
Okeson, a Branch [...]

IN oRBit: CHRISTMAS @ THE COUNT’S CRIB

Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit runs down a particularly action-packed week of Christmas-themed music at the Count Basie Theatre — with Santa Basie workshopping a six-day schedule that begins with a Tuesday/Wednesday stand by Tim McLoone (right) and the wondrous wall of sound that is Holiday Express.
It’s an engagement that’s followed in short order [...]


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    • 03.11 - MANHATTAN MELODRAMA Clark Gable stars in the gangland drama that's infamous for being the movie that John Dillinger watched just before he was gunned down. It screens for free at the Monmouth County Library's Eastern Branch, with showings at 2 and 7pm.
    • 03.11 - Author Regan Hofmann Rescheduled from 2/25: the author and editor of POZ magazine visits River Road Books in Fair Haven to read from and sign copies of I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, her memoir of a 'double life' as a Princeton prep school grad who 'had it all,' and who kept hidden the fact that she was HIV positive.
    • 03.11 - John Hiatt and the Combo Last seen on the Basie stage as acoustic opener for Lyle Lovett, the serial Grammy nominee and songwriter's songwriter (Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Raitt and even Dylan have covered him) returns to Red Bank in full band headliner mode (and with Holly Williams doing the opening honors).
    • 03.11 - Rock N Roll Karaoke (upstairs) The band from NYC's Arlene's Grocery hosts this popular weekly feature, in which civilian hopefuls can front a hard—rocking combo on any of a couple hundred classic rock favorites.
    • 03.12 - Free Movie: COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER Sissy Spacek stars (and sings) as country music icon Loretta Lynn in the 1980 biopic for which she won an Oscar. It's a Women's History Month entry in the Friday Afternoon Film Series at Middletown Library.
    • 03.12 - MY FAIR LADY at RBC The classic Lerner and Loewe musical version of PYGMALION is performed by the students of Red Bank Catholic High School.
    • 03.12 - Ebony Fashion Fair: A Tribute to Eunice Johnson The legacy of the legendary magazine editor and fashion trailblazer is celebrated with a Girls' Night Out at Frank Talk Art Bistro, with conversation and door prizes.
    • 03.12 - Cherryholmes THE WALTONS with sharp clothes and hotties? The cast of LOST IN SPACE with fiddles and banjos? Led by ZZ Top—bearded patriarch Jere, this family—unit bluegrass band (last seen round these parts at Monmouth U in 2009) has cultivated a remarkably sure presentation laced with fine technique and an entertaining style that avoids the worst of the Opryland/Branson excesses.
    • 03.13 - Laurie Berkner Band It's a live Birthday Party concert, starring the nationwide children's music star and her band in two matinee performances (11am and 2pm) at the Basie. It's also a Kids Care Club event, for which donations of new books for needy children are greatly appreciated.
    • 03.13 - Hats Off to Spring Luncheon Elaine Gates, author of ALL I AM I OWE TO GOD and IN SEARCH OF LOVE, will read from and sign copies of her books at the special event that also features a hat fashion show, chinese auction, door prizes and inspirational speaker Reverend Olivia Williams.
    • 03.13 - The Follicle Chronicles at Frank Talk RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY: Natural hair experts Candace and Palisa Kelley return to Frank Talk Art Bistro for a seminar 'about the psychology of hair and making that transformation to ala naturelle.' A discussion and makeovers follow; reserve (10 bucks discussion only; 65 bucks for personal makeover) in advance by phone.
    • 03.13 - Author Kim Levin The photographer whose 'pet whisperer' ways have resulted in a series of cool and delightful picture books visits River Road Books in Fair Haven to sign copies of her latest title, DOGPLAY: THE CANINE GUIDE TO BEING HAPPY.
    • 03.13 - Paper Moon Puppet Theater Master puppeteer Jim Racioppi and crew present CINDERELLA, the latest in their long running series of Paper Moon marionette shows for family audiences. One of the Shore's best kept secrets, these productions (on the custom scaled mini stage at First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands) combine handmade figures and scenery with genuine theatrical artistry for a rare experience that's capped by the 'backstage tour' following the show.
    • 03.13 - Harpist Marjorie Mollenhauer The musician performs a free solo concert at the Monmouth County Library's Eastern Branch.
    • 03.13 - MY FAIR LADY at RBC The classic Lerner and Loewe musical version of PYGMALION is performed by the students of Red Bank Catholic High School.
    • 03.13 - Monmouth Civic Chorus The local vocal powerhouse presents SING THE BODY ELECTRIC, a concert of 'music and evocations for chorus and brass,' that much closer to heaven atop Tower Hill.
    • 03.14 - The Irish Rovers Just in time for St. Pat's, the veteran folk group (coming up on 50 years of continuous performing) returns to Red Bank with their patented mix of traditional Irish tunes, signature originals like 'The Unicorn,' and unique takes on familiar pop songs.
    • 03.14 - Open Mic with Rob Dye and Mike Ghegan A tradition around Red Bank for years, the Sunday night event is THE place to find musicians congregating, hanging out, trying new ideas, cutting up on some classics and generally enjoying one of the MUST events for Jersey Shore music fans.
    • 03.16 - Train/ Butch Walker The Grammy winning, megaplatinum minted Bay Area trio is back touring on the heels of a new album, and with a newfound sense of urgency that harkens back to their earliest triumphs. They're coming to Red Bank for the first time, with Butch Walker and the Black Widows offering solid support. A 175 dollar VIP ticket includes preferred seating, autographed poster and meet 'n greet with the band.
    • 03.17 - Open Auditions for Red Bank Street Life Red Bank River Center is inviting talented adults and teenagers (16 years and older) to audition for this summer’s sidewalk performance series on Wednesday, March 31 at the Count Basie Theatre Rehearsal Studio, 99 Monmouth Street (2nd Floor) from 6—8pm. RiverCenter is seeking musicians and entertainers, such as mimes, clowns, magicians, jugglers, etc. to participate in the program. Each performer is asked to bring 3—to—4 minutes of prepared material highlighting his or her skills, a biography and references, if available.
    • 03.17 - Alpha Omega Wine Dinner Branches in West Long Branch hosts internationally recognized Jean Hoefliger in an Alpha Omega wine tasting event. $$89 includes five course seated dinner with selected top rated Napa wines at 7:30pm. Call for reservations.
    • 03.17 - Movie at the Guild: GOYA'S GHOSTS The Guild of Creative Art hosts a screening of Milos Forman's 2006 film, with Javier Bardem as painter Francisco Goya, and Natalie Portman his muse.
    • 03.17 - Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival Opening Reception All members of the public are invited to this kickoff reception for the annual celebration of young local artists, co—presented by the Monmouth County Arts Council and Brookdale Community College. More than 500 works of art will be on display at the school's Center for Visual Arts; refreshments will be served, and entertainment includes music, film and spoken word performance by participating artists. RSVP to lm@monmoutharts.org.
    • 03.18 - HAMMETT The 1983 mystery film — a fanciful detective story with Fredric Forrest as the real life author Dashiell Hammett —screens for free at the Monmouth County Library's Eastern Branch, with showings at 2 and 7pm.
    • 03.18 - Red Bank Documentary Film Series Film critic Joan Ellis is your host as The Atrium at Navesink Harbor (that's the elegant hi—rise senior residence on Riverside Avenue) continues a free monthly series of doc screenings and discussions, with popcorn and candy on the house. Tonight it's the 1984 film THE GOOD FIGHT, a portrait of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade and the American volunteer force's struggle against the Fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Reserve by phone for all events.