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RED BANK: ARTS CHAMPION TOM CHESEK DIES
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RED BANK: Tom Chesek, who for decades spotlighted unheralded local artists with distinctive prose, has died at age 64.
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July 7th, 2023 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: Some parting thoughts as redbankgreen founder John T. Ward calls it quits after 18 years and 15,000 posts.
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August 1st @ 11pm
RED BANK: WEEK TO REMEMBER MAMA @TRT
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RED BANK: The season-closing production of "I Remember Mama" enters its final week at Two River Theater.
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June 20th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: A WALK WITH LIFE AND ART
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Behind the scenes looks at two big stage productions, a Cinco de Mayo dance celebration and MORE, as the Monmouth County Arts Council hosts an Artwalk tour in their Red Bank neighborhood.
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May 3rd, 2016 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS
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Singer-songwriter-novelist Mimi Cross makes an appearance in Fair Haven Thursday to promote her new work of fiction, “Before Goodbye.”  (Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK “It was great to see everybody,”Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS"
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January 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS
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Ken Stunkel, left, and Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz are first-time, eighty-something playwrights getting the big-time treatment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)   By TOM CHESEK When the 2015-2016Continue reading "RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: FUNNY THINGS KEEP HAPPENING
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David Josefsburg, Michael Urie, Christopher Fitzgerald and Kevin Isola keep the toga party going for one more weekend, as “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ wrapsContinue reading "RED BANK: FUNNY THINGS KEEP HAPPENING"
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December 9th, 2015 @ 6am
Director Jessica Stone joins actors Michael Urie and Christopher Fitzgerald in a promotional video for ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,’ the musical comedy opening at theContinue reading "A ‘FUNNY THING’ ON THE WAY TO RED BANK"
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November 13th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A HOT BURRITO FOR MUSIC-HEADS
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Carley Wolf joins bandmate Jonny Wolf on the stage of 10th Ave. Burrito Tuesday night, as the Austin-based duo the Ghost Wolves helps the new venue up the original-music anteContinue reading "RED BANK: A HOT BURRITO FOR MUSIC-HEADS"
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September 14th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SHOWDOWN AT THE OL’ CAR CORRAL
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More than a year after a bittersweet move from their hundred-year old firehouse, the members of Liberty Hose Fire Company return to White Street once more this Sunday, for theContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOWDOWN AT THE OL’ CAR CORRAL"
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July 10th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘SQUIPS’ STAY AFTER SCHOOL
A preview of BE MORE CHILL, now in an extended furn at the Two River Theater. By TOM CHESEK The academic year may be ending right about nowfor most highContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘SQUIPS’ STAY AFTER SCHOOL"
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June 18th, 2015 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: ASBURY LEGENDS, GOOD AND BAD
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Authors Tom Chesek and John O’Rourke at River Road Books Thursday. (Click to enlarge) A busy summer of author appearances at River Road Books in Fair Haven continues with aContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: ASBURY LEGENDS, GOOD AND BAD"
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June 9th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘BLUES’ ONE MORE TIME, AT TRTC
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Charles Weldon (left) counsels Brandon J. Dirden in YOUR BLUES AIN’T SWEET LIKE MINE, entering the final weekend of its world premiere run at Two River Theater. (Photos by MichalContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘BLUES’ ONE MORE TIME, AT TRTC"
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April 30th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: PACKING UP THE ‘GUEST ROOM’
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Charles Socarides and Socorro Santiago are transfixed by the world of their favorite telenovela in GUADALUPE IN THE GUEST ROOM. (Photo by T.C. Erickson) By TOM CHESEK “We’re just aContinue reading "RED BANK: PACKING UP THE ‘GUEST ROOM’"
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March 12th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: NEW SPIN ON THE ‘ABSURD’
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Mary Birdsong, Brooks Ashmanskas and Melissa Van Der Schyff are in the kitchen with Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR, now on stage at Two River Theater. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW SPIN ON THE ‘ABSURD’"
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January 20th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: A HALLOWEEN HIKE FOR THE AGES
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Listen up, citizens of Gotham: the Red Bank Halloween Parade hits the street this Sunday for its 67th annual edition, filled with witches and goblins of all ages, and someContinue reading "RED BANK: A HALLOWEEN HIKE FOR THE AGES"
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October 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
A LAND OF PURE IMAGINATION, AT TWO RIVER
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Gaby (Andrea Morales) encounters an inhabitant of PINKOLANDIA in the play of the same name by Andrea Thome at Two River Theater.  (Photo by T.C. Erickson) By TOM CHESEK JustContinue reading "A LAND OF PURE IMAGINATION, AT TWO RIVER"
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February 26th, 2014 @ 6am
ALL RED BANK’S A STAGE, FOR ACTOR OWENS
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Former COSBY SHOW cast member Geoffrey Owens is BACK, as Jaques — and Two River Theater Company’s got him, as previews begin this weekend for TRTC’s production of Shakespeare’s ASContinue reading "ALL RED BANK’S A STAGE, FOR ACTOR OWENS"
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January 23rd, 2014 @ 7am
KIRK PLAYS SANTA, WITH HITMAKER HELPERS
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Bandleader Brian Kirk (center) brings his Jirks back to the Basie stage on December 23, in a Santa for Lunch Break benefit that boasts the chart-topping voices of Elliot LurieContinue reading "KIRK PLAYS SANTA, WITH HITMAKER HELPERS"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 8am
A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION
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Becca Ayers (Mrs. Otter), William Thomas Evans (Dr. Badger) and Mike Faist (Mole) co-star in A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS, the original family musical now onstage in a new encoreContinue reading "A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 8am
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MAHJONG TIME
Mahjong tiles racked & ready for action. This group of friends started playing mahjong at East Side Park in 2020. Transforming an outdoo ...
TESTING THE NEW SOD
A white tailed deer explores the new sod at the Red Bank Middle School, where the grounds have recently been remade as part of a $3.6 millio ...
MR. D BRINGS THE BOOGIE
Mr. D (Dennis Daniels) keeps the music coming at the ribbon cutting for the newly expanded Parker Family Health Center Tuesday afternoon. Al ...
PAINT THE TOWN PURPLE
One of many purple ribbons that appeared on light poles in downtown Red Bank Wednesday with the morning sun shining on St. James church in t ...
RISE OF THE SKELETONS
Watch out, it looks like the skeletons are coming out on River Rd! (photo courtesy of Partyline contributor Nicole Taetsch)
106 YEARS OLD, OFF TO POKENO
Edith Blake rides the lift onto the Red Bank Senior Center bus Thursday Morning, where Pokeno is on the schedule every Thursday. Blake is 10 ...
OOMPAH YIELDS MOOLAH FOR YMCA
  There was more than beer samplings, sausage and oompah music to celebrate Red Bank’s Oktoberfest on Saturday. Event organizer Red B ...
SUNDAY CHAMBER MUSIC
  Trio Zimbalist doing Haydn at the Trinity Church Hall courtesy of the R B Chamber Music Society. (photo by Partyline contributor Chri ...
HIGH (VERY) TIDE IN RED BANK
High tide at the Marine Park horseshoe this morning. A persistent week of onshore winds and a recent full moon are causing unusually high ti ...
LIGHTS. CAMERA. SHAKAS.
Some dude in a classic scruffy looking convertible filled with surfboards, a checkered flag and an odd assemblage of junk/treasures in the b ...
CRABBER’S DELIGHT
Ed Merlino shows off his morning’s catch at the Marine Park fishing pier Monday (photo by Brian Donohue)
DRESSED FOR CELEBRATING
Sunday’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in Riverside Gardens Park (photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)
SUNDAY CHAT WITH A VIEW
A man enjoys the view of the Navesink River while chatting on the phone from the bench near the Red Bank Public Library Sunday morning. We d ...
GARAGE SALE PARTY!
When Henry Tindal has a garage sale, it’s not just a garage sale. It’s a garage sale party. Photo taken Saturday (photo by Brian ...
A PROCLAMATION!
By KENNY KATZGRAU The Borough of Red Bank recognized redbankgreen founder John T. Ward at its September 12th council meeting. Ward accepted ...
IN THE CROW’S NEST
A fish crow waits optimistically for crabbers at Marine Park to drop a bit of bait for lunch. (photo by Brian Donohue)
ANYONE HUNGRY?
A bird feeder awaits customers at Veterans Park. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
ALL’S WELL. AND WELLER
  Legend in town. (Photo by Partyline Contributor Jeff Frieri)
DEEP SANDAL THOUGHTS
A pair of sandals left in the doorway on Monmouth Street in this photo by Partyline contributor Ryan Chippendale, who added a choice of capt ...
MARINE PARK REMAKE
New plants for the new Marine Park parking lot appear ready for planing as construction of the new parking lot proceeds. The work is part of ...

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