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RED BANK: SANSONE TO TURN UP THE STEAM
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RED BANK: The Reckless Steamy Nights series cranks up the heat with a rare Jersey gig by New Orleans bluesburners Johnny Sansone and John Fohl.
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June 28th, 2017 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MIDDLETOWN: ‘GIANTS OF SCIENCE’ POP BY
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MIDDLETOWN: Meet and interact with the American Giants of Science during a free-and-fun program at the township library.
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June 27th, 2017 @ 8am
LINCROFT: Brookdale's Environmental Club celebrates local enviro-activism on issues such as the proposed JCP&L high-voltage line at a discussion tonight.
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June 26th, 2017 @ 9am
LINCROFT: ARTISTS FIND THEIR INNER ANIMAL
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LINCROFT: Human artists inspired by animal and insect 'architects' kick off a series of events for adults and children at Monmouth Museum this Sunday.
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June 23rd, 2017 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: BACK IN THE SKIM OF THINGS
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SEA BRIGHT: Skimbash is back for 2017, in a two-day tournament that hits the surf this Saturday and Sunday.
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June 22nd, 2017 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN: An original musical dramedy asks, "is it 'gravy' or 'sauce'?" during a three-day stand at the Middletown Arts Center.
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June 22nd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: A LAST ROUNDUP FOR ‘LITTLE JO’
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RED BANK: The musical THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO enters its final week of performances, today through Sunday at Two River Theater.
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June 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK & MIDDLETOWN: T-REX RETURNS
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RED BANK: T-Rex and the traveling version of Field Station: Dinosaurs visit the libraries here and in Middletown this week.
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June 19th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: FAB FAUX SPINS ‘REVOLVER’
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RED BANK: The Fab Faux play 'Revolver' lip-to-lip and other Beatles classics at their annual stop at the Count Basie Theatre Saturday night.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: SEINE, CLIMB OR KAYAK
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ON THE GREEN: The Monmouth County Park System has ways to get you out onto the waterways (and portable mountains) of our local parks.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 9am
LINCROFT: BLUEGRASS IN THE GRASS
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LINCROFT: Spend Sunday in the Park with some bluegrass-loving folks as they resume their summer pickin' at Thompson Park on June 18.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: ‘MAUDIE’ THURSDAY AT BOW TIE
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Arts sneak-preview series continues with 'Maudie,' starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, Thursday night at Bow Tie Cinemas.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN: BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
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MIDDLETOWN: Experience beautiful Deep Cut Gardens during a free guided Butterfly Walk on Friday morning.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: BEACH CONCERTS ARE BACK
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SANDY HOOK: The free series of Wednesday evening Beach Concerts serves up its opening volley June 14, with the return of Kirk and the Jirks.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR TEENS BRAVE SHARK TANK
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional student entrepreneurs win cash awards from the Rotary Club, during the school's first "Shark Tank" competition.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: HISTORIC PLAQUE REDEDICATED
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SHREWSBURY: More than 80 years after its dedication, the local chapter of the DAR refurbishes a plaque marking the historic Delaware Trail.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: AN ART GALLERY GALLIVANT
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RED BANK: New friends join returning favorites as Monmouth Arts hosts another Tuesday night "Gallery Gallivant" to the artier corners of Red Bank.
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June 12th, 2017 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: OYSTER WRANGLERS WANTED
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SEA BRIGHT: The American Littoral Society seeks volunteer 'wranglers' for its "Operation Oyster" restoration project in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers.
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June 12th, 2017 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: VINTAGE BASEBALL RETURNS
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LITTLE SILVER: The Monmouth Furnace Base Ball Club helps the Parker Homestead host a day of vintage-style play and historic tours Sunday.
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June 9th, 2017 @ 10am
LINCROFT: RENT A CANOE AND EXPLORE MARLU
The Ballad of Little Jo TRTC 6-17 139 The Ballad of Little Jo Two River Theatre Company 6/3/17 Music by Mike Reid Lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger Book by Sarah Schlesinger, Mike Reid and John Dias Based on the film The Ballad of Little Jo by Maggie Greenwald Music Direction/Dance and Incidental Arrangements by John O'Neill Choreography by Marc Kimelman Directed by John Dias Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Costume Design: Jess Goldstein Set Design: Michael Carnahan Wig Design: Leah J. Loukas Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson © T Charles Erickson Photography [email protected]
LINCROFT: Canoe rentals return to Thompson Park's Marlu Lake beginning this Saturday and Sunday
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June 9th, 2017 @ 7am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...