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TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS
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Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, FRASIER creator David Lee, and Jessica Stone are among the star-quality directors working with Two River Theater Company in the just-announced 2014-2015 season. “Didn’t we justContinue reading "TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: WORLD VOICES, HEROES AT HOME
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The infamous 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese will be remembered as part of the Evening of International Psychology and Poetry Performances program Wednesday night at Brookdale Community College.   EachContinue reading "LINCROFT: WORLD VOICES, HEROES AT HOME"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
BCC TO HONOR ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’
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Press release from Brookdale Community College  This spring marks the 50th anniversary since a 28-year-old girl named Kitty Genovese (pictured) was stabbed, sexually molested and killed outside her Queens apartment,Continue reading "BCC TO HONOR ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 5am
RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE
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To All the Crowds He’s Loved Before: Julio Iglesias returns to Red Bank, for a Tuesday night concert at his area venue of choice on Monmouth Street. We could makeContinue reading "RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
Got bags and boxes and drawers full of outdated and unwanted paper documents, financial records and other sensitive but space-invading files? On the afternoon of Saturday, May 3, all MonmouthContinue reading "MONMOUTH COUNTY SHREDS IT AT MARINE PARK"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD
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Two River Theater Company artistic director John Dias takes the podium once more for the annual new season announcement, with the public invited to hear the details of the upcomingContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD"
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April 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TASTY LICKS, AT FLAVOUR FEST
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Beatle Bones and Smokin’ Stones: Glen Burtnik’s Beatles Tribute and Marc Ribler’s Rolling Stones Tribute (above) join the conceptual coverband Mashwork Orange (below) among the musical headliners adding savour toContinue reading "RED BANK: TASTY LICKS, AT FLAVOUR FEST"
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April 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OGRE ACHIEVERS AND MORE
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Above: The cast of LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR brings the Monmouth Players’ “Season of Simon” to a rollicking close in Navesink…while below, SHREK: THE MUSICAL kicks off the 2014Continue reading "RED BANK: OGRE ACHIEVERS AND MORE"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
MCC ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS
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On Saturday, May 10, the Red Bank-based Monmouth Civic Chorus will hold its annual vocal scholarship auditions for New Jersey high school seniors planning to pursue higher education. A totalContinue reading "MCC ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 6am
A CHILD’S PLACE MARKS 4oth ANNIVERSARY
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The public is invited to the annual  Alumni Open House at A Child’s Place in Lincroft, with this year’s event on May 3 featuring refreshments, entertainment, and an extra specialContinue reading "A CHILD’S PLACE MARKS 4oth ANNIVERSARY"
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April 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SELFIES KICK OFF ARTFUL WEEKEND
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A selfie by Bob McKay is among the works on display in the group show FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE opening Friday at Gallery 135 in Red Bank. Leave it toContinue reading "RED BANK: SELFIES KICK OFF ARTFUL WEEKEND"
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April 24th, 2014 @ 4pm
CAP CITIES HEADLINES ENVIRO EXPO AT BCC
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Electro-pop duo Capital Cities caps a day and evening of environmental awareness activities in Lincroft, as the Spring 2014 Campus Consiousness Tour comes to Brookdale Community College.  Press release fromContinue reading "CAP CITIES HEADLINES ENVIRO EXPO AT BCC"
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April 24th, 2014 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: BALALAIKAS RINGING OUT
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You call that a balalaika? Now THIS is a balalaika…and Elina Karokhina and Mikhail Smirnov of the Barynya troupe are not afraid to use it, when the traditional Russian musicContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: BALALAIKAS RINGING OUT"
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April 23rd, 2014 @ 12pm
STEP UP TO THE PLATE, FOR LUNCH BREAK OF RB
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The numbers speak for themselves: more than 61,000 hot meals served up in 2013 alone, to neighbors in need from all over Monmouth County (and beyond its borders). Over 600Continue reading "STEP UP TO THE PLATE, FOR LUNCH BREAK OF RB"
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April 23rd, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: FAT-FREE FILM AT THE LIBRARY
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No empty calories here: Middletown Township Public Library is the setting for a free Wednesday night screening of HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, the doc feature that aims to blow the pop-topContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FAT-FREE FILM AT THE LIBRARY"
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April 22nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RBR INDUCTS FIVE INTO ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
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An NFL football pro who became a high profile mental health advocate, a decorated Iraq War veteran, and a community volunteer known as “Red Bank’s Mom” are among the fiveContinue reading "RBR INDUCTS FIVE INTO ALUMNI HALL OF FAME"
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April 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
RBR TECH STUDENTS EXCEL AT STATE MEET
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RBR Academy of Pre-Engineering students recently excelled at the TSA State competitions held at the College of New Jersey. Pictured are first-place winner Alisa Orsini; Brad Tully and Austin Turner,Continue reading "RBR TECH STUDENTS EXCEL AT STATE MEET"
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April 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: CHOPIN SPREE
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Pianist Gerd Nowaczyk — pictured at left, with flautist and Monmouth Symphony associate conductor Lucian Rinando — performs a solo concert at Middletown Township Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. “WhoeverContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: CHOPIN SPREE"
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April 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MORE ‘TROUBLE,’ BUT WORTH IT
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Brenda Pressley takes center stage as Willetta, a 1950’s African American actress at work on a play-within-a-play, as TROUBLE IN MIND continues through the weekend at Two River Theater. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE ‘TROUBLE,’ BUT WORTH IT"
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April 18th, 2014 @ 9am
Y EVENT AIMS FOR HEALTHIER, HAPPIER KIDS
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Press release from The Community YMCA On Saturday, April 26, The Community YMCA is hosting a free community event to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active.Continue reading "Y EVENT AIMS FOR HEALTHIER, HAPPIER KIDS"
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April 18th, 2014 @ 6am
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.