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BASIE BAND PLAYS BASIE AT THE BASIE
Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie Center for the Arts
Count Basie Orchestra Count Basie Center for the Arts
Video: An amazing Red Bank moment: On William "Count" Basie's birthday, Count Basie Orchestra plays "The Kid from Red Bank" - at the Basie. (Click for more)
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August 21st @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BIG BASIE BASH ON TAP
A free concert by The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra tops three days of events to celebrate William "Count" Basie's birthday weekend. (Click to read)
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August 19th @ 7am
RED BANK: ARTY AUGUST NIGHT ON TAP
Red Bank art galleries throw open their doors for your August Friday evening enjoyment. (Click to read)
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August 13th @ 3pm
RED BANK’S INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 LINEUP
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Red Bank's Indie Street Film Festival announces its 2026 full lineup of 50 shorts 12 feature films. It runs August 17-23. (Click to read)
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July 22nd @ 3pm
RED BANK: CAMPINESS AND COMMUNITY AT ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
redbankgreen goes behind the curtain to find raucous camp and welcoming community at Red Bank's long-running production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Click to read).
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July 14th @ 8am
RED BANK: PLANNERS PAN “DEPRESSING” TRAIN STATION PROJECT PLANS
RED BANK PLANNING BOARD the rail north hearing 07082026
Red Bank planning board expresses fifty shades of dismay as builder presents "Darth Vader" grey facade for 175-unit building near train station. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 6pm
“DROOLING PIANOS” SHOW LATEST IN RED BANK COMIC’S 25-YEAR RUN
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Red Bank comedian Chris Covert discusses a 25-year-career, why he still works in a deli, and his upcoming show at The Vogel. (Click to read)
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June 22nd @ 6pm
RED BANK GRAFFITI JAM FILLS PARK WITH ART AND COLOR
Red Bank Graffiti Jam 0620206
Photos from Red Bank's first ever graffiti jam event. (click to read)
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June 21st @ 9am
PHOTOS/VIDEO: ARTISTS PAINT RED BANK
PHOTOS/VIDEO: 26 plein air artists fan out across Red Bank to create a rich display of local scenes. (Click to read/watch)
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June 1st @ 1pm
HAVANA ON THE NAVESINK
The Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project went big with its annual gala at Triumph Brewing Wednesday, hosting a 1940's-50's Cuba-themed classic car show and concert to benefit its jazz education programs. 
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April 30th @ 8am
RED BANK: NEW LIBRARY MURAL SHINES
Red Bank Public Library mural depicts fauna featured in literature, the local landscape, and one Red Bank student's cherished memories. (Click to read.)
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April 20th @ 8am
RED BANK VENUES CELEBRATE GARDEN STATE ART WEEKEND
Five Red Bank venues will throw their doors open with special events and extended hours this weekend as part of Garden State Art Weekend, described by organizers as "a statewide celebration of art in New Jersey." (Click to read)
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April 17th @ 4pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLAN OK’D FOR DEAD GAS STATION SITE
Red Bank Planning Board approves Victor Rallo's plan to remake a longtime eyesore property. (Click to read)
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April 9th @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW GALLERIA GALLERY OPENS DOORS
Red Bank's newest art gallery, Amelchenko Gallery, makes its official debut with a ribbon cutting reception Thursday.
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March 4th @ 5pm
PODCAST: GILDA ROGERS ON RED BANK’S BLACK HISTORY – AND FUTURE
New episode of the redbankgreen podcast! An illuminating sit down with Gilda Rogers, executive director of the T. Thomas Fortune House Cultural Center. (Click to read.)
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February 13th @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH SEEKS INPUT ON JOHNNY JAZZ PARK REMAKE
Borough of Red Bank plans a makeover for Johnny Jazz Park. (Click to read)
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February 12th @ 10am
RED BANK: A REMINDER FROM ARTISTS, THAT UKRAINE FIGHTS ON
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A show featuring three Ukrainian artists living in New Jersey opens in Red Bank this weekend. (Click to read)
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January 8th @ 4pm
RED BANK: JAZZ ARTS PROJECT UNVEILS SWINGIN’ NEW DIGS
Red Bank's Jazz Arts Project christens new digs and unveils the coolest door in Red Bank. (click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE CENTER & OCEANFIRST INK MOVIE HOUSE DEAL
Red Bank's art house movie theater gets a new name and facelift under Basie Center/OceanFirst Bank partnership. (Click to read.)
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December 5th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: OLD SCHOOL ART AND AI MEET IN NEW GALLERY/ACADEMY
A new art gallery and academy where AI and traditional art share a space opens its doors.(click to read)
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October 9th, 2025 @ 3pm
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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 ...