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RUMSON: ADULT BOOKS PROMPT R-FH DEBATE
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With emergency lights on because of a power outage, parent Siobhan Fallon Hogan urged parental choice in the books read by teens. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RUMSON: ADULT BOOKS PROMPT R-FH DEBATE"
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October 14th, 2015 @ 8am
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RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0
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Press release from Count Basie Theatre They come from communities all over New Jersey; from high schools and colleges with a campus anywhere in the Garden State. And on AprilContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE OPENS PROJECT FX 2.0"
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October 12th, 2015 @ 5am
LINCROFT: A HEAVYWEIGHT ART HOMECOMING
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Renowned sculptor and former Brookdale Community College professorA. Thomas Schomberg with his most famous commission, Philly’s statue of Sly Stallone’s ROCKY character.  It’s one of the truly iconic sculpted figuresContinue reading "LINCROFT: A HEAVYWEIGHT ART HOMECOMING"
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October 8th, 2015 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: BEYOND THE BIERGARTEN
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So what better month to salute the sounds, scenery and seasonal fare of Germany than the Oktoberfest interlude of autumn? Beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday afternoon, the MAC playsContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: BEYOND THE BIERGARTEN"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE
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Guests mingled in the new Count Basie Theatre Performing Arts Academy Monday. Below, Yvonne Lamb Scudiery and Mayor Pasquale Menna spoke at the unveiling. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click toContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE UNVEILS NEW ARTS SPACE"
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September 21st, 2015 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: THE MOCO’S GOT MOJO
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Press release from Monmoth County Arts Council For its annual Celebration of the Arts fundraiser, the Red Bank-based Monmouth County Arts Council celebrates the recently established MoCo Arts Corridor initiativeContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: THE MOCO’S GOT MOJO"
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September 21st, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: ALL ROADS LEAD TO CANTERBURY
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The annual Canterbury Art Show returns to St. George’s Church this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Works by painter Lee Jamieson, including one below, are included. (Above photo by Susan Ericson. Click toContinue reading "RUMSON: ALL ROADS LEAD TO CANTERBURY"
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September 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS
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A ceramic teapot by North Carolina artist Nick Joerling is among the items featured in the new “Clay Directions” exhibit beginning Tuesday at Brookdale Community College.  With the coming ofContinue reading "LINCROFT: HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS"
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August 31st, 2015 @ 6am
RUMSON: BLITHEWALD RAZED
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Five months after a devastating fire, the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald was demolished Monday. The 132-year-old home, on Buena Vista Avenue, was undergoing extensive redecoration for use as a designer showcase forContinue reading "RUMSON: BLITHEWALD RAZED"
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August 18th, 2015 @ 2pm
LINCROFT: EMERGING FROM THE RUBBISH
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Conjured through “distressed” materials, the fiber art creations of artist Kevan Lunney are on display at the Monmouth Museum, beginning with a public-welcome reception this Friday evening. There have beenContinue reading "LINCROFT: EMERGING FROM THE RUBBISH"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: EVERY BOWL FEEDS A SOUL
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Three not-for-profit Red Bank institutions — including The Art Alliance (above) and JBJ Soul Kitchen (below) — join forces on August 30, during a special event aimed at battling hungerContinue reading "RED BANK: EVERY BOWL FEEDS A SOUL"
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August 12th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOMERING FOR KIDS WITH CANCER
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Sports and entertainment prints by award-winning NJ artist Mike Kupka (including “Yankee Captains,” pictured here) are on display and on sale beginning August 28, during an exhibit that deals itsContinue reading "RED BANK: HOMERING FOR KIDS WITH CANCER"
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August 6th, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS
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Moving to Red Bank from Spring Lake, Charleston Shops is taking over 9 Monmouth Street, above, former home of Toad Hollow. By JOHN T. WARD This installment of redbankgreen’s Retail Churn finds lots ofContinue reading "RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET CHURNS"
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August 3rd, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED
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Space beneath the steeple, complete with spiral staircase, is now an office. The new First Church of Christ, Scientist worship space, below, is a fraction of the original size.  (Photos by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: CHURCH CONVERSION COMPLETED"
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July 31st, 2015 @ 1pm
‘HILLBILLIES’ INVADE RBR SUMMER STAGE
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Students of Red Bank Regional’s Visual and Performing Summer Camp learn steps for the musical HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLIES, premiering August 6 at the school auditorium. Press release from Red Bank RegionalContinue reading "‘HILLBILLIES’ INVADE RBR SUMMER STAGE"
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July 28th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SEITZ TO BEHOLD, AT VIA45
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The stark seascapes of photographer Colin Seitz set the mood at Via45, beginning with both an online and a real-time opening on Friday. As an exec with Red Bank-based ApexContinue reading "RED BANK: SEITZ TO BEHOLD, AT VIA45"
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July 23rd, 2015 @ 5am
RED BANK: PUNNINGLY PAINTED, BY GEORGE
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PIANO DIVE and other paintings by George Severini are the subject of both a book signing and a gallery exhibit that opens Friday evening at McKay Imaging. (Click to enlarge) TakenContinue reading "RED BANK: PUNNINGLY PAINTED, BY GEORGE"
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July 16th, 2015 @ 6am
Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre is $1 million richer this month, thanks to a Brielle-based charity. The Charles Lafitte Foundation, founded by Vonage board chairman Jeffrey Citron and his wife,Continue reading "RED BANK: BASIE NETS $1M FOR STUDENT ARTS"
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July 8th, 2015 @ 7am
LINCROFT: ALL HANDS ON THIS EXHIBIT
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Stella the Stegosaurus gets hands-on with Monmouth Museum visitors, as the found-objects sculpture by the late Jim Gary forms the centerpiece of a special PLEASE TOUCH! show for visually impairedContinue reading "LINCROFT: ALL HANDS ON THIS EXHIBIT"
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June 27th, 2015 @ 6am
More than 90 artists — including Michael Scherfen, whose award winning painting “The Ruthie ‘n Junie, Belford NJ” is pictured above — are expected to participate in this year’s CanterburyContinue reading "RUMSON: ON THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY FAIR"
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June 25th, 2015 @ 6am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...