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RED BANK: INDIE STREET FILM FEST ANNOUNCES 2025 LINEUP
Red Bank's Indie Street Film Festival marks its tenth year in August. Check out the newly unveiled list of more than 80 films in this year's lineup. (click to read)
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July 22nd, 2025 @ 7am
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RED BANK: “JAWS” & GARDEN OF EDEN ART SHOWS TOP WEEKEND PICKS
For lovers of film, art and free cheese: Simultaneous art openings marking the 50th anniversary of the film "Jaws" and the natural world on tap Saturday in Red Bank. (click to read)
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June 27th, 2025 @ 7pm
CHECK OUT THESE COOL PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS OF RED BANK
Plein air artists fanned out across Red Bank last week to quickly capture the town on canvas. Here are some of their works. (click to view)
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June 6th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK FORMS NEW VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
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A new borough committee is formed to promote public art and the visual arts in Red Bank. (click to read)
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May 20th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK’S DOWNTOWN FLOWER MAVEN DIES
Danielle Boyle, the gardener who beautified downtown Red Bank and likened her work to conducting an orchestra has died at age 54. (click to read)
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April 28th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK PLAYWRIGHT MARKS DOUBLE-HEADER MILESTONE
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Red Bank native, college senior and playwright Faith King sees two of her works brought to life this week. (click to read)
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April 23rd, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HISTORIC WALKING TOURS RETURN
Do you know your Red Bank history? Red Bank Public Library Historic Walking Tours resume this weekend. (click to read)
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April 4th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK GOES BIG WITH MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND PLANS
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Red Bank plans new playground for Marine Park, with a wheelchair-accessible pirate ship, 40-foot zipline and more. (click to read)
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January 24th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: COUNT BASIE MURALIST CALLS OUT FACEBOOK IMPOSTER. BUT IS IT HUMAN OR BOT?
110 Monmouth Street mural Michael White
Artist Michael White is the guy who painted Red Bank's popular new mural of jazz icon William "Count" Basie - despite what you may have seen on Facebook this week. (click to read)
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January 14th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GALLERY MARKS ONE YEAR “PUSHING BOUNDARIES”
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Last November, a former New York gallery owner opened Gallery Lucida on Wallace Street. He celebrates a year "challenging" patrons with a killer new dual-artist exhibit. (click to read)
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December 2nd, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS WITH HUGE WEEKEND
The 32nd annual town holiday lighting celebration, Santa leading a parade, models posing as mannequins, gift card giveaways, an art gallery walking tour and more. The Holiday Season begins with a blizzard of things to do this weekend - oh, and FREE PARKING! (click to read)
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November 29th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: ARTIST AND BUTCHER JAZZ UP WALL WITH COUNT BASIE MURAL
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A new mural honoring Red Bank's favorite son William "Count" Basie is turning heads on Monmouth Street. (click to read)
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November 18th, 2024 @ 8am
PHEONIX BRINGS “THE COLOR PURPLE” TO BASIE STAGE
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Community theater group Phoenix Productions presents "The Color Purple" at the Basie Center this weekend (click for more)
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November 14th, 2024 @ 5pm
SPRINGSTEEN DOC PUTS RED BANK AT CENTER STAGE
Hulu's new Bruce Springsteen documentary follows him across the globe, but keeps Red Bank rehearsals sessions front and center. (click to read)
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October 28th, 2024 @ 12pm
EX SICKELS SPACE GOES BIG WITH ART
Anderson Building space vacated by Sickel's Market has its second pop up art exhibit. (click for more)
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October 24th, 2024 @ 10am
DOGGO FEST, VINYL HOUNDS AND THE WAG: RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS: Dog Days event, street fair, record fest and more. (click to read)
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September 6th, 2024 @ 5pm
GLOBE SPANNING FILM FEST TAKES OVER RED BANK
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The Indie Street Film Festival hits Red Bank this week with a diverse lineup of films, QNA's and parties. (click to read)
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August 18th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: UNSINKABLE SIDEWALK SALE TOPS WEEKEND PICKS
Red Bank's 70th annual, indomitable, rain or shine sidewalk sale tops the list of things to do on a spectacular weather weekend.
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August 9th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
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Summer heat slows us down, the calendar thins, but the music in Red Bank never stops. Redbankgreen's picks of things to do this weekend.
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July 19th, 2024 @ 6am
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our feed was a holiday sketch of Jack’sContinue reading "SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE"
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July 9th, 2024 @ 1pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.