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Grace Cangemi in 2008. Red Bank-area theaters and other arts institutions now have a hometown friend in Trenton. The Star-Ledger reported Sunday that former borough councilwoman Grace Cangemi has beenContinue reading "CANGEMI LANDS SEAT ON STATE ARTS COUNCIL"
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June 7th, 2010 @ 6am
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LIKE A JUNEBUG ON A GALLERY WALL
Dub-ble vision: The landmark Dublin House is among the people, places and things rendered in ecstatically bold strokes by illustrator Mike Quon, in a first-ever art installation at NovelTeas inContinue reading "LIKE A JUNEBUG ON A GALLERY WALL"
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June 4th, 2010 @ 5am
BASIES HOSTLESS AFTER PROTEST THREAT
Jersey 101.5 radio personality Big Joe Henry (pictured here at a past Miss Teen NJ pageant) has confirmed that he’s stepped down as host of the fifth annual Basie AwardsContinue reading "BASIES HOSTLESS AFTER PROTEST THREAT"
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May 25th, 2010 @ 5am
GALLERY DEBUTS WITH FOUND FOTOS
FIELD OF DREAMS, from the exhibit at Red Bank Frameworks; below BUS STOP. (Click to enlarge) “A Lost Lens,” the photography exhibit now underway at Red Bank Frameworks, is modestContinue reading "GALLERY DEBUTS WITH FOUND FOTOS"
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May 21st, 2010 @ 6am
AN EARTHLY RE-ENTRY FOR THE WRIGHT STUFF
The Al Wright Unit — featuring vocalist Ruth Wright — brings both homegrown cred and a space-trekking sonic legacy back to the Red Bank Public Library on Thursday evening. (PhotosContinue reading "AN EARTHLY RE-ENTRY FOR THE WRIGHT STUFF"
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May 12th, 2010 @ 5am
IN THE ARTY, ARTY MONTH OF MAY
And they said print was dead: Paper sculptor Riccardo Berlingeri gives new life to yesterday’s news in an ongoing exhibit at the Monmouth Museum. Grab your plastic tumbler of merlot,Continue reading "IN THE ARTY, ARTY MONTH OF MAY"
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May 5th, 2010 @ 8am
ART IN BLOOM, UP AT McKAY’s
Brookdale Community College faculty member Dan Schroll (upper right) is the subject of the solo art show DOCUMENTS • FLOWERS, opening Friday at McKay Imaging Gallery. By TOM CHESEK It’sContinue reading "ART IN BLOOM, UP AT McKAY’s"
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April 14th, 2010 @ 5am
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. Some pix from theContinue reading "TRT’S ‘ORESTES:’ MATRICIDE AND SONG"
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March 30th, 2010 @ 8am
IN oRBit: REPORT FROM THE BRANCH
There’s a creative new coalition of artists and businesspeople, on the verge of producing their first big public event. A movement to start a new, year-round, monthly series of 2ndContinue reading "IN oRBit: REPORT FROM THE BRANCH"
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March 30th, 2010 @ 5am
CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, STREETLIFE’S COMING
Buskers, like this unidentified trio from Streetlife 2009, are warming up their pipes for the 2010 edition. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s getting closer to that time whenContinue reading "CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, STREETLIFE’S COMING"
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March 26th, 2010 @ 12pm
IN oRBit: BACHELORETTES AND EVERYMAN
You’ve seen his somber, silent, life-size figures in places like the Port Authority and the National Mall — and now George Segal is coming to the outskirts of town. NotContinue reading "IN oRBit: BACHELORETTES AND EVERYMAN"
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February 18th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: WIDE AWAKE IN ARTVILLE
The news that cheese actually promotes healthy sleep should be cause for some concern on the wine-‘n-cheese reception circuit, since patrons of your garden-variety boring art show would be inContinue reading "IN oRBit: WIDE AWAKE IN ARTVILLE"
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February 1st, 2010 @ 5am
WEST SIDERS GETTING SOME OVERDUE TLC
Danny Murphy, outside his Bridge Avenue restaurant, is leading an effort to boost the Arts & Antiques District’s profile. For years, a cluster of businesses west of Red Bank’s downtownContinue reading "WEST SIDERS GETTING SOME OVERDUE TLC"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 12pm
RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS
Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater. Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to townContinue reading "RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: WINE ‘N CHEESE IN WINTER
The unofficial art walk is back — and baby, it’s cold outside — but over at Red Bank oRBit, we’ve got enough virtual wine and cheese to warm whatever cockles haven’tContinue reading "IN oRBit: WINE ‘N CHEESE IN WINTER"
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January 14th, 2010 @ 6am
ART BAR
Painter Medy Quiroz at the opening of the two-artist show at Jamian’s Thursday night. Below, a bar patron takes in a Quiroz triptych. (Click to enlarge) Live music venue; bar;Continue reading "ART BAR"
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January 8th, 2010 @ 8am
BARAKA HOLDS COURT IN RED BANK
Poet and author Amiri Baraka  just before he spoke to a captive crowd at Frank Talk. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI He slipped slowly out of the backContinue reading "BARAKA HOLDS COURT IN RED BANK"
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December 28th, 2009 @ 6am
THIS WON’T LAST, BUT IT ISN’T MEANT TO
Gallery mavens at last night’s opening, in the see-through space last occupied by Design Front. (Click photos to enlarge) Emily Asher Neiman, who closed her short-lived gallery on Monmouth StreetContinue reading "THIS WON’T LAST, BUT IT ISN’T MEANT TO"
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December 18th, 2009 @ 11am
BIKE GROUP PLANS ART RIDE, OR VICE-VERSA
Some of the participants in Spoke & Art’s inaugural ride in October. [UPDATE: This event has been indefinitely postponed due to post-storm road conditions.] Here’s a possible conversation starter: theContinue reading "BIKE GROUP PLANS ART RIDE, OR VICE-VERSA"
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December 18th, 2009 @ 10am
IN oRBit: CHRISTMAS @ THE COUNT’S CRIB
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit runs down a particularly action-packed week of Christmas-themed music at the Count Basie Theatre — with Santa Basie workshopping a six-day schedule that beginsContinue reading "IN oRBit: CHRISTMAS @ THE COUNT’S CRIB"
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December 14th, 2009 @ 7am
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PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(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 ...