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By TOM CHESEK On a Siberian day in early December, Art Forms Gallery owner Charlotte Scherer excuses herself from the conversation to stop in at a neighboring storefront. Things inside her Monmouth Street gallery have tended toward the frigid side...
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Francis Ford Coppola directing 'Youth Without Youth,' which premieres at the Clearview Thursday night in a benefit for the Monmouth County Arts Alliance. By TOM CHESEK WINE! It's managed to play a part in the late careers of many a...
By TOM CHESEK The spirits have been restless of late over at Two River Theater, first during October's psych-out thrill ride "The Charlatan's Seance," then in the massive preparations for their upcoming Grand Guignol take on Shakespeare's bloody and accursed...
By TOM CHESEK He was the first to play the title role in Spring Lake Theatre Company's annual production of the musical "Scrooge," and went on to don the nightcap for countless performances in Premier Theatre Company's equally long-running revival...
In recent years, photographers Bob McKay & Elisabeth Koch-McKay have been Red Bank's foremost curators of photographic work, cultivating art that's bold and demure, edgy and comforting, but always transporting. For their newest show at the McKay Imaging gallery on...
Ted Jeremenko is a visual artist whose work exudes a meticulous craftsmanship. Ditto for Nick Berger. Both ponder people-free American landscapes that evoke a sense of something lost, or quickly vanishing, to the great detriment of our culture. Both are...
In 1973, punk rock progenitor Lou Reed made an album called 'Berlin.' Arranged as a narrative suite of songs, it was dark and decadent, mixing imagery of drug and spousal abuse against a sonic background that ranged from Teutonic bombast...
Meryl Blinder, a painter from Brookline, Massachussetts, brings a collection of her works to Church Street Garden & Home in Little Silver in a show that opens tonight with a reception from 5 to 8p. An open house is scheduled...
Mark Kseniak of Atlantic Highlands is no purist when it comes to photography. An illustrator by trade, he has no compunction about altering images for effect. "I capture images, and with those images, I create my vision of how I...
Chris Covert is fond of the 'goofball' approach to art, bringing a loosey-goosey attitude to choosing his subjects and often settling on celebrities who tickle his funny button. He likes stand-up comics, and will knock off a portrait of one...
The newly restored chapel and adjacent grounds at the Fort at Sandy Hook will be the site of a fall arts festival hosted by the Fort Foundation for Arts and Education this weekend. With registrations beginning at 10a, the Saturday...
Starting next month, Diney's Place/The Children's Cultural Center won't be just for kids anymore. Turns out that investing a ton of money to transform the former Red Bank municipal building and police station into a learning center full of digital...
Star Ledger theater reviewer Peter Filichia finds the puppets that populate the 'Our Town' production at the Two River Theater "adorable" but distracting. In his review, in today's editions, Filichia calls TRT artistic director Aaron Posner's approach to Thornton Wilder's...
Having developed an opposable thumb, which gave him enormous competitive advantages over other creatures, early man found that he might like to use it to make something to keep his precious digits from snapping off in the cold. Thus, gloves,...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Disagreements over a monthly film series have led to the resignation of Richard Alter as chairman of the Freedom Film Society, the nonprofit group that puts on the widely acclaimed Red Bank International Film Festival each...
Both the Count Basie Theatre and the Two River Theater Company were major beneficiaries of whopping state funding increases as part of an effort to "create parity" among arts organizations, according to today's Star-Ledger. The Basie's fiscal year 2008 grant...
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Starting Thursday night, the McKay Gallery will offer a special two-evening exhibit of images by documentary photographer Marc Steiner. Titled "Deenbandhu: Relative of the Poor," the collection follows the work of Father George Kavukatt, a Catholic priest who has ministered...
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
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.