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A quick joke by Rabbi Bob Alper, from his YouTube channel. It’s a twist on the one that begins, “a priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar…”Continue reading "YOU CALL THAT A RABBI?"
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April 6th, 2011 @ 9am
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‘CANDIDA’ REVIEWS: A FRESH LOOK AT SHAW
Sue Cremin, who has the title role in ‘Candida,’ with TRTC artistic director John Dias after Saturday’s opening-night show. Below, former ‘Cosby Show‘ star Geoffrey Owens, right, returned to theContinue reading "‘CANDIDA’ REVIEWS: A FRESH LOOK AT SHAW"
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March 30th, 2011 @ 9am
MARCHING OUT WINTER’S END AT THE BASIE
Master multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg makes his annual pilgrimage to the Count Basie Theatre this weekend. We’ve sprung ahead, clock-wise, and have arrived at the middle of March with the feelingContinue reading "MARCHING OUT WINTER’S END AT THE BASIE"
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March 16th, 2011 @ 9am
JON STEWART GOES FOR TWO ON NAVESINK
Jon Stewart’s riverfront houses on Alston Court, left, and Fisher Place, right, represent a combined $7 million investment in Red Bank, not counting major renovations now underway on one house.Continue reading "JON STEWART GOES FOR TWO ON NAVESINK"
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November 19th, 2010 @ 10am
PHONE PRANKER DIALS UP THE BASIE
Standup comedian, radio personality and phone-prank specialist Roy Wood Jr. keeps up with the latest tech, as the Last Comic Standing Live! tour brings him to New Jersey for theContinue reading "PHONE PRANKER DIALS UP THE BASIE"
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October 14th, 2010 @ 11am
CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE
Filmmaker Kevin Smith‘s 40th-birthday Q&A show at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night drew a scale-model lookalike. One covered in icing. A few hours before the show, the auteur ofContinue reading "CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 3pm
POUNDING OUT THE PUNCHLINES
Paula Poundstone brings her trademark asexual look and her highly interactive “autobiographical” act to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre Saturday night. By TOM CHESEK When Paula Poundstone returnsContinue reading "POUNDING OUT THE PUNCHLINES"
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June 16th, 2010 @ 5am
STEVEN WRIGHT: PERIPHERAL VISIONARY
Steven Wright takes the stage at the Count Basie Theatre Friday night. By TOM CHESEK This shouldn’t come as any surprise, but Steven Wright in conversation comes off sounding anContinue reading "STEVEN WRIGHT: PERIPHERAL VISIONARY"
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June 1st, 2010 @ 8am
Steve Martin‘s energetic comedy ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile‘ debuted to a full house — and the announcement of a four-performance run extension — at Red Bank’s Two River TheaterContinue reading "STEVE MARTIN YUKFEST GETS RUN EXTENSION"
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May 24th, 2010 @ 6am
THE STUFF OF TWO GENIUSES, AT TWO RIVER
Alfredo Narciso (as young Pablo Picasso) takes to the floor with Rachel Botchan in PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE, the Steve Martin comedy opening this week at Two River Theater.Continue reading "THE STUFF OF TWO GENIUSES, AT TWO RIVER"
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May 18th, 2010 @ 6am
PLAYING IT BROAD AND FOR LAFFS
Friday night lights: Standup guy “Soul Joel” Richardson (left) hosts another COMEDY ON THE EDGE extravaganza in Red Bank, this one starring Reese Waters (right). By TOM CHESEK They usedContinue reading "PLAYING IT BROAD AND FOR LAFFS"
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May 6th, 2010 @ 2pm
IN TRTC’S LINEUP: SHAW, BREL & A SPIDER
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (as Charlotte the spider) and Owen Doherty (as Wilbur the pig) perform a scene from CHARLOTTE’S WEB, scheduled to go up in December at Two River Theater. (ClickContinue reading "IN TRTC’S LINEUP: SHAW, BREL & A SPIDER"
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April 7th, 2010 @ 5am
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
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. Well-shod theatergoers enjoyed aContinue reading "OPENING NIGHT: A REALLY BIG SHOE"
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February 15th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: A NOT-SO-ODD COUPLE
One’s the most successful writer of comedies in Broadway history. The other’s a serious scholar of classic literature, a retired college professor and founding father of Two River Theater Company.Continue reading "IN oRBit: A NOT-SO-ODD COUPLE"
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February 8th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: TWO ON THE AISLE @ TWO RIVER
Ever since we launched our satellite site for all things locally cultural, Red Bank oRBit has brought you the bar-none best coverage of the Two River Theater and all whoContinue reading "IN oRBit: TWO ON THE AISLE @ TWO RIVER"
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January 18th, 2010 @ 6am
THE ART OF DECEPTION, AT RBR
Matt Dubrow, opposite Madelyn Monaghan and Ray DeLuca, does double duty in RBR’s staging of ‘Is He Dead?’ playing both the artist Millet and (in drag) that  character’s fictional twinContinue reading "THE ART OF DECEPTION, AT RBR"
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November 18th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: TOUCHING ALL THE BASIES
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That seductive siren giving you the come-hither is one Dolores O’Riordan, and she’s here (with her band the Cranberries) in Red Bank this mid-November’s Monday to see us off on a six-nights/Continue reading "IN oRBit: TOUCHING ALL THE BASIES"
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November 16th, 2009 @ 7am
Scenes from the opening night reception at the Two River Theater last Saturday night. To enlarge the display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner.Continue reading "‘MIDSUMMER NIGHT’ GETS EXTENDED FALL RUN"
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October 27th, 2009 @ 7am
IN oRBit: WELL-FED BY MOONLIGHT
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has the goods on a pair of events scheduled to invade the major stages of the borough these next few midweek nights — and we’llContinue reading "IN oRBit: WELL-FED BY MOONLIGHT"
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October 19th, 2009 @ 6am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
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.