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RED BANK: KENNY ROGERS TO MAKE LAST STOP
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RED BANK: A last-ever Count Basie concert by Kenny Rogers brings well-roasted holiday chestnuts and Gambler's guest Linda Davis.
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December 19th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: JOY TO THE EARS
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RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: In separate shows Saturday, the Monmouth Civic Chorus and Shrewsbury Chorale herald the holiday season with classic songs.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BACH’IN AROUND THE XMAS TREE
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RED BANK: The Monmouth Conservatory of Music's holiday show this Saturday will feature an unusual guest: jazz pianist and vocalist Sandy Sasso.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: HOLIDAY SHOWS ROCK THE BASIE
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RED BANK: Darlene Love brings a "Souled Out Christmas' to the Basie Friday, followed Saturday by Brian Kirk and his big holiday show.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STEWART CREW COMING TO TOWN
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RED BANK: Contributors to the Jon Stewart project in the works for HBO are slated to offer an evening of comedy here Thursday. Will Stewart himself show?
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December 5th, 2016 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: CAN WE TALK JOAN RIVERS?
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FAIR HAVEN: Vanity Fair writer brings her new Joan Rivers biography to River Road Books for a "can we talk?" session Wednesday night.
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November 28th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: AN EXPRESSWAY TO WINTER
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RED BANK: Wizards of Winter, featuring members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, bring soaring harmonies to the Basie Saturday.
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November 25th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: SETZER JUMP-STARTS BASIE LINEUP
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RED BANK: The Brian Setzer Orchestra turns the ignition key on the holiday season with a rockabilly-fueled show at the Basie Monday.
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November 18th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: RETURN OF THE GREAT PRETENDER
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RED BANK: What started out as a solo record for Chrisse Hynde became the first Pretenders' LP in nearly a decade. She brings it and the band to the Basie.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: VAN ZANDT LINEUP TO ROCK BASIE
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RED BANK: Steven Van Zandt to pick bands for four concerts to raise funds for a massive $20 million Count Basie Theatre expansion.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GHOSTLY, AND PARTLY TRUE, TALES
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RED BANK: New book, "13 Ghostly Tales and Yarns of the Navesink River," mines newspaper archives and local lore for stories of hubris and eerie comeuppance.
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October 28th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: STEVE MILLER BAND JETS IN
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RED BANK: The Steve Miller Band jets in for a show at the Count Basie, its only New Jersey stop on the current tour.
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October 28th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: DEAD ON LIVE AT THE BASIE
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RED BANK: The Dead walk the earth, or at least the Count Basie boards, in the personae of Marc Muller's meticulous tribute band, Dead On Live.
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October 27th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MORGAN PICKS UP THE PIECES
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RED BANK: Back on the road after a limo crash that killed a friend and seriously injured him, Tracy Morgan is slated to do two shows at the Basie Friday.
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October 26th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: YES MEN RETURN, BUT NOT AS YES
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RED BANK: The music of prog-rockers Yes comes to the Basie Wednesday, courtesy of veteran Yes men Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman — aka ARW.
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October 24th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: JAMIAN’S HOSTS ‘COMIC BOOK MEN’
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RED BANK: Jamian's Food and Drink will host a season-six premiere party for "Comic Book Men," the cable show set in Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
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October 21st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FRAMPTON COMES UNPLUGGED
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RED BANK: Peter Frampton does it in the raw with an acoustic career retrospective from the Count Basie stage Tuesday night.
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October 17th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: HAUNTED HOUSE CREAKS OPEN
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LINCROFT: An eek-spanded edition of Brookdale's Haunted Theater goes up for the first of three big weekends starting Friday night.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: A BOATLOAD OF WOOD & HISTORY
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RED BANK: A gleaming wooden yacht that has hosted American presidents, and that a borough man bought cheap at auction, will be on display Saturday.
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October 11th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: FREE SHOW BY ARMY FIELD BAND
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RED BANK: US Army Field Band to stage a free concert at the Count Basie Theatre.
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October 7th, 2016 @ 6am
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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.
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.
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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 ...