Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Category Archives: Entertainment

RED BANK: FAB FAUX TO SPIN FAB FOUR’S 45’S
fab-faux-4913055
RED BANK: The Fab Faux return to the Basie for a 15th annual show with a spin through the Beatles' greatest hits.
Post a comment
June 16th, 2016 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
SANDY HOOK CONCERTS RETURN TO THE BEACH
the-nerds-7461692
SANDY HOOK: The Nerds keynote a new season's schedule of free concerts, Wednesday at Beach Area E.
Post a comment
June 13th, 2016 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: OLD-STYLE BASEBALL RETURNS
ph-cookietin-220x177-2626921
LITTLE SILVER: A game of 19th century-style baseball is the star event at the Parker Homestead this Sunday.
Post a comment
June 10th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN GETS INSTANT MURAL
rb-mural-060416-4-500x375-3079667
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
Post a comment
June 6th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: REINVENTING MAMA, AT TWO RIVER
iremembermama0783-6479312
RED BANK: Going up in previews this weekend at Two River Theater, a reimagined "I Remember Mama."
Post a comment
June 3rd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIVERFEST RISES FOR 3-DAY STAND
young-rising-sons-220x152-4919311
RED BANK: Marine Park offers a strolling smorgasbord of tastes and sounds as Riverfest pitches its tent for a sixth annual stay.
Post a comment
June 2nd, 2016 @ 2pm
redbankgreen takes a moment to reflect on a decade of shoe-leather journalism.
Post a comment
June 1st, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: MONKEES SWING BACK TO BASIE
monkees-micky-dolenz-peter-tork-6696313
Original MONKEES men Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork lead a new band (and plug a big new album) when they celbrate the group's 50th anniversay, Sunday night at the Count Basie.
Post a comment
May 25th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN
pat-guadagno-john-posada-4968064
Pat Guadagno saddles up his Tired Horse band (and welcomes some fresh new faces), as Thursday's 18th annual BOBFEST concert salutes the 75th birthday of Bob Dylan, and the 50th anniversary of the epic album BLONDE ON BLONDE.
Post a comment
May 24th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: ZOMBIES AND RASCALS @BASIE
felix-cavaliere-191x220-1647673
RED BANK: The reunited Zombies and Felix Cavaliere's Rascals take the stage at the Count Basie Theatre.
Post a comment
May 23rd, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRIMA BAND COMES TO THE BASIE
louis-prima-jr-color-by-denise-truscello-500x308-3127272
"The Wildest Show in Vegas" lives again in a new generation, as Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses swing the Basie stage on Thursday.
Post a comment
May 18th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FILM FEST MURAL GREENLIGHTED
rb-iff-mural-051116-500x263-4023324
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
Post a comment
May 13th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: TWO NIGHTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
ron-levy-7967005
A Bo-dacious BOLERO, a helping of HEAVENLY HARMONY and a gathering of guest artists, as the Monmouth Symphony and Monmouth Civic Chorus make this saturday night a classical gas.
Post a comment
May 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RUMSON: SPRINGSTEEN TOSSING KEYS TO FOYE
springsteen-signs-500x375-3133854
Bruce Springsteen signs autographs outside the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank in 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [UPDATE: Monmouth County records show the deed to theContinue reading "RUMSON: SPRINGSTEEN TOSSING KEYS TO FOYE"
Post a comment
May 11th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD
beck-barbera-050616-500x375-6322485
Mayor Pasquale Menna, above right, welcomed Count Basie Theatre CEO Adam Philipson, left, and more than 200 other guests to the second annual Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball at the Oyster Point Hotel FridayContinue reading "RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD"
Post a comment
May 10th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE
rb-mother-son-050716-balmer-hunter-500x375-8489237
Red Bank Patrolman Stan Balmer and the police department’s K-9, Hunter, above, were among the role-model guests at the borough parks and recreation department’s first Mother-Son event, held Saturday at theContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS, A DOG & MORE"
Post a comment
May 9th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY
lilygraceriddleheadshot-170x220-1992183
Lily “Grace” Riddle, a sixth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, has been tapped for the role of Brittany in School of Rock at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. GraceContinue reading "RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY"
Post a comment
May 9th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS & LOCAL HEROES
rb-k9-020415-2-500x375-8345656
Coming off the success of its first Father-Daughter Dance in February, the Red Bank parks & rec department plans to hold a mother-son event around the theme of “local heroes,” saysContinue reading "RED BANK: BOYS, THEIR MOMS & LOCAL HEROES"
Post a comment
April 29th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND
rb-rgpark-090513-500x375-5840554
In recent years, the Riverside Gardens concession booth has been open only during borough events in the park, and managed by borough employees and volunteers. (Photo by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: ICE CREAM VENDOR TO RUN STAND"
Post a comment
April 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A SPLASHY DEBUT FOR PHOENIX
little-mermaids-500x415-1258122
Phoenix Productions starts a new season at the Basie with a splash, as family favorite THE LITTLE MERMAID opens this weekend.
Post a comment
April 27th, 2016 @ 10am
Partyline
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 ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...