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: NIGHTCLUB EYES BROAD STREET
News rb-gotham-060414-500x280-4213966
Gotham Lounge would feature bars on two floors. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Vacant for just a month, the former Red Bank homeContinue reading "RED BANK: NIGHTCLUB EYES BROAD STREET"
Post a comment
June 5th, 2014 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS
News kasey-kennedy-060314-500x280-7796556
Eight-year-old Kasey Kennedy, a student at St. James School in Red Bank, with the members of the Red Bank Catholic Making Wishes Club – plus her little brother, Colin. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS"
Post a comment
June 4th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVERFEST ROCKS THE RIVERSIDE
News
[slideshow_deploy id=’90441′]Thousands of festivalgoers filled Red Bank’s Marine Park over the weekend for three days of food and music at Riverfest 2014. (Photos by Dan Natale and Trish Russoniello. MouseoverContinue reading "RED BANK: RIVERFEST ROCKS THE RIVERSIDE"
Post a comment
June 2nd, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: IT’S ON DOWN BY THE RIVER
News rivfest-1-0531141-500x375-6454110
It’s a gorgeous day down at Marine Park in Red Bank, where the first full day of Riverfest is shifting into gear. Put on your sauntering footwear and come onContinue reading "RED BANK: IT’S ON DOWN BY THE RIVER"
Post a comment
May 31st, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN
News bon-jovi-101911-500x375-4204424
Middletown resident Jon Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of the pay-what-you-can-or-earn-your-meal JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, tells USA Today in an interview at the Red Bank eatery heContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN"
Post a comment
May 30th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: ANOTHER RIVERFEST REVIVAL
News brian_kirk_compressed-6091523
Brian Kirk and the Jirks — the veteran Shore partystarters who’ve never been shy about taking their act outside — headline the slate of live entertainment at Riverfest 2014, theContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER RIVERFEST REVIVAL"
Post a comment
May 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: JUST ABOUT READY FOR SUMMER
News sb-restrooms-051414-220x165-6920096
The newly rebuilt municipal parking lot, sans the public library that once sat in its midst, as seen earlier this week. Below, the new ramp over the sea wall underContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: JUST ABOUT READY FOR SUMMER"
Post a comment
May 23rd, 2014 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED
News fh-day-4-061612-500x375-3181234
They sure looked pretty, but last year’s fireworks showered Mary Ylangan’s yard and others with debris, some of which she brought to a council meeting last week. (Photos by JohnContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED"
Post a comment
May 19th, 2014 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: PAINT JOB TO END WITH BLAST
News sb-paint-1-051314-500x375-5881004
Sea Bright’s business district is getting a free paint job this week, courtesy of Benjamin Moore, and the town plans to celebrate with a party this Saturday. The free event,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: PAINT JOB TO END WITH BLAST"
Post a comment
May 14th, 2014 @ 9am
A Red Bank-based band, Young Rising Sons, released this debut video this week to a fair amount of acclaim, including praise from blogger who says ‘High’ “has everything you wouldContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG RISING SONS MAKE SPLASH"
Post a comment
May 14th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: SINBAD SETS SAIL AT THE COUNT
News sinbad-8063383
David “Sinbad” Adkins brings his famously family friendly (yet still somehow engagingly edgy) brand of comedy back to the Count Basie for an umpteenth encore this Friday night.  His majorContinue reading "RED BANK: SINBAD SETS SAIL AT THE COUNT"
Post a comment
May 8th, 2014 @ 8am
[slideshow_deploy id=’89697′]Scenes from Sunday’s Red Bank International Flavour Festival, where some downtown restaurants showed off their menus, diners induclged, and a guy dressed as a strip of bacon wandered amidContinue reading "RED BANK: HAND-TO-MOUTH AT FOOD FEST"
Post a comment
April 28th, 2014 @ 10am
[slideshow_deploy id=’89627′]Thousands of festivalgoers filled Red Bank’s White Street parking lot Sunday for several hours of upright, alfresco dining at the third annual International Flavour Festival. Walking, talking and dancing alsoContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKING A STAND O ...
Post a comment
April 28th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: A RAINBOW OF FLAVORS
News rb-rainbow-80-042614-500x333-8115965
Rainbows over our beautiful Navesink River prior to Saturday night’s rain. The outlook for Sunday, and the Red Bank International Flavour Festival on White Street, is sunny with temperatures in theContinue reading "RED BANK: A RAINBOW OF FLAVORS"
Post a comment
April 27th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: LIBRARY TO GET SLICE OF RBIFF PIE
News rbiff-sign-042414-500x375-3717993
The Red Bank International Flavour Festival has added the financially strapped borough library to its beneficiaries after library supporters quickly signed up 19 volunteers – including a number of borough employees –Continue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY TO GET SLICE OF RBIFF PIE"
Post a comment
April 25th, 2014 @ 2pm
COMMUNITY YARD SALES RETURN
News rbtys-2-050512-500x375-2983106
Shots from the 2012 editions of the townwide yard sales in Red Bank, above, and Fair Haven, below. (Click to enlarge) Like blooming flowers and trees, the next two weekendsContinue reading "COMMUNITY YARD SALES RETURN"
Post a comment
April 23rd, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: MORE ‘TROUBLE,’ BUT WORTH IT
News troubleinmind-2049384
Brenda Pressley takes center stage as Willetta, a 1950’s African American actress at work on a play-within-a-play, as TROUBLE IN MIND continues through the weekend at Two River Theater. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE ‘TROUBLE,’ BUT WORTH IT"
Post a comment
April 18th, 2014 @ 9am
4/18: KATHY GRIFFIN LIGHTS UP RED BANK
News dish-112613-kathy-02-7339417
Kathy Griffin goes double-deep dish this Friday night, when the flame-haired comic with the celeb-roasting style adds a second standup session to her scheduled gig at the Count Basie.  She’sContinue reading "4/18: KATHY GRIFFIN LIGHTS UP RED BANK"
Post a comment
April 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: REPLICA SHIP TO DOCK IN JUNE
News onrust-1-500x453-9022401
The Onrust, a replica of the first deck-covered ship built in colonial America, will berth for two days at Marine Park. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD They wereContinue reading "RED BANK: REPLICA SHIP TO DOCK IN JUNE"
Post a comment
April 16th, 2014 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT: MCLOONE’S OK’D TO REBUILD
News sb-mcloones-110512-500x375-4884360
McLoone’s Rum Runner in Sea Bright, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, will be rebuilt at its Ocean Avenue location abutting the Shrewsbury River and reopen before summer 2015, according to aContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: MCLOONE’S OK’D TO REBUILD"
Post a comment
April 15th, 2014 @ 8am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
St. James Church praying mantis 102026
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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)