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PUTTING A PERCUSSIVE PERIOD ON IT
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Jazz drummer Cecil Brooks III at his kit, and working with a student, below. (Photos by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) They call it the “black box” theater-within-a-theater, owing toContinue reading "PUTTING A PERCUSSIVE PERIOD ON IT"
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August 13th, 2010 @ 9am
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DOWNTOWN GETTING ARTY, CRAFTY, DRAFTY
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Singer/songwriter Jeffrey Gaines, seen here at the Downtown a year ago, returns to the banks of the Navesink for the club’s Wednesday night Music, Arts & Drafts series. By TOMContinue reading "DOWNTOWN GETTING ARTY, CRAFTY, DRAFTY"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER
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Music lovers filled the pews of the Salvation Army chapel in Red Bank last Wednesday night for its 10th annual Trombone Night. Featuring trombonists from the New Jersey Symphony, MontclairContinue reading "SLIDING FROM ONE STYLE TO ANOTHER"
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August 2nd, 2010 @ 6am
A crowd that spilled over onto the Monmouth Street sidewalk packed the courtyard of the Dublin House Pub Wednesday night for the second alfresco fashion show held there in threeContinue reading "A PASSION FOR FASHION & KEEPING IT LOCAL"
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July 29th, 2010 @ 10am
Remember the summer of 2009? When it rained the entire month of June? Or how about the repeated snowstorms that got dumped on us this past winter? Well, it mayContinue reading "WHILE INLAND WILTS, SEA BRIGHT SPARKLES"
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July 26th, 2010 @ 11am
Food vendors at the 2009 edition of the Jazz & Blues Festival in Marine Park. (Click to enlarge) Stung by the way it says it has been characterized recently, theContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES: WE DIDN’T ‘HIJACK’ FOOD FEST"
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July 26th, 2010 @ 9am
A hot summer night, dazzling smiles, an irresistible rhythm, a bit of flesh revealed… Saturday nights have been hopping in downtown Red Bank of late, so redbankgreen dispatched photographer PeterContinue reading "A RANDOM WALK THROUGH A TODDLIN’ TOWN"
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July 22nd, 2010 @ 3pm
JAZZING UP THE WEEKENDS
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Bandleader and Jazz Arts Project founder Joe Muccioli keeps bringing bigger names to town, including Marlene VerPlanck, below. (Click to enlarge) Since 2006, the Red Bank-based  Jazz Arts Project hasContinue reading "JAZZING UP THE WEEKENDS"
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July 21st, 2010 @ 11am
REFLECTIONS ON 30 YEARS AT THE SLICER
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Warren Abrahamson with his daughter, Corinne, and some neighborhood clients at Fairwinds Deli in Fair Haven. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI For 30 years, FairwindsContinue reading "REFLECTIONS ON 30 YEARS AT THE SLICER"
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July 16th, 2010 @ 5am
GUINNESS TO SHUCK UP RED BANK
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The White Street municipal parking lot will be the site of Red Bank’s first Guinness oyster festival in September. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI ItContinue reading "GUINNESS TO SHUCK UP RED BANK"
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July 15th, 2010 @ 11am
AT THE BASIE: THIS SPACE FOR ‘RENT’
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Billy Piscopo rehearses “La Vie Boheme” in the Phoenix Productions staging of RENT, opening this weekend at the Count Basie Theatre. (Photos courtesy of Phoenix Productions) By TOM CHESEK It’sContinue reading "AT THE BASIE: THIS SPACE FOR ‘RENT’"
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July 14th, 2010 @ 9am
BAND ON THE RUN
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Members of The Stolen steal some time in Riverside Gardens Park, above, and on Monmouth Street, below. (Top photo by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) While visitors to downtown RedContinue reading "BAND ON THE RUN"
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July 13th, 2010 @ 11am
NOVELIST GETS UNDER THE MARITAL HOOD
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Journalist, novelist and proud blogger Debra Galant parks it at NovelTeas on Bridge Avenue this Saturday for an event keyed to her new book CARS FROM A MARRIAGE. (Photo byContinue reading "NOVELIST GETS UNDER THE MARITAL HOOD"
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July 8th, 2010 @ 7am
KABOOM POSTMORTEM: WHO GOT BUSTED
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Police at White Street and English Plaza after the fireworks. (Click to enlarge) Here’s who was arrested by Red Bank police and assisting-department police on the night of the fireworksContinue reading "KABOOM POSTMORTEM: WHO GOT BUSTED"
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July 7th, 2010 @ 7am
Following up on an earlier article, which generated a large number of comments, we share this newly completed music video, some of which was shot at Red Bank’s NovelTeas inContinue reading "VIDEO: CHORNEY TWEAKS TEA PARTY"
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July 7th, 2010 @ 4am
It seems that KaBoomfest is becoming two events in one: a night of drunken rowdiness, largely among teenagers who hang out on Red Bank’s West Front and Broad streets duringContinue reading "KABOOM: BRILLIANCE BEFORE & AFTER DARK"
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July 4th, 2010 @ 10am
Get into the zone early, motorists, or get boxed out. (Click to enlarge) If this is Independence Day weekend, it must be time for redbankgreen‘s annual KaBoom Fireworks on theContinue reading "FIREWORKS FAQ: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW"
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July 2nd, 2010 @ 1pm
KaBoomfest, the new three-night slate of events leading up to the 51st annual Red Bank fireworks show Saturday night, kicked off Thursday night with the opening of a traveling amusementContinue reading "FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIREWORKS FAIR"
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July 2nd, 2010 @ 7am
KABOOM READIES FOR THREE-DAY SPECTACLE
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A Ferris wheel and other rides were set up Tuesday in a vacant lot opposite Riverside Gardens Park. (Click to enlarge) Now taking shape on West Front Street in RedContinue reading "KABOOM READIES FOR THREE-DAY SPECTACLE"
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June 30th, 2010 @ 12pm
SKATING, PUTT-PUTT OUT IN MIDDLETOWN
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A skateboarder uses the township’s closed skate park despite the padlocks on the gates. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Shawn Sharkey is trying to balanceContinue reading "SKATING, PUTT-PUTT OUT IN MIDDLETOWN"
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June 29th, 2010 @ 8am
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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.
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.
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.