Category Archives: Misc. Events

Mayor Mike Halfacre will really loosen his tie Tuesday night. Fair Haven will participate in the anti-crime, anti-drug National Night Out on Tuesday, and events include a chance to put the mayor in the drink. From Mayor Mike Halfacre's blog:...

Every once in a while, these posts just write themselves... From redbankgreen's email in-basket this week: Hello! Last weekend, my friend posted her garage sale on your website and she said she had an awesome response because of it! I'm...

Eight to 10 social services organizations are expected to be present at a four-hour health fair scheduled for Saturday, August 9 on Red Bank's West Side. The Red Bank Family Support Center is organizing the open-air event in the parking...

The scene on Broad Street at the 2006 edition of the event. By TOM CHESEK There was that friend of ours who found a shrink-wrapped, never-played, original 1963 pressing ( released the day JFK was shot) of the Phil Spector...

Spanish mudslinger extraordinaire Juan Pablo 'Tito' Martinez will bring a load of Andalucian clay and a borrowed potter's wheel to downtown Red Bank this weekend. Martinez, like his father and grandfather — both also called 'Tito' — before him, is...

Jet-skiers Scott Wolf and Manny Carabel, on rocks, are joined at Oyster Point by IMPACT members Grace Pedretti (in blue top); Laurie Medoro; Emily Lennon and her mom, Virginia; Marilyn Price; Danny Kalinoski and his mom, Stephanie; and Paul Panicali...

Maybe you call it a 'rummage sale,' or prefer 'garage sale.' Whatever. If you're planning one and would like some help getting the word out to local folks, just let redbankgreen know. We'll soon be introducing a periodic listing of...

Scenes from last night's debut of the weekly Comcast Jazz in the Park series in Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Park, which featured the Red Bank Middle School Band and Soul Project, above. For info about upcoming shows and movies in...

Joyce Diamond, in red, leads a visitor during an unstructured social dance in the park last week. About a year and a half ago, Joyce Diamond discovered the joys of Argentine tango. "It captured my heart," she says. "I couldn't...

Maybe it was the price of gasoline, but most observers agreed this year's KaBoom crowd in downtown Red Bank wasn't quite as teeming as it's been in recent years. Still, last night's fireworks show was a blast, as befits the...

A glimpse of the 2007 show via an alley on West Front Street. For some reason, clicking on the KaBoom fireworks website starts a song that features "let it rain" as a refrain. There wasn't some other middling Springsteen anthem-to-partying...

Set-up for viewing of tonight's Red Bank fireworks display was underway last night at Marine Park, above; at the Oyster Point Hotel, below left, and Riverside Gardens Park, center and right. Email this story

The view from Victory Park in Rumson last year. Hey, it was bound to get out anyway. For the second year in a row, Rumson will be home to a spectacular July 3 fireworks display to rival that of its...

In the zone: arrive early, or forget about it. Click map to enlarge It's New Jesey's biggest and most spectacular fireworks display, and with it comes a Jersey-scale traffic jam. Make that two traffic jams — the second one being...

Elmer and Jeff Jackson ride through a tunnel in Red Canyon, Utah last Tuesday. (Photos by Tim Hathaway) Tim Hathaway, the journalist who was serving as driver and documentarian for the 'No Regrets' cross-country bike ride of fellow Red Bankers...

Some shots from last night's Tiki Party at the Red Bank Elks Club overlooking the Navesink. Organized by Red Bank RiverCenter, the annual event raises funds to pay for the lights and decorations on display downtown at Christmastime. Email this...

Yes, Thorsten Veblen is surely rolling in his grave. But you know what? He's been spinning for years. One more taste of the Hamilton Jewelers-sponsored fleet of Ferraris event in downtown Red Bank on Sunday isn't going to significantly boost...

Here they come, parking guaranteed: some six dozen Ferraris are due to assemble on Broad Street Sunday as part of a private event hosted by Hamilton Jewelers. By TOM CHESEK It's a delicate dance, this business of securing a primo...

By TOM CHESEK Picture this: a summer event with your choice of first-come/first-served seating. No parking lot shuttle queues or "parent daycare" zones. No turnstile patdowns. No confiscated cameras, water bottles, umbrellas or Pringles packs. And best of all, no...

Scenes from the 15th running of the George Sheehan Classic in downtown Red Bank Saturday. Click thumbnails to enlarge. Race results are here. Email this story