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RED BANK: VAN ZANDTS NEW TO BASIE BOARD
Middletown’s own local guy made good, musician-actor-producer-activist Steven Van Zandt, is pictured outside the Count Basie Theatre in a 2008 file photo. Van Zandt, his wife Maureen and five otherContinue reading "RED BANK: VAN ZANDTS NEW TO BASIE BOARD"
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RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP
Comic tunesmith Bo Burnham makes a Count Basie Theatre debut Tuesday, and Engelbert Humperdinck makes a triumphal Red Bank return Wednesday. A tantrum-throwing tempest named Joaquin may have blown past theContinue reading "RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP"
RED BANK: MCC ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON
Press release from Monmouth Civic Chorus The Monmouth Civic Chorus, the award-winning vocal ensemble under the artistic direction of Dr. Ryan James Brandau (pictured), has announced a 2015-2016 season thatContinue reading "RED BANK: MCC ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON"
RED BANK: WELCOME TO YOUR (1980s) LIFE
Everybody wants to rule the charts…but few did it with greater consistency during the 1980s than Tears For Fears, the British duo who make their Red Bank debut on theContinue reading "RED BANK: WELCOME TO YOUR (1980s) LIFE"
RED BANK: THE WORLD’S OUR OYSTER SUNDAY
The Guinness Oyster Festival returns to the White Street lot in Red Bank Sunday. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Consider the oyster: a fabled food-of-love aphrodisiac to many,Continue reading "RED BANK: THE WORLD’S OUR OYSTER SUNDAY"
MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL
Bouncing back for 2015, the annual Middletown Day celebration brings colorful sights, sounds and savor to the grounds of the township’s Parks and Rec headquarters this Saturday. The annual MiddletownContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN THROWS ITSELF A FESTIVAL"
RED BANK: TRICK, CHICK, FLECK, AND JOSH
The 2015 edition of Cheap Trick (above) takes the Count Basie Theatre stage this Wednesday — and keyboard wiz Chick Corea teams with banjo master Béla Fleck (below) on SaturdayContinue reading "RED BANK: TRICK, CHICK, FLECK, AND JOSH"
LITTLE SILVER: BANG THE DRUM FOR MUSIC ED
Red Bank Regional senior Joseph Ferguson attained his Eagle Scout Rank by supervising the construction of 10 cajons (simple drums) for Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Asbury Park. He isContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BANG THE DRUM FOR MUSIC ED"
RED BANK: A HOT BURRITO FOR MUSIC-HEADS
Carley Wolf joins bandmate Jonny Wolf on the stage of 10th Ave. Burrito Tuesday night, as the Austin-based duo the Ghost Wolves helps the new venue up the original-music anteContinue reading "RED BANK: A HOT BURRITO FOR MUSIC-HEADS"
Clearwater Festival founder Bob Killian, seen here with folk legend Pete Seeger, makes two anniversary appearances this weekend. (Photo by Mike Berry) Updated from previous post on redbankgreen‘s All Good page.Continue reading "LINCROFT: A NEW DOCK FOR CLEARWATER"
BON JOVI PICKS O’REE FOR ASIAN LEG OF TOUR
Matt O’Ree playing in Red Bank’s Marine Park in 2013, will share in guitar duties for the band led by Middletown’s Jon Bon Jovi, seen below at JBJ Soul Kitchen inContinue reading "BON JOVI PICKS O’REE FOR ASIAN LEG OF TOUR"
RED BANK: DON’T LET THIS ONE SLIDE BY
The annual Trombone Night concert and BBQ dinner returns to the Salvation Army center on Newman Springs Road on Labor Day. (File photo by Peter Lindner) It’s one of those uniqueContinue reading "RED BANK: DON’T LET THIS ONE SLIDE BY"
Press release from Shrewsbury Chorale Do you like to sing? Shrewsbury Chorale invites all interested local singers to participate in our Open Rehearsals on September  22 and 29, 2015, fromContinue reading "SHREWSBURY CHORALE HEARS YOUR VOICE"
RED BANK: A RED-CARPET, NAME-DROP NIGHT
Legendary rock drummer Carmine Appice, above at right works with members of the Rockit! band in preparation for Saturday’s show, which also honors local music legend Bobby Bandiera, below. A lieutenantContinue reading "RED BANK: A RED-CARPET, NAME-DROP NIGHT"
LINCROFT: CLEARWATER COMES TO BCC
The works of legendary folk musician and activist Pete Seeger (left) and Clearwater Festival founder Bob Killian (right) are celebrated during the 40th anniversary edition of the annual free musicContinue reading "LINCROFT: CLEARWATER COMES TO BCC"
RED BANK: TWO NIGHTS OF PEACE ‘N MUSIC
Woodstock-era icon Graham Nash takes to the Basie boards on Saturday…while fellow festival veterans, the not-so-sly Family Stone, headline a 70s Rock and Funk Fest on Sunday.    One weekendContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO NIGHTS OF PEACE ‘N MUSIC"
RED BANK: STATION STOP FOR JAZZ, SOUL
The O’Jays team with their chart-topping ’70s soul contemporary Gladys Knight for a Basie doubleheader on Thursday. Saxman Boney James (below) throws fusion-jazz buffs a bone on Wednesday.    AsContinue reading "RED BANK: STATION STOP FOR JAZZ, SOUL"
RED BANK: PAGING THE DOCS OF ROCK
The Docs of Rock — a band of moonlighting medical professionals and educators, led by Dr. Lawrence Sykoff, Ed.D. (fifth from left) — take it back to the Downtown onContinue reading "RED BANK: PAGING THE DOCS OF ROCK"
RED BANK: A DIANA ROSS TRIBUTE
Jillian Rhys McCoy — center, between fellow vocal dynamos Layonne Holmes and Reagan Richards — brings her Diana Ross tribute show to the stage of Two River Theater, as part ofContinue reading "RED BANK: A DIANA ROSS TRIBUTE"
LITTLE SILVER: SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERTS RETURN
Shore music evergreens Pat Guadagno, Dave McCarthy and Pam McCoy team up for the first show in a free August concert series in Little Silver. Taylor Tote, below, takes theContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERTS RETURN"
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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)
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.