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Here's a tasty slice from last Saturday's appearance by A Love Like Pi (featured last Thursday on our companion site, Red Bank oRBit) at Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank. The show drew more than 100 fans. Video is by...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit features an exclusive interview with a performer who will play the magnificently made-over Count Basie Theatre with an act that represents a major makeover to her own public persona. You may know Linda Eder...
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May 19th, 2009 @ 7am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit rolls out the red carpet for a preview of this week's Count Basie Theatre Awards, the annual event that honors the best of Monmouth County's high school performing arts productions. We'll give you the...
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May 18th, 2009 @ 12pm
Now rubbing elbows in oRBit: a buzz-generating band of twentysomething musical talents and a favorite local artist who marks her 90th birthday this weekend. Hailing from Middletown and Highlands, A Love Like Pi celebrates the release of its ambitious debut...
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May 14th, 2009 @ 6am
Today's Red Bank oRBit tourbus offers up an exclusive chat — yes, it's a talking bus — with a true living legend of show business: Uncle Floyd Vivino, fabled farouk of local cable and UHF broadcasts, and a man who...
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May 12th, 2009 @ 7am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit takes a close look at High School Reunion: The Musical, the latest original show by local-kids-made-good Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. They're the Emmy-nominated TV writers and producers who return to Monmouth County...
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May 11th, 2009 @ 10am
Over on our sib site Red Bank oRBit, a special week of musically minded coverage climaxes today with a lookahead at three days' worth of sublime sounds from all imaginable corners of the local tunescape. Beginning with a big Pink...
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May 8th, 2009 @ 7am
Today's Red Bank oRBit has a first look at Private Lives, the latest (and last of the season) production at Two River Theater. As you'll see, it's an old warhorse of the British stage — Noel Coward wrote and originally...
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May 7th, 2009 @ 7am
You've read all those stories about the legendary and long-gone Upstage club, but do you ever wonder where your favorite Shore musicians get together these days to talk music, make connections and just jam on whatever tune comes to mind?...
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May 6th, 2009 @ 7am
Music Week marches on in Red Bank oRBit, as today we rate your chances of soaking up some much-needed tuneshine this Cinco de Mayo. With options that range from the Latin sounds of Asbury Park's Xol Azul and Perth Amboy's...
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May 5th, 2009 @ 10am
Don't look now, but it's Music Week over at our sister site Red Bank oRBit. Actually, do look now, because today and every day this week we'll be bringing you tips and tweetable tidbits pertaining to what our editor calls...
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May 4th, 2009 @ 5am
Having already whetted your appetite with features this week on Martin Short, Roger McGuinn, Paint the Town Pink, M Shanghai String Band and the return of the Red Bank International Film Festival, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit fires up...
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May 1st, 2009 @ 6am
Two days ago on redbankgreen, we gave you a "you Are there" early morning perspective on the painting of a pink line down the middle of Broad Street. The occasion, of course, was the anticipated start of the third annual...
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April 30th, 2009 @ 7am
Mandolin player and (Rumson-Fair Haven grad) Richard Morris can claim no credit for arranging this Saturday's appearance of the M Shanghai String Band in Atlantic Highlands, though he's a member of the Brooklyn-based urban-bluegrass band and a resident of neighboring...
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April 29th, 2009 @ 6am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit follows up Monday's Martin Short interview with a virtual visit to Roger McGuinn, the founder of The Byrds and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose mastery of traditional folk music is matched only...
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April 28th, 2009 @ 6am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit gets a running start on the coming weekend with a focus on two major events. One is the Count Basie Theatre's annual Benefit Concert and Gala — a swell, street-closing affair for which the...
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April 27th, 2009 @ 10am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit features interviews with two photographers, women whose areas of focus could hardly be farther apart. But each is making a book-signing appearance in Red Bank this Saturday that should stir fans of their subject...
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April 23rd, 2009 @ 8am
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit pays tribute to the talented men who in turn pay tribute to some of the most iconic figures in showbiz history. First, we introduce you to Frank Ferrante, a non-household name who nonetheless has...
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April 22nd, 2009 @ 4pm
The cheerful looking gent with the facial tattoos and the snake on his shoulder is Jon Davies, who once upon a time led a local combo by the name of The Secret Syde. The editor of Red Bank oRBit calls...
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April 21st, 2009 @ 3pm
Theater Week of Sorts soldiers on in Red Bank oRBit as we take a look today at a new production of the hard-hitting drama A Soldier’s Play going up this weekend at the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College,...
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April 17th, 2009 @ 6am
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PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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 ...