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RED BANK: BASIE CENTER & OCEANFIRST INK MOVIE HOUSE DEAL
Red Bank's art house movie theater gets a new name and facelift under Basie Center/OceanFirst Bank partnership. (Click to read.)
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December 5th, 2025 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BASIE ADDS TO FOOTPRINT
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RED BANK: Less than two years after massive expansion, Basie Center adds to its real estate holdings, acquiring a Maple Avenue property.
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March 15th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: PUTH TO HEAD $20M BASIE DRIVE
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RED BANK: Pop star Charlie Puth to lead a $20 million drive to provide arts education "in perpetuity" at the Count Basie Center Academy.
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October 24th, 2022 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE, PHOENIX TO MERGE
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RED BANK: After a 30-year working relationship, Basie Center and Phoenix Productions plan to merge, the arts organizations announced Tuesday.
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February 1st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE ARTS EDUCATOR RETIRES
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RED BANK: After two decades, Basie Center arts educator Yvonne Lamb-Scudiery exits, stage left. Co-directors named to succeed her.
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February 4th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: Count Basie Center lands $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its mindALIGNED school arts program.
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February 4th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: BASIE DEBUTS NEW STAGE
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RED BANK: With temperature checks at the door and well-spaced tables, Basie reopens and debuts new theater, a "small step" toward recovery, says CEO.
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October 22nd, 2020 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BASIE TAKES OVER MOVIE THEATER
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RED BANK: Count Basie Center, facing uncertain post-pandemic future, takes over two-screen movie house previously run by Bow Tie Cinemas on White Street.
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September 7th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: A HARD RAIN’S GONNA FALL
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RED BANK: A hard rain's forecast before sunshine returns this weekend. Here's the extended outlook for the Greater Green.
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January 24th, 2020 @ 5am
RED BANK: CONSERVATORY AT HOME AT LAST
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RED BANK: Now under the Basie wing, the Monmouth Conservatory of Music finds its first real, new home on Chestnut Street.
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March 18th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: JON STEWART STAR-POWERS LUNCH
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RED BANK: Count Basie surprises construction workers with free lunch from food truck, served with quips by comedian Jon Stewart.
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September 26th, 2018 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BASIE NOW ‘CENTER FOR THE ARTS’
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RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre is now the Count Basie Center for the Arts, a change made to reflect the venue's transformation into an an arts 'campus,' officials said.
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May 15th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre lands $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its mindALIGNED school arts program.
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February 7th, 2018 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BASIE STARTS MASSIVE EXPANSION
RED BANK: With Steven Van Zandt donning a hardhat over his head scarf, Count Basie Theatre puts shovels in the ground for $23 million expansion.
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September 20th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre kicked off a $20 million expansion with the demolition of an adjoining building that once housed a Wawa store.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GRANT FUNDS KIDS’ OPERA CAMP
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RED BANK: A grant from OceanFirst Bank will fund a summer opera camp for kids at the Count Basie Theatre, with a focus on the Holocaust.
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August 4th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TO ABSORB CONSERVATORY
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RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre plans to absorb the Monmouth Conservatory of Music as part of a $20 million expansion going into the ground this summer.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BURRY NAMED TO BASIE BOARD
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RED BANK: County Freeholder Lillian Burry is the newest member of the Count Basie Theatre's Board of Directors.
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March 1st, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TOUTS ARTS IMPACT OPS
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RED BANK: The Basie announces a big fundraise for Middle School art programs, and a new series of Arts Impact scholarships.
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February 22nd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE, FRIENDS JOIN FOR BIG GIVE
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RED BANK: The Count Basie teams with Shore-based media and charitable organizations for a major "Giving Tuesday" initiative.
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November 28th, 2016 @ 5am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.