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RED BANK: Count Basie Center lands $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its mindALIGNED school arts program.

February 4th, 2021 @ 10am

Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"

RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre lands $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its mindALIGNED school arts program.

February 7th, 2018 @ 1pm

RED BANK: ROCKIT & A RASCAL TO ROCK BASIE

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RED BANK: The kids from Rockit! are back at the Basie on Saturday, saluting the Summer of Love with special guest Eddie Brigati of the Rascals.

August 25th, 2017 @ 11am

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.

August 4th, 2017 @ 5am

RED BANK: STEWART CREW RETURNS

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RED BANK: As they did in December, writers for Jon Stewart's hush-hush new show are slated to offer a night of standup and improv here this week.

February 6th, 2017 @ 7am

RED BANK: STEWART CREW COMING TO TOWN

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RED BANK: Contributors to the Jon Stewart project in the works for HBO are slated to offer an evening of comedy here Thursday. Will Stewart himself show?

December 5th, 2016 @ 1pm

SANDY HOOK: ZERO WASTE, MAX FAMILY FUN

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SANDY HOOK: Monmouth Arts Council invites all ages to a free family fun weekend of art, music and environmental awareness, during the first Zero Waste Arts Fest on September 17-18.

September 9th, 2016 @ 5am

RED BANK GIRL TO ROCK RAHWAY

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Lily “Grace” Riddle, a sixth-grader at the Red Bank Charter School, has been tapped for the role of Brittany in School of Rock at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Grace Continue reading

May 9th, 2016 @ 5am

The kids from ROCKIT! are back on the Basie boards, for a Saturday night salute to Rock and Roll's most memorable contributions to the silver screen.

March 25th, 2016 @ 12pm

Stars of tomorrow can register today for spring classes at the Count Basie Theatre's Performing Arts Academy.

February 26th, 2016 @ 5am

RED BANK: AREA PLAYWRIGHT ENTERS THE BOX

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Shrewbury playwright Evan Krachman debuts a new drama in as The Count Basie Performing Arts Academy is the scene for a Halloween reading of PRESS TO TALK, presented by the Continue reading

October 29th, 2015 @ 6am

YOUTH CHORALE IS GO, AT COUNT BASIE

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The Central Jersey Youth Chorale is auditioning young vocalists for a new season of performances in and around the Count Basie Theatre. Continue reading

September 11th, 2014 @ 6am

BIRTHDAY BASH FOR BLUE EYES AT THE BASIE

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie seen suiting up for an episode of the 1960s TV variety show Hollywood Palace return in spirit this Friday night, when the Skinny Continue reading

December 4th, 2012 @ 11am

Partyline

Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...

LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY

After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...

RHAPSODY ON ICE

RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...

A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...

SMALLS FOR MAYOR?

We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...

CRASH ON LEIGHTON

The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...

CAR VS STREET SIGN

The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...

SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE

Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...

Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...

It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...

“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE

Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...

CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER

Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...

KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK

A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...

CHISELIN’ AWAY

Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...

STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES

Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...

SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE

RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.

POWER LINE DOWN

Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...

TAR BEACH SOLSTICE

Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...

Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...

COFFEE & WILDLIFE

RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.