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RED BANK: CURTAIN UP THIS WEEKEND
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Lindsay Wood as Maria joins the Phoenix troupe in bringing ‘The Sound of Music’ to the Basie boards beginning this Friday — while Moliere’s ‘The School for Wives’ receives aContinue reading "RED BANK: CURTAIN UP THIS WEEKEND"
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September 11th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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 "YOUTH CHORALE IS GO, AT COUNT BASIE"
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September 11th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CALLING DOCTOR DISCO
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Queen of Disco Gloria (“I Will Survive”) Gaynor joins The Village People for a Saturday night concert at the Count Basie, a benefit for The Michael Fux Foundation. Regular readersContinue reading "RED BANK: CALLING DOCTOR DISCO"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TWO AGAINST NATURE
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Continuing a triumphal return to the concert stage, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker bring their 2014 edition of Steely Dan back to the Basie for a two-night stand on SeptemberContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO AGAINST NATURE"
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August 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ISAAK
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“Keepin’ a low profile” as ever, retro-rocking crooner Chris Isaak makes another encore appearance at the Count Basie Theatre this SUNday, gigging behind a heartfelt tribute to the million-dollar giantsContinue reading "RED BANK: A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ISAAK"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: JOAN RIVERS SHOW ON HOLD
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Friday’s show at the Basie was one of 26 appearances the 81-year-old comedian had lined up between now and late November, ABC News reports.  (Click to enlarge) One day beforeContinue reading "RED BANK: JOAN RIVERS SHOW ON HOLD"
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August 29th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: VAN ZANDT IN THE VANGUARD
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Middletown’s own “Little” Steven Van Zandt — photographed outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008 — is one of the inaugural recipients of the Basie’s Vanguard Awards, honoring lifelong devotionContinue reading "RED BANK: VAN ZANDT IN THE VANGUARD"
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August 21st, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT
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The Hat, The Cattle, The Hair — Lyle Lovett brings it all, in large quantity and with no discernible thinning of quality, to the Count Basie stage this Tuesday.  GripeContinue reading "RED BANK: LIVIN’ LARGE AND LOVEN’ETT"
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August 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE
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Queen of Disco Gloria Gaynor appears with special guests The Village People in a September 6 benefit concert, dedicated to the Michael Fux Foundation’s local children’s hospital project.  Press releaseContinue reading "‘DISCO FEVER’ FOR KIDS’ CAUSE, AT THE BASIE"
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August 15th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS
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The sisters Wilson bring the 2014 edition of Heart to the stage of the Count Basie on Friday night, followed on Saturday by the long-delayed “homecoming” of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Continue reading "RED BANK: HEARTS AND HOMECOMINGS"
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August 7th, 2014 @ 12pm
BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS
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Steve Van Zandt, seen here outside the Count Basie Theatre in 2008, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Basie’s Vanguard Awards honoring lifelong devotion to the arts inContinue reading "BASIE NAMES FIRST VANGUARD AWARDS"
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August 6th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES
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It’s “everybody out of the water” and up onto the lawn, as ‘Jaws’ returns to Riverside Gardens for a Tuesday night showing. The original ‘Back to the Future’ materializes onContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES"
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August 5th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: BASIE EXCITES THE APPETITE
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Scenes from the 2013 inaugural ‘Appetite’ event, which returns to the patio and stage of the Basie this weekend. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Its famous stage hasContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE EXCITES THE APPETITE"
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July 31st, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: A BAND OF BEETHOVENS
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The largest rhythm-keeping force in the free world, the US Army Field Band deploys to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre on Monday, for a free public concert. InContinue reading "RED BANK: A BAND OF BEETHOVENS"
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July 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: INTIMATE AND UN-IRONIC ALANIS
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Serial Grammy winner Alanis Morisette returns to the greater Green this Sunday, for an unplugged concert at the Count’s place. To music fans that have helped her move more thanContinue reading "RED BANK: INTIMATE AND UN-IRONIC ALANIS"
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July 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
A JAZZY SUMMER MUSIC CAMP IN RED BANK
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Aspiring young musicians will get a chance to learn with the pros, during a Summer Music Camp program that commences August 4 in Red Bank. (photos by Roberto Muolo) PressContinue reading "A JAZZY SUMMER MUSIC CAMP IN RED BANK"
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July 25th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIGHTHEARTED PSYCHIC AT BASIE
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“Medium Next Door” Maureen Hancock makes her Count Basie Theatre debut Thursday night. You needn’t possess a sixth sense, second sight, or psychic gift to divine that live appearances byContinue reading "RED BANK: LIGHTHEARTED PSYCHIC AT BASIE"
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July 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: SOME BLACK ‘N WHITE NIGHTS
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The Fab Four run free-range in A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, with a free screening Wednesday night at the Count Basie as a special 50th anniversary event. After blowing out theContinue reading "RED BANK: SOME BLACK ‘N WHITE NIGHTS"
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July 13th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GREASE IS THE VERB
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Maggie Bera and Phil Mazzara co-star in the Phoenix Productions staging of GREASE, going up this weekend at the Count Basie Theatre. Born in the nostalgia craze of the post-hippieContinue reading "RED BANK: GREASE IS THE VERB"
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July 9th, 2014 @ 12pm
BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER
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Middletown’s own Jon Bon Jovi and “his local side band,” the Kings of Suburbia, will perform at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre in a fundraiser for the Parker Family HealthContinue reading "BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 9am
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MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...