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RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR
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A seating area under construction earlier this week at Red Bank borough hall may be named for Mayor Katharine Elkus White, seen below in 1948. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: LATE MAYOR MAY GET HONOR"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE
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The Turtles’ Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan — aka “Flo and Eddie” — return to Red Bank at the helm of the hit-packed Happy Together Tour, the 2014 edition ofContinue reading "RED BANK: BOOMER ROCK AT THE BASIE"
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June 26th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE
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Chazz Palminteri brings his solo stage play A BRONX TALE back to the Count Basie Theatre, for a two-night stand. (photo by Joan Marcus) In the 1993 film A BronxContinue reading "RED BANK: CHAZZ AT THE BASIE"
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June 24th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FEELGOOD MUSIC, REAL TIME LAFFS
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Master multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg makes his annual pilgrimage to the Count Basie Theatre tonight, with politically pointed standup Bill Maher in the wings for Sunday. In an interview that appearedContinue reading "RED BANK: FEELGOOD MUSIC, REAL TIME LAFFS"
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June 21st, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: BASIE SEDUCES WITH FREE FILMS
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A trio of classic Alfa Romeos parked outside the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank accompanied a screening of ‘The Graduate‘ Tuesday night – and inspired one woman to pose forContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE SEDUCES WITH FREE FILMS"
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June 18th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK: PRIDE AND PRICE(LESS)
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Tom Hanks’ Oscar winning star turn in PHILADELPHIA screens for free on Tuesday night, capping an evening of Two River Pride at the Count Basie.  Cynics insisted that filmmaker JonathanContinue reading "RED BANK: PRIDE AND PRICE(LESS)"
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June 9th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: IRISH SWEEPSTAKES TICKET
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The singing, stepping, fiddle-sawing touring sensation that is CELTIC WOMAN takes it to the Basie stage, for a TWO night stand this Thursday and Friday.  Alright, so it’s not St.Continue reading "RED BANK: IRISH SWEEPSTAKES TICKET"
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June 4th, 2014 @ 12pm
BASIE HOSTS TWO RIVER PRIDE EVENT
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Red Bank Mayor Pat Menna delivers a special proclamation, and Josh Zuckerman provides the live music, as the annual Two River Pride event comes to the Count Basie on JuneContinue reading "BASIE HOSTS TWO RIVER PRIDE EVENT"
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June 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: MUSICAL HEROES AND HANDBELLS
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Violinist James Ehnes keynotes a weekend of classical music in Red Bank, when he appears as Saturday night’s guest soloist with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at the Count Basie.Continue reading "RED BANK: MUSICAL HEROES AND HANDBELLS"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRANSITIVE NIGHTFALL
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Dark Star Orchestra brings its jamband brand of symphony and scholarship to the Basie stage, this Thursday night.  While the greater Red Bank green doesn’t lack for savvy channelers ofContinue reading "RED BANK: TRANSITIVE NIGHTFALL"
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May 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RETURN OF THE KINGS
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Generations of traditional folk-flavored flamenco sounds take to the Basie stage on Wednesday, when The Gipsy Kings make a 25th Anniversary tour stop in the company of their sons’ newContinue reading "RED BANK: RETURN OF THE KINGS"
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May 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A SINGLE SHADE OF GRAY
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Peter Stone performs a balancing act between theater and stand-up, when the one-guy show MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS takes to the Basie stage on Tuesday night.Continue reading "RED BANK: A SINGLE SHADE OF GRAY"
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May 25th, 2014 @ 12pm
RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES
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The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School staging of THE THREE MUSKETEERS won Outstanding Drama honors at the ninth annual Basie Awards, Wednesday night. Productions of Evita by Middletown High SchoolContinue reading "RFH, M’TOWN SOUTH WIN BIG AT BASIES"
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May 22nd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: ANOTHER SIDE OF BOBFEST
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Pat Guadagno saddles up his Tired Horse for the 16th annual Dylan’s birthday celebration concert BOBFEST, Thursday night at the Count Basie.  When Jersey Shore “saloon singer” supreme Pat GuadagnoContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER SIDE OF BOBFEST"
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May 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AND THE BASIE GOES TO…
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Student performers from over a dozen area schools are the stars of the show at Wednesday’s ninth annual Basie Awards, recognizing excellence in high school theater productions around Monmouth County.Continue reading "RED BANK: AND THE BASIE GOES TO…"
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May 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STONE ON STAGE AT THE BASIE
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David Stone — pictured here with favorite collaborator Idina Menzel — gets his turn on stage this Tuesday, when the Count Basie Theatre welcomes the Broadway producer for a fundraisingContinue reading "RED BANK: STONE ON STAGE AT THE BASIE"
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May 12th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BETCHA BY GOLLY, MOM
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The classic lineup of The Manhattans is among the 1970s-80s vocal acts scheduled to take to the Basie boards, for a Mother’s Day Soul Jam going on Sunday night.  “KissContinue reading "RED BANK: BETCHA BY GOLLY, MOM"
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May 10th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: SINBAD SETS SAIL AT THE COUNT
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David “Sinbad” Adkins brings his famously family friendly (yet still somehow engagingly edgy) brand of comedy back to the Count Basie for an umpteenth encore this Friday night.  His majorContinue reading "RED BANK: SINBAD SETS SAIL AT THE COUNT"
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May 8th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: A TWO-NIGHT PUSH FOR THOMAS
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Matchbox Twenty frontguy Rob Thomas strikes out solo once more, on an acoustic tour that takes him to station stop Red Bank for a two-show two-fer on Tuesday and Wednesday.Continue reading "RED BANK: A TWO-NIGHT PUSH FOR THOMAS"
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May 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE
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To All the Crowds He’s Loved Before: Julio Iglesias returns to Red Bank, for a Tuesday night concert at his area venue of choice on Monmouth Street. We could makeContinue reading "RED BANK: JULIO RETAKES THE BASIE STAGE"
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April 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
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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 ...