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Former Beatlemania and Styx rocker Glen Burtnik pays homage to John Lennon on the 30th anniversary of the ex-Beatle’s murder in this clip provided by our hyperlocal pals at MorristownGreenContinue reading "BURTNICK, LENNON & XMAS AT THE BASIE"
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December 8th, 2010 @ 1pm
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RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER
Santa Basie: Returning to the stage for Christmas are (clockwise from top left) Tim McLoone and Holiday Express; Nancy Scharff; Glen Burtnik, and Mark Shapiro with the Monmouth Civic Chorus.Continue reading "RED ‘N GREEN AND FESTIVE ALL OVER"
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December 3rd, 2010 @ 10am
BASIE PUTS MARQUEE MAN’S NAME IN LIGHTS
The Basie is giving an electronic shout-out to Roy McCurdy now that it’s completed the marquee. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Roy McCurdy spent 19Continue reading "BASIE PUTS MARQUEE MAN’S NAME IN LIGHTS"
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December 1st, 2010 @ 10am
BASIE STARTS BRISK MONTH WITH BUSY WEEK
Not bad for an 84-year-old. Red Bank’s venerable Count Basie Theatre, which had its opening on November 11, 1926 as the Carlton Theatre (featuring The Quarterback, starring silent screen studContinue reading "BASIE STARTS BRISK MONTH WITH BUSY WEEK"
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November 1st, 2010 @ 10am
Bruce Springsteen meets with fans shortly before his May 7, 2008 show at the Basie. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Loyal Bruce fans, pack rats or both: The CountContinue reading "DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF RED BANK"
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October 20th, 2010 @ 6am
PHONE PRANKER DIALS UP THE BASIE
Standup comedian, radio personality and phone-prank specialist Roy Wood Jr. keeps up with the latest tech, as the Last Comic Standing Live! tour brings him to New Jersey for theContinue reading "PHONE PRANKER DIALS UP THE BASIE"
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October 14th, 2010 @ 11am
BASIE DOC A ‘CLEAR’ TRIBUTE TO RBC GRAD
Video footage, shot in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by former Marine lieutenant (and Red Bank Catholic graduate) Mike Scotti, forms the core of SEVERE CLEAR, the documentary feature screeningContinue reading "BASIE DOC A ‘CLEAR’ TRIBUTE TO RBC GRAD"
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September 1st, 2010 @ 7am
Employees from the Red Bank public utilities department took on a large beehive near the entrance to the borough hall parking lot on Monmouth Street one day last week, andContinue reading "THE BUZZ ON MONMOUTH STREET"
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August 4th, 2010 @ 10am
CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE
Filmmaker Kevin Smith‘s 40th-birthday Q&A show at the Count Basie Theatre Monday night drew a scale-model lookalike. One covered in icing. A few hours before the show, the auteur ofContinue reading "CAKE BOSS SMITH CAKE TAKES THE CAKE"
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August 3rd, 2010 @ 3pm
POUNDING OUT THE PUNCHLINES
Paula Poundstone brings her trademark asexual look and her highly interactive “autobiographical” act to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre Saturday night. By TOM CHESEK When Paula Poundstone returnsContinue reading "POUNDING OUT THE PUNCHLINES"
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June 16th, 2010 @ 5am
STEVEN WRIGHT: PERIPHERAL VISIONARY
Steven Wright takes the stage at the Count Basie Theatre Friday night. By TOM CHESEK This shouldn’t come as any surprise, but Steven Wright in conversation comes off sounding anContinue reading "STEVEN WRIGHT: PERIPHERAL VISIONARY"
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June 1st, 2010 @ 8am
BASIE GOES BOOM WITH INDOOR FIREWORKS
The guys at Garden State Fireworks, who put on the annual KaBoom! fireworks, set off some sparks Wednesday night at Count Basie Theatre. (Click to enlarge. Photo by Anthony Trufolo)Continue reading "BASIE GOES BOOM WITH INDOOR FIREWORKS"
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April 1st, 2010 @ 6am
CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, STREETLIFE’S COMING
Buskers, like this unidentified trio from Streetlife 2009, are warming up their pipes for the 2010 edition. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s getting closer to that time whenContinue reading "CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, STREETLIFE’S COMING"
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March 26th, 2010 @ 12pm
KABOOMERS MULL TWO-DAY FEST
Live entertainment at Riverside Gardens and Marine parks is already a staple of the annual fireworks show. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The KaBoom brand may be expanding inContinue reading "KABOOMERS MULL TWO-DAY FEST"
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March 24th, 2010 @ 1pm
BASIE MARQUEE GETTING A FRESH LOOK
By September, a new electronic marquee should be hanging over Monmouth Street, theater officials say. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The familiar sight of a man using a longContinue reading "BASIE MARQUEE GETTING A FRESH LOOK"
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March 5th, 2010 @ 8am
IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS
He claims to have sworn off doing interviews forever and a day; he’s never had a hit record, and the guys from TMZ likely ignore him when he goes traipsingContinue reading "IN oRBit: PRINE RIB FOR MUSICAL GOURMETS"
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February 16th, 2010 @ 6am
IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK
You find the most interesting people passing through town — and over in the pixelated pages of Red Bank oRBit, we try to flag them down and introduce them toContinue reading "IN oRBit: COUNT, BARRON, THE WHOLE DECK"
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February 15th, 2010 @ 7am
Count Basie Theatre CEO Numa Saisselin. Hoping to appease Steve Winwood fans who couldn’t make the musician’s concert because of  Wednesday’s blizzard, officials at the  Count Basie Theatre are offeringContinue reading "BASIE THROWS A BONE TO SNOWED-OUT FANS"
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February 11th, 2010 @ 7am
RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS
Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater. Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to townContinue reading "RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS"
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January 15th, 2010 @ 7am
IN oRBit: A TOAST TO MR. NEW YEAR’S
You remember New Year’s, don’t you? Once an occasion that combined the classy sophistication of beer-pong with the naughty thrill of sleep deprivation, it’s the one stop on the calendarContinue reading "IN oRBit: A TOAST TO MR. NEW YEAR’S"
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December 29th, 2009 @ 5am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
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 ...