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ON THE GREEN: TWO TICKETS ON THE AISLE
Red Bank's Phoenix Productions goes "Into the Woods" at the Basie...and Middletown's Monmouth Players go "Moon Over Buffalo" at Navesink Arts...as the fall stage season heats up on the greater Green.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: RAISIN’ A FAMILY @ TWO RIVER
RED BANK: Two River Theater season-opener 'A Raisin in the Sun' stars wife-and-husband actors Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden.
RED BANK: GODDESSES FROM BABYLON
RED BANK: Opening receptions at the Oyster Point and Art Alliance bring September's gallery season into full swing this week.
ON THE GREEN: ONE ‘ANGRY HOUSE PAINTER’
ON THE GREEN: A solo show by "Angry House Painter" Paul Hansen highlights the friendly neighborhood art gallery scene this weekend.
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.
AN RBR SR. GOES TO HARVARD AND RUTGERS
RED BANK: A rising RBR senior...and first-generation American...spends his summer with two prestigious math and science programs.
RED BANK: A CURTAIN-RAISIN’ FREE BBQ
RED BANK: Two River Theater raisin' the curtain on a new season with a free block party boasting music, food and the cast of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Thursday.
RED BANK: ROCKIT & A RASCAL TO ROCK BASIE
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.
RED BANK: SHEWELL TO SHINE AT JAMIAN’S
RED BANK: Eryn Shewell, one of the Shore's most celebrated blues chanteuses - and occasional "boardwalk bombshell - returns to Jamian's Saturday night.
ON THE GREEN: ARTFUL ALTERNATE REALITIES
ON THE GREEN: Fairy Tales for Adults, "lascivious women" and other alternate realities on the gallery walls of Red Bank area this weekend.
ON THE GREEN: CATCH THESE OUTSIDE
ON THE GREEN: Movies in the park, music on the sands, streets and docks... all free and in the midsummer evenings ahead.
RED BANK: IT’S COOL, AND FREE, AT THE BASIE
RED BANK: The Basie's free summer film series keeps the popcorn popping with Tuesday screenings of two very different features.
RED BANK: NEW CHAIR FOR VISITORS CENTER
RED BANK: Two River Theater marketing director Courtney Schroeder is the new chair of the board for the Red Bank Visitors Center.
RED BANK: BIG SPLASH FOR CYMCA SWIMMERS
RED BANK: The Community YMCA's Aquarockets swim team captures second place at the Y's recent National Championship event in North Carolina.
RED BANK AREA: ART NEVER VACATIONS
RED BANK AREA: There's no vacation for art as local galleries, hotels and museums offer plenty of reasons to get "art and about" this weekend.
RED BANK: BOOMER’S BACK AT GARMANY
RED BANK: Boomer Esiason returns, with famous friends, for a second annual Garmany... BOOM! fundraiser on September 8.
RED BANK: SMITH BIOPIC ANCHORS FILM FEST
RED BANK: The Monmouth Film Festival returns to Two River Theater for a weekend stand highlighted by 'Shooting Clerks,' a biopic about Kevin Smith.
RED BANK: GRANT FUNDS KIDS’ OPERA CAMP
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.
RED BANK: The Happy Together Tour rocks back to the Basie Saturday night for a Light of Day fundraiser featuring the Turtles and other 60's popsters.
RED BANK: A SEVENTH ‘CROSSING’ ON BRIDGE
RED BANK: The Crossing Borders Festival of new "Latinx" themed plays returns to Two River for a seventh season with a Wednesday patio party.
Partyline
GOING UP?
RED BANK: Public Library will be closed Friday for the start of elevator construction. (Click for more.)
TREEBIRTH
RED BANK: Replacement of nine trees gets underway on South Street, where a wholesale removal angered residents last September. (Click for mo ...
RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...