RED BANK: MORGAN PICKS UP THE PIECES

Oct 26, 2016

Tracy Morgan brings his standup act to the Count Basie stage for two shows Friday night.

“I’ve tapped into something, man, that nobody else can talk about,” Tracy Morgan said in an interview with a national wire service earlier this year. “I went to the other side and came back bearing gifts… and I’m gonna share all those gifts with my fans.”

In case you missed the headline-making news, the Emmy nominated cast member of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock was referencing his near-death experience in a June, 2014, limo crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, an accident that killed his friend James “Jimmy Mack” McNair, and left Morgan comatose with multiple injuries, necessitating a lengthy process of physical therapy and speech rehabilitation.

Undaunted, the Bronx-born “cringe comic” (and co-star of films like Cop Out and the forthcoming Fist Fight) has taken to the road once more on a route that leads to Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre Friday night.

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October 26, 2016 - 9:00 am |

RED BANK: GRIFFIN AND BEAR IT

Apr 20, 2016

Kathy Griffin, the flame-haired comic with the celeb-roasting style, returns to Red Bank for a Friday night funny-fight at the Basie. (Photo by Tyler Shields)

She’s got a trophy case full of accolades — including two Emmys and a Grammy — but Kathy Griffin didn’t get where she is by making nice with the targets of her comic flamethrowing.

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April 20, 2016 - 9:30 am |

RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN

Jan 7, 2016

Repeat Basie favorite Kathleen Madigan returns to Red Bank for an encore Saturday evening. Here’s a sample bit.

Long before there was an internet bubble and a housing bubble, there was a comedy bubble — the Comedy Explosion, they called it back in the 1980s, when a hole-in-the-wall “chuckle hut” sprouted up in every other vacant storefront, and when even Monmouth Street in Red Bank boasted two brick-wall standup spots at one brief point in time.

While the explosion became an implosion before long, the wreckage produced a hardy new crop of savvy young performers — among them a cheerfully cheeky native of St. Louis named Kathleen Madigan.

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January 7, 2016 - 12:00 pm |

RED BANK: OM ON THE RIVER

Jul 22, 2015

Red Bank’s Maple Cove on the Navesink River has become a gently bobbing yoga studio, weather and tides permitting. “The [stand-up paddle] boards are more stable than you might think,” says Lincroft resident Sally El-Sadek, owner of Bodhi Ama SUP Yoga, who offers classes, complete with water-safety instruction, four or five times a week, at $45 per class. “It’s all about finding that connection to nature, but at the same time, we want everyone to feel safe and secure.”

Bodhi Ama is slated to participate in the annual Paddle the Navesink Day, scheduled for Saturday, September 12. The event showcases the recreational and educational qualities of the waterway. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

July 22, 2015 - 8:31 am |

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TUNA SUB, IN RED BANK

Dec 6, 2013

The tuna half-sub at Elsie’s. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

What’s For Lunch? How about half a tuna sub from Elsie’s Sub Shop, on Monmouth Street in Red Bank, with lettuce, tomato, onion and hot peppers, for $5.15?

In a world with only about a billion sub shops, what makes for a good sub?

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December 6, 2013 - 10:58 am |

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RED BANK: MORGAN PICKS UP THE PIECES

RED BANK: GRIFFIN AND BEAR IT

RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN

RED BANK: OM ON THE RIVER

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? TUNA SUB, IN RED BANK