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RED BANK: ‘CRY FREEDOM’ AT FORTUNE

RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center hosts a screening of "Cry Freedom," the true story of South African freedom fighter Steven Biko.

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January 11th, 2023 @ 4pm

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RED BANK: GIVING TUESDAY 2022

RED BANK: It's Giving Tuesday. Here are some local organizations seeking help – and one that plans to give a boost to others.

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November 29th, 2022 @ 7am

RED BANK: SOUP’S ON AT FORTUNE CENTER

RED BANK: Author Pam Major brings her soup recipe book, 'The Comfort,' to the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center for a signing, tasting and recipe swap.

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October 5th, 2022 @ 11am

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HONOR PARKERS

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RED BANK: Fortune Center to unveil exhibit honoring three history-making African-American men of medicine with the shared name of James Parker.

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May 17th, 2022 @ 9am

RED BANK: Library and Fortune Center to display soil from the Eatontown site of the 1886 lynching of Samuel “Mingo” Jack Johnson as a way of bearing witness.

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May 3rd, 2022 @ 2pm

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST VIEWING PARTY

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RED BANK: Fortune Center to host viewing party for debut of 'The Gilded Age,' a new HBO series featuring the center's namesake, T. Thomas Fortune.

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December 20th, 2021 @ 3pm

VIRTUAL: TALK ON ACCESS TO COUNTY WATERS

VIRTUAL: Navesink Maritime Heritage Association hosts an online talk about recreational water access within the park system.

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August 25th, 2021 @ 7pm

RED BANK: KEEPING FORTUNE’S VOICE ALIVE

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RED BANK: Suubi Mondesir has helped give voice to the ideals of the Fortune Cultural Center since she was in high school – and the center was still a dream.

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August 9th, 2021 @ 7am

RED BANK: LOUNGE NIGHT OF THEATER

RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center hosts a Lounge Night of Theater featuring an original production, titled 'Blackface,' poetry and more.

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July 20th, 2021 @ 4pm

RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST PARKER ROOM

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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Center to host permanent exhibit on father-and-son physicians Drs. James Parker Sr. and Jr. under Monmouth Medical Center sponsorship.

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June 23rd, 2021 @ 9am

RED BANK: MARCH INAUGURATES JUNETEENTH

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RED BANK: Juneteenth holiday inaugurated with march bookended by events at Pilgrim Baptist Church and T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.

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June 21st, 2021 @ 7am

RED BANK: HOLIDAY BAZAAR AT FORTUNE

RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center hosts a Holiday Bazaar, featuring handcrafted gift items and prints by Julia Rivera.

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June 2nd, 2021 @ 12pm

RED BANK: JAZZMAN VISITS FORTUNE CENTER

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RED BANK: Before taking the stage at the Basie Wednesday night, Branford Marsalis paid a pre-concert visit to the T. Thomas Fortune Center.

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February 27th, 2020 @ 6am

RED BANK: FORTUNE SETS ‘BASIE 2020’ SKED

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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center sets 'Basie 2020' slate of events to commemorate 85th anniversary of the Count Basie Orchestra.

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February 18th, 2020 @ 7am

RED BANK: TENTH OYSTERFEST ROCKS THE LOT

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RED BANK: Summery weather puts thousands in a partying mood at the 10th annual Oysterfest. Check out redbankgreen's event pix for familiar faces.

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September 30th, 2019 @ 7am

RED BANK: FORTUNE CULTURAL CENTER OPENS

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RED BANK: With a mission of promoting civil rights, T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center opens in house that came perilously close to being bulldozed.

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May 24th, 2019 @ 9am

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CARS, BARS AND VANS

Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...

TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST

Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...

LONG DOGGONE WAIT

Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...

WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!

A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.

HELL STRIP FIREWORKS

Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...

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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?

Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.

A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.

BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?

Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...

SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST

A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...

COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE

It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)

RED BANK CLASSIC 5k

Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.

WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD

Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)

DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK

Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.

RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE

Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.

NAVESINK SUNRISE

Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.

DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING

Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.

MESSAGE TO READERS

Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.

IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED

A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.

From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...

BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY

Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.