WEEKEND: WEDDING WALK GETS SAME-SEXY

Michael Warmington of Red Bank RiverCenter joins a team of Barbizon tour guides in welcoming guests to a past edition of the Red Bank Wedding Walk, which returns to town this Sunday. Wanda Sykes (below) brings her standup skills back to the Basie Friday night.

RED BANK: When the Red Bank Wedding Walk returns to the blushing banks of the Navesink for its latest edition this Sunday, it’ll be a bigger/better-than-ever affair with an historic edge: it’s “encouraging same-sex couples to join us this year and explore all that Red Bank has to offer for the perfect wedding,” according to organizers at Red Bank RiverCenter.

Taking place between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., the 2014 event sounds a call to “prospective brides, grooms, partners, their families and friends” to key into the borough’s “fun and funky vibe” as they visit over 40 wedding-related businesses — florists, gown and accessories retailers, bridesmaid and guest attire boutiques, photographers, wedding planners and designers, jewelers, salons and banquet facilities — many of which will be offering promotions, light refreshments and special amenities.

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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 stud Richard Dix) continues to earn its a hard-earned rep as one of the premier performing arts centers in the region with a beehive-busy, seven-day schedule of entertainments being offered this week.

In an era when too many of its contemporaries have been reduced to a scratchy picture in some Images of America paperback, the Basie now undergoing a major facelift it maintains a level of activity that would pancake buildings half its age.

It’s a lineup that kicks off tonight with a show that sold out in a Tron-speed jiffy standup stuntster Daniel Tosh (above), whose sublimely snarky Comedy Central web-clip show Tosh.0 should add a touch of multimedia mayhem to the comic’s mic routine.

Sellout or no, tomorrow is another day and there’s more where that came from, happening at the Count’s crib.

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WEEKEND: WEDDING WALK GETS SAME-SEXY

BASIE STARTS BRISK MONTH WITH BUSY WEEK