Archive for May, 2009

29 May

WINE, CHEESE AND FRESH MEAT

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, that fun factory of ideas in downtown Long Branch, hosts the annual FRESH MEAT, YOUNG BLOOD exhibition featuring works by New Jersey artists (clockwise from left) Teresa Owens, K. Shelton and Ozgur Gunder.
Have your little cellophane-wrapped toothpicks at the ready; zero in on that plastic tumbler of merlot. [...]

29 May

SUDDENLY, NEXT SEASON

Clockwise from top left: Pultizer-winning author Joyce Carol Oates, actors Joe Pantoliano and Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and jazzman Warren Vaché are among the new faces showing up in the coming weeks at Red Bank’s Two River Theater.
A new work by one of the hottest young playwrights on the scene. A breathlessly anticipated re-imagining of a [...]

29 May

BOOK IT! WRITES A NEW CHAPTER

Summer Reading List: The coming weeks see the grand opening of the new Book It! Events venue at The Grove, plus live local appearances by authors Joel Silverman, Benjamin Wallace, Janice Lieberman, Jack Ford and Joyce Carol Oates.
It’s kind of like your neighborhood book club — provided your neighborhood book club took place in a [...]

28 May

JODY IN DISGUISE (WITH CLASSICS)

Hardest Working Woman in Shore Business: Jody Joseph is pictured as Janis Joplin and as Stevie Nicks, two singers to whom she pays homage in her May 30 show, ONE LEGEND, ONE DIVA, ONE WOMAN.

By TOM CHESEK
First, we dispense with the elephant in the living room. She’s Jon Bon Jovi’s cousin! And, not only that, [...]

28 May

GARDEN TOUR RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS

The Rumson estate of Kim and Tom Widener is one of the featured stops on this year’s Two Rivers Garden Tour. See our post on Book It! Events from earlier this week to find out what cool things Kim is up to in the great indoors. (Photos by Patricia Burke Photography)
By DOROTHY CREAMER
Sometime after [...]

26 May

JUDY GOLD: MOMMY’S GOT THE MIC

The rainbow cake may be Photoshopped in (see inset), but Judy Gold has whipped up something special at the Supper Club, as the Emmy-winning comedienne brings her show MOMMY QUEEREST to Tim McLoone’s in Asbury Park this week.
By DIANA MOORE
Whenever Judy Gold takes the stage at a comedy club or appears on shows like The View, [...]

22 May

ON STAGE: A THRILLING THREESOME

Triney Sandoval and Sheila Tapia star in Two River Theater’s ingenious new take on the classic comedy PRIVATE LIVES, continuing this weekend in Red Bank. (Photo by Mark Garvin)
Don’t look now (actually, do look, now), but three of the very best plays to show up on local stages in a long time are happening right [...]

22 May

WEEKEND MUSIC: GOING ‘DINAH SHORE’

Mike Doughty and Nicole Atkins win the coin toss for the official Summer Kickoff event, Friday night at the Stone Pony.
Memo to Memorial Day revelers going “Dinah Shore” this weekend: It’s all still here — all the stuff that made it worthwhile for everyone to hit the Parkway and the highway like Kronos and Gorgo [...]

22 May

TOADIES: WHAT YOU WANNA HEAR

Vaden Todd Lewis joins fellow charter members Clark Vogeler and Mark Reznicek (plus Doni Blair) in the 2009 edition of The Toadies, coming to Asbury Park this Memorial weekend Sunday.
By LAURA SCHNEIDER
“This band will always play what the fans want to hear,” says singer Vaden Todd Lewis of The Toadies, back from the ashes after [...]

21 May

TWO PARKS, MUCH ART, NO WAITING

Charles in charge: Red Bank’s Chuck Lambert Band provides the soundtrack, as the City of Long Branch inaugurates the new Broadway Park outdoor performance venue on Saturday afternoon. It’s one of a pair of events co-sponsored by the LB Arts Council, with Sunday’s annual Art in the Park show taking place in West End.
Memorial Day [...]

19 May

LINDA EDER’S ALL AND EVERYTHING

Broadway stage superstar? Country-pop club act? It’s all Linda Eder — and the singer brings her ALL OF ME program to Red Bank for a “sneak preview” on Thursday night.

By TOM CHESEK
Time was we didn’t seem to worry over niche categories all that much when it came to letting a special talent do their stuff. [...]

18 May

AND THE BASIE GOES TO…

Oh, HER: Actress (and Count Basie Theatre board member) Siobhan Fallon Hogan, pictured next to Renee Zellweger in the film NEW IN TOWN, is the host of the 2009 Basie Awards going on Wednesday night in Red Bank.
By DOROTHY CREAMER
On Wednesday night, May 20, the red carpet will unfurl at the Count Basie Theatre. The [...]