Archive for June, 2009

30 Jun

WANG DANG DOODLE (ALL NITE LONG)

Tell Automatic Slim: Never imitated, always in style, the pioneer blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin visits the Asbury Park boardwalk for a special show this Thursday night.

By TOM CHESEK
There’s an oft-told tale that appears on the official website of Hubert Sumlin, the 77 year old blues guitar innovator whose most enduring legacy remains his long association with [...]

29 Jun

YOU BETTER SHOP AROUND

Lost in the Supermarket: The Today Show’s Janice Lieberman reviews those aisle encounters and other vital consumer info when she comes to Long Branch this Wednesday night for a Girls’ Night Out in support of her new book HOW TO SHOP FOR A HUSBAND.

By DIANA MOORE
For more than ten years now, Janice Lieberman has served [...]

29 Jun

BASIE’S BACK TO THE FUTURE

A BasieCam scene from last October shows the new custom-made chandelier being hoisted into the ceiling skyscape.
Cancel all appointments, leave the kids to hitch home from the game and sling some PopTarts for dinner this Tuesday night — anyone who’s a fan of Red Bank in general and the Count Basie Theatre in particular won’t [...]

27 Jun

THE SHOW MUST GO ON (PART 2)

Being for the benefit of Mr. Count: LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN perennial Will Lee joins THE TONIGHT SHOW’s Jimmy Vivino onstage at the Count Basie Theatre Saturday night, for the annual fundraiser concert by The Fab Faux.
As we explained in our previous posting, the passing of Michael Jackson compels us to accessorize our regular [...]

26 Jun

THE SHOW MUST GO ON (PART I)

Gwen Stefani — the singer, the celebriMom, the brand — reunites with her old mates in No Doubt for a major summer tour that stops tonight in the concrete saucer of the PNC Bank Arts Center. Like the final reunion tour of the Jacksons that never came to pass, this uneasy alliance of an ethereal, [...]

26 Jun

PIQUE-A-BOO: EROTICA IN ASBURY

Our sibling site, redbankgreen, paid a rare visit to Asbury Park last weekend, Canon in hand.
Whatever enticed it to make the journey so far beyond the borders of The Green? La Petit Mort: A Collection of Erotica, the devilishly daring new show of photos and other artworks at the Parlor Gallery that has sent [...]

25 Jun

RED BANK’S GAINES?

Nationally noted singer, songwriter and frequent Red Bank flyer Jeffrey Gaines, pictured during a July 2005 appearance at the Songwriters in the Park series in Riverside Gardens. He’ll be back in the borough this Sunday, for a special show at The Downtown.

By TOM CHESEK
Harrisburg, PA doesn’t generally make anyone’s short list of Music Cities — [...]

25 Jun

FLIPPIN’ ‘EM THE BARD

Buddy Haardt, Nathan Kaufman and Colin Ryan appear in THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), going up this week in the Woods Theatre at Monmouth University.
Funding crisis? Budget cuts? What cares the Music and Theatre Arts Department at Monmouth University about budget cuts? Let the other stage troupes squeak their way through abbreviated seasons, [...]

24 Jun

DINING OUTSIDE THE BOX IN RED BANK

Looking like quite the tourist destination, the Temple Bar officially grand-opened its back-bar space behind the landmark Dublin House a couple of weeks back, sounding an unofficial keynote to the start of outdoor dining season in Red Bank.
You’d think we’d have done the Outdoor Dining Guide thing several weeks ago, like around Memorial Day — [...]

23 Jun

HI-DEF HELEN, AT MONMOUTH U

Here’s a different sort of idea for a night out on Thursday: catch Dame Helen Mirren live in West Long Branch. Not “live’ in space, mind you, but in real time— and in high definition, as Monmouth University hosts the first in a planned series of NT Live screening events beamed direct from the UK’s [...]

23 Jun

FAR-OUT FUNDRAISER IN WEST END

Brian Breen and Michael Chartier (inset) alongside poster art for their musical opus FAR OUT! A sneak preview/ fundraiser event will be held at Ron’s West End Pub in Long Branch on Thursday, toward the financing of the show’s appearance at the Fringe Festival in NYC this August.
It’s got all the elements of a 1950s [...]

23 Jun

A FEMIA FATALE AT FORTY

The Man That’s Got a Way: Tommy Femia as Tommy Femia, and in full Judy jacket. The award winning cabaret entertainer presents JUDY GARLAND: LIVE IN CONCERT this Thursday, June 25, at Tim McLoone’s Supper Club in Asbury Park.
By DOROTHY CREAMER
It was forty years ago yesterday — June 22, 1969 — that Judy Garland died in her London [...]