It was like something out of a 40-hour Twilight Zone marathon, the latest of which not coincidentally unfolds on SyFy beginning Thursday morning. “Submitted for your approval; case in point,” Rod Serling would have intoned. “One oRBit editor — the kind of hack pseudo-hipster who’d shoot pool with the devil for his soul, or wager [...]
Southside Johnny, Mr. New Year’s Eve to you, plays toastmaster general as the Asbury Jukes batten down the Basie for another swingin’ sayonara to a used-up year. (Photos by Mike Black)
In an interview that appeared here in Red Bank oRBit last July, Johnny Lyon characterized his annual December 31 appearance at the Count Basie as [...]
Master puppeteer Jim Racioppi, pictured with his Paper Moon Puppet Theatre team at their custom-built stage in Atlantic Highlands. Left to right: Hal Holst, Tyler Mizglewski, Racioppi, Gary Burke, John McAllister. (Photos by Diana Moore)
By TOM CHESEK
It’s one of the most sought-after weekly happenings on the local landscape; a long-running attraction that belongs exclusively to [...]
The Bouncing Souls (clockwise from top left: Bryan Kienlen, Greg Attonito, Pete Steinkopf and Michael McDermott) OWN Asbury — and OWN the week between Christmas and New Year’s — as they take it HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS in an unprecedented four-night SOLD OUT Stone Pony stand that further features satellite events at a movie theater [...]
Provocative poet, professor, paragon of social protest — Amiri Baraka visits Frank Talk in Red Bank on December 27, reading from his latest book DIGGING as an event in the Festival of Kwanzaa celebration.
By KATHY POLENBERG
Somewhere between fire and ice, somewhere in Newark, New Jersey on October 7, 1934 — a star poet was born.
It [...]
RESCHEDULED TO DECEMBER 27! Little Silver resident Noelle McNeil, author of the inspirational memoir HEAVEN EXISTS, is Kim Widener’s first guest at the newly opened NovelTeas Authors Aromas & Gifts in Red Bank.
There’s an appearance by a local author, whose chronicle of her recovery from a devastating head injury details her experiences between this world [...]
Shameless Elf Promotion: Go Go Amy and Bettina May of Pretty Things Peepshow are highly visible this Friday, with appearances at The Showroom and at the center Lanes.
1. Collide-A-Scope in Asbury Park. The December 2009 edition of the monthly art happening (presented by the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park and the city Chamber of Commerce) [...]
The tiny house where Bruce Springsteen wrote ‘Born to Run’ sold yesterday for $280,000. (Photo courtesy of Susan McLaughlin)
The Long Branch cottage where Bruce Springsteen wrote ‘Born to Run‘ and other songs from his 1975 breakthrough album was purchased yesterday by a trio of New Jersey fans who say they simply want to keep it [...]
Trans-Siberian Xpress: Glen Burtnik pictured on Euro-tour with The Orchestra. The man with the hair of many colors brings the 2009 edition of his long-running Xmas Xtravaganza to the stage of the Count Basie on Saturday night. (Photo ©Jane Wilkinson)
By TOM CHESEK
Santa Claus — Glen Burtnik. Two guys who rely upon the element of surprise, [...]
Okay, which one’a these mugs is the REAL Santy Claus? Jack’s Music announces a holiday Food Drive promotion — and all-around broadcast legend Big Joe Henry (left) brings his new cookbook — while Pat Guadagno (right) brings some well-roasted chestnuts.
In the seasons since the old Prowns Has Everything shut its doors on Broad Street, Jack’s [...]
Doug Hara performs with the cast of Two River Theater’s YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN during last month’s Town Lighting ceremony in Red Bank.
By TOM CHESEK
There’s Puck — that deviously devilish, mischievously manipulative imp of the perverse from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And there’s Charlie Brown — the round-headed, good-hearted star of Charles [...]
Will work for food: Among the performers helping Michael Patrick to Jam Away the Blues for Lunch Break this Thursday are (clockwise from upper left) Sonny Kenn, Jo Wymer, Chuck Lambert, and Matt O’Ree.
We don’t run into Michael Patrick on a regular basis in our travels — he doesn’t hold down a weekly gig at [...]
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