United colors of Al Di Meola: the man who captured cool fusion in a bottle is back with a new eclectic/exotic/acoustic sound and a look at his newest band project inside the House That Basie Built.
1. Al Di Meola’s World Sinfonia at Count Basie Theatre. When you’re (a) a guitarist with the unassailable credentials of [...]
The Oscar winning 1984 screen version of AMADEUS kicks off a new series of free classic films, tonight at the Count Basie Theatre.
A couple of weeks back, we made mention of the fact that Red Bank’s very own Count Basie Theatre had been named to the National Register of Historic Places — pretty much the highest honor that any [...]
Pictured in the 1998 cult sensation THE BIG LEBOWSKI, clockwise from top right: Jeff Bridges as The Dude and Julianne Moore as Maude; Sam Elliott as The Stranger; John Goodman as Walter; John Turturro as The Jesus.
You’re entering a world of pain, son.
That rug really tied the room together.
Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!
Smokey, [...]
Richie Havens — maybe more than anyone else the spirit of Woodstock incarnate — caps off a series of events paying tribute to the legendary 1969 festival, this week at Monmouth University.
In an interview that appeared last summer here in oRBit, legendary New York DJ Pete Fornatale offered that “Woodstock has moved from the [...]
The smart money says: wait ’til last summer’s blockbusters become this winter’s freebie screenings at the local library — as PUBLIC ENEMIES suggests, you’ll break the bank like Dillinger!
A chance to make some noise with the pots and pans alongside one of the Shore’s favorite chefs! High profile appearances by a Nobel Prize nominee, a [...]
Rob Barone, David Hollander, John Noll, Tom Chase and Jimmy Liakas — along with an absent-on-picture-day Jason Reynolds — are SHIMMYTANG, and they’re on a mission to grease the Shore; one club, pub or diner at a time. (Photo by Danny Sanchez)
1. Mike Marino at Two River Theater. It’s a Laugh Out Loud special at [...]
The Boss — a perennial “surprise” guest performer at the annual LIGHT OF CONCERTS — wowed the crowd at Asbury Park’s Paramount Theatre on January 16. We’ve got a lot more shots where that came from — courtesy of ace photographer MIKE BLACK — just around the corner.
The things we do on Saturday night are [...]
Green screen: America’s sweetheart Patty Duke reaches for the Red Ones, as esteemed cinema scholar Hedda Lettuce returns to the Asbury Lanes to shred her over-the-top/ into-the-gutter antics in 1967’s VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
By TOM CHESEK
“There’s nothing like cocktails and campy cinema to take the edge off a winter night,” as they say — and, [...]
Taking it several steps beyond the “singer/songwriter” pigeonhole, Jon Caspi presents an original theatrical piece based on his album EDDIE KNOWS, for two shows this weekend at The Showroom.
By TOM CHESEK
You would think that there’d be no taboos standing in the realm of rock and pop performers — after all, this is a genre in [...]
Joshua Nelson (right) brings his pretty-much-exclusive brand of spiritual music to the stage of Red Bank’s Two River Theater on Saturday.
By TOM CHESEK
Out fetching our mid-afternoon “morning coffee” the other day, we were surprised to run into Jonathan Fox, formerly Artistic Director at Red Bank’s Two River Theater Company — both during the troupe’s days [...]
Guitar slingers: Making their way into our orbit this weekend are (clockwise from top left) royal punk cat Cheetah Chrome (with his Gibson), folk-blues medicine man TJ Wheeler (with his 7-string Arch) and Kingly tributeer Scot Bruce (with his…anybody?).
The big entertainment story around these parts this weekend is, of course, the annual Light of Day [...]
Not your grandma’s Guild: the winner for Edgiest Painting in the Guild of Creative Art’s 50th Anniversary group show, Sarah Becktel’s YOUR WOUNDS, MY SCARS remains on display at the Shrewsbury gallery through February 3.
“Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull/ and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my [...]
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