Archive for the 'Art' Category

12 Mar

WEEKEND: LOCAL ON THE 8’s

It’s cow blood encased in plexiglas — wanna make something of it? Jordan Eagles did, and does, and you can view “LF11″ and other works by the artist when the group show DARK & LOVELY opens at Parlor Gallery this weekend.
1. A SONG FOR CORETTA at Brookdale CC in Long Branch. Last we looked in [...]

10 Mar

LOOK WHO’S BOOKED, AT RIVER ROAD

In an event that was rescheduled from a couple of weeks ago, journalist and editor Regan Hofmann visits River Road Books to read from and sign her memoir, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
They don’t have a whole rack devoted to remaindered tie-ins to old WB network shows. There’s not an entire aisle of get-rich-quick [...]

04 Mar

WEEKEND: IDEAS OF MARCH, PT. I

Stairway to heaven: Fitness professional, artist and catalyst for some pretty exciting things going on around Long Branch, the Reverend Chris Murphy is also the curator of this month’s elementally elegant art show at In Spirit Living. (Photo by Jeff Smith)
1. EARTH, SEA, SKY Group Show at In Spirit Living Studio. It’s just been a [...]

26 Feb

WEEKEND: SHIPSHAPE & SHOVEL-READY

The Dark Side of the Room: The Pink Floyd Experience returns to the Basie boards, with their annual dose of aural ecstasy for all four of your ears. 
1. The Pink Floyd Experience at Count Basie Theatre.  As the Canadian-based Annerin Productions hastens to point out, The Pink Floyd Experience is NOT an impostor show. Of [...]

23 Feb

TIGGA, BY THE TALE

The wonderful thing about Tiggas: Asbury Park poet and spoken word artist Tylik “Tigga” Railey brings his autobiographical performance piece PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY to The Showroom this Thursday night, in a premiere event that was rescheduled from this past December. 
By TOM CHESEK
Last summer, after the actress, writer and dancer Lorraine Stone hosted a poetry program over [...]

19 Feb

WEEKEND: PICKING UP THE PACE

IT’S ALL A BLUR, really it is, as Doug Ferrari’s SICA gallery in Long Branch hosts the opening of a group show exhibit that reflects the “hyperactive overstimulation” of modern life. Reception’s on Sunday; artworks are up and ready for your perusal — now!
1. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at Two River Theater. Broadway burgomeister Neil [...]

18 Feb

SOMETHING FOR EVERYMAN

Check, please: ITALIAN RESTAURANT is one of the signature pieces by the late great sculptor George Segal, pictured by photographer Donald Lokuta and included in a major exhibit of work by both Segal and Lokuta at the Monmouth Museum. (all photos courtesy of Donald Lokuta)
“I made up my mind that daily life is extraordinary.”
A handful [...]

12 Feb

WEEKEND: A VEE-DAY THREE-DAY

Angie Pontani (of The World Famous Pontani Sisters) is among the sightseeing attractions with BURLESQUE-A-PADES at Asbury Lanes; just one of many diversions for valiant valentines on this three-day V-Day weekend.
Ah, Valentine’s Day — a day that’s one big, red, raw wound for anyone who’s not paired up with any kind of spouse or soulmate [...]

01 Feb

WIDE AWAKE IN ARTVILLE

Jay Alders painted this image of Big Groovy Friend Donavon Frankenreiter for the surfer-slash-singer’s summer tour. Paintings by the A-list surf artist are among the artworks on view for the month of February at Jamian’s Food and Drink, beginning with a reception this Thursday evening.

If you’re an art gallery reception rat like us — surviving these [...]

29 Jan

WEEKEND: A DOZEN, BAKER INCLUDED

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 [...]

25 Jan

A WINTRY MIX FOR MIDWEEK

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 [...]

15 Jan

WEEKEND: LIGHT THRU THE CRACKS

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 [...]