Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • TV studio debuts at L.B. Middle School

    Savanna Rystrom works the graphics computer in the control room while James Weyhknecht directs the news show. A new and exciting program offered at the Long Branch Middle School is the broadcast journalism course. This is an elective that is open to students from in three special academy programs: Visual & Performing Arts Academy; Science…

  • In the Arts

      The Ahn Trio will perform in concert at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre Friday at 8 p.m. The three gifted Ahn sisters achieve complex, virtuosic sounds by exploring the contradictions and fusions of early classical and 21st century music genres. Tickets are $32. Pollak Theatre is located at 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch. For…

  • Students send treats to troops

    Third-grader Thomas Hinz makes a batch of goodies for his older brother, U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Grimes, while classmate John Lee looks on. Imagine an entire school coming together to make batches and batches of Rice Krispies treats to send to U.S. troops overseas. That’s exactly what students at Pope John XXIII Regional Catholic School,…

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    Due to ticket sales volume, Two River Theater Company in Red Bank has extended for an extra week its production of Steve Martin’s outrageously funny adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s German classic farce “The Underpants.” Now scheduled to run May 2-27, the comedy recounts the trials that befall a young housewife after her underpants fall down…

  • Summer starts with Art in the Park

    A visitor browses through artwork at last year’s event. On Sunday, Long Branch officially opens the summer season with the ninth Art in the Park show at West End Park. This year, the Long Branch Arts Council joins the Long Branch Historical Association in sponsoring the popular event. Held just one block from the beach,…

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    Puppeteer Sam Green Paper Moon Puppet Theatre presents “The Princess, the Dragon and the Magic Flute” Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. Adapted from the Mozart opera “The Magic Flute,” the show is appropriate for children from preschool to fifth grade. Saturday is National Day of Puppetry, and to celebrate, children who attend that day’s performance will…

  • The view through the lens in Monmouth

    Exhibit showcases photos by Monmouth Museum member groups “Mallorca Arches” by Warner White, Guild of Creative Art Fine art photography, like other visual art forms, is thriving in Monmouth County. So much so, that the Monmouth Museum and Cultural Center has devoted an exhibit to photographs from member arts organizations. “Monmouth County Photography” will run…

  • Cast of SchoolHouse Rock! Running Rabbit Family Theatre (RRFT) will premiere “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre, West Long Branch, and Two River Theater in Red Bank. The new musical is a playful, laugh-filled look at the school subjects of math, science, social studies and history. Performances are April 22 at 2 p.m.…

  • Obituaries

    Kathleen R. Keil Mrs. Keil, 50, of Ocean Township, died April 5, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. born in Hoboken, she resided in Ocean Township the past 27 years. She was a legal secretary and paralegal at several law offices. She was a communicant of and taught CCD at St. Anselm’s Roman Catholic…