Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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In the Arts
The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank will present Diana Ross in a rare concert appearance Monday, April 9, at 8 p.m. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Ross has proven herself the consummate music artist as well as one of the most iconic female singers of all time, as lead singer of…
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Greg Bean
Coda Sometimes, it’s the small things that save a marriage Last weekend, my stepfather got married to a wonderful woman, and I couldn’t be happier. This is a guy who came into the lives of me and my brothers after my father died, and not only loved our mother, but nursed her through her last…
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Watercolors by Lynn Nordt
“End of the Day at SSYC” An exhibit of watercolor paintings by Little Silver artist Lynn Nordt will open at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center today. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Nordt was an art teacher in the Middletown Township public schools for 31 years, the last five…
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Arts Education Awards nominations
The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC), Red Bank, invites nominations for the 2007 Arts Education Awards. The awards recognize outstanding and creative arts programming and the talented teachers and administrators who create them by nominating exceptional arts educators, administrators, schools or interdisciplinary projects. Teachers, administrators and community leaders may nominate themselves or their programs, or…
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Partch ensemble returns to SICA
The Harry Partch Ensemble The Harry Partch Ensemble will return to the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch series Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m. as part of the Black Box of Asbury Park’s ongoing Music of Invention Partch was a 20th-century iconoclast, inventor and composer who constructed a 43-note scale in…
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Freedom Film Society launches film series
Red Bank – The Freedom Film Society (FFS) is introducing two new programs designed for film lovers and diehard cinema fans. The Freedom Film Series, produced by FFS, will bring the best in new independent films from major festivals to Red Bank. The film series will run on the second Wednesday evening of the month,…
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Pike’s ‘peek’ into storied past of West Long Branch
‘West Long Branch Revisited’ follows earlier volume BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent BY LARRY RAPPOPORTCorrespondent Above: Designed by Edward Creiger, this building was the only structure to survive the fire that destroyed Shadow Lawn. It now houses the art department at Monmouth University. At left, author Helen-Chantal Pike. What do The Rolling Stones, the publisher of…
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M.B. school dedicates run to former resident
MONMOUTH BEACH – Monmouth Beach School PTA will host its annual three-mile run May 12 at 9 a.m. The run has been renamed the Shana Wasserman Memorial Run in memory of former 19-year-old resident Shana Wasserman, who died in December of bacterial meningitis. Shana was a freshman at Green Mountain College in Vermont, where she…
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WLB District seeks to identify students with special needs
West Long Branch – The school district is seeking to identify and evaluate children ages 3 to 14, including migrant and homeless students, who have experienced physical, sensory, communication, cognitive or social difficulties. For information, call (732) 222-5086, ext. 1256.
