Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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M’Zum: ‘Come together joyfully’
Drum and dance troupe’s inclusive call to all ages, cultures, colors BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent M’Zum Carnaval founder Marco Fuchs (center rear) poses with some of the troupe’s dancers and musicians at last year’s Fort Monmouth Community Day in Eatontown. Right, Fuchs, marching while drumming, was introduced to Caribbean music at a…
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Summer potpourri of artworks
A sampler of the work of a half-dozen artists is on exhibit at The Frederick Gallery in Allenhurst. “A Summer Exhibition of Works by Six Artists” will run through Sept. 2 at the gallery, located at 401 Spier Ave. A reception will take place Saturday, Aug. 12, 5 -8 p.m. Featured artists include Kathy Buist,…
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In the Arts
Music lovers who head over to Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street in Red Bank tonight will catch the jazz sounds of The Wolverines and the funk, boogie-woogie and honky-tonk music of The VooDUDES at the Comcast Jazz in the Park concert beginning at 7 p.m. On Friday, Songwriters in the Park, sponsored by…
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Days Awake and Andrew Holtz, winners of the 2005 Asbury Music Awards for top rock band and top jam band, will present a night of acoustic rock at The Canning Company at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch Friday at 8 p.m.; $10 cover. On Saturday at SICA, 20 Third Ave.,…
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Provocative singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins will appear at Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave. in West Long Branch, on Friday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. Also appearing is vocalist April Smith. Tickets for the concert, presented by the university’s Performing Arts Series, are available through the box office at (732) 263-6889.
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Nature theme in Salvi abstracts
“Al Fresco” Abstract, expressionist paintings by John Salvi are on view during the month of August at The Windsor Gallery in Colts Neck. The acrylic on canvas paintings titled “Al Fresco,” “Woodbine Arpeggio” and “Tiaga Spring” are representative of Salvi’s signature style of using sweeping gesture and saturated color to express the theme of nature…
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Zambrano feels ‘awful,’ and well he should
Greg Bean Coda Just when you think your personal disgust meter can’t go any higher, along comes Fazz Zambrano to kick it into full-tilt, red-line boogie. As most people in Monmouth County know, on July 20 John “Fazz” Zambrano pleaded guilty to taking a bribe in an undercover sting operation that has netted a whole…
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JCC fundraiser honors Israel
The JCC of Greater Monmouth County, in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County, will present a special musical event in honor of Israel, featuring the world-famous Jewish jam band Soulfarm on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. These talented musicians, led by Noah Solomon Chase and C Lanzbom, perform a unique blend…
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Ethics questions cloud MU arena application
I attended the last West Long Branch Zoning Board meeting regarding the 5,000- seat arena that Monmouth University is proposing to build smack in the middle of West Long Branch near Larchwood and Cedar Avenue. I was dismayed to see two Monmouth alumni, including the chairman, still acting as “impartial” zoning board members clearly intending…
