Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Smokey Robinson lit up the stage at the Count Basie Theatre for a benefit performance June 17. Honorees that night were Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. and Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. The fourth annual Spring Benefit Concert and Gala raised over $300,000 in support of the theater. Pictured with Robinson, center, are: Pallone, co-chairs Michele…
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Improv Jam Comedy Labs
Improv Jam Comedy Labs’ third annual summer education program kicked off this week. The summer sessions will be held Mondays and Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. at Eatontown Playhouse, 3713 Route 35 north in The Tower Market Plaza, Eatontown. In the Comedy Labs Summer League 2006, participants sign up as teams, are taught improvisation and then…
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Heartoons: Healing through art and affirmation
Plans for museum to house exhibits, workshops, art therapy BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Faridi McFree Faridi McFree, author and artist, has turned her creative expression into holistic therapy she calls “self-healing through art.” “What is self-healing through art?” McFree posed the question during an interview at her Long Branch residence.…
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In the Arts
“Apostasy,” by Gino DiIorio, will premiere at New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway in Long Branch, July 13-Aug. 13. The play is a love story about a successful businesswoman who reaches a crossroads in her life, leading her to question her faith, and she turns to a charismatic evangelist for guidance. Previews are Thursday, July…
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Today at 8 p.m., the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) and The Freedom Film Society will present the documentary “The Education of Shelby Knox,” about a 15-year-old Southern Baptist who is the daughter of conservative Republicans in Lubbock, Texas. Shelby becomes an advocate for sex education and profoundly changes her political and spiritual…
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Paintings by Honymar at JCC
An exhibit of works by Richard F. Honymar is at the Jewish Community Center in Deal, where it will run through Aug. 10. A reception will be held July 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the JCC’s new Gallery on Grant, located adjacent to the Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park In an artist’s…
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Making merry in the park with Shakespeare
“The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be performed outdoors this summer by The Shakespeare Ensemble of Brookdale Community College. The summer company is part of the college’s Performing Arts Center and its mission is to present classical works in the community at no charge. The company made its debut in July 2002 on the Great…
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gallery spotlight
Guild hosts exhibits, classes BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Guild of Creative Art still thriving after 46 years On a wall in the entryway of the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury hangs a painting of an attractive woman named Yvonne Aubert. A French woman with a lilting accent, she founded…
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On Campus
Cristin K. Gilmore, Ocean, received a bachelor of science degree in marketing at the spring commencement exercises at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa. Azad Assadipour, Eatontown, has received a bachelor of arts degree in economics and business, cum laude, at the spring commencement exercises of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Assadipour was also a member…
