Category: HUB Opinion
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Summer Shakespeare on the lawn
Brookdale’s Shakespeare Ensemble will present eight summer performances of William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” The performances will be held on the Great Lawn of the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, on July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and July 13 and 20 at 5 p.m. Performances…
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Gerald “Gerry” Miknich
Mr. Miknich, 72, of Little Silver, died June 21, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Berwick, Pa., he resided in Little Silver since 1964. He was account vice president at Poppe Tyson Advertising Agency, New York City. Prior to that, he was director of advertising at U.S.I. Chemicals – National Distillers and…
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Long Branch poetry series makes great summer readings
The Long Branch Summer Poetry Series continues Wednesday, July 23, with an appearance by one of the founders of the Language Poetry movement. An accomplished essayist and speaker as well as a sought-after editor, translator and academic, New York native Charles Bernstein has expanded upon the ideas of Marx, Wittgenstein and Stein to develop a…
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Joyce M. Wetstein
Mrs. Wetstein, 72, of the Covered Bridge section of Manalapan and formerly of Old Bridge, died June 26, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She was a deputy municipal court clerk in Old Bridge for 14 years before retiring in 2001. Mrs. Wetstein was predeceased by her husband, Martin, in 1982, and her…
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Honk
The Middletown Peer Players, a year-old troupe of young thespians, has formed their own theatrical company and will present their second production, “Honk,” a musical play for families about the Ugly Duckling at the Middletown Arts Center for six performances. Middletown Peer Players includes 18 former and current Middletown South High School students ages 15-20…
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The Joy of Painting
An exhibit encompassing two series of seascapes by Bonnie McKee Tortora opens Thursday at Beauregard Fine Art in Rumson. “Cisterna” “The Joy of Painting” will run through July 26 at the gallery, located at 109 River Road East. Works from Tortora’s ongoing painting series “Stepping Stones” are being shown together with the artist’s “Sea Series.”…
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Jacob Landau’s spirit comes full circle
Monmouth U. receives major gift of works by Roosevelt artist BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent An artistic legacy will be carried forward into the future with the addition of a major gift to Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The gift, which will benefit students, scholars and the public, includes more than 300 prints, drawings and paintings…
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With Chinese food, it’s often lost in translation
GREG BEAN Coda My grandmother on my father’s side was born in 1895 and lived most of her life close to the spot where the Golden Spike was driven on the transcontinental railroad. Her town was a true melting pot on account of the fact that it drew laborers from all over the world who…
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High time the NJEA reconsiders its PR position
Iread with great interest … and disappointment … the antics of the NJEA in their recent picketing of the congressional offices of Sen. Jennifer Beck in Red Bank, as well as Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (Middletown) and Sen. Sean Kean (Wall), all Republicans, in protest of the latest three thoughtful and prudent legislative initiatives, S1962, S1964…
