Category: HUB Opinion

  • Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial

    Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent When Franco Minervini was a young boy in his hometown of Molfetta, Italy, he helped his grandfather, Michael, who was a stone carver. Little did he know then that he would continue his family’s tradition of stone carving. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone…

  • IN THE ARTS

    “Forever Plaid” Michael Bolton will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Thursday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. Since his debut release in 1975, Bolton has received two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, including three for favorite male artist (Pop), and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tickets: $75-$42…

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    Park Players will present the feminist comedy “Parallel Lives,” written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, of the popular “Kathy and Mo Show,” at the historic Paramount Theatre. Samantha Beedle and Diana Limon, directed by Robert Bradshaw, will portray over 50 characters in a series of scenes that comment on many aspects of womanhood, sexuality…

  • ‘All the Best’

    Apresence on the county’s art scene for close to four decades, Charlotte Scherer is moving in a new direction, driven by professional and personal priorities. “Reading to Horses” by Jill Ricci “I am wrapping the gallery up,” said Scherer, whose Red Bank gallery, Art Forms, focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American artists. “Personally, I am…

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    Loretta Lynn, with guests The Wrights, will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m. The queen of country music’s most recent record, “Van Lear Rose,” proves Lynn correct when she says, “I haven’t changed with the times, the times have followed me.” Tickets: $100 – $20 at…

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    Herbie Hancock will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 8 p.m. Jazz pianist Hancock transcends genres and leaves his creative imprint on everything he does. Tickets: $59.50 – $20 at the box office: (732) 842- 1900, 99 Monmouth St. or www.countbaisetheatre.org.

  • ‘Unique Artisans’

    From “The Looking Glass” series by Melissa Bronwen Pyle Frederick Galleries in Allenhurst is showcasing a diverse group of artists working in mediums ranging from silk to steel to create beautiful and functional objects. The gallery’s current exhibition, titled “Unique Artisans,” showcases work by Melissa Bronwen Pyle, works in resin; Juanita Yoder, painting on silk;…

  • Jazz concert benefits land preservation

    John Pizzarelli Acclaimed jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli will perform in a concert benefiting the land preservation efforts of The Monmouth Conservation Foundation Friday, Aug. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. A cocktail reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. will precede the concert. Pizzarelli has developed an international career…

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    International singing star and traditional cantor Dudu Fisher will perform a one-night-only summer concert Sunday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. at Congregation Brothers of Israel, 250 Park Ave. in Elberon. The program will consist of Hebrew, English, cantorial and Broadway music. Fisher has performed in synagogues around the world as well as on the concert…