Category: HUB Opinion

  • Trove of paintings spurs Beauchamp exhibition

    “Artist with Abstract Painting” Beauregard Fine Art is presenting “Robert Beauchamp (1923-1995): A Passion For Paint, Select Paintings From the Wellfleet Studio.” This is the third exhibit of Beauchamp’s work at the Rumson gallery. Bold, inventive, eccentric and wildly humorous, Beauchamp was greatly admired by his peers, critics and curators alike. Beauchamp studied with Hans…

  • Developers hope we’re dense about density

    Expect to hear a lot from developers on how high-density residential and commercial development will save New Jersey from high-density residential and commercial development. How is this miracle to occur? In 25 years or more, all the open land in the state will be developed, according to dismayed, and I assume inconsolable, developers. To save…

  • Renowned Pop artist has exhibit at Monmouth U

    “The Painter and the Boxer” ‘Derek Boshier: Extreme Makeover” is on exhibit at the 800 Gallery at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The exhibit will run through March 23 at the gallery and is free and open to the public. Boshier first came to prominence in the early 1960s as part of the British…

  • Legislators must act to stop horse slaughter

    Anyone who has ever loved a pet or admired a beautiful animal mourned the loss of Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro, who lost his valiant battle on Jan. 29. But other horses are still suffering, and they don’t have loving owners to watch over them. More than 100,000 are hauled across the country each year and…

  • Reading plays key role for students learning English

    Parents, teachers aim to foster love of reading in students BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – Increased literacy is the goal for all students at Red Bank Primary School, and bilingual students are no exception. Andrea Fontenez, a first grade teacher of bilingual students who are not quite ready…

  • In the Arts

    “Uncanning Worms: Exper-imental Music for the Anomalous Ear” is a monthly music series at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch. Saturday’s show at 8 p.m. will feature Dennis Young and Caves of Mercury. Young composes his own music which combines influences from rock, jazz, dance, folk and world music. He is…

  • Are high schools ready for a changing world?

    Meeting Feb. 22 to discuss future of high schools The New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee, composed of the leadership of New Jersey’s education, business and higher education communities, will continue its statewide conversation on high school reform throughout New Jersey with a meeting for parents, community members, educators and the general public at…

  • Exhibit asks, Can spring be far behind?

    “One Poppy” Monmouth Beach artist John Salvi is “Chasing the Blues Away” with a group of contemporary, abstract paintings exhibited at The Art of Skincare in Spring Lake. Salvi’s paintings reprise the warm hues of spring and summer with rich colors and sweeping gestures. According to Salvi, the vibrant colors of the acrylic paintings are…

  • Asbury Park celebrates past, present, future

    Celebrate Asbury Park is commemorating the 110th anniversary of the incorporation of the city with a yearlong calendar of events. To kick off the celebration, an anniversary party will be held Friday, April 13, at the Convention Hall Arcade. Event highlights include a special cake and historic Asbury Park music topped off with a fireworks…