Category: HUB Opinion
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Five artists in fall show
“Mosque at Cordoba” by Warner White Frederick Galleries in Allenhurst is presenting a Fall Exhibition featuring the work of five artists. The show will run through Oct. 21 at the gallery, which is located at 401 Spier Ave. Featured artists are: Jay Bosniak, West Long Branch, “Landscapes/Oil on Canvas;” Warner White, Fair Haven, “Photography from…
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‘Ask Not: The Vision of Active Citizenship’
The Middletown Township Public Library has been awarded a competitive “We the People” grant by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The grant will allow the library to present a discussion of President John F. Kennedy’s great inaugural address in its historic context and in light of today’s realities. What is active citizenship today?…
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Frank Illo paintings at Oceanic Library
“Taylor” The Oceanic Library in Rumson is hosting an exhibit of paintings and jewelry by two local artists. “Frank Illo, Painting, Draw-ings, Furniture” will be at the library through the month of September. Works by local jewelry designer Leslie Vanderleur are on display in the case. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey,…
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‘Landscapes’ in Red Bank
“Practice Shed” The Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank is presenting an exhibition of works by Valerie Mendelson titled “Landscapes.” The exhibit will run through Sept. 30 at the gallery, located at 10 White St. A native of New York, Mendelson was educated at Har-vard University, Brooklyn College and the Grad-uate Center of City University…
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State errs in linking income and school aid
Let me suggest that you do some reporting that exposes the ongoing myth that there are “rich” and “poor” districts upon which state aid is based. The characterization would be true if there were only rich or only poor people living in those districts. The reality is there are an entire range of incomes represented…
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Return Red Bank to best interests of the people
I was disgusted by the most recent show of political shenanigans put on by the Red Bank Town Council. Removing John Curley as chair of the finance committee because of the failure of the chief financial officer is ridiculous. If anyone is made responsible for the actions of the chief financial officer, it should be…
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A woman’s place is in the arts
‘Outside the Box Women’s Arts Festival’ runs through Sept. 21 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Performances by cellist Monica McIntyre (top left) and singer Dafna-Naphtali (above) and an artwalk of galleries displaying art by women artists will be among the events at the Women’s Arts Festival. Singers and songwriters, actors and…
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Not just sock monkeys
“Rebel Girls Labeled Display 3” by Bethany Jean Fancher The fall art season has kicked off at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch, where “Stuff It!” has opened. The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 6, provides a sampling of works by artists who use the stuffed object in their work.…
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Basie supporters, stand up and take a bow
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank as a Major Presenting Organization in the state of New Jersey for Fiscal Year 2007-08. The honor recognizes the theater’s “solid history of artistic excellence, substantial programming and broad public service” the agency said in a letter to…
