Category: HUB Opinion

  • Board of Ed. forced to choose: Lights or study

    Decision due on $16K or funds go back to taxpayers BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer RED BANK – The borough Board of Education is facing a decision between lighting a stage and staging a study. By the time the board meets again on June 13, members will have to choose between…

  • Provincetown painters exhibit at Rumson gallery

    “Seated Nude” by William Freed “Provincetown Painters: Works on Paper,” an exhibition of works by eight painters who have lived and worked in Provincetown, Mass., opened this week at Beauregard Fine Art gallery in Rumson. The artists included in the exhibit were inspired by, among other things, the creative energy and natural beauty of the…

  • In the

    Arts The Monmouth Civic Chorus will present “Sounds Like Shakespeare” Saturday, June 10, at 4:30 and 8 p.m. Shakespeare in music from Verdi’s “Macbeth” to Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate” will delight both opera lovers and theater fans. Students who participated in the 2006 Monmouth County Shakespeare Competition will perform readings of Shakespearean classics. The…

  • Show gratitude, respect for vets on Memorial Day

    Each and every day the men and women who serve in the e U.S. Armed Forces make sacrifices. Unfortunately, some die in the line of duty making the ultimate sacrifice. The liberties and freedom we enjoy as Americans have been preserved only buy the blood, sweat, tears and yes, the very lives of our soldiers,…

  • Photo

    Athol Fugard’s “Exits and Entrances,” with the original cast, opens today at New Jersey Repertory Company’s Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway, Long Branch. The award-winning play is the true story of the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young playwright and a celebrated older actor. Preview performances are Thursday and Friday at 2 and 8 p.m. The…

  • Judy Stach retrospective

    “First Date” “Living the Dream,” a retrospective of a decade of work by area painter Judy Stach will be on exhibit at The Frederick Gallery in Allenhurst, June 2-30. An area native, Stach has completed a 10-year project, which includes a catalog of her work. Paintings from private collections as well as new work will…

  • Downtown Digital electronic music series

    Mike Black The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch is launching Downtown Digital, a new series of monthly events that will expose the audience to a growing variety of today’s electronic artists and genres within the Modern Electronic Music category. Events will be held on the second Friday of the month,…

  • VSA arts: Tapping into the creative power of the arts

    Agency’s mandate is to make the arts accessible, promote participation BY KAREN DeMASTERS Correspondent BY KAREN DeMASTERSCorrespondent Brothers Eric and Jacob Larson have overcome challenges to excel in VSA arts programs. At right, Jacob’s award-winning artwork. Below, children with autism participate in a VSA/NJ arts program. Eric Larson is a high school senior from West…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda Gov’s hospital bed tax is a ludicrous plan I appreciate new Gov. Jon Corzine’s predicament. He came into office faced with a financial mess of astronomic proportions and now has to close a $4 billion budget gap by July 1. But like too many politicians, he has so far seemed reluctant to take the…