Tag: Count Basie Center for the Arts
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Count Basie Center for the Arts to reopen historic theater
RED BANK – The Count Basie Center for the Arts has announced the reopening of the Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, employing an elevated flooring platform which will allow patrons to sit at seated, socially distant tables and enjoy performances in the center’s 94-year old historic venue. The venue’s new pop-up stage configuration extends the length…
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Count Basie Center for the Arts unveils The Vogel performance venue
The Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank, has unveiled its second performance venue: The Vogel. The Basie Center’s directors announced The Vogel would begin hosting performances in mid-October. “The Vogel represents four years of imagining how a new performance space could complement our historic theater,” said Adam Philipson, president and CEO of the…
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Grunin named chairman of Count Basie Center Board of Trustees
RED BANK – The Count Basie Center for the Arts, the not-for-profit performing arts center with a mission to “Inspire, Educate and Entertain,” has announced that Jeremy Grunin has accepted the role of chairman of its Board of Trustees. Grunin, of Toms River, joined the Basie board in 2015, served as the organization’s vice chairman…
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Count Basie Center readies new Basie Center Cinemas for October opening
RED BANK – Directors of the Count Basie Center for the Arts, Monmouth Street, announced the not-for-profit performing arts organization has assumed operations of the White Street cinema in Red Bank with the intention of opening as the rebranded Basie Center Cinemas in October. The announcement came a week after Gov. Phil Murphy said New…
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Comedian Tracy Morgan presents award to nurse from Woodbridge
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan presented the Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing to a Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute nurse who has dedicated her 30-year career to working with brain-injured patients. Morgan presented his third award to Gina Domingo, RN, CRRN. Domingo works on the Brain Trauma Unit at JFK…
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Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Fest deadline March 1
Students in New Jersey have until March 1 to submit their films to The 2020 Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Fest. The mission of the film festival is to locate, showcase and recognize student filmmakers from seventh grade through college, according to thebasie.org. Students may submit their films now via FilmFreeway. There is a $25…
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Joy Bauer to headline HearthealthExpo at Count Basie Feb. 9
The Count Basie Center for the Arts and Riverview Medical Center will present HearthealthExpo at the Basie’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre located at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank on Feb. 9 from 1 to p.m. Joy Bauer, the noted NBC Today Show expert, best-selling author and leading health authority, will headline the free community…
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BASIE AWARDS set for May 22 in Red Bank
Nominees have been announced for the 14th annual BASIE AWARDS. The ceremony honors excellence in high school theatre in Monmouth County. The ceremony, which will be presented by Bank of America, will take place in the Count Basie Center for the Arts’ Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre that is located at 99 Monmouth St. in Red…
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Count Basie Center to present shows at Toms River North
TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Regional School District Board of Education has announced a partnership with the Count Basie Center for the Arts that is expected to produce revenue for the school district. The partnership was announced during the board’s Sept. 18 meeting. According to the agreement, the Count Basie Center for the Arts,…