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RED BANK: INDIES INVADE THIS WEEK
RED BANK: A feast for movie lovers, the Indie Street Film Festival will light up four screens over five days this week.
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RED BANK: DOWNTOWN GETS INSTANT MURAL
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
RED BANK: FILM FEST MURAL GREENLIGHTED
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
RED BANK: INDIE FILM FEST SET FOR SUMMER
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS
Among the candidates for ‘best professional theater’ is the Two River Theater. Several mainstays of Red Bank’s celebrated arts venues and entertainment scene, including two whose future ties to townContinue reading "RED BANK ARTS ON TAP FOR STATE AWARDS"
Having already whetted your appetite with features this week on Martin Short, Roger McGuinn, Paint the Town Pink, M Shanghai String Band and the return of the Red Bank International Film Festival, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit fires up...
Two days ago on redbankgreen, we gave you a "you Are there" early morning perspective on the painting of a pink line down the middle of Broad Street. The occasion, of course, was the anticipated start of the third annual...
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit gets a running start on the coming weekend with a focus on two major events. One is the Count Basie Theatre's annual Benefit Concert and Gala — a swell, street-closing affair for which the...
Today's Red Bank oRBit offers up a double feature that spotlights the return of a local classic and a coming-attractions trailer for one of the most highly anticipated sequels in cinema-buff circles. First, we finally get around to answering the...
This weekend brings the annual Garden State Film Festival to various points around Asbury Park, and today's oRBit has the rundown on the movies, the brand-new venues, first-look features and the special events, including a tribute to occasional Shore resident...
Where in the world is the Red Bank International Film Festival? After a three-month postponement from its usual October slot on the calendar, the festival's website still reports that "the invasion has been rescheduled" to this coming weekend. But no...
Empty box: there will be no 2008 edition of the festival — not in 2008, at least. The Freedom Film Society (its logo is below) says the RBIFF will return to Red Bank's Clearview Cinemas in January. Usually at this...
This year's Red Bank International Film Festival, which unspooled at Clearview Cinemas last weekend, was another successful one, says president Marc Leckstein. "We did really well, with a couple of sold-out screenings," he said. Those included the emerging filmmakers' session,...
For lovers of offbeat films, it's one of the best things about living in or near Red Bank. For student filmmakers, it's a rare opportunity to get their work up on the big screen in front of an audience of...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Disagreements over a monthly film series have led to the resignation of Richard Alter as chairman of the Freedom Film Society, the nonprofit group that puts on the widely acclaimed Red Bank International Film Festival each...
Here's an event we're really looking forward to, brought to life by the Freedom Film Society, the people behind the annual Red Bank International Film Festival. On Saturday, Dec. 2, photographer Danny Sanchez will open up his Bridge Avenue studio...
Final figures aren't yet in, but the sixth annual Red Bank International Film Festival, held last weekend, attracted a record number of moviegoers from all over the tri-state region, says Marc Leckstein, president of the Freedom Film Society, the festival...
It is, quite simply, a movie lover's dream: hour after hour of new indie films offered up on three screens in a thriving cultural hub. And it unspools this weekend, the cornucopia of cinematic riches known as the Red Bank...
We stumbled upon a terrific event Wednesday at The Woman's Club of Red Bank. It was the kind of gathering that sharply underscores the borough's appeal as a cultural hub, one that can compete with the best of them. Reed...
It's about to start raining celluloid hereabouts, metaphorically speaking, with the return of the Red Bank International Film Festival next month. And for any movie fan with an itch to write, this can be a season of exquisite torment. Who...
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RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...