Playing The Nines, One More Time
By TOM CHESEK ASBURY PARK, NJ – It was an era when titans ruled the land — mega-barbands with names like Bystander, NRG, The Passions, Prophet, and The Watch, to name but a few. Bands with truckloads...
View ArticleMauricio’s Moonstruck Jazz
ASBURY PARK, NJ – He lives in West Orange, does most of his playing in New York City, and was born in Brazil. But we think Mauricio de Souza is Asbury Pulp material all the way. That’s because the...
View ArticleRock Wilk returns to the Crane House tonight with a taste of ‘Privilege’
ASBURY PARK, NJ — “Sketches from life,” is how a young aspiring author named Stephen Crane described some of his first attempts at short fiction — a body of work that included his very first story,...
View ArticleSka-Pulp…?
We’re big fans of Jason Butkowski’s EPISODES FROM THE ZERO HOUR, the original Jersey Shore-produced pulp fiction book series. Jason attended the ASBURY PARK BOOKFEST last April, along with ‘Episodes’...
View ArticleShe will survive – in Asbury Park
Gaynor's signature anthem, "I Will Surive," was recorded in 1978 and the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012.
View ArticleAsbury Underground – the sequel
ASBURY PARK, NJ – The next ASBURY UNDERGROUND date has been announced. The ART & MUSIC CRAWL through downtown Asbury Park happens on Saturday, January 18, 2014. Asbury Underground’s creative...
View ArticleSelf-publishing workshop begins Tues, Jan. 14
BELMAR, NJ – Did you write a sizzling page-turner? An interesting how-to? A memoir to pass on to your children? As gut-wrenching as it may be to to actually sit down and write, that may actually be...
View ArticleGet the word(s) out with CoWerks
ASBURY PARK, NJ – In a previous post we offered readers some information on self-publishing down in Belmar. ( see ‘Self-Publishing…’ from our homepage.) Back in Asbury Park, CoWerks, located in The...
View ArticleFALL POETRY FESTIVAL AT MONMOUTH U.
W. LONG BRANCH, NJ – Monmouth University and the Long Branch Arts Council invite you to a series of workshops in poetry, lyrical essay, and translation of poetry; readings by acclaimed writers; lunch...
View ArticleMavis Staples! With Nicole Atkins! In Monmouth!
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University earned our everlasting respect today when they announced that tickets are on sale for a concert featuring Mavis Staples on...
View ArticleAsbury Underground and Light of Day Collide downtown January 17
ASBURY PARK, NJ – On the heels of the very successful Asbury Underground Art and Music Crawl – which brought some 2,000 attendees to the downtown district of Asbury Park this past October for an...
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