Putting on the Ritz, the Fig Newton and more
Iconic works of commercial artist on display
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer
      While many social critics bemoan the mixture of art and commerce, it is instead being celebrated. In an exhibit at the South Brunswick municipal building, the works of Sydney Stern, an award-winning commercial artist known as the designer of the original Ritz crackers box, are on di...
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In the Arts
      Fair Haven singer/songwriter John Padovano, "The Ironbound Crooner," will perform Friday at 8 p.m. at Cafe 360, 34 E. Main St., Freehold. The performance will feature songs from his new album "Freight Train Pajamas" and from previous albums. For information, call (732) 294-4722.
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Trove of paintings spurs Beauchamp exhibition
      Beauregard Fine Art is presenting "Robert Beauchamp (1923-1995): A Passion For Paint, Select Paintings From the Wellfleet Studio." This is the third exhibit of Beauchamp's work at the Rumson gallery. Bold, inventive, eccentric and wildly humorous, Beauchamp was greatly admired ...
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Renowned Pop artist has exhibit at Monmouth U
      'Derek Boshier: Extreme Makeover" is on exhibit at the 800 Gallery at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The exhibit will run through March 23 at the gallery and is free and open to the public. Boshier first came to prominence in the early 1960s as part of the British Pop Ar...
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In the Arts
      "Uncanning Worms: Exper-imental Music for the Anomalous Ear" is a monthly music series at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch. Saturday's show at 8 p.m. will feature Dennis Young and Caves of Mercury. Young composes his own music which combines influences from rock, ja...
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Exhibit asks, Can spring be far behind?
      Monmouth Beach artist John Salvi is "Chasing the Blues Away" with a group of contemporary, abstract paintings exhibited at The Art of Skincare in Spring Lake. Salvi's paintings reprise the warm hues of spring and summer with rich colors and sweeping gestures.
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Asbury Park celebrates past, present, future
      Celebrate Asbury Park is commemorating the 110th anniversary of the incorporation of the city with a yearlong calendar of events. To kick off the celebration, an anniversary party will be held Friday, April 13, at the Convention Hall Arcade.
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Mon. Museum to offer trips beginning April 26
      Monmouth Museum, Lincroft section of Middletown, will offer a trip to the Louis Comfort Tiffany exhibition and Laurelton Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, April 26. Cost is $90 for nonmembers, and $85 for members, and includes lunch at the Petrie Court Restaurant. A...
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