Partch ensemble returns to SICA
      The Harry Partch Ensemble will return to the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch series Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m. as part of the Black Box of Asbury Park's ongoing Music of Invention Partch was a 20th-century iconoclast, inventor and composer who constructed a 43-no...
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Chorale celebrates 50 years of song
      The Shrewsbury Chorale, which performed its first concert at Monmouth College in 1957, will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in a special Reunion Concert at Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, June 2. The Reunion Concert will feature works performed throughout the decades under the lea...
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Freedom Film Society launches film series
      Red Bank - The Freedom Film Society (FFS) is introducing two new programs designed for film lovers and die-hard cinema fans. The Freedom Film Series, produced by FFS, will bring the best in new independent films from major festivals to Red Bank.
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In the Arts
      Over The Rainbow productions opens James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter" Friday. Set at Christmas in 1183, the tale centers on Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, a long-estranged royal couple at odds over which of their three sons will succeed Henry to the throne. The family members sche...
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Watercolors by Lynn Nordt
      An exhibit of watercolor paintings by Little Silver artist Lynn Nordt will open at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center today. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Nordt was an art teacher in the Middletown Township public schools for 31 years, the last five at...
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Pike's 'peek' into storied past of West Long Branch
'West Long Branch Revisited' follows earlier volume
BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent
      What do The Rolling Stones, the publisher of "Peyton Place" and President Woodrow Wilson have in common? They're part of the rich history and storied past of West Long Branch, illustrated and narrated in Helen-Chantal Pike's new book, "West Long Branch Revisited.
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