Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial
Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent
      When Franco Minervini was a young boy in his hometown of Molfetta, Italy, he helped his grandfather, Michael, who was a stone carver. Little did he know then that he would continue his family's tradition of stone carving. "I didn't think I had any tal ent," said Minervini, whose studio has been i...
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IN THE ARTS
      Michael Bolton will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Thursday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. Since his debut release in 1975, Bolton has received two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, including three for favorite male artist (Pop), and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ticket...
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     Park Players will present the feminist comedy "Parallel Lives," written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, of the popular "Kathy and Mo Show," at the historic Paramount Theatre. Samantha Beedle and Diana Limon, directed by Robert Bradshaw, will portray over 50 characters in a series of scenes that comm...
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'All the Best'
      Apresence on the county's art scene for close to four decades, Charlotte Scherer is moving in a new direction, driven by professional and personal priorities. "I am wrapping the gallery up," said Scherer, whose Red Bank gallery, Art Forms, focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American artists. "Pers...
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     Loretta Lynn, with guests The Wrights, will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m. The queen of country music's most recent record, "Van Lear Rose," proves Lynn correct when she says, "I haven't changed with the times, the times have followed me." Tickets: $100 - ...
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     Herbie Hancock will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 8 p.m. Jazz pianist Hancock transcends genres and leaves his creative imprint on everything he does. Tickets: $59.50 - $20 at the box office: (732) 842- 1900, 99 Monmouth St. or www.countbaisetheatre.org.
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