NOTES AROUND TOWN
      The Red Bank Elks Lodge No. 233 recently donated $2,000 in AT&T 550 phone cards to the Marines of the 6th Motor Transport Battalion, currently serving their country overseas in Iraq. Throughout the past year the Red Bank Elks have donated more than $6,000 in phone cards to the overseas Marines.
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IN THE ARTS
      The New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch, is presenting the world premiere of the musical "The Little Hours" by David Bucknam, based on several short stories by Dorothy Parker, July 10 through Aug. 17. Regular performances run Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at ...
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Summer Shakespeare on the lawn
      Brookdale's Shakespeare Ensemble will present eight summer performances of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The performances will be held on the Great Lawn of the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, on July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and July 13 and 20...
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Long Branch poetry series makes great summer readings
      The Long Branch Summer Poetry Series continues Wednesday, July 23, with an appearance by one of the founders of the Language Poetry movement.
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Honk
      The Middletown Peer Players, a year-old troupe of young thespians, has formed their own theatrical company and will present their second production, "Honk," a musical play for families about the Ugly Duckling at the Middletown Arts Center for six performances.
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The Joy of Painting
      An exhibit encompassing two series of seascapes by Bonnie McKee Tortora opens Thursday at Beauregard Fine Art in Rumson. "The Joy of Painting" will run through July 26 at the gallery, located at 109 River Road East. Works from Tortora's ongoing painting series "Stepping Stones" are being shown t...
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Jacob Landau's spirit comes full circle
Monmouth U. receives major gift of works by Roosevelt artist
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent
      An artistic legacy will be carried forward into the future with the addition of a major gift to Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The gift, which will benefit students, scholars and the public, includes more than 300 prints, drawings and paintings by Jacob Landau.
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