FEATURED PHOTO: Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor, born Gloria Fowles in Newark, NJ, took a B-side song and turned it into a world-wide anthem for the power of women. I Will Survive was never meant to be a hit song, nor an inductee into the Library of Congress National [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio was born in 1934 into an Italian family living in the First Ward of Newark. Anthony and Mary were hard-working, lower-middle income parents to three boys and never dreamed their eldest would go on to become a legend in the music [...]
New Jersey may be a small state, but it’s big on talent and producing people who leave their mark on the world. On May 6, 2018, the New Jersey Hall of Fame inducted its tenth class of inductees into the Class of 2017 at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Donny & Debbie Osmond at home in Utah. He’s known the world over as an entertainer, famous for his solo singing career as well as his collaboration with his sister, Marie. But for the past seven years, Donny Osmond and his wife Debbie have been [...]
It’s about music, film, coming together, and giving back. From April 27th to April 29th, the Asbury Park Music & Film Festival (APMFF) will bring Bradley Park to life with live music, movie screenings, a beer garden, food, and a place to explore local shops and services all [...]
AUTHOR: DonnaLyn Giegerich Close your eyes and imagine your favorite rock ‘n’ roll band on stage. We were at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank the first time we met Bruce Gallipani. It was a brief hello between sets for his terrific Rockit musicians. Rockit is a [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Brian Kirk on location at Two River Theater | CREDIT: Melissa Amorelli Photography The name Brian Kirk is synonymous with a good time and great music. The man is a Jersey Shore legend, although he very much disagrees, stating that title is reserved for the [...]
PHOTO CREDIT: Ringling Bros. & Barnum Bailey Circus RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS has sent a second thunderbolt in the span of two years – a little more than a flash of time in the company’s 146-year history, but as dramatic and sensational as one [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Bruce Springsteen and Bob Santelli | CREDIT: Danny Clinch Monmouth University Names the Official Archival Center for BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S Works & Memorabilia Plans Announced to Launch The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. Monmouth University announced a new collaborative partnership to establish [...]
MONMOUTH FILM FESTIVAL’S (MFF) vision to create an event by filmmakers, for filmmakers came true over a December weekend at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. Led by filmmaker Nicholas Marchese and his team, audiences enjoyed over 14 hours of quality, independent, films viewed by over 500 [...]
