The Premier Theatre Company brings back its classic holiday tale – Scrooge: The Musical – to the Paramount Theatre this month. Performances begin 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday and run through 7 p.m. Dec. 12 and 1 p.m. Dec. 13. This year’s production features a full orchestra, with book and lyrics by Leslie […]

Have you been naughty or nice? Chances are the naughty are well aware of Krampus – the Santa Claus antithesis of German and Austrian yuletide folklore. And, as Dec. 5 is known as Krampusnacht – when Krampus seeks out the naughty – so it will be celebrated here in Asbury Park. Hosted by Paranormal Books […]

Asbury Park boardwalk eatery Langosta Lounge will host a Holiday Beer Tasting from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday to benefit the Foodbank and Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Patrons will sample four Ohio-based Rivertowne Brewery selections as well as a beer cocktail while sampling a selection of four tapas offerings. Tickets are $25 per person, with $5 from each […]

A Long Branch man was arrested Tuesday for the 2006 murder of 21-year-old city resident Jakeema Kelly, found along a sidewalk on Dewitt Avenue, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. Joey Johnson, 35, taken into custody at his place of employment in Freehold by Prosecutor’s Office detectives and Asbury Park Police, with assistance […]

It’s an unlikely partnership, one that stemmed from an idea and grew into a partnership between the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harold Daley Post 133 and the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce. The result – new office space for the Chamber and a Community Conference Room and meeting space, unveiled Tuesday during a grand opening […]

Asbury Park is among the nine American destinations to make Travel and Leisure magazine’s annual list of the most exciting places to visit in the year to come. “These are the places that are changing the travel map, whether it’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for its emerging arts culture or the idyllic Panamanian archipelago of Bocas del Toro with nine […]

The Asbury Park Parking Committee has announced that 2015 Parking Permits will extend through February 1, 2016. Changes to the city’s parking rules are expected to be presented during the City Council’s Workshop meeting on Dec. 7. Parking permits came to the forefront this year after a March parking study conducted by Manhattan-based Desman Associates, […]

Atlantic magazine’s national correspondent and columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates will not be in attendance at the 6 p.m. Tuesday open discussion on his July 4 article “Letter To My Son.” A previous posting mistakingly stated the national award winning journalist would be in attendance. Oraganizers said the public is welcome to attend but know that Coates himself […]

Asbury Park’s music scene turns its focus to the city’s youth. On Dec. 13, Lakehouse Music Academy and the Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] will present “Family Holiday Rock Show,” a showcase of Kindie Rock performers. Kindie Rock is a children’s music genre aimed at kids under age 10. Held from 11 a.m. to 1 […]

Atlantic magazine’s national correspondent and columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates will lead an open discussion 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Kula Café on his Fourth of July article “Letter To My Son.” The article is an excerpt from Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” an open letter to his teenage son on being a Black in America. […]