Asbury Park may have lost the Garden State Film Festival to Atlantic City last year, but a new film festival is breaking the horizon. The nonprofit Asbury Park Musical Heritage Foundation [APMHF] announced the inaugural Asbury Park “Music in Film” Festival will take place April 10 — 12, 2015. The Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall’s Grand Arcade will […]

There’s only one weekend left to see the colorful metal murals and large-scale prints by music photographers George Wirt and Tony Graves on display at Where Music Lives on Cookman Avenue. Where Music Lives, 708 Cookman Ave., is the performance and exhibition space of the Asbury Park Musical Heritage Foundation. The show, dubbed “Asbury Park: […]

The New York Times takes note in its Sunday edition tomorrow of the new ShowRoom Cinema on Cookman Avenue. In an article entitled “Cinematic Polish for an Evolving Shore Town”, Times reporter Tammy La Gorce writes that the ShowRoom is “not the sort of experience the typical multiplex is likely to replicate.” The story was posted today […]

An exhibit for Asbury Park music fans is opening this weekend in the space left vacant by The ShowRoom independent theatre. The Asbury Park Musical Heritage Foundation [APMHF] took over the storefront at 708 Cookman Ave. when the theatre moved across the street in 2012. APMHF will use the space for exhibits, performances and films. […]