With its move across the street on Cookman Avenue now complete, The ShowRoom Cinema opens for business Friday in its new home — a fully reconstructed building specifically designed to be a small multi-screen art house movie theater. The opening culminates a three-and-a-half-year journey for ShowRoom owners Nancy Sabino and Mike Sodano [pictured above in […]

After its second vote, the city’s public arts committee approved two proposed murals by local street artist Michael “Porkchop” Lavallee at its meeting last night. The committee first approved the murals at its meeting on Sept. 16, but due to a procedural misstep, they had to vote again last night. “In our zeal to pass […]

A well-known mural in town will remain unfinished a little while longer due to a procedural misstep. Michael “Porkchop” Lavallee started the mural [pictured above], located on the corner of Bond Street and Cookman Avenue, about a year and a half ago. Lavallee didn’t apply for permission from the city’s public arts committee first, so […]

The city’s public arts committee is back in action with a new meeting schedule after an unofficial one-year hiatus. The seven-member committee oversees the approval process for public art — mostly murals — in the city, ensuring that the city’s public arts ordinance is followed. “Asbury park is an art and cultural destination and you […]