Mary’s Place by the Sea has announced Grammy winners Sarah McLachlan and Patty Griffin will headline a benefit concert July 28 at the historic Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park.  Located on Main Avenue in Ocean Grove, Mary’s Place by the Sea is a 10-bedroom respite and support agency that serves women diagnosed with cancer from […]

Behind Saturday’s 7 p.m. British Invasion Concert at the historic Paramount Theater on the  Asbury Park boardwalk is a support initiatives for Mary’s Place by the Sea by Sammy Boyd Productions and featured singer-songwriter Glen Burtnik. With its mission to support women with cancer through integrative services that complements medical treatment, the Ocean Grove nonprofit […]

Before Gov. Chris Christie set off for Thursday night’s Fox Media-sponsored debate he faced a crowd of protesters on the way to his inaugural presidential campaign fundraising event held Tuesday in the Paramount Theater at Asbury Park’s historic Convention Hall. And while the Christie for President supporters who attended the fundraiser outweighed the protesters who […]

A calling is out for extras to take part in legendary songstress Darlene Love’s next video, according to her marketing and public relations firm Sammy Boyd Productions. The video will be shot from 2 to 8 p.m. July 28 along the Third Avenue beach in Asbury Park. Participants are asked to wear brightly colored beachwear […]

Music lovers and Paramount Theatre admirers will be offered a new performance concept this summer, with a series of four Saturday concerts featuring seating set up on the actual stage of the Paramount. Dubbed “Paramount Backstage. Where the audience and music share the stage”, the performances will be limited to 200 seats on the stage […]

Among the first to do so in New Jersey, three same sex couples were married just after midnight Monday morning on the steps of the Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The couples were Asbury Councilwoman Amy Quinn and Heather Jensen and Steven Brunner and Daniel Baum, as well as Aberdeen couple Karen Nicholson-McFadden […]

A major annual music festival held in Asbury Park may have to send festival attendees to Red Bank for the main event show, but will keep the remainder of the concerts here. Representatives from the annual Light of Day festival have reserved Saturday, Jan. 18, with the Count Basie theater in Red Bank in case […]

Atlantic City has officially acquired the Garden State Film Festival [GSFF] for at least the next three years. The city’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] voted Tuesday at their monthly meeting to provide financial assistance in the amount of $300,000 to the film festival over the next three years, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s […]

A major decision that may determine the Garden State Film Festival’s [GSFF] relocation to Atlantic City is scheduled to take place today. Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [CDRA] will vote today after 2 p.m. as to whether they will provide financial assistance to the film festival, according to Diane Raver, the festival’s executive director. […]

English model and actress Emma Watson, known for her roles in the Harry Potter movies and now “The Bling Ring”, was in Asbury Park for a Teen Vogue photo shoot. Below is the video released yesterday by Teen Vogue of the Asbury shoot, set at Convention Hall, the Paramount Theater and the boardwalk. The shoot […]