Two Fourth of July weekend events were announced Monday. While the Remember Jones July 4th EP Release show at The Asbury has sold out, organizers have added a second show, to be held 7 p.m. July 3 at the Baronet rooftop bar. The local 15-piece band will debut Tranquilizer, a follow up to the highly acclaimed […]

Formerly known as TEDxNavesink, the annual TEDx Talk event will change its identity to TEDxAsburyPark on May 20; fittingly, the theme of this year’s conference that brings together a roster of leading thinkers in technology, science, gender, business, art, and local musicians. The shift comes as the TEDxNavesink team partnered with Asbury Park boardwalk redeveloper […]

Sammy Steinlight was on hand to capture Bruce Springsteen’s surprise appearance Friday night during the Upstage All-Stars Jam at the Paramount Theatre on Asbury Park’s boardwalk. Below are the videos captured by the 16-year public relations industry veteran: The jam session was held in conjunction with the Asbury Park Music & Film Festival screening of […]

The 82nd Annual Easter Pageant Parade returns 1 to 3 p.m. April 16 in front of the historic Paramount Theatre at Convention Hall on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The annual event is a popular best of contest with prizes given for everything from most creative bonnets to best dressed men, women, boys, girls, and families. […]

Rapper Carl Perino [shown in feature photo], who happens to be a Jackson middle school principal, debuted his latest social justice piece Thursday night at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. The first to grab the mic during the TEDxNavesink Open Rehearsal, Perino rhythmically addressed women’s rights: “Where are all the marchers on […]

The question was what does identity mean to you and the answer came via 20 area residents vying at Friday night’s Open Mic Night for a spot in the May 20 TEDxNavesink to be held in Asbury Park. “I’m a woman, I’m Muslim, I’m an Arab, I’m Latina and American, and also a writer, all […]

As TEDxNavesink readies for its move to Asbury Park on May 20, a search for new talent will be held locally. Entertainers, comics, artists, and idea speakers interested in being a part of the 30 TED Talks and entertainment lineup can audition Jan 20 during an Open Mic Night at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park boardwalk, founder […]

The New Yorker calls his show “A flashy, bass-heavy, retro-futuristic take on the holidays,” and on Friday night Everett Bradley brought his Holidelic holiday show to the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. This was a return home of sorts for Bradley [at right]. “When I pulled up I saw the Stone Pony and […]

Friday night free movies at the Paramount Theatre will shift to Saturday this weekend, organizers said. The originally slated Wizard of Oz screening will move to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 6 p.m. And in homage to Prince, Purple Rain will be screened at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 9 p.m. Presented in […]

The Free Movie Friday series is back next month at Paramount Theatre. Held from May 6 to 27, the series kicks off with the 1993 coming of age “Dazed and Confused,” directed by Richard Linklater, and includes the Friday the 13th screening of “Friday The 13th” and a  “Wizard of Oz” double feature on May […]