Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festivals returns this weekend to locations throughout Ocean Grove and Asbury Park. Over 150 short films will be screened Saturday and Sunday at Jersey Shore Arts Center, The ShowRoom and Porta. The fourth annual event draws a roster of new and established filmmakers and actors, culminating with an award ceremony […]

Saturday visitors to Asbury Park’s downtown can enter a social media race for a host of select prizes. A group of city merchants have come together to offer Selfie Saturday, being held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The rules are simple: take a selfie inside a participating business, post it to Facebook and/or Instagram, […]

A film challenge, Japanese anime, Arthur Schnitzler shorts and a screenings of the Kim Basinger/Mickey Rourke defining 9½ Weeks encompass the inaugural Asbury Park Erotic Film Festival, which kicks off on August 5 at The ShowRoom Cinema. The festival is the brainchild of Parlor Gallery’s Jenn Hampton and ShowRoom Cinema owners Nancy Sabino and Mike […]

Friday kicks off a weeklong film series at The ShowRoom Cinema with an aim to support art programs throughout the city, organizers announced Tuesday. The Arts Curious Film Series is hosted by the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park [ArtsCAP] to help fund initiatives that spark awareness of public art and a youth oriented filmmaking challenge […]

For Oscar buffs, next week’s an next week’s announcements of the 2016 Academy Awards nominees will start the clock on viewing as many of those films as they can. While short films have been always been a part of the independent theater’s showcases, this marks the first time all three genres – animated, live-action, and documentary […]

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 […]