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Nonprofit 501(c) Kick Cancer Overboard's holiday party/fundraiser is teaming up again with the Rockit Live Foundation, a 501(c) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help develop, nurture, and inspire young musicians to reach their full artistic potential through music education offered at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ. These artists are the true superstars of tomorrow, playing classic rock from Pink Floyd to Santana, from Queen to Woodstock, and a little bit of Jazz and a little bit of Country, and of course a few Christmas songs!

Winter Light and Shadows offers a new perspective—one that many overlook. While snow may be rare, the colder months bring a quieter, more tranquil beauty to the coast. The dramatic skies, crisps, clear air, icy textures, and desolate beaches are shaped by the light and shadow in unexpected ways.

This workshop invites you to take your creativity to the next level capturing the magic only winter light and shadows can offer.

Whether it’s frost on the dunes, reflections of tidal pools, the bold seascapes of crashing waves or stormy skies, winter light and shadows teach patience, adaptability, and resilience. Dress warmly, embrace the elements, and discover the energy of winter light and shadows. Some of the most striking images await you in winter.

Winter Light and Shadows creative journey will spend time on the Avon-By-the-Sea beach, boardwalk, and Shark River Inlet. We will finish with hot drinks and Michael’s famous home-made chocolate chip cookies at Visions home studio, with conversation and review of your photos and Michael’s cookies.

Attention music lovers! We are proud to announce the lineup for the inaugural season of Split Level Concerts at JSAC! All shows will take place at JSAC’s Palaia Theater, 66 South Main Street in Ocean Grove. Showtime for all events will be 8:00 PM and our entire season is listed below.

This month we welcome singer/songwriter Jill Sobule with special guest Renee Maskin. Visit each artist's website to learn more.

www.jillsobule.com

www.reneemaskin.com

Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts are proud to be partnering with Brookdale Public Radio - 90.5 The Night and Musicians On A Mission (MOAM) to promote the power of live music. Musicians On A Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating connection and inspiring giving through music so volunteers will be on hand in the lobby at every concert collecting monetary donations for a charity chosen by MOAM each month. This month’s charity is Mercy Center. In addition, MOAM will be collecting donations on behalf of Fulfill so be sure to bring along non-perishable food items to benefit the food insecure in Monmouth County.

Saturday, October 19th – Steve Forbert www.steveforbert.com w/special guest Pamela Flores

Saturday, November 16th – Brian Dunne www.briandunnemusic.net w/special guest Jake Thistle

Saturday, December 21st – Griffin House www.griffinhousemusic.com w/special guest Cranston Dean

Saturday, January 11th – Jill Sobule www.jillsobule.com w/special guest Renee Maskin

Saturday, February 22nd – Maia Sharp and Antje Duvekot
www.maiasharp.com
www.antjeduvekot.com

Saturday, March 22nd – Michael McDermott www.michael-mcdermott.com w/special guest Colton Kayser

Saturday, April 26th – Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle
www.rodpicott.com
www.anyahinkle.com

All are welcome to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County’s 36th annual memorial breakfast.

This year’s commemoration will feature a keynote address from Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago.

The following awards will be presented:

YMCA Human Dignity Award - Terrence Porter, pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank and a resident of Scotch Plains.

YMCA Togetherhood Champion Award - Itzel Perez-Hernandez of the American Friends Service Committee. The Red Bank resident is a member of the Y board of directors.

YMCA Social Responsibility Award - Congressman Andy Kim (D-NJ), who will assume a seat on the U.S. senate in January. He lives in Moorestown.

The two winners of the Y's annual MLK Essay Contest will read their essays and be presented $3,000 academic scholarships sponsored by Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey Natural Gas, and PorterPlus Realty.

This community event will begin with registration at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7:30 and the MLK program will start at 8.

Event tickets are $40 for adults, $15 for youth under 16 and $400 for a table of 10 and may be purchased online at https://ymcanj.org/mlk.

Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, and tenor Piotr Beczała is the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. The all-star cast also features baritone Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy as Ramfis. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Florence and the Uffizi Gallery is a journey into the Italian Renaissance through the most beautiful, representative works of art of the period. It is a totally immersive and unique experience and allows the audience t0 see, listen, feel and savor the most outstanding and celebrated breeding ground of creativity in the history of art.

The film follows a trail of over 10 museums and 150 artworks amongst the most well-known in the world. It is an artistic foray into Florence taking in everything from the Brancacci Chapel to the Bargello National Museum, from Palazzo Medici, to the narrow city streets and Brunelleschi’s Dome, from Palazzo Vecchio to the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery, without neglecting picture postcard places such as the Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.

Florence is the artistic home to legendary figures like Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Raphael, Leonardo and Botticelli.

Bronx-born and raised Chazz Palminteri wrote A Bronx Tale in 1988. The powerful one-man stage play depicted his bruising childhood which included witnessing a gangland killing when he was nine years old.

Palminteri played 18 characters and brought them all to life in his autobiographical play. His friends, enemies and family came alive on stage. Hollywood Studios went crazy after seeing it and offered him millions of dollars to turn it into a major movie. There was one catch. They wanted to put a star in the role of Sonny and someone else to write the screenplay. With $200 dollars in the bank…Palminteri said No… he would hold out and wait. He wanted to play Sonny and write the screenplay. Then one night Palminteri walked into his dressing room and sitting there was Robert De Niro who just saw the show. Robert DeNiro gave Palminteri the chance he was waiting for; and as they say in Hollywood the rest is history.

Palminteri wrote the screenplay for the film A Bronx Tale and then most recently wrote the book for the Broadway Musical. It was the first time in history that the same actor wrote the one-man play, the movie, and the Broadway Musical and starred in each one.

In the past 35 years, Chazz has appeared in over 60 films. To name a few – The Usual Suspects, Analyze This, Mulholland Falls, Jade, Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Legend, and Bullets over Broadway, which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He has starred in over 20 television series and has won 3 Emmy’s. Chazz is most recently seen in Modern Family, Godfather of Harlem, Law & Order and Gravesend.

Attention music lovers! We are proud to announce the lineup for the inaugural season of Split Level Concerts at JSAC! All shows will take place at JSAC’s Palaia Theater, 66 South Main Street in Ocean Grove. Showtime for all events will be 8:00 PM and our entire season is listed below.

This month we welcome singer/songwriters Maia Sharp and Antje Duvekot. Visit each artist's website to learn more.

www.maiasharp.com
www.antjeduvekot.com

Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts are proud to be partnering with Brookdale Public Radio - 90.5 The Night and Musicians On A Mission (MOAM) to promote the power of live music. Musicians On A Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating connection and inspiring giving through music so volunteers will be on hand in the lobby at every concert collecting monetary donations for a charity chosen by MOAM each month. This month’s charity is Mary’s Place By The Sea. In addition, MOAM will be collecting donations on behalf of Fulfill so be sure to bring along non-perishable food items to benefit the food insecure in Monmouth County.

Saturday, October 19th – Steve Forbert www.steveforbert.com w/special guest Pamela Flores

Saturday, November 16th – Brian Dunne www.briandunnemusic.net w/special guest Jake Thistle

Saturday, December 21st – Griffin House www.griffinhousemusic.com w/special guest Cranston Dean

Saturday, January 11th – Jill Sobule www.jillsobule.com w/special guest Renee Maskin

Saturday, February 22nd – Maia Sharp and Antje Duvekot
www.maiasharp.com
www.antjeduvekot.com

Saturday, March 22nd – Michael McDermott www.michael-mcdermott.com w/special guest Colton Kayser

Saturday, April 26th – Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle
www.rodpicott.com
www.anyahinkle.com

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionized his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealized spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show.

Roxey Ballet’s Journey Back to 80s is a pop/rock music and dance extravaganza featuring top hits from the 80s like: features songs including Flashdance, Jenny Jenny, Tainted Love, Walk Like an Egyptian, Billy Jean, Like A Prayer, Footloose, and many more! Phenomenal choreography and dancing by Roxey Ballet will take the audience back to the era of rock ‘n roll, shoulder pads and iconic music and have them to on their feet, singing and dancing in the aisles!