How I embraced the despicable silence I once hated … I used to decry ghosting. I used to lead the internet shame brigade in asking “just who are these uncivilized monsters who can’t just disappear with an announcement of why first?” Others felt the same about the phenomenon of ghosting. We were employment candidates that…
by Nicole Gentile of Rough Edge Media@rough_edge_media |facebook.com/roughedgemedia | On November 23, 2019, The Sound Garden School of Music in Freehold was the host of the NJ Filmmaker’s Collaboration. Daniel Alphonse Boulos, founder of All Love Productions and New Jersey Filmmakers Collaboration, teamed up with 2AT Films and, Like Father Films to create this multifaceted…
In case you missed it, Monmouth Arts held their awards of the Queens of Art during their gala fundraiser, honoring women leaders in the arts, in Asbury Park, hosted by The House of Independents on a cool October 24. The evenings honorees included: Maureen Van Zandt, an actress with a long career in theater and…
You might not have heard of The Hu, but you won’t forget the sound. This metal-folk-rock group straight from Mongolia brings an infusion of culture and sound, incorporating their country’s distinctive throat singing style as well as folk instruments. The result is a mix of music both familiar, trance like, and entirely unique. The Hu…
We might spend a moment to mourn the humble little plastic straw, or, at least our forgotten sips of years past. All of the great reasons to phase out plastic from our lives – to steward the health of the ocean, to prevent needless pollution, to be kind to all living things – means we…
Taking another look at the documentary that is still shaking us up. “The ocean is my church, it’s my temple, it’s my mosque …” –A Plastic Ocean The blue whale sets the stage for the greater scope of the 2016 documentary, A Plastic Ocean, directed by Craig Leeson, and started the Australian journalist’s journey into…
by Maria Rose Lauren Brajer and Jessica Miller (top row) talks with attendees about the strangest things she’s seen on beach cleanups. Mike Castellano and Danielle Pietrucha (bottom row) listen with attendees. This used to be a surf shop. Surf boards of turquoise and lemon yellow hang suspended from the Asbury Park Yacht Club ceiling.…
