What started as a small idea with a local base, is now being evolved into digital presence beyond the local Jersey Shore where we began in 2019. Changes and transformations came in with the pandemic in 2020, which provided many challenges. As a result of those shifts, we had to reassess our initial direction and after some period of reflection, brainstorming, and consultation, we are going to revamp and change our format from local to global, lifting prior restrictions our criteria had imposed in the past. While we had been making our way as a local force, the sudden shuttering…
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Performing Past Pandemic – Interview with Artemisia LeFay
It was more than a year ago that the country first went into lockdown. Performer Artemisia LeFay (starring in the cabaret show “Ghosts of Weimar Past” in New York City) gives an inside view and a look back on the industry as she prepares to re-enter it after the extended pandemic pause. Where were you…
‘Music In A Time Of COVID’ – 4th Annual Porchfest Masks Up And Rocks On
Pictured: Waiting For Mongo during a previous Porchfest | Photo courtesy Jordan Modell for Porchfest With so many events put on hold, Porchfest managed to slip under the wire as restrictions were lifted in the past month. People are once again able to gather in small groups and enjoy music on a small scale around…
Just Whip It — The “Whipped Coffee” Craze
You know you want to whip it, and whip it good. Of all the things that the social video site TikTok has launched, I didn’t think it would be such a delightful novelty as whipped coffee, but nor did I think a pandemic would hit the pause button on the entire global community, our lives…
The Wipe Out: Corona Virus and Toilet Paper
How an everyday item makes us feel better about the uncertain future. I never thought very deeply about toilet paper until the Corona virus, when this simple everyday object unexpectedly took center stage. Not only did I know next to nothing about the Corona virus, but I didn’t really know anything about toilet paper, either.…
The Greatness of Ghosting
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…
A Star Lit Evening For The New Jersey Filmmakers Collaboration
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…
Asbury Park Santa Run, 2019
Queens Rule.
We consider what it truly means to be a queen, and all the term implies, and discover there is a correlation between queens, prosperity, and art.
Long Live The Queens Of Art
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…