IN THE ARTS

Long Branch actor Gian Carlo Durland (center) has landed a spot on the Oxygen Network's hit reality show "Tori & Dean: Inn Love." Durland will appear in the premiere episode Oct. 16 at 10 p.m. The program follows the exploits of Hollywood power couple Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott as they run a B&B in Southern California. Long Branch HS grad Durland has performed in film, stage and video roles. For the past seven years, he has performed in Murder Mystery USA productions throughout the country and was tapped when TV producers wanted a mystery themed episode.

Three of the most popular teen idols of the late 1950s and 1960s will reunite on the stage of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. The Golden Boys - Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell - will. Tickets: $150-$45 at the box office, 99 Monmouth St., (732) 842-9100 or www.countbasietheatre.org.

The Monmouth Conservatory of Music's

Faculty Recital series will present a piano concert by Gerd Nowaczyk Saturday, Oct. 13, 4 p.m. at 50 White St., Red Bank, in the back of Trinity Church. Nowaczyk will treat his audience to a varied program of music by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Glass, Mozart and Schoenberg. Presented by the conservatory with no admission charge, no reservations required. For more information, call (732) 741-8880, or www.monmouthconservatory. org.

Pop star Rihanna, winner of MTV'S Video of the Year and Monster Single of the Year, will perform Saturday, Oct. 13, at Brookdale Community College's 40th Anniversary Founder's Weekend. The concert will be held at the Robert J. Collins Arena at the Lincroft campus beginning at 8 p.m.; doors open 6 p.m. Tickets now on sale for Brookdale students, limit of one $35 ticket per student with valid student ID at the Warner Student Life information desk. General admission tickets $50 only available to the community at www.ticketweb. com or by calling 1-866-468- 7619. Tickets are not available at Brookdale.

Author and independent historian

Karen L. Schnitzspahn of Little Silver will receive the Jane Clayton Award Oct. 13 at Archives and History Day, to be held at the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan. The award is given annually for outstanding efforts

to promote and preserve the history of Monmouth County. Schnitzspahn has produced more than half a dozen books on the history of the Jersey Shore. She will sign copies of her publications, including her latest work, "Stars of the New Jersey Shore: A Theatrical History." The 12th Annual Archives and History Day will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to the public. For a complete schedule, see http://www.visitmonmouth. com/archives.

Portuguese fado phenom Mariza comes to Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University in West Long Branch Saturday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. Fado, which translates to "fate" in English, is a sometimes controversial style of urban Portuguese folk music full of great and uninhibited emotion which evolved among the working class in the early 19th century. The 33-year-old Mozambican-Portuguese Mariza uses her strong contralto and dynamic stage presence to create a contemporary take on the genre, which has expanded the fado audience and influence around the world and made her a multiplatinum selling recording artist.

Prior to the concert, at 7 p.m., the documentary film "Mariza and the Story of Fado" will be screened in the theater. Tickets are $48 - $24. To purchase tickets, call the box office at (732) 263-6889 or buy online at www.monmouth.edu/arts.

Julie Budd will appear in concert at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center of the Jewish Community Center in Deal Park Saturday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m.

Back by popular demand, Budd's credits range from television to film, to the New York stage, from symphonies to the top casinos and showrooms in the country. She has co-starred with legends like Frank Sinatra and has performed her own one-woman show at Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium and Tel Aviv's Israeli Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $26; $54 patron seats, which include a dessert reception and preferred seating. To purchase tickets, call the box office at (732) 531-9100 ext. 142 or e-mail to: lgoldfarb@jcca.org.

Landing on the Moon and working in the International Space Station are just a few of the many out-of-this-world thrills at "Blast Off!," a new exhibition on space exploration that is set to "lift off" in the Becker.

Children's Wing at the Monmouth Museum Oct. 14. Be the first to tour the exhibition at a preview party Oct. 13, 3 to 5 p.m. and enjoy special activities including Star- Lab Planetarium shows, space food tastings, and spacesuit photo ops. The Monmouth Museum is located on the Brookdale Community College Campus, Newman Springs Road, in Lincroft. The main gallery is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call (732) 747-2266, or visit www.monmouthmuseum.org.

Compiled by Gloria Stravelli