FanFest fun
     PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Kate Hagerman, 2, West Long Branch, rides the carousel with her mother at the Breeders' Cup Fanfest Oct. 21 at Monmouth Park racetrack. Below: Matt Ippolito, 5, West Long Branch, keeps his balance as he glides down the giant slide at the festival.
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IN THE ARTS
Compiled by Gloria Stravelli
      The original "Jersey Boy," Frankie Valli (right), will perform Friday at 9:30 p.m. at Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, for the Breeders' Cup Charity Celebration Gala. The event, hosted by Breeders' Cup Limited, will raise funds for the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Founda...
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Exhibit celebrates thoroughbred racing
      This weekend's Breeders' Cup has dominated conversation and the local social scene for weeks. The excitement has even spilled over into the art world where "The Breeders' Cup: An Exhibition in Celebration of Thoroughbred Racing" has opened at the Frederick Galleries in Allenhurst where it will run...
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Controversy over play brings opportunity for understanding
'The Laramie Project' will be presented at Ocean Twp. HS Nov. 1-4
BY MARIANNE KLIGMAN Correspondent
      OCEAN TOWNSHIP - The controversy that surrounded Ocean Township High School's upcoming production of "The Laramie Project" has provided the opportunity for dialogue and growth, according to students in the cast. "I feel like we are doing something really important. We are bringing a message of t...
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Theater stars of yore had roots at the Jersey Shore
'Stars of the New Jersey Shore' about locals who are part of theater history
BY KATHY HALL Correspondent
      Local historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn's interest in theatrical history may be genetic. The daughter of a magician and his assistant discovered the appeal of the past by browsing through her grandmother's copy of Daniel Blum's "Great Stars of the American Stage, A Pictorial Record.
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