The Downtowner: Week of May 2 – 9

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The Downtowner for the Week of May 2
Friday, May 2
Kings of Freestyle Cinco de Mayo Party,
7:30 p.m.
iPlay America
110 Schanck Road, Freehold
732-577-8200
Tickets $25-$75
Friday through Sunday, May 2-4
“Shrek the Musical”
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday,
Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank
732-842-9000
Tickets $22-$29
Saturday, May 3, and Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6-7
Red Bank Regional Commercial Photography and Studio Art Majors’ Senior Art Show
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday May 6-7
Hosted by the Guild of Creative Art
620 Broad St., Shrewsbury
732-741-1441
Free
Sunday, May 4
New Jersey AIDS Walk
Check-in begins 11:30 a.m.; walk begins 1 p.m.
The Center in Asbury Park
806 Third Ave., Asbury Park
Register online at www.njaidswalk.org
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6-7
Rob Thomas, 8 p.m.
Count Basie Theatre,
99 Monmouth St., Red Bank
Tickets $89-$129
Wednesday, May 7
”A Black Bird Singing,” by Mary Kelly
Playwright on the Rise, staged reading series, 8 p.m.
Strand Center for the Arts
400 Clifton Ave., Lakewood
732-367-7789
$5 donation
Author Talk: Jon Gertner discusses “The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of Innovation”
7 p.m.
Monmouth County Library, Eastern Branch
1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury
866-941-8188
Free