Empire City Casino kicked off its Summer Concert Series on Sunday, July 1 with Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, The Platters and Sounds of the Drifters. Other acclaimed acts of the concert series include Pat Benatar, Eddie Money, The Spin Doctors, and The Marshall Tucker Band. Concerts will be performed outdoors trackside every Sunday through the end […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY Ladies and Gentlemen, I realize now why my European friends follow bands across the country (mostly Bruce Springsteen). This month I have sat at the feet of greatness watching not one, not two but three music legends take the stage. It makes me very humble to know the music I love was […]
Playright is now working on a musical about “the curse of the Boston Red Sox” Speaking to the Rockland County Times from his office home in Hastings-on-Hudson, overlooking the Hudson River, Dresser says he started writing about the real “Mickey,” James “Whitey” Bulger, before the alleged Boston mobster and his girlfriend Katherine Grieg were taken into custody, […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON If you are looking for fun things to do in Rockland County this Fourth of July, here are a few local ideas: firework shows and Independence Day festivities. Pearl River: July 4, 9:30 p.m. on Central Avenue Field This popular celebration features entertainment for all ages, including rides for small children that […]