BY ELLA STEINBECK I started doing stand-up comedy with a writing class because I needed a creative outlet. I took that writing class and did nothing. I didn’t know what to do. The teacher didn’t recommend open mics or anything so I sat at home not knowing what the next step was. I was depressed […]
Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning theatre in Stony Point, New York, under the leadership of Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Executive Director Andrew M. Horn, presents the New York premiere of “Dancing Lessons” by Mark St. Germain from August 12 through September 4, 2016. Dancing Lessons, a touching story about finding love in unexpected places, […]
BY BOB KEENAN Mention “Darts” and most folks’ imagine a pub setting, maybe Irish, maybe English, and a dartboard, of course. Clustered nearby are two groups of guys, pints of beer held in their workingman’s hands, as they encourage teammates, throwing feathered, wooden missiles at the bulls-eye. Seldom imagined among the competitors is a dartist […]
Charlie Brown’s Steak House in Old Tappan BY ANDREW SMITH This month I decided to return to a place I haven’t been to in a long time; Charlie Brown’s Steak House in Old Tappan on Old Tappan Road. For years I would bring my mother there for her birthday dinner. It is always clean and […]
“What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000,” Wavy Gravy, a member of the Hog Farm Commune, proclaimed to attendees on the first morning of the Woodstock festival that took place on a field in Bethel, N.Y. 47 years ago this month. While it may not serve 400,000, Bethel Woods Center for […]
Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) raised over $70,000 at its annual Lou Damiano Golf Outing Monday at the Paramount Country Club in New City. New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores, Brooklyn Nets forward Anthony Bennett, The Rockettes, the Brooklynettes and FOX 5 sportscaster Duke Castiglione were among the 160+ guests who attended the event along with […]