Rock n’ Soul Singer Christine Ohlman and her band Rebel Montez Booked at Turning Point Cafe, Piermont February 23

Rock n’ Soul Singer Christine Ohlman and her band Rebel Montez Booked at Turning Point Cafe, Piermont February 23

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Christine has been here before and loves the venue and says she is really looking forward to Saturday’s show at the popular Piermont cafe. Born in the Bronx and now residing in New York and Connecticut, Ohlman started out in show business playing with bands that included her brother around New […]

Poem of the Week: BRAMBLES

BY HARRY WAITZMAN The blackberry canes spring up between pebbles and sand along the gravel road leading to Parker Pond. Notice how small the berries are this year. There must have been a shortage of rain in spring. July’s been an oven. I worry about my wife, more bossy and anxious under her hair coloring. […]

PUDDIN’ DON’T

PUDDIN’ DON’T

Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.

Oscar Predictions 2013

Oscar Predictions 2013

BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA The awards season reaches its pinnacle on Sunday, February 24 with the 85th Academy Awards, with Seth MacFarlane as the host. There should be plenty of surprises on the way, as some of the categories feature some of the stiffest competition in recent memory, particularly that of Best Director. Although “Argo” is […]

Meditating Bach

New York City-based classical duo, violinist Akiko Kobayashi and pianist Eric Siepkes will be performing a cycle of Bach’s Violin and Keyboard Sonatas as part of a mid-week Lenten series titled “Meditating Bach,” at Saint Paul Lutheran Church. Although considered secular works of Bach, his 6 Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard were written in what […]