What’s Happening 6/6/13

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Jakub Spisak, a foreign exchange student at Ramapo High School, won for best Acting Performance in the Metropolitan High School Theatre Awards ceremony given out at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theatre In Peekskill Monday. Gregory DeCola, who played Herbert Parchester in Tappan Zee High School’s “Me and My Girl,” and Eileen […]

The Wheels Keep Spinning

Review of “Fast and Furious” By Vincent Abbatecola Generally, most of the franchises that get sequels are either superhero adventures or the latest horror story that receives a new installment every Halloween. When director Rob Cohen’s “The Fast and the Furious” was released in June 2001, it was hard to believe that a movie about […]

Penguin Rep Theatre Begins 2013 Series of Play With Your Food Readings Monday, June 10 With Gino DiIorio’s CRIB

Artistic Director Joe Brancato and Literary Manager Angelo Parra of Penguin Theatre in Stony Point have announced that this year’s popular Monday evening Play With Your Food series of new play readings begins Monday, June 10 with a reading of “Crib” by Gino DiIorio. “Crib” deals with questions of race, scholarship, and mental illness. Tracy […]

RIVERTOWN FILM HONORS HARRIET CORNELL AND ROGER SEILER, AND SHARES AN ENCHANTED “NOTTE DI FELLINI”

May 2013 – Find yourself transported into the baroque fantasy dreamscape of the legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, courtesy of Rivertown Film and Benefit Sponsor M & T Bank. The Nyack-based organization’s spring benefit, “Notte di Fellni,” Chairperson of the Rockland County Legislature, and Roger Seiler, former President of promises to whisk attendees away, both […]

Annual Gay Day to be Held in Nyack

Annual Gay Day to be Held in Nyack

BY ROBERT KNIGHT Gay Pride Rockland swings into high gear this Sunday with its 15th annual outdoor pride celebration in the heart of downtown Nyack. The event will run from 12 to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Riverspace Arts Center Center on Main Street. As always, this year’s event is open not […]

What’s Happening 5/30/13

BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Gunnar and Mathew Nelson, twin sons of rock legend Ricky Nelson make their second appearance at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford Monday June 3 with dinner and show at 6 and 8 p.m. Gunnar says the show is somewhat different with new video clips and remembrances of their dad and […]