BY PAMELA STERN Empire City’s summer concert series is sizzling. Kenny Rogers sold out Empire City’s 2,000 seats for his August show and as the 75-year-old singing sensation has still got his voice and still can pound out his songs as if he recorded them yesterday. Rogers said to the crowd, ”There are two types […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE It was a Secret Santa assignment to do stand up comedy in college back in the 1980s that gave the comedienne her start in show business and she has been doing her one woman shows since then. Judy Gold will bring that show to Rockland Community College September 7, presented by […]
St. Pachomious Coptic Orthodox Church at 3 Swim Club Rd., Stony Point this weekend will experience Round II of its annual Egyptian Festival. The stars of Round I of the festival were the goulash and the Egyptian artistic gifts. The food at the Egyptian Festival was delicious and not something the average Rocklander will find […]
Andrew Cuomo made an appearance in Stony Point yesterday for a committee meeting on Hurricane Sandy recovery. Curiously, though Cuomo advertised the meeting as “Open Press” in a bulletin sent to local press, his security team nearly cancelled the entire event when he found individuals advertising it on the Internet. According to notices sent out […]
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill will begin a year-long celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Sacred Heart Chapel by hosting a concert, 100 Years of Broadway, performed by Neil Berg, an Award-winning composer, lyricist and producer along with dazzling cast of Broadway Stars. The concert will take place in Sacred Heart Chapel on Sunday, October 20, […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Upon the grounds of Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg sits Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel. The chapel was founded in the 1950s for the patients and staff of the hospital. It was later that more members of the public began attending the chapel that found a special place in their […]