WEST NYACK, N.Y.: On Saturday, August 18th, 2018 Palisades Center will host a Hawaiian dance performance by “Aloha Paradise” that will take audience members on a journey through the South Pacific Islands. As true Pacific Islanders, every aspect of this dance group demonstrates the Hawaiian culture. All Hawaiian costumes are handmade and a few performers […]
Colson Whitehead Named State Author and Alicia Ostriker Named State Poet Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday announced Colson Whitehead has been named New York’s 12th State Author and Alicia Ostrikerhas been named New York’s 11th State Poet. Whitehead, novelist, journalist, memoirist, and nonfiction writer will receive the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction Writers; and […]
Italian-American Joe Causi to receive Lifetime Career Award The Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Sons of Italy will host the 9th Annual Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Feast and Carnival at Tappan Masonic Park Fair Grounds September 13-16. The popular event draws thousands of people from around the tri-state area for the spectacular four-day celebration […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The West Point Band with “Music Under The Stars” to be held Saturday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Trophypoint Amphitheater featuring a tribute to the movie “Hello Dolly” filmed in parts of the Hudson Valley including West Point 50 years ago. The concert is free and open to the […]
Dark Side of the Hudson, Shwizz & Sky Daddy among those to perform at beloved festival BY DYLAN SKRILOFF PHOTOS BY AARON MOELLER (Unless otherwise noted) Mazzstock, the biggest little music festival in the Hudson Valley, returns to the vineyard-laden hills of Marlboro Friday, August 24 – Sunday, August 26. The Ulster County town is 45 minutes […]
On August 24-25 at 8p.m., Shades Rep will be presenting David Harrower’s 2007 London Olivier Award Winning Play Blackbird. The explosive drama gained critical acclaim long before the #MeToo Movement hit it’s stride. Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams received raved reviews in the New York City production at the Belasco Theater in 2009. The play was performed in June at […]