Rockland Youth Orchestra Starts Season Five

Rockland Youth Orchestra Starts Season Five

Rockland Youth Orchestra (RYO) will be having its fifth season from March 9 through June 1 of this year featuring rehearsals on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 – 9 p.m. The rehearsals will take place at Highview Elementary School on 24 Highview Avenue in Nanuet, New York (Zip Code 10954). Rockland Youth Orchestra will culminate season […]

Double Take: New Art Show highlights Familiar Incongruity

Double Take: New Art Show highlights Familiar Incongruity

BY JANIE ROSMAN When two separate and recognizable objects — human hair and brooms, silverware and a rake — are combined into one, sometimes artistic alchemy occurs and a new unique concept emerges. “Beautiful Nonsense: The Absurd Object,” a collection of such works curated by artist Norm Magnusson of Rhinebeck, opened at Rockland Center for […]

What’s Happening

BY GEORGE J. DACRE –  Thunder From Down Under out of Las Vegas at the Newton Theatre, New Jersey Thursday, August 11. Tickets on sale at 973-383-3700. –  “Man of La Mancha” opens March 3 at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford. Always Patsy Cline now on mainstage. Call 914-592-2222 or broadwaytheatre.com. –  “The Death of King Shotaway” at […]

Rockland Theatre Co. set to Perform Musical “The Last Five Years”

Rockland Theatre Co. set to Perform Musical “The Last Five Years”

Rockland Theatre Company presents “The Last Five Years,”  a musical written by Jason Robert Brown, featuring Damon Quattrocchi and Katie McSherry. The show, which premiered in Chicago in 2001 and then off-Broadway in 2002, is a story which explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein (Damon), a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt (Katie), a struggling actress. Brown […]

5 Wits West Nyack to open at Palisades Center: Live-action, “immersive” entertainment

PRESS RELEASE Where else can you teleport to an abandoned starship, explore an ancient tomb, and navigate a castle inhabited by a feisty princess and a fire-breathing dragon? Only at 5 Wits West Nyack, now open at Palisades Center. 5 Wits West Nyack is cutting-edge, live-action entertainment that “immerses” participants in one of three realistic, […]