Pianist Enchants Audience at the Valley Cottage Library

Pianist Enchants Audience at the Valley Cottage Library

BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Classical pianist Jun Luke Foster dazzled an audience at Valley Cottage Library on April 2 as part of the library’s Young Masters recital series. Before describing the details of Foster’s highly successful performance, I will first share with our readers his impressive background starting with his education at Yale University, where […]

“MEAT UP AT THE MALL?” Texas De Brazil

“MEAT UP AT THE MALL?” Texas De Brazil

FOLLOW OUR MYSTERY RESTAURANT INDUSTRY INSIDER AS HE (AND HIS FRIEND) SAMPLE THE CUISINE OF ROCKLAND COUNTY Full disclosure: I am kind of a city guy and was pretty bummed walking into the mall to have dinner. I naturally parked as far from Texas De Brazil as humanly possible and arrived a few scant minutes before my partner […]

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.

Dinner is Served: Orange Top Inn in Tuxedo

Dinner is Served: Orange Top Inn in Tuxedo

BY DR. ANDREW J. SMITH For ages now I have heard good reviews about the Orange Top Inn on Route 17 in Tuxedo. Folks bragged about their seafood selection and the Italian specialties. So I figured I’d go see what they were talking about. When you walk in you see that it is a no-frills […]

What’s Happening 3/30/17

What’s Happening 3/30/17

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Antrim Playhouse Players, Wesley Hills, has joined forces with the Hi Tor Animal Shelter collecting much-needed supplies for the Shelter during the run of the current production “Sylvia” at Antrim on Spook Rock Road. People attending the current run of the show are asked to bring donations. A box is placed in […]

Spectator: PRAY BALL!

Spectator: PRAY BALL!

About this time every year, I dust off a column that I wrote many years ago for the paper. In fact it appeared on July 11, 1985. Some of you weren’t even born yet! I’ve added to it from time to time and with the baseball season about to open, I thought it would be […]