BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Rockland County Times movie critic Vincent Abbatecola begins his annual Top 10 list. Here are selections  6 – 10 in reverse order. 10) Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy makes a superb accomplishment in his directorial debut, focusing on a story whose main character, Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), is a sleazy and unlikable video journalist in Los […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Rockland Theatre Company and the Haverstraw Police Athletic League will present “Peter Pan Jr.” March 6,7,8 and will conduct auditions January 5,6,7. Registration applications are available with final registration December 20 at the Photo Shoppe or at rocktheatreco@yahoo.com for information. Hudson Lyric Opera’s holiday show “Ahmal And The Night Visitor” will take the stage Sunday, December 14 at Trinity United Methodist Church, Main Street, […]
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.
For 14 years Jeffrey Friedberg has been leading a Bossy Frog and a not so bossy Monkey. For eight years he has been bringing his eclectic band to Nyack for ArtsRock’s annual winter Holiday Extravaganza – The Bossy Frog’s Band Happy New Year Concert Plus Musical Petting Zoo –for children, their parents and grandparents. This […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN My poem is a dead horse that attracts flies and stinks to the end of town. My friends avoid it, wishing it had been shot and staggered to its death elsewhere. A child walks close to the trail and pulls. Horsehair comes out of the carcass in long strands. The boy yells […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With a brand new young female vocalist, Natalie Angst, and a band ofmusicians from across the United States led by energetic Nick Hilscher(also a vocalist), the Glen Miller Orchestra had the fans standing at theend of a two hour concert at the Elmsford venue. Playing many of the Miller standards such […]