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, […]

Comic and film elite to visit Rockland as Dennis O’Neil, visionary behind “Batman,” receives lifetime achievement award at Garner Arts

Comic and film elite to visit Rockland as Dennis O’Neil, visionary behind “Batman,” receives lifetime achievement award at Garner Arts

PRESS RELEASE GARNER Arts Center will honor the career of esteemed comic book writer/editor Denny O’Neil, a Rockland County resident, on March 5, 2016. The event, sponsored by DC Entertainment, is timed with the release of the new “Batman v. Super-man: Dawn of Justice” film (March 25, 2016) and is a part of GARNER’s 2015-2016 […]