BY VINCENT DOMINIC ABBATECOLA As the 88th Academy Awards approach on Sunday, it looks like “The Revenant” has the inside track on many major awards, including the long elusive Best Actor nod for perhaps Hollywood’s biggest star, Leonardo DiCaprio. In this column I will take a look at the major categories and predict who WILL […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA With all of the movies based on comic-book characters that have come out since the early 2000s, we have become used to them following a certain format: the protagonists receive their powers, learn to use them, establish a code of ethics, save the world, and then prepare for any dangers they may […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF ESPN Radio 98.7 FM broadcasters Rick DiPietro, of Islanders fame, and Don La Greca are the expected guests at Austin’s New City, 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 23 for a special viewing party of the Islanders v. Wild and Rangers v. Devils games. The event will feature food and drink specials as well […]