BY GEORGE J. DACRE Sandy Cash is coming to New City. A singer and songwriter who grew up in the state of Michigan but emigrated to Israel 30 years ago, Cash has played Falcon Ridge, Jacob’s Ladder and many other big name festivals. Her songs can be satirical, funny, serious and sad, depending on the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “Titanic,” the musical, presents a unique look at the event that resulted in the giant luxury ship hitting an iceberg with thousands perishing in the cold ocean. Directed by Don Stephenson with musical director Ian Weinberger and choreographer Liza Genaro, “Titanic” is a four star production. I rate it that way […]
IN ROCKLAND COUNTY By Harry Waitzman 21 miles from the tumult of Times Square, below the blink of light from HI Tor, South Mountain Road snakes a narrow ribbon of asphalt, wears a green skirt and dances into the spring of 1942. Daffodils shush the noise of winter’s retreat, icicles dripping on window sills. April […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN If life is like a river, then music would the sailboat with which Suffern resident Ed Packer has navigated it. Born and raised in Tarrytown, he is a singer/guitarist who has performed throughout the Hudson River Valley, even while devoting 33 years of his professional life to IBM. Now retired, he is […]
While many of our readers will not care, some will be interested to learn that Justin Bieber was arrested in Florida last night for DUI and drag racing. He was released on $2,500 bond. The arrest is the latest in an increasingly bizarre string of drug-fueled misbehavior. At first his rowdy antics of the past year […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Reverend Bernie Khaw, who started playing guitar at an early age in Burma, is building up a following and increasing the membership in his church on Rosman Road in Thiells and is inviting volunteer singers and guitarists and other musicians to join his Praise Band. Reverend Bernie says there is […]