BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Director Damien Chazelle’s musical-arts drama, “Whiplash,” opens with a black screen. We begin to hear a snare drum playing slowly and softly. As the seconds tick by, the sound crescendos and becomes faster. It’s a way of preparing the audience for how the relationship between the student and teacher at the center […]
BY ALEXANDRA KEZEK Rockland native Chris Krasniqi and partners Neil Blutig and Mike Gjiel recently opened Karma-Restaurant, Bar, and Lounge, located on 100 Main Street in downtown Nyack. The Rockland County Times visited Karma last week for a bite to eat and a look around. The restaurant has a family oriented feel to it and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” show dates are March 12,13,14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and matinee on March 21 at 2 p.m. at Nyack High School. Presented by the Nyack High School Drama Club. In Tomkins Cove at St. John The Divine Episcopal Church on Saturday, November 29 at […]
Eager children and their families can experience the joy and magic of the holiday season with a visit to the Simon® Santa Photo Experience at The Shops at Nanuet. Children can visit and be photographed with Santa beginning Monday, December 1 through Wednesday, December 24, 2014 in the Upper Level entrance by Macy’s and Regal […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Before a packed house of several hundred people, about 100 students and faculty performed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s famed musical, “Oklahoma,” and did themselves proud. Dan Cassler as “Curly” and Caitlin Pendleon as “Laurey Williams,” had positive chemistry telling their love story to the wonderful music of “Oklahoma,” including “Oh What A […]
Suffern, N.Y. – The 12th Annual Lafayette Theater Christmas Spectacular sponsored by the Town of Ramapo will take place on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 10:45 a.m., doors open at 10:15 a.m. “The Christmas Spectacular has become one of the signature holiday events in Rockland County,” noted Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence. This year’s Christmas […]