POEM OF THE WEEK: The Egrets of Lake De Forest

BY HARRY WAITZMAN The Egrets of Lake De Forest make me dizzy when they perch high on half-sunken branches, beaks holing the wind, letting air out of fog. These birds eye unshaven men in Ford pickups careening down reservoir road blind to egrets fishing for frogs, with one foot tucked under wing, while the other […]

ROCKLAND ACTOR STARS IN OFF BROADWAY MUSICAL IN NYC

ROCKLAND ACTOR STARS IN OFF BROADWAY MUSICAL IN NYC

Rockland County’s own Adam Chanler Berat is in a new musical off Broadway in New York City. It is “Fly By Night” and the show has received rave reviews from the New York Times, Post and Daily News among others. Berat, a graduate of Clarkstown High School where he performed in many productions, and who performed in “Next […]

New Entertainment Group, C.R.E. To Showcase Talent At Shades Repertory Theatre, Haverstraw Saturday, June 21

By George J. Dacre Ebon’ee Collens, production manager at Shades repertory Theatre has formed C.R. E. with entertainers/actors Sienna and Jelani Jeffries and they will present a showcase “Artistic Expressions” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Shades in the Central Presbyterian Church on Main Street. Collens says it will include spoken word, sibging, intellectual Hip Hop and instrumentalists. 15 artists […]

The Spectator: Happy Father’s Day

BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY Well, here we are with another Father’s Day around the corner. I don’t know why it is but Mother’s Day gets more coverage than Father’s Day! Hey if it weren’t for fathers, there wouldn’t be any Mother’s Day! I began to think (and I sometimes do) what famous men and […]