BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA As part of the 11th JCC Rockland International Jewish Film Festival, the event will be screening the controversial film “Aftermath,” which is directed by Polish filmmaker Władysław Pasikowski. The story unfolds as a Catholic construction worker from Chicago, Franciszek Kalina (Ireneusz Czop), returns to Poland to visit his family’s farm, only to […]
What’s Happening BY GEORGE J. DACRE – “Ragtime” the Musical at Westchester Broadway Theatre produced by Standing Ovation Studios has the largest cast ever assembled for a WBT run. They are a very talented group doing the show about families that started out living in New Rochelle and move on to Harlem, and Atlantic City […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.
After a quarter century, comprised of 14 album releases and 2500 shows, New York’s own, Black 47, are calling it quits. On November 8, the 25th anniversary of their first show in the Bronx, the celebrated Irish-American rock band will play one final gig before moving onto greener pastures. On Sunday, March 16, from 2 […]
Memorial Park the setting again for ‘The Leftovers’ BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – Nyack’s popularity as a setting for film and TV productions continues to be seen this week with two sites to be used for different projects. On Friday, Old World Food Market on Route 59 is scheduled to be the setting for a […]
Award-winning poet Harry Waitzman, who has had a regular poetry column featured in the Rockland County Times for the past decade or so, has been named poet laureate of the Town of Clarkstown. In his official notice of appointment, Waitzman received the following congratulation from Town Supervisor Alex Gromack: “I have enjoyed your poetry for […]