What’s Happening

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Happy New Year 2013!!! May we be among the first to say it as does Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, announcing its New Years Eve package of the show “Miracle On 34th Street” with dinner served and dancing at $360 per couple with tax, gratuity and parking already included. Call 914-592-2222 or broadwaytheatre.com […]

Age is Just a Number

BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Review of the new James Bond film “Skyfall” Fifty years after the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” the next chapter in the series, “Skyfall,” brings back the thrilling force that made “Casino Royale” unexpectedly powerful.  Directed by Sam Mendes, the film completely diverges from the story line created by the last two movies, but […]

Shades Repertory, Haverstraw Plans Busy 2012-2013 Season

BY GEORGE J. DACRE On December 20 at 8 p.m. the Shades Repertory Theater will be a unique adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” an Equity-staged reading developed by Suzanne DuCharme. Before that on November 30 and December 1, both days at 8 p.m., there will be a winter play “Final Tally” written by Samuel […]

Puddin’ Don’t

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.

Swarthout Lake in Early November

BY HARRY WAITZMAN   Does it matter the lake is manmade, not carved by an ancient glacier, but by shovels in hands of immigrants?   A flotilla of ducks moves smartly and I spy them through boughs of oaks. The banks of Swarthout shade them.   In a V formation, the leader looks forward, the […]