Nyack Public School Music Department’s recent trip to Boston for participation in an annual awards competition was a resounding success as the school returned home with 21 different awards! All five participating classes (Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Advanced Choir, and Women’s Vocal Ensemble) earned First Place with Gold ratings. Additionally, each ensemble won the […]
In his fifth decade as a major jazz artist, Hal Galper continues to innovate as a popular pianist within the genre. A student of the piano from the age of six, Galper entered the Berklee School of Music in Boston on a scholarship in 1955 and studied technique with the famous Madam Chaloff. He quickly […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Extreme factions of the Muslim religion want us dead — every American and everyone who embraces a religion different than theirs. We are infidels, heathens and heretics, and they believe it is their mission to wipe us off the face of the earth. I know it isn’t politically correct to publicly discuss […]
(Updated 10:30 a.m. 4/23/2013) CONFIRMED: African-American comedian Paul Mooney hurled racial insults at his audience Saturday at Levity Live in West Nyack, outrageously stating that white people in Boston deserved to be bombed, and as long as no blacks were injured in the attack, he was okay with it. It’s not clear the context preceding […]
BY DIANE DIMOND “Make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this, and we will find out who did this and find out why they did this.” — President Barack Obama There will be no satisfying “why” at the end of the investigation into who placed bombs near the finish line of the […]
At least three dead and over 130 injuries are reported in the aftermath of today’s terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. An earlier NY POST report that a dozen persons died in today’s explosion in Boston remains unconfirmed, although the Post continues to post this information on their site. Another report that a Saudi […]