This year Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) has joined forces with the Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center and Emotions Physical Theatre to bring free dance classes to the youth of Spring Valley. RoCA is offering these free eight week long classes to introduce students (ages 12-17) to the fundamentals of modern and contemporary dance. The students are required […]
BY GEORGE HOEHMANN Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a lion of a person and had an outsized impact upon our nation and world. As a result of his inspiring leadership, substantial change occurred. His work endures today, but was codified in 1964 with the passage of the Civil Rights Act, which made it illegal […]
Originally published in the Rockland County Times, August 2011 BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM The new Martin Luther King Jr. monument is the subject of controversy since the public has learned that Chinese citizen Lei Yixen, one of the most prized sculptors in all of China, was hired by the United States to create the piece. […]