BY JEN RINI In November of 1995, 17-year-old Scott Vaccaro not only brewed his first homemade batch of Cranberry Celebration Ale, but also his passion for the brewing arts. “It’s a tangible delicious beverage and you can be very creative,” Vaccaro said. Vaccaro, now 34, and of legal drinking age, is the owner and head […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Vocalist Geoff Tate, the most famous member of the Seattle-based heavy metal outfit Queensryche, will no longer be a member of the band, Billboard reported this week. Tate and band-mates had been rumored to be at odds on a recent tour, and rumors became reality when four members of the band, including […]
Tickets On-sale Friday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts will be hosting the Stone Temple Pilots for a Pavilion-Only Concert on Wednesday, August 22, at 8 p.m., joined by a special guest. As many bands from the grunge rock ‘n roll era have recently done, Stone Temple Pilots will honor […]
STORY BY ERIN MAHER PHOTOS BY LAUREN KRAKAUR Music fans flooded into the still brand new ballpark in Pomona for the stadium’s inaugural major music concert on Thursday, June 7. Opened in June 2011, the stadium has hosted professional, college, high school baseball games, charity events, coaching clinics, and other special events. The ballpark’s state-of-the-art […]
BY BARRY WARNER The smell of hot popcorn, the taste of hot dogs and the bright colored balloons added to the fun-filled atmosphere of the big-top circus held in Congers this past weekend. Visitors came an hour early to enjoy the pony and camel rides plus the moon bounce attraction on the grounds adjacent to […]
On Friday, May 25, the Green Meadow community celebrated the completion of the new Arts Building and dedicated the performance space to community use Chestnut Ridge. Earlier this year, Green Meadow opened the extensively renovated Arts Building on its campus. The construction of Rose Hall was at the heart of the changes, and the theater […]