February 4, 2012

Welcome To The Future Haverstraw Bay

CoreyToons: Welcome To The Future Havestraw Bay © 2012 Lee Corey, CoreyToons Studio

By Lee Corey United Water hopes to build a desalination plant in Haverstraw Bay on the Hudson River. CitizensCampaign.org opposes this construction because of the potential ecological damage resulting from salt, mineral, heavy metal and PCBs discharges into the Hudson River after the water has … [Read more...]

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Tron! and DVD: Bridging the Gap to a New Generation of Rap

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by Max Cea Nyack’s Tron! and DVD are far from your traditional hip-hop duo.  Most artists come from big cities but they grew up in a small village.  The brothers don’t rap about peddling drugs or acts of violence. However, the process by which Norvin (Tron!) and Darian (DVD) Van Dunk have … [Read more...]

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MusicWorks — for Nyack Schools

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Feast on great food and dance the night away at the annual MusicWorks fundraiser on Friday, Jan 27 at 7:30p at the Nyack Seaport. Matt Haviland & Swing It will entertain as you enjoy a four-course dinner to benefit MusicWorks, the parent-run, non-profit organization that supports Nyack Public … [Read more...]

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Nyack Sketch Log: Vincent’s Ear

Nyack Sketch Log: Vincent's Ear. ©2012 Bill Batson

by Bill Batson Until recently, painters in Nyack were second-class artisans. Nyack’s musicians could fine-tune their instruments at Long Island Drum Center. Local writers could always haunt the stacks at Pickwick Book Shop. Our thespians were able to find an audience at Elmwood Playhouse. But … [Read more...]

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2011 Images of Nyack

HopperHappens, Veterans Park, May 27, 2011. Photo Credit: Kris Burns

by Dave Zornow Nyack, Dec 30 -- If a picture can conjure a thousands words, here are some of the more memorable photos, illustrations and graphics in 2011. Without further ado and the thousand words, here's our look back at 2011. There was snow -- and lots of it.The first official snow of … [Read more...]

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New City Native is a Standup Kinda Girl

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by Peggy Boyce If Harvey Fierstein and Brenda Vacarro had a child, she would probably sound a lot like Regina DeCicco. The New City resident hails from the Rockland County family that owns a chain of supermarkets, but DeCicco says she was never destined for a life in groceries. Instead, she has … [Read more...]

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As Others See Us: Rockland Center For The Arts

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Rockland County is home to the largest non-profit multi-arts center in New York. The Rockland Center For The Arts (RoCA) has three galleries, a two acre sculpture park, a summer day camp, year-round performance and more than 100 courses and workshops. But despite 60 years serving the community, the … [Read more...]

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Nyack Gets SMASHed on Friday

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Nyack, Dec 16 -- Don't blame the bars on Main Street if people are getting SMASHed - at least not for today. SMASH, an NBC TV show about the behind-the-scenes struggles of producing a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe comes to Nyack on Friday to tape an upcoming episode. Trucks will begin … [Read more...]

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Rivertown Gets A Silent Treatment from Irwin, Chaplin, Lloyd

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Nyack Dec 15 -- Rivertown Film celebrated its tenth anniversary last night with a little bit of clowning around at The Nyack Center. Village resident and renowned actor, choreographer and master of physical comedy Bill Irwin was on hand to introduce two silent film classics, Charlie Chaplin's "Easy … [Read more...]

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Hudson & Beyond…Barnes & Noble

Tappan Zee Bridge, "Faithful Lady" Copright Sue Barrasi, 2011

Hudson & Beyond, a show featuring Hudson Valley landscapes from two local painters, is now on display in the Café at Barnes & Noble. The work of Tappan's Sue Barrasi and Sparkill's Heather Douglas will be on display at the Palisades Mall bookstore through mid-January, 2012. In addition … [Read more...]

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