by Jeff Maisey | Feb 25, 2017 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts Howie Mandel is well known for his TV work over the last 12 years—first as the host of “Deal Or No Deal” and then as a judge on “America’s Got Talent.” Viewers under the age of 40 may be surprised to learn that Mandel started out as a stand-up comic in...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2017 | Horton, News & Views
By John Horton Monday, February 20 is Presidents’ Day. Therefore, I got to thinking: who is my all-time favorite president and why? Understandably there are varying opinions when it come to this, however, I have mine when it comes to this topic. Just today...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 17, 2017 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Ricardo Melendez “Shakespeare in Motion” is a combination of two of my greatest passions: the power and wit of Shakespeare’s stories and my dedication to the awe- inspiring beauty and physicality of the language of Dance. When art inspires art there is both a...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. The day after the Women’s March on Washington, a man I know was asked by a mutual friend why he’d gone. “For my daughter,” he said. Fair enough. I...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was a young reporter for The Staten Island Advance in the early ‘80s, I looked to a lot of older journalists for inspiration. But chief among them was Nat Hentoff, whose columns in The Village Voice never failed to enlighten me and renew my...
