The venerable theater in downtown Port Chester turns 100 this year. It’s been the favorite place to play for many a band, including the Grateful Dead and their bassist Phil Lesh. Click here for a lookback on a century of entertainment history as described in my article for The Rye Record, and read on forContinue reading “The Capitol Theatre: 100 Years of Iconic Performances”
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Monica Getz, Sax Legend’s Ex-Wife and Justice Advocate, Dies at 90
Monica Getz of Irvington, ex-wife of jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and an advocate for changes in the divorce and family court systems, died Jan. 5 at age 90. The cause was bile duct cancer, according to her obituary. She lived at Shadowbrook, the 27-room estate overlooking the Hudson River that she opened to meetings related causes such as theContinue reading “Monica Getz, Sax Legend’s Ex-Wife and Justice Advocate, Dies at 90”
Imagine: Skinny-dipping at The Land with John Lennon
An exhibit about the Gate Hill Cooperative evokes memories for one former Rocklander. Imagine you’re a teenage girl in the mid-1970s, a bit of an outsider among your 11th-grade classmates. Your friend’s an apprentice to an avant-garde artist at the Gate Hill Cooperative, “the groovy artist colony secluded-away on a nearby mountain” in Rockland CountyContinue reading “Imagine: Skinny-dipping at The Land with John Lennon”
Robert Brum 