NYACK, NY – Rivertown film at the Nyack Center presents a screening of “Union Square” starring Mira Sorvino and Tammy Blanchard on Wednesday, October 17TH, at 8PM, followed by a q & a with director Nancy Savoca and producer Richard Guay. UNION SQUARE is the setting for an unexpected reunion between two estranged sisters, one of whom is on the verge of getting married, the other on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Or as A.O. Scott put it in The New York Times, it’s “the tale of two sisters divided by temperament, geography and class.” Director/Producer partners Nancy Savoca and Producer Richard Guay (True Love,...

Rockland Farm Alliance seeks to raise $25,000 through grant from RSF social finance. NEW CITY, NY - Rockland Farm Alliance (RFA), a non-profit organization focusing on revitalizing local food systems in Rockland County, NY, has announced a $25,000 matching challenge made possible by a recent grant awarded by RSF Social Finance (RSF). This 2012 appeal will provide an additional $25,000 to help RFA continue to build community programs and develop new farm projects. “We’re proud to support RFA’s ecological and community stewardship programs,” noted Don Shaffer, President and CEO of RSF Social Finance. “Their efforts to...

Developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, the company responsible for AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, FOOD, INC. and WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”, LAST CALL AT THE OASIS presents a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. Illuminating the vital role water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities already struggling with its ill-effects, the film features activist Erin Brockovich and such distinguished experts as Peter Gleick, Alex Prud’homme, Jay Famiglietti and Robert...

NYACK, NY – What began as a family business offering Nyack patrons a full-functioning deli and gas station soon became a dysfunctional family feud. When a resolution was no where in sight, one brother remained at the corner of South Broadway and Cedar Hill, while the other moved a few doors up to open his own deli, Michaelangelo’s. Out of an irreversible dispute among the stern Murray brothers came an Indian man with a passion for preparing food from his heart, Sailesh Patel, a delicatessen with over 20 years experience who now has taken over Murray’s Deli. “It’s just competition” Mr. Patel deems...