In this case, the good place is Datavision’s flagship retail store, the largest independent consumer electronics retailer in the city, and “Bad Things” is the brand name for Piermont-based rock-culture artist Paul Kostabi. The launch of the Bad Thing’s line of phone and tablet covers, manufactured by Frydaze and feature Kostabi’s work. “I like to see my weird art on these not-weird devices, which makes me think that maybe my art isn’t weird after all.” Art is at Datavision in multiple forms. Paul started the twelve foot mural in Datavision’s spacious Fifth Avenue window display that...

NYACK, NY – Local artist responds to the damage left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in rivertowns of Piermont and Nyack, NY. Hudson valley native, Jase Blankfort, songwriter, producer and frontman of “GLINT” alongside his independent label located in Nyack, NY, Rely Records, released a benefit EP today. Glint’s Rivertown Relief Effort, comprised of unreleased material of Blankfort’s is now available on iTunes in which 100% of the proceeds are to be delivered to the mayors of Piermont and Nyack, NY. Our editor at RL received this letter earlier today: Dear Friends, Family & Fans, Our thoughts remain with the...

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,...

WESTCHESTER, NY – For those of you who are in denial over the unofficial end of summer, we have the perfect antidote.  The Westchester Broadway Theatre is now offering (through October 7) the legendary Cole Porter celebrated musical ‘Can-Can.’ The stellar cast, led by Tony Lawson and Glory Crampton, takes us on a stunning trip back into time, to the working-class area of Paris, France in 1893. Newly installed Judge Aristede Fostier joins his learned legal colleagues in the prosecution of La Mome Pistache, propietress of Bal Du Paradis, a dance hall in which the long-legged Bohemian femme-fatales offer their patrons a...

Marquis M. Julien also known as “Marqui” was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Los Angeles, California. His parents both served in the military where they initially met. After divorcing when Marquis was six years old he lived with his mother for most of his childhood years. His mother allowed him to spend his summers in New York City to keep a relationship with his father despite the parent’s differences. The early years in Los Angeles weren’t easy for Marqui because of the environment he grew in. South Central Los Angeles was infested with gang violence and drug trafficking. In 1992 the L.A. riots took place and he vividly...

WESTCHESTER, NY – Friday evening, June 8, was a special evening for the opening night of the Westchester Broadway Theatre’s current musical production of ‘George M!’ The 20th Annual Memorial Bob Fitzsimmons Scholarship Award was given to Archbishop Stepinac graduating senior Albert Stenaj who is planning for a career in theatre. Sitting in the audience was actress Patti Mariano who, as a child in 1957, played George M. Cohen’s little sister Josie in the TV movie ‘Mr. Broadway.’ Ms. Mariano’s association with the father of musical comedy continued when she played in the ensemble of the original...