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Monday, October 8, 2012

Most likely to succeed … at yearbook (with video) by Peter D. Kramer

Self-described ‘yerds’ at Rye and Suffern craft award-winning annuals (The top editors at Suffern’s Panorama yearbook, from left: Lior Gensler (photo); Sarah Griffin (busin…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:44AM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Coming Monday: Most likely to ‘have yearbook’ by Peter D. Kramer

Two high-school yearbooks in our area—Suffern and Rye—have the distinction of earning silver crown awards from the prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association, a Columbia U…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:12PM

Boot Camp Q&A with “X Factor” phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar by Peter D. Kramer

Swapped emails with Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who is now through with boot camp on “The X Factor.” Here’s our Q&A. We’ll add some more answers lat…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:28AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

This just in: Peekskill’s Paramount shuttered by Peter D. Kramer

After a plea to subscribers to help close an estimated $300,000 budget shortfall, the board of Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts last night voted to suspend operations,  effec…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:46AM

The brain behind The Blaze by Peter D. Kramer

Halloween classic has new sound and look Visitors to The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze have called it “absolutely amazing,” “awesome,” “the greatest Hallowee…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:15AM

From Howard to Halloween by Peter D. Kramer

Stern show regular moonlights as Blaze composer Richard Christy, a producer and on-air personality on Howard Stern’s radio show on Sirius, is also a musician who calls himself “a…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:13AM

A man and his ever-unfolding map by Peter D. Kramer

After 49 years, artist gets to see where he’s been going Forty-nine years ago, Jerry Gretzinger was 20, working a dull summer job babysitting mechanical counters at the Hoover Ball Bea…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:50AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Boot Camp: X marks the nerves by Peter D. Kramer

Carly survives boot camp’s first round (Carly Rose Sonenclar, left, on “The X Factor” boot camp’s first night last night. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/FOX.) Nerves took thei…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:58PM

‘X’ marks the spot: Carly at Boot Camp by Peter D. Kramer

Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar will be on tonight’s Boot Camp episode of “The X Factor.” I’ll be updating this post after her performance tonight and speakin…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:42PM
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Questions for “X Factor’s” Carly Sonenclar? by Peter D. Kramer

Looks like I’ll have a weekly appointment to talk with Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who blew the judges away on “The X Factor” and will appear on the show’…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:48AM
Monday, October 1, 2012

This week and next: ‘August: Osage County’ by Peter D. Kramer

White Plains PAC this week opens the New York regional premiere of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer- and Tony-winning “August: Osage County,” a spell-binding story of a family in free…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:42PM
Friday, September 28, 2012

Coming Monday: The high-flying Castor sisters by Peter D. Kramer

They cheer, fly and dance at Spring Valley High School (Ingrid, left, and Olivia Castor are on the Spring Valley Cheerleading Squad, but also study dance. Ingrid likes ballet, while Olivia l…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:10PM

Tomorrow only: Costume sale at Hudson Valley Shakespeare by Peter D. Kramer

Just in time for Halloween, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is having a costume sale. Tomorrow only, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in the storefront office at 140 Main Street in Cold Spring. Amon…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:18PM
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A carving lesson from The Blaze creator by Peter D. Kramer

Eight years ago, Garrison artist Michael Anthony Natiello dreamed up The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, which opens next weekend and runs into mid-November. It is, simply put, one of the …

SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:24AM
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Superintendent restores Spring Valley’s fall play…. by Peter D. Kramer

Spring Valley’s director-choreographer Stacey Roth Tirro just announced on her Facebook page that, after a meeting with Superintendent Joel Klein, the fall play “Up the Down Stai…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:40PM

Carly Rose on ‘Good Day New York’ by Peter D. Kramer

OK, so Rosanna Scotto got her name wrong in the intro and said she was from Rye (not Mamaroneck) at the end, but Carly ROSE Sonenclar of “The X Factor” was on Good Day New York t…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:34AM

Meeting today over Spring Valley’s fall show… by Peter D. Kramer

Spring Valley High School’s award-winning director-choreographer Stacey Roth Tirro will meet with East Ramapo CSD Superintendent Joel Klein today, hoping that a wellspring of support, …

SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:17AM
Monday, September 24, 2012

“Singin’” Kelly’s praises by Peter D. Kramer

TCM host Osborne to help ArtsRock mark Gene Kelly’s 100th Robert Osborne, the host of Turner Classic Movies, is a walking encyclopedia of movie history, able to speak extemporaneously …

SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:06PM

Making art to make things make sense… by Peter D. Kramer

2 Yonkers High seniors channel emotions into art             Stephanie Osorio, left, and Ywlianna Dominquez are art students at Yonkers Middle High School. Phot…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:05PM
Friday, September 21, 2012

Making art to make things make sense… by Peter D. Kramer

Kicking off the our new High School Arts beat on Monday—expanding on the musicals franchise we’ve built—with profiles of two thoughtful young girls: Ywlianna Dominquez and …

SOURCE: The Journal News at 05:56PM
Thursday, September 20, 2012

This just in: Spring Valley cuts fall play, dance club by Peter D. Kramer

Barring a reversal or the appearance of a heretofore hidden benefactor, students won’t be going “Up the Down Staircase” at Spring Valley High School this fall, as the distr…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:11PM

Getting right wrong by Peter D. Kramer

Sternhagen, Cunningham to read comic miscues at The Osborn (John Cunningham and Frances Sternhagen talk about “Comic Miscommunications,” the one-night-only show they’ll per…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:00AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

‘Pitch Perfect’ has local talent…. by Peter D. Kramer

Kind of addicted to this video from the cast of “Pitch Perfect,” which hits theaters in New York next weekend and wider the week after. New City’s Skylar Astin, who was in …

SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:46PM

Hollis, Stratton won’t skip ‘Stones’ by Peter D. Kramer

Director Dan Foster has his cast for Hudson Stage’s fall mainstage production: the two-man, many-character “Stones in His Pockets.” The Tony-nominee for best comedy won two…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:29PM

Sandbox presents ‘Avenue Q’ by Peter D. Kramer

Broadway’s John Treacy Egan directs Tony-winner On Friday, the newly expanded Westchester Sandbox Theatre—with more seats and a bigger lobby—opens the Tony-winning best mus…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:46PM
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Chatting up ‘XFactor’ local, Carly Rose Sonenclar by Peter D. Kramer

Mamaroneck teen on a ‘wild ride’ Carly Rose Sonenclar singing Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good.” Got a few minutes with Carly Rose Sonenclar, the Rye Neck eighth-gra…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:36PM

“Les Miserables” movie moved back… by Peter D. Kramer

Fans of “Les Miserables,” the film starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Ann Hathaway, will have to wait a bit longer. Variety reports that the Dec. 14 release date has been c…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:27PM

Auditions: Anyone want to play Matilda? by Peter D. Kramer

Toast of West End seeks Broadway lede “I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” —“…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:02PM

LoHud photo album: Carly Rose Sonenclar through the years by Peter D. Kramer

A newspaper’s archives are a wonderful thing. As Carly Rose Sonenclar’s hometown paper, we’ve watched “The X Factor” star grow up, following her growth as a per…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:24AM

Carly Rose Sonenclar watch: 2 shows today by Peter D. Kramer

Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who took “The X Factor” by storm when her audition aired last week, is getting more airtime. Her mom tells me Carly will be on NBC’…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:46AM
Monday, September 17, 2012

Coming Thursday: Getting wrong right by Peter D. Kramer

Sternhagen, Cunningham to read comic miscues (John Cunningham and Frances Sternhagen talk about “Comic Miscommunications,” the one-night-only show they’ll perform at The Os…

SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:43PM