COVER STORY-Leading The Kennedy Dancers

Diane Dragone (still) has the Dancer in Her Soul by Sally Deering   In the 1920s, when Shirley Temple tapped into America’s hearts with her bouncing ringlets, ruffled crinolines and shiny black tap shoes, mothers from Canarsie to Kenosha trundled their daughters off to their local dance school dreaming of their baby girl’s name in lights. [...]

Introducing the One and Only “Johnny Martin”

Successful  Businesman and Former Hudson County Resident Follows His Passion for Music   by Evelyn Bonilla Record producers will tell you that in order to make it in the music business you have to be equipped with; a good strong voice, loads of confidence and the ability to perform on the spot, and to have passion! [...]

CLINT EASTWOOD -Hollywood Behind-The-Scenes

Clint Eastwood Collection Hits Bullseye By Alice O’Neill Fans have waited a long time to buy a boxed set of Clint Eastwood’s early spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone. featuring Clint as the iconic loner with no name. The wait is over. The boxed set, officially titled Clint, available June 1, 2010, Eastwood in The Man [...]

Does George Washington – Owes Library Fines, about $100,000 in Late Fees?

According to the website Lowering the Bar  President George Washington has been accused by a New York Library for failing to return valuable library materials checked out during his presidency. It seems the former President  took out two books on in October of 1789, one  on international law and another that contained transcripts of debates in [...]

Crowds come out for 2nd Annual Yo Mama’s Craft Fair in Downtown, Jersey City

According to their website  Not Yo Mama’s Craft Fair started last year with an idea and acted upon by Sophie Penkrat, Megan Gulick and Leah Siegel- Picus.   The second annual fair was held yesterday On Saturday April 17 to entusiastic crowds  and  over 60 artists  selling  7500 or more items at Parlay Studio’s 161 2nd [...]

Attic Ensemble Presents WORKING

River View Observer “Best Pick” Local Theater Performance April 23-May 9   FEATURIN: LY BEATTY / JENNY FERSCH / MARK DUNN ERIN FLANAGAN ES E. SPLOND  Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm;  Thursdays, April 29 and May 6 at 7pm. ms, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this [...]

MUSIC River View Observer Best Pick New Artist Chrissi Poland

Chrissi Poland Songs from the Concrete Imagine the songwriting inspiration of Joni Mitchell, steeped in the soulful sensibility of Donny Hathaway, played by the cream of the world’s musicians and sung with the voice of an angel…one whose very life experience pours out of every song. This is the magic that is contained in Songs [...]

Waking from a 24 Hour Coma has Croatian Girl Speaking Fluent German Not Croatian

River View Observer “Site Seeing” Bringing you interesting posts from around the web.” A 13 year old Croatian girl who was in a coma for 24 hours awoke and was able to communicate in fluent German, but  not in Croatian . Her parents said she has been studying German but cannot understand how she can speak it [...]

DOES YOUR HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?ENTER MSG VARSITY’S MASCOT DASH TO THE DESK NOW

Online Contest Open to All High Schools  in  Cablevision Service Area  MSG Varsity is kicking off a new contest open to all high schools in the Cablevision service area, MSG Varsity’s Mascot Dash to the Desk. Mascot Dash to the Desk offers schools the opportunity to submit a photo of their school mascot online at msgvarsity.com [...]

Jersey City Drivers Must Stop at Pedestrian Crosswalks and No Longer Yield Under New Law

Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey announced this week that as part of a campaign to enforce the new Pedestrian Crossing Law which took effect on April 1st, the new law requires motorist to do a full stop and remain stopped until the pedestrian passes and no longer just yield for the  pedestrian, Jersey City [...]