Posted on April 4th, 2011 by
Playing a Comedic Bombshell with a Grown Up Harry Potter By Sally Deering Harry Potter’s all grown up and nobody knows that better than Emmy-winning actress Tammy Blanchard of Bayonne who shows off her comic side as a ditsy bombshell trying to seduce Daniel Radcliffe eight shows a week in the Broadway revival of “How [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2011 by admin
Cover by Anthony Piscitelli Everybody’s Irish on St. Paddy’s Day By Sally Deering Saint Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Ireland’s rich culture, a nod to its heritage and a deep reverence for an Irish missionary who loved his country and became Ireland’s Patron Saint in the 7th Century. Fast forward 14 centuries [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2011 by
Writers Forge a New Frontier with eBooks River View Observer cover story by Sally Deering During the 2010 holiday season, Amazon.com sold 2 million Kindles and Barnes & Noble selling 1.5 million Nooks, stats that are a wake-up call to big name book publishers and a “Yahoo!” to writers everywhere who can now self-publish their [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2011 by
By Sally Deering Acappella groups – four or five guys singing harmonies with no back-up band – bridged the gap between 1950s Doo-Wop and 1960s rock and roll, but until now, little has been written about that time in music history when teenagers harmonized on street corners, inside subways and underneath train trestles [...]
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Posted on January 20th, 2011 by
By Sally Deering Photos by David Bayne Tucked inside an industrial neighborhood in North Bergen, New Jersey, just minutes away from midtown Manhattan, a group of Jersey guys applied their passion for beer and their entrepreneurial spirit to start their own micro-brewery in an old converted warehouse. Just look for the white garage door and [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2010 by
Knights before Christmas! By Sally Deering The classic Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life!” is a holiday tradition that seems to make us all remember the true spirit of Christmas isn’t how much money you spend, but the friends and family who stick by you when the chips are down. As we all get ready [...]
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Posted on December 13th, 2010 by
River View Observer Holiday Picks -On the Go for Some Ho-Ho-Ho! by Sally Deering Feeling the holiday spirit can be as tough as finding a parking space in Hoboken. Sure, it’s there somewhere, but only after you go around the block a few times barking “bah-humbug” under your breath! Well, not this year! There are [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2010 by
By Sally Deering International street artists like “Big Foot,” “Kid Zoom,” Jason Maloney and Ron English travel the globe creating art on the urban landscape. The artists – all world renown – paint murals on big concrete canvases like bridges, embankment walls and building facades that draw tourists, bring ka-ching to a city’s coffers and [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2010 by admin
Marilyn Monroe Memorabilia to Help Fund Library Capital Improvements by Sally Deering Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe lit up the silver screen with her simmering sexuality, bootyliscious bod and a killer smile that warmed film-lovers hearts. Playing the bubble-headed blonde roles producers cast her in, Monroe delivered sex-appeal by the D-cupful with an added twist of [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2010 by admin
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. [...]
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