This weekend, “Back to Black,” a biopic of the late, great R&B singer Amy Winehouse, opens in theaters to commercial intrigue and much critical chagrin. The music biopic has been a staple of the cinematic landscape over the last two decades.
Playland’s Gondola Wheel did not rotate at Playland’s May 18 opening day thanks to some surprising park visitors. The 90-foot ride is closed until further notice for the safety of the osprey nesting atop one of the carriages.
Playland opened its 96th season on May 18 with the Lighting Drumline from the Barack Obama School for Social Justice in Yonkers and the debut of its newest ride, Jack the Puppeteer.
Peg Lyon was enslaved in Rye, sold in Greenwich in 1790, and emancipated in 1800, when she was able to live free with her husband Anthony Green. She died 30 years later.
Whether you’d like to kick back with a spy thriller or a biography, or you have kids hungry for popular young adult novels, free books are available to satisfy your literary cravings at several outdoor kiosks scattered around town.
