Ron Onesti:  What I Miss Most About Live Music World War II was tough on everyone as millions of Americans left their homes to fight.  Those left behind would also do their part, keeping the households and local businesses going…

Ron Onesti:  Take Me Out to the Ballgame now…and to the Concert Hall soon! Baseball is back…kind of!  Who would have thought we would be going through all of this AND a 60-game season on top of it all with no…

Ron Onesti:  Oh, THAT’s Hugh Jackman This lockdown has REALLY allowed me to catch up on some of my favorite movies.  A favorite I share with my daughter is the 2017 film about show biz visionary P.T. Barnum entitled, “The Greatest…

Ron Onesti:  The Sport of Show Biz Kings I always wondered what it would have been like to golf with some of those Hollywood legends that almost came to be identified with the sport as much as they were with show…

Ron Onesti:  Memories of Andy Hardy and Boys Town My typically insane days usually end with some hot tea, maybe some pistachio nuts or chips, and a dose of late night television.  For me, there is nothing more relaxing than…

Ron Onesti:  I’m star-struck, and proud of it! I have been putting on shows, festivals and events for more than three decades.  Consistently working with celebrities from all walks of life-sports, music, politics, television, radio and more, there is always…

Ron Onesti:  Baseball memories…The only Baseball this year I am honored to have been recently elected President of The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.  It is a forty-five-year-old organization of which I have been greatly involved with.  The founder…

Ron Onesti:  The Birth of Folk-Rock and History Repeating itself Have you by chance been watching the television special about “Laurel Canyon” lately?  It is a wonderful Rock-u-mentary about a small neighborhood located in the Hollywood Hills region of the…

Ron Onesti: Bright Songs in Tragic Times Today was a very big day!  A very good friend who is from my “Old Neighborhood” of Taylor Street turned 95!  His name is Al Centofante and he is a proud WWII veteran! …

Ron Onesti: “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes This crazy year, as we all remember those lost in battle, and celebrate the lives unselfishly and courageously given to foster our freedoms, we may have had a…

Ron Onesti: Another King Is Gone We lost one of the very last founders of Rock ‘N Roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was often called the “Architect of…

I went to visit a close friend of mine this morning. His name is Nick, or as I call him, “Uncle Nick.” He will be 92 soon, and he is in a rehab center after challenges he is experiencing with…