July 24, 2020
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…
July 17, 2020
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…
July 10, 2020
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…
July 3, 2020
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…
June 29, 2020
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…
June 19, 2020
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…
June 12, 2020
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…
June 5, 2020
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! …
June 1, 2020
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…
June 1, 2020
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…
May 15, 2020
Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 years with this 94-year old gem May 13, 2005, a day that will live in infamy! Fifteen years ago this week, I signed my life away and took over The Arcada Theatre! And the truth is, I…
May 8, 2020
Ron Onesti: Another Year Older, Another Year Lovin’ My Music! Well today, May 8, is my birthday. I was born in 1962 so you do the math…it’s a bit painful for me! I know some of you reading this are…
