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Rough Mix

by Josh Potter March 29, 2012

Swing Low Sweet Chariot It was with great sadness that the Capital Region music community learned of the death of bluesman Ernie Williams last Wednesday (March 21). The 87-year-old suffered a heart attack only days after ...

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It’s Not Where You Are but Who You Are

by Ann Morrow March 29, 2012

On a recent afternoon at Jay St. Video Games, owner Ryan Hughes was having an in-depth conversation with a customer about the spiking resale value of Pokemon Yellow. It’s this commitment to taking the time ...

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Men of the Flannel Cloth

by Josh Potter March 22, 2012

It’s Friday night, and on one end of Pearl Street, megachurch televangelist Joel Osteen is saving souls at a packed Times Union Center; on the other end, Eastbound Jesus are drinking beer, smoking cigarettes and ...

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Soul to Soul

by James Yeara March 22, 2012

The first song starts immediately once the lights fade into a blackout, and “Down on Me” reverberates like a call from the shores of the Hudson River far beyond the walls of the theater. Then ...

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Brian Patneaude

by Jeff Nania March 22, 2012

All Around Us is Brian Patneaude’s ode to everyday inspiration. His tunes tell stories of experiences as diverse as his recent engagement, childhood memories, and even a brush with dental surgery. Of the eight compositions ...

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School of Priorities

by Erin Pihlaja March 15, 2012

“It was a very emotional day. Students were crying. There were no answers given," said Mark Emanation, a community organizer with Citizen Action of New York and the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) in the ...

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Tri-City Crusader

by Ann Morrow March 15, 2012

Where are the George Gray murals? Long ago, there were four large historical paintings—the Battle of Saratoga, Yankee Doodle, Uncle Sam, and the Battle of Bataan in WWII—by the famed muralist hanging in the Hendrick ...

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Beauty School Dropouts

by Josh Potter March 15, 2012

“Recording scenarios are like bicycles,” waxes audio engineer Frank Moscowitz. If the analogy were taken one step further, it would make he and longtime collaborator Seamus McNulty some cross between Lance Armstrong and those guys ...

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Readers Poll: Food & Drink

by The Staff March 8, 2012

Food & Drink Best American 1. New World Bistro Bar 2. McGeary’s Irish Pub 3. Albany Pump Station These are three very different “American”-style dining (and drinking) experiences, but we see one thing in common among the three: fun. We’d ...

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Readers Poll: Goods & Services, People & Places

by The Staff March 8, 2012

People & Places Best Park 1. Washington Park 2. The Crossings 3. Thacher State Park Albany’s urban oasis won easily, but there was still strong support for Colonie’s gem and one of our best-loved regional destination parks. Best Playground 1. The Crossings 2. ...

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Readers Poll: Media & Arts

by The Staff March 8, 2012

Media Best Local TV News 1. WNYT, NewsChannel13 2. WRGB, CBS6 3. WTEN, ABC10 In contrast with last year’s close vote totals, NewsChannel 13 won in a landslide. Only a few votes separated the runners-up. Best Local TV News Anchor 1. Benita ...

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Spring Arts Preview

by The Staff March 1, 2012

Pop Music Bearsville Theatre 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, (845) 679-4406. March 9: Bustle in Your Hedgerow. March 16: Ellen Kaye. March 17: Peggy and Pete Seeger. March 18: Mimi Page. March 23: Official Blues Brothers Revue. March 30: ...

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The Museum Issue

by The Staff March 1, 2012

The Adirondack Museum Blue Mountain Lake might seem like it’s in the middle of nowhere, but what it’s really in the middle of—as in right smack in the middle of, geographically—is the Adirondack Park itself. So ...

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Bobcats! They’re Everywhere!

by Alexis Abb March 1, 2012

“It seems they [the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation] are trying to manage something that isn’t a problem,” said John Sheehan, director of communications for the Adirondack Council. Sheehan is referring to the ...

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In the Name of Prog

by Raurri Jennings February 23, 2012

In I Heart Huckabees, Dustin Hoffman’s existential detective character is explaining the interconnectedness of all the matter and energy in the universe to Jason Schwartzman using a blanket. He juts his hand through the cloth ...

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Artist, Servant, Fighter, Spy . . .

by The Staff February 23, 2012

Once again we present you with short essays about Oscar nominees we love (and, at the end, a few we don’t agree with.) While we may disagree about various nominated films and performances—check out our ...

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Merry Mendelssohn

by B.A. Nilsson February 22, 2012

The third movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 is a scherzo of incredible vivaciousness, throwing all three instruments into a lively, virtuosic dance. The acrobats are leaping, tumbling in gravity-defying merriment, at any ...

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Writer Columnist Host

by Shawn Stone February 16, 2012

Ed Koch doesn’t want to leave Manhattan. Ever. The former mayor of New York has spent his entire life in the city that never sleeps, and when it’s time for him to sleep the big sleep, ...

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To the Moon

by Josh Potter February 16, 2012

This past year has seen a sudden craze for pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès—a mere 110 years after he released his most famous film, A Trip to the Moon. Méliès and his work, of course, ...

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Farewell to an Albany Icon

by Amy Halloran February 16, 2012

Last Wednesday morning, the Miss Albany Diner was two days shy of closing—and slammed. People packed in like sardines at the counter, and the wait staff steered plates around winter coats that puffed out from ...

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Love in Blooms

by Ann Morrow February 9, 2012

A Ti leaf curls under, as though bowing from shyness in the presence of majestic roses and voluptuous peonies. In the same arrangement, green flax reaches above the blooms, gently waving. The artistic addition of ...

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Let Me Count the Ways

by Josh Potter February 9, 2012

“Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons,” proclaimed Greek mathematician Pythagoras—likely toga’d before an adoring audience of laurel-wreathed maidens and bronze-chested gents, daydreaming about how they’d really ...

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Can’t Buy Me Lovin’

by Erin Pihlaja February 9, 2012

Our great-grandparents may have enlisted the help of tomatoes, oysters or even spicy peppers to try and seduce their potential mates, but ours is a generation of convenience and instant gratification. We want our love ...

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The Major Lift

by The Staff February 2, 2012

I was excited for the Black Keys’ El Camino, I admit it. While the Keys lost me on Attack and Release with its awkward polish, I fell in love with them again on Brothers. Sure, ...

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Farming the American Dream

by B.A. Nilsson February 1, 2012

The documentary The First Season follows Paul and Phyllis Van Amburgh and their children through a year’s worth of changes as they pursue a crazy midlife dream of operating a dairy farm. They’re slaves to ...

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