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Golden Twilight?

by Erin Pihlaja November 21, 2012

Twinkies, an icon of processed junk food, may disappear. Panic ensued last week when Hostess Brands Inc., creator of Twinkies, Wonder Bread and various other baked goods, announced that it would shutter operations at its ...

Ready to Run

by Erin Pihlaja November 21, 2012

In front of the sculpted, outstretched arms of the Moses sculpture in Washington Park, Albany City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan addressed a small crowd on Saturday (Nov. 17) afternoon. “I am not running against anyone, I ...

Comfort and Joy

by Erin Pihlaja November 20, 2012

Almost every summer, the New York Giants head to Albany for training camp. Football fans line the fields to watch the team practice and, afterwards, press their bodies against barricades in the hopes that one ...

Enjoy the Day

by The Staff November 15, 2012

By Amy Halloran, Stephen Leon, Darryl McGrath and B.A. Nilsson Pie Crust Made Easy This is the time of year when celebrity chefs, food writers and home decorating mavens share pie crust recipes with their readers, often ...

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Albany Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

by Ella Niyokindi November 15, 2012

Crew members of C-SPAN, the cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public-affairs programming via three channels (C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3), will spend a week in Albany, in specially detailed ...

Green Is Good

by Shawn Stone November 15, 2012

Revisionist tales that rewrite the back stories of famous works are darn near irresistible, from Wide Sargasso Sea’s Third World, feminist critique of Jane Eyre to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’s witty take on Hamlet. ...

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What the People Said

by Ari Melber November 8, 2012

Copyright © 2012 The Nation—distributed by Agence Global President Obama's reelection marks the most decisive mandate for an assertive, progressive governing model in well over a generation. It is worth beginning with a memory. Barack Obama was ...

Dispatches From Electionland

by The Staff November 8, 2012

Rumblings on the Interwebs Elections make people crazy. Razor-thin electoral contests make people insane. You didn’t have to go far to find this. On the right, the Romney people and their media minions worked hard to make ...

Democrat Party

by Erin Pihlaja November 8, 2012

After months of enduring increasingly negative campaign ads, stump speeches, and the repetitive talking points of pundits everywhere, the 2012 elections are pretty much over. Here’s how things shaped up in the Capital Region: Democratic U.S. ...

Out the Trunk

by Raurri Jennings November 1, 2012

There’s a moment in the video for “Marshall Applewhite” where Giant Gorilla Dog Thing (rappers Dood Computer and Dezmatic), Gorilla Tao, and PJ Katz—dressed as Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja ...

Nintendo Baroque

by Josh Potter November 1, 2012

“When I first told my friends I was doing this, they said, ‘That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life,’” says Chaz Buchanan, an electronic musician who works under the name Puzzle Boys. ...

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The Art of Conversation

by Kirsten Ferguson November 1, 2012

David Greenberger with Jupiter Circle: Never Give Up Study David Greenberger and Ralph Carney: OH, PA David Greenberger & Bangalore: How I Became Uncertain David Greenberger & Mark Greenberg: Tell Me that Before David Greenberger & Dozens: Near the ...

School House Switch

by Erin Pihlaja October 25, 2012

The Philip Livingston Magnet Academy, formerly known as Philip Livingston Junior High, has seen better days. Named after Philip Livingston, who signed the Declaration of Independence, the building has been called a “centerpiece” of the ...

Morrissey

by John Rodat October 25, 2012

The linking of Morrissey with Oscar Wilde is one that the former Smiths frontman and now-iconic solo artist has much encouraged, himself. He’s been photographed lounging at that 19th-century decadents’ Parisian grave and, at Thursday’s ...

Hollywood in Pine Hills

by Ann Morrow October 25, 2012

“It gets under your skin.” That’s the tag line for Creeping Crawling, a regionally made horror film about insects interacting with humans (“Buggy On a Budget,” July 12). As the tag implies, this three-part anthology ...

Why Hudson?

by The Staff October 17, 2012

House Beautiful How the historic Hudson Opera House paralleled—and propelled—the city’s cultural renaissance The arched entranceway on Warren Street opens into a “grand hall” large enough to hold art exhibits and small performances. Larger performances are held ...

Twins of Evil Tour

by David King October 17, 2012

Halloween is a lucky time this year because the two scariest men in the universe are coming to the Glens Falls Civic Center just days before the bone-chilling holiday. No, we aren’t talking about Mitt ...

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Community Woman

by Erin Pihlaja October 17, 2012

“Who would have thought there'd be four places to get cappuccino here,” says Judy Grunberg. On this rainy October afternoon, Grunberg sits in one of the village of Chatham’s coffee shops looking out of the window. ...

Winds of Change

by Darryl McGrath October 11, 2012

It may be no accident that during the first debate of the presidential race—the one devoted to domestic policy—neither candidate spent any time on environmental issues. Forget about job growth, tax cuts and the federal deficit—the ...

Existential Whoa

by Josh Potter October 11, 2012

“I don’t mind being called messy, but being called sloppy would make me mad. There’s a difference.” It’s a subtle, almost ineffable difference to Patrick Porter, but large enough to make him pause temporarily, draw the ...

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Clean Up, Clear Out

by Erin Pihlaja October 10, 2012

What would you do with six acres of prime, vacant real estate on the Hudson River? That’s what the city of Troy is trying to decide now that a long-term lease between the city and ...

Out of the Park

by Erin Pihlaja October 4, 2012

After the tents came down in Academy Park last winter, with help from the Albany Police and an eviction order issued by the city of Albany, Occupy Albany, along with other Occupy movements across the ...

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Everyday Heroes

by Shawn Stone October 4, 2012

It was the evening of Aug. 10, 2011, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 featured Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta reporting from Somalia. Located on the Horn of Africa, with the Indian Ocean to the East ...

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A Tale of Two Cities

by Ann Morrow October 4, 2012

The two of them created the Two of Us Productions so they could perform together. Stephen Sanborn is a director and musician, and his wife, Constance Lopez, is an actress and choreographer. Married in 1997, ...

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Fall Fashion 2012

by The Staff September 27, 2012

On the Cover Lily is wearing a one-of-a-kind silk skirt by Sterling Styles, a denim jacket by Stutters, a turquoise sweater by Kersh, a beaded belt by Pink House, purple heels by Desigual, and an Ayala ...

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