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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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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, ...

Hudson High School

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 ...

Nate Danker

by Josh Potter September 27, 2012

Capital Region audiences probably know Nate Danker best for his metal band the Viking, who in their busiest years topped our Best Of list for that particular genre. The average Viking fan, however, might not ...

Being Matt Baumgartner

by Erin Pihlaja September 27, 2012

When local restaurateur Matt Baumgartner announced that he was launching a clothing line, there seemed to be two distinct reactions among people who knew him. The first was unquestioning acceptance, as in: “Sure. Why not?” ...

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Ready, Steady, Cook

by Erin Pihlaja September 20, 2012

“Do not use the word ‘just’ when describing a dish—own it, be proud of it,” says Jay Larkin to a crowd of men and women, some in crisp white shirts under black vests, bistro aprons ...

Mind Your Local Beeswax

by B.A. Nilsson September 20, 2012

Supermarket honey has a remarkable consistency of color. That’s because it’s been processed and blended to a fare-thee-well, drawn from sources that may originate outside of this country and thus have been subject to even ...

No Farmer is an Island

by Amy Halloran September 20, 2012

“I used to be a faceless producer,” David Rowley says, leaning down in a greenhouse to cut a handful of arugula. He shares this food as he shares the story of his life with plants, ...

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Ruby Anniversary & Fall Dance Preview

by Shawn Stone September 13, 2012

“We’re at the 40th anniversary. It doesn’t seem possible.” It’s been 40 years since Maude Baum was one of a group of enthusiastic young artists who helped create eba, and then went on to found the ...

eba Theater

Fall Film Preview

by Shawn Stone September 13, 2012

Let’s forget the recently ended, thoroughly dismal summer movie season. From the horror in Colorado (which had a genuine effect on film attendance), to the generally dismal parade of actual product, the cinema summer of ...

Restoration Festival

by Josh Potter September 13, 2012

“This is like the last episode of Lost,” said mandolinist Matthew Loiacono, looking out at the crowd that had gathered in St. Joseph’s Church for the much-anticipated Kamikaze Hearts reunion Friday night at the third ...

Get Outta Town!

by Stephen Leon September 7, 2012

What are your plans for the weekend? There’s always plenty to do here in the Capital Region, but if you’re beginning to feel like you’re on the same old treadmill of parties and bars, late ...

The New Subterraneans

by Jaired Crofut September 7, 2012

Albany’s “student ghetto” is filled with everything one might expect a self-proclaimed “slum” to have: red plastic cups and cigarette butts littering the streets, jocks sporting oversized basketball shorts and lacrosse sticks, and the sound ...

The Albany Bucket List

by Metroland Staff September 7, 2012

Shut the Xbox off for the afternoon. Take the bus to Lark Street. Go to a rock show at Valentine’s. Ice skate at the Empire State Plaza. Ride the carousel at the New York State Museum. Eat cheese fries out ...

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Hydrofracking protest hits Albany (video)

by Erin Pihlaja August 30, 2012

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Fracked Memory

by Robert H. Boyle and Bruce Ferguson August 30, 2012

Bradley J. Field has amnesia. Field is the director of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Mineral Resources, the agency responsible for putting together the high-volume-fracking environmental-impact statement that's supposed to protect ...

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Religious Conversion

by Ann Morrow August 30, 2012

St. Bridget’s church in Watervliet has two towering stained-glass windows on either side of the sanctuary. These beautiful portraits of the church’s namesake saint and the holy mother gaze serenely toward the sanctuary, as though ...

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Around and Around We Go

by Erin Pihlaja August 23, 2012

There’s a scene in the 1985 movie National Lampoon’s European Vacationwhere the bumbling father, Clark Griswold (played by Chevy Chase), drives his family through a traffic circle in London on their way to a hotel. ...

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Safe Passage

by Ann Morrow August 23, 2012

At the eastern end of Livingston Avenue, there is an old wooden walkway that leads to a concrete sidewalk. A few yards ahead toward the Albany waterfront, the sidewalk falls off into a crumbling embankment, ...

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Entreprenerd

by Elizabeth Conkey August 23, 2012

When Dan Cotrupe wasn’t busy studying architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, road tripping in pursuit of White Castle cheeseburgers, or playing Star Wars drinking games with his fellow Alpha Chi Rho brothers, he was, figuratively ...

A Call for Last Call

by Erin Pihlaja August 16, 2012

On July 19, the Albany Board of Zoning Appeals received an application from John DeJohn to extend the hours of two of his restaurants, Legends and DeJohn’s (286 and 288 Lark Street), from 2 AM ...

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Broken English

by Ralph Hammann August 16, 2012

In what is easily the most fascinating premise of many a theater season, Katori Hall brilliantly exploits a rare medical condition, Foreign Accent Syndrome, to deliver a brittle and affecting satire of race and class ...

Williamstown Theatre Festival

Living Arts

by Kirsten Ferguson August 16, 2012

Drive down a residential side street in the village of Salem, and you’ll find something unusual even for a small town in rural Washington County. Next to a railroad crossing on a street lined with ...

Being Careful About Personal-Care Products

by Elizabeth Conkey August 9, 2012

When Kara Scieszka was pregnant with her first daughter back in 2004, she took every possible precaution to have a healthy pregnancy. Her doctor was very helpful in advising her about diet, exercise and what ...

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Biking Against Obesity

by Erin Pihlaja August 9, 2012

Romano Scaturro was sweating as he climbed the steps of the New York State Capitol building late on Tuesday afternoon. He wore a bright orange T-shirt with the words “Be Like Gump” above a yellow ...

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