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The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

September 9, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl), 350-25 BCE; with Terracotta roundels with theatrical masks attached, 1st century BCEAdirondack Regional Theatre will present “The Iliad, the Odyssey and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less,” a mashup of well-known Greek myths given a contemporary twist. On a simple stage, with the clock ticking in front of everyone’s eyes, the cast speeds through all of Greek Mythology. It’s funny, updated, and made easy to understand. [Read more…] about The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Regional Theatre

Poetry: Stop Digging

September 9, 2023 by Lawrence Venturato Leave a Comment

Stop Digging

His well-known penchant
For making matters worse
Was exacerbated by
His obstinate persistence
Sadly he didn’t understand
When you’re in a hole
Stop digging

Read More Poems From the New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Poetry

Ten Broeck Mansion Announces Fall Art, History, and Garden Workshops

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sara Pruiksma, Where We Once Stood, (detail) 2019 courtesy the artistThe Albany County Historical Association, which operates the historic 1798 Ten Broeck Mansion in Albany as a museum and gardens, has announced new fall art, history, and garden workshops. [Read more…] about Ten Broeck Mansion Announces Fall Art, History, and Garden Workshops

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, History Tagged With: Albany County Historical Association, Ten Broeck Mansion

Staatsburgh Magic Lantern Show Features Nellie Bly’s 1899 Round-the-World Voyage

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Nellie Bly Around the World in 72 Days GraphicA small-town girl with little education, but possessing blazing ambition and talent, Nellie Bly rose from obscurity to worldwide fame by the age of 23. Following her groundbreaking muckraking journalism, exposing the horrors of a mental asylum by going undercover as an inmate, Bly continued to harness the power of sensational journalism by embarking on a journey around the world, setting out to beat the fictional record of Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in 80 Days (1872). [Read more…] about Staatsburgh Magic Lantern Show Features Nellie Bly’s 1899 Round-the-World Voyage

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Friends of Mills at Staatsburgh, Livingston Mills State Park, Staatsburgh State Historic Site

National Literacy Month Benefit Art Show in Glens Falls

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

TriCounty Literacy CenterTri-County Literacy Center (TLC) is hosting an art show fundraiser, Celebrating the Art of Community in the Friends Gallery, located on the second floor of Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, NY.

The show is scheduled to run through September 27, 2023, and is in celebration of National Literacy Month. [Read more…] about National Literacy Month Benefit Art Show in Glens Falls

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Crandall Public Library, National Literacy Month, Tri-County Literacy Center

Adirondack ‘Forest Megaphone’ Amplifies Natural Sound

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Paul Smiths Forest MegaphoneThe Paul Smith’s College’s Visitors Interpretive Center (VIC) in the Adirondacks has a Forest Megaphone on its accessible Barnum Brook Trail. The Forest Megaphone, an oversized wooden megaphone large enough for adults to sit or laydown in, amplifies surrounding natural sound for those seeking a deeper sensory experience in the outdoors. [Read more…] about Adirondack ‘Forest Megaphone’ Amplifies Natural Sound

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Franklin County, Paul Smith's College

Gaslight Foster: Old New York Storyteller & Social Geographer

September 6, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

"Prostitution: ‘Hooking a Victim’" engraving from George G. Foster's New York by Gas-Light, 1850.Having spent three weeks in Boston where he enjoyed an enthusiastic reception, Charles Dickens arrived on February 12, 1842, in South Street, Lower Manhattan, on the packet New York from New Haven. The city depressed him.

In his travelogue American Notes, he contrasted sun-filled Broadway with the filth of The Five Points. In the district’s narrow alleys the visitor was confronted with all that is “loathsome, drooping, and decayed.” Dickens described New York as a city of sunshine and gloom. [Read more…] about Gaslight Foster: Old New York Storyteller & Social Geographer

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Charles Dickens, Crime and Justice, Horace Greeley, Journalism, Manhattan, New York City, Newspapers, Opera, poverty, prostitution, Publishing, Social History, The Bowery, Urban History, Vice, Writing

Underground Railroad Education Center Online Reading Series

September 5, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Underground Railroad was the movement that enslaved African Americans used to gain freedom in the 19th Century. The Capital Region of New York State was visited by thousands of fugitives seeking freedom in the years prior to the Civil War. [Read more…] about Underground Railroad Education Center Online Reading Series

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Underground Railroad Education Center

Grant Cottage Victorian Sci-Fi Spectacle Set For September 30th

September 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Victorian sci-fiGrant Cottage State Historic Site in Saratoga County, NY, will present a “Victorian Sci-Fi Spectacle,” day filled with magic, history, and enchantment on September 30th. [Read more…] about Grant Cottage Victorian Sci-Fi Spectacle Set For September 30th

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Grant Cottage

Data Shows Libraries Recovering From Pandemic, Extending Services

September 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Patrons at the New York Public Library Main Branch, 2005The past several years of New York State’s public and association library annual reports highlight some promising trends as libraries recover from the pandemic. COVID-19 hit libraries hard, negatively impacting nearly every measure of library success. [Read more…] about Data Shows Libraries Recovering From Pandemic, Extending Services

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: covid, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Libraries, New York State Library

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