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YouTubeSawyer Fredericks performs during a virtual concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany, streamed on Wednesday.

Singer-songwriter trifecta impresses virtual Palace crowd Wednesday

The last time Sawyer Fredericks played the Palace Theatre, he was centerstage, as 2,800 devotees watched the soon-to-be winner of… Read more »

David Pietrusza and his latest book

Glenville author has written 8 books on presidents and 3 on baseball. His latest is about growing up in Amsterdam

David Pietrusza has written a number of well-received books on presidents and presidential elections, but he has no desire to… Read more »

Moriah Formica performs onstage at the Clifton Commons in Clifton Park on Aug. 4, 2019. Inset: Madison VanDenburg at the Times Union Center in 2019 and Sawyer Fredericks at the Glove Theater in Gloversville in 2018.

Albany

Palace to live-stream concert by Formica, Fredericks and VanDenburg

Moriah Formica, Sawyer Fredericks and Madison VanDenburg will perform a virtual concert kicking off at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 13)… Read more »

From left, Danielle Elizabeth, Austin Lee Russell (aka Chumlee) and Rick Harrison check out a jacket once worn by Billy Gibbons during a recent episode of the reality series “Pawn Stars” on the History Channel.

Niskayuna

Niskayuna High grad featured on History Channel’s ‘Pawn Stars’

Niskayuna High School graduate and Las Vegas showgirl Danielle Flahive got more than she bargained for on the latest episode… Read more »

Wil Baptiste, left, and Kev Marcus of Black Violin.

Local performing arts venues offer students free virtual concert

Students in the Capital Region can take part in a free virtual “field trip” with the classical/hip-hop duo Black Violin… Read more »

The recently opened Via Dino Discovery exhibit at ViaPort mall in Rotterdam.

Dino-myte! New ViaPort exhibit aims to provide education, entertainment

ROTTERDAM — A few noisy prehistoric creatures have taken up residence in Rotterdam’s ViaPort mall recently. Some have nested, while… Read more »

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Capital Region

Save Our Stages could mean relief for arts venues

Relief may be in sight for Capital Region theaters and other cultural institutions. The $900 billion federal COVID relief bill… Read more »

Scenes from "Calf Rope," with Gorman Ruggiero as an auctioneer in the lower frame. (Screen captures from the film)

Schenectady native Gorman Ruggiero stars in award-winning short film ‘Calf Rope’

Schenectady native Gorman Ruggiero has had to learn a lot of strange skills as an actor and producer. Auctioneering is… Read more »

The writer is ready for a snowshoeing adventure. (Margaret Hartley/For The Daily Gazette)

Greenpoint: Always expected, winter sneaks up

The snow started around 8 Wednesday night. We had prepped by doing some of those last-minute pre-winter chores that we… Read more »

Gregg August (photo by John Marolakos)

Rotterdam native’s album ‘Dialogues on Race’ nominated for Grammy

While the national dialogue has been more focused on race in the last year or so, it’s been on musician… Read more »