Author: Crystal Hall
Joe Putrock photo: Sydney Worthley performs during the 2023 Eddies Music Awards. SCHENECTADY – Soul rock singer-songwriter Buggy Jive took home both Video and Album of the Year honors at the 5th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards at Proctors Sunday, April 28, and indie pop artist Sydney Worthley received Record... Read more » ... Read More
The 2023 Proctors Legacy Society Dinner will be held on the Harry Apkarian Stage at Proctors Wednesday, June 28. At our annual dinner, we recognize those generous individuals who have included Proctors in their estate plans. The Society inducts a new class of donors each year with a certificate and... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY — An artist and choreographer with extensive stage and teaching experience and a lengthy history working with the Collaborative School of the Arts and Capital Repertory Theatre has joined the school as director of dance programming. Freddy Ramirez, an artistic associate at theREP who has worked with the school... Read more » ... Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Universal Preservation Hall announced the 2023 slate of officers and a new member for its board of directors. New to the board is Carmine DeCrescente. DeCrescente, Vice President of DeCrescente Distributing Company, has been with DDC since 2006 and currently leads all DDC’s service operations and communications... Read more » ... Read More
Pictured L-R: Kyle Garvin, Gabrielle Bazinet Douglas and Yvonne Perry. Photo by Doug Liebig. ALBANY — Frequent patrons of Capital Repertory Theatre productions will recognize familiar faces in theREP’s current show, William Shakespeare’s popular comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” In a world where dreams and reality blend together, the story... Read more » ... Read More
SCHENECTADY– Proctors Collaborative recently announced changes to its board of directors. Raimundo Archibold, who was previously the vice-chairperson, will be taking over as chairperson this year as Heather Ward completes her term. Archibold, the managing director at the Schwartz Heslin Group, has been with the firm since 2010 and currently... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY – Capital Repertory Theatre announced several recent changes to its board of directors. Margaret Becker has been appointed as the new president of theREP’s board. Becker will be replacing Harold Iselin after completing his term and filling the role for many years. Becker previously held the role of vice... Read more » ... Read More
ALBANY — Mike Campese started playing guitar at the age of 13 and his mastery of the instrument has brought him all over the world. Growing up in a musical household, his dad a violinist and brother an acoustic guitar player, Campese was always influenced by music. “But at the... Read more » ... Read More
Felicia Collins is inducted in the 5th Eddies Music Hall of Fame class ALBANY — Felicia Collins learned to play guitar by ear in Catholic elementary school because it didn’t offer music classes. She graduated to an “adult” instrument when she was 11, talking a shop owner into letting her... Read more » ... Read More
RENSSELAER — Decades after founding Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in Michigan and disbanding the act nine years later in California, John Tichy and George Frayne found themselves nearly together once again, separated by just 30 miles in the Capital Region. The story begins in Michigan. Tichy, born... Read more » ... Read More