Herb Rogoff Interview, Exhibiting at BJS Artworks Gallery in Glens Falls July 16-August 27, 2011
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
If ever there was a renaissance man of art, no doubt it would be Herb Rogoff. Rogoff’s illustrious career has spanned the worlds of illustration, music, comics, painting, film and yes, even baseball. Though he spent [...]
Terry Rabine on Skin Deep, Lake George Dinner Theatre’s Latest Production
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
Since taking ownership in 2008 of the Lake George Dinner Theatre, Terry Rabine has made a concerted effort to bring new and contemporary plays to the dinner theatre stage. A veritable force in the theatre world, Rabine’s career has spanned [...]
HMRHS’s Executive Director, Brad Shear, on the Cat Overpopulation Problem & June as National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
By Nicole Berhaupt
For the last 15 years, Brad Shear, the Executive Director of the Hudson and Mohawk River Humane Society (HMRHS) in Menands, has been doing the type of work that he loves. As a young man with [...]
Albany-based Fashion Designer, Joleen Button, Interview
By Jessica Nicosia
If you had to guess what career Joleen Button had, her name could give you a hint. She is in fact a fashion designer, living and working in the Capital Region, but her artistic enterprising doesn’t stop there. Button is a creative powerhouse with her hand in fine [...]
Pete Mason Interview: Albany-based Author of PhanArt and PhanFood and Bonafide Phish Phan
By Stacey Stump
Albany-based author Pete Mason saw his first Phish show in December 1997 at what is now known as the Times Union Center. He remembers liking the music, but it wasn’t until he attended the Lemonwheel Festival the following summer that he [...]
An Interview with Filmmaker Nancy Savoca: Special Guest at the Lake Placid Film Forum
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
A highly respected independent filmmaker, Nancy Savoca spent the early part of her career learning the filmmaking ropes from such greats as John Sayles and Jonathan Demme. Her first feature film, True Love (1989), which she made [...]
An Interview with Artist Kate Austin-Avon
By Monica Sirignano
Kate Austin-Avon believes in putting the fun back into art. Take a look at her artist’s statement and you’ll see it simply says “Wheeee!” It’s exactly this kind of playful and colorful attitude that also shines through her work. A talented and creative artist who’s been showing her work [...]
Kathleen Carroll Talks about the Lake Placid Film Forum
By Monica Sirignano and Dave Bower
Kathleen Carroll spent almost three decades working as a NY Daily News film critic. Among her many credits, including interviews with some of film’s biggest stars, such as Clint Eastwood, Federico Fellini, Natalie Wood, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen and Robert Redford, Carroll [...]
An Interview with Katie Sullivan, daughter of Saranac Lake-based Filmmaker Fred G. Sullivan
By T J Brearton
Some call it “the bug.” There’s something that gets inside you and compels you to tell visual stories. To make films.
There are all kinds of filmmakers. Is it possible that Sofia Coppola may never have gotten into the biz if [...]
An Interview with Kim and Pam Ladd, Authors of the Upcoming Book, Happy Hour in the High Peaks
By Aubree Cutkomp
Kim and Pam Ladd are on a mission. A mission to get their book, Happy Hour in the High Peaks published.
Their blog of the same name is currently keeping track of the different [...]
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