Last Monday, my Street Academy trivia team took home the big prize at Revolution Hall – which included tickets to the Albany River Rats game on Halloween weekend. For me, it will be the first time in over 12 years that I’ve seen a Rats game. Why so long? For that answer, I have to…
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Albany’s First Professional Basketball Team: The 1920’s Senators
Their star forward was only 5’4″ tall. One of their guards switched to baseball by the end of the season. Most of the players suited up for different teams in different leagues – during the same season. 5,000 fans, including New York Governor Al Smith, packed the Washington Avenue Armory to see their games. And…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons Memories: Your New Announcer, Chuck Miller
I saw the notice on the albanypats.com website. The Albany Patroons will not be in operation during the 2009 – 2010 season. Thanks for your support. Of course, on that same webpage you can click to order tickets for the 2009-10 season… if it ever gets played… Yeah, I’m bummed that the Patroons aren’t coming…
Read MorePhoto Essay: FLUX Art Show at St. Joseph’s Church
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I took in an art exhibit that day. Historic Albany Foundation, a group dedicated to the preservation of buildings and history of this region, has been trying to restore the 153-year-old St. Joseph’s Church on Ten Broeck Street – a house of worship that, after the Albany Roman…
Read MoreSee John Wilkes Booth performing in an Albany theater!
With all the excitement about President Obama coming to Troy to speak at Hudson Valley Community College Monday, I looked over the list of various presidents who have visited the Capital Region, in one way or another. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1861, he traveled by train from Illinois to Washington, D.C. –…
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