Music matters: 2 Black-owned record labels changed history
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Just because we can’t attend physical events doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of cool stuff happening around the Capital Region. Last week, I had the good fortune to be part of one.
On Feb. 13, the Albany Institute of History & Art held a virtual presentation entitled Black Swan Records and Motown Records – African-American Independent Music Companies. The class, conducted through Zoom by local music historian Donald Hyman, took the few dozen participants on a journey through two of the most important labels in American music and cultural history.
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Snowshoeing is a great winter activity to get kid out of the house. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN
Time is a crazy construct in these pandemic days. It both flies and crawls, and just when you think you’ve conquered the calendar and settled into a routine, you realize it’s mid-winter school recess. The kids are off for a whole week and you have nothing planned.
But then what is there to do? So many go-to sites, like museums and movie theaters are still closed. Certain available scenarios still feel wildly unsafe. The closest most of us can get to a warm-weather respite is a light therapy lamp, an ocean waves sound machine and a margarita.
What will become of the house Nipper built in Albany?
Albany s top dog still waits for warehouse district revitalization to reach 991 Broadway
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1of14Buy PhotoArnoff Moving and Storage on Broadway is known for its 28-foot fiberglass RCA dog known as Nipper. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van BurenShow MoreShow Less
2of14Buy PhotoA view of Nipper, the RCA mascot, on top of the former RTA Distributors building in Albany s warehouse district on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
4of14Buy PhotoA view of Nipper, the RCA mascot, on top of the former RTA Distributors building in Albany s warehouse district on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Albany Institute closing until late January
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Exterior of the Albany Institute of History and Art on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van Buren / Times Union
ALBANY The Albany Institute of History of Art will be closed for almost three weeks, starting Thursday.
Noting that rising COVID-19 cases locally prompted Albany County Executive Dan McCoy earlier this week to urge people to stay at home except for essential activities and request that businesses allow employees to work remotely when possible, museum officials chose to close to the public, with an expected reopening of Jan. 27.
Festive museum exhibits continuing throughout the Capital Region | The Daily Gazette
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This 1912 photograph of people on the skating pond in Albany’s Washington Park is part of the Albany Institute of History & Art outdoor pop-up exhibit, featuring archival photos and images of winter scenes. The exhibit can be found along Washington Avenue and can be viewed through Jan. 3.
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While we may be celebrating the season differently this year, there are plenty of exhibitions to get us into the holiday spirit.
From the festive holiday-themed Saturday Evening Post covers by Norman Rockwell to “Decking the Halls” at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, there are a variety of exhibits across the region that will do the trick.