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The latest spike in COVID numbers has Capital Region live entertainment venues again...

Successful grant-site launch adds hope for arts groups FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Buy PhotoProctors marquee on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at Proctors in Schenectady, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)Cindy SchultzShow MoreShow Less 4of8 The stone foundation of the building at the corner of North Pearl Street and Livingston Avenue in Albany, now the new Capital Repertory Theatre, dates back to the original St. Joseph's Church. A bakery was on the site for two decades before being being rebuilt with brick after an 1887 fire. The building was also home to a refrigeration company and an ...

TROY, N.Y. — Spring of 2021 finds us in a state of mind trapped between fatigue and hope. As warm weather arrives and vaccinations continue to increase, we are cautiously beginning to mix publicly with one another. There is hope about the future, but it is tempered by doubt and tampered by caution. After a year of isolation, we examine how we have been affected by a year without social interaction. We all have our questions for which there are no clear answers. - Advertisement - In an effort to begin to address those questions, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and local performers Sophia Sub...

Federal loan site troubles frustrate Capital Region arts groups FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Buy PhotoJosé Daniel Flores-Caraballo, Opalka Family Artistic Director of Albany Pro Musica, announces an entirely virtual concert series for the 2020-2021 season during a media event at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Troy, N.Y. The virtual season will deliver performances on WMHT TV and radio. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of5Buy PhotoProctors Collaborative CEO Phillip Morris speaks at the media tour and ...

There will be at least eight free community concerts taking place throughout Rensselaer County. Areas of downtown Troy will be converted into traffic-free public gathering places that feature musical entertainment. - Advertisement - The expectation is that the large downtown concert series, Rockin’ on the River, is also going to happen, once the COVID protocols have been put in place. Clearly, this much activity takes more than one approach to support and coordinate the events. Indeed, although the goals are the same, two individuals reflect the different avenues to presenting music. One...