Issue: July 2024
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Intimate spaces, innovative shows — Region’s small theaters blaze a path through post-pandemic upheaval
Region’s small theaters blaze a path through post-pandemic upheaval Courtesy of Adams Theater By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer ANCRAM, N.Y. “And there are drums on the mountain …”On a July night, Martha Redbone will come to the banks of the Sankhenak river to compose music drawn up from her own folk, blues, gospel and Native… read more
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Online-betting windfall stirs debates
As states cheer revenue, critics point to costs of gambling addiction By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer Two years after New York legalized mobile sports betting, it appears the biggest winner by far has been the state government. From early 2022 through the beginning of this year, Albany raked in more than $1.55 billion from its… read more
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Happy herd, tasty cheese
At Ardith Mae Farm, the flavor starts with rambunctious goats Farmstead cheesemaker Shereen Alinaghian walks among the goats at Ardith Mae Farm in Stockport, N.Y. The farm has earned Animal Welfare Approved certification for more than a decade. Scott Langley photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer STOCKPORT, N.Y. It may be early afternoon, but Shereen… read more
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The high-pitched buzz of summers past
To some, the common mosquito represented an engineering marvel.“A scientist computes that with the aid of a machine constructed on the principle of the boring, drilling and pumping apparatus of the mosquito, a hole could be bored to the center of the earth in less than a day,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported… read more