Pianist, accordionist, and RPI professor performed for the Music at Noon series at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Troy Savings Bank Music Hall here …  

Jesse Sample’s Freak of the Week airs EVERY WEDNESDAY at 6pm Eastern ONLY on RadioRadioX.com This is Jesse Sample. Do you remember your first beer?  I don’t but I do remember the first time I felt beer. There was a sense of joy and romance. Maybe the word is euphoria. It felt like all the […]

Metal Night at Ophelia’s featured Gozer (amongst others) on February 7. Photography by Stephanie J Bartik. More from Ophelia’s here …  

Bullying the Tall Girl – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny. Bullying sucks. When you’re a kid, you’re the worst. And, as someone who was bullied in school growing up, I can say that one of the worst parts of it is the fact that you don’t see the bigger picture […]

On February 28, 2026 @7pm and March 1, 2026 @ 3:00pm, join us at the Strand Theatre as we welcome A MAN NAMED CASH – the nationally acclaimed tribute to the music of Johnny Cash! After last year’s record sold-out concert celebration of Johnny Cash’s birthday anniversary, A Man Named Cash is back at The Strand Theatre —this time […]

The Year of Storms, Chptr. 1 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. Paint, cold and slick, its acrylic base tortured in pigment until it cried crimson rivulets and gleamed in the pale light of the streetlamp. Concrete bathed in that same light, bare, smooth over yards and rough over inches, porous and thirsty for […]

LIFT SERIES Returns Tomorrow! TROY, NEW YORK:     Te popular Lift Series returns tomorrow with bluegrass favorites The Millstone Rounders!  These performances give you the unique opportunity to sit on the historic stage with the artists while they perform.  Tickets are only $25 in advance! The Lift Concert Series presents performances of new, independent music featuring regional […]