Troy/Albany Suzan-Lori Parks’ Scarlet Update Draws Blood In the Blood Saint Rose Theater Albany N.Y. March 15, 2024 Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, a gritty urban remix of The Scarlet Letter, presents the struggles of a RS Benedict 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Live Live Revelation: Middle-Age Uncool Is Fine Live Unplugged The Egg Albany, N.Y. 2/27/24 I ran into a work friend — a fellow civil servant — in the Egg’s subterranean entrance before the Live concert. RS Benedict 3 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Albany Civic Theater Counts The Minutes The Minutes Albany Civic Theater Albany, N.Y. 2/15/24 While attending a production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes in New York City, capital region theater director Brian Sheldon RS Benedict 19 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Taína Asili Finds The Beat In Climate Crisis Fever Pitch The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio Albany, N.Y. Jan. 27, 2024 The most striking feature of Taína Asili’s evolving multimedia concert/performance piece Fever Pitch, RS Benedict 2 Feb 2024 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany E‑Block Jams In The Lobby The E‑Block The Palace Theater Albany, N.Y. Jan. 13, 2024 A dense crowd huddled in the lobby of Albany’s Palace Theater Saturday to see local R& RS Benedict 17 Jan 2024 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Speedo Santas Overrun New York’s Capital 18th Annual Santa Speedo Sprint Lark Street Albany, N.Y. Dec. 9, 2023 Two weeks before Christmas, Albany’s beloved entertainment hotspot Lark Street was overrun by semi-nude Saint Nicks. RS Benedict 12 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Harp Meets The Dead: Mikaela Davis & Maybird, Lost in Wonderland, Lost in Time Mikaela Davis with special guest Maybird Lark Hall Albany, N.Y. Dec. 7, 2023 In the depths of dreary winter, after a week of short and sunless days, as intermittent RS Benedict 11 Dec 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany These Paintings Rhyme & Flow Free Visual Poetry: New Vistas Arts Center of the Capital Region 265 River St Troy, N.Y. Through Dec. 20 Yeachin Tsai’s thick brush strokes start with the gestures of RS Benedict 21 Nov 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Vermin Supreme Digs A Pony Vermin Supreme “Cam-Pain” Tour Fuze Box Albany, N.Y. Oct. 8, 2023 During a show at Albany’s Fuze Box Sunday, performance artist/activist Vermin Supreme unveiled the platform of RS Benedict 10 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany DIRK & Quirks: Int’l Film Fest Sees World Through Micro Lens New York State International Film Festival The Linda/ WAMC Performing Arts Studio Albany, N.Y. Sept. 22 – 23 The eighth annual New York State International Film Festivalc elebrated small things. RS Benedict 26 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Delaney Silvernell Gives All Clear To Dance Pop musicians have a reputation for artificiality, but there was nothing manufactured about Delaney Silvernell’s show at Albany’s Fuze Box last Friday. The former contestant of The Voice RS Benedict 30 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Troy/Albany Powwow Drums Set Heartbeat For Wild Musical Ride At a Medicine Singers show, barriers are loose suggestions, meant to be crossed: barriers between music styles, and cultures, and time. The group’s sound combines powwow drumming with psychedelic RS Benedict 15 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany 10 Abstract Artists Summon “The Feels” The Feels, a group exhibition showcasing the work of ten Albany area abstract artists, invites the viewer to do just that: feel the phantom texture of smooth ceramic and rough RS Benedict 10 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Troy/Albany Aimee Mann’s No-Nonsense Honesty Ages With Grace Only Aimee Mann could make a giant concrete orb packed with hundreds of strangers feel intimate. But during her show Monday night at The Egg, Albany’s oddly-shaped performing arts RS Benedict 27 Jul 2023 · 3 min read
