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BOOK REVIEW: JoAnn Stevelos’ “Dream Alibis”
Review by Sara Ayers
Children learn the history of their families through stories, told over and over: "That's how your parents met." "That's how we lost the house."…
BookBeat: Roger Noyes Moves from the Stage to the Page
If you're a Greater Nippertown music fan, chances are good that you're familiar with guitarist Roger Noyes, who plays in such bands as the Arch Stanton Quartet and the…
MASS MoCA Announces Summer Season of Concerts & More
Photograph by Ed Conway
In North Adams, the already massive MASS MoCA is about to double its gallery space with the Sunday, May 28 grand opening of the 130,000 square…
Musician’s Haiku
In honor of National Haiku Day and the launch of the annual Albany Word Festival, Nippertown.com is pleased to publish the new poem by Ramblin Jug Stompers' banjo player,…
FEST: Albany Word Fest, A Week of Readings
April is National Poetry Month, which also means it's time for the return of the Albany Word Fest. The 16th annual fest takes over Greater Nippertown from Monday-Saturday,…
Congrats to Paul Grondahl
Photograph by Ed Conway
Paul Grondahl, the author and award-winning writer-reporter-columnist at The Times Union since 1984, has been named the new director of the New…
FREE: NYS Writers Institute Schedule for 2017
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From classic films to a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, from a British television…
BEST OF 2016: Washington Post’s 10 Best Graphic Novels
Yes, it's that time of year once again - best of the year list-time, that is. We're gathering together Best of 2016 from media outlets, our own contributors and our…