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AUGUST 20: The Daily Flashback
1741: Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska.1866: U.S. President Andrew Johnson formally declared that the American Civil War was over.1882: Tchaikovsky's…
AUGUST 18: On This Date in Nippertown Concert History
Dennis Diken of the Smithereens @ Empire State Plaza Food Festival, 8/18/10
Compiled by Greg HaymesPhotograph by Alan Goldberg
On This Date in Local 518 Concert…
Salute to Hamilton at Siena: Wine Tasting August 19
Salute to "Hamilton" wine tasting
Siena College is hosting a wine tasting on Monday, August 19th at 6:30 pm to celebrate upstate New York’s American Revolution history,…
AUGUST 17: On This Date in Nippertown Concert History
Compiled by Greg HaymesPhotograph of Alex Mexiner at Shepard Park, 8/17/16 by Andrzej Pilarczyk
On This Date in Local 518 Concert History. Check out our round-up of…
AUGUST 17: The Daily Flashback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azgwfnZu7c
1790: The capital city of the U.S. moved from New York City to Philadelphia.1807: Robert Fulton's "North River Steam Boat"…
A Joyfully Tragic Ending: The Philadelphia on All Mozart, August 17th
When the program titled “All Mozart” was announced as the season finale for the most adventurous SPAC season in recent memory (arguably ever) I was disappointed. But I was…
AUGUST 16: On This Date in Nippertown Concert History
Roosevelt Dime's Andrew Green @ Empire State Plaza, 8/16/17
Compiled by Greg HaymesPhotograph by Richard Brody
On This Date in Local 518 Concert History. Check out our…
AUGUST 16: The Daily Flashback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82yNxiF-T4A
1777: During the American Revolutionary War, New England's minutemen routed the British regulars at the Battle of…