Arts Center of the Capital Region

Review by David Brickman It's been 50 years, and the Fence Show is still going strong at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy. I can remember in…

Two Troy artists were the recipients of new, no-strings-attached cash awards that were presented at Wednesday (May 15) night's gala celebration at the Arts…

If you're a regular Nippertown reader, you know that we're pretty much devoted to two things - the local arts scene and dogs. So we dove right in three…

By David Brickman You probably remember the Richard Dreyfuss character in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," whose obsession with a curious…

Listen... No question about it, composer John Cage was ahead of his time. In fact, although he died in 1992, his music is still ahead of our time. So it…

Holly & Evan ease their way through a smokey, sublime rendition of "123" with some help from special guest blues harpist Ted Hennessey of the Doornails.…

Caffè Lena has received a 2011 Grammy Foundation Grant which will go to help preserve Caffè Lena's rare recordings of live performances from 1960-1975 with help…

MICHEAL BENEDICT & BOPITUDE: In late January, jazz drummer/bandleader Michael Benedict slipped into Cotton Hill Studios in Albany for a weekend-long…