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Entertainer Gregory Hines, a marvelous dancer, Tony-winning stage actor and film star, has died of cancer, his publicist says. Hines was 57. His 1992 Broadway success in Jelly's Last Jam was a highlight of a sparkling career. Hear an NPR News report.

Peter Hughes, Manager of The Linda: WAMC's Performing Arts Studio, joins us with a preview of upcoming events and broadcasts.

(Airs 11/28/21 @ 6 p.m. & 11/29/21 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, WAMC’s News Director Ian Pickus, and David Guistina, host of Northeast Report Morning Edition on WAMC and Producer of the Media Project. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Ian and David talk about WAMC’s interview with former New York Governor Cuomo showing up in a State Assembly report, the ethics of reporters breaking news in books they write, and more.

(Airs 08/30/24 @ 3 p.m. & 09/01/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and David talk about fact-checking by media, CNN getting Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for their first interview together, Russia barring more U.S. journalists, what happened at Arlington National Cemetery, and much more.

(Airs 10/10/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/12/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk the new Pentagon rules for journalists, media trust at an all-time low, an interview with special guest Glenn Kessler, former fact checker for The Washington Post, and much more.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-831918.mp3Albany, NY – An interesting discussion on the issue of Same-Sex Marriage in…

Using ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson’s groundbreaking talk on the history of anti-Black racism in America as a springboard, "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America," interweaves present-day and historical archival footage, Robinson’s personal story, and interviews capturing Robinson’s meetings with change-makers and eyewitnesses, to capture the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it.The film is showing at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival and we will get a preview.

Alexis Soloski is a prize-winning New York Times culture reporter and a former lead theater critic at The Village Voice. She has taught at Barnard College and at Columbia University, where she earned her PhD in theater. "Here in the Dark" is her first novel.

David Greenberger and The Huckleberries present “Universal Preservation” this Sunday afternoon at UPH in Saratoga - a showcase of the magic that lies in the art of conversation. Greenberger’s latest artistic venture is a playground of conversation filled with knock-knock jokes, not-so-rhetorical questions and observations about the world.

Mike Nichols has won every major entertainment award over a decades-long career that included theater, comedy, television and film. He returned to Broadway directing a revival of Death of a Salesman, which picked up seven Tony nominations. Nichols has warned that the production may be his last.