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A dear friend of mine recently moved with his family from Albany to another state. Having tasted the bitter pill of friendships that die slowly, I worried…

A half-hour north of Albany outside the town of Stillwater you will find the Still Point Interfaith Retreat Center, in my opinion, one of the Capitol…

Dan Reeder's mixture of folk, blues and early rock and roll — combined with his do-it-yourself approach to his music and his sympathetic voice — has led him to a new stage in his life, touring with singer/songwriter John Prine and releasing a second album.

Novelist and playwright Dan Fante writes about alcoholism, drug addiction and failed attempts at literary success — all of which he has experienced himself. He discusses the process of reliving his past on paper.

The Barberville Falls in Rensselaer County rush with noisy, furious joy down an imposing, ninety- foot wall of wafer-like stacks of sandstone, limestone…

Over the last hundred years, The American Jewish community has built an extraordinary system of Jewish summer camping programs. Their goal is to give our…

Having barely passed high school physics, I surprised myself some time ago when I took on the daunting, thankless task of teaching a lesson about light,…

Zanes is a big star in kids' music, and he's collaborated with artists as diverse as Natalie Merchant, Lou Reed and The Blind Boys of Alabama. Zanes' latest release, 76 Trombones, is a tribute to Broadway music, kid-style. He teams up with stars of the Great White Way, including Carol Channing (Hello Dolly!) and Matthew Broderick.

She walks up to me after morning services, her face uplifted and bright. “I wanted to let you know about some great news I got from my son,” she grins.…

In 1951, the African American poet, Langston Hughes published his anguished masterpiece, Harlem:What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry uplike a…