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Vauhini Vara’s new book “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” is a deeply personal and provocative exploration of how tech companies have both fulfilled and exploited our human desires for understanding and connection. It shows how we are complicit in all of this.

Betsy Jacks served as the Executive Director of The Thomas Cole Historic Site for 21 years. Now, she has a solo art show at Café Joust in Catskill, New York.“Embodiment," is a series of large-scale renderings depicting trees and tree-like beings that capture the essence of personal life experiences and hidden meanings.The collection reflects her observations of trees, inspired by their portrayal in Thomas Cole’s paintings and poetry. The paintings have been on display all month and you can still see them through April 28th.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and Albany Law School Professor Sarah Rogerson.

Albany Pro Musica will close its 2024-25 season with an homage to Broadway! Albany Pro Musica and the Pro Musica Pops will present some showtune favorites, arranged for chorus, small ensembles, and soloists, and featuring Broadway talent Jamari Johnson Williams.The concert happens April 26th at 7:30 at The Egg in Albany.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Grants analyst based in Albany Emily Honen (who has seen firsthand the impact that state and federal funding can have on businesses, municipalities, and nonprofits), The Empire Report’s JP Miller, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

We welcome back Kathryn Sheehan for another deep dive into the history of our region. Ray Graf hosts.

The NYS Writers Institute is partnering with the refugee and immigrant assistance organization, RISSE, to present a free screening of the award-winning documentary film, “Ultimate Citizens,” on April 29th at UAlbany’s Page Hall.

This week's Book Picks come from Connie Brooks and Heather Boyne from Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY and Amy Zimmerman from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, NY.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia DuMont, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI Jim Hendler, and Former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.

This week's Book Picks come from Cheryl McKeon from The Book House in Albany, NY and Marketblock Books in Troy, NY.