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(Airs 02/27/26 @ 3 p.m. & 02/29/26 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara and Mike talk about media coverage of President Trump’s State of the Union Address, whether print newspapers matter anymore, a trust initiative at a major newspaper, and more.

French accordionist Théo Ould has been described by Le Monde as having “a masterly technique and an inexhaustible wealth of phrasing.” Ould began his musical education at the Marseille Conservatoire at the age of 6 and has become a rising star on the classical music scene.Ould is on his debut solo tour of the United States and Capital Regional Classical will present him in a tango-inspired concert on Sunday at Union College's Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, New York.

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York offers a collection of artworks that spans nearly 6,000 years of art history, from the ancient world to the present day. The museum's diverse and curated holdings include masterpieces from antiquity, the Renaissance, the modern era, and contemporary art.

The Eric Carl Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts has a new exhibition, “Free to Be You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs.” The exhibition is created by Margie Hofer and it is running through April 6, 2025. The exhibit celebrates the impact of the groundbreaking 1972 record, its subsequent picture books, and TV specials.

A sign reading “Americanitis” in neon-script on a red background - with round white marquee lightbulbs as a border is drawing patrons to one end of Building 6 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. This particular space at the contemporary art museum, which opened in 1999 and added this building in 2017, is called “The Prow” - and this is the first time it’s held an interactive exhibition. Alison Pebworth’s Cultural Apothecary opened at the end of February and features a tea service and several invitations to reflect on how you are feeling through emotion identification and surveys.

The International Center of the Capital Region will present a free public forum featuring a talk entitled "The Role of Diplomacy in Rebuilding Security in Europe" tonight from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Hudson Valley Community College Bulmer Telecommunications Center in Troy, New York. An open discussion will follow the presentation by Zachary Paikin, the Deputy Director of the Quincy Institute Better Order Project.

Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony will begin their 2025-2026 season next Saturday, featuring Stravinsky’smagnificent Firebird Suite, Dvořák’s masterful Cello Concerto, the world premiere of Look Up by Alex Berko and Sibelius’s stirring Finlandia.The concert will take place at the historic Palace Theatre in downtown Albany on Saturday, October 11, beginning at 7:30pm. A pre-concert talk by Music Director David Alan Miller will begin at 6:30pm.

Nicole Zuraitis is a 2X GRAMMY® winning and 6X GRAMMY-nominated jazz singer-songwriter, pianist and arranger, New York-based bandleader and winner of the prestigious 2021 American Traditions Vocal Competition Gold Medal.On Valentines Day, this coming Saturday, she’ll perform at Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York.

Brian Schaefer’s debut novel, “Town & Country,” is set in a small rural town during a congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals, and shifting allegiances. Spanning six months, from Memorial Day to Election Day, “Town & Country” paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a community in flux. There will be a book launch event for “Town & Country” at The Spark of Hudson in Hudson, New York on Saturday, November 8 at 6 p.m.

Quaker activist, facilitator, and teacher Eileen Flanagan will discuss her book ‘Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us From Our Illusion of Separation’ at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs tonight at 6 p.m.