This week the nation celebrates the need for government openness during annual “Sunshine Week.”

To start with a bit of personal history: I was the drum major of my high school marching band. To prepare to wear the big hat and carry the baton, I went to a summer drum major camp at a big university in the west; I was told that I had to “learn some struts.”

My wife and I met and courted in Iran while we were both in the U.S. Peace Corps. Our first date – I think it was in the late Spring of 1966 – was a walk through the grand bazaar in Tehran. It has now been bombed as part of the hostilities among the U.S., Israel and Iran.

This week Proctors announced its 2026-2027 Key Bank Broadway Series and the Capital Repertory Theatre season.

It took three tries and some prompting but I finally got AI to produce the answer I was looking for. I asked it — if AI has preferred pronouns it’s up to artificial intelligence to let me know what they are — whether winter had an equivalent to Indian Summer. What provoked the query were the three days of seventy-degree weather that nature granted us this week.

The production of “Archduke” playing at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany through March 29 is a phenomenal production of material that, though a bit dense, is incredibly stimulating.

There was a point in not that distant NBA history where 83 points was a decent amount. Like pretty much the entire 90’s for the Knicks. That, of course, is for an entire team, for an entire game.

The 98th Oscars is finally this Sunday March 15th, with returning host Conan O'Brien. Hope it's a fun show, with a bunch of surprises. Here are my predictions in seven major categories.

What’s going on in the Middle East among Israel, the U.S., Iran and whoever else?

I’m worse than the average person when it comes to free stuff. If a company is giving away something for nothing you’ll find me nudging others aside to get to the front of the line. I blame it on my dad.