Ron Klopfanstein interviews Cassandra Harris Lockwood for Martin Luther King Day “Hot Seat”
Ron Klopfanstein interviews Cassandra Harris Lockwood for Martin Luther King Day "Hot Seat"
by Ron Klopfanstein
In our special Martin Luther King Day 2024 episode of...
“We dragged hip-hop upstate” DJ JMC, on 50 Years of Hip-Hop
"We dragged hip-hop upstate" DJ JMC, on 50 Years of Hip-Hop
By Ron Klopfanstein
Hip-hop began 50 years ago in The Bronx. While it has evolved...
95.5 FM “The Heat’s” DJ J Easy on 50 Years of Hip-Hop
95.5 FM "The Heat's" DJ J Easy on 50 Years of Hip-Hop
By Ron Klopfanstein
Hip-hop began 50 years ago in The Bronx. While it has...
Utica University Celebrates Coming Out Day
Utica University Celebrates Coming Out Day
By Ron Klopfanstein
Utica University’s Strebel Lounge was filled with rainbow colors for a National Coming Out Day celebration on...
Honoring the Sacrifices Made at the Bloody Battle of Oriskany by Ron Klopfanstein
Honoring the Sacrifices Made at the Bloody Battle of Oriskany
By Ron Klopfanstein
“I have three ancestors who died here,” Mary Ellen Smith said as she...
Freedom to Read Rally For Education and Equality Draws Enthusiastic Community Support
Freedom to Read Rally For Education and Equality Draws Enthusiastic Community Support
By Ron Klopfanstein
Dozens of people braved the wind and rain Saturday afternoon as...
Central New York celebrates Pride 2023
By Ron Klopfanstein
Celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ Community is more important than ever this year, there are many ways to do that right here...
These Good and Crazy People: Utica University’s “Pioneer Players” present Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”
by Ron Klopfanstein
Last Tuesday, I finished teaching my English 102 class and headed to Strebel Auditorium to watch while Utica University Theatre Department’s “Pioneer...
When they come for one of us: Central New York rallies for the Transgender...
Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates transgender people and their contributions to society while raising awareness of the prejudice and discrimination many in the community...
Utica’s Hunger Games; Will indifference, incompetence, or inattention cost Cornhill its community garden?
How Utica's inner city minority community is fighting to save its decades-old neighborhood green space from an out-of-town developer who surreptitiously acquired the land...