Cassandra Harris-Lockwood: Artist, Activist, and Cultural Visionary

Cassandra Harris-Lockwood CHL,  recently received the prestigious 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Young Gifted and Black 21st Anniversary gala at the Terrace at...

Utica Entrepreneur Kali Alemu launches Innovative Cannabis Brand TreeWay VibeZ

Utica Phoenix newsmagazine celebrates Women's History Month this year by highlighting women in Utica who have done remarkable things. Kali Alemu was born and raised...

YGB Honoree Dr. Afia Wilson of MVHS

Photographs courtesy of Young Gifted and Black  It was with great honor and appreciation that I journeyed to NYC Queens, Terrace on the Park to...

Celebrate National Historic Marker Day with CCHS and Rogers Center

Celebrate National Historic Marker Day with CCHS and Rogers Center NORWICH, N.Y. – The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) will host an unveiling of the...

YWCA Mohawk Valley Holds 36 th Annual Salute to Outstanding Women

Eight Local Women Honored UTICA, N.Y. (March 28, 2025) – YWCA Mohawk Valley (YWCA MV) held the agency’s 36th annual Salute to Outstanding Women awards...

“Airplane Tales: The Home Front Edition 1941- 1945” With Jim and Connie Coulthart

During the Second World War, the American home front underwent significant changes,  including the rationing of food and gasoline, a substantial increase in the...

MVCC spring non-credit catalog available online

Mohawk Valley Community College’s Center for Corporate and Community Education (CCED) has launched its Spring 2025 non-credit course schedule, which is available online at www.mvcc.edu/cced....

Hot Seat: Media Monday 6/03/24: Sarah Klee Hood, Candidate for U.S. Congress in New...

Hot Seat: Media Monday 6/03/24: Sarah Klee Hood, Candidate for U.S. Congress in New York State's 22nd Congressional District Primary by Ron Klopfanstein In this episode...

Still Working 9 to 5: 44 years after the blockbuster, documentary filmmakers effectively make...

Still Working 9 to 5: 44 years after the blockbuster, documentary filmmakers effectively make the case that the message of 9 to 5 is...

“They play games on levels you can’t see,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 3

“They play games on levels you can’t see,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 3 By Ron Klopfanstein For my review, cultural analysis, and recap of episodes...