Hot Seat: Media Monday 04/22/24 Interview with The Tram’s Robin Raabe
Hot Seat: Media Monday 04/22/24 Interview with The Tram's Robin Raabe
by Ron Klopfanstein
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Robin Raabe has been in business for nearly 30 years. In her...
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 Players” practiced the opening scene of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning...
Streaming Something Rotten, Utica College Theatre Department meets the challenge of COVID
By Ron Klopfanstein
Cailee Blackington is a freshman at Utica College. She is majoring in Communications and Media with a Theater concentration and Animal Behavior. You can catch one of her performances this weekend. It...
The First Time We Had Pride
By Ron Klopfanstein
The first swell of rainbows, the Utica Gay Pride Parade of 1998
Twenty-three years ago, That Place on Bleeker Street was the “gay bar” in the area and the only safe space to...
Hot Seat: Media Monday show notes: Tony Taurisano, digital archivist and traffic light collector,...
Hot Seat: Media Monday show notes: Tony Taurisano, digital archivist and traffic light collector, shares a 72-year-old radio show hosted by Lou Barile
by Ron Klopfanstein
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Ron Klopfanstein on “50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a special episode of The Hot Seat
Ron Klopfanstein on “50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a special episode of The Hot Seat
Hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. On this episode of “The Hot Seat with Cassandra Harris Lockwood,” I outline its...
The Curious Case of Rose Grimaldi and Carolann Cardone
By Ron Klopfanstein
Two days after the failed coup attempt in Washington, Patrick Lohmann, a reporter for Syracuse.com broke staggering political news closer to home.
“700 votes were tossed in Oneida County. Officials ignored state law...
“The star of the show has been sacked,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 1
"The star of the show has been sacked," Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 1
by Ron Klopfanstein
For my review and cultural analysis of Nolly go to UticaPhoenix.net/TV
“It’s not live, but it’s ‘as live,’ so don’t make...
Hot Seat: Media Monday Arts & Entertainment News for the week of Monday, April...
Hot Seat: Media Monday Arts & Entertainment News for the week of Monday, April 22nd - Sunday, April 28th
By Ron Klopfanstein
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This Saturday is the 11th...
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 waited for the commencement of the annual ceremony observing the...