|
 ART
MEETS BOTANY: John Clarke’s technique in creating
his flower art seems like a digital-mechanical echo of the
organic process in itself. Clarke collects and presses the
flowers himself, and then the pressed flowers are “placed
on glass and scanned four times in red, green, blue and black.”
The resulting images, printed on “fine art papers,” are treated
with powdered pigmented inks, and rolled over with a “heat
fuser.” You’ll be able to view Clarke’s delicate, almost abstract
images (like Love in the Mist, pictured) at the Berkshire
Frame Works Art Gallery (740 Williams St., Pittsfield,
Mass.) from April 9-30. The artist’s reception is on April
9 from 3 to 5 PM. For more info, call the gallery at (413)
443-0106.
DOIN’
IT FOR COHOES: I think it was Winston Churchill
(or Pat Metheny) who said, “As goes the Cohoes Music
Hall, so goes Cohoes.” In this spirit of artistic and
civic support, then, we are happy to turn your attention to
the Second Annual Cohoes Music Hall Gala, to be held at the
Music Hall (35 Remsen St., Cohoes) this Saturday, April 2
at 6 PM. Following a cocktail reception and silent auction,
50 local notables will sing and/or dance in the classic Broadway
style. Look for newscasters Traci Egan, Kumi Tucker,
Jerry Gretzinger and Brian Taffe, too. And all
this for a measly 35 clams. Call 237-7999 for info.
—Shawn
Stone
 |
|
You
Gotta Get Out to Get In
A skilled technician from Cinema Service & Supply
was busy yesterday (Wednesday, March 30) dismantling
the old projector system at the Palace Theatre in Albany.
This is, of course, to make way for the new projection
equipment that will allow movies to once again be shown
at the Albany jewel.
photo:Chris Shields
|
TEE
HEE HEE: Local comedians found no shortage of laughs last
week as an amateur comedy competition organized by the Comedy
Works in downtown Albany brought more than 40 funnymen—and
funnywomen—to the stage. The event was held over three nights,
and Comedy Works co-owner Tom Nicchi Jr. said he pulled talent
for the competition from a few outlying areas of the Capital
Region. Still, by the final round, local open-mic regulars
took center stage at the event. Steve Adiletta, a 21-year-old
comic beginning to get some professional notice, was eventually
voted champion joke-jockey, while another local favorite,
Aaron Ward, took second place. Nicchi said the turnout for
the event—which was initially considered a test to see how
popular such a competition might be—exceeded expectations,
with some nights drawing as many audience members as usually
turn out for professional comics. Nicchi said he plans to
make a regular event out of the competition in the hope of
drawing attention to Albany’s burgeoning comedy scene.
—Rick
Marshall
|
Columns
& Opinions
