Katherine Kiessling
Writer at Times Union (Albany)
arts & culture @timesunion | former theater kid™️ | film, tv & pop culture obsessive | @NewhouseSU & @RowanUniversity | all opinions are my own
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3 days ago |
timesunion.com | Katherine Kiessling
SCHENECTADY — Amsterdam and South Glens Falls' high schools won big by going “way down to Hadestown” for the 2025 High School Musical Theatre Awards on Saturday. The annual celebration of high school theater, presented by the Collaborative School of the Arts at Proctors, also welcomed three new categories honoring achievements on and off the stage. Both Amsterdam High School and South Glens Falls High School’s productions of “Hadestown: Teen Edition” nabbed three awards for each school.
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4 days ago |
timesunion.com | Katherine Kiessling
As the Albany Symphony wrapped up its dress rehearsal on the evening of May 2, the staff received upsetting news. The National Endowment for the Arts was terminating its $35,000 grant for the orchestra’s annual American Music Festival, set to open in a month. Simultaneously in Schenectady, Empire State Youth Orchestra learned the $10,000 grant NEA offered last year had been withdrawn.
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1 week ago |
timesunion.com | Katherine Kiessling
WATERVLIET — John Pattison’s reason for auditioning for “The Importance of Being Earnest” was simple. “I figured it was time I did some theater,” he said. “I’m 94. I have to try it before it’s too late.”Article continues below this adThis Friday, Pattison and seven fellow residents will perform for friends, family and staff in the first-ever theatrical production presented by Shaker Pointe. The new residential program is the brainchild of Dick Holmes.
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2 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Katherine Kiessling
SCHENECTADY — The winners of the 2025 Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards — best known as the Eddies — were unveiled at Sunday’s ceremony at Proctors.
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2 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Katherine Kiessling
ALBANY — Alive at Five, returning to its downtown roots this summer, unveiled its concert lineup. Progressive rock band Queensrÿche, with special guest Gozer, will launch the free concert series on June 5.
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In “MJ,” Michael Jackson is asked if it's possible to separate his life from his music. For a bio-musical about the King of Pop, it's a loaded question and one "MJ" shies away from in favor of eye-catching spectacle about the man in a rose-tinted mirror. https://t.co/PmNEwVWMEP
Any Capital Region folks want to share their feelings on the new lawn seating policy for @LiveNation events at SPAC? Hit me up here or at [email protected]
10/10 recommend Lenny's Latin Nights at Move Fitness by Lenny. Strangers become friends in the course of a song at weekly socials carefully designed by Lenny to be safe, inclusive and empowering. (And pro tip, stretch after - your quads will thank you) https://t.co/JhjOibBUYb
