Nippertown

Nippertown is a digital magazine that focuses on the vibrant cultural scene in the greater Capital Region and Hudson Valley areas of New York, as well as western Massachusetts. It covers a wide range of topics including local art, music, theater, film, and other subjects that capture our attention. The magazine was founded in May 2009 by Greg Haymes and Sara Ayers, and it thrived until Greg's unfortunate passing in April 2019. In June 2019, Jim Gilbert and Laura DaPolito took over the leadership of Nippertown, continuing its mission to showcase the area's creative landscape.

Local

English

Magazine, Online/Digital

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#9873054

United States

#3469185

Arts and Entertainment/Music

#35831

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

Schenectady stylist/artist Yanatos continues own flair in world of vivid hair: Marshall Arts Podcast

Aug 7, 2024 | nippertown.com | Rick Marshall

SCHENECTADY - Once the territory of punk rockers and cartoon characters, brightly colored hair has gone mainstream in recent years, with a growing number of hairstylists adding neon-bright hues to their offerings. Among them, Schenectady-based stylist Jordan Yanatos, owner of Pinup Jordan’s Mermaid Lounge, has been leading the way locally — and has established herself as an ambassador of dazzling hair design, one client at a time.
PHOTOS: Styx and Foreigner headline Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Jul 31, 2024 | nippertown.com | Erica Miller

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Styx and Foreigner co-headlined Saratoga Performing Arts Center in a double bill on Tuesday, July 30. Check out photos from Nippertown's Erica Miller:
PHOTOS: Train, REO Speedwagon headline Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Jul 24, 2024 | nippertown.com | Erica Miller

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Train and REO Speedwagon took to the stage for a double bill on Tuesday, July 23 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Check out photos from the show from our Erica Miller:
Dierks Bentley Saratoga Performing Arts Center gallery

Jul 19, 2024 | nippertown.com | Erica Miller

Country star Dierks Bentley brought his Gravel & Gold Tour to Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Thursday, July 18. Check out photos from the show from our Erica Miller:
Marshall Arts Podcast: Buggy Jive on music, lyrics and leaving the basement

Jun 13, 2024 | nippertown.com | Rick Marshall

It feels like things have come full circle for soul rock singer-songwriter Bryan Thomas — better known as Buggy Jive — who emerged from a long, self-imposed seclusion in 2023 to deliver a string of well-received live performances throughout the Capital Region and award-winning projects.
COMMENTARY: Live Nation hoses Hozier's SPAC show

May 20, 2024 | nippertown.com | John Norris

I’m a longtime Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) attendee. I walked across its stage in 1983 for my high school graduation from Shenendehowa. Since then, I’ve seen dozens of shows and a lot of changes. On Sunday, my girlfriend and I left the Hozier show during the opening act. It wasn’t a show we'd normally go to, but for Christmas she bought us “Lawnie” — unlimited lawn passes — for the second year in a row; so what the heck? It's a nice way to see new music with which we may not be familiar.
How a LEGO artist is bringing Ancient Rome to Albany

Apr 23, 2024 | nippertown.com | Rick Marshall

At one point or another, most people have fancied themselves LEGO artists, creating miniature masterpieces out of the wildly popular Danish building blocks. For Chicago-based artist Rocco Buttliere, however, LEGO are more than tiny, plastic blocks-they’re a medium for exploring the world around us and the touchstones of human civilization.
5 Questions with Sand Lake Center's Tanya Gorlow

Apr 2, 2024 | nippertown.com | Patrick White

Sand Lake Center for the Arts seems to be doing an excellent job of producing plays that actors are willing and excited to travel quite a few miles to perform. In their last production of “Lost in Yonkers,” actor Stephanie Seward made the trip from Gardiner to play Aunt Bella, and this month Tonya Gorlow is commuting from Hoosick Falls to Averill Park to perform in the regional premiere of “Little Wars” by Steven Carl McCasland.
Eight inducted into Eddies Hall of Fame at Universal Preservation Hall

Mar 26, 2024 | nippertown.com | Michael Hochanadel

SARATOGA SPRINGS — And then, there were 40: Eight area musical or media heroes joined the Eddies Hall of Fame Monday at Universal Preservation Hall where plaques in a downstairs corridor show their faces and feats; so did an often emotional public gathering in the upstairs performance space.
5 Questions w/ Capital Region theater's Maureen Aumand

Feb 20, 2024 | nippertown.com | Patrick White

Capital Region theater provides opportunities for interested participants wherever they are in life, from 8 to 80 years old. Maureen Aumand has had a rich and varied theatrical career, from being a tireless cheerleader in the audience, to working as the education liaison at theREP, to taking acting classes in her 70s, to her recent shift as the director in charge. She formerly taught at Watervliet High School and now resides in Colonie.