Schenectady Today -- In and Around the Capital Region
Filmed November 22, 2011 (Show #699)
Photographs by Dick Paterek -- Website by Gregg Millett
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- Jan Marin Tramontano – Author of “Standing on the Corner of Lost and Found”, the story of how a girl transforms her tragic loss into purpose and catalyzes an unlikely group of women to reinvent their shattered lives. It is available at independent bookstores and at the Proctors Gift shop in the arcade.
- Website: www.JanTramontano.com
- Joe Berman (Environmental Certification Specialist Golub Corp), Jodi Smits Anderson (Director of Environmental Programs for DASNY), Aimee Lang (Tougher Industries) will discuss Cultivating Green: Sustainable Speakers Series. Creating buildings that actually achieve low energy! The mission of the NY Upstate Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is to provide an unparalleled opportunity to accelerate change and help shape the future of green building practices.
- · Website: www.GreenUpstateNY.org
- Joanne Peal (Co-Producer), Dashira Cortes (Aida), Nick Abounader (Radames) and Maggie Ecker (Amneris) from the SLOC Musical Theater’s production of Elton John’s “Aida”. This production is part Broadway musical, part dance spectacular and part rock concert and tells the story about the power and timelessness of love. There is even a 20 person Egyptian Chorus! The Broadway production won four Tony awards. Mike Mensching directs. Production dates are Dec 2-4, 9-11 with matinees only on Sunday at 2 pm. Phone 1-877-350-7378
- Website: www.SLOCTheater.org
- Paul Rutherford –Author, documentary filmmaker and more – Recent documentary shown on channel 13 TV – “Game Changer: The Blast that Shook the World”. Paul has teamed up with Dan Lynch on the website to provide movies and books that entertain and inform and to help discover history and knowledge. You can see some video clips on this website.
- Website: www.ForPeopleWhoThink.com
- Ed Bloch – WWII Veteran returns to China - his story. Ed recently returned to China. He was last there during WWII. He tells us what it was like to see China now and go to the same place that he was during the war.