WORD & IDEAS
“Extra! Extra! Hear All About It: Journalism and Media in the Capital Region,”
Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry St., Saratoga Springs. 10 a.m. Wednesday. Free. 518-5847860 or sspl.org. Hear from local media anchors, correspondents, reporters and journalists sharing how they gather the facts for a news story and their process of delivering the information. Get a glimpse from a diverse panel from around the region of what it is like to report the news to our community. Panelists include: Thomas Dimopoulos, news reporter from the Saratoga TODAY; Will Pedigo, vice president, chief content and engagement officer from WMHT Public Media; Ian Pickus, news director from WAMC Northeast Public Radio; Miles Reed, editor of the Daily Gazette; Tom Eschen, news anchor/ reporter from WRGB CBS 6 News; and others.
Richard Mirabella, The Bookhouse of Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Ave., Albany. 3 p.m. Saturday. Free. 518-4894761 or bhny.com. The author signs his book “Brother and Sister Enter the Forest.”
David Barclay Moore, New York State Writers Institute, Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany. 6 p.m. Wednesday. Free. (Registration required) 518-442-5620 or nyswritersinstitute.org. A conversation and Q&A session with the author of the middle grade bestseller “The Stars Beneath Our Feet,” whose latest novel is “Holler of the Fireflies.”
“PHOTO KINETIC,” EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, corner of 8th Street and College Avenue, Troy. 3 p.m. Saturday. Free-$20. 518-276-3921 or empac.rpi.edu. Sound artist, composer and performer Bora Yoon premieres her newest work for spatial audio, interactive projections and gestural, digital and acoustic instruments, a one-woman performance and z-space poem tracing the journey of a carbon atom, articulating the many cycles, scales and recombinant alchemical forms life takes.
Third Thursday Poetry Night, Albany Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $5. 518-434-4037 or albanysocialjusticecenter.org. Featured poet: Marylou Streznewski. Todd Shimkus, Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 6 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-682-4200 or northshire.com. The President of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce presents his book, “I’m Not Ready for This,” about the isolation of nursing home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic and how a small group of local leaders called the Saratoga Crew came together to save the community they love.
Word Plays: Whistling in the Dark,
Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 2 p.m. Sunday. $12. 518-346-6204 or proctors.org. They say that people whistle in the dark to convince themselves that their situation is not as bad as it seems. Come hear stories of people in dangerous situations and find out what happens to them.
“The World in Your Parlour, the Stereoscope, a Gilded Age ‘Virtual Reality’ Experience,” William K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-458-9274 or colonielibrary.org. In the 19th century the new art of photography changed how people viewed the world. Join Stuart W. Lehman for a hands-on presentation about people who used the stereoscope to journey to far off places. This session will explore this popular pastime of the Gilded Age and see how local photographers made places in the Albany area, including the new State Capitol, come alive.