Tisha Dolton
A Poet Named Bronk: William Bronk, Hudson Falls Poet
UNNAMED from Some Words: Poems by William Bronk (1992) In the narrowest and most immediate view, we are named and identifiable as...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Apr 28, 2021
- 8 min
May Baskets
Come springtime, generations of children in the greater Glens Falls area would spend weeks making May Baskets to distribute to friends...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
From the Folklife Center to the Kennedy Center: Che Apalache Perform "Green Pastures" and "春の便り"
Today for Musical Monday, we unveil a never-before-seen video from Che Apalache's April 26, 2018 performance at the Folklife Center at...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Books of Poetry: Richard Carella, Hudson Falls Poet
Nothing Is Great from Book of Nothing by Richard Carella (2013) Nothing is great- nothing is so great it can not be contained; there is...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Apr 21, 2021
- 6 min
Who painted Drummer Truman Kingsley?
We have an oil painting in our special collections, a portrait of Civil War veteran drummer Truman Kingsley. He is presented as an...
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Kevin Rogan
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Monday Memories: Francis Biggart, Union Soldier
Most of the glass plate negatives in our Richard M. Bloomer collection arrive housed in paper envelopes like the one below. The original...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
A Neighbor of Yesterday: Jeanne Robert Foster, Adirondack Poet
I am dedicating my blog posts this month to local poets & poetry because April is National Poetry Month! The first featured Jonathan E....
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Todd DeGarmo
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Drawn to Folklife: An Illustrated Tour
The video animation below is our love letter to Christopher Baldwin. Christopher is a talented cartoonist and graphic novelist, who...
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Kevin Rogan
- Apr 12, 2021
- 1 min
Musical Monday: The Slocan Ramblers Belt Out a Bluegrass Medley
The Slocan Ramblers played our Live! Folklife Concert series on April 27, 2017, and more than lived up to their reputation as one of...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
An Ode to the Falls of Dionondawa: A Poem by Jonathan Elihu Hoag
I have decided to dedicate my blog posts this month to local poets & poetry because April is National Poetry Month! I first learned...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Shushan Postmaster
Here's the story of the Shushan Postmaster, a local fishing fly, as told in the video series, Battenkill Inspired: The Flow of...
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Kevin Rogan
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Monday Memories: Scottish Highland Style in Upstate NY
To date, I have managed to clean, scan, describe, and rehouse 197 glass plate negatives from the Folklife Center's newly acquired Richard...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Folklife After Hours Presents Suffrage Singer!
"Set Your Daughters Free" (1912) Lyrics: Eugenie M. Raye-Smith, Tune: "Wait for the Wagon" traditional VERSE 1 Oh, New York with your...
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