Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Saturday, December 16, at the Troy Farmers Market, there will be a booth for people to share their food memories. Amy Halloran, writer and change agent and author of THE NEW BREAD BASKET, is the creator of this booth, and she joins us now to tell us a bit more about this project.

Last Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, Lisa Schonberg gave a Field Recording Workshop at the Sanctuary that included a trip into North Troy to experience this location through sound with the technology of special microphones. Sina Basila Hickey was there to record the experience. In this segment you will also hear the voices of Allie Wist and Hanae Utamura.

Lisa Schonberg will be presenting a body of 4 new spatialized sound works that are the culmination of “Old Growth Playback” at the Sanctuary on December 16. See our event page at MediaSanctuary.org to learn more.

On Monday, December 4,a number of residents spoke in favor of a resolution pending before the Albany Common Council to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. The council will vote on at their next meeting. We hear from four speakers: former City Council member Barbara Smith; two members of Jewish Voice for Peace, Mark Mishler and Eva; and Ms. Jamil, an immigrant from India. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

First, Mark Dunlea talks with David Gruber about a proposed solar farm in Columbia County

Then, Brea Barthel heads to the Book House to get some cookbook suggestions.

Later on, Amy Halloran joins us to share an upcoming project coming to Troy where she will collect food memories.

After that, we look back at Dulicina Diggs’ interview with comedian and scientist Ben Miller.

Finally, Thom Francis talks with Don Maurer on talking with poets

Thom Francis introduces us to poet Don Maurer who read his work at the Poetic License - Albany Poetry Reading & Open Mic at The Fish Market in Troy on November 13, 2023.

Inspired by last year's overwhelming success, the Hudson Valley Writers Guild & the Upstate Artists Guild are excited to work together again to present this opportunity for collaboration between poets and visual artists in the Capital District. This year, the organizations present the exhibit on both sides of the Hudson River - at The Fish Market in Troy and the Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany.

Find out what's cookin' in cookbooks for this holiday season. Cheryl McKeon, manager of the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, has nine recommendations for gifts or for getting ideas for entertaining. Her suggestions include: "The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2024" (America's Test Kitchen, 2023); "The Food Lab" (J. Kenzi Lopez-Alt, 2015); "Start Here" (El-Waylly, 2023); "The World Central Kitchen Cookbook" (Andres, 2023); "Big Heart, Little Stove" (French, 2023); "Gullah Geechee Home Cooking" (Meggett, 2022); "Forest Feast Road Trip" (Gleeson, 2021); "Blueberries for Sal Cookbook" (McCloskey, 2023); and -- for real -- "Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon" (Dogg & Stevens, 2023). Along the way we talk about the importance of independent stores to local economies and the ways the Book House supports community groups including Grassroot Givers and the Food Pantries for the Capital District. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges who is giving a talk on Gaza at the Sanctuary this Wednesday, December 6th.

Then, Elizabeth (EP) Press speaks with an organizer for Queers for Palestine, Jen Barkan.

Later on, retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson talks with us about winter terms, dates, and our un-winter-like weather.

After that, our producer Lavender shares snippets of her discussions with voters at the polls last month about why they vote and what it means to them to do so.

Finally, Marsha Lazarus talks with singer/songwriter Adah Hetko about her work as a Yiddish “culture-maker” and Klezmer musician.

Singer/songwriter Adah Hetko talks about her music, her love of Yiddish music and language and how she uses it to build community and a positive Jewish Identity.

You can hear more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRI0S_fMAd8...

"God Has a New Sewing Machine," by Adah Hetko & Uri Schreter on keyboard.

Producer Marsha Lazarus

This is the first part of the interview with Adah.

The Shepherd's Run solar farm proposal in Columbia County, initially proposed in 2017, is expected to include 220 acres of panels and provide enough electricity for 15,000 homes, In 2020 as opposition arose, a group of concerned locals created Friends of Columbia Solar to help support the project. The project is now being reviewed by the state's Office of Renewable Energy. David Grubin of the Third Act talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about why the solar project is important to the effort to control global warming.

Pro-Palestine protests continue to call for a permanent ceasefire. In Albany NY, an ad-hoc group called Queers for Palestine protested outside a LGBTQ fundraiser for Congressman Paul D. Tonko. Elizabeth (EP) Press spoke to one of the organizers, Jen Barkan.