Hudson Mohawk Magazine

We begin with a report on the recent state legislative hearing on reducing packaging.

Then, we have an update on the campaign to free journalist Julian Assange.

Later on, Brea Barthel talks about spooky Halloween books for children and young adults.

After that, Lavender files a story about the Youth FX Summer Film Program.

Finally, we finish with a segment from our archives about the art of dumpster diving.

Towards the end of the 2023 summer season, Lavender spoke with Daysia Hiller & Camille Dobbs, lead educators at Youth FX, about their Youth FX Summer Film Program. Daysia and Camille shared what the program entails, how it impacts the students and the community, and how people can get involved in the organization.

This segment was edited by Sanctuary Radio intern Meg Kelly.

The NYS legislature held a hearing on October 24 to discuss a proposed law to reduce the amount of packaging in NY, particularly from plastic. We hear from Bobbi Chase Wilding of Clean and Healthy NY; Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics; and Vanessa Agudelo of the Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Susan Jadlos grew up in Troy and returned after a 20-year hiatus. She has been fascinated by the Troy landscape, and she will be exhibiting photographs, a book, and collages at the exhibition opening at Collar City Mushrooms that will take place on Nov. 11 at 4pm.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

First, Mark Dunlea was at the NYS Legislation hearing on the proposed bottle bill.

Then, Elizabeth "EP" Press talks with Libby Post about the upcoming local elections.

Later on, Andrea Cunliffe talks to Troy Savings Bank Music Hall about their upcoming celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop.

After that, Brad Monkell talks with Grady Dixson, a local comedian from Saratoga.

Finally, Thom Francis welcomes Bertha Rogers on the Talking with Poets segment.

Grady Dixson is a regular and manager at the Comedy Works in Saratoga. Grady is opening for Chris Higgins this weekend and has also opened for heavyweights like Bobby Kelly, Jim Florentine, Rich Vos, and Gilbert Gottfried.

The Wildwoods are a Folk/Americana trio which will be performing at Conkling Hall on October 29th. They came onto Hudson Mohawk Magazine to talk with Jacob Boston and Sina Basila Hickey about their current tour, long hours of driving, and the magic of their home state of Nebraska.

https://www.thewildwoodsband.com

Retired National Weather Service meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us for our weekly look at weather and climate, this time talking about the unusually late initial frost in the area, and more about the impact of El Niño and other phenomena on weather.

On October 22, the NYS Legislature held a hearing on expanding the bottle bill, which was first enacted in 1982. The proposals include increasing the 5-cent deposit to 10 cents and including more types of beverage containers. We hear from Rhonda Keyser of the Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board; Alexis Goldsmith of Beyond Plastics; Blair Horner of NYPIRG; and Kent Sopiris of the NYS Association of Convenience Stores. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Thom Francis welcomes Bertha Rogers, who was the featured poet at the Poets Speak Loud series at McGearys in Albany, NY on August 25, 2013.

Bertha Rogers’s poems appear in journals and anthologies and the collections Wild, Again (Salmon, 2019); Heart Turned Back(Salmon, 2010); Even the Hemlock(Six Swans, 2005); The Fourth Beast(Snark, 2004); A House of Corners (Three Conditions, 2000); Sleeper, You Wake(Mellen, 1991); and What Want Brings: New & Selected Poems (Salmon, 2022). Her translation of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic, was published in 2000 (Birch Brook); her translation of the riddle-poems from the Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book, Uncommon Creatures, was published in 2019 (Six Swans). Grants received include several from NYSCA, NYFA, and other foundations.

Rogers co-founded with Ernest M. Fishman the Bright Hill Press & Literary Center in the Catskills in 1992.

She has been awarded residency fellowships to artists’ colonies, among them MacDowell, Millay, Saltonstall, and Hawthornden Intl’l Writing Retreat.

A Master Teaching Artist, she presents programs in schools, libraries, and other venues.

Rogers has served as judge for local, regional, and NY state NEA Poetry Out Loud Contests and is a member of the selection committee for the NY Writers Hall of Fame.

Her visual works have been shown in hundreds of juried and solo exhibits throughout the US and Europe and are collected in the Harry Ransom Archive at the University of Texas.