Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Local poet and professor Megeen Mulholland talks with Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Justin Shi about creative influences, poetic experience and family history. Her collection of poems, titled "Crossing the Divide," was published last year. She will be reading at the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Albany Social Justice Center on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Riverkeeper recently received a state grant to remove the dam on Mill Creek in the city of Rensselaer. There are nearly 2000 obsolete old dams in the Hudson Valley that impede migration for eels and herring. George Jackman of Riverkeeper talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about the importance of the restoration effort.

The Nevada National Security Site, formerly the Nevada Test Site, is where 1000 nuclear detonations have taken place. John Amidon was arrested at this site for protesting nuclear weapons and describes this experience, which took place at this year's annual Justice for the Desert protest. The risk of nuclear war is at an all time high, as least since the Cuban missile crisis. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Graphic Liberation! is an interactive exhibition and workshop at the Opalka Gallery in Albany. It was created by Brooklyn-based artist, designer, and activist Josh MacPhee to map out a visual language of solidarity, human liberation, and dignity. Visitors are encouraged to remix this imagery and create new political posters about issues that are meaningful to them in a workshop right in the gallery, complete with relief printing, screenprinting and riso printing. Moses Nagel spoke with Rebekah Tolley and Natasha Holmes as they led a group through the creative process.

With the news that the union efforts at ALB1 in Schodack, NY did not succeed, Rev. Ibrahim Pedrinan, President of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor and American Postal Union Workers – Local 390, came onto Hudson Mohawk Magazine to talk about the union effort and where they go from here.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with coverage from a recent rally at which faith and climate groups urged TD and others banks to stop funding fossil fuels.

Then, Amazon’s ALB1 warehouse in Schodack voted NOT to unionize. Rev. Ibrahim Pedrinan, who was there will join us to talk about it.

Later on, we talk about electric cities of the future and the upcoming events from Future of Small Cities Institute.

After that, we have the second part of the speech from HVCC President Dr. Roger A. Ramsammy addressing controversy around his tenure and about his vision for the school.

Finally, we have the first of a weekly poetry segment by Thom Francis of Hudson Valley Writers Guild.

Dan Wilcox has been a major part of the local poetry community since the 1980s. He was a member of Three Guys from Albany with Charlie Rossiter and the late Tom Nattell. He is a familiar face at many literary and art events in the area, almost always with his camera in hand as he claims to have the world's largest collection of photos of unknown poets. He currently hosts the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center on Central Ave. in Albany, NY.

On October 16, 2018, Dan shared his poem "Waiting for Jacqueline Robinson" at Brass Tacks open mic at The Low Beat. Dan has a few poems about baseball - in fact, he has a chapbook, "Baseball Poems", dedicated to the sport. I wanted to know more about the intersection of poetry and baseball and what inspired him to write that poem about his daughter maybe one day becoming the first female major league baseball player.

Sam Paris, Arts Administrator for Salon Séance, is in conversation with Hudson Mohawk Magazines' Andrea Cunliffe about the group's upcoming performance "The End of Time" happening at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY on Nov. 19. Paris gives us his perspective on the uniqueness of Salon Séance and how this fits into the future of classical music and beyond.

What actions need to be taken to transition an entire city's built environment to be fully electric? How can we make sure we don’t leave low income populations behind during this transition? These are some of the questions that will be asked at the upcoming event "How Do We Make the Electric City of the Future?" by The Future of Small Cities Institute. HMM's Sina Basila Hickey spoke with founder Reif Larson about this and other upcoming events.

https://www.futureofsmallcities.org/

Hugh Johnson the Weatherman gives an update on Hurricane Ian and gives a weekly weather update