Find the best writers that we can and bring them to albany. Its like bringing the world to a particular place, and i dont think i cant think of any other organization, even some of the better known ones in major cities that that have such a rer flow of creative talent coming through and at no cost to the public. With our open door policy. So we bring the literary world to albany. So all these people whose names, faces and dates, events you see are people who have come from far and wide to read to the, to the general public here. And weve had somewhere, my most recent count now has gotten us up to at least 10 or maybe 11 Nobel Laureates across the years ranging from Toni Morrison who actually used to teach at albany to most recently a South African writer, and along the way people like the nigerian writer or the caribbean writer, derek walcott, or the irish poet, seamus haney. The names go on. But along the way, we archive all of the by video and audio all of the people who have come th
Of books that you may not know about of the lines. We are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week, and we are joined by the president of the university dementia is the coauthor of this book, the spirit of compromise, white governing demands it and campaigning undermines it. President , are we a politically compromising nation . We were created in compromise. A lot of people think of the revolutionary war, which separated us from our mother country, but if you recall, i know you werent there then, but if you recall it historically speaking our Founding Fathers crafted a compromise that created the constitution. They were as polarized as any set of americans who had been throughout our country and history. There were a pro and anti slavery and yet they compromised. So, yes, we were founded in compromise. Today compromise has become more difficult than ever before. What do you mean when you talk about the uncompromising mindset . Well, we live in an era t
A team of volunteers, has restored and maintained the USS Slater, but an aging crew and recruitment challenges raises concerns for the museum s future.
100 Years Ago: 1922 Members of the Stanton Bird Club who went to Thorncrag yesterday morning found two suet cages empty and the feeding boxes in need of food. Many tracks showed visits of many birds. Pine grosbeaks, downy woodpeckers, chickadees, crows and partridges were seen as well as a saucy gray squirrel. 50 Years […]