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Scary incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas this week have raised concerns among local authorities coast to coast, and in the Capital Region.

“The decade of progressive change”…that’s what a retired English teacher called the years 1967 to 1977 when he taught in New Orleans. He says that was the…

In May 2017, Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments in the city. His speech,…

Steve Luxenberg is the author of "Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation" and the critically…

It’s kind of hard to describe what it feels like walking through New Orleans to someone who has never been there. But according to a newly published…

Internationally acclaimed trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator Wynton Marsalis brings the Wynton Marsalis Quintet to the Koussevitzky Music Shed…

Harry Connick Jr.'s career has exemplified excellence across multiple platforms in the entertainment world. He has received Grammy and Emmy awards as well…

On Sunday, June 24th Jon Batiste will perform with The Dap-Kings at the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival at SPAC.Batiste was born into a musical family…

Natural disasters don't matter for the reasons we think they do. They generally don't kill a huge number of people. Most years more people kill themselves…