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utica.
Most recently, I was the food, drink and culture reporter at the Utica Observer-Dispatch. I had the opportunity to write about a wide range of topics beyond my beat, from news to politics to the arts and beyond. Here is a selection of my clips from the paper, as well as a link to my author page.
Riisa Gundesen's Pratt Munson exhibit explores gender and its accompanying anxieties
50 years of food and family: Symeon's in Yorkville celebrates golden anniversary
This popular Utica coffee shop closed in March. What's next for the former Cafe Domenico?
chautauqua.
During the summer of 2022, I was a reporting intern for the Chautauquan Daily, the paper of record for the Chautauqua Institution. My main beat was theater, but I also wrote about the morning lecture series, popular entertainment events, and more. Here is a selection of my clips from the paper, as well as a link to my author page.
"Indecent" traces, reclaims contested, erased queer histories
A place to call home: Like at Homeboy Industries, Homies find community of trusy, nurturing environment in Chautauqua
In rewrites, "Black Like Me lives in strangeness, tension
charleston.
For my graduate school capstone project, my cohort and I traveled to Charleston to cover the Spoleto Festival and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival for the Charleston City Paper. I wrote pieces on opera, dance, theater, comedy, and more. Here is a selection of my clips, as well as a link to my author page.
The artist behind "Omar" are perfectly in tune
Dael Orlandersmith's "Until the Flood brings profound histories to life
Review: Malpaso Dance Company sways and leaps with expertise and vibrancy
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Buffalo performance group Francis Bacon Experiment ensures that 'Rocky Horror' lives on
Syracuse and Tri-Cities operas collaborate in a production years in the making.
103 years strong: How the Manlius Arts Cinema weathered the pandemic and a changing movie industry
The cinema opened in 1918 to show silent films, and is still going strong more than a century later.
2021 Anomaly Film Festival opens with the sweet, strange "Strawberry Mansion"
CITY spoke with co-director Albert Birney about the film’s Rochester origins, his cinematic inspirations, and the magic of VHS tapes.
Bread making: science, culture, and a little magic
Sourdough cultures have the power to connect people across space and time.