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VENTURE IF YOU DARE: ART PATH HAUNTS DOWNTOWN ALBANY

October seems to be the perfect setting for a haunting. There is the round yellow moon, covered by wispy clouds that dance across the inky blue sky. There are the chilly nights that catch you off guard, especially if you left your sweater at your desk because the sun was shining only a few hours ago, and the cold air brings goosebumps to your flesh. And there’s the gothic architecture—the intimidating marble of downtown—that seems to be the perfect backdrop for ghosts to visit.   Tags: Press Coverage

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Happy Birthday Hip-Hop: Capital Region artists celebrate 50 years of hip hop with exhibit

"What’s in a word? Well, when it comes to hip hop, some would say it’s fifty years of history. Truemaster Trimingham is one of a group of artists and curators taking part in the Can't Stop Won't Stop exhibit at the Albany Center Gallery that's celebrating 50 years of hip hop." "It’s influence and inspiration, which Truemaster drew from to create a 9-foot-tall replica of the six train in the Bronx, the borough credited as the birthplace of Hip Hop."   Tags: Press Coverage

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Upstate Beat: Hip-hop lives — an Albany exhibit looks back

"Although the event was heady with nostalgia for songs and music from decades prior — especially hip-hop’s “Golden Age” of the 1980s and ‘90s — there was also a forward-looking aspect to the night. Hip-hop lives and evolves." " 'Hip-hop is everywhere,' said Cooper. 'It’s always shifting and reinventing itself and coming back to a foundation, which is why it’s lasted so long. Fifty years from now, it will still be around.' " Tags: Press Coverage

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