Summer programs at the local zoo begin Saturday, May 25.
Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced his plan to extend tax treatment afforded to film producers and music publishers to investors in live theatre. Schumer will introduce the STAGE Act of 2013, which aims to amend the Federal Tax Code and to promote financing in the often prohibitively risky enterprise of commercial stage production. Schumer noted that there are dozens of theatres throughout Upstate New York, like Proctors in Schenectady, Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, Stanley Theatre in Utica and Broome County Forum Theatre that put on Broadway shows and live productions, and this bill would benefit the production companies that bring their shows to those theatres.
Ontario County’s premier outdoor performance venue, Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Hopewell, is coming back to life. This year will mark the venue’s 30th season.
Though dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, you still can’t send your favorite pooch a friend request on Facebook. One Brighton resident hopes to change that by bringing local dogs into the digital age with Dogways, a new social network for dog owners and businesses.
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Last week was a great week for Obama-haters. They’ve been writing and calling me to gloat: Obama’s mired in scandal, they crow. His agenda is stalled. He’s sleazy, tyrannical and incompetent, heading up a corrupt administration – just like we’ve been saying for years. Not so fast.
