To commemorate the bicentennial, the Albany Symphony will present an all-day festival at Harbor Point in Utica. The festival ...

Albany composer looks for inspiration from local immigrants and refugees for new piece to be performed at canal celebration ...

Palmyra, Track Twelve, Range Two, known as the “Wild West,” was settled in 1789 by John Swift from Connecticut. It earned the ...

A look at the history of steamboats that operated on the C&O Canal is the subject of the latest book by Cumberland historian ...

The Erie Canal, which resides in the background for most of us, is unique in our country’s history,” conference organizer ...

This month, the Erie Reader Book Club has selected Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain to discuss at their March meeting ...

St. Patrick's Day is a week away, which makes now a fine time to read "Emerald Thread: The Irish in Buffalo." Timothy Bohen's new book is much like the Irish themselves: witty, warm and all about the ...