One evening not long ago, I received a text message: “Hi Chris. This is illusionist Leon Etienne.” Which […]
Category Archive: Memoirs
I attended a memorial service Saturday morning, and it wiped me out. It was done well – classy, […]
One of my favorite concerts was Don McLean with members of the Utica Symphony. The show was a […]
I worked more than ten years in movie theaters around Utica, NY. Great jobs – no matter what […]
One of my dearest, very best friends is Richard Enders. I knew him first as “Mr. Scrooge,” when […]
Independent Theatrical Employees of America was started with a mission to “provide all the good of a stagehands […]
On my first rock show as a union stagehand, I was teamed with an old-timer named Freddie. Freddie […]
When I was 19 I joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 337 (Utica), which […]
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute used to present six consecutive nights of free shows under a giant tent every summer. […]
Sometime in the mid-1990’s, renowned flugelhorn player and bandleader Chuck Mangione brought an immense show to the Stanley […]
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