Month: June 2026

Pictured: A group photo of the youth who preformed at the recital.

S.R.O., Again, In The Carnegie’s Children’s Library

A standing room only crowd filled in the Carnegie’s Children’s Library Saturday, June 6th as the Albany Youth Orchestra held a celebratory keyboard recital featuring ten young student performers. Beethoven was there with his Ode to Joy and Star Wars came through loud and clear with its Imperial March.  These two favorites were among the ten pieces…
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Pictured: Bernadette Niederer leading the tour.

Cast Iron Albany

The Albany Public Library Foundation joined forces with Friends of Historic Albany on Saturday, May 30, to present a display at the Carnegie Library of historic items and to offer a downtown walking tour of the remaining cast iron store front elements along 1st and 2nd Avenues. The tour was led by Bernadette Niederer whose Master’s Thesis…
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