Monday, March 25, 2013

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Project Art



Albany Center Gallery is excited to partner with The Times Union for our satellite exhibit to take place at the Times Union Center during The Great Northeast Home Show.
The Opening Reception is February 8, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday 9th -10am to 7pm
Sunday the 10th – 10am to 5pm.
Small entrance fee charged.

Hope to See ya there!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Charles F. Lucas Confectionery & Wine bar hosting 'Anti-Super Bowl Art Party'


Friday, February 1, 2013
TROY — If you are upset none of the New York football teams are in Super Bowl 47, or you don’t care for either of the teams, or you simply couldn’t care less about football at all, then the Charles F. Lucas Confectionery & Wine Bar on Second Street has an alternative.

The “Anti-Super Bowl Party” will be held at the wine bar where people can enjoy not only wine, cheese and beer but also a half-time art show.

According to a press release, the party will feature metal sculptures made out of found materials and created by metal sculptor Michelle M. Vara, of the Ballard Road Art Studio Gallery in Wilton.

On display will be Laissez-fair #344, aptly-nicknamed “Couch Potato,” as it is a piece made out of parts from a tiny television.

Co-owners Vic Christopher and his wife Heather La Vine had both worked in the sports industry — they were with the Tri-City Valley Cats until they were fired because of their relationship — but he said he now realizes sports aren’t all that important.

“I worked in professional sports for a decade. It took me that long to realize that a game has no direct impact on my life,” Christopher said in the release. “Wine and Cheese get me more excited than watching some guy throw a ball around the grass.”

But the real purpose of the party, at least for La Vine, is to get away from the television screen and interact with human beings.

It also helps the bar doesn’t have a television in sight.

“We spend too much time looking at a screen and not enough time looking at each other,” La Vine said in the release. “At the Confectionery we encourage conversation between friends old and new.”

The event will run from noon till 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Andrew Beam may also be reached at 270-1294.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Forget the Super Bowl Game Sunday-


Don’t know/don’t care which teams are playing in the Super Bowl this year?

 Forget the Game Sunday- Lucas Confectionery 12 Second Street, Troy NY 12180
Come join us this Sunday, Feb.3rd, Kick- off is at noon for the

“Don’t Know- Don’t Care- NoN Super Bowl Event”

Half time Artist miChelle M. Vara (www.michellevara.com) of Ballard Road Art Studio Gallery located Wilton NY, will be showing metal sculpture at Lucas Confectionery 12 Second Street, Troy NY 12180. 

*Enjoy Lucas's Non- team tackle championship-caliber wines, cheeses, and meats, carefully chosen from our playbook.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

This photographer is awesome Navy Ship on Hudson and a crossing sailboat

Whish I was on the water when this one was taken!

"+"Robert Alonso's work is wonderful- Check it out!

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