The Collaborative Magazine

Show highlights to include musical performances and announcement of winners in 34 categories The second annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards – aka the Eddies Music Awards – will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. May 2 from Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga. The event is presented by KeyBank. The awards show has been twice rescheduled.

Singer, actor, storyteller, educator Current hometown: Albany Current project: Serving as a new member of theREP’s Associate Artist program; producing theREP’s BIPOC-centric “Story Hour” series; working as a teaching artist at Arbor Hill Elementary School; developing a semi-autobiographical one-woman show she describes as a “work in progress” Collaborative Media’s Maker of the Week is made possible by KeyBank.

Filmmaker, screenwriter, director Age: 32 Current hometown: Albany Current project: Completing postproduction work on his latest film, “Messy Boys” Collaborative Media’s Maker of the Week is made possible by KeyBank. Kyle Kleege is a largely self-taught filmmaker who excels at making horror films with striking, and often unforgettably disturbing, visuals. He and regular collaborator Charity Buckbee founded Dirty Sweater Productions in 2017.

Albany filmmaker Michael Sloman is debuting his short film “Our Harlem” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evening via a Vimeo stream. This is a free event. The 18-minute movie will be followed by a Q & A with the cast and crew. Written and directed by Sloman and Larry C. Robinson, “Our Harlem” takes place In the midst of the opioid epidemic in a gentrified Harlem, where an interracial couple seek common ground with their African-American neighbors to combat a serial predator police detective.

Filmmaker, screenwriter, director Age: 23, or, as she puts it, “23 going on 58” Current hometown: Albany Current project: Creating art for a summer show at the Albany Barn planned as an exploration of womanhood Collaborative Media’s Maker of the Week is made possible by KeyBank. Christie Olson describes herself as “a pretty private person,” yet her work offers a highly personal, intimate look into the psyche of a young woman who’s weathered a lot of emotional turbulence.

The New York State Department of Labor has released new statistics demonstrating how destructive the pandemic was to the Capital Region’s creative economy last summer. Performing arts and spectator sports saw a 64 percent decline in jobs in the third quarter over the prior year – the highest percentage lost out of any sector in the eight-county region. “This industry has been devastated,” said Philip Morris, president and CEO of Proctors Collaborative.

SUMMER – The Donna Summer Musical kicks off Key Private Bank Broadway Series SCHENECTADY – Proctors has announced the new dates for eight postponed productions from two previous Key Private Bank Broadway Series at Proctors seasons; the dates of three other previously scheduled shows are still to be determined.

Mandala maker, food provider Current hometown: Ballston Spa Age: 47 Current project: Continuing to grow and expand her business, which has already provided thousands of meals to kids throughout the region Collaborative Media’s Maker of the Week is made possible by KeyBank.

(Photo credit: Susan Lynch Smith) Visual artist Age: 36 Current hometown: East Chatham Current project: Prepping for a solo show at Gold/scopophilia in Montclair, N. J., running April 24-June 5, 2021; and a 2022 show at September Gallery in Hudson Collaborative Media’s Maker of the Week is made possible by KeyBank.

Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy addresses media during a press conference Monday at Proctors. Behind him are Denise Murphy McGraw, partner at Hill, Gosdeck & McGraw; Assemblyman John T. McDonald; and Proctors Collaborative Chief of Staff Jean Leonard. Proctors MainStage to host techs for 3 productions this fall SCHENECTADY – Proctors Collaborative Chief of Staff Jean Leonard joins state legislators John T.