Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron Klopfanstein: Local content creators talk about their work,...

Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron Klopfanstein: Local content creators talk about their work, inspiration, and passion for art, media, and popular culture Every Monday, Ron Klopfanstein spotlights a local writer, actor, musician, artist, performer,...

Hot Seat: Media Monday show notes: Marques Williams, Creator and Host of Utica University...

Hot Seat: Media Monday show notes: Marques Williams, Creator and Host of Utica University TV’s IS IT ON?  By Ron Klopfanstein  To see Marques Williams’ entire interview on the March 25, 2024, episode of Hot Seat,...

Oneida County Irish Group Installed 2024 Officers

Ancient Order of Hibernians January 8 2024 Story and photo by Tom Loughlin Jr. . Utica NY...With a year of parades, worship services, fundraisers, including a bartender contest called the “Guinness Pour”, operating a bingo parlor in their Irish...

“They play games on levels you can’t see,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 3

“They play games on levels you can’t see,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 3 By Ron Klopfanstein For my review, cultural analysis, and recap of episodes 1 and 2 of Nolly go to UticaPhoenix.net/TV “I can’t…I can’t. I...

My Aunt Dr. Jean Harris was a Trailblazing Female Physician

Editor's Note: This is my Aunt, Dr. Jean Harris from the 1955 cover of Ebony Magazine. She was the first Black doctor graduated from the State of Virginia. Her sister, Dr. Diane Harris, was...

“A Machine is Ruthless,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 2

“A Machine is Ruthless,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 2 By Ron Klopfanstein For my review, cultural analysis, and recap of episode 1 of Nolly go to UticaPhoenix.net/TV   “This is a moment in history,” Noele “Nolly” Gordon...

“The star of the show has been sacked,” Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 1

"The star of the show has been sacked," Ron Klopfanstein recaps Nolly, episode 1 by Ron Klopfanstein For my review and cultural analysis of Nolly go to UticaPhoenix.net/TV “It’s not live, but it’s ‘as live,’ so don’t make...

All Good Things Come to an End: “Nolly”, a three-part series, solves one of...

All Good Things Come to an End: Nolly, a three-part series, solves one of the most intriguing mysteries of British popular culture and celebrates the life’s work of a TV trailblazer By Ron Klopfanstein For my...

Women’s History Month: “We Don’t Hire Girls” — Becoming the First Female Construction Worker...

By C. Harris-Lockwood | Photos by the late Anne LaBastille The year was 1971. I was 19 years old and between my freshman and sophomore years of Kirkland College. I was looking for a job. At...

Cassandra Harris Lockwood’s “Putin Slam”

Cassandra Harris Lockwood's "Putin Slam" by Ron Klopfanstein "Vladimir Putin, you know you're wrong," says Cassandra Harris Lockwood, Central New York's most prominent civil rights activist and the voice of the Black community in the Mohawk...