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Wood Theater launching local Music Hall of Fame

As part of its Nashville-themed annual fund-raising party on Oct. 7, the Charles R. Wood Theater will honor 15 regional inductees into a new Glens Falls Music Hall of Fame as a temporary exhibit in its Cabaret Space.

Initial honorees include Hartford native and jazz pianist Charles Cornell; Hudson Falls native jazz-standards pianist Tony DeSare; band frontman Bobby Dick, who passed away earlier this year; Hudson Falls native and accomplished …

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Our September 7 front page

Wedding Issue Follow-up on juvenile crime spree in GF: Tale of 2 eyewitnesses. Major water main break snarls biggest intersection. How much does The Post-Star cost? Hot rods & ’Vettes in LG & GF! Great Escape to add wooden coaster, The Bobcat; retires Alpine Bobsled. Driver, 23, dies in Schroon River. New pastor at GF’s First Presbyterian ‘rides an iron horse’. Cheese Tour! Plus Beer, wine, cider. Wood Theater launching …

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Locals’ input sought, quickly for mural on side of Wood Theater

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Arts District of Glens Falls is planning another mural — on the alley wall of the Charles R. Wood Theater facing SPoT Coffee.

The theme is to reflect Glens Falls history, with about 30 images along the length of the wall, Arts District member Chad Rabinovitz tells The Chronicle.

They are seeking public input on what to include, but Mr. Rabinovitz said they …

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At sold-out Wood: Country music’s Randy Travis & wife Mary, 9/11

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

When Randy Travis and his wife Mary take the stage for their two sold-out shows this Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Charles Wood Theater in Glens Falls, it’ll be “something different,” Mary told The Chronicle in a phone interview from Nashville this week.

The country music superstar and his wife, both 63, will give intimate “Up Close and Personal” programs.

“We haven’t done that …

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Last Laughs: All-comedy shows on New Year’s Eve

The coronavirus pandemic put a damper on New Year’s celebrations last year — but maybe Covid is also fueling the rising trend, now that we are back in person, to get in some last laughs with a comedy show on New Year’s Eve.

Here is advance notice of some such events in our region, all on Friday, Dec. 31. The three “First Night of Funny” multi-act shows are organized by …

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