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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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Wow! The Wood scored!

Chronicle Manging Editor Cathy DeDe writes:

For the first time since the pandemic hit, a show nearly filled every one of the Wood Theater’s 299 seats. “Bent Broadway” on Friday, Sept. 24, clocked in at 230 ticket holders, Wood director Emily Murphy reports. It’s the first time a show has even come close since March 2020, Ms. Murphy said. And what a deserving crew: 14 known and unknown singers came …

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Our January 7 front page

Winter Wedding Issue Dane’s plan for Harris Grocery. Covid complications unfold. Stec & Simpson sworn in. Kaitlyn Hobbs, GF Class of ’07: Major job with President Biden. December took notable lives… Restaurants power down in Covid January. Wood Theater sets $100,000 campaign goal. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Our October 29 front page

Election issue Candidate statements. Dr. John Rugge stops treating patients. Betty Little cancer. Glens Falls & YMCA plan land swap. Wood Theater: ‘Approaching a dire situation,’ does cutbacks. Festival of Trees a go, but only as a ‘Holiday Shop,’ no usual events. Whitney land for sale; Dan went hiking & took a look. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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