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Asheville Off in North Carolina, and Laughfest in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Admission to the event is free.

For more information about this event, contact Rebecca Zaleski at zaleskir521@strose.edu.

Rally Against Travel Ban in Albany Airport

At least 300 people crowded into the fi rst fl oor of Albany International Airport last Sunday in a show of resistance opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order to bar not only refugees who had previously been given approval to come to the U.S., but those who have green cards and valid visas who were fl ying from the listed countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,

Syria and Yemen. Several attendees spoke into a megaphone about how they or their family members immigrated to the U.S., and about why they oppose the executive order. In between speakers, protesters waved homemade signs and chanted in support of refugees and Muslims. The protest is one of many being held nationwide after the executive order was signed Friday. Thousands of protesters crowded around terminals at JFK Airport in New York City Saturday, as well as at other air hubs nationwide, calling for those who were being held in the airports to not be forced to return to those countries and instead be released. The American Civil Liberties Union successfully argued in front of a federal court in Brooklyn Saturday night that those who were detained must be released.

Mayor of Albany Protested

Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s state of the city address last Wednesday was interrupted by blue collar workers and Black Lives Matter protesters. They were chanting in support of a new contract, and calling for the two police officers who stopped Dontay Ivy to be fired. The chants included “Sheehan’s got to go!” and “Kathy Trump.”

Sheehan was forced to deliver her address through the chanting, touching on topics like a new city courthouse, a new vacant buildings program, traffic safety, air quality concerns in the South End and praise for the police department’s efforts in community policing.

Speaking about the protesters, Sheehan said, “They made their point at the beginning of my speech. I heard them loud and clear. And I agreed with them—they need a contract. I want nothing more than to have a contract, that’s what negotiations are for. And I do believe that black lives matter. And I do believe that we need to reform policing. And so I’m doing that.”

New Exhibit: “Captured Moments”

This past weekend, the Albany Institute opened their new exhibit, “Captured Moments,” consisting of photographs of Albany from the past 170 years. The photos cover a wide range of topics, including portraits, historical scenes, cityscapes, interiors, workplaces and travel photos.

Doug McCombs, the Albany Institute’s chief curator,

Dear Readers, said the museum has tens of thousands of photos dating back to the 1840s when photography got its start. Daguerreotypes, tintypes, albumen prints, cyanotypes, digital inkjet prints, photo albums and other formats of images portray a history of Albany and the surrounding region. They capture moments of national mourning when State Street was draped in black following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the city’s neighborhoods when trolleys ran along Delaware and Clinton Avenues, and show the region’s artists, politicians, and business leaders at work or home with their families. The exhibit will be on view from January to May 21.

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