Gallery 5 board member Steve Kowalski stopped by the Daily Gazette podcast to discuss "Place Your Bets on Art," a Pop-Up with Purpose exhibit running from June 5 to 7 at the Electric City Apartments, 236 State Street in Downtown Schenectady.

More than 40 artists will showcase their paintings, sculptures, photographs, collages, prints, and lithographs at this free event.

The two artists in the podcast studio, Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp. Program Director Shenandoah Briere and Kowalski discuss the creation of art, their journeys into the art world as Stan Hudy, Daily Gazette Business Editor, listens...artfully.

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Chris Hunter, President of MiSci, the Museum of Innovation and Science left us too soon.
Taken just weeks ago at the age of 54, Hunter was as knowledgeable as he was helpful to anyone and everyone who needed a question answered or needed a hand.

Daily Gazette writer, Bill Buell, who spends the majority of his time as the Schenectady County historian was invited into the podcast studio to talk about his legacy and more.

Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp. Program Director and podcast co-host Shenandoah Briere recalled her experience with Hunter and talked of his accomplishments within the Electric City circles.

It is a step away from the normal banter back and forth on The Stan and Shen Show, but the co-hosts felt it would be fitting to remember Chris along with his accomplishments reflected by another person the pair know and admire in Bill Buell.

Shenan and I both think we work hard... nope!
Kayla Ek, the brain trust behind two Nightmare Market events on Jay Street and beyond in Schenectady, stays awake at night thinking about things different and unusual.
She is the creator, curator, graphic designer, and genius behind the event that invites the different, the weird, and more to the Electric City three times a year... for now!
Just days away from the May Nightmare Market, she talks about the growth, the support, and the joy in this event that is so different, you HAVE to see it to believe it!