Schenectady Videos

Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch: An Interview with Peter Rose Premier culinary historian Peter Rose recently sat down with author and Daily Gazette reporter Bill Buell. Learn more about this unique historian, as she talks with Bill about everything from where she got her unusual name to her where her most recent research has taken her! For more information about the Schenectady County Historical Society, please visit schist.org.

Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch: An Interview with Peter Rose Premier culinary historian Peter Rose recently sat down with author and Daily Gazette reporter Bill Buell. Learn more about this unique historian, as she talks with Bill about everything from where she got her unusual name to her where her most recent research has taken her! For more information about the Schenectady County Historical Society, please visit schist.org.

he first in a series of video history podcasts from the Schenectady County Historical Society and Schenectady County, New York. In this episode, host Nancy Curran speaks with Bill Buell, author of the brand-new book, "Historic Schenectady County: A Bicentennial History". Bill discusses how he came to write the book, his favorite historical Schenectady characters, and how his journalism background shaped his writing. Bill's book (written to help celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Schenectady County's founding) will be available for sale beginning November 5, 2009. More information at schist.org.

The Schenectady Unitarian Society's Social Action Council produced this digital story with a local Iraqi refugee who chose to remain anonymous, documenting local antiwar and refugee resettlement efforts and how this refugee came to be in Albany. Produced as part of The Sanctuary for Independent Media's "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, with support from Nicole Belanger and funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. To get involved with local refugee resettlement efforts, check out these web sites: Iraqi Refugee Project Coalition, Women Against War, Diocese of Albany Catholic Charities, and Albany Chapter of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.