He generally covers restaurants, food and the arts, and is the Times Union's restaurant columnist and theater critic. Steve was also a journalism instructor at the University at Albany for 12 years.

Huck Finn's Playland in Albany is preparing to open for the 2025 season this weekend . Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey's '86 47' social media post What is ...

In his 2024 National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well as racial issues, while enveloping all in sarcasm and irony.

Percival Everett’s “James” is loosely based on Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," and where it diverges, it excels. SAMANTHA KOON JONES Mar 8, 2025 0 ...

Banks’ adaptation of Mark Twain’s story stars Ansa Akyea, Dean Holt and Reed Sigmund, along with a bluegrass duet. The play premiered at Children’s Theatre Company and toured regionally in 2006. This ...

Appearing a little more than halfway through “Huckleberry Finn,” the 19-year-old Mary Jane and her cousins Susan, 15, and Joanna, 14, fascinate Huck and fall prey to the manipulations of ...

Many of the twists and turns of Twain’s novel are here, but with Everett’s own twists and turns. In this, however, Huck doesn’t tell the story. “James: A Novel” (Doubleday, 320 pgs., $28) ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Huck Finn’s Playland expanded its hours of operation starting on Tuesday and announced special promotional tie-ins with Scene One Entertainment movie theaters. According to a ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Kicking off Summer the right way, Huck Finn's Playland announced they will expand hours of operation this season and offer a host of new promotions.

Taika Waititi is being eyed to direct the “Huck Finn” reimagining from the author of “Erasure,” the book behind Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” Jeremy Fuster June 20, 2024 @ 4:47 PM ...