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Sacrificing a few of its spring blooms early, this downtown Albany azalea is repeating its incongruous performance ...

The world lost an angel when Dolly Parton was called back to heaven this past summer, and ...

This past week ripped most of the leaves from our trees, leaving the branches barren until spring ...

It’s time to round up all our cowboy posts as we are knee-deep in the Country-Western vibe ...

About Alan Ilagan

Alan Bennett Ilagan is a blogger who resides in upstate New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has been published in Instinct, xy magazine, Windy City Times, Q Northeast, Metroland, commUNITY, and ‘The Project for a New Mythology.’ He has been profiled in Unzipped, Genre, Diversity Rules! Magazine, and Upstate Magazine. From 2008 to 2012 he served as manager of the Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region. He and his husband Andy were married in 2010 and remain happily unburdened by children. His website has been up since 2003, making it one of the longest running personal blogs.