by Sean Lukasik | Oct 18, 2019 | Best of Corning
The City of Corning, and the company known today as Corning Incorporated, played an integral role in the distribution of light bulbs all around the world. Sometime between 1879 and 1880, Thomas Edison sent a representative to Corning; he needed to enlist the glass...
by Sean Lukasik | Oct 9, 2019 | Local Arts, People of Corning, Urban Arts Crawl
Adam and Eve painted in red wine on cotton fabric, life-sized, no fig leaf censorship. Their bodies accentuated with gold acrylic, contoured with multiple shades of a Spanish Grenache-Syrah blend. First, exhibited in the bright sanctuary of the First Congregational...
by Sean Lukasik | May 17, 2018 | Area Fun!, Corning Museum of Glass, Local News, Top Posts
The Corning Museum of Glass launched?GlassBarge?today in Brooklyn! It’s the start of?a four-month tour as the barge will be traveling north on the Hudson River and westward along the Erie Canal, stopping in several Upstate New York cities on its way to Corning,...
by Sean Lukasik | Apr 6, 2018 | Area Fun!, Local Trips, Townie Turned Tourist
If you’re looking for a place to hang out on Friday night, it’s not likely that your friends will?suggest the Painted Post Tavern. That’s because the Tavern, now known as the Benjamin Patterson Inn, is a historic structure built in 1796 and...
by Sean Lukasik | Mar 29, 2018 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Corning Museum of Glass, Food & Drink, Local News, Top Posts
Ok, people, tell Netflix you’re NOT going to watch another episode. Get off that therapist couch, throw your phone away (after reading this and posting it to Facebook), and run outside – it’s SPRING! I don’t care if you still need a winter...
