by Sean Lukasik | Jul 17, 2020 | Community Voices, Interviews, Local Trips, Urban Corning Podcast
Artist: Oil painting by Brian S. Keeler / Title: “Mid-August Evening Over Seneca Lake” / Reference: https://www.westendgallery.net/project/brian-keeler/ This week, we get to have a conversation with Laury Ward, President of Finger Lakes Wine Country. Her...
by Sean Lukasik | Jun 5, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Urban Corning Podcast
As protests continue throughout the Southern Finger Lakes, the organizer of the “Elmira: Black Lives Matter Movement” is helping protestors, other organizers, and police departments work together peacefully and effectively. In this episode, we talk with...
by Sean Lukasik | May 22, 2020 | Community Voices, Townie Turned Tourist, Urban Corning Podcast
If you’re like me, being stuck in one place can feel torturous. But these travel bloggers share their perspective on what we can learn from our local assets, even if we’re stuck here involuntarily. Chris Mitchell has visited 80 countries, but he’s...
by Sean Lukasik | May 15, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Parks and Rec, Urban Corning Podcast
It’s mid-May, and the weather is finally starting to look up. As the birds and trees and butterflies come to life, it’s a perfect time to get outside for a walk in the woods. As I take a hike of my own, we hear two interviews with nature experts from the...
by Sean Lukasik | May 8, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Urban Corning Podcast
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced schools will be closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. Just like that, seniors found out that their high school careers would be strangely and abruptly cut short, and districts across the State began preparing...
by Sean Lukasik | Apr 10, 2020 | Best of Corning, Community Voices, Interviews, Urban Corning Podcast
This episode of The Urban Corning Podcast features community leaders. In the first part, we’re joined by Corning’s Mayor Bill Boland. Mayor Boland talked about the daily changes in city government and how he is personally dealing with the Covid-19...