All Points North - Navigating the North Country

All Points North
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Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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North Stars

“I got my nipple done by you, do you remember?” asks the girl in the blue shirt.

The girl in the blue shirt smiles at the memory as her friend sits on the exam table with her tongue in the clamps. The pressure from the clamps is making her eyes water, or maybe it’s the sharp smell of antibacterial cleansers in the small room that’s making her eyes sting. Read More

The smell of stale beer and sweat perfumes the air, as feedback from the speakers screeches through the bodies on the dance floor. Sandals are stuck to the aged hardwood floor and even with no music, two fading 20-year-olds with long hair bounce around on the dance floor to the beat of their own drum amidst a hodgepodge of onlookers. Read More

Marta Gallagher is a musician living in the Adirondacks. Musicians in the area aren’t all too uncommon. Artists sponge up the inspiration flowing through the mountains, the trees, the rivers, lakes, and wildlife. Gallagher is an instrumentalist of a different kind. She sings and plays the Celtic Harp, a beautiful yet out of the ordinary instrument that you won’t find on many stages. Read More

Jane Desotelle is no ordinary gardener.

For more than 30 years, she has been harvesting wild and cultivated herbs, flowers and plants to use in a wide variety of tea blends. Tea was the foundation of her business, Underwood Herbs; before her friends suggested she sell them, she was actually just giving them away. Read More

An acorn has only a one in ten thousand chance of growing into an oak tree. A great idea becoming a reality risks about the same chances. But for web show Growing Better, the odds are looking good. Now, with only two episodes, the award-winning series concentrating on plant life, is not only “growing better,” but stronger. Read More

The house lights dimmed. Members of the crowd settled in their chairs, adjusting themselves one last time for the best possible view. Slowly, dramatically, the curtain of Spokane’s Fox Theatre rose. An eight-year-old girl, festooned in a lavish costume, stood in the spotlight. Not a trace of nerves betrayed her. There were, in fact, no nerves to let her down. With the bright lights beating down on her and an audience watching her every move, Patrice Munsel was at home. Read More

It was about three and a half years ago in late January. All the mics were set up, the drums were carefully positioned, and the list was full. “Welcome to open mic at Maggie’s, my name’s Rob, first up we have…” This was the introduction that was given by the host of the event, Rob Inconstanti, or as other people knew him, Inky. Read More

Their doo- wop’s are reminiscent of the smooth melodic sounds of the quartets seen in front of barbershops in the late 50’s. They may have been on curbs belting out tunes but this group of barber shoppers in Plattsburgh is hitting stages and making a huge impact after 50 years. Read More

With their laid-back style but hot sound, a local band brings a new funky sound of old tunes to the Plattsburgh area. Covering classic hits from James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Gloria Gaynor, Eat. Sleep. Funk. has SUNY students buzzing about the energy they bring to the open mic nights at the local bar, the Monopole.

Flipping the dial to 97.7 FM while driving through the Capital region and Saratoga area, a listener might be caught by surprise at what is coming through the speakers of their car. Read More