Joel Vig Special to The Citizen, AUBURN – Like so many adventures in show business, it all began with a phone call. It was early August 2009. My dear friend Joanne O’Connor is speaking a mile a minute: “You’ve got to call Patricia … see...
David Wilcox, AUBURN – Perseverance, community, determination and perspective are crucial to sustaining a business during COVID-19 and beyond, four downtown Auburn business owners said Wednesday. Those four words were their responses to a question by moderator...
David Wilcox, AUBURN – When Jimmy Webb takes a seat at his piano on the Main Stage of Auburn Public Theater this Saturday, he’ll be the first national act to perform at the downtown venue in about 20 months. Webb is a “consummate songwriter,”...
Kelly Rocheleau, AUBURN – Less than an hour before one of her films was going to be shown at the Cayuga Film Festival, director Marianne Natoli said she had been holding back tears over the thought that her documentary was going to be shown in front of an...
The Citizen Staff, Auburn – Auburn Public Theater will offer two arts education programs this fall at pay-what-you-can prices. A film and video production program will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 14 through Dec. 14 (except Thanksgiving...
David Wilcox, AUBURN – They meet in the late ’90s. She’s from Auburn, he’s not. But they’re drawn together by the same passion. That passion leads them to build something in her faded downtown, something that revitalizes it. People who...
The Citizen Staff, AUBURN – Auburn Public Theater will welcome board member Joanne O’Connor, of New York City, for a night of stories from her years working as a professional wedding and party planner in New York City. “Confessions of a NYC Wedding...
