For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
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The Blue Roses Theatere Company will open its 2009-2010 season with "The Bluest Eye", Nov. 4-7 in the Black Box Theater at Schenectady High School.Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison's story of the tragic life of a young black girl in 1940's Ohio. Eleven year old Pecola Breedlove wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and schoolmates. Instead she faces ridicule and abuse. She blames her dark skin and prays for blue eyes, sure that love will follow.
Pictured left to right are, Jasmine Williams playing Frieda, Kathryn Cooper, playing lead actress Pecola, and Monet Thompson playing Claudia.
