Photographer Rob Larson recently spent a day inside Duolingo's Pittsburgh headquarters documenting the work of Adele Touhey, a senior learning designer whose career path has taken her from the classrooms of the University at Albany to one of the most popular language-learning platforms. Commissioned for UAlbany Magazine, the assignment centered on Adele's professional journey and the role she has played during her time at Duolingo. He was particularly drawn to Duolingo's headquarters for its color palette and atmosphere. The open space, he notes, led "to some nice options to show the space as a whole."

  Thursday, July 30, 6-8pm: Summer Invitational at First Street Gallery This just in from long-time subscriber and contributor, Ken Carbone: I'm pleased to be exhibiting five new paintings at First Street Gallery's Summer Invitational. This show features a talented group of artists offering a spectrum of abstract and figurative work. Close to Home, open to literal and metaphorical interpretations, can certainly be a ‘place’ near to ‘home’. But those...