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Former theater kid, current arts journalist and forever storyteller.

I specialize in features, critical essays and profiles focused on theater, film, television and culture. Currently, I'm an award-winning arts & culture features staff writer for the Times Union in upstate New York.

KATHERINE
KIESSLING

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My current culture obsessions:

Filling in a cultural blindspot by FINALLY watching the Mission: Impossible films
Erecting shrines to Celine Dion in hopes of a Titanique cast recording
Nicole Scherzinger giving Raygun realness during 'Salome' in Sunset Blvd.
Icing my bruised ego on challenging Connections days with Vulture's Cinematrix