Dreamcoat Director Dawn Oesch Makes ‘Joseph’ a Family Affair SARATOGA SPRINGS – Home Made Theater (HMT) will be closing out its 33rd year by presenting presenting a powerhouse – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – a shining product from the crack collaborative combo of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber at their finest...
Taking It To the Streaks!
Black Violin WOWs SSHS SARATOGA SPRINGS – “We have never had a production in our district of this scope before.” So stated Milton Lee, Head of the music department at Saratoga Springs High School. He was referring to the Monday, April 9 appearance of the acclaimed genre-defying duo, Black Violin, held free in-school performances...
Making A Brighter Orange!
Saratoga County H.S. Cheerleaders Make Their Marks at Syracuse University as Freshmen SYRACUSE – Syracuse University freshman cheerleaders Madison Dallas (Saratoga Springs H.S. – Class of 2017) and Brenna Hart (Shenendehowa H.S.- Class of 2017) were recently honored at the Syracuse University Cheer banquet, held on Sunday, April 8th, at the Sheraton Syracuse University...
Who Are the Ten Most Powerful People in the World?
Inn @ Saratoga Salon Series Speaker William Burke-White To Elicit Answers on April 23 SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Salon – a series of discussions about wide-ranging topics, continues on Monday, April 23, as Professor William Burke-White will lead a discussion about the topic: “Who are the 10 most powerful people in the world?”...
Town + Gown Part II: Skidmore College announces Stewart’s Signature Series 2018
Editor’s Note: A previously announced concert in this series (see February 17th post) by the Indigo Girls, on Saturday, May 12, at Arthur Zankel Music Center, has sold out. This announcement covers 3 new programs to complete the series – AG SARATOGA SPRINGS — Following a highly successful summer event series in 2017, Skidmore...
Town + Gown: Tang to Present Musicking the Collage
Performance of African Drumming and Dance April 12 Examines Postcolonial Identity SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents Musicking the Collage, an evening of African drumming, dance, song, and art, on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 pm. Charles Lwanga, Skidmore College Visiting Assistant Professor of...
Brie’s Palette: The Eyes Have It
Local Artist Devotes Talent To Animal Kingdom SARATOGA SPRINGS – Brienna (Call her Brie) Haley has no pets of her own. She is happiest though, when she is capturing yours! To do this, she employs neither a cage nor a camera, but rather a rainbow of Prismacolor colored pencils and combines it with 4-5...
Groovy!
Sixties Spectacular Roars Into Proctors On Saturday SCHENECTADY – The annual six-act Sixties Spectacuar graces the stage at Schenectady’s Proctors theatre on Saturday, April 7 at 7 pm. Headlining the concert are Jay and the Americans. The band started with four teenagers singing in Sandy Yaguda’s Brooklyn basement, and they are still going strong...
New Festival Alert!
Eat Drink Saratoga Announces Inaugural Festival to Showcase Saratoga’s Finest —————————— Editor’s Note: Folks. because I have experienced things like these – of similar size and structure – most noticeably in Northampton, MA a few times – I have been wanting to see something like this happen in 12866 for quite some time… So,...
Landing On a Store Shelf Near You!
Saratoga Eagle Gives Retailers a Taste of New Brands of Wines and Spirits One With Life Tequila’s Lisa Elovich sends in a taste to Saratoga Eagle’s John Rogan SARATOGA SPRINGS – If you ever wondered how new products make it to store shelves, it’s through events like these. On Monday, March 26, Saratoga Eagle...