New York City Ballet Returns to SPAC Opening Night Features Return of Galaxy Curtain Wednesday, July 5 at 8 pm SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Opening Night of the New York City Ballet at SPAC on Wednesday, July 5 will feature the reappearance of the “Galaxy Curtain,” a one-of-a-kind, metal curtain created by Japanese artist...
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The Adventures of Team Mamazing
Hero Moms Raise Money For Jake’s Too! SARATOGA SPRINGS – A little love for the mom’s on Independance Day, please… Meet team Mamazing (pronounced – MAH-maze-zing FYI): Erin Hamilton Smith and Tammy L. Haarman are the dynamic duo with that unsung job that we all celebrate on a Sunday in May. “We are a...
‘National Museum of Dance: Celebrating 30 Years’ Opens with Style and Panache`!
Commemorative Book on the Horizon SARATOGA SPRINGS – On Friday, June 30, a festive gathering occurred at the National Museum of Dance (NMD – located at 99 south Broadway – see their website here) to celebrate and commemorate the Museum’s 30th Anniversary, and the opening of a new exhibit – National Museum of Dance:...
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Fingerpaint Launches Company-Wide Effort to Help Foster Kids SARATOGA SPRINGS – For most full-service marketing agencies, a robust roster of creative client work would be enough to keep the staff busy and engaged. But at Fingerpaint, the staff is equally as passionate about giving back to their community. With headquarters based in Saratoga Springs,...
The BEST Taste of Summer: Sixth Annual Chef’s Challenge
Benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBSCR) of the Capital Region Rocked the House! SARATOGA SPRINGS — At one time, this event was sort of UTR… No more! It’s just too delicious. And while I have no official figures at this point, my eyeballs tell me that this had to be a record attendance...
The ‘Host Post’ Flexes Their Muscles!
It’s Finest Fillies Fundraising Time SARATOGA SPRINGS – And so it begins. Against a background of brushed silver and black, Morton’s The Steakhouse, inside the Saratoga Casino Hotel, hosted a well-attended fundraiser, on Wednesday, June 28, to benefit Jake’s Help From Heaven (JHFH -visit their website). This is one of the prelude fundraisers that...
A Dance-a-Day To Promote NYC Ballet!
“NYCB x SPAC” Video Series Created by New York City Ballet Dancers Emily Kikta and Peter Walker SARATOGA SPRINGS – In advance of its 2017 residency of the New York City Ballet (July 5 – 15), Saratoga Performing Arts Center will be releasing a series of unique, locally-shot dance videos created by videographers and...
Before + After: Livening Up The Living Room
A living room should be bright, cheerful, and a place where you can… well, live. Erika Gallagher, IDS, co-owner of Plum + Crimson Fine Interior Design, details the process how they take the dark and dreary and letting the cheerful in: “The client is in Slingerlands. They are a couple of empty nesters and...
A Star-Spangled Blast! American Cancer Society’s Red, White + Blue Party
Editor’s Note: For the big Saratoga events this summer, such as the American Cancer Society’s Red, White and Blue Party, I am pleased to welcome the additional perspectives of Carrie Rowlands Johnson (L.) and Lisa Champagne – two outstanding communicators who bring ‘team coverage’ to outstanding events, such as what took place last Friday,...
Attention Foodies: Big, BIG News From Pitney Meadows Farm!
Farm to Host ‘Fire Feast on the Farm’ August 1 SARATOGA SPRINGS – At least five nationally and internationally renowned farm-to-table chefs will be featured at a “fire feast” to be hosted by Pitney Meadows Community Farm (PMCF) on Tuesday, August 1. The focus of the multi-course dinner will be five live-fire pits, each...