This is what SRO looks like: Overflow cars parked on 9P Outside Longfellows Restaurant! SARATOGA SPRINGS – In observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, an SRO crowd gathered last evening, April 27, at Longfellow’s Restaurant (500 Union Avenue) to join the Saratoga Center for the Family in “Celebrating the Power of Hope“. The...
‘SPAC on Stage’: Bye Bye Boundaries!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{Editor’s Note: Two thoughts, up front – before we get to official stuff: 1) Holy C–p! This is no longer your Grandpa’s SPAC, and 2) I want in! Thank you. Now to the official announcement.}} Saratoga Performing Arts Center Unveils “SPAC on Stage” Series – Innovative format shakes up tradition by...
Town + Gown: Jon Batiste, of Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to perform at Skidmore
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Skidmore College announces that Jon Batiste, celebrated musician, television personality, and bandleader of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show will perform with his band, Stay Human, at Skidmore this summer as part of the Stewart’s Signature Series. The July 6 performance at the Arthur Zankel Music Center will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets,...
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival Honored in NYS Legislature
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of America’s premier music festivals, was recognized for its landmark 40th Anniversary by the New York State Legislature today in a joint resolution sponsored by Senator Kathleen Marchione (43rd S.D.) and Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner (113th A.D.). Presented annually by Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), the...
Town and Gown: UpBeat on the Roof Moves to Thursday Nights
2017 Season Begins July 13 SARATOGA SPRINGS – Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College’s UpBeat on the Roof concert series is moving to a new night in 2017. The popular series of free concerts featuring regional musicians will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday nights from July 13 through...
Brewseum: There is No Substitute
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Oh, what a shame! Nobody came… Actually, this is the event that each year manages to make Tokyo at rush hour look idyllic and pastoral. Welcome to the Night at the Brewseum! Friday evening, April 22nd. An event administered by the Saratoga Springs Lions’ Club – which has a well-deserved rep...
Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Skidmore College Unite!
Will Co-Present Present ‘Mozart in Havana’ with Simone Dinnerstein and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra on Tuesday, June 20 at 7 pm at Arthur Zankel Music Center The tour represents the first time an orchestra of this size has traveled to the U.S. from Cuba since the revolution SARATOGA SPRINGS – Acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein...
On Earth Day – Grounds For Garden Goodness!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Celebrate Earth Day April 22nd With Grounds to Grounds… Saratoga Brewing will be providing spent coffee grounds at no charge to anyone interested. Just bring a container to the brewery and grab all you want! These are certified organic Death Wish Coffee grounds that were used in a recent production of...
On Earth Day – ReStore!
Celebrate Earth Day and get a Jump on Spring Cleaning by Recycling your Goods at a Habitat ReStore SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{Let’s put it this way: That unwanted but still usable stuff in your garage and/or basement has been starting at YOU for too long! Here’s a way to give it a new home…}}...
Saratoga Springs Horse Show is Gearing Up For 57th Consecutive Year
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Capital Fund of Saratoga County, Inc. operators of the Saratoga Springs Horse Show, has begun making preparations to the show grounds for the 2017 season, its 40th and final year at this idyllic venue on the grounds of Yaddo. Volunteers with the horse show have started their annual clean-up of...