Saratoga Heritage Area Visitor Center News: Spring 2017 Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series Set at Library SARATOGA SPRINGS – The popular Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series is set for the 2017 spring season. This educational series is produced by the Saratoga Heritage Area Visitor Center in partnership with the Saratoga Springs Public Library. All...
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Brighter Days Ahead For Code Blue
New Facility to Open By Next Winter SARATOGA SPRINGS – Shelters of Saratoga made a dramatic announcement today. The Mitzen family will pay for the costs of a new Code Blue homeless shelter to be built on the current Shelters of Saratoga property at 14 Walworth Street. The new shelter is expected to be...
Monday Town + Gown: News From Skidmore
Ensemble Connect Program Celebrates 10 Years at Skidmore with Special Programming SARATOGA SPRINGS – Skidmore College celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Ensemble Connect, a graduate fellowship program for the finest young professional classical musicians in the world. Formerly known as Ensemble ACJW, the program was established in 2007 as a graduate fellowship program linking...
Patty Scores a Daily Double In Saratoga!
Back-to-back MVB Crowns For Ravenswood’s Favorite at 20th Bartenders’ Ball SARATOGA SPRINGS — Before a crowd of 600+, which stylishly swelled the main ballroom of the Saratoga Springs City Center, the 20th Bartenders’ Ball, to benefit CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services saw a crowd favorite repeat as Most Valuable Bartender (MVB). Patty Mueller from...
Ice B So Nice… They are Doing it Twice!
Round 2 of Bailey’s Ice Bar Tonight! SARATOGA SPRINGS — Bailey’s Café Debuted it’s First Ice Bar last evening: Friday, Feb. 10. The photos below show how ice is nice! But what’s Twice as nice is that you still have another shot at laughing at winter –tonight! Also, twice is nice is that these...
Tonight: Sipping for Seniors at Bailey’s
They are probably still at it. A second smash collaboration between Bailey’s and the Saratoga Senior Center! Featuring Celebrity bartenders, and the famous Shotski. Bomb! In this case, the captions tell all. Congrats on a fun time! Congrats to all. See you next time! Arthur Gonick Feb. 9, 2017
“You Ain’t Nuthin’ But A Groundhog!”
… And you party all the time… SARATOGA SPRINGS – Looks can be deceiving. Take, for instance, the 11th Annual Groundhog Day celebration. Ostensibly, a political fundraiser on Friday, February 3rd at the Parting Glass – a party palace so huge that it needs TWO addresses: 40-42 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs (visit: http://www.partingglasspub.com/). The...
No Joke! It’s the Funniest Open Mic in Town!
Putnam Den on Wednesday mashes music with laughter SARATOGA SPRINGS– Stop me if you’ve heard this one… DJ/MC Dev Dinon walks into a bar (Putnam Den: visit http://putnamden.com/); meets her cronies; and everyone laughs at them. Well, in a nutshell, this is what you have at “The Den” now on Wednesday nights. A combo...
Planet Jonathan: The Parallel Universes
Editor’s Note: Contributor Jonathan Albert is a professor of theatre at Union College in Schenectady, NY where he teaches acting and playwriting. Currently, he is directing The Laramie Project at Union, which opened February 2nd. He will be contributing his original self-contained scenes, like this three-parter below, as well as scenes from longer form...
Saratoga’s SOUP-er Bowl!
Shout it Louder, We Love Our Chowder! SARATOGA SPRINGS – Mere mortals might quake with fear at the prospect of covering a behemoth like Saratoga’s Chowderfest solo. 86 participants spread throughout the landscape, my trusty sidekick and photog extraordinaire Dev Dinon drafted to work behind the main bar at Gaffney’s (a merit-badge worthy effort...