SARATOGA SPRINGS – H.O.P.E. (Homes for Orphan Pets Exist) took their act on the road to Caffe` Lena on Sunday afternoon, April 14 for their first Cat Adoption Day. This family fun event was captured in this gallery by Hannah Walsh (visit HannahLuxCreative.com.) There is some history here worth noting. When Lena Spencer was...
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Robust Attendance at Sustainabilty Fair
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College organized the first Saratoga Sustainability Fair last Saturday, April 6. More than 300 people strolled through the Case Center at Skidmore College, where 36 exhibitors were on hand to answer questions and provide resources on a wide range of sustainability topics, including environmental protection, renewable energy,...
Hunger Summit at Fingerpaint
Fingerpaint and Hunger Action Network Honor Two Partners Against Hunger
SARATOGA SPRINGS – You might think this sort of thing happens all the time. Social service and not-for-profit organizations on the front lines of food insecurity, getting together for an idea and experience exchange. Sharing common interests and goals. But it doesn’t happen all the time. These organizations, often underfunded, seeking to fulfill their...
Cars And (Counter)culture
Wheels of Change Exhibit Opens at SAM
SARATOGA SPRINGS – A new exhibit at the Saratoga Automobile Museum (SAM) opened on Friday, April 5 which captured the spirit of what could be called “America’s most polarizing decade,” at least since the internal combustion engine hit the scene. “Wheels of Change: Cars + Culture of the 1960s” will be on display until...
Bardo Now
Tang Series Explores the Tibetan Buddhist Concept through Words, Art, and Song
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents Bardo Now, a three-day series with special guests that explores the Tibetan Buddhist concept of the bardo — most often understood as the intermediate space between death and rebirth — through contemporary literature, art, and music on April...
Sea Change
Changemakers - Thursday March 28, 2019
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The lesson is clear. Change is not only coming, it is here. Though much work remains to be done, and while it is evident that change often has to swim against the tide of our national “leadership” to achieve a world that is free from domestic violence and sexual assault –...
Planet Mandy: Brighter Days Ahead
Shelters of Saratoga's Brighter Days Gala - Thursday, March 28, 2019
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Within the center of Longfellows banquet hall is an outstretched tree which has been carefully wrapped in thousands of soft white lights. I can only image the countless hours, dedication and love that the community of Longfellows put into this tree, bringing out the trees natural glow of beauty, life and...
Whispering Angels Of Saratoga Springs To Hold Second Annual “Sleep Out”
Fundraiser On April 6th to Raise Awareness of, and Funding for At Risk and Homeless LGBTQ People and Youth
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Whispering Angels of Saratoga Springs (WASS) – a recently organized non-profit that raises funding for the underserved LGBTQ community and at-risk LGBTQ youth –will host its second annual sleep out in Saratoga Springs to raise important funding and increase awareness of at-risk and homeless LGBTQ youth in the Saratoga Springs, Southern...
Weekend Best Bet: Salon Returns Sunday
“Women in Film: Creating New Myths, Honoring our Truths.” SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{Ed. Note: The Inn at Saratoga’s (231 Broadway) Salon Series has a unique, congenial format of a social wine and cheese hour, followed by a presentation about a topic that reflects the presenter’s area of expertise. This is done in a comfortable...
Gallery: Catch Me Now – I’m Crawling!
Fourth Annual Saratoga LepraCON Benefits the American Cancer Society - Saturday March 16
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The “wearin’ o’ the green” descended upon downtown Saratoga Springs a day early for the fourth year in a row, as people rallied in support of The American Cancer Society at Saratoga’s LepraCON – a pub crawl with a heart of gold green. The festivities began before noon at Harvey’s and...