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...
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...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Skidmore College announces the Stewart’s Signature Series 2019. For the third year, the world-class music and arts performances will be held this spring and summer on the Skidmore campus and are made possible through a generous grant from Stewart’s Shops and the Dake family. “Stewart’s and the Dake family are committed...
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Meet Sofia Post – a young woman, and our Scholar of the Month, who epitomizes the “extra” in the word extracurricular. Don’t take it from me – ask her advisor, Brandy Crary – who deals with about 30+ plus Scholars in The Saratoga Sponsor a Scholar program at a time. “Sofia...
The Inn at Saratoga is hosting another of their Salon presentations on Sunday, Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m. The subject is “The Mob in Saratoga.” The Salon talk, which is preceded by a wine and cheese social, will be led by Maria McBride Bucciferro, whose stories on the gangster era at the Spa have...
Samantha Bosshart to Offer Perspectives About Preservation Foundation’s 40 Years SARATOGA SPRINGS – The next installment of The Saratoga Salon series at The Inn at Saratoga (Monday, July 16, at 5:30 pm) continues the theme of providing high-level perspectives about a wide range of topics. Samantha Bosshart, Executive Director of The Saratoga Springs Preservation...
Community Indignant Over Brazen Shoplifter SARATOGA SPRINGS – Caught on Camera, indeed. The video (link below) is clearer than the screenshots, and speaks for itself – about 40 seconds. Let it play through, and then, perhaps lift your jaw off the floor: https://www.facebook.com/megan.druckman/videos/10101107376226315/ The story appears to be straightforward and simple. I came upon...
MECHANICVILLE – The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with local law enforcement and community partners, held a press conference at DeCrescente Distributing Company in Mechanicville on Thursday, June 28, to kick off their 2018 July 4th STOP-DWI campaign throughout Saratoga County. “During the week of July 4th, local law enforcement will be out...
Drew Cali Breaks It Down SARATOGA SPRINGS – The monthly Salon Series at The Inn at Saratoga has been eclectic in its selection of topics to date, and that certainly will continue next Monday evening. Yet one common element so far has been a presentation by experts who had spent a long career acquiring...
FREE Event at Parting Glass June 14 to Preview SPAC’s New “Out of this World Festival” this August SARATOGA SPRINGS – As an introduction to its new “Out of this World Festival,” slated for August 2-16, SPAC is partnering with Science on Tap Capital Region to present “Science on Tap: Interplanetary Travel – Do...