SPAC Announces Three Special Events with Renowned Dance Critic and Author Octavio Roca in Advance of National Ballet of Cuba’s Historic Visit SARATOGA SPRINGS – To celebrate the historic visit of National Ballet of Cuba to the Capital Region, renowned dance historian, critic and author of Cuban Ballet, Octavio Roca, will visit Saratoga for...
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Dan Bern: Songwriting Muscles Well-Oiled
Special Songwriting Salon at Inn @ Saratoga Sunday SARATOGA SPRINGS – Bear with me a moment… We can say that this is a case of: “The Salon must go on!” “So, a little over a month ago,” Songwriter Dan Bern recalled, “I’m running my snowblower and tried to free up a jam – not...
Who Are the Ten Most Powerful People in the World?
Inn @ Saratoga Salon Series Speaker William Burke-White To Elicit Answers on April 23 SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Salon – a series of discussions about wide-ranging topics, continues on Monday, April 23, as Professor William Burke-White will lead a discussion about the topic: “Who are the 10 most powerful people in the world?”...
DINE-asty!
Skidmore Gets Gold For Fifth Straight Year SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Skidmore College culinary team earned its fifth consecutive gold medal for culinary excellence in the Seventh Annual American Culinary Federation (ACF) sanctioned competition held Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, on the Skidmore Campus. “We are extremely proud of our gold medal, and it is...
It’s Val: Our Travel Gal in…. (EVERYWHERE)!
Native Daughter Reaches For Mantle of Travel Tastemaker DATELINE EARTH- Psssst, hey Saratoga Springs High! I have a nominee for your next alumni career day keynoter! That would be one Valerie Joy Wilson. Val to her friends, she has carved out a niche that few enjoy – a pro traveler who searches the globe...
Planet Mandy: Tree Time!
22nd Annual Festival of Trees Preview SARATOGA SPRINGS – Get ready folks, the most wonderful time of the year is fast approaching. The time of the year when you make a list, and check it twice. And yet – it’s the time of the year when you try to wear the ugliest sweater to...
The Katrina Trask You Never Knew
Thirteenth Annual SPAC Action Council Fall Lecture Luncheon Has The Reveal SARATOGA SPRINGS – “All events have to have experiential elements to them to be meaningful. This is what our members collectively have concluded.” So stated Nicole Sheeler, President of SPAC’s Action Council – a group of 34 volunteer members that act as “Ambassadors”...
Hail to the Chief… and his Dad!
Father/Son Authors to Discuss Books at Racing Museum Monday SARATOGA SPRINGS – The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (191 Union Avenue) will have a special event on Monday evening, August 14 at 7 pm. The Museum will host a discussion and book signing by Greg Veitch and his father Michael. They...
When in Need of Knead: Get Pampered at Polo!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Editor’s Note: In my previous post about the Saratoga Polo Association’s 2017 opening match (see it here), I indicated that the experience of attending was a great two-hour mimi-vacation to pamper yourself, to get away and reconnect with your senses while not leaving town: “…I marvel at the pageantry, appreciate being...
Well, This Should Be… Interesting!
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Northshire Bookstore (424 Broadway) will have a special event on Thursday, June 15, at 7 pm, when they welcome Dos Equis icon (and author) Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA the “Most Interesting Man in the World.” He will tell stories from – and sign – his new book Stay Interesting: I Don’t Always...