Celebrity Cruises Mobile Cinema Special Feature of Post-Race Party SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s annual Rock + Run, one of the region’s most popular fundraising runs, will take place in the Saratoga Spa State Park on Sunday, May 21. The event encompasses a half-marathon, 5K and 10K, with live music performed along...
Follow the Money!
Saratoga Arts Awards $97,800 in Arts Funding SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Arts has announced the recipients of the 2017 Community Arts Grants for organizations and individual artists in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties. Grants totaling $97,800 have been awarded to support 29 organizations and artists coordinating community-based arts events in 2017. With funding that...
They’re Havin’ a Party… and Everyone’s Invited!
30th Anniversary Celebration at the National Museum of Dance SARATOGA SPRINGS – Say hello to the best looking 30 year-old I know! In celebration of the National Museum of Dance’s 30th Anniversary Summer Season, everyone is invited to a Kickoff Celebration to highlight this exciting time in the Museum’s history! The party begins on...
A Night of Giving – Brighter Days for Many.
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Last evening, Thursday, March 24, the community gathered at Longfellows Restaurant in support of Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) and Honorary Co-Chairs, Ed and Lisa Mitzen. This evening cocktail reception benefitted and supported SOS’s homeless services in the Greater Saratoga region. This “Brighter Days Gala” highlighted the core reason for SOS’s existence:...
Art’s Arts Roundup: Marching Through March
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Rich Arts Offerings This Week Span Many Genres Photo Fusion Photography Classes When I talk to ambitious musicians who are just starting out, my first piece of advice is to watch a “pro.” Look at those who are doing what you want to do – not that you mimic them completely,...
All Hail Bar People!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Let’s get to the end first. John Griffith is my Superhero! He should be yours too. In the great tradition of classic Superheroes, John is a mild mannered reporter who you might not notice if you fell on him… not that I am recommending this, though the odds are certainly increased...
Flashback: Beer Week Summit – February 25
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Well, the way some of YOU were pounding it at the Saratoga Beer Week Summit on Saturday, February 25, I figured you might need a few weeks to recover! And in truth, I am glad that I held these photos until now, when, after a hellacious blizzard this past Tuesday, we...
Party Pulse: Warm, Friendly Folk on a Freezing Saturday Night! (Number 2)
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Back on the street after a nice visit with Kevin Richards (see: PART 1), my quest to stay warm on this arctic night led me to turn off Broadway and venture halfway down the alley known as Gardner Lane (yes! you learn something every day!), to Putnam Den, passing the idling...
Party Pulse: Warm, Friendly Folk on a Freezing Saturday Night (Number 1)
SARATOGA SPRINGS – A freezing Saturday night. Who had the bright idea to invite winter back? I motivated myself, as I kept moving through the land of wind chill factor, by psyching up on a night like this – telling myself that, with apologies to James Brown, I’m the hardest working man in show...
Event Wrap Rap: Chili Cook-off to Benefit Saratoga RACE at Kings
SARATOGA SPRINGS – This is one of the few times that people are happy when the forecast is chili! Yes, yes – Saturday afternoon, March Fourth brought forth a throng of hungry chili enthusiasts to the warm and cozy confines of Kings Tavern – across the street from the Historic Saratoga Racecourse (Yes, it...