Dake Foundation For Children Revs Up for ‘Rock N’ Ride’ at Hall of Springs Honored Guests Jeanne, Kateri and Haley SARATOGA SPRINGS – A virtual convention of rock fans, air-guitar and shower-vocal legends truly found their respective muses – in abundance – on Thursday evening, May 10, as the Dake Foundation for Children hosted...
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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...
Let’s Hit The Porch… Preservation Foundation Welcomes Spring!
Mother’s Day Weekend Highlighted By Porch Party / Historic Homes Tour SARATOGA SPRINGS – On the Saturday of Mother’s Day Weekend the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF), along with Honorary Co-Chairs Dave and Stephanie Collins, will welcome spring with the 2018 Historic Homes Tour. This highly anticipated event offers the rare opportunity to see...
Pink Talking Fabulous!
Crowd Pleasing National Touring Act Pink Talking Fish Returns to Putnam Place Saturday SARATOGA SPRINGS – Ed. Note: The return of Pink Talking Fish represents a triumph on some important levels. The first is that a national touring act (see spring tour poster at the end) has found its Cap Region home in Saratoga...
Youth will Be Served…
SPAC Partners with Empire State Youth Orchestra, Northeast Ballet Company and Capital District Youth Chorale for the Inaugural “2018 Festival of Young Artists” SARATOGA SPRINGS – As part of Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s commitment to fostering artistic collaboration and providing free access to enriching arts programs for local youth, it has partnered with Empire...
‘Joseph’ at HMT: “A Dream Come True”
Dreamcoat Director Dawn Oesch Makes ‘Joseph’ a Family Affair SARATOGA SPRINGS – Home Made Theater (HMT) will be closing out its 33rd year by presenting presenting a powerhouse – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – a shining product from the crack collaborative combo of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber at their finest...
Taking It To the Streaks!
Black Violin WOWs SSHS SARATOGA SPRINGS – “We have never had a production in our district of this scope before.” So stated Milton Lee, Head of the music department at Saratoga Springs High School. He was referring to the Monday, April 9 appearance of the acclaimed genre-defying duo, Black Violin, held free in-school performances...
Town + Gown Part II: Skidmore College announces Stewart’s Signature Series 2018
Editor’s Note: A previously announced concert in this series (see February 17th post) by the Indigo Girls, on Saturday, May 12, at Arthur Zankel Music Center, has sold out. This announcement covers 3 new programs to complete the series – AG SARATOGA SPRINGS — Following a highly successful summer event series in 2017, Skidmore...
Town + Gown: Tang to Present Musicking the Collage
Performance of African Drumming and Dance April 12 Examines Postcolonial Identity SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents Musicking the Collage, an evening of African drumming, dance, song, and art, on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 pm. Charles Lwanga, Skidmore College Visiting Assistant Professor of...
Groovy!
Sixties Spectacular Roars Into Proctors On Saturday SCHENECTADY – The annual six-act Sixties Spectacuar graces the stage at Schenectady’s Proctors theatre on Saturday, April 7 at 7 pm. Headlining the concert are Jay and the Americans. The band started with four teenagers singing in Sandy Yaguda’s Brooklyn basement, and they are still going strong...