Editors Note: The Seventh Annual Saratoga Mom Prom occurred last Saturday, April 13, at The Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs. Since your intrepid editor is blessed with a “Y” chromosome, Planet Arthur extends thanks to Paige McCarthy for these photos, and to Nancy Miles for this dispatch from inside this free-flowing estrogen extravaganza. – AG...
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It’s Time to Get Upset… and Wear It!
Give a 'Leg Up' to UPH on Thursday
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Join The Dark Horse Mercantile (445 Broadway) on Thursday, April 18, from 5 to 8 pm in supporting their neighbors – Universal Preservation Hall (UPH) – on their journey to renovate their historic space. The night will include a wine tasting with Old Tavern Farm Winery, live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, and...
Feline H.O.P.E. on a Purr-fect Afternoon!
H.O.P.E's Cat Adoption Day at Caffe` Lena
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...
It’s Decent to Become a Docent!
Call for Docents at the National Museum of Dance
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The National Museum of Dance is seeking volunteer docents to lead Museum tours in the upcoming exhibition season. The Museum offers free tours each Tuesday at 11 am with paid admission as well as private group tours throughout the year. Volunteer docent training will be led by Mary Anne Fantauzzi, the...
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...
Katrina Trask Nursery School Annual Consignment Sale is ON!
Bargains At The City Center Today and All Weekend
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Make that Bargains GALORE! Today through Sunday, April 7th, Katrina Trask Nursery School will be hosting their Annual Consignment Sale at the Saratoga Springs City Center. For over a decade, this sale has provided an opportunity for families to buy and sell quality merchandise at an affordable cost-allowing more dollars to...
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...
Retro Rondevous!
HMT's Spring Benefit Proves That Swing is King - In Any Era!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Every nook, every cranny of the Spa Little Theater was transformed and utilized on Saturday, March 23rd, as Home Made Theater (HMT,) Saratoga’s resident theater company, staged their annual spring benefit. A celebration of “Dancing Through The Decades” was the theme, and whether you preferred a Speakeasy vibe, 20s/30s dance hall,...