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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Winners Announced: Inaugural Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards
The 'Eddie's' Celebrate “A great night for music”
SCHENECTADY — Winners in 38 categories were announced on sunday, April 14, at the Inaugural Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards at Proctors. “This is a great night for music,” said Proctors Collaborative CEO Philip Morris, “and a great night for us. I’m so proud to see the Capital Region celebrating itself and the...
Health, History, Horses… and Hops!
8th Annual Night at the Brewseum
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Here’s a news flash: People like this event. Pure and simple… … and they turn out in droves – year after year. For it has all the elements: an incredibly beautiful setting, perhaps a hint of spring, and tasting, tasting, tasting. All your local/regional favorites are here, with a few purveyors...
Cars And (Counter)culture
Wheels of Change Exhibit Opens at SAM
SARATOGA SPRINGS – A new exhibit at the Saratoga Automobile Museum (SAM) opened on Friday, April 5 which captured the spirit of what could be called “America’s most polarizing decade,” at least since the internal combustion engine hit the scene. “Wheels of Change: Cars + Culture of the 1960s” will be on display until...
Oldies Dream Team!
Golden Oldies Spectacular Returns to Proctors on Saturday
SCHENECTADY – An amazing seven act Golden Oldies Spectacular comes to Proctors Theatre (432 State Street, Schenectady) on Saturday, April 13, at 7 pm. The show will bring the audience back to the wonderful era of the late 1950s/early 1960s when some of the most beautiful songs in rock and roll history dominated the...
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...
Weekend Best Bet: Salon Returns Sunday
“Women in Film: Creating New Myths, Honoring our Truths.” SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{Ed. Note: The Inn at Saratoga’s (231 Broadway) Salon Series has a unique, congenial format of a social wine and cheese hour, followed by a presentation about a topic that reflects the presenter’s area of expertise. This is done in a comfortable...
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,...
Today’s Reason….
...To Be Happy You Live Here!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Today’s reason comes to us in a double dose from H.O.P.E. (Homes for Orphan Pets Exist). As a result of DZ Restaurants extending their Helping HanDZ in February (for details, see this POST,) H.O.P.E. received a whopping contribution of over $3,400 – which will certainly make a lot of tails wag!...