SPAC’s “Live at the Jazz Bar” Winter Series to Kick-off 2018 with Latin, Swing and Ballroom Live Music + Dance Lessons SARATOGA SPRINGS – As part of SPAC’s vision to extend programming beyond the traditional summer months, it announced a new “Live at the Jazz Bar” Winter Series, which will kick-off 2018 with three...
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5th Annual “A Purple Tie Affair” Preview
Benefit for the Leukemia + Lymphoma Society and Nick’s Fight to be Healed Foundation SARATOGA SPRINGS – A Purple Tie Affair is a mid-winter “Celebration of Life” dance party – complete with great food in a perfect venue; all to benefit the fight against cancer. Under one roof you can dance to the music...
Planet Mandy: They AIM to Please
Hattie’s Mardi Gras: Bons moments – garantis, mon ami! Photos provided by Heather Bohm-Tallman Photography (http://hbtphoto.com/) –Thanks, Heather! SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s that time of the year again, when the Canfield Casino will be transformed into Bourbon Street – all in the name of charity. The Hattie’s 19th Annual Mardi Gras Soiree` will be...
The OWL Hoots Loud + Proud!
One With Life (OWL) Organic Tequila Receives Prestigious Honor SARATOGA SPRINGS – One With Life Organic Tequila (OWL), an award winning ultra-premium organic tequila based in Saratoga Springs, was chosen Best of Year 2017 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine and placed in Top 100 Spirits for 2017. One With Life Organic Tequila was launched in...
Past is Prologue: History Starts Today
The Historical Society of Saratoga Springs’ Museum Holiday Gala – Friday, December 8 SARATOGA SPRINGS – It happened just the other day… A product of modern time – a Facebook “memory” – as opposed to actual memory – popped up. A random reminder about something that one/two/five years ago, whenever. (And, please, don’t tell...
So You Think You’re Hot Stuff, Huh? Try This On For Size…
HATTIE’S™ ADDS NASHVILLE STYLE HOT CHICKEN TO THEIR MENU! SARATOGA SPRINGS – Editor’s note: When Co-owner Beth Alexander shot me this memo, my remark was simply: “These Yankees better pull their big boy pants up!” Having lived in Nashville for a few years, all I can say is that after one serving, winter will...
National Ballet of Cuba to Make First-ever Appearance in Capital Region at SPAC in 2018
Upcoming Season Highlights Announced SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced the dates for the 2018 season, highlighted by the first-ever Capital Region appearance of the internationally renowned National Ballet of Cuba, known around the world for its exuberant flair and uniquely Cuban, athletic training based in the Russian style. Slated...
The Gallery: Digging (and Dining) In for Jake’s
“Cantina for a Cause:” Dining and Drinking at Cantina Yields A Record $5,797 for JHFH Photos by Cathy Duffy for Daily Planet Arthur SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s been a great week for local not-for-profit Jake’s Help From Heaven (JHFH) – see their website/. On Tuesday, December 5, JHFH announced that they had achieved a...
Snow Ball 2017 Shows How It’s Done… Again!
Snow Always Generates the Sweetest Fruit and the Brightest Flowers Photos: Arthur Gonick New Magic Strikes Carrie Rowlands Johnson SARATOGA SPRINGS – Long, bare arms reach out, fingers curled and beckoning. Tall bodies made even taller in heels and clothed in sequins stand statuesque, one blonde and one brunette. Faces are smiling and genuine,...
Dancing in the Land of the Blue Light Special!
Thirty-Fourth Annual Dancing in the Woods Dancing for Decades Carrie Rowlands Johnson LATHAM – Makeshift chandeliers and delicate tea lights drop from the ceiling, dangling like talented gymnasts, their job to mask and steer attention away from the industrial white tiles they’re anchored to. Several feet away, boughs of branches claim their own real...