Bright, White, and Festive Tonight Carrie Rowlands Johnson Heads thrown back, laughter erupting from wide open mouths, half-closed eyes, crinkled noses. Bodies move in synch with each other, mostly in pairs but also in threes and fours and groups even larger. Feet, knees, hips, arms, shoulders, hands… swaying, strobing, waving; my own body eagerly...
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2017 Siro’s Cup: A 24 Year Winning Streak!
Editor’s Note: For the big events – such as Thursday, July 20th’s Siro’s Cup – we bring the big team. And this is what big looks like: In this case, we had a nice preview story from Mandy Mittler (see: her July 16 post). Here are some dispatches and perspectives from Carrie Rowlands Johnson,...
Ninth Annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace Features Loaded Field
Race Lineup Boasts Nearly $2.5 Million in 2017 Earnings SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Casino Hotel is set to welcome some of America’s finest standardbred performers during the running of the ninth annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Free for All (FFA) Pace on Saturday, July 22. The first post time is scheduled for 7:05 pm...
A Midsummer Night’s Opening…
Shakespeare in the Park – ‘Midsummer’ Through July 29 SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{{Couple overheard walking off their Brooks BBQ dinner at the Saratoga Senior Center:}}} He: “So what do you want to do now, hun?” She: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a place where world-class entertainment is provided free, in a perfect...
HATTIE’S™ RAW BAR, COURTYARD BAR AND HAPPY HOUR NEWS!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Hattie’s Restaurant has added a Raw Bar and an outdoor bar to their courtyard, designed and built by Hattie’s bar designer and builder, Matt Geleta. Customers may place their order directly with the shucker, watch their clams or oysters opened, and pay right at the raw bar. The outdoor bar is...
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Alex Torres and His Latin Orchestra Return to UpBeat on the Roof SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College presents the second concert in the Upbeat on the Roof series with Alex Torres and His Latin Orchestra on Thursday, July 20, at 7 p.m. Alex Torres...
A Gala Bright: They Light Up The Night!
Albany Medical Center’s annual Light Up the Night gala benefitted their Department of Emergency Medicine Editor’s Note: On Friday, July 14 – Prime at Saratoga National was host to one of the season’s most important galas. Light Up the Night is an annual celebration of success: indeed, a celebration of the thousands of lives...
Hats Off Lineup!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Your free festival music lineup, ladies and gents – courtesy of our friends at the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce: Both nights are from 7 to 11 p.m. and, as always it’s free, Free, FREE! Friday, July 21: Location + Band Adirondack Trust Company – SIRSY Ben + Jerry’s – Alan...
“The Wanderer” Returns Home
Skippy and The Pistons Fill Congress Park For Free Show SARATOGA SPRINGS – I really wasn’t sure what to expect tonight. Long before I moved to this town, these guys were already on their way. As hometown crowd pleasers, Skippy and the Pistons’ legend is unquestioned… And yet, on a night when LiveNation was...
Planet Mandy: Where Your Money Goes…
…And The Good It Does – A Siro’s Cup Preview SARATOGA SPRINGS – Get ready fellow track lovers, it’s that time of the year again. The time when restaurants no longer run their Wednesday specials, parking is nearly impossible and if you live in Saratoga your morning stroll to retrieve your newspaper requires you...