CULTURE / ARTS
John Legend Joins the Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC
This year’s program for Philadelphia Orchestra’s summer residency has again proven legendary—as in John Legend-ary. (Sorry, we couldn’t resist.)
Tickets have been selling fast for...
Jessica Leonard: Painting the Winner’s Circle
Life oftentimes comes full circle. That’s the case for Orange County–based painter Jessica Leonard, who grew up near Saratoga Springs and still comes back...
Jesse Frohman’s ‘Equine Elegance’ Photography Exhibit Coming to The Adelphi Hotel
Experience the breathtaking beauty and spirited essence of horses through the lens of acclaimed photographer Jesse Frohman, whose latest exhibition, entitled "Equine Elegance," will...
New York City Ballet Celebrates its 75th Anniversary With a Rousing Lineup at SPAC
New York City Ballet will hit the SPAC stage July 9-13 for its annual summer residency—and this year, the dancers’ arrival also marks an...
The Orchard Project Has Deep Saratoga Roots
Saratoga Springs might be the next off-off Broadway hotspot. No joke. That’s the vision of Ari Edelson, Artistic Director of New York City–based The...
inti figgis-vizueta Takes up Residency at Opera Saratoga
Even though she’s never composed an opera before, that won’t stop award-winning, NYC composer inti figgis-vizueta from writing one—in a tight six-week window no...
When George Balanchine Took the Stage at SPAC
The great choreographer George Balanchine not only created the New York City Ballet (NYCB) to rival the great companies in Europe, but he solidified...
‘Anomaly’ Puts the Capital Region’s Film Scene in the Spotlight
Move over, Hollywood. Many filmmakers have a new cinema hotspot they’re hitting up these days: Saratoga Springs. “I’ve found that the Capital Region public...
The Sembrich Celebrates its Centennial Season
Exactly 100 years ago this year, internationally renowned Polish soprano Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) opened a teaching studio in a Spanish revival building on a...
Listen to This: Opera Saratoga’s New Contemporary Vocal Series
Before the swinging, gambling-themed summer season kicks off with great fanfare, Opera Saratoga welcomes three powerful contemporary works collectively called Listen to This. These...
Opera Saratoga’s Summer Season Promises High-Stakes Fun
If you’ve never been to Opera Saratoga, this is the year to start. And if you’ve attended various one-offs over the years, it’s time...
Don’t Miss SPAC’s Delicious Expansion of the Arts
Ahead of a busy winter events schedule, the producers of CulinaryArts@SPAC—Kim Klopstock an Pam Abrams—sit down with SPAC President Elizabeth Sobol.
Saratoga Living: SPAC’s CulinaryArts...
#TBT: Bob Dylan’s Shaky Start
He is undoubtedly the biggest star with a bona fide Saratoga footnote in his origin story, but the audience members at Bob Dylan’s first...
Musical Chairs: Panza’s Introduces New Piano Bar
It’s not a true piano bar unless people can lounge on it. Those are the rules according to Michael Panza, owner of Panza’s Restaurant....
Why You Need to Visit The Sembrich This Summer
Saratoga is the summer place to be, but let’s be honest: You might need a break from all the hustle and bustle. Whether you’re...
Saratoga Artist Nick Martinez Unveils 2023 Painting ‘The Wilson Chute’
While it may look like Nick Martinez’s yearly paintings of Saratoga Race Course are “just” a collection of eye-catching scenes from the track, there’s...
Meet Mary Birnbaum, Opera Saratoga’s New General and Artistic Director
Photography by Dori Fitzpatrick
Mary Birnbaum has been busy. Opera Saratoga’s new general and artistic director could have coasted for a bit after starting her...
Opera Saratoga Presents Free, Family-friendly Productions of ‘The Selfish Giant’
In a world of too much screen time and dwindling fine and performing arts programs within schools, children will have access to an enchanting...
SPAC’s 2023 Classical Season Packs a Punch
Photography by Erin Baiano
It’s not summer in Saratoga until the strains of classical music start pouring out of Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). Ballet...
Exclusive: Behind the Scenes With Owen Wilson
Late-April 2021, and the setting in Saratoga was all about perspective. If you were part of a certain film crew working with Hollywood heavyweight...
In Conversation: Carly and Cate Tell It Straight
Saratoga still has a bit of a reputation for having a certain resistance and reluctance to change, although two years of forced pivots during...
Meet the Man Behind Saratoga’s New Year’s Fest
When Saratoga First Night was canceled in 2020, it was a blow to Saratoga’s morale but, given the pandemic, was to be expected. When...
Your 2022 Holiday Book List
Picture Book: That’s Not Dasher, That’s My Dog!
By Adalyn & McKenna Vidoni
Need a funny Christmas story to tell around the tree? Grab a copy of...
Fall Into Six New Stories by Authors With Local Ties
MYSTERY
Witch Window: A Murder on Skis Mystery
By Phil Bayly
Phil Bayly’s fourth novel in his Murder on Skis mystery series follows a television reporter’s inexplicable...
The Write Stuff: Saratoga Book Festival Returns
Bookmark this one, bibliophiles: The second annual Saratoga Book Festival is hitting downtown October 21 and 22, with engaging keynotes, panel discussions, readings, interviews,...
Saratoga’s Books of the Month
Nonfiction
New York’s Greatest Thoroughbreds: A Contemporary History
By Allan Carter
In addition to being home to some of horse racing’s most historic and important tracks, New...
How Terry Decorah Became a Rising Star in the World of Lego Photography
It’s hard not to smile when you look at Terry Decorah’s Lego minifigure photography. There’s just something inexplicably endearing about a ceaselessly smiley, tiny...
5 Summer Reads by Capital Region Authors
Mystery: Deadly Reputation
By David K. Wilson
Author David K. Wilson has just released the fourth installment in his Sam Lawson series. Part mystery, part comedy, the...
Live Nation Kicks Off its Saratoga Summer Season With The Lumineers and Zac Brown Band
It's only the first week of June, and already Live Nation has presented three killer concerts as part of the promoter's summer season at...
Ledisi Sings Nina: The 2022 SPAC Performance You Can’t Miss
When it comes to the sheer talent possessed by Ledisi, the genre-fluid powerhouse singer-songwriter who’s coming to SPAC not once but twice this summer,...
Mostly Modern Festival Returns to Saratoga This June
Mostly Modern Festival (MMF) was born when classical music powerhouses Robert and Victoria Paterson (he’s a composer, she’s a violinist) were looking for a...
Saratoga’s Warden and Company Releases Debut Album ‘Somewhere’
This past April, Saratoga-based trio Warden and Company released its first full-length album, an insanely catchy, sing-along-able 11-track folk/rock debut called Somewhere, to rave...
New Orleans–based Band Galactic is Bringing Funk to Saratoga Jazz Fest
While it was certainly great to be back at the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival last summer, the experience wasn’t exactly what local jazz fans...
Carolee Carmello Comes Home With Opera Saratoga
When Broadway star Carolee Carmello was growing up in Albany, she treasured her summer evenings at SPAC, taking in concerts such as James Taylor...
Yo-Yo Ma Finds Beauty in Nature at SPAC
In a comeback classical season that’s about as buzzed-about and fanfare-filled as it could possibly get, there’s no denying that Yo-Yo Ma’s return to...
The Live Nation Concerts Saratogians Can’t Stop Talking About
If you grew up in Saratoga Springs, chances are that you grew up on concerts at SPAC. Whether you climbed the fence to sneak...
Opera Saratoga Debuts Region-wide 2022 Festival Format
Opera fans may remember that last year, due to concerns about performing indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Opera Saratoga took its 60th Anniversary Season...
Sterling Hyltin’s New York City Ballet Swan Song
New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal dancer Sterling Hyltin is preparing for her bittersweet final Saratoga performance—she’s sad to be saying goodbye but thrilled...
Book Nook: A Pair of Local Page-turners
We Shall Not Shatter
By Elaine Stock
Elaine Stock’s tug-at-your-heartstrings historical novel We Shall Not Shatter follows the story of friends Zofia and Aanya on the...
Pianist and NPR Host Lara Downes to Perform at Skidmore April 14
When you ask an artist as impressive as pianist Lara Downes if there has been a moment in her career when she felt she...
Four New or Upcoming Films With Capital Region Connections
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Directed by Chris Stearns
Written by Tom Mercer and Anthony Vertucci
Release Date: November 2, 2021
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed is a must-see visual...
Jenny C Design Creates Custom Maps for Any Wedding
Save-the-dates, invitations, a painstakingly planned seating chart, perfect place settings and…wedding maps? Yep, while traditional road maps have been all but obsolete for the...
Book Nook: Four Hot Reads for Cold Winter Nights
Strange Appetites
By Lâle Davidson
Saratogian Lâle Davidson’s Strange Appetites is a surreal and magical collection of stories. Davidson, an accomplished professor who has taught writing...
SPAC Announces Its Diverse 2022 Classical Season
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) excitedly announces its first full classical season in two years, with a spectacular and diverse program starring world-renowned...
These Local Artists Will Paint Your Wedding in Real Time
Queens of England have long commissioned artists to paint important wedding ceremonies. Now brides in the Capital Region are enjoying the trend, regally having their...
Local Author Lâle Davidson Shares Her Creative Process Ahead of Northshire Bookstore Talk
Local author and SUNY Adirondack professor Lâle Davidson will be coming to Northshire Bookstore on December 9 from 5:30-6:30pm to discuss two of her...
Together Ever After: The Lasting Effect COVID-19 Will Have on Saratoga Springs
On March 13, 2020 at 3pm, the heads of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Discover Saratoga, the Saratoga Springs City Center, the Saratoga...
Saratoga Arts Celebrates 25 Years at 320 Broadway With Soirée at SPAC
First thing's first: If you haven't read our story about Saratoga Arts Executive Director Louise Kerr, do that now. Since being hired for the...
Longtime Saratogian John Oliver Publishes Memoir, ‘I Know This Looks Bad’
It's been a busy couple of months for Saratogian and British expat John Oliver (not to be confused with HBO's Last Week Tonight host,...
Unmasking the Man Behind Popular Spa City News Site, the ‘Saratoga Report’ (Exclusive)
If you've spent any amount of time trawling the internet or social media for news on Saratoga Springs, you've likely come across the usual...
First Annual Saratoga Book Festival Coming to the Spa City October 15-17
Saratoga Springs has long been a destination for celebrated authors, whether they're coming for a talk and book signing at Northshire, Skidmore College's Summer...
Zac Brown Band Frontman Tests Positive for COVID, Cancels SPAC Show
The Zac Brown Band (ZBB) was a late-season mainstay at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in pre-pandemic years—sort of a post–Dave Matthews Band...
Trotter & Sholer Gallery in NYC Presents Artist Pajtim Osmanaj’s ‘The Story of the Evolution of a Falling Star’
When our New York City art correspondent Nicole Ianniello last checked in at the end of August, she had just met up with and...
George Frayne, Country Rock’s ‘Commander Cody,’ Dead at 77
It's time to dust off that old turntable, drop the needle and pay tribute. Country rock's George "Commander Cody" Frayne, of the 1960s and...
Saratoga’s Beyond My Battle to Host Third Annual ‘Art With Heart & Hope’ at UPH
Call it a virtual upgrade. Saratoga Springs nonprofit Beyond My Battle (BMB), which last year was forced to bring its annual Art with Heart...
SPAC 2021: Dave Matthews Band Back on the Amphitheater Stage
At the Church of Dave, eating, drinking and being merry are all required. Last night marked the Dave Matthews Band's triumphant return to the...
SPAC 2021: The Black Crowes Bring ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ to Saratoga
A Tuesday night crowd at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) turned back the clock to 1990, courtesy of Southern rockers The Black Crowes....
Richard Blanco, Obama’s Inaugural Poet, to Be First Visiting Artist at SPAC’s School of the Arts
Talk about an "inaugural" visiting artist. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center's soon-to-open School of the Arts just landed its first visiting artist, poet Richard...
2021 Ultimate A2Z Guide: The ‘Best of Everything’ in Saratoga
After a difficult 2020-21 for most Saratoga Springs small businesses, let’s start off by giving them all—the shops, restaurants, firms, salons, practices, nonprofits, et...
The One Where ‘Friends’ Executive Producer Kevin Bright Loves Local Art
If you count yourself among Kevin Bright’s friends—the ones that don’t get starstruck by the fact that he was once the executive producer and...
Pause, Renew, Retreat, Repeat: How Yaddo Survived Pandemic Lockdown—With Its Magic Intact
If you’re one of the lucky souls who has gotten past the barriers at Yaddo’s front gate—and haven’t been deterred by the “no trespassing”...
The Abstractionist: Zack Lobdell Is Not Your Father’s Saratoga Artist
If you’re looking for paintings of thundering Thoroughbreds or statues spitting and spatting, Saratoga artist Zack Lobdell is not your guy—even though a younger...
Jeremy Fish, Legendary West Coast Illustrator, Found His Earliest Influences in Saratoga’s Skateboard Scene
Artist Jeremy Fish moved around a lot as a kid, but he ended up spending one of his most formative decades, ages 8 to...
Sculptor John Van Alstine Found Inspiration in Two Life-Altering Crises—and Helped Us Heal
When the US descended into lockdown last year, so many New Yorkers stared down the endless hours at home without knowing how to fill...
How Yaddo, Saratoga’s Famed Artist Retreat, Came to Be
Doing good has been around in Saratoga for a long, long time. Case in point: Yaddo, the celebrated artists’ retreat featured on the cover...
Big Things Are Coming to SPAC This Fall
Last year was an all-around bummer for the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). The pandemic put the skids on all of its live programming,...
Power Player: Saratoga Arts Executive Director Louise Kerr
People take new jobs for all sorts of reasons: Sometimes it’s for better pay, sometimes it’s for better benefits. For Louise Kerr, executive director...
Brooklyn Artist Charles Shedden, a.k.a. OWVBICS, Talks Saratoga and His Most Recent Work (Exclusive)
Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Charles Shedden, a.k.a. OWVBICS (don't try to pronounce it; that's part of the fun), has been creating abstract/surrealist art for over...
SPAC Launches New ‘School of the Arts’ at Saratoga’s Museum of Dance
Attention young artists of the Capital Region: School just got way cooler. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) last week announced that it will...
SPAC 2021: Scenes From Daryl Hall and John Oates’ Performance
The Saratoga summer may be already halfway through, but the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is just starting to heat up. On Sunday night,...
Deb Talan on Divorce, The Weepies’ Last Stand and Her First Caffè Lena Show in 16 Years (Exclusive)
Folk singer Deb Talan has been through more in the last eight years than most people experience in an entire lifetime. In 2013, a...
Fully Vaccinated Member of Darlingside, Who Performed Twice at Caffè Lena on Friday Night, Has COVID
This past Friday, July 30, Saratoga Springs music venue Caffè Lena was dealt a bad hand, when it was discovered that a fully vaccinated...
Ex-Train Drummer and Saratoga Native Scott Underwood Unveils New Band, HU3M3N
Just a few years removed from playing in the Saratoga Springs High School jazz band—an ensemble that also included Figgs co-founder Pete Donnelly—drummer and...
Live Nation to Sell $20 ‘Return to Live’ Tickets for 12 SPAC Concerts
Live events are officially back, and Live Nation is helping soon-to-be concert-goers celebrate. On Thursday, the entertainment company announced its "Return to Live" ticket...
Famed ‘Tonight Show’ Bandleader Doc Severinsen Swinging Back to Caffè Lena This Travers Weekend
The last time famed Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson bandleader Doc Severinsen was at Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, his lip got the better...
Bruce Hiscock, Award-Winning Saratoga Area Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dead at 80
If you grew up in Saratoga Springs during the mid-to-late 1980s (as I did), your parents likely took you to see Bruce Hiscock present...
Dave Matthews Band Add a Pair of MSG Shows to Tour Schedule
More good news for local Dave Matthews Band fans. Just a few months after playing its semi-annual two-night stand at the Saratoga Performing Arts...
Scenes From the New York City Ballet’s Opening Night at SPAC
Meet the new normal, same as the old normal. Yesterday evening, locals were once again able to enjoy the grace and beauty of the...
Former Train Member Scott Underwood, a Saratoga Native, Launches GoFundMe for California Women’s Organization
Saratoga Springs native Scott Underwood knows a thing or two about giving back. As the former drummer of Grammy-winning alternative rock band Train—they of...
Cuteness Overload: Scenes From SPAC’s Children’s Workshops With the New York City Ballet
For the first time in its history, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) hosted a children's workshop with the New York City Ballet (NYCB)...
Scenes From the New York City Ballet’s Annual Load-In
The New York City Ballet (NYCB) has finally returned! Monday marked the famed dance company's annual load-in at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC),...
Saratoga Philanthropists Still Looking for Submissions for $5,000 Writing Award
Fancy yourself the next Rick Moody or Jennifer Egan? If you can string the right set of words together on the proper topic, you...
Skidmore’s Tang Teaching Museum to Reopen July 10
Saratoga recently saw the return of its performing arts scene—see: Saratoga Jazz Fest, Opera Saratoga and Live Nation show announcements aplenty. But tomorrow, July...
Bud Light Giving Away Free Tickets to Live Nation Shows at SPAC
This Bud's for you...plus some free concert tickets, too. Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light brand is running a promotion for the entirety of the summer of...
Scenes From SPAC’s 2021 Saratoga Jazz Fest
When the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) canceled last year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival for the first time in 42 years—or at least the...
Take Part in a Worldwide Scavenger Hunt That Includes Treasure Hidden All Over Saratoga
Now that we can all roam freely, maskless and socially close once again, why not take part in a worldwide scavenger hunt that features...
SPAC to Host ‘A Midsummer Night’s Supper’ Fundraiser
The course of true love never did run smooth—unless it included dinner. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) will host a fundraiser, entitled “A...
Soroptimist’s Secret Gardens Tour Set for July 11
The worst-kept secret in our area? There are tons of amazingly well-manicured "secret" gardens all over Saratoga County, whose green-thumbed garden-masters keep them looking...
Kurt Vonnegut Documentary, 33 Years in the Making, Finally Gets Release Date
In March of 1988, a 23-year-old Robert Weide—later a multiple Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer, whose credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm—boarded a train...
Billy Fuccillo, Auto Dealer of ‘Huge’ Ad Fame, Dead at 64
What a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge loss for Upstate New York. Car dealer Billy Fuccillo, best known for his advertisements with the "HUGE!" tagline, has died at...
Actor Jon Bernthal Pays Moving Tribute to Saratogian Josh Chambers at Memorial Service
Back in February, Saratoga Springs lost a true legend in Josh Chambers. A Greenwich native and Skidmore College graduate, Chambers made a name for...
Relatives of Prominent Capital Region Family Searching for Long-Lost Artwork (Exclusive)
One family with prominent Capital Region ancestors—and an unforgettable connection to Saratoga Springs and its racetrack—is looking for locals' help to solve a decades-old...
Fresh Off ‘Friends’ Reunion, Executive Producer Kevin Bright Releases Doc, ‘Nureongi’ (Exclusive)
If you've had a chance to catch the Friends reunion, which is currently streaming on HBO Max, you'll have already discovered that Saratoga Living's...
DMB’s Tim Reynolds Bringing Guitar Heroics—and Maybe Some Beethoven—to Putnam Place
Last summer seems like an eternity ago, right? Back then, we were mostly all hiding, depressed, under the table and dreaming of what a...
Opera Saratoga Launching Full-time Music Therapy Program for Alzheimer’s Patients This Fall
It was with a heavy heart that Nancy Gustafson watched her mother, Susan, who was living in a memory care center with advanced Alzheimer’s...
3 Hot Summer Beach Reads with Cool Saratoga Ties
Heading out on your first vacation in two years? Make sure to bring along these three beach reads by Saratoga authors.
All Girls
by Emily Layden
Layden,...
Opera Saratoga Gears Up for a Summer Festival Led Entirely by Women
Chances are, the last time you went to the opera—or the orchestra or a Broadway show, for that matter—the conductor standing on the podium...
Celebrating 60 Years of Opera Saratoga
According to Opera Saratoga’s Artistic and General Director Lawrence Edelson, the most impressive thing about the company’s 60th anniversary celebration this summer is not...
How Opera Saratoga Is Embracing Works Inspired by ‘Don Quixote’ This Summer
Fifty-something Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes was, by all accounts, an abject failure when he published the first part of what would become his epic...
Looking Back at the Lawn-goers of Year’s Past at SPAC
It says a lot about a music venue when simply being there is as important to the concertgoing experience as whatever sound is emanating...
Opera Saratoga’s Triumphant Return
Last August, I bought a crystal ball.
I began telling our Board and staff that all future planning would be done through an analysis of...
Photographer Samantha Decker Captures the Essence of the Saratoga Summer
There’s something special—some would say magical—about summer in Saratoga. The Congress Park ducks carelessly stopping traffic on Broadway, the possibility of winning big on...
Marvel at the Capital Region’s Many Connections to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
You don’t need to be a genius like Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) to know that Marvel Studios struck gold when it began adapting...
Opera Saratoga’s Costume Designer on Costuming the World of ‘La Mancha’
No one gets into character quite like an actor or actress, and the final step of the transformation is undoubtedly stepping into a bespoke...
Opera Saratoga Welcomes Zachary James as Lead in ‘Man of La Mancha’
Saratoga Living sat down with Broadway star Zachary James, a self-proclaimed “dreamer” who will hit the SPAC stage this summer for the first time...
SPAC Welcomes Back The Philadelphia Orchestra, Violinist Joshua Bell
It's time to brush up on that hushed "inside voice" you've been letting slide since the pandemic hit. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)...
Nashville of Saratoga Offers the Spa City the Country Bar It’s Always Deserved (Updated)
If you've ever been to Nashville, you'll know that the city eats, breathes and sleeps country music. With historic venues such as the Grand...
Kick Off Your Saratoga Summer With ‘Saratoga Living’ at Putnam Place on June 3
You've been cooped up in your home for too long, you say? Well, now's the chance to retire those COVID sweatpants, get gussied up...
Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Returning to SPAC on September 12
For country legend Willie Nelson, it's got to be good to be on the road again. After COVID canceled pretty much every concert tour...
Bob Dylan, Caffè Lena’s Most Famous ‘Headliner,’ Turns 80
The answer, my friend, isn't the only thing that's blowin' in the wind today. There are also 80 birthday candles being blown out, and...
SPAC Brings Back Immersive App-based Art Installation ‘Soundwalk’
Looking to add something a little more environmentally relevant to your afternoon strolls through the Saratoga Spa State Park? The Saratoga Performing Arts Center...
HBO Max’s ‘Friends’ Reunion Special Gets a Full-Length Trailer
You could call it "The One Where Everybody Reunites." The long-rumored HBO Max Friends reunion special, which was executive produced by Saratoga County resident...
Highlights From Palette’s Zoom Chat with Emmy-Winning ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Producer Eric Tuchman (Exclusive)
If you've caught any of the first four seasons of MGM/Hulu's 15-time Emmy Award–winning series The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), you'll...
Saratoga Jazz Fest Returns With Headliners Dianne Reeves, Christian McBride’s New Jawn and Al Di Meola
Thanks to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), we can all unplug our laptops, get back outside and enjoy some live music again. In...
Can-Do Attitude: Death Wish Coffee Unveils New ‘World’s Strongest Latte’
Lattes are for softies, you say? They're best served for soy-loving sissies, à la "Drops of Jupiter"? Well, not on Death Wish Coffee's watch....
Phish Frontman Trey Anastasio Performing Trio of Solo Dates at SPAC in June
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) hasn't even made any official announcement regarding a 2021 Live Nation summer season, but it looks like Saratogians...
Call It a Comeback: Saratoga Jazz Fest Returning to SPAC in June
After being forced to cancel its entire classical season last year due to COVID—and hosting nary a Live Nation act—the Saratoga Performing Arts Center...
Opera Saratoga Kicks Off 60th Anniversary Season With ‘Don Quixote’–Inspired Performances
It's time to dust off those opera glasses, Saratoga. Today, Opera Saratoga has unveiled its 60th anniversary season and 2021 Summer Festival with a...
Cuomo: Outdoor Stadiums, Casinos and Gyms Can All Increase Capacity
With the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate recently dropping below two percent for the first time since early November (it's back to just over two...
Saratogian and LPGA Golf Star Dottie Pepper Pens ‘Letters to a Future Champion’
Even sports legends have to start somewhere. Dottie Pepper, who won a pair of LPGA major championships in 1992 and 1999, and a staggering...