Inspiration can come from unexpected places. For Peter McPherson, a Saratoga Springs-based freelance writer and board game developer, the idea for his hit board...
It's not always easy to stay entertained in self-quarantine—especially staring down week two of all nonessential businesses being shuttered because of the COVID-19 outbreak....
The COVID-19 outbreak—and Governor Cuomo's subsequent executive order—has all but stamped out live events and activities in New York State for the moment. And...
What's better than catching the Lumineers at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) this June? (Well, nothing, if you're a big enough fan.) Watching...
In a historic divergence from tradition, former US Representative Chris Gibson has been named Siena College’s 12th president, the first non-friar to hold the...
The first comic book I ever read cover-to-cover was this beat-up old Marvel compendium that retraced the origin stories of Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus and...
Do you feel it? I do. Saratogians are abuzz about the impending opening of Universal Preservation Hall (UPH), the city’s first year-round performing arts...
saratoga living’s kicking off our new “Bae Watch” column with Saratoga Springs-based relationship expert, Jennifer “Deb” Cook, and who will be answering all of...
Stressed-out college students and cobwebby reference books aren’t the only things you’ll find in Skidmore College’s Lucy Scribner Library: The four-floor building in the...
Coffee Lena. Swingin' Sixty. Folk, That's Good. Saratoga Springs' Caffè Lena is turning 60 this May, and to honor its milestone birthday, the historic music...
Skidmore College's Tang Teaching Museum wants to spend its Saturdays with you. The museum is bringing back its popular Family Saturdays program on February...
This guy's career has literally been built almost entirely out of Rubik's Cubes. As you might remember, one-time Saratoga Springs street magician, Steven Brundage, who...
Throughout this year, saratoga living's sister publication, Capital Region Living, will be focusing in on different cities in the Capital Region. We’ll take you on...
Even big-time Saratoga ballers need to have a pajama party every so often. That's the sentiment behind Ballsfest's second annual Pajama Party, which this year takes...
As some of you might know, I married into a Utica area family, who immediately, no-questions-asked indoctrinated me into the Utican lifestyle: Anyone who...
When it comes to phenomenal classical music, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has its patrons covered this summer. Saratoga's premier performing arts venue...
You don't have to fly to Madrid anymore to see the Spanish masters. Glens Falls' The Hyde Collection recently announced its 2020 schedule of exhibitions,...
Ten years ago, tragedy transformed the lives of a local television reporter and his family. Mark Mulholland, who covers Saratoga Springs and the North...
When it was announced earlier this month that First Night Saratoga 2020 would be doing away with its grand-finale fireworks display in Congress Park...
What a year it's been! In 2019, saratoga living set out to produce even more engaging and insightful magazine features than ever before. It required...
Reality check: Many Saratogians are going to be working from home over the next few weeks (and possibly longer) because of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Christmas came early to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). Saratoga Springs' premier performing arts venue has been awarded $2 million in funding from Governor Andrew...
As they say in theater, the show must go on. Earlier this month, the Saratoga Shakespeare Company, Saratoga Springs' resident troupe of Shakespearean specialists, announced...
Skidmore College has a new president. The Saratoga Springs-based liberal arts college announced on December 18 that Mark C. Connor, an English professor and...
The wait for a year-round arts venue in Downtown Saratoga is finally over. After nearly two decades of fundraising and renovating, the Universal Preservation...
Opera Saratoga is getting its opera glasses ready early. Saratoga Springs' resident opera company recently announced the creation of a new Opera Saratoga Guild,...
If you're a channel-changer, it's entirely possible that you've caught saratoga living on TV over the past few weeks. The magazine's Editor in Chief,...
It's been another exciting year here at saratogaliving.com—and we've seen tremendous, unprecedented, year-over-year growth. Not to bore you or anything with a massive data...
Fireworks on New Year's Eve are so 2019. Beginning with this year's First Night Saratoga 2020 celebration, saratoga living has learned that, in lieu of the traditional...
Early Sunday morning in Saratoga Springs, it was 0 degrees outside. (Yes, zero.) Fourteen-hundred miles southward in Palm Beach, FL? A balmy 69, and...
As someone about to enter the workforce, I’m aware that the professional landscape has changed since my parents’ day: neither one could’ve ever imagined...
Whether I’m crafting a short story for a literary contest or reporting on a new restaurant opening for saratogaliving.com, I’ve come to realize that...
Alexis Rodríguez-Duarte, the legendary, critically-acclaimed portrait photographer, is tough, in the best possible sense of that word. Knowing precisely what he wants from an...
Richard Pérez-Feria, Editor in Chief
Film:
Bridesmaids (2013) Still laughing: “It’s happening! It’s happening! It happened.”
The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) Leonardo DiCaprio at his primal...
Skidmore College is about to impact the lives of a number of young music students up north in the Ticonderoga region. saratoga living has learned that...
I recently celebrated my two-year anniversary here at saratoga living, which also means I've been working in a bustling, public, office environment now for...
Regardless of your political persuasion, it's entirely possible that, if you're trying to catch up on the news during the morning commute, you've heard...
Hold the gramophone! The 2020 Grammy Award nominees have been announced, and the Capital Region's own Albany Symphony and Conductor David Alan Miller have...
Saratogians have apparently been nice this year, because Santa (a.k.a. the Saratoga Performing Arts Center a.k.a. SPAC) has put a standout gift under their...
Nothing says the beginning of the holidays in Saratoga Springs like the Saratoga Performing Arts Center's (SPAC's) staging of its annual Nutcracker Tea. With...
You probably know Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) for its sold-out Live Nation shows, world-class New York City Ballet performances and as the summer...
Saratoga Springs-based equine photographer Tracey Buyce, whose work has been exhibited in esteemed local venues such as Uncommon Grounds, Prime at Saratoga National and Putnam Place—and...
Love the holidays? Love The Nutcracker? Love tea? Then you'll adore the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s (SPAC's) annual nutcracker tea, an all-ages event coming...
Next month, Beatlemania will be grabbing ahold of Skidmore College once again—and this time, with an eye to The Beatles' swan song albums. Skidmore's annual,...
Attention, Saratogians: Now's your chance to put one or more of your favorite rock-and-roll acts in music's most hallowed institution. Through January 10, you...
Whenever I find myself on the Skidmore College campus, I immediately feel better about the world. And after chatting with Cerri Banks, the college’s...
It’s a perfect Saturday night in Saratoga Springs at the halfway point of racing season. The sidewalks swell with sightseers and high-rollers. Everyone seems...
Matcha (tea) might be having a moment, but it’s another green plant-based product that’s currently taking the health and wellness world by storm. Cannabidiol,...
Don’t get me wrong: I love the stunning horse photography and sweeping landscape paintings that fill art galleries along Broadway in Downtown Saratoga Springs....
