CULTURE / ARTS
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 to go all in. After all, there’s the excitement of the Belmont (watch out for the opera’s performance at the track on Friday between races three and four), the razzle-dazzle of Guys and Dolls (the only full-fledged musical in town),...
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 has become a regular series in record time, with tickets to every event selling out fast. When did this happen—and why?
Elizabeth Sobol: We started CulinaryArts@SPAC at our 2019 Wine and Food Festival. It was a chance to work with Kim...
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...