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2019 Saratoga Wine & Food Festival: Photographer Terri-Lynn Pellegri On Her Compost-Themed Photo Exhibition (Exclusive)

Food waste might be the last thing patrons expect to see on display at this year's reimagined Saratoga Wine & Food Festival—but when it's as beautiful...

Wild Tales: Graham Nash, Two-Time Rock Hall Of Famer, On Why He’ll Be Revisiting His First Two Solo Records In Albany On September 28

Every musician has a musical soulmate. Mine is my buddy Zach, whom I first connected with at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in...

Saratoga County’s PowerSpike Raises $1.3 Million To Connect Advertisers With Video Game Influencers

Being an online influencer might appear to be an endless scroll of glorious selfies, viewed and liked by millions of adoring, digital hangers-on, who...

Previewing The 2019 New Yorker Festival And Its Capital Region Connections

It's time to party like it's 1999. The 20th anniversary of The New Yorker Festival touches down at a number of different venues throughout...

For Pete’s Sake: Two Of The Figgs Are Riding In NYC’s ‘Bike MS’ To Help Raise Funds For The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Exclusive)

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember when The Figgs ruled Saratoga Springs. (I sure do; I spent more than a year writing...

Saratoga-Based Equine Photographer Tracey Buyce To Stage An ‘Interactive’ Solo Exhibition At Trilogy Equestrian Center (Exclusive)

Whether Saratoga Race Course is open or shut tight, as it has been for a few weeks now, one thing is clear: Saratoga Springs...

Caffè Lena Showcases ‘Saratoga Originals’ In Evening Jam-Packed With Local Talent

Most upstart musicians may only dream of playing at historic music venues such as the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville or Radio City Music Hall...

CEO Of Glens Falls’ Hyde Collection Scores Role As An Extra On HBO’s ‘Succession’ (Exclusive)

If you catch HBO's hit show Succession this weekend, you might see a familiar, local face: Norman Dascher. He's not a veteran SAG-AFTRA guy from the Capital...

Join ‘Real Housewives Of New York City’ Star Dorinda Medley And ‘saratoga living’ To Celebrate Saratoga’s ‘Best Of Everything’

Bravo! saratoga living magazine is celebrating the release of its second annual "Best Of Everything" Issue on October 6, with an exclusive brunch party at Prime...

2019 Saratoga Auto Auction To Feature A Record 350 Rare And Classic Cars

A different kind of horsepower will be making its way to Saratoga Springs next weekend, when the Saratoga Automobile Museum's 2019 Saratoga Auto Auction rolls...

Banda Magda Helps ‘SPAC On Stage’ Season Go Out With A Bang

Last night marked the final performance of the season for the popular SPAC On Stage series, hosted by saratoga living and the Saratoga Performing...

Country Legend Willie Nelson Doubles Back To SPAC With His Outlaw Music Festival

If you were in the audience for last year's Outlaw Music Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), you would've been treated to...

Grammy-Winning Pop Star Cardi B Brings Down The House At SPAC

Cardi B sure knows how to make a grand entrance. And for fans in Saratoga Springs, this one was four months in the making....

Skidmore College To Host Public Screening Of New Caffè Lena Documentary

Coffee and TV, anyone? On Thursday, September 12, Skidmore College will be hosting a free public screening of a brand-new WHMT Public Media-produced Caffè...

Multilingual, New York City Group Banda Magda To Close Out ‘SPAC On Stage’ Series

There aren't many concerts you can go to and hear songs sung in six different languages—let alone listen to a setlist ranging from Brazilian...

Zac Brown Band Brings Its Owl Tour Through SPAC

If shows at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) by the Dave Matthews Band or Phish mark the unofficial kickoff to the Saratoga summer, Zac Brown Band's annual...

Brooklyn Band Red Baraat Keeps The SPAC On Stage Crowd Dancing All Night Long

If you're friends with me, you know that I have limited dancing skills. In fact, I wouldn't even call them "skills," per se. They're...

Zac Brown Band’s Coy Bowles Talks Growing Up On Nirvana And What Goes Into Writing A No.1 Single (Exclusive)

When I was growing up here in Saratoga Springs, it was a rite of passage to go see the Dave Matthews Band perform at...

Rock Hall Of Famers KISS Bring Their ‘End Of The Road’ World Tour To SPAC

Love 'em or hate 'em, KISS are one of the most influential acts to have come out of the glutted 1970s rock scene. Everybody...

Woodstock ’69 Vet Santana, With The Doobie Brothers In Tow, Rocks SPAC With The Classics

So what if the Woodstock 50 music festival was a complete bust? The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) landed one of the OG Woodstock's greatest acts,...

Homecoming Dance: Phantogram, Saratoga’s Most Successful Indie Rock Band, Set To Play Upstate Concert Hall

In 2003, a full year after I left college, I briefly returned home to Saratoga Springs to crash at my parents' place, while I...

SPAC On Stage Presents Brooklyn-Based Musical Polyglot Red Baraat On August 26

To the person that came up with music genre heading "world music": You just didn't get it, did you? Hear me out: If you're...

Opera Saratoga Announces 2020 Summer Season With The New York Premiere Of The Hit Opera ‘Sky On Swings’

Summer's not officially over yet (especially with the 150th running of the Travers Stakes this weekend), but that hasn't stopped Opera Saratoga from looking...

Slipknot: A Love Story, Or How A Nine-Piece Metal Band That Wears Halloween Masks Will Be Shredding SPAC Into Oblivion

It was the middle aughts, and all things considered, life was pretty good in Astoria, Queens. I had a job that paid the bills....

Philadelphia Orchestra To Honor Beethoven’s 250th Birthday During 2020 SPAC Season

Now's the time to brush up on your Beethoven. Next summer, from August 12-15, 2020, The Philadelphia Orchestra, under Music Director and Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin,...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Richard Russo Returns To Skidmore To Discuss His Latest Novel, ‘Chances Are’

Award-winning novelist Richard Russo may have a Pulitzer Prize and several bestselling books under his belt, but he hasn't forgotten his humble roots here...

Supermodel Gigi Hadid, ‘Bachelorette’ Beau Spotted In Saratoga County Starbucks

The Capital Region is no stranger to Hollywood's rich and famous. (Heck, Jane Fonda went to high school in Troy!) It turns out that...

Philadelphia Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis And The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Perform ‘Swing Symphony’ At SPAC

The Philadelphia Orchestra kicked things into high gear during the final week of its summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), with...

Multiple Grammy-Winning Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Visits The Double H Ranch

It's difficult not to be in awe of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. For one, he's won nine Grammy Awards. His playing's also earned him...

Beck, Cage The Elephant And Spoon Put On A Triple-Bill For The Ages At SPAC

Despite having to go to the office on Monday, some Saratogians actually had a three-day weekend. On August 12, a triple-bill for the ages touched...

Tracy Bonham, ’90s Alt-Rock Hitmaker, Bringing Brand-New Material To Caffè Lena

In 1996, my daily diet of music consisted of a rotating cast of bought and borrowed compact discs, including everything from Beck's Odelay (borrowed), The...

Remembering Nobel Prize-Winning Author Toni Morrison

On Monday, August 5, the world lost a true literary mastermind in Toni Morrison. She was 88. Morrison was the author of 11 novels...

5 Under-The-Radar Museums To Visit This Summer In The Saratoga Area

Saratoga Springs is a horse town. It's a performing arts town and it's a nightlife town. But it's also a museum town. If you've...

Philadelphia Orchestra 2019: Scenes From Opening Night At SPAC

The Philadelphia Orchestra's season in Saratoga is once again off to the races. Kicking off its annual summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts...

Cheap Seats: ‘Hamilton’ Ten-Dollar Ticket Lottery To Open On August 11

Get this: It might only cost you an Alexander Hamilton (i.e. a ten-dollar bill) to enjoy the blockbuster Broadway musical Hamilton. The show's producer,...

America’s Music: Aaron Copland, ‘Appalachian Spring’ And His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterpiece’s SPAC Debut

By now, you should know that I'm a music obsessive. Any chance I get to write about the artists that move me for saratoga...

Opinion: If Woodstock Doesn’t Happen In Upstate New York, Is It Really Still Woodstock? (Updated)

When I was a card-carrying member of the Alternative Nation in the mid-to-late 1990s—buying my skateboard supplies at Jah Skate & Reggae Shop on...

Ho Hey, Saratoga! The Lumineers Are Coming To SPAC In June 2020

If you thought the rush to get Hamilton tickets at Proctors was out of control, just wait until next year when The Lumineers come...

Home Made Theater’s Upcoming Season Includes ‘Mamma Mia!,’ ‘Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time’

While The Spa Little Theater stage belongs to Opera Saratoga during the summer months, come fall, the curtain will rise on the 2019-20 season...

Local Installation Artist Erik Johnsen Brings His Shiny Sculptures To The Streets Of Saratoga Springs

I have an affinity for shiny objects, and I recently stumbled on a sizable one while walking down Broadway in Saratoga Springs. It wasn't...

Saratoga Wine & Food Festival Returns To SPAC In October

It's almost time to toast Saratoga's annual Wine & Food Festival—but this year, Saratogians will have to wait a little bit longer than usual....

Comedian Patton Oswalt Bringing His Stand-Up Act To The Palace Theatre On July 25 (Exclusive)

It's no exaggeration to say that Patton Oswalt is one of the hardest working comedians in show business. For younger audiences, Oswalt's general hilariousness...

Schenectady Teen Makes A Splash On Hit Netflix Series ‘Stranger Things’

One Schenectady teenager has just made herself millions of nerdy fans. In a scene-stealing moment from Season 3 of Netflix's Stranger Things, which premiered on...

Sculpted Beauties: Saratoga’s A Horse Statue Town

Back in the 1980s, the only horse statue I remember there being in Saratoga Springs’ city limits was a perky pony on the roof...

The Art Of The Travers Stakes: Artist Greg Montgomery Takes His Brush To Saratoga’s Most Important Race

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing artist Greg Montgomery and collaborating with him professionally for almost a decade, but his presence in my life...

Horses In Mythology: How The Ancients Depicted The Beautiful Animals We Know And Love

I’ve never known any real horses. Sure, I’ve seen Thoroughbreds up close in the Saratoga Race Course paddock, and I have a faint memory...

How Saratoga Brought Seabiscuit To Hollywood

The leaves have begun to fall, dusting Saratoga Race Course in swatches of red, orange and yellow. Off the track, under an awning, Charles...

Horses In The Zeitgeist: The Beautiful Beasts Of American Popular Culture

You might remember the feature saratoga living did last year about horses in Hollywood. We wanted to expand on that list. Where else have...

New York City Ballet 2019: Scenes From Nights 1 And 2

This past Tuesday kicked off the New York City Ballet's (NYCB's) 2019 summer residency at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). In the season opener, Tchaikovsky...

REVEAL International Contemporary Art Fair Returns To Saratoga

Mark your calendar for this coming weekend: The best the international art world—and select local galleries—have to offer will be on display at the...

Saratoga’s Eden Compton Gallery Celebrating The Intersection Of Ballet And Art With Its ‘Dance Into Summer’ Exhibit

It couldn't have been choreographed any better. With the New York City Ballet's (NYCB's) annual summer residency kicking off at the Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center...

‘Women In Racing’ Exhibit Set To Open At The National Museum Of Racing On July 20

Historically, the trainers, owners and jockeys that have gotten the most ink—and to that end, been the centerpiece of the majority of museum exhibits...

Dave Matthews Band Crashes Into SPAC For Two-Night Stand

In some far-off places, people get communions or bat mitzvahs as a sign of their coming of age. But in Saratoga Springs, everybody knows...

Watch Luke Bryan, Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department Perform Onstage Together At SPAC

I’m not a huge fan of country music, but when my friend Erica offered up a free lawn ticket to Thursday’s (July 11's) Luke...

Saratoga Shakespeare Company: Summer Season Of Shakespeare In The Parks To Feature ‘The Tempest,’ ‘King Lear’

In his play King Lear, William Shakespeare wrote: “In jest, there is truth.” There'll certainly be plenty of both—plus a bit of tragedy (it's Shakespeare after...

Woodstock 50 Denied Permit At Vernon Downs, Future Of Festival Once Again In Jeopardy

Woodstock's 50th anniversary is shaping up to be one that its creators might want to forget. The embattled Woodstock 50 festival, which originally boasted...

Upstate Artist Gregory Tomb Offering Glassblowing Classes All Summer At The Gideon Putnam

Artist Gregory Tomb, who grew up in the Capital Region, vividly remembers the first time he saw glass art being made. He was a...

One Phish, Two Phish: Throngs Of Fans Welcome Legendary Jam Band To SPAC

If you were at Dead & Company at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) last month, it's entirely possible that you made it a...

SPAC Swaps In Musical About Afrobeat Pioneer Fela Kuti For Cancelled YAMATO Show

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announced on July 3 a change to its summer global music lineup. Fela! The Concert, a stripped-down version of...

Saratoga Jazz Festival 2019: Exclusive Photos From Saturday And Sunday’s Packed Lineups

If you count yourself among the faithful fans who show up year in and year out for the Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, this year,...

HBO Show ‘Succession’ Returning To The Capital Region And Looking For Extras In Albany

Albany's going to be making a cameo on a hit television show. HBO series Succession will be returning to Upstate New York early next week to film...

Upstate Indie Filmmakers To Be Highlighted On WMHT’s 11th Season Of TvFILM

Pop some popcorn in the microwave, Saratoga. WMHT Public Media, Eastern New York's Public Broadcasting Service, has announced the lineup for its annual, summer indie film...

’90s Alt-Rockers Toad The Wet Sprocket Celebrating Their 30th Anniversary At The Egg

Any rock band that makes it to the three-decade mark should be stopping to take a victory lap. And that's exactly what Toad the...

Lights Go Out On Broadway: Proctors Experiences Website Woes On Day Of ‘Hamilton’ Ticket Sales (Updated)

Proctors could be facing a colonial revolt in the Capital Region if it doesn't get its IT in order. If you're trying to purchase Hamilton...

Skidmore’s Summer Writers Institute Announces Lineup That Includes National Book Award Winner Joyce Carol Oates (Exclusive)

Saratoga Race Course's horse racing meet might be the talk of the town come July 11, but across town at Skidmore College, people will...

Exclusive Photo Gallery: Dead & Company Play To ‘Grateful’ Crowd At SPAC

If you're a Saratogian, you'll know that on any day there's a jam band in town—whether it be Dave Matthews Band, Phish or Dead...

Yaddo Mansion To Reopen After A Two-Year, $10 Million Restoration Project

Saratoga Springs' resident artists' retreat Yaddo just completed a massive renovation project, and Saratogians are about to get their first glimpse. One of the...

Gloria Vanderbilt, Famed Fashion Designer And Heiress, Dead At 95

In the world of surnames, it doesn't get much more iconic than "Vanderbilt." Or, if you're from this neck of the woods, "Vanderbilt Whitney"...

Proctors’ ‘Hamilton’ Tickets Go On Sale To The Public On June 24

With the exception of the upcoming Saratoga Race Course season, Proctors nabbing the national tour of forever-red-hot Broadway musical Hamilton has been the most talked-out...

Saratoga Springs High School Jazz Ensemble To Co-Open Saratoga Jazz Festival

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival is fast approaching, and it's letting some fresh new faces kick off this year's star-studded event. For the first time in...

Saratoga Springs Welcomes Back Local AM/FM Radio Station

Anyone who commutes to work in the Capital Region has a battery of local radio stations to enjoy: everything from Albany's PYX 106.5 to...

Caffè Lena Regular Anaïs Mitchell Wins Big At The Tony Awards For Her ‘Hadestown’

The hit Broadway musical Hadestown had a night to remember at the 2019 Tony Awards. At the ceremony, which took place at Radio City Music...

Skidmore Welcomes Gravity-Defying Streb Extreme Dance Company To The College

Recently, I found myself standing shoeless on a padded red gymnastics mat, partially enclosed in a scaffolding-composed canopy, struggling to balance on one foot,...

SPAC’s Speaker Series Kicks Off Season With Lecture By Award-Winning Composer Kenneth Frazelle

Having grown up near the Atlantic coast in North Carolina, the rhythm of water always had a strong influence on American composer Kenneth Frazelle....

Glens Falls’ Hyde Collection To Present ‘Rooftops’ Art Exhibit Focusing On Artist John Sloan

Shout it from the rooftops: Starting on June 15 and running through September 15, The Hyde Collection will present a brand-new exhibit at the Wood...

Local ‘American Idol,’ ‘Voice’ Superstars Madison VanDenburg And Moriah Formica Team Up For Times Union Center Show

The Capital Region's had a solid showing on music reality TV in the past few years. And now three local singers and veterans of...

Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park Is Heading Up A Local Effort To Save An Endangered Butterfly

Saratoga County might be the last place you'd expect to find endangered species, but we have two that call the area home: the Indiana...

Governors Ball 2019: Exclusive Photos From The NYC Music Festival…Before Things Went South

This year's Governors Ball should serve as a reminder to music fans of what might happen if Mother Nature doesn't decide to cooperate (see:...

Indie Rock Band Yo La Tengo, Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Sam Green To Bring ‘Buckminster Fuller’ Collaboration To Skidmore

At the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this summer, you'll be able to watch movies such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and...

The Wait Is Over: Proctors’ Upcoming Production Of Broadway Musical ‘Waitress’ Has Found Its Two Lulus

Proctors has found its Lulus! On Friday, May 31, Proctors announced that, after auditioning 40 young girls from all over the Capital Region, it had...

Photo Gallery: Beekman Street Art Fair Returns To Saratoga Springs

The Saratoga arts scene really knows how to party down. The Beekman Street Arts District in Saratoga Springs is set to host its 7th Annual Beekman...

Don’t Let Them Go! Tickets For Broadway’s ‘Frozen’ At Proctors Go On Sale On May 30

Soon, Capital Region kids won't just be singing "Let It Go" in front of their TVs and iPads. Schenectady's Proctors Theatre will be hosting...

Upstate New Yorker Heidi Diehl Discusses Her Debut Novel ‘Lifelines’

An ambitious debut novel by Syracuse-born writer Heidi Diehl is creating quite a bit of buzz in literary circles. Slated to be released on Tuesday, June...

National Baseball Hall Of Fame In Cooperstown Opening New Exhibit On Baseball Cards

Back in 1987, on the way back from one of my brother's many violin lessons in Albany, my parents agreed to stop at a...

Saratoga Goes Hollywood: THIS…Is ‘American Idol,’ Cohoes!

We here at saratoga living are big fans of reality TV. In fact, we watch so much of it that we wanted to see...

Woodstock At 50: Looking Back, Moving Forward

At least for my generation, Woodstock wasn’t about peace, love and hippie-ness. It was defined by giant globs of mud, with bands such as...

‘Low-Fi’ At 25: Celebrating The 25th Anniversary Of The Figgs’ ‘Low-Fi At Society High’

I was 14 years old when my older brother, two years my senior, first brought home The Figgs' 1994 album, Low-Fi At Society High....

Honoring Saratoga’s Wonder Women: SPAC’s Elizabeth Sobol, Caffè Lena’s Sarah Craig And UPH’s Teddy Foster

On the cover of this year's Saratoga Summer Issue, saratoga living wanted to honor the trio of dynamic women who are in charge of entertaining...

Why Live Nation Loves SPAC

Last June, I attended one of the greatest concerts of my life. The multiple Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar, who at the time...

Opera Saratoga Lands The World Premiere Of ‘Ellen West’

One of the great perks of participating in New York City’s elite avocational choruses, as I’ve done for a decade, is the likelihood that,...

Back To The Future: Saratoga’s Drive-Ins

When I was a kid, the drive-in was a summertime treat. Curled up under an old blanket in the backseat of our cherry-red Buick...

Power Player: Jim Mastrianni, Chairman Of The Board Of Directors, Caffè Lena

Last September, I opened up Facebook Messenger to find some saratoga living fan mail. Caffè Lena’s Chairman of The Board of Directors, Jim Mastrianni,...

Skidmore Stars: Alum Zazie Beetz Is Heating Up Hollywood

All that time I spent sponging up Marvel comic books at the long-shuttered Spa City Comics in Saratoga Springs has finally paid off—for the...

‘saratoga living’ Chats With ‘American Idol’ Finalist Madison VanDenburg Prior To Sunday’s Big Finale

The Capital Region had a good reason to be glued to the TV this past weekend. Cohoes native and Shaker High School junior Madison VanDenburg...

It’s On Again: After New York Supreme Court Victory, Woodstock 50 Has Been Resurrected

Up until yesterday night, it looked like the Woodstock 50 music festival was going to go down as one of the greatest misfires in...

‘American Idol’ Star And Cohoes Native Madison VanDenburg To Appear In Colonie On May 14

Cohoes native Madison VanDenburg is on the cusp of superstardom. This past Sunday, VanDenburg breezed into a spot in the finale of Season 17...

Local Music Spotlight: Getting To Know Galway’s Rising Star, Angelina Valente

Talk about fate. Awhile back, Saratogian Jim Mastrianni, a musician and general music-lover—who also happens to be Chairman of the Board of Directors at...

Bestselling Author Anna Quindlen On Her Latest Book And Upcoming Discussion At Skidmore

Attention bookworms: Northshire Bookstore and Skidmore College are teaming up to host a discussion with bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen. The author...

Lula Wiles’ Ellie Buckland Gives You The Lowdown On Her Folk Trio’s Highly Anticipated Return To Caffè Lena

As Crosby, Stills & Nash made clear in the '70s: Who needs one lead singer when you can have three? Such is the case...

2019 ACE Summit: What The Capital Region Can Learn From Cultural Tourism Hub Austin, Texas

I have this distinct memory of pulling up to the airport in Austin, TX, the day after enjoying one of the single greatest weekends...

Albany Symphony’s American Music Festival To Span Two Weekends And Include 27 World Premieres

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Albany Symphony likes a challenge. In 2017, the Grammy Award-winning Capital Region orchestra celebrated the...

Today, The Music Died: Woodstock 50 Has Been Cancelled (Updated)

Well, at least it won't be another Fyre Festival. As Billboard reported on Monday, April 29, the group funding the Woodstock 50 festival—which was...

Photo Gallery: Artist Jacob Houston, A Greenwich Native, Lands Exhibit At The Hyde Collection

One local artist has been given the opportunity of a lifetime. A new art exhibition at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, entitled A...

Proctors Keeps The Music Of The Night Alive With The Triumphant Return Of ‘Phantom Of The Opera’

A spectacular, special effects-laden production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera has pulled out all the stops for its return to Proctors Theatre...

Attention Capital Region Parents: Your Child Could Be The Next Star Of ‘Waitress’

Fancy your child a future Broadway star? Schenectady's Proctors will be holding an open audition on Tuesday, April 30 at 10am sharp at the...

Skidmore English Professor And Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Awarded A Guggenheim Fellowship

One Skidmore College professor has joined an exclusive club. Earlier this month, Cecilia Aldarondo, a documentary filmmaker and assistant professor of English, was named...

How Saratoga Fits Into The National Resurgence Of Physical Book Sales And Independent Bookstores

It turns out that the person you saw reading a paperback in Congress Park the other day isn't a digital luddite but following a...

Skidmore College’s Free Earth Day Festival Features Eclectic Live Music Lineup

Prepare to be rocked on Earth Day at Skidmore College. From noon-6pm on April 20, Skidmore students will be sprawled across the library green,...

2019 Eddies: Saratoga’s Caffè Lena, Garland Nelson Take Home Multiple Awards; Troy’s Girl Blue Is The Night’s Top Winner

Saratoga owned the Eddies. At the inaugural Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards (Eddies) at Proctors on April 14—basically, a local version of the...

SPAC And Caffè Lena Team Up To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The Stonewall Riots With Two Performances By Jazz Legend Fred Hersch

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) and Caffè Lena are jazzing up Saratoga's second annual Freihofer’s Jazz Festival Friday. The two have teamed up...

National Museum Of Racing Honors Female Racehorses In New ‘Fabulous And Fast’ Exhibition

Female racehorses are taking the lead with The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's new exhibit showcasing star fillies and mares in...

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Girl Blue Discusses Her Two Upcoming Albums And Return To Glens Falls’ Park Theater

Back in January, saratoga living included the über-talented, Troy-based solo artist Girl Blue (a.k.a. vocal powerhouse Arielle O'Keefe), on our "8 Female Musicians From Upstate...

World-Renowned Tiffany Windows Abound In The Capital Region

I saw angels the other day. I promise you, I wasn’t hallucinating. With flowing robes and fluttering ivory wings, the three heavenly beings were...

How Khymanyo Studio Lights Up The Runway Straight From Beekman Street

“Snarky and then a wink.” If someone asked me to describe my sense of humor, that would be a very apt description. So when...

Trend City: Saratoga’s Obsession With Succulents

Move over, avocado toast—it’s all about succulents now! The latest trend among millennials—and anyone who wants to think they have a green thumb, really—is...

Hit HBO Series ‘Succession’ Seeking Extras For Lake George and Lake Placid Shoots

Fans of the HBO series Succession may just get a chance to snag a little screen time in the hit show. The series, about an aging...

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Grammy-Nominated Musician Anoushka Shankar On Performing At SPAC And Her Incredible Career

Every so often a musician comes along who redefines not just the instrument they play, but also the music and style that come along...

Grammy-Winning Superstar Cardi B Is Coming To SPAC In May, Okurrr?

The star-studded Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) summer lineup just got even brighter. On April 1, Live Nation announced that Grammy Award-winning rap star Cardi...

Where To Celebrate The Return Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ In The Capital Region

While spring may be quickly approaching in Saratoga Springs, winter has officially come to Westeros, the fictitious continent where a majority of the wildly...

How Jane Fonda, Hollywood Legend (And Emma Willard Alum), Continues To Slay Her Style

The summer before my 12th birthday, I got to spend two months in New York City with my aunts, uncles, cousins and my paternal...
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