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...
If you've been following Saratoga Living track photographer Tom Killips' progress this summer at Saratoga Race Course, you'll know that no two photos he's...
On Tuesday, Saratogians had a chance to connect with loved ones who had crossed over at Saratoga Living’s sold-out Cocktails & Clairvoyance event, starring...
Long before any fan gets to Saratoga Race Course, the backstretch comes alive with activity. Horsemen, hot walkers, grooms and other backstretch workers are...
If you had the pleasure of swiping through photographer Tom Killips' first gallery of horse photographs for Saratoga Living, you'll know that he has...
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 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...
It wasn't just in-person race-watching Saratoga Race Course fans missed out on last season—they also missed all the off-track events that make the days...
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...
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 recently saw the return of its performing arts scene—see: Saratoga Jazz Fest, Opera Saratoga and Live Nation show announcements aplenty. But tomorrow, July...
Nothing spells Saratoga racing season like paying your admission fee, clicking through the turnstiles and making a beeline for Shake Shack. Now that the...
Want to get your Saratoga home racing-season ready? Caroline Cardone Burke of Top Rail Interiors shares five interior design tips for turning your home...
You’ve already gotten to know Utah’s Saratoga Springs, California's Saratoga and Wyoming’s Saratoga. But what about Saratoga, Indiana? Get the scoop here:
1. Saratoga, Indiana is a...
In 1917, Fasig-Tipton, North America’s oldest Thoroughbred auction house, formed an alliance with Kentucky breeders to sell their yearlings during the Saratoga meet. The...
While August may not boast any federal holidays, it is a month in which two very important pet-related occasions fall: International Cat Day (August...
It’s common knowledge that only the strongest barbershops survive in the Saratoga market—and Saving Face Barbershop’s co-owner Jeremiah Cregan, is well aware of that...
First, let’s get one thing straight: 19th-century Saratoga County industrialist and congressman George “Paper Bag King” West didn’t actually invent the brown paper bag....
Ever since the citizens of Saratoga Springs voted to keep the city’s commission form of government intact in November 2020, Saratoga Living has been...
In case you missed all the cock-a-doodle-dooing on social media over the last week, here's some big news for the breakfast set: Mechanicville's Ugly...
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...
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...
Everybody can welcome coconuts back to Saratoga—and no, we're not talking about the long-gone Broadway record shop. Saratoga Springs natives and entrepreneurs, Trinity Mouzon...
What’s more summery than fresh, seasonal flowers delivered to your doorstep each week? Answer: those same flowers, delivered by bicycle. That's exactly what florist...
Do you consider yourself an armchair detective? Have you binge-watched every episode of Dateline or the podcast Crime Junkies? Does a murder mystery get your heart...
After more than a year of face mask–wearing, sitting six feet apart from one another and general non-merriment, parties are officially back! And boy,...
Turns out Saratoga is all about health, history, horses…and associations. The American Bankers Association, founded here in 1875, provides critical support to US banks...
Want to get your Saratoga home summer ready? ABN Design's AnnBritt Newey shares five interior design tips for sprucing up your clean, comfortable Saratoga...
Vodka famously serves as the key ingredient of the Spa City’s signature summer cocktail, the Saratoga Sunrise (vodka/orange juice/grenadine), which is enjoyed all season...
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,...
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...
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...
Have Dave Matthews Band and New York City Ballet tickets? Need some fashion tips for both? Corinne Sausville, our fashion editor, dresses you up...and...
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...
Since fewer traditional newspapers can afford to have full-time investigative teams spending months on long-lead stories (remember the Oscar-winning movie Spotlight?), podcasts have taken...
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...
It's been a while since Saratoga Living has been able to write about upcoming, in-person events. But with vaccination rates increasing and thermometers rising, safe,...
This is the story of how Saratoga Springs became the city you know and love today. Don’t stress—this isn’t a dense-as-Uncommon-Grounds-on-a-Saturday-morning history lesson. Expect...
After having to send Saratogians on a virtual stroll through Downtown Saratoga Springs at the height of COVID for our first installment of "Downtown...
Assorted cheeses, meats and more, artfully arranged on a board so that they look almost—almost—too gouda to dig into? We're talking charcuterie boards, the...
Growing up just outside of Amsterdam, Shelby Schneider saw firsthand the immediate and real-life consequences of a negative economic event. “A lot of people...
Even the most devout Thoroughbred racing aficionados probably couldn’t tell you much, if anything, about horses George Smith or Clyde Van Dusen. And it’s...
Martha Starke has been making her Petal People cards for almost 15 years, but the whimsical designs especially capture the zeitgeist this year. After...
Stepping into Staci Snider’s Saratoga clothing shop makes you feel like you’ve been transported directly from Congress Street to the heart of Paris or...
Cecilia Frittelli, co-owner of Saratoga Springs’ artisanal textile company Frittelli & Lockwood, and Saratoga Springs go way back—four-and-a-half decades, to be exact. Frittelli spent...
