This week, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) announced that New York City Ballet (NYCB) will indeed return to Saratoga Springs for the iconic company's annual summer residency from July 9-12, 2025. This year's performances promise all the fanfare Saratogians have come to expect from NYCB over its nearly six decades of performing at SPAC, and will showcase a mix of classics and groundbreaking new...
As a young TV journalist, Christine O’Donnell often bore witness to the dark side of life. She interviewed people experiencing terrible tragedies and gathered clips for the nightly news. Today, O’Donnell runs Bright Sighted Media, a podcast studio that doesn’t shy away from trauma and grief. But the emphasis is on human perseverance and in-depth conversation, not soundbites and calamity.
“Everybody has a story, or...
