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Published October 01Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet Announces New Fall Classes
The Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet (SSYB) announced the expansion of its programs this autumn with two new daytime class offerings starting October 22. The new classes are designed to bring the joy of movement to younger children and the local homeschooling community. Both…
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Published September 24Tang brings Flaherty Film Seminar Experience to Saratoga Springs
The Tang Museum at Skidmore College invites audiences to discover experimental and documentary films in a special Whole Grain presentation of the Flaherty Film Seminar Screenings, Thursday, October 8, through Saturday, October 10. Presented by the Tang, Skidmore’s John B. Moore…
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Published September 24Skidmore brings Carnegie Hall’s Well-Being Concerts to Saratoga Springs
A new concert series at Skidmore College begins with a simple premise: People who spend their days caring for others or carrying significant emotional demands deserve spaces for their own restoration and connection. Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning vocalist,…
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Published September 24Taekwondo Grandmaster Creates Comic Book Series After a Promise to his Son
Straight Edge and the Black Belt Adventures, Scripted Micheal Yuhasz and Illustrated by Doug Hills (Courtesy of Michael Yuhasz) Greasy fingers flipping through unexplored glossy comic book pages. That was a typical Saturday morning in 2014 for Michael Yuhasz and his son. They…
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Published September 22Oteil Burbridge, LaMP team up for Make-A-Wish benefit shows
Next month, Grammy award winner Oteil Burbridge is hitting the road with Vermont trio LaMP for a series of Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit concerts across the Northeast.
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Published September 17Benefit for Triplex Cinema to feature first-of-its-kind collaboration for star married actors
A pair of renowned actors are performing a staged reading of the classic 1940 film "His Girl Friday" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for a fundraiser Saturday.
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Published September 17New Tang Exhibition Traces Two Decades of Ecological Repair
The Tang Museum at Skidmore College presents 500 Dams: Art, Ecology, and Radical Care at Anaya Springs, an exhibition tracing a more than two-decade effort to regenerate degraded grasslands in New Mexico through hand-built stone dams and the art, mapping, and ecological research…
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Published September 17Brookside Museum Seeking Local Makers for Artisan’s Market
The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum announced that it is seeking craft vendors for its 26th Annual Artisan’s Market. This juried market is to be held at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum from November 28 through December 23. The Artisan’s…
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Published September 17Carpe Diem Theater Launches New Works Program with Showcase: A Rehearsal Musical
Carpe Diem Theater is launching a new program this fall with Showcase: A Rehearsal Musical, an original musical by Erin J. Reifler and Kevin Renn, directed by Carson Crow. The production is the inaugural show of Carpe Diem’s New Works program, an initiative designed to give local…
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Published September 17Memories of Sand Hill Road
Mary Carlson is a lifelong Greenfield resident who has written stories of her experiences growing up there. Her memories of attending Daketown School are featured in the recent film “Town of Greenfield – A Forgotten Crossroads” available for viewing on the Saratoga County History…
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Published September 16'DIY-ing into existence': Mass. punk festival, Albany band discuss creating an inclusive punk scene
QueerCore Fest, an annual do-it-yourself punk show, returns in Easthampton, Massachusetts this Friday and Saturday. WAMC's Sajina Shrestha spoke with festival organizer Ben Delozier and Albany band Daisy Chain about the event's efforts to create an inclusive space within the…
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Published September 11New York State Museum marks 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with new photography exhibit
The New York State Museum houses the largest collection of artifacts and objects related to 9/11. Part of its collection is on display in its permanent exhibit, which opened just a few months after September 2001. The museum is marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a new…