For Immediate Release

Annual Arts & Blues Fest Set For Sunday, June 7

SARATOGA SPRINGS – The annual Caroline Street Arts & Blues Fest (and chili cook-off) is back again and will take place on Sunday, June 7, Noon to 7 p.m.

The long running event, now in its 9th year, is a tamer and more family oriented affair established as an alternative to the now defunct Caroline Street Block Party. That yearly event fell out of favor after public beer drinking led to unruly behavior.

With blues music courtesy of nearly a dozen area bands and solo artists ranging in style from event headliner blues harmonica maestro Chris O’Leary to acoustic artists such as LB Walker to the blues rock Bourbon Renewal and Big Johnson Blues Band, the Caroline Street Arts & Blues Fest (and chili cook-off) has the participation of [...]

Saratoga Springs, NY — Marianne Barker from Impressions of Saratoga and Lisa Shroeder of Clothes Horse worked together to raise funds to create a memorial for fellow business woman and friend, Sandy Frankel. They got together one cold winter day to brainstorm as to how they might create a lasting tribute to Sandy.

As co-owner of Frankel Jewelers on Broadway for many years and after retiring in 2005, Sandy spent time volunteering at the Saratoga County Animal Shelter. Marianne and her staff were in the beginnings of organizing their 5th Annual Pet Appreciation Celebration held in May. It seemed like a natural choice to raise money to fund an outdoor exercise area for the animals, as a memorial to Sandy’s love of animals and her work at the Shelter. The Saratoga County Animal Shelter is about to break ground to build a long overdue new [...]

Saratoga Springs, NY — Representatives from the Hyde Collection and Saratoga ArtsFest joined officials from Saratoga Performing Art Center to discuss new and stronger collaborative efforts between the organizations that will offer SPAC audiences more value and unique opportunities during the 2009 Season. Also announced was a one-of-a-kind promotion offering a 10% discount on classical amphitheatre tickets to SPAC guests who present a membership card from any arts organization in the country.

“Like organizations everywhere, SPAC approached its 2009 Season with a commitment to do more and offer more, without increasing costs to our guests. It was an ambitious goal, but one that I am proud to say we’ve achieved through creative collaboration with both new and longtime partners. While building and strengthening partnerships has been at the core of SPAC’s progress over the past few years, in [...]

Saratoga Springs, NY — Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced that Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – winners of Sunday night’s Grammy Award for ‘Best Latin Jazz Album’ – are among the featured artists of the 2009 Extended Season. Also performing will be the world-renowned Boys & Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni Ensemble and critically-acclaimed jazz vocalist Rachael Price. Performances are scheduled for May 23, 29 and 30 in SPAC’s Little Theatre at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be ordered via online order form at www.spac.org.

“The audience for our Extended Season program has grown steadily over the past three seasons as people have discovered this unique series and the innovative artists it features. We are proud to showcase musicians whose styles and works cross musical genres, yet who [...]

Saratoga Springs, New York, April 30, 2009
On Friday, May 8, 2009, at The Fortunate Cup, 120 West Avenue in Saratoga Springs, the Saratoga Triathlon Club will be hosting a silent auction and raffle fundraiser to benefit the club and the Saratoga Special Olympics. The fundraising event will be from 7-9PM. The public is invited to attend.

Founded in May 2007 by a group of like-minded triathletes and community members, The Saratoga Triathlon Club has continued to grow in its membership and vision. Members of the club are athletes of every ability level, from first time triathletes to veteran Ironman competitors. The club’s vision has grown from sharing training advice and camaraderie at races to a desire to give back to the local community. In the spirit of that vision the club is hosting this fundraising event to help grow the club by offering local races and training opportunities. [...]

Galway Central School students, who collaborated on publishing a full-length book of fictional stories that represent life in Galway entitled, “The Life Between Two Cities,” have scheduled several area book signings:

• Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Coffee Planet in Ballston Spa (Students will read book passages in between entertainment by the band Okemah and acoustic artist Jordan Cerny)
• Thursday, May 14 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Galway Market in Galway
• Wednesday, June 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Saratoga Springs

Mark Swain, a Galway High School business teacher, who teaches an e-commerce class, said the book publishing began as a kernel of an idea – a popcorn kernel to be exact. Acting as venture capitalists, Business Club students first sold popcorn to generate revenue to cover the costs of publishing a [...]

The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County announced that it is holding the initial follow-up event to the successful “CLICK ’08 held last October at Hudson Valley Community College. From the outcomes of that previous Education and Business summit, CLICK On! 5.6 is designed as a mini-summit to address the workforce needs of Construction/Trades industries within the scope of the advanced technologies that will be our region’s economic driver in the coming years. As the impending ground breaking for the Global Foundries semiconductor manufacturing plant will be a catalyst for a building boom in our region for the foreseeable future, the CLICK On! 5.6 event will address the current and future workforce needs of Construction/Trades industries, both from the perspectives of educators and employers.

“Ensuring a well educated, well prepared workforce from our public school system will make New York’s Tech Valley Region [...]