Skidmore College In Saratoga Springs
Skidmore Snapshot
 Skidmore College is a private, four-year liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs NY. Founded in 1903 by Lucy Skidmore Scribner, the school originated as a women's college and went coed in 1971. Today Skidmore enrolls about 2500 students, men and women, and offers degrees in over 60 areas of study. The college is one mile from downtown Saratoga Springs and a three-hour drive from New York City, Boston and Montreal.
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-580-5000
The Tang At Skidmore
 Skidmore's rich art scene thrives at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. This center serves as a valuable learning resource for students of Skidmore College as well as a funky art and entertainment hotspot for the Saratoga community.
The Tang is open to the public free of charge, offering tours and magnificent art exhibits year round. Live music adds to the enriching culture at Tang, as this venue features "Upbeat On The Roof" music series in the summer. Every Friday night, the rooftop of the Tang at Skidmore is transformed into a stage and plays host to an array of performing artists and music groups.
Recognition
Ranked 47th Best Liberal Arts College In The Nation by US News & World Report (2008)
Crowned as 'New Ivy' Elite College By Newsweek (2006)
Skidmore News
Last Updated: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:02 GMT
Skidmore to present Carnegie Hall Premieres Feb. 10
 Ensemble ACJW returns this month for another concert at Arthur Zankel Music Center, as well as outreach throughout the campus and in Saratoga Springs.
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Skidmore Events
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When: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
| 3:00 PM
Where: Filene Music Building Auditorium
Come gaze upon the stars via a remote telescope located in Chile, and watch a musical master class from afar without leaving the Skidmore Campus!
Colleagues from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Eastman School of Music, Skidmore College, Internet2, and NYSERNET have put together a program to show you the possibilities that Internet2 Internet2 ...
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When: Tue, Feb 7, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
Please join us for a screening of the award winning documentary, Bringing King to China. The film screening will be followed by a conversation with the film maker, Kevin McKiernan.
Bringing King to China is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of nonviolence nonviolence ...
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When: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
| 5:10 PM
Where: Wilson Memorial Chapel
Each session includes a mixture of chanting, silent meditation and yoga-type movement, focused on a particular quality or theme in our lives. All are welcome to attend single or multiple sessions, regardless of prior experience with either meditation or movement. Wear comfortable clothing to facilitate movement.
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When: Fri, Feb 10, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater
The 23rd Annual National College Comedy Festival (NCCF) will take place on February 10th and 11th, 2012 at Skidmore College, and will host eighteen college comedy groups from the Northeast. Professional groups, TJ & Dave, BriTANick and Bleak! Comedy will also be in attendance.
Established in 1990 by David Miner, Emmy Award-winning producer producer ...
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When: Fri, Feb 10, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
The Department of Music in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Special Programs presents Carnegie Hall Premieres - Ensemble ACJW.
ACJW features young performers of the Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Julliard School and the Weill Institute.
World Premier of a work by members of Sleeping Giant (Andrew Norman, Christopher Christopher ...
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When: Tue, Feb 14, 2012
| 5:30 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Davis Auditorium
Annual Art History Lecture
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When: Thu, Feb 16, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Dance Center
Maureen Fleming is a choreographer and dancer who has gained international recognition on five continents for her singular form of multimedia performance.
The New York Times writes of her: "Fleming seemed to transcend the material world and enter a realm of pure spirit . . . a wondrous choreographic metamorphosis."
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When: Thu, Feb 16, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
Rolling Stone's Writer & Best Selling Author Jeff Goodell will come to campus to share his thoughts on climate change, renewable energy, and big coal.
This is an event in a series of events offered this week related to the New Energy Economy, and is put on in conjunction with the national organization Focus the Nation.
www.focusthenation.org
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When: Fri, Feb 17, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Lobby, Gannett Auditorium, PMH 202, PMH 303, Emerson Auditorium, Bolton 280
With speakers, panelists, and informational tables and a career networking session for students, this will be an event to help connect and educate students, faculty, staff, and regional community members about what is happening and what is possible when it comes to clean energy solutions. Many of the speakers and panelists will be from our our ...
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When: Fri, Feb 17, 2012
| 10:00 PM
Where: Case Center Spa
Join Ujima for a night of spoken word and various Skidmore students and dancers who will perform in collaboration with a live jazz band.
Sponsored by Ujima, Late Night and the Office of Student Diversity Programs
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
"Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary" brings together work from the past fifty years to demonstrate the wide-ranging, challenging nature of this important yet still largely under-appreciated artist. For over five decades, Grossman has created a powerful body of work that combines exquisite craftsmanship with a long-standing exploration of the the ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
"Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" marks the first comprehensive survey of Donald Moffett?s investigations into art history, paint, and form, providing insight into the breadth and range of his practice over the past twenty years. The exhibition selects from nine important bodies of work that reveal Moffett?s sustained political engagement engagement ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Elevator Music 20: Sharon Hayes: I March In The Parade Of Liberty, But As Long As I Love You I'm Not Free"
For eight days between December 1, 2007 and January 12, 2008, Sharon Hayes walked from the New Museum at Bowery and Prince Streets in lower Manhattan to a different site of public address, stopping at street corners every few blocks blocks ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
"Opener 23: Pam Lins: Denver Gold" Brooklyn-based artist Pam Lins explores the psychological and aesthetic potential of objects and images. While Lins refers to her work primarily as sculpture, she consistently questions traditional notions of the medium through its relationship to other forms of representation, most notably photography and and ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Extensions of the Eye, curated by Laura Mintz ?12, presents photography by Barbara Morgan, Naomi Savage, and Kunié Sugiura from the Tang Collection. Using the body as a point of departure, these three artists explore issues of identity, process, and space. The exhibition opens on February 18th.
Tang Museum is open Tues - Sun 12-5pm. 12-5pm. ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 5:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Dialogue with artist Nancy Grossman and Elizabeth Streb, Director, STREB Lab for Action Mechanics.
Join us for a conversation with choreographer and performer Elizabeth Streb and visual artist Nancy Grossman, whose work is featured in the Tang survey" Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary". Sharing similarly uncompromising artistic visions, visions, ...
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When: Sat, Feb 18, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Opening Reception celebrating the spring exhibitions.
"Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary", "Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" and Pam Lins.
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When: Sun, Feb 19, 2012
| 3:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Opening Reception for "Selected Group Exhibition of Drawings by Contemporary Artists"
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When: Tue, Feb 21, 2012
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Winter Break Art Program for Kids
Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery, Skidmore College
Registration begins in February 2012. Event runs from 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Call 580-8080 to register.
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When: Wed, Feb 29, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Noon Curator Tour: "Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" with Rachel Seligman, Associate Curator at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College.
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When: Thu, Mar 1, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
The Jacob Perlow Series Event presented by the Office of the Dean of Special Programs.
The Isle of Klezbos is a six-piece women's klezmer band. A versatile, neo-traditional ensemble, the group plays imaginative versions of eclectic Eastern European-rooted Jewish folk music, Yiddish swing and tango, plus an ever-expanding repertoire of vibrant vibrant ...
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When: Thu, Mar 1, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Artist talk with Pam Lins.
Tang Museum spring exhibition of "Pam Lins" runs through April 22, 2012
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When: Fri, Mar 2, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
Anthony G. Holland, Music Director
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March, Op. 39
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Martin: Ballade for flute and Orchestra with Rebecca Conneely '12, Concerto Competition Winner
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When: Sat, Mar 3, 2012
| 4:30 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Accompanied by Kelleen Strutz, piano.
Angela Brown will perform her witty and inspired program Opera from a Sistah's Point of View, which dispels the myths of opera through lively commentary on opera plots and characters, show-stopping arias, poignant art songs, and moving spirituals. The program also includes A Woman's Life, written especially especially ...
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When: Sat, Mar 3, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Created in 1994 by five eminent woodwind soloists, Windscape has won a unique place for itself as a vibrant, ever-evolving group of musical individuals. Featured artists: Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Randall Ellis, oboe; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; and David Jolley, horn.
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When: Sun, Mar 4, 2012
| 2:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Performers include Windscape, visiting student ensembles, Skidmore faculty and students.
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When: Tue, Mar 6, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Noon Curator Tour of "Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary and "Pam Lins", with Ian Berry, Malloy Curator at the Tang Museum.
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When: Thu, Mar 8, 2012
| 5:30 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Davis Auditorium
Pianist David Porter performs John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano. Choreographer Debra Fernandez and artist Margo Mensing reunite with Porter to present a new Cagian experience: Music + Dance + Audience.
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When: Thu, Mar 22, 2012
| 5:15 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
The 28th Annual F. William Harder Lecture will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2012 with guest speaker, Julie Traylor.
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When: Thu, Mar 22, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Dunkerely Dialogue with artist Donald Moffett and Mason Stokes, Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department at Skidmore College.
"Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" runs trhough June 3, 2012.
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When: Thu, Mar 22, 2012
| 7:30 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
The Taiko Project ensemble of premiere drummers is dedicated to promoting and advancing the art of taiko by incorporating unconventional and innovative concepts to expand artistic boundaries. They are committed to preserving taiko as a dynamic element of Japanese American culture and heritage.
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When: Fri, Mar 23, 2012
| 12:00 AM
Where: Saisselin Art Center Schick Art Gallery
Group exhibition of drawings by contemporary artists.
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When: Fri, Mar 23, 2012
| 5:00 PM
Where: Saisselin Art Center
Gallery talk by artists participating in "Selected Group Exhibition of Drawings by Contemporary Artists"
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When: Fri, Mar 23, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Saisselin Art Center Schick Art Gallery
Opening Reception for "Selected Group Exhibition of Drawings by Contemporary Artists"
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When: Sat, Mar 24, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost quartets, the American String Quartet will present works by Josef Haydn, Bela Bartok, and Maurice Ravel.
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When: Sun, Mar 25, 2012
| 2:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
All festival quartets, with Skidmore faculty and the American String Quartet will join onstage for a group performance.
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When: Tue, Mar 27, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Noon Curator Tour of "Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" with Rachel Seligman, Associate Curator at the Tang Museum.
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When: Wed, Mar 28, 2012
| 7:30 PM
Where: Filene Music Building Filene Performance Hall
The Office of the Dean of Special Programs and the Arts Administration Program are proud to sponsor an evening with Michael Kaiser.
Please join us for a discussion of the combination of artistic excellence and business acumen that has characterized his successful leadership of the Kennedy Center, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Theater, ...
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When: Fri, Mar 30, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Classical guitarist David Russell is world renowned for his superb musicianship and inspired artistry, having earned the highest praise from audiences and critics alike. He received a Grammy award in 2005 for his CD Aire Latino
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When: Sun, Apr 1, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Maureen Fleming is a choreographer and dancer who has gained international recognition on five continents for her singular form of multimedia performance.
The New York Times writes of her: "Fleming seemed to transcend the material world and enter a realm of pure spirit . . . a wondrous choreographic metamorphosis."
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When: Thu, Apr 5, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Davis Auditorium
Alison Simmons, Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, will be coming to Skidmore to give a talk on Thursday, April 5. She'll be talking about
"Re-Humanizing Descartes: What Descartes Really Said"
She thinks Descartes has gotten a bad rap among academics, largely due to his mind-body dualism and his quest for for ...
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When: Thu, Apr 5, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Gallery talk and reception for "Three Women Photographers" curated by Laura Mintz '12.
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When: Thu, Apr 5, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Accompanied by Kelleen Strutz, piano.
Angela Brown will perform her witty and inspired program Opera from a Sistah's Point of View, which dispels the myths of opera through lively commentary on opera plots and characters, show-stopping arias, poignant art songs, and moving spirituals. The program also includes A Woman's Life, written especially especially ...
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When: Fri, Apr 6, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
American pianist Jeremy Denk has built a reputation as one of today's most compelling and persuasive artists, with an unusually broad repertoire. He has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and London Philharmonic.
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When: Tue, Apr 10, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Noon Gallery Talk in "Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein" with Douglas Crimp, author and Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester.
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When: Tue, Apr 10, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Douglas Crimp, author and Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester reading from his new book: "Our Kind of Movie: The Films of Andy Warhol".
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When: Wed, Apr 11, 2012
| 12:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Noon Curator Tour of "Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary" and "Pam Lins" with Ian Berry, Malloy Curator of the Tang Museum.
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When: Thu, Apr 12, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Palamountain Hall Gannett Auditorium
Abstract: Almost all of us have been connected to someone who has dealt with cancer. Many of us have wondered how we can help. We have raised money, run races, and supported family members. This presentation will focus on the use of optimal control techniques to reduce cancerous tumors. The work is associated with breast and ovarian cancers cancers ...
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When: Thu, Apr 12, 2012
| 7:30 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
Opening musical performance by"Artifacts" followed by "An Evening of Spoken Word" with Caroline Rothstein and Jared Paul.
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When: Thu, Apr 12, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Tang Teaching Museum
"An Evening of Spoken Word" with Caroline Rothstein and Jared Paul. Co-sponsored by the English Department, Gender Studies, Honors Forum, ICC/OSDP, Speaker's Bureau, Student Entertainment Committee, and the Tang Museum at Skidmore College.
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When: Fri, Apr 13, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Including Chris Brubeck (bass and bass trombone), Dan Brubeck (drums), Chuck Lamb (piano), and Mike DeMicco (guitar), the quartet's creative technique and improvisation can be heard in their uncompromising music, which reflects their dedication to melody, rhythm, culture, and the spontaneous spirit of jazz.
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When: Sat, Apr 14, 2012
| 10:00 AM
Where: Falstaff's
Please join us for the Spring North Woods Clean-Up & Service Day! We will join together to clean up and maintain the trails in the North Woods, to help keep them beautiful and accessible. We hope you will come and join us at 10 AM at Falstaff's in order to get things started and to break up into teams to head out into the woods!
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When: Sat, Apr 14, 2012
| 3:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Coached by Patrice Malatestinic and Mike Meidenbauer
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When: Sun, Apr 15, 2012
| 7:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Pianist David Porter performs John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano. Choreographer Debra Fernandez and artist Margo Mensing reunite with Porter to present a new Cagian experience: Music + Dance + Audience.
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When: Thu, Apr 19, 2012
| 6:00 PM
Where: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall Upper Level
Students in SO219C: Race & Power will be hosting and facilitating a film screening and discussion about race.
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When: Thu, Apr 19, 2012
| 8:00 PM
Where: Arthur Zankel Music Center Ladd Concert Hall
Joel Brown, Coach
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