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SARATOGA SPRINGS
Book details city’s horse racing history over 150 years
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Accuracy makes for long titles.
That’s what historian Allan Carter and thoroughbred writer Mike Kane discovered when they struggled to name their book about the 150 years since the first thoroughbred racing meet was held in Saratoga Springs on an old trotting track off Union Avenue.
That’s what historian Allan Carter and thoroughbred writer Mike Kane discovered when they struggled to name their book about the 150 years since the first thoroughbred racing meet was held in Saratoga Springs on an old trotting track off Union Avenue.
ALBANY
Bret Michaels, Kansas coming to The Plaza
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
2013 Summer At The Plaza series announced
NEW YORK
Big music acts on summer tours battle ticket scalpers
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Kid Rock and other major music acts touring this summer are taking on the ticket scalpers.
LOS ANGELES
'Fast & Furious 6' leads record Memorial Day weekend
Monday, May 27, 2013
After a lackluster start to the year, the movie industry enjoyed its most robust Memorial Day weekend ever at the box office, with “Fast & Furious 6” speeding to the top spot.
ESCONDIDO, Calif.
Angelina Jolie's aunt dies of breast cancer
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she’d had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, her aunt died from the disease Sunday.
CANNES, France
'Blue is Warmest Color' wins top Cannes prize
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The tender lesbian romance “Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele” won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top honor, the Palme d’Or.
LATHAM
Review: Family revelations bared in touching, amusing play
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Review: In the course of Tom Dudzick’s “Miracle on South Division Street,” now at Curtain Call, the Nowak family of Buffalo — also operating under certain assumptions — learns some truths about who they are, and the consequences are both amusing and touching.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Despite cold, hot evening by DMB
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Thankfully, the only thing chilly about Dave Matthews Band’s Saturday show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was the weather.
Summer Arts calendar of events
Sunday, May 26, 2013
A calendar of arts events in the Capital Region for Summer 2013.
Battles of Saratoga engulf family in young adult novel
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Many of us have enjoyed walking, biking or skiing the roads and trails of the Saratoga National Historical Park, and now Saratoga Springs author Jack Reber has made that area come alive with the sights and sounds of the historic battles in his new young adult novel “Saratoga Captive.”
Summer Arts Preview: 'Bets bets' in popular and classical music, visual arts, theater, dance and jazz
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Gazette arts writers offer their "best bets" for the summer season.
TROY
Photo Regional reveals range of styles and processes
Saturday, May 25, 2013
More than 100 photographers submitted 353 images for the Photo Regional at the Fulton Street Gallery and the Photography Center of the Capital District.
ALBANY
Palace Theatre benefit nets $58,000
Friday, May 24, 2013
A fundraiser held earlier this month to benefit the Palace Theatre in Albany raised $58,000, theater officials announced Friday.
COBLESKILL
Schoharie County Arts Council to fold after 39 years
Friday, May 24, 2013
Members of the Schoharie County Arts Council voted to fold the organization at the group's annual membership meeting Thursday night.
SCOTIA
Summer concert series set for Scotia park
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Board members of the Freedom Park Foundation were all smiles Thursday as the foundation announced its 34-date 2013 summer schedule.
