Build Bunk Beds for Children

Please join us on Saturday, August 8 to build bunk beds for children at St. Luke’s on the Hill, 40 McBride Rd., Mechanicville, 8 a.m. set up, 9 a.m. build. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a group of volunteers dedicated to finding those children who are sleeping on the floor or otherwise unwanted conditions and delivering hand-built bunk beds free of charge. Come be a part of the teams building bunk beds for children. 

Live Chamber Music Benefit

A Benefit at SPAC’s Pines Pavilion on Friday, August 28 and repeated Sunday, August 30. Both concerts start at 3 p.m. You are invited to join the Saratoga Chamber Players for a LIVE chamber music experience at the Pines, SPAC’s new open-air, covered pavilion. The concert is a benefit in support of SCP’s musicians. Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance online at eventbrite.com/o/saratoga-chamber-players-25178185141 First come-first served. In order to provide an intimate musical experience, to offer shelter from the weather, and maintain appropriate social distancing, there will be a strict limit of 25 attendees at each performance. For more information visit, www.saratogachamberplayers.org. 

9th Annual Jane Austen Retreat

Join the Jane Austen Society North America (JASNA)-New York Capital Region for the 9th Annual Jane Austen Retreat at Wiawaka Retreat Center for Women on Lake George, New York, on August 28-30. Participants will join scholars and enthusiasts in
exploring Austen’s world through facilitated discussions, viewing and discussion of a filmed adaptation of “Lady Susan,” and special sessions led by the featured presenters, concluding with a Box Hill Picnic. The cost of retreat attendance is $25 for JASNA members and $30 for non-members. To register for the retreat, please make check payable to JASNA NYS Capital Region and send to: JASNA NYCR, c/o Nancy Duell, 56 Fifth St., Glens Falls, NY 12801. For additional information on the Retreat, contact Nancy at 1 (518) 321-1887 or ardhn23@netscape.net.