Author: Saratoga TODAY

CAMBRIDGE — Karin Vollkommer is having a show of her paintings at the Valley Artisan’s Market Small Gallery in Cambridge, with an Opening Reception 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.

Vollkommer started painting in 1976.  Her specialty was old barns and farms in the upstate New York area.  Her painting “1880 Billboards” was chosen for the 1978 Regional Art Show and was exhibited at the Albany Institute of History and Art. 

 In the 1980’s Vollkommer’s design work was featured at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City and for the past 34 years she has painted many of the historic icons in Saratoga Springs. The artist’s paintings are recognized with a unique Victorian style from a bygone era.

“Paintings and Other Works” by Karin Vollkommer, will be on exhibit through Nov. 18 at Valley Artisan’s Market Small Gallery, 25 E Main St. Cambridge. Go to: https://www.valleyartisansmarket.com/. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — New Yorker cartoonist and author Ken Krimstein, whose most recent publication I the graphic novel “Einstein In Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe,” will be featured in an event at Temple Sinai at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, presented by Skidmore College.

Krimstein reveals the untold story of Einstein and Kafka’s time in Prague together, which recently garnered praise from NPR Online: “At its heart, Einstein in Kafkaland is the story of ordinary genius. It unwraps the ways in which genius so often arises out of ordinary circumstances. Perhaps even more compellingly, the book tracks how unimaginable discoveries develop following exchanges with others — friends and family, colleagues and nemeses, neighbors and role models.”

More details about the event are here:  https://www.saratogasinai.org/events/sjcf-a-cantors-tale-film-discussion-789-292-
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SARATOGA SPRINGS —Alpine Sport Shop in Saratoga Springs will host Warren Miller’s new Ski & Snowboard Movie 75, which celebrates 75 years of ski movies. 

Show time is Friday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., at the Trombley Auditorium, Maple Avenue, Middle School, 515 Maple Ave., Saratoga Springs. 

Tickets are $15. purchased in store, in person at Alpine Sport Shop, 321 Clinton St. Saratoga Springs and $20. at the door, the night of the event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.  

All profits will benefit Saratoga High School Alpine Ski Team and Double H Ranch Adaptive Winter Sports Program.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced its CulinaryArts@SPAC initiative will continue with A Culinary Conversation with Indigenous Food Expert Mariah Gladstone at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at The Pines at SPAC. 

Moderated by SPAC President & CEO Elizabeth Sobol, the discussion will explore the relationship between cultural identity, health, and native plants and animals; the history of Indigenous foodways and pre-contact ingredients, and how to incorporate these foods into contemporary dishes. Preceding the discussion and Q&A, attendees can enjoy complimentary Adirondack Chaga Tea by Saratoga Tea & Honey and sunflower maple cookies and dark chocolate seed brownies by lead sponsor Franklin Square Market. 

Gladstone is an indigenous cookbook author and the founder and CEO of Indigikitchen, an online cooking show dedicated to revitalizing Indigenous food systems, or “pre-contact” foods that once offered sustainable nutrition before colonization. Gladstone also offers cooking classes and demonstrations, school residencies, and educational lectures. Using foods native to the Americas, Gladstone gives viewers the important tools they need to find and prepare food in their own communities, connecting Native people to their cultures, and supporting healthier ecosystems, bodies, and families. Her recipes fuse traditional ingredients in unexpected ways, creating dishes like butternut bison lasagna, salmon cornmeal cakes, and pumpkin-seed brownies.  

The event is free to attend, however seating is limited. Register at spac.org.