QUEENSBURY — What was once nerdy is cool again at the Adirondack Retro Nerdfest.
The fourth annual event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 4 in SUNY Adirondack’s Northwest Bay Conference Center in Adirondack Hall.
The celebration of old-school pop culture is sponsored by the Adirondack Broadcast Association, and includes free-play arcade games and pinball, and DJs spinning vinyl. Vendors will offer such wares as records, comic books, cards, collectibles, fan art, and more.
SUNY Adirondack’s Gaming Club will host a “Super Smash Brothers” tournament. The college’s Theater Club will offer a cosplay costume contest. The Culinary Arts Club will offer snacks.
Admission is $5 for the general public, and free for SUNY Adirondack students with ID.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Springs author David K. Wilson will release “Leave Dead Enough Alone” on April 7. It’s the eighth installment of his Sam Lawson mystery series, and his tenth novel overall.
The new mystery picks up where the award-winning “Murder in Spa City”—set in Saratoga Springs—left off, following private investigator Sam Lawson and his wife Carla as they return home to Texas.
But home isn’t exactly peaceful. What begins as a straightforward missing persons case in rural East Texas quickly unravels into a web of small-town secrets, corruption, and murder. Sam soon realizes he’s stumbled onto secrets someone will kill to protect. Alongside Carla—a razor-sharp medical examiner holding her own in a good ol’ boy’s world—Sam must untangle a mystery before it makes him the next victim.
“Readers who discovered Sam through ‘Murder in Spa City’ will finally get to see his home turf,” Wilson said. “East Texas is a big place with a lot of stories to tell—and Sam’s small-town roots are a far cry from the Saratoga Springs horse racing scene.”
Wilson—who grew up in the small town of Lindale, Texas—has called Saratoga Springs home for years. An advertising creative director, ghostwriter, and produced screenwriter, he has built a regional following via the award-winning Sam Lawson series.
“Leave Dead Enough Alone” will be available at local bookstores, Amazon.com, and other online retailers.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Outlaw Music Festival will return to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) on Aug. 30, bringing Willie Nelson & Family, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Stephen Wilson, Jr., Robert Randolph, and Don Was & the Pan-Detroit Ensemble to the Spa City.
Tickets are currently on sale via OutlawMusicFestival.com or Ticketmaster.com.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Tom Rush will bring his distinctive guitar style, wry humor, and expressive voice to Caffe Lena on April 26.
Rush has been credited by Rolling Stone with ushering in the era of the singer-songwriter. In addition to performing his own compositions, he sang songs by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and James Taylor, among others, helping them to gain recognition early in their careers.
James Taylor once told Rolling Stone: “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” Country music star Garth Brooks has credited Rush with being one of his top musical influences, as well.
Rush’s 1968 composition “No Regrets” has become a standard, with numerous cover versions performed by artists such as The Walker Brothers, Emmylou Harris, and Midge Ure.
For more information or tickets, via www.caffelena.org/event/tom-rush-2026-2/.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College recently announced Poets in the Museum, a poetry reading scheduled for Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. in the galleries of the Malloy Wing.
Organized and hosted by Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate Jay Rogoff, the program brings together regional poets responding to artwork in the Tang exhibition “All These Growing Things.”
Presenting poets are Nicola Marae Allain, Peg Boyers, Joe Bruchac, Catherine Clarke, David Graham, Mary Kathryn Jablonski, Susan Jefts, Marilyn McCabe, Lucyna Prostko, Krista Rivera, Jay Rogoff, Mary Sanders Shartle, and Melora Wolff.
Together, these writers bring a range of voices and perspectives to the museum, including poets, essayists, editors, teachers, and artists whose work is rooted in the Capital Region and beyond. Their readings will offer audiences new ways of experiencing the ideas, images, and questions raised by “All These Growing Things,” an exhibition that explores questions of becoming and belonging through work from the Tang collection.
Rogoff, whose two-year term as Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate began Jan. 1, has organized the program as an invitation to look closely and respond through language. The event continues the Tang’s spring exploration of poetry. It follows the museum’s Feb. 1 reading with April Bernard, Peg Boyers, and Chase Twichell, as well as the April 2 reading by Jacob Shores-Argüello in “Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest.”
The event is free and open to the public.
For information on planning your visit and accessibility, visit tang.skidmore.edu or call the Tang Visitor Services Desk at 518-580-8080.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY- Royle H. Kressner passed away peacefully on March 28, 2026. Services will be private. Burial with Military Honors will take place at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com. from Penn State University focused on the advanced study of counseling psychology.
WILTON, NY- Sheila Ann (Tethers) Clarke, 85, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday March 25, 2026. Services were private. Burial was in Gurn Springs Cemetery, Wilton. Memorial donations to agencies offering medical assistance to others (Community Hospice Care, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Doctors Without Borders or Wounded Warrior Project). www.burkefuneralhome.com.
GANSEVOORT – Sharon Mcfarlane, 75, passed away on March 22, 2026. She is predeceased by her parents, Patricia Browne and Robert Browne, her brother Russell, and her daughter Logan. She leaves behind her brother Randall. There will be no services. For condolences, www.compassionatefuneralcare.com.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY- Dr. Robert James Moore, 60, passed away peacefully March 21, 2026, at Albany Medical Center surrounded by his friends and family. He was born December 7, 1965, at Saratoga Hospital and had been a lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs. He was the second son of the late John Benson Moore and May Jean Faull.
Graduating Saratoga Springs High School in 1984, he continued on to receive a Bachelor of Arts at Siena College, a Master of Science at the State University of New York at Albany and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Penn State University focused on the advanced study of counseling psychology.
Rob practiced psychology at Saratoga County Mental Health for 24 years. It was his one true passion. He loved working with the team at the clinic and helping clients.
He is survived by his brother Michael (Joann) and his partner of over 20 years, William J. Allerdice.
He will forever be remembered for his wit, sarcasm, perfect comedic timing, loving friendship and his Irish goodbyes.
We will miss you more than you will ever know.
Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday May 5, from 3-6pm at the Ripe Tomato. All who knew him are welcome. Please come share your stories of our unforgettable boy.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.
