SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Tuesday, Dec. 21, Rochmon Record Club will converge Live in Caffe’ Lena to listen to, and learn about, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones – one of the greatest drummers for one of Rock & Roll’s greatest bands –  as well as a sonic celebration of the lives of other musicians who left the planet this year.

Doors will open at 6:30, the show begins at 7 p.m. with a live audio & video presentation by Chuck Vosganian, aka “Rochmon” and his sidekick, Alyssa, aka “The Button Pusher!”

A Rochmon Record Club Listening Party is meant to inform and deepen our understanding of the history of the individual performers, songs and the stories that went into the making of this classic album. By listening together, we get to hear the music again for the first time.

Also this week, Let’s Be Leonard, a jazzy five-piece rock and roll jam band from Saratoga Springs, perform their annual holiday concert at Caffe Lena. The show takes place 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 23. 

Caffe Lena has returned to full capacity. In order to ensure everyone’s safety, proof of vaccination for all attendees is required. For more information about tickets and events at Caffe Lena, go to: caffelena.org. 

ALBANY — Following the announcement of their upcoming studio album “Requiem,” due Feb. 4 via Loma Vista Recordings, Korn has announced a March 2022 tour produced by Live Nation. 

Accompanied by very special guests Chevelle and Code Orange, the 19-date arena tour begins on March 4 in Springfield, Missouri and will stage a show in Albany at the TU Center on March 20. 

Since forming, Korn has sold 40 million albums worldwide, collected two Grammys and toured the world countless times.   

Tickets for the upcoming tour go on sale Friday, Dec. 17 on Ticketmaster.com. 

CAMBRIDGE — Things have changed, to say the least, explains David Andrew Snider, executive and artistic director of the Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education. 

The arts field is resizing, recombining, rethinking. Gone are the days of long-term subscribers and reliable audiences. Arts organizations must become more flexible, adaptive, and nimble to survive and thrive in today’s world. Arts managers must engage, adapt, and innovate. Great management invites creativity. Vibrant artistry welcomes strong management. “Managing Arts Organizations” can help, he says.

In “Managing Arts Organizations,” Snider provides a playbook for navigating arts management in this new era and seeks to inspire a new generation of arts managers. Each chapter is focused on a specific topic, with principles, stories, exercises, advice, and best practices related to that topic. The appendix includes eight case studies, each illuminating issues in arts management via a real-world scenario or organization. These narratives will enhance the reader’s understanding of topics including financial management, marketing, programming, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, and accessibility across multiple disciplines. 

Snider has more than 25 years of experience as a director, educator, producer, and administrator. Currently he is the executive and artistic director of the Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education in Cambridge, and a lecturer in the arts administration program at Skidmore College. thedavidsnider.com

The book will be released worldwide by Rowman & Littlefield publishers on Jan. 15 and is available for pre-order via Amazon, from Rowman & Littlefield , or from Cambridge, New York’s local bookstore Battenkill Books. Readers pre-ordering through Battenkill Books will receive a copy signed by the author. 

 ALBANY — The Egg has announced that Del Amitri (April 16) and Crash Test Dummies (May 13) will be performing as part of the Rhythm International concert series.

Tickets are on sale online at www.theegg.org or by telephone at 518-473-1845.

Del Amitri, the Scottish alternative rock band have been a force on the global pop music scene for over 40 years, selling over six million albums. Best known for their top 40 hits “Roll to Me,” “Always the Last to Know,” and “Kiss This Thing Goodbye,” the band performs in support of their 2021 release Fatal Mistakes. Saturday, APRIL 16. $39.50, $34.50, $29.50

Crash Test Dummies. It’s been 30 years since the Crash Test Dummies recorded their debut album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me that included the hit, “Superman’s Song,” Grammy nominations for Best New Artist, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Alternative Music Album and a Juno Award for Group of the Year.  Success continued throughout the 1990s with songs such as “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm,” “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead,” “Swimming in Your Ocean,” “Afternoons & Coffeespoons” and others. The group parted ways to pursue solo projects but reunited for a sold out 25th Anniversary Tour and are now back again with original members Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge. Friday, May 13. $39.50, $34.50

WASHINGTON COUNTY — A Drive-Thru Holiday Lights Experience is being offered this year at the Washington County Fairgrounds. The exhibition features over one mile of lighted displays through Dec. 23. Cost is $25 per car.  For more information and tickets, go to: washingtoncountyfairgrounds.com  or call 518-692-2464. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Automobile Museum is partnering with the Naples Chapter of the Ferrari Club of America and St. Matthew’s House to host a premier motorcar auction that will take place early in the new year. 

The Naples Automotive Experience will be held, February 3-6, and the Motorcar Auction will be held Friday, Feb. 4, at Ultimate Garages of Naples. In addition to the Motorcar Auction, The Naples Automotive Experience will include a reception at Naples Airport’s Elite Jets Hangar and the 18th Annual Cars on 5th Concours.

Auction proceeds will benefit the non-profit organizations, St. Matthew’s House of Naples, and the Saratoga Automobile Museum of Saratoga Springs. 

To consign a vehicle for the First Annual Naples Motorcar Auctions, visit naplesmotorcarauctions.org or contact Dan Ritopecki at 518-369-1000 or by email at dan@saratogaautomuseum.org. To learn more about the Saratoga Automobile Museum, go to: saratogaautomuseum.org

SARATOGA — Stephen Conroy has lived his entire life in the Capital Region. He has just published his debut novel, incorporating some local ties within the story, which he says began to form while listening to his dad tell campfire stories during the family’s summer vacations.

“Panic Through the Pines,” a 180-page psychological thriller, was published by Austin Macauley this week. 

“Watching the fog rise off the lake simultaneously with steam rising from the coffee was my once beloved morning ritual. I look out onto the lake and ask myself a simple question: What do I do next? It was a gradual transition, from being motivated to remain sociable and pleasant throughout the course of the days and weeks then the once joyous cheers by the nightly fire turned slowly into a new level of solitude and anger.”

Protagonist James Marshall rides an exciting rollercoaster through life, and his journey comes with many a twist and turns and dark tunnels. The view of the mountains and tall pines nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks become a permanent second home to create countless memories and family joy. Life in the woods brings challenges, excitement, and even murder.

For more information about “Panic Through The Pines,” go to: www.austinmacauley.com/us/book/panic-through-pines. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Writer, actor, and comedian, John Mulaney will appear at Saratoga Performing Arts Center June 10 as part of 33-city tour in 2022. 

In 2018, Mulaney traveled the U.S. with sold out Kid Gorgeous tour, which was later released as a Netflix stand-up special and won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Special; in 2015, he released The Comeback Kid, and in 2012, his Comedy Central special New In Town. 

Solidifying himself as a fan favorite, John Mulaney has been invited to host Saturday Night Live four times. He began writing for SNL in 2008 and created memorable characters such as ‘Stefon’ with Bill Hader and appeared as a “Weekend Update” correspondent. He has written for IFC’s Documentary Now! and Netflix’s Big Mouth, on which he voices the character of Andrew.

In December 2019, the critically acclaimed and Emmy nominated musical variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch debuted on Netflix. It was recently announced that festivities will continue with a pair of holiday themed Sack Lunch Bunch specials coming to Comedy Central in the near future.

Tickets on sale via Ticketmaster.com.

LAKE GEORGE — The Lake George Arts Project invites regional, national, emerging and established artists to submit exhibition proposals to the Courthouse Gallery. Preference is given to experimental or non-traditional work created in the last two years. 

We welcome proposals for special exhibitions, installations, mixed media presentations, and performance art. 

The postmark deadline is Jan. 31, 2022. Please visit: www.lakegeorgearts.org/annual-call.htm for guidelines. Questions? call LGAP at 518-323-5499, or laura@lakegeorgearts.org

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dispatch and O.A.R will hit the road together this summer for a 37-stop North American co-headline tour, which is scheduled to kick off on July 15 in Arizona and conclude Sept. 10 in Texas. 

The bands will stage a show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Aug. 21, when they will be joined by G. Love. 

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 10. 

“Dispatch has always been a name on our white-board wish-list for bands we wanted to tour with,” said O.A.R.’s sax player Jerry DePizzo, in a prepared statement. “It’s almost as if we’ve existed in parallel universes. We both came up through the ranks and cut our teeth playing colleges and small clubs throughout the Northeast and Midwest. It’s taken a few years, but the stars have finally aligned. We’re looking forward to this because we feel both audiences will be excited as well. We should have done this a long time ago.”

Dispatch was formed by Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan while in college in Vermont. The band has gone on to become one of biggest success stories in independent music history, selling out three nights at Madison Square Garden and drawing over 100,000 fans to a massive outdoor show in their adopted hometown of Boston without any traditional radio or major label support. The band recently released their eighth studio album, “Break Our Fall.”

O.A.R, who hail from Rockville, Maryland, has sold out Madison Square Garden multiple times, filled Red Rocks Amphitheater on countless nights, earned platinum and gold plaques across 11-full-length albums and lit up the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration.