The Trouble Notes perform in Saratoga Springs Nov. 2.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Trouble Notes bring their epic, colorful music to the Caffe Lena stage for a 7 p.m. performance Thursday, Nov. 2.
Sonically situated somewhere between world folk, modern classical & tribal dance, the Trouble Notes’ music features an eclectic fusion across the entirety of the musical spectrum, bringing the traditions of Europe and the Americas together in their message of Unity in Diversity, and their belief of art and music being a force for healing in this world.
Their songs “Grand Masquerade’’ and “Never Dream Alone” have been featured in videos amassing millions of views worldwide. $5 of every More Violins, Less Violence Shirt sold will be donated to help children affected by violence and war crimes.
For more information and tickets, go to: caffelena.org.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Home Made Theater announces open auditions for their February/March production of Peter Pan, music by Morris “Moose” Charlap and Jule Styne, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green, and book by J.M. Barrie. This production will be directed by Dawn Oesch, with musical direction by Richard Cherry, and choreography by Johnny Martinez.
The auditions will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5 (children only) starting at 3 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 6 (adults, including Peter Pan) starting at 6:30 p.m. at Home Made Theater’s headquarters at the Wilton Mall (near Saratoga Hospital). Callbacks (by invitation only) will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
The primary cast consists of three adult men, two adult women, two boys, and one girl. There will also be ensemble roles available. All ethnicities and gender identities are encouraged to audition.
For the audition, adults (including those auditioning for Peter Pan) please prepare 16 bars of a song from a Broadway show. Children will be taught part of “I Won’t Grow Up” to perform. Readings will be provided. Bring a current photo (cannot be returned) and a resume.
Be prepared to list all potential conflicts from the first rehearsal through closing (with the exception of Tech Week and performances, conflicts can be worked around if known about in advance). Rehearsals will start with a full cast read-through the evening of Sunday, Jan. 7. Performances are weekends Feb. 23 through March 3. For complete information, go to: www.homemadetheater.org.
Susanna Hoffs, with Rickenbacker. Hoffs will discuss her debut novel and her life in the arts in a free event on Nov. 9 at the University of Albany. Photo: suzannahoffs.com.
ALBANY — Singer, songwriter, actress, and author Susanna Hoffs will visit the University at Albany for an evening of conversation with WAMC’s Joe Donahue as part of The Creative Life: A Conversation Series.
Free and open to the public, the event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Page Hall on the Downtown UAlbany campus, 135 Western Ave. Books will be for sale and a signing will follow the conversation.
Susanna Hoffs rose to fame in the 80s as lead singer and guitarist of The Bangles, an all-female band that blended ’60s garage rock, lush harmonies, and jangly guitars and released a string of hits including “Manic Monday” (1986), “Walk Like an Egyptian” (1986), a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “A Hazy Shade of Winter” (1987), “In Your Room” (1988), and “Eternal Flame” (1989).
Hoffs is also the author of a bestselling debut novel, This Bird Has Flown (2023). Universal Pictures has acquired the movie adaptation rights to This Bird Has Flown. “As a lifelong fiction, film, and music junkie, writing the novel was the realization of a dream,” said Hoffs in an interview published in Deadline Hollywood.
In addition to her work with The Bangles, Hoffs has released five solo albums.
The Creative Life series is a major arts initiative of the University Art Museum, New York State Writers Institute, and UAlbany Performing Arts Center in conjunction with regional public radio station WAMC Northeast Public Radio. The Creative Life series brings leading figures from writing, music, dance, choreography, visual arts, architecture, theatre, and filmmaking to the University for conversation with Donahue about their creative inspiration, craft, and careers. Previous guests have included fiction writer Joyce Carol Oates, Broadway star Patti LuPone, Warhol film star Bibbe Hansen, high-wire artist Philippe Petit, art critic Lucy Sante and actress/comedian Jane Curtin.
Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science exhibition catalogue, photo by Tang Teaching Museum.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College and Delmonico Books/D.A.P. announce the publication of Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science, a catalogue that celebrates the overlap between art, science, interdisciplinary creativity, and collaborative learning in conjunction with the 2022 exhibition of the same name.
Edited by Tang Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara, Radical Fiber features a new artwork created by amateur and professional makers around the globe: the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring.
With a foreword by Dayton Director Ian Berry, the exhibition catalogue includes contributors who reflect the full scope of the cross-disciplinary project.
Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science (224 pages; softcover; $50; designed by Barbara Glauber / Heavy Meta) is available from the Tang website at: tang.skidmore.edu.
Lainey Wilson, with Ian Munsick, and Zach Top plays Saratoga Springs next June.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson kicks-off a 35-show North America tour in Nashville next May and will stage a performance at SPAC on June 20.
“Nothing gets me buzzin’ like putting on a show and singing along with the crowd,” Wilson said, in a statement. “We can’t wait to see you nationwide on the “Country’s Cool Again Tour!”
At Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Wilson will be joined by Ian Munsick, and Zach Top. Jackson Dean, depicted in the tour poster, will join the tour in August.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 27 at 10 am at LaineyWilson.com. Dates may vary by market. See website for more details.
VSMS, Full Cast: (left to right) Logan Haynes as Spike, Barbara Miner as Masha, Elizabeth Parizh as Nina, John Sutliff as Vanya, Terri Storti and Sonia, Noreen Szmul as Cassandra. Photo: Dawn Oesch.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — For two weekends, starting on Friday, Oct. 27, Home Made Theater will present the Tony Award winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is the story of middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia, who share a home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy-toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house. Also on the scene are sassy maid Cassandra, who can predict the future, and a lovely young aspiring actress named Nina, whose prettiness somewhat worries the imperious Masha. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike contains some adult language.
Making his directorial debut at Home Made Theater is Barry Streifert, who has previously won TANYS (Theater Association of New York State) Awards for his directing at Confetti Stage and Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theater Player.
Performances will be Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 2-5. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays at the Dee Sarno Theater, in Saratoga Arts (320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs). Tickets are available on Home Made Theater’s website, www.homemadetheater.org, or by calling 518-587-4427 during box office hours 12-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, live at Caffe Lena this weekend.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —Professor Louie & The Crowmatix performs 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 at Caffe Lena.
The Woodstock N.Y. based band have been expanding the borders of the Americana/blues genres since the early 2000’s with Professor Louie’s stories, keyboard playing, singing and accordion.
Their repertoire expands with the songs Louie learned and helped create directly with “The Band” while collaborating with them for more than 15 years, and the Crowmatix songs on their own albums of original work.
Professor Louie is joined onstage by band mates, Miss Marie (vocals, percussion, and piano) and the guitar-slinging skills of Todd Mihan. The 2023 Rhythm Section features Frank Campbell (bass, vocals) and Eric Puente (drums).
For more information and tickets, go to: caffelena.org.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Chamber Players, under the artistic direction of Jill Levy, launches the 37th season with a celebration of string sextets and octets.
Violinists Jill Levy, Helen Hyun Jeong Lee, Amanda Brin and Lily Holgate; violists Lila Brown and John Batchelder; and cellists Annabelle Hoffman and Erica Pichardt will explore the glories of the works of Strauss, Wagner, Borodin, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn.
The upcoming concerts will be staged at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, and on Oct. 22 at the Saratoga United Methodist Church, 5th Avenue & Henning Road. Concerts are at 3 p.m.
Tickets are adults $30, seniors $25, students $20. Children accompanied by an adult are admitted free. For more details on the program and artists and to purchase tickets, go to: www.saratogachamberplayers.org
The Saratoga Chamber Players’ “Classroom to Concert” program will bring students from Division Street under the direction of their music teacher, Melissa Ferrie-Healy, and professional musicians to Caffè Lena’s Little Folks series on Nov. 4. The program is free of charge but attendees must register in advance at eventbrite.com/e/little-folks-classroom-to-concert-with-saratoga-chamber-players-students-tickets-687338165957?aff=oddtdtcreator.
SARATOGA SPRINGS —On Sunday, Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m., the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation presents a tour of “Skidmore’s First Home.” In 1903, Lucy Scribner purchased 82 Circular St. to establish the Young Women’s Industrial Club of Saratoga that became Skidmore College. Over time, the campus expanded to Union Avenue and the surrounding streets. This tour meets at the southeast corner of Spring & Circular streets.
On Sunday, Oct. 29, The Foundation presents the last Sunday Stroll of the season; Indigenous People of Saratoga. Jamie Parillo, Saratoga Springs History Museum Executive Director, and Charlie Kuenzel, SSHM President, will lead this tour highlighting locations in Saratoga Springs with significance to the area’s indigenous peoples. The tour meets at High Rock Park and ends at Congress Park.
All Sunday morning tours last approximately 90 minutes and require walking and standing on varied terrain. Tours will be limited to 30 and advance purchase of tickets is strongly encouraged. If additional tickets remain, they can be purchased the day of the tour at the meeting location. The cost per tour is $15 for SSPF members and $20 for non-members. Members with stroll passes need to contact the Foundation’s office to book their tour. For additional information or to purchase tickets to any of the upcoming strolls and events visit www.saratogapreservation.org, call 518-587-5030, or email Marcy Dreimiller, Administrative Assistant, at admin@saratogapreservation.org
SARATOGA SPRINGS —Rock and Oddities Con, an event that features 11 local rock and heavy metal bands over the weekend, along with a wide range of vendors of oddities and curiosities, takes place 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the Saratoga Springs City Center 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29.
The new event is presented by Jennifer “Gem” Lynn Rhodes, creator of the Mind Body Soul Expo.
In addition to the live music and vendors, the event includes a haunted maze, Witches Den, a fire eater, a paranormal experience with investigators from Travel and Discovery Channels, premiere tattoo artists, food and beer, and more.
For more information, and to purchase tickets please visit: www.rockodditiescon.com
