SARATOGA SPRINGS — Seth Glier will be performing at Caffe Lena on Friday, Nov. 26 to showcase “The Coronation,” his newly released album for MPress Records. 

The album is an invitation to forge a new, more beautiful world out of the current chaos. 

“For most of my adult life, I’ve held the belief that humanity is right around the corner from something transformative,” Glier says. “If we could only see that our separateness is an illusion, then a future of global cooperation and interdependence would be undeniable. I think collaboration might be what makes ‘The Coronation’ a cohesive album. It’s wildly diverse from song to song, and the making of it began to mirror a new world I wanted to live in.”

“The Coronation” is Glier’s sixth album via MPress Records. Go to: www.caffelena.org 

HUDSON FALLS — The Linda Ronstadt Experience, billed as “The Premier Touring Tribute” showcasing songs that Ronstadt made famous, will stage a show at The Strand Theatre, 210 Main St. in Hudson Falls at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7. 

The show takes the audience on a musical journey of smash hits such as “You’re No Good,” “When will I Be Loved,” “That’ll Be The Day,” “Blue Bayou,” and more, and spans Rondstadt’s career from her early days with The Stone Poneys through the ‘70s and ‘80s. 

Tristan McIntosh – a 2016 American Idol finalist – leads the songs.  Tickets are $20 General Admission. Call 518-832-3484 or online through Brown Paper Tickets. Go to www.hudsonrivermusichall.org or www.mystrandtheater.org 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Retired teacher Laurie Larson is directing a fundraising event celebrating the return of live theater entitled All Together Now: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theater. 

It will be performed by a 12-member Home Made Theater cast at Saratoga City Music Hall, 474 Broadway, on Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13.

Under the auspices of the award-winning company’s Youth Musical Theater Conservatory, a cast of two boys and 10 girls, ages 12-19-years-old, will perform 15 of the Great White Way’s most beloved musical songs and production numbers. Larson and her long-time stage manager, Susan Turner, of Saratoga Arts, have run the conservatory for two decades.

Music Theater International (MTI), the theatrical licensing agency headquartered in New York City, is waiving royalty and licensing rights to many of the iconic musical shows it represents in order for the show to be produced; MTI’s magnanimous gesture permits local arts and entertainment groups such as Home Made Theater to thereby stage shows for free in order to recoup some of the monies they lost last year.

Larson, who was a theater and music teacher at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School prior to teaching at Ballston Spa High School, retired last June after 27 years. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in vocal performance and a minor in theater and dance from Ithaca College, and is also certified in Interdisciplinary Arts for Children, and holds a Master’s in Theatre from SUNY-Albany.

Single tickets, plus information and subscriptions to Home Made Theater’s entire 2021-22 season are available on the company’s website, www.HomeMadeTheater.org, or by calling 518-587-4427 during regular business hours. For more information about Home Made Theater, you can visit the group’s website at www.HomeMadeTheater.org 

SCHENECTADY — Proctors Collaborative has announced the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher. It will play Proctors from Tuesday, May 17 to Sunday, May 22, 2022. 

Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY is the winner of 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Revival of Musical and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, 5 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical Revival and 3 Drama League Awards including Best Musical Revival. The production, which premiered in the spring of 2018, ended its long run at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on July 7, 2019 after playing 548 performances.

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, MY FAIR LADY, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, premiered on Broadway on March 15, 1956. The legendary original production won 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it, at the time, the longest-running musical in Broadway history. 

Single tickets available starting Nov. 4 from the Proctors box office by visiting www.Proctors.org, or by calling 518-346-6204. Tickets to MY FAIR LADY are also available as part of the Key Private Bank Broadway Series subscription package at Proctors.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Congregation Shaara Tfille and The Jewish Community Center of Saratoga Springs hosts a presentation from founder and commander of Israeli Defense Force’s “Good Neighbor” Unit, Eyal Dror, in a virtual event directly from Israel at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7. 

Open to the entire community, the program is complimentary, but donations are encouraged to benefit Congregation Shaara Tfille and The Jewish Community Center for future programs. 

Lt. Col. Eyal Dror (Reserve) served as an officer in the IDF for 24 years in a variety of frontline positions as a coordinator and liaison officer in the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories. The majority of this time, he was working with Palestinian populations. In 2016, Dror established and commanded the “Good Neighbor” Unit whose management was to provide humanitarian assistance to Syrian civilians who were victims of their civil war. During Operation Good Neighbor, Dror orchestrated over 700 humanitarian aid missions, oversaw the establishment of a hospital for expectant mothers in which over 1,000 babies have been born, and supervised the supply of thousands of tons of food, medicine and clothing to Syrian citizens in the hostile border region controlled by terrorist organizations such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. Under Dror’s command, nearly 1,500 sick children were treated and 5,000 wounded civilians were evacuated from the Syrian border for treatment inside the state of Israel. 

For reservations, please contact likebertrand518@gmail.com.   

SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association’s Fall Festivities will continue this weekend: Saturday, Oct. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 31. The event is free and open to the public.

The Fall Festivities weekends are a celebration of autumn and Halloween. Downtown store windows will be decorated with festive themes and a variety of restaurants will be participating in a receipt raffle.  In addition, families can take part in a self-guided Great Saratoga Pumpkin Hunt and search a variety of downtown shops for pumpkins decorated with scenes of historic Saratoga landmarks, painted by local artist, Cathi Anne Cameron. If you find all 10 pumpkins (which will be visible from the outdoors) and identify the store where you find each, you will be eligible to win a prize! Participation forms are available in downtown shops and businesses as well as online at saratogaspringsdowntown.com. Forms must be dropped off by 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31 at either Impressions of Saratoga or Kilwins Saratoga to be entered to win one of two Downtown Saratoga Springs Gift Baskets valued at $200 each. Winners will be notified Nov. 1.

Bring the kids for Paint Your Own Pumpkins at Scallions, 44 Lake Av., on Saturday, Oct. 30. Each child will receive a pumpkin and materials to paint their own pumpkin to bring home for the family. Pre-registration is required. Participants are asked to pre-register by calling Scallions at 518-584-0192 during restaurant hours. Masks are required for this activity.

Coral & Blue Children’s Stationery will be at PaperDolls of Saratoga offering a Gratitude Cards and Crafts Table where children can get creative while expressing their appreciation for teachers, coaches, family and friends as we head into the holiday season.

Virtual ghostly stories focused on Saratoga’s past will be hosted by author of Haunted Saratoga, Joe Haedrich. Joe will be Live on Facebook on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m., he will tell “Ghostly Tales of Hattie’s.”

Don’t miss the performers who will be traveling throughout downtown Saratoga on Broadway, including Mr. Twisty, Crazy Christine Balloons, Sparkles the Juggler, Sean “The Prankster” Magician and others!  Visit www.saratogaspringsdowntown.com/fallfestivities to see a full list of performers and performance times. There will be a costume contest for all ages at the Spa City Motor Lodge parking lot where On The Spot Photos will be set up both days of the event for picture-taking. All entries will be entered to win a $100 DBA Gift Certificate.

Downtown restaurants will also be participating. Dine at any participating restaurant, turn in your receipt with your name and phone number on it, and be entered to win a $100 DBA Gift Certificate. This Restaurant Receipt Raffle continues Oct. 30 and 31. See a list of participating restaurants on the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association website www.saratogaspringsdowntown.com 

This unique Halloween Celebration encourages families to have safe, leisurely weekend fun together, enjoying the hospitality of the Saratoga Springs businesses and the great spirit of the community.  A full list of events is available on the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association website at www.saratogaspringsdowntown.com as well as on Facebook.

Fall Festivities weekends is presented by the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association and supported by the generosity of Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association Member Businesses. For more visit www.saratogaspringsdowntown.com 

The Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, in partnership with the Saratoga Springs Special Assessment District, present this year’s Fall Festivities. This Fall event would not be possible without the support and participation from these and many other Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association member businesses: Complexions Spa for Beauty & Wellness, Coral & Blue Paper Co., Crafters Gallery, Dark Horse Mercantile, Granite & Marble Works, Impressions of Saratoga, Lifestyles of Saratoga, Putnam Market, Saratoga Day Spa, Scallions, and Stewarts Shops. Media sponsors include Saratoga’s Best Magazine, Saratoga Today and Star Radio.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —  A fundraising event celebrating the return of live theater, entitled “All Together Now: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theater,” will be performed by a 12-member Home Made Theater cast at Saratoga Springs City Music Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13.

Under the auspices of the award-winning company’s Youth Musical Theater Conservatory, a cast of two boys and ten girls, ages 12-19-years-old, will perform some of the Great White Way’s most beloved musical songs and production numbers.

Music Theater International (MTI), the theatrical licensing agency headquartered in New York City, is waiving royalty and licensing rights to many of the iconic musical shows it represents in order for the show to be produced. Rightsholders and authors who have agreed to donate their fees so the special revue can be staged include Tony and Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast), Bobby and Kristin Anderson-Lopez (Frozen) and the legendary Stephen Sondheim (West Side Story).

All Together Now will be performed Nov. 12-13 at Saratoga City Music Hall, located on the third floor of City Hall at 474 Broadway.

Single tickets, plus information and subscriptions to Home Made Theater’s entire 2021-22 season are available on the company’s website, www.HomeMadeTheater.org, or by calling 518-587-4427 during regular business hours.

WILTON — For photographers who enjoy taking pictures of nature or of people enjoying nature, entries for a photography show that will be highlighting the beauty and the mission of Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park are being sought. 

The entry deadline is Nov. 1, and up to four entries will be accepted per person. There will be prizes awarded for the following categories; Best in Show, Best Nature in Winter, Best featuring Conservation, Best featuring Education, Best featuring Recreation, Best Nature in Autumn, Best Animal Shot, Best Karner blue butterfly, and Best under-13. 

Entries should be submitted via email to info@wiltonpreserve.org with the following information: attached photograph files saved as jpeg, name, address, phone number, email, title of each submission, age if under 13. All work should be original and have been taken at the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park. This year the selected photographs will be displayed virtually, through a virtual Photography Gallery. 

For more information, please contact the Preserve & Park office at 518-450-0321 or via email at info@wiltonpreserve.org. 

GLENS FALLS — The Glens Falls Collaborative annual Boo2You Halloween festival takes place 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.

Children and their grown-ups are encouraged to attend in costume to trick or treat and enjoy the festivities. This year the event will be in City Park, rather than throughout Downtown as in years past.

There will be 20 candy and non-candy treat stations for trick-or-treating.

The highlight of the event is the spooky dance performances by local dance studios. Greater Glens Falls Transit is offering free trolley and bus rides along their regular routes to any child wearing a costume, between 1:30 and 4:30 the day of the event. 

For more information, call 518-792-1085 or visit the website www.gftransit.org/schedule for route map and schedule.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs City Center will host Saratoga Comic Con on Nov. 20-21. 

Show floor will include vendor and artist dealers from all over the world, celebrities, guest artists, gaming, Super Smash Bros. tournaments, Magic: The Gathering TableTop Gaming, cosplay contest, panels, tattooing, live podcasts, bouncey house, and other pop culture fun.

Celebrities on hand include actors Jeff Anderson, Brian O’Halloran and Scott Schiaffo; voice actors Erica Schroeder and Samantha Newark, as well as a variety of cosplay groups and guest stars. 

The events take place 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 and 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21. VIP’s get early access at 9:30 a.m., and an after-party takes place Saturday evening. 

Online Speed Pass Tickets: Kids 7-15 $15 (either day); Adults 18+ Saturday $25 and Sunday $20, Weekend $40. VIP’s $80 and $100. Family/Friend Ticket discount packs, Military/Student/Senior discount tickets can only be purchased online as well (prices vary). Tickets will also be available at the door. All children 6 and under are free.

For more information on Saratoga Comic Con, visit: www.saratogacomiccon.com or e-mail at chaseconexpo@hotmail.com.