Famous Brown Bread and Bake Sale - Spring has sprung, and our kitchen is, once again, steaming up just in time for Mothers’ Day! Simpson United Methodist Church is having our semi-annual Brown Bread and Bake Sale. Cost will be $8 per loaf. Call 518-885-4794 to place your order. Pick-up dates: Friday, May 12 between 4 and 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., 1089 Rock City Road, Rock City Falls. Bake sale on Saturday. Please leave your name, telephone number and the number loaves you would like to reserve; and if possible, let us know if you will be picking up on Friday or Saturday. A representative from Simpson will call back to confirm your order.
You Can Grow Your Food in Containers Easily
Sue Beebe of Cornell Cooperative Extension will cover the basics to get you started and share grower tips for those with some experience. You will discover that you do not need any experience to be successful and how to provide fresh, quality food for your family. This program is brought to you by the Milton Grange. Bringing “Rural Lifestyle Living” through classes and lectures as a community service.
Breakfast will be served, RSVP is recommended. 518 885-6606. Free tomato plants will be distributed as door prizes. May 13, 8:30 a.m. Old Stone Church, 159 Stone Church Rd. Ballston Spa.
2023 Historic Homes Tour
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, along with Honorary Co-Chairs Zane and Brady Carruth, will welcome spring with the 2023 Historic Homes Tour on Saturday, May 13th. This highly anticipated event held between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. offers the rare opportunity to see the interiors of private historic homes of the East Side neighborhood of Saratoga Springs. Three private residences on Circular Street will be featured as well as a condominium in the Stone Abbey, 125 Circular Street, and Circular Manor Bed & Breakfast at 120 Circular Street. The tour will also include two private residences on Union Avenue and a “Rehabilitation-in-Progress.” For more information or to purchase tickets and join to receive discounted prices, please visit www.saratogapreservation.org or call (518) 587-5030. For updates, please visit the Foundation’s Facebook page.
Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser
Come join us Saturday, May 13, from 6 – 10 p.m. at the Saratoga/Wilton Elk’s Lodge. “Celebrate Mom” with a free carnation to the first 100 Mom’s, donated by Dehn’s Flowers. We are raising awareness and funds for the Cerebral Palsy Association of NY State. We have “Amazing Mom” themed raffle baskets and a BBQ buffet. Dinner will include chicken, macaroni salad, coleslaw, baked beans, and cornbread. There will be a cash bar and yummy desserts too. Dance to the beat of our favorite quartet Betsy and the ByeGons. Cost is $25 per person. For reservations call Judy at 518-587-5568 by May 9. Give MOM a night to remember.
What A Surprise
What A Surprise brings real experiences brought to life by professional actors: joyous moments, deep losses, and everything in between. This program, as others in their repertoire, will be followed by a Q&A session with the performers. The Braid’s new work of theater, What A Surprise, created by the NEXT Emerging Artist Fellowship, will be available live on Zoom on Sunday, May 14, at 7 p.m. To register and receive Zoom access to The Braid programming, What A Surprise, on Sunday, May 14 at 7:00 PM, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Registration will be confirmed with an email, and you will be sent the access code two days before the program. Visit www.saratogasinai.org or www.saratogajewishculturalfestival.org for more information.
Pierogi Sale
Christ the Savior Church, 349 Eastline Rd., Ballston Lake is having a pieroghi sale on Tuesday, May 16th.. As usual we will have potato/cheese, sauerkraut, and farmer’s cheese pieroghis. All pierogi orders are $12/dz. Previously, we were asked about uncooked pieroghis. We will accomodate. If you would like it that way. let us know. Please call 518-363-0001. P/U will be from 11:30-12:30 p.m. Stuffed clams available as well.
Heritage Garden Club Luncheon
The luncheon will be held on May 17 at Saratoga Golf and Polo Club, 301 Church Street, Saratoga. Special guest speaker, Teddy Foster, Director of UPH, will present a program “From Condemnation to Restoration: Universal Preservation Hall”. Luncheon selections include cobb salad, a vegetarian choice, or Caesar salad with choice of salmon or chicken, bread, dessert, beverage, $35. includes gratuity, cash bar. The public is invited to attend. Send check payable to Heritage Garden Club to Anne Hunscher, 209 Daketown Rd. Greenfield Center, 12833. There will be many gift baskets available. Guests are welcome!
The League of Women Voters Meeting
The League of Women Voters Saratoga County will hold a virtual meeting via zoom on Wednesday May 17 at 7 pm to plan for future Meetups and events. Members and nonmembers are invited to join the planning session to solicit ideas for topics and presenters for 2023-24 . All ideas are welcome at this session. To register for the zoom event. Please go to our website www.lwvsaratoga.org/events
Shaken & Stirred Celebrity Bartender Party
The Shaken & Stirred Celebrity Bartender Party is an annual fundraiser for Universal Preservation Hall. Local businesses team up to compete against each other, bartending for the most tips. The team that raises the most during their shift wins. This year’s event will be 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, May 18 at the Saratoga National Golf Course. All proceeds raised go towards our education programs through the Collaborative School of the Arts, which is an incredibly important aspect of arts for youth in our area. For more information, go to universalpreservationhall.org. There is no cover charge for this event.
Hannah Arendt Virtual Discussion
Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, with a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and sponsorship of Temple Sinai of Saratoga Springs, presents a Zoom panel discussion of the 2013 film Hannah Arendt, by Margarethe von Trotta, on May 18, at 7 p.m. The film is available for free on Kanopy, free to subscribers of Chair Flicks, and for a $3.99 rental from Apple. Arendt coined the phrase “the banality of evil” to describe the ordinariness of the Holocaust’s perpetrators; a thinker and writer, often referred to as a philosopher, considered herself a political theorist. Registration is required at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. www.saratogasinai.org;
www.saratogajewishculturalfestival.org
Brandtville Blues
A discussion filled with rare photos and riveting storytelling, Thursday, May 18, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., at the Saratoga Springs History Museum. Carol Daggs, author of “Saratoga Soul Brandtville Boogie,” is a fourth-generation Saratogian and descendant of the original residents of Brandtville, a historically African American farming community dating to the 1800s, located near the Spa State Park. An accomplished musician, entertaining speaker and Board Member at the History Museum, Daggs (and special guests!) will bring Brandtville alive. Free for Museum Members, $10 for the general public; tickets and details at www.saratogahistory.org/events.
Spring Fling Festival
The Spring Fling Festival is benefiting the Adirondack Vets House, Inc by bringing our area’s businesses together to create a day of fun in the sun for everyone! Free admission, open to the public. There will be pony rides and farm animals, bounce houses, a dunk tank, cornhole tournament, face painting, food trucks, candle making, local vendors, live music, raffle baskets, carnival games and more! The goal is to maximize attendance and support local business all while raising very critical funds for the Adirondack Vets House, Inc. The Car Shoppe will be hosting the first Annual Spring Fling Festival on Saturday May 20 from Noon – 5 p.m. Rain date is May 21, noon-5 p.m.
The location is 1110 US-9, Queensbury.
Team Billy Ride and Walk for Research
The nineteenth annual Team Billy Ride and Walk for Research will take place on Sunday, May 21 at the Farmers’ Market at High Rock Park in downtown Saratoga Springs. Three rides of 50, 25 and 10 miles will begin at 8:30 a.m., with a three mile walk through the historic district starting at 9 a.m. The rides follow some of the most beautiful sections of Saratoga County, with the 50-mile bike ride through the Saratoga National Historic Park. On-site registration opens at 7:30 a.m. All donations are tax deductible and made payable to the National Brain Tumor Society. To register, donate or volunteer: www.teambilly.org Phone: Cherie Grey 518-813-0449, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Inaugural Yaddo Golf Invitational
The Inaugural Yaddo Golf Invitational takes place on May 24 at the Saratoga National Golf Club, with Honorary Chair and special guest, Dottie Pepper. Golfers will enjoy 18-holes of golf plus carts, lunch, fun contests, and admission to the dinner and awards ceremony. Each golfer will receive a signed copy of Dottie Pepper’s book, Letters to a Future Champion: My Time with Mr. Pulver. Space is limited to the first 128 golfers. Reserve your foursome today! All monies raised from this event will benefit Yaddo’s historic Artist Residency programming. Not a golfer? Tickets are also available to join us for post-play dinner, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets and Sponsorship Information: https://www.yaddo.org/the-2023-inaugural-yaddo-golf-invitational/
Art Exhibit
The Clifton Park Senior Community Center Gallery, 6 Clifton Commons Ct., Clifton Park and SSAS will be hosting an exhibit in the Gallery during May featuring seven photographers and members of SSAS. Artists include Cheryl Jenks, Rebecca Jenkins, Denise Kornak, Meda Rigatti, Brian Skanes, Anup Sood and Bill Staudinger. Town of Clifton Park Lobby, 1 Town Hall Plaza, Clifton Park, will be exhibiting the works of artist, Sherry Walkup, during the month of May. Sherry paints mostly in oils and the exhibit will include some critters and flowers. Please visit these venues and support the arts in Southern Saratoga County. For further information about SSAS visit our website: southernsaratogaartist.com or check us out on Facebook.
Free Learn to Fish Clinic
The Town of Clifton Park is offering a free learn to fish clinic on Saturday, June 3, 9:00-12:30. For more information contact Mike Woerner at the town department of Parks and Recreation, 518-371-6667.
2nd Annual BBQ Fundraiser
Join us Sunday, June 4 from 1 -4 p.m. for a BBQ Chicken Fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of the Capitol Region. Hosted by 99 Restaurant & Pub! Fresh BBQ Chicken & fixins Raffles, 50/50 and Cash Bar. Rock Climbing wall, corn hole, Lyricism 101 RV and much more! Tickets are $25 per person, kids under 12 free. Join us at the VFW Post 420, 190 Excelsior Ave. Saratoga Springs. Buy your tickets online at BGCCCapitalArea.org/99 of at the door. All are welcome. Help to support this great organization! For more information call 518-307-2120,518-598-2856 or 518-879-7777.
Trip to Niagara Falls
The Olde Saratoga Seniors is hosting a trip to Niagara Falls on June 6-8, 2023 (3 days, 2 nights) The Price will be $469 per person double occupancy. Includes 2 breakfast 2 dinners, a tour of Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Hornblower Cruise, Chocolate FX Tour, Niagara Falls view casino and bus transportation. If you are interested, please contact Pat Temple, 518-338-2329 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. This will be a first come first served list for the bus. For an itinerary and more information contact me.
Round Lake House and Garden Tour
On June 10, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. a tour of houses and gardens in Round Lake Village will benefit the historic Round Lake Auditorium. Included are tiny cottages, large Victorian era and brand new custom homes. We are featuring homes that have had recent renovation/construction/restoration projects. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased in advance at RoundLakeAuditorium.org or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Ballston Spa Birdhouse Festival
Sunday June 11, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain date is June 18. The Ballston Spa Birdhouse Festival is looking for crafters and artist to participate in our Festival. The Birdhouse Festival promises to be a huge event, with over 1000 birdhouses decorating the village of Ballston Spa. It will be a huge draw for people all over the capital region. Artwork must be original and handmade. To participate send samples of your work to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we’ll send you the application.
7th Annual Swinging for the Arts
A 9-hole golf outing to benefit Saratoga Children’s Theatre. Join us at McGregor Links Country Club, located at 369 Northern Pines Rd. Wilton on Wednesday, June 14. RSVP by June 2. Format is Four Person Scramble 9 holes of golf, mulligans, contest holes, and pink ball contest. Sign-in begins at 4:30 p.m. Shotgun start at 5:30 p.m. Entry fee is $85 per person includes greens fee, cart rental, food, and a goodie bag. To register, visit https://www.saratogachildrenstheatre.org/
Craft Fair – Vendors Wanted
The Saratoga County History Center is seeking vendors of handmade crafts, antiques, and farm products for the annual craft fair at Brookside Museum on Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No mass produced or commercially manufactured products will be permitted. Spaces are available outdoors, with limited spaces available indoors. The fair is a rain-or-shine event. Visit https://brooksidemuseum.org/events/2022-craft-fair/ for more information, or contact Beth Silvestri at (518) 885-4000 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Free Fishing Days June 25 and 26
Residents and non-residents who are 16 and older* can fish without a freshwater fishing license or recreational marine fishing registration (*Kids under 16 can always fish for free!). The perfect opportunity to try out fishing for the first time, to get back into the sport, or to take a friend or the whole family along to fish! Even though a license is not needed, all other fishing regulations apply. In Saratoga County fishing gear can be borrowed from the Town of Greenfield in Greenfield Center, call 518-893-7432, or from the Waterford Public Library, call 518-237-0891. More information, visit https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/44804.html, or Google - NY DEC Learn to Fish.
Travel with the Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) to an Italian Cooking School
Have you dreamed of living in a seventeenth century palazzo nestled on a hilltop village in the romantic Italian countryside? ALL is sponsoring a gourmet retreat and cooking school November 11-18, 2023. We will tour a historic or culinary attraction each day and begin cooking late afternoons under the guidance of a professional chef before enjoying a four-course dinner with local wines each evening. This small group experience includes all meals and six nights in a beautifully restored historic palazzo. For more details, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
