Plants and More Sale
Quality locally gown tomatoes, herbs and other vegetables, perennial flowers, used garden tools, flower pots, lawn decorations, homemade spring and summer wreaths and much more. Saturday and Sunday May 26 and 27. Saturday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in the parking lot, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs. For more information, contact Beth 518-281-3279 or Bev 518-587-0403
14th Annual Saratoga Lions Duathlon and 5k
The 2018 event will be held on Sunday, May 27 of Memorial Day Weekend. The Duathlon begins at 8 a.m. and the 5K at 8:20 a.m. The event is staged at the Saratoga Casino Hotel and utilizes the roads in the surrounding neighborhoods of this first-class venue. Free t-shirts, refreshments and awards are distributed. Raffle tickets for over $5,000 in prizes are sold. Registration fees are $30 for the 5k and vary for the Duathlon. All proceeds from the event go to help those with serious visual and hearing impairments while aiding our community at large. The event also recognizes our Veterans and fallen troops with our Honor-a-Vet and Save-a-Vet programs. Please visit: www.saratogalionsduathlon.com for additional information and registration options. Come and participate as an individual or as a team and enjoy a great course and a wonderful cause.
Art Exhibit
Artist Barbara King will be showing some of her work at the Saratoga Library, 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs, from May 1 through May 29. Barbara’s interest in art started as a young girl studying at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Her studies included time spent at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Her interests span many mediums in her years as an artist. They include pen and ink, line drawings, as well as oil and acrylic paintings. Her primary interest is drawing figures and faces.
Southern Saratoga Art Society
SSAS presents “Spring into Art” at the Center Gallery of the Clifton Park Senior Community Center 518-383-1343. Showing their works are artists Rita Helie, Maria Tsai, Sherry Walkup and Jack Morgan. The artists were classmates while studying oil painting with well-known Oil Painter and Teacher, the late Joan Lord of Niskayuna. The show runs from May 2 to May 31.
Art Exhibit
Mechanicville District Library, 190 North Main Street, will host local artist, Frank Coletta, during the month of May. Frank will exhibit a series of watercolors taken from the Mechanicville area. He is a member of the Southern Saratoga Art Society. For more information, visit www.southernsaratogaartist.com
Yard and Bake Sale
The Malta Ridge United Methodist Church will hold an indoor yard and bake sale on Friday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Church located at 729 Malta Avenue Extension, in Malta Ridge. An ala carte lunch, featuring hot dogs, Nellie’s beans, chips and a beverage will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday only. For additional information or directions please call the Church at 518-581-0210.
Hearts for the Arts
The Adirondack Folk School’s 9th Annual Hearts for the Arts dinner and silent auction will be held on Saturday evening, June 2, 2018, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Lake George Holiday Inn Resort. Enjoy the music of Jukebox Jim, a cash bar hors d’oeuvres hour, a plated 3-course dinner and the finest silent auction in the region! Join us as we honor Mr. Jesse Jackson of Look Media, this year’s Patron of the Arts Award recipient. Please call the school at 518-696-2400 to make your dinner selection and a required reservation for this fun evening no later than May 24, 2018. Dress is business casual and ticket prices are $65 for AFS members and $75 for not yet members.
9th Annual Golf Classic
Please join us for a wonderful morning of golf at McGregor Links on June 6, from 8 – 3 p.m. Your participation as a golfer and/or sponsor will go directly towards supporting the Saratoga Center for the Family. Format – Four Person Scramble, includes 18 holes of golf with cart. Use of practice facilities, raffle, skills contests and door prizes. Men play from white tees, women play from red tees, seniors 70+ play from green tees. For more information: www.saratogacff.org/event/annual-golf-classic/-
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-golf-classic-tickets-43998440520 .
Bus Trip to New York Botanical Gardens
A bus tour to the New York Botanical Gardens on June 15 is open to the public. The tour is sponsored by District IV of the Federated Garden Clubs of NYS (FGCNYS). The highlight of the visit will be 20 of Georgia O’Keefe’s depictions of Hawaii and a stunning display of Hawaiian Flora throughout the gardens. The cost of the tour includes transportation, admission to the gardens, and dinner in Kingston on the way back. Buses leave from Queensbury and Wilton. The price is $95 for members of FGCNYS; $99 for non-members. For more information, contact Sharon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 518-258-1511 for reservations. Call 518-885-6416 for more information.
Volunteer at Yaddo
The Yaddo Garden Association is recruiting people to help restore and preserve the Yaddo Gardens or serve as garden docent sharing Yaddo‘s history. The Yaddo Garden Association is a Volunteer group formed in 1991 dedicated to restoration and preservation of Yaddo Gardens and its history. Garden work is done Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. till noon, May through October. Docent led garden tours are held Saturdays and Sundays mid-June through Labor Day and Tuesdays during the thoroughbred racing season. Yaddo Gardens located on Route 9P, Union Ave., Saratoga Springs. No experience required, all tools in instructions are provided. Contact 518–584–0746, or visit www.Yaddo.org or Facebook.
Bus Trip to Cradle of Aviation Museum
The Empire State Aerosciences Museum announces a Bus Trip to the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York on Saturday, June 30. Join other aviation enthusiasts exploring over 75 air and space craft, a dozen cockpits and 30 hands-on exhibits in over eight galleries. Experience a full dome theater with live astronomy programs and movies that surround you. The latest exhibit features the legendary Pan Am “B-314 Flying Boats,” seaplanes which pioneered trans-oceanic flying. Incredible low cost includes bus transportation, Museum admission, guided tour and Planetarium/Dome Theater show. Bus leaves Empire State Aerosciences Museum at 7 a.m. and arrives back home at 7 p.m. Sign up now before the bus fills up. For more information call 518-377-2191, ext. 10.
Saratoga Pinball & Arcade Show
Do you enjoy pinball or have fond memories of playing them in arcades? Visit the Saratoga Pinball and Arcade Show for some family-friendly entertainment. It will be held at the Saratoga Regional YMCA in Saratoga Springs, on Friday, August 10 from 2 – 10 p.m. and Saturday, August 11 from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. The show will feature approximately 50 pinball machines and arcade games from the past and present, all set on free play. For one admission price, you are welcome to stay all day and play as much as you like for no additional cost. The show will also feature an indoor flea market with various pinball and arcade games and parts for sale. Proceeds from the show will be donated to charity. Cost is $10 for admission. For more information, visit www.pinballsaratoga.com
