Week of July 12 – July 18, 2024
This Week’s Events:
July 12 – 18
Friday, July 12
Grand, Gilded and Glorious: A Saratoga Stroll
Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center, 297 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 10:30 a.m. – Noon. This 90-minute guided walking tour will entertain and enlighten both visitors and residents with the famed stories of this great city. Saratoga Springs was the playground of the rich and famous during the 1800’s and provides the stories of this wonderful, gilded period in our history. This unique and engaging tour will guide participants from the Saratoga Springs Visitor Center to Congress Park and will conclude with a complete tour of the elegant Canfield Casino. Tuesday – Saturday, 10:30 a.m. – Noon, $20 per person. For reservations, please call the Saratoga Heritage Area Visitor Center: 518-587-3241.
Saturday, July 13
Rummage Sale
Ballston Spa United Methodist Church, 101 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa | 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Enter at back of the church.
Car Show & Live Music in the Park
Middle Grove Town Park, 438 Middle Grove Rd, Middle Grove | Cars: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. $10 registration fee. Top 15 People Choice Trophies announced at 2:30 p.m. Live Music: from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. provided by Elizabeth Conant, Bonnie Greco, Out of Reach and New American Cuisine. Free public admission. Bring along your family, friends, and folding chairs and enjoy the talented musicians, the antique cars, trucks, tractors. Have lunch from our food booth. Shop with our vendors. “Keep Greenfield’s History Alive for our future Generations”
Celebrate Family Day
Congress Park, Downtown Saratoga Springs | Noon – 4 p.m. Celebrate Family Day is a free event. Games, crafts, face painting, snacks, live music, information about local family support services. Free Admission.
Ballston Area Seniors Monthly Dance
Milton Community Center, 310 Northline Rd. Ballston Spa | 7 – 10 p.m. The dance is open to the public. Ample free parking. There will be a donation of $7 per person. Snacks and refreshment will be provided. Dance to the music of Peaceful Country Band. (Adults Only). For more information call 518-490-2851.
Sunday, July 14
29th Annual Saratoga Soroptimist Secret Gardens Tour
Eleven Unique Gardens in Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, and Wilton | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Purchase $25 advance tickets at www.soroptimistsaratoga.org or at Northshire Bookstore, Cudney’s Cleaners, Faddegon’s Nursery or Adirondack Trust Co. branches. Day-of tickets for $30 will be sold while supplies last from 9:30 a.m. to noon outside the Saratoga Springs Visitor Center, 297 Broadway. Garden descriptions and suggested driving directions are provided with purchase. The tour supports programs and individuals benefiting women and girls, including Wellspring. Questions? Email secretgardensinfo@gmail.com.
Monday, July 15
4th Annual Gumbo with Kendrick for TRF Party
The Principessa Elena Society, 13 Oak Street, Saratoga Springs | 6 – 9 p.m. Louisiana native and jockey Kendrick Carmouche will again prepare gumbo for this event, which will benefit the Saratoga Springs-based Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), a 501(c) (3) non-profit that is the nation’s oldest and largest Thoroughbred rescue and sanctuary organization. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 cash only at the door. The menu will be gumbo, rice, cornbread, salad and dessert. There will also be live music. For tickets, https://donorbox.org/events/606398
Tuesday, July 16
11th Annual Klezmer & Kosher Festival
Clifton Commons, Outside Clifton Park Senior Center, Clifton Park | 5:30 p.m. It’ll be a lively day— with a kosher dinner, crafts, games and of course, a live Klezmer Concert. An amazing line-up of musicians will play traditional Klezmer songs as well as Chassidic and Israeli melodies. RSVP 518-495-0779 or go to www.cliftonparkchabad.com to register with a $15 per person all-inclusive fee.
Wednesday,
July 17
History Centers Wednesday Walking Tour
North Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 10 a.m. Great Ladies Tour. Dr. Hollis Palmer. This tour along North Broadway will be led by the retired educator and popular local author of 16 books on Saratoga and its environs. The tour will be based on stories from his book “Saratoga’s Great Ladies” focusing on the families that lived in the Victorian mansions along this broad avenue. Dr. Palmer will be offering his books for sale at the end of the tour. Registration is available at the History Center’s website https://brooksidemuseum.org/ Suggested donations for the tours are $10. Specific directions will be available upon registration.
Chicken & Biscuits Dinner
Saratoga Wilton Elks, 1 Elks Lane, Saratoga Springs | 4:30 – 6 p.m. For curbside pickup only. Call Monday or Tuesday between 10 a.m. – Noon to place an order, 518-584-2585. Menu: chicken & biscuits, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salad. Dinner $15 each (cash only).
The Gift of a Lifetime
Halfmoon Town Hall, A. James Bold Meeting Room, 2 Halfmoon Town Plaza, Halfmoon | 5 p.m. A special event unveiling three historic indentured documents from the 1700’s, generously donated by Mr. Joe Lawrence of Georgia. These invaluable documents, written on animal skin and dating back to 1700, were meticulously restored and framed at no cost to the Town. The event will also feature a Cemetery Map from 1871 and minutes of the first Halfmoon Town Board meeting held on April 1, 1788. The documents, which include the oldest indenture from 1700 with attorney Philip Schuyler, Esq., are in remarkable condition for their age.
Pitney Meadows Fire Feast
223 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs | 6-9 p.m. Saratoga’s most unique summer event features local chefs cooking over six open-fire pits. The chefs will source meat, fish, cheese, wine, beer, and produce from local producers and Pitney Meadows’ farm fields. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided by Bars without Boundaries. Guests can also enjoy drinks from select local breweries, distilleries, and wineries. Seasonal cocktails and mocktails will be available as well. Tickets available: https://www.pitneymeadowscommunityfarm.org/fire-feast/
Astronomy Club
Galway Public Library, 2112 East Street, Galway | 6:30 p.m. There will be a presentation about summer constellations. The Astronomy Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and is open to adults and teens (middle school and older). Registration is requested, but not required, by calling 518-882-6385.
2024 Music in the Park
Gavin Park, 10 Lewis Dr., Saratoga Springs | 7 – 9 p.m. Tonight’s performer is T.S. Ensemble. Music every Wednesday through August 28.
Film – Las Dos Mariette
Congregation Shaara Tfille, 84 Weible Rd., Saratoga Springs | 7 p.m. Join us for a specially arranged screening of the film Las Dos Mariette – The Two Mariettes (in Spanish with English subtitles). For more than seven decades, Mariette Diamant—who escaped with her parents from Nazi-occupied France during WWII—would hide the Jewish origins of her family for fear of retaliation. But at 90, Mariette decides to shed light on that past that haunts her and reveal her true identity. $5 per person. Refreshments to follow.
Thursday, July 18
Broadway Musicals – A Jewish Legacy
Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | 7 p.m. A live showing and panel discussion. A PBS documentary celebrating the Jewish roots of a distinctly American form of art, the Broadway musical. For over 50 years of its development, the songs of the Broadway musical were created almost exclusively by Jewish Americans. The documentary looks at the origins of contemporary Broadway in Yiddish theater, the connection of the art form to the early 20th Century version of the American Dream, and the pervasiveness of successful songs that influenced pop culture and vice versa. $5 donation requested. Registration required at Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/N1mRZPt/SJCFHomePageSummer2024
fluxxbaby ‚girlfluxx EP‘ release tour and Death Rattled
Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs | | 8 – 9:30 p.m. Tickets! $10-25 sliding scale. Join us for Zurich-based fluxxbaby’s ‚girlfluxx EP‘ release tour with Death Rattled, Troy-based musician Manuel J. Perez III, presented by Improv Spaces at Saratoga Arts. fluxxbaby focuses on harsh sounds and deconstructed rhythms, capturing the abstraction, loneliness, and brutality of late capitalism in 2024 and shaping it into her own soundtrack. Death Rattled explores the assembling, juxtaposition, and disfiguration of recognizable symbols through multimedia and audiovisual mediums.
Upcoming events
Bike Donations and Volunteers Needed
Please consider donating unwanted bicycles with tires over 20” that are in fixable condition! Also, we are in constant need of bikes with tires 24” and over, any style. We’re happy to fix them up! Not sure if your bike is in fixable condition – send us a pic and we’ll let you know. We need your help – despite closing several times for our volunteer mechanics to catch up, we are still way behind and could use your help. Not sure how to fix a bike, but good with the public or with paperwork – we could use your help too. Please reach out to info@bikeatoga.org or via text 518-290-0746
Annual Garage and
Bake Sale
The Galway United Methodist Church will hold its annual Garage and Bake Sale on Friday, July 19 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday, July 20 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This sale is a multi-family sale that includes clothing, furniture, sporting goods, toys tools, household items, collectibles, electronics, books, baby items and much more. The sale is held indoors come rain or shine. A bake sale will be held at the same time. The public is welcome to attend. The church is located at the corner of Rte. 147 and CR 45 in the Village of Galway.
Book Sale
The Friends of the Galway Public Library will be holding a large book sale at the Galway Public Library, 2112 East St, Galway, on Saturday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Books of all genres as well as DVDs. Your monetary donation fills your bag!
Frances Day 2024
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces its annual summer open house, Frances Day, will be on Saturday, July 20, beginning at 2 p.m. The family-friendly event honors the museum’s namesake, Frances Young Tang, Skidmore College Class of ’61, and offers multiple ways for visitors to explore the museum’s stellar program of contemporary art exhibitions and events, with tours, art-making activities, food, music, giveaways and more. At 5 p.m. acclaimed Capital Region musician and performer Taína Asili and her ensemble take the stage for an energetic concert. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://tang.skidmore.edu or call Visitors Services at 518-580-8080.
Fundraiser for BluePath Service