Young Bethlehem actor needs operation
Thomas Murray, the 17-year-old who portrayed Dill in Capital Rep’s 2010 production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” requires open-heart surgery his mother, Marnie, said. Thomas, who was profiled by former...
View ArticleArt Saves Animals seeking artists
The Mohawk Hudson Humane Society is seeking artists to participate in its eighth annual Art Saves Animals auction, which will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 11, at The Arts Center of the Capital...
View ArticleChuckling for charity? Yuks for bucks?
Something’s funny about this year’s event to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. “Jocks and Jokes” features three nationally touring comedians —...
View ArticleOlana gearing up for annual festival
Some of the Hudson Valley’s top chefs will showcase culinary creations inspired by the landscape paintings of Frederic Church at Olanafest 2012, a celebration of art, food and local farming, from 5:30...
View ArticleSPAC raffles new car for ballet residency
For the first time, Saratoga Performing Arts Center is offering $20 raffle tickets for a chance to win a two-year lease on a new Toyota Prius, courtesy of New Country Toyota. The winning ticket will be...
View ArticleRock and Recovery Sandy Hook benefit shows
The destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy was one thing, but that was an act of nature; the events in Sandy Hook Elementary School were manmade, which makes it a different kind of tragedy, one that...
View ArticleRock for Recovery at Valentines raises $4,193
Albany promoter Greg Bell of Greg Bell Productions has announced that the two-day Rock for Recovery concert event at Valentine’s raised $4,193 for two charities in regards to the Sandy Hook Elementary...
View ArticleSandy Hook Students Record “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Benefit Song
The Associated Press reports: Children who survived last month’s shooting rampage at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School have recorded a version of “Over the Rainbow” to raise money for charity....
View ArticleRick Rourke and Co. to give benefit concert for Food Bank
Bluesman Rick Rourke, the Troy-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, saxophonist and harmonica player, will perform with three of his present and former bands in a Regional Food Bank benefit concert at...
View ArticleDallas-style glitz and glamour at SPAC
Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s February fundraiser, “The Winter Ball: Dallas, Everything’s Bigger in Texas,” will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. The event celebrates the spirit of the Lone...
View ArticleComing to Caffe Lena: a Robert Frost tribute
The poet Robert Frost, traveler of roads not taken and visitor of woods on snowy evenings, saw the publication of his first collection 100 years ago: “A Boy’s Will,” published in London by David Nutt....
View Article“Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show” at the Palace Theatre, 5/9/13
By GREG HAYMES ALBANY – Ring-a-ding-ding! It appears that the third time was indeed the charm for “Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show,” which finally graced the stage of the Palace Theatre on Thursday...
View ArticlePeggy and Pete Seeger at Proctors, 5/12/13
By GREG HAYMES SCHENECTADY – He sang out danger. He sang out a warning. He sang out love between his brothers and his sisters, all over this land… Pete Seeger will be the first to tell you that he’s...
View ArticlePalace event raises $58,000
The Palace Theatre in Albany announced today that the May 9 Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show raised $58,000 for the nonprofit Palace Performing Arts Center, which operates the iconic landmark in downtown...
View ArticleAfrican choir scheduled for Proctors honors Mandela
As Nelson Mandela is mourned across African and other continents, the African Childrens Choir offers a brief, touching tribute, above. I dare you not to tear up. The choir, which raises money to...
View ArticleRosanne Cash at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 3/5/14
By GREG HAYMES TROY – The first thing Rosanne Cash did after she walked out on stage at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Wednesday night was to apologize for postponing her concert – a fundraiser...
View ArticleAnthony Gargiula to host ‘Bowling Against Bullying’ event
Anthony Gargiula, the 15-year-old from Bethlehem with the big voice, will host an anti-bullying fundraiser from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Spare Time bowling alley at 1668 Rte 9 in Clifton Park....
View ArticleDennehy, Waterston to perform the Bard at BTG
A quartet of thespian heavy-hitters have signed on for “Lincoln’s Favorite Shakespeare,” a one-time event scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Fitzpatrick Main Stage of Berkshire Theatre...
View ArticleRichard Chamberlain to take part in BTG reading
Stage, screen and television actor Richard Chamberlain, of “Thorn Birds” fame, will participate in a benefit reading of a new musical — Martin Rabbett’s “Sometimes Love” — presented by Berkshire...
View ArticleAlbany Barn to offer “Fusion” fundraiser
Albany Barn, the recently opened arts incubator and subsidized housing complex at 48 N. Swan St. in Arbor Hill, is hosting its third “Fusion” event at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. The fundraiser will offer...
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