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Adirondack Theatre Festival Brings Back TRAPPED for One-Night-Only Benefit Performance

Written by Staff Report on September 3, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Charity, Community, Entertainment, Glens Falls, Press Release.

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Sold-out hit returns January 7, 2027 with Trevor Strader, Drew Wutke, and director Martha Banta.

GLENS FALLS, NY — After selling out every performance during its acclaimed 2026 run, the Adirondack Theatre Festival…

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Nurtured in Nature After School Program Returns to Pitney Meadows

Written by Staff Report on September 1, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Food, Local Farmer, Press Release, Saratoga Springs.

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[SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY] – This fall, continuing into Spring 2027, the living classroom at Pitney Meadows Community Farm is getting a little bigger… and a lot more connected. For the third year, “Nurtured

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Travis Stealey Brings 64 Comics to the Saratoga Comedy Festival

Written by Staff Report on August 19, 2026. Posted in Featured, 2026, Arts & Culture, Business, Community, Entertainment, Newspaper, Saratoga Springs, September.

Travis Stealey, comedian and founder of the Saratoga Comedy Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY, nearly quit comedy during his first six months of open mics before learning that getting better meant changing how he wrote and performed. Now, Stealey

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How Don Lehman Navigates The Ever-changing World of Local News

Written by Staff Report on August 17, 2026. Posted in Featured, 2026, Arts & Culture, Business, Charity, Community, Glens Falls, Newspaper, September.

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When the pandemic emerged in 2020, Don Lehman had just stepped into a newly created role as Director of Public Affairs for Warren County, New York. After spending 27 years as a writer and editor for

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How Chuck Copenspire Built MindBlown Festival Around Music and Mental Health

Written by Staff Report on August 5, 2026. Posted in Featured, 2026, Arts & Culture, Business, Charity, Community, Entertainment, Glens Falls, Newspaper, September.

Last year, Chuck Copenspire helped launch a punk music festival in Glens Falls and raised $10,000 for suicide prevention. This year, despite having a smaller team, MindBlown Festival raised even more money, featured 17 bands across two stages, and attracted

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Turning Point Parade & Festival Returns to Schuylerville

Written by Staff Report on July 28, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Press Release.

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. – The Capital Region’s signature celebration of Revolutionary heritage returns this summer as the Turning Point Parade & Festival brings thousands of residents and visitors back to Schuylerville for two marquee events on August 2 and August 8,

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Rockin’ for Ronald McDonald House Charities Benefit Comes to Shepard Park

Rockin’ for Ronald McDonald House Charities Benefit Comes to Shepard Park July 31 – August 1

Written by Staff Report on July 28, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Charity, Community, Entertainment, Lake George, Press Release.

Rockin’ for Ronald McDonald House Charities Benefit Comes to Shepard Park

Five great bands will perform next Friday and Saturday at Shepard Park, Canada Street in Lake George, New York to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities, especially Krantz Cottage. Krantz Cottage is a Ronald McDonald Family Retreat location in

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More Than 100 Quilts, Live Demonstrations, Shopping & Community at Quilt Show August 1–2

Written by Staff Report on July 23, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Press Release.

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. – The Hudson River Piecemakers Quilt Guild invites the public to experience the artistry, craftsmanship, and stories behind more than 100 handcrafted quilts during its biennial quilt show, “Each Quilt Tells a Story,” on Saturday, August 1,

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DFG Illustration Brings Handcrafted Art to Upstate NY

Written by Staff Report on July 22, 2026. Posted in Featured, 2026, Arts & Culture, August, Business, Community, Entertainment, Glens Falls, Newspaper.

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When the world shut down, David F. Globerson, an Illustrator and founder of DFG Illustration in Upstate New York, discovered his true calling by offering fifty-dollar paintings to celebrate paying off his student loans.

What started as a …

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Shepard Park to Celebrate Newly Rebuilt Performance Space with Ribbon Cutting, Public Tours and Day of Live Music

Written by Staff Report on July 16, 2026. Posted in Featured, Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Lake George, Press Release.

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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The Village of Lake George will officially celebrate the completion and reopening of the newly rebuilt Shepard Park performance space with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony, guided tours and a full

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