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Free community event presented by CulinaryArts@SPAC On November 15 @ 7:30 PM

Saratoga Springs, NY (October 17, 2024) – Saratoga Performing Arts Center announces that its CulinaryArts@SPAC initiative will continue with A Culinary Conversation with Indigenous Food Expert Mariah Gladstone on November 15 at 7:30 p.m. at The Pines at SPAC. Moderated by SPAC President & CEO Elizabeth Sobol, the discussion will explore the relationship between cultural identity, health, and native plants and animals; the history of Indigenous foodways and pre-contact ingredients, and how to incorporate these foods into contemporary dishes.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s sixth annual Photo Finish exhibition will open in the Museum’s von Stade Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 2. The exhibit will also be available on the Museum’s website at Photo Finish: 6th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (racingmuseum.org). The onsite exhibition will run through Feb. 2, 2025. The online exhibition includes all photographs exhibited at the museum, as well as additional selections.

Ben Folds, Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads to perform

Event will feature free outdoor concert by Tops of Trees and fireworks display

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Ben Folds is coming to the Spa City this winter to help festivalgoers ring in the new year as part of Saratoga New Year’s Eve 2025. Widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of his generation, Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records.

This Halloween, Rev Rail combines spooky railbiking fun with charitable giving in support of Operation Adopt a Soldier

North Creek, NY (October 17, 2024) – Revolution Rail Co. (Rev Rail) is excited to announce its Haunted Railbike Weekend from October 25 - 27, 2024, in North Creek, NY. Combining eerie Halloween thrills with community support, this unique railbike event will benefit Operation Adopt a Soldier, a Saratoga County nonprofit that aids active-duty soldiers.

Halloweekend: Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27
Día de Muertos: Saturday & Sunday, November 2 & 3
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Yonkers, NY (October 18, 2024)—Celebrate Halloweekend and Día de Muertos at the Hudson River Museum this season, with family-friendly programs and activities over two weekends. On Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 11am–5pm, Halloweekend, one of our favorite events of the year, will feature Creepy Crawly Critters with the Greenburgh Nature Center, tours of our haunted historic home on a Gothic Glenview Tour, and spooky planetarium shows The Sky Tonight: Night Frights. Plus, create a Spooky Silhouette in our Family Art Workshop and join our costume parade to win special prizes! Come in costume and receive candy throughout the weekend.

Expanded State-of-the-Art, 60,000 Square-Foot Studio in the City of Corning Will Provide Expanded opportunities for Artists and Museum Visitors

More than $ 9 Million NYS Investment Complements “Southern Tier Soaring” - The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy by Supporting Targeted Tourism Efforts  

Photos of The Studio Space Available Here. 

Governor Kathy Hochul and Empire State Development (ESD) today marked the official grand opening of the expanded The Studio facility at the storied Corning Museum of Glass. Established in 1996, The Studio offers glassmaking instruction across a spectrum of techniques and skill levels, host residencies for artists, and provide rentals of furnace, kiln, and cold-working spaces and equipment, along with a variety of other special programs.

Corning, NY — Some people know how to take a thing like pumpkin carving and make it into an art. One such caver, Eric Jones, will be in Corning during the Days of Incandescence this year carving live on Centerway Stage on Saturday, October 26th from 2:30-6:30pm.

Guinness world record holder and winner of Food Network's “Outrageous Pumpkins,” Eric has become a fixture in this unique form of culinary creativity. A finalist on “Halloween Wars” and a current competitor on Food Network’s “Halloween Wars All-Stars Season 14,” you can watch Eric carve giant pumpkins in person and get an up-close look at his carving wizardry.

Corning, NY — Once again during the last weekend of October, Corning will be transformed into 1880s Corning, as Explore Steuben hosts the popular three-day event called The Days of Incandescence which is inspired by Corning’s role making first glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s incandescent lamps and a mysterious young shop boy at the factory who blew the first glass bubble. The overall event (10/24-10/26) features cemetery tours, guided walking tours (led by actors in costume), a fun themed Libations Crawl, and an old-time festival with folk-style music and craft vendors, live entertainment, and costumed actors to help create an 1880s feel.

Plus Popular and Classical Halloween Songs at 171 Cedar Arts Center 

Corning, NY — How often do you have a chance to experience the World Premiere of new music live and in person? On Saturday, October 26th, from 3-4pm, a special FREE family-friendly concert called “Phantoms of the Light" will take place at 171 Cedar Arts featuring new music written by local pianist Russel Anthony and inspired by The Legend of the Gathers and Days of Incandescence.

The music, which has a Halloween vibe, will be performed by Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes’ Augusto Diemecke on Violin and Christine Lowe-Diemecke on Cello, with Ithaca College and Binghamton University faculty member and accomplished pianist Pej Reitz on Piano.