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Major Winter Attractions and Special Events Coming to Lake George, NY Area

Written by Staff Report on October 12, 2023. Posted in Columns, Community, Downtown, Entertainment, Featured, News.

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – This winter, Lake George, N.Y., will welcome a pair of magical celebrations to delight people of all ages:

In December, Lake George Winter’s Dream, a brand-new outdoor immersive multimedia experience, will unfold at the Fort William Henry historical fortress. Surrounding visitors in light, sound, original music, video projection and interactivity, the experience will recall the rich emotions, sensations and magic of the winter season. The attraction will unfold in the Fort’s outdoor courtyard and on its four bastions.

Next Door to Fort William Henry, at Festival Commons in Lake George, Winter Realms: The Wintertainment Destination will enchant visitors with ice skating, dazzling lights, larger-than-life motifs, a sculpture park, igloos, Santa’s Village, a Polar Ice Bar, and a variety of other winter attractions.

Winter Realms will open on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, coinciding with Lake George’s Lite Up the Village Holiday kickoff event. Tickets for Winter Realms will go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Winter’s Dream will open in early December. To join the waiting list for Winter’s Dream tickets, or receive updates, please visit LakeGeorgeWintersDream.com.

Winter’s Dream is created and produced by the award-winning multidisciplinary studio Moment Factory. Established in Montreal, Moment Factory is an international studio that has crafted more than 525 projects worldwide, including productions with Madonna, Billie Eilish, the Toronto Zoo, Sony, the Boston Museum of Science and the Lumina Night Walk series.

Winter Realms, created by the artists behind the famous Ice Castles, will debut a new, more weather-resistant winter experience. The unique blend of artistry and winter wonder will ensure unforgettable winter memories for visitors even when winter weather is scarce.

“Lake George is first with family fun all summer and fall. Now, we hope it will be the leading place for new and memorable wintertime family entertainment, too,” said Warren County Winter Coalition Chairman Vincent Crocitto II.

Lake George Winter’s Dream and Winter Realms received financial support from Warren County as part of the public-private effort to foster year-round tourism and local employment. Both events are supported by Warren County Tourism/Visit the Lake George Area of the Adirondacks and the Warren County Winter Coalition.

Tickets for these events will be sold separately to allow visitors to select the most convenient entry times for their groups. For more information, please visit LakeGeorgeWintersDream.com and www.winterrealms.com.

About the Warren County Winter Coalition: The Warren County Winter Coalition is a non-profit group of Lake George area business and community leaders working to expand wintertime employment opportunities for local people, generate new revenue for local businesses and sales and occupancy tax revenue for Warren County, and foster the development of year-round tourism in the region. Vincent Crocitto II is president of the Coalition.

Glens Falls Symphony Presents Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena to 1500 School Children in the Adirondack Park

Written by Staff Report on October 12, 2023. Posted in Business, Columns, Community, Entertainment, Featured, News.

Glens Falls Symphony will present a special performance of Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena by Evan Mack and Josh McGuire, American composers, librettists, pianists and friends.

The opera stars of Seagle Festival, in Schroon Lake, NY along with our fully professional symphony musicians will present this coming of age, Christmas opera based on the Mexican folktale of the poinsettia.

Students from Queensbury, Lake George, Warrensburg, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Keene Valley, homeschool associations, and more will be attending this school-day concert at the Warrensburg Middle School/ High School Auditorium on Friday, November 17 with three 48 min performances starting at 9:00am.

The Glens Falls Symphony takes great pride in the tradition of the children’s concert which shares music made on instruments with hundreds of years of history. Glens Falls is the smallest city in America to support a fully professional symphony, making this opportunity both unique, and important for the rural school districts it will be serving. “With an array of electronic devices and access to the internet, kids have so much at their fingertips” said Senator Betty Little. “However, there is nothing like the sound of a live symphony. The Glens Falls Symphony is phenomenal. These students are in for a very special and memorable treat.”

Executive Director Jennifer Brink says “Sharing the tremendous range of the orchestra sounds with young people who may never have heard these instruments before is a wondrous thing. We are delighted that after several years of planning, the children in our region can hear the talented musicians of the Glens Falls Symphony in a concert designed just for them. We hope to continue this program with new concerts each year so that the Glens Falls Symphony forms a critical piece of every local child’s cultural education. We feel we have a duty to share this great art with children, and to contribute to building the arts audiences of tomorrow.”

When asked about why he chose Lucinda for this program, Music Director Charles Peltz shares, everyone loves a unique Holiday gift and the Glens Falls Symphony is putting a bow on a special theatrical present for the children of our communities. Our colleague the eminently gifted composer Evan Mack has offered to co-produce with the Glens Falls Symphony his wildly successful children’s opera “Lucinda”. We love his tuneful tale of old Mexico and the legend of the poinsettia. The musicians of the orchestra are eager to make music- and magic! – with Evan and the Seagle Colony as we bring to life this charming musical miniature.

Each character in Lucinda will be represented in brilliant fusion of the opera with a traditional children’s Mexican story regarding the birth of the poinsettia flowers! This could be the first and only opera that many Adirondack Park students experience. This beautiful opera educates children, touches their hearts and illuminates the understanding, and true meaning behind the power of gift giving. One objective of presenting live music by professional musicians in this way is to inspire more young people to take up band and orchestra instruments when the opportunity comes.

The concert is supported by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. The Charles R. Wood Foundation, and the JM MacDonald Foundation.

The 2023-24 Glens Falls Symphony 40^th Anniversary concert season is sponsored by Glens Falls National Bank.

About Glens Falls Symphony

Since Maestro Charles Peltz’ arrival in 2000, the fully professional Glens Falls Symphony has performed a dynamic repertoire, regularly including musical premieres and world-renowned guest artists while expanding musical offerings to include family concerts, summer pops programs and more. Cited as “one of the great orchestras of our country” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner, the orchestra comprises professional musicians who come from all over the Northeast to perform.

About Seagle Festival

Seagle Festival is the premiere opera and musical theater producing organization in the Adirondack Region of upstate New York, and the oldest and one of the most distinguished summer vocal training programs in the United States, founded in 1915 by renowned singer and voice teacher Oscar Seagle. Over our 100+ year history, Seagle Festival has transitioned from a successful family-run business to a well-established non-profit organization, run and staffed by leaders in the field of opera and musical theater performances and vocal training, and overseen by a committed and diverse board of directors.

The non-profit corporation Seagle Music Colony, Inc. doing business as Seagle Festival has deep roots in the town of Schroon Lake, New York but serves a much larger community of artists and staff that have participated or worked at Seagle Festival and now live and work across the country and around the world. The mission, vision and values of Seagle Festival include a commitment to the highest quality performances for our devoted audiences and top-notch vocal training for aspiring vocalists of all backgrounds and identities.

About Evan Mack

Believing that opera should be theater grounded in climatic expression that delivers larger-than-life stories and music that harnesses the full athletic thrill of singing, Evan Mack has devoted much of his compositional life to opera and song. His first major operatic composition, where he served as both composer and librettist, was Angel of the Amazon. “Angel” premiered in May of 2011 by Encompass New Opera Theatre at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City and was subsequently released on CD worldwide by Albany Records. Two years later, Fresno State Opera Theater premiered The Secret of Luca. This was the first of several collaborations with librettist Joshua McGuire. In August 2016, their American grand opera Roscoe premiered at Seagle Music Colony to rave reviews. Roscoe received its orchestral world premiere with the Albany Symphony starring Metropolitan Opera star Deborah Voigt. In between the two large scale projects, Mack & McGuire found time to write the first ever opera for Twitter #IsOperaDead – an opera in 5 acts lasting one minute and forty seconds.

Their Christmas opera for children, Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena is quickly becoming a holiday standard with yearly productions by San Francisco Opera, Opera in the Heights and Fresno State Opera, who commissioned the opera. The one-act opera The Ghosts of Gatsby premiered by Samford Opera in Birmingham, AL in 2019 and won the National Opera Association’s Argento Chamber Opera Competition. Mack & McGuire’s latest, Yeltsin in Texas! premiered in 2020 by TCU and Opera in the Heights. It’s now in development to become a musical comedy!

Evan Mack has proven as deft at song writing as he is in opera. His song A Little More Perfect is a setting of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s final paragraph of the Marriage Equality Decision by the Supreme Court in 2015. Premiering at Seagle Music Colony in 2015, it has quickly become a favorite of many baritones including Michael Mayes, Daniel Okulich and Michael Miller to name a few. The song had its professional premiere at the Glimmerglass Festival in 2016 and the orchestral premiere at the Fort Worth Opera Festival in 2017. His new cycle If Only Lenny Were Here, which celebrates the life of Leonard Bernstein had its world premiere with the Schenectady Symphony in October of 2018.

Evan was named “2018 Professional of the Year” by Musical America, was a composing fellow at the John Duffy Composers Institute and a resident artist at Yaddo. He is currently published with Hal Leonard, Alfred, and Amazon. Evan is a Teaching Professor at Skidmore College. He lives in Ticonderoga, NY with his wife, Kristin and two sons, Carter and Henry.

About Joshua McGuire

Joshua has written librettos for The Secret of Luca, (based on the novel by Ignazio Silone) and Roscoe (based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winner William Kennedy) with music by Evan Mack. In October 2016, Roscoe received a full performance by the Albany Symphony featuring soprano Deborah Voigt in the lead role of Veronica. His collaboration with Mack also produced Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena, a children’s opera commissioned by the Fresno State Opera Theatre. Since premiering in 2016, the opera has played for over 25,000 children, including annual performances by the San Francisco Opera Guild. Mack & McGuire’s one-act opera The Ghosts of Gatsby, based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, won the the National Opera Association’s 2019 Dominick Argento Prize for contemporary opera, with subsequent productions by Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and Opera Las Vegas, among others.

Yeltsin in Texas! — a comedy about the fall of the U.S.S.R. commissioned and premiered by Opera in the Heights and Texas Christian University in February 2020 — is currently being expanded and developed into a full-length musical theatre piece with The Blueprint Project. McGuire is currently developing A Nearer Mother with Evan Mack (based on the life of AIDS activist Ruth Coker Burks), as well as a multimedia opera entitled Siddhartha (after the novel by Hermann Hesse) with composer Murray Hidary.

In 2015, McGuire was commissioned to write a libretto for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, and the resulting one-act opera, Alexandra, with music by David Clay Mettens, was premiered at the Kennedy Center. He is also the author of The Secret of Music: a look at the listening life, a book of essays on music and mindfulness. McGuire is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, Opera America, and the the American Center for New Works Development.

McGuire currently teaches at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he pursued Master’s work in both guitar and orchestral conducting, holding assistantships in both areas. As an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, he took the Bachelor of Music summa cum laude as well as High Honors in English Literature for his thesis on musical structures in the work of James Joyce. He currently resides in Nashville with his wife, pianist and conductor Jennifer McGuire, their son Thomas, and a basset hound.

Contact the symphony to reserve your seats for your school, organization, association, church group etc. Good seats still available. Transportation funding available by request.

CONCERT PROGRAM:

Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena by Evan Mack and Josh McGuire
9:00am / 10:30am / 12:15pm Friday November 17, 2023
Opera Singers Conducted by Richard Kagey, Seagle festival
Orchestra Conducted by Charles Peltz
Warrensburg Middle/High School Auditorium

Visit the Symphony website at www.theglensfallssymphony.org
Call the Symphony office at 518-793-1348
Mailing address: Glens Falls Symphony, PO Box 2036, Glens Falls NY 12801
Office Location: Upstairs in the LARAC Building, 7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls NY 12801

Warren County Property Auction Scheduled for Saturday, October 21st

Written by Staff Report on October 12, 2023. Posted in Business, Community, Featured, Home & Garden, Property.

More than 30 properties will be available for purchase when Warren County Real Property Tax Services Office holds its annual live public auction of tax-foreclosed property on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, at Warren County Courthouse.

Among the 31 properties on the list as of this week are single family homes, commercial property, and vacant lots, including two with waterfront access – all of which were foreclosed upon for non-payment of property taxes. Auction proceeds will be handled in accordance with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings related to tax foreclosure auctions.

For further information and links to the full tax foreclosure property information booklet, which includes detailed descriptions and photographs of each property, check the auction company website here. (Scroll down on this web page for Warren County’s auction.) This website includes a photo gallery featuring the available Warren County properties.

More information can also be found at https://warrencountyny.gov/rp, or with Auctions International at www.auctionsinternational.com.

Registration will begin at 8:00 AM, and the auction starts at 10:00 AM. Warren County Courthouse is located at the Warren County Municipal Center complex, at 1340 State Route 9 in Queensbury.

Thinking of Catering? Think SPoT Coffee – and Thank the Staff!

Written by Kate Haggerty on October 10, 2023. Posted in Business, Community, Downtown, Featured, Food.

In 2014, SPoT Coffee was a new addition to the restaurant scene on Glens Street in Glens Falls… Now, just under a decade later, they are a mainstay of Downtown Glens Falls! SPoT Coffee, through the leadership of District Operations Manager Bill Dingman, is always on the lookout to expand offerings and find ways to service more customers… With this in mind, SPoT has moved to provide more substantial and widespread catering options through ezCater.

EzCater was established in 2007, to connect businesses with restaurants through an online marketplace. SPoT Coffee recognized the opportunity, and Bill has been able to implement the expansion with the help of his seasoned crew. Dingman is thankful to be a part of the thriving Glens Falls community: “Honestly…We think that this cafe has really grown in terms of revenue over the last couple of years, and we are really thankful and really glad to be part of the community. We want to be the epicenter, where Glens Falls starts their day, and ends their day,” he said.

Bill knows that he owes the success of the cafe to his tenured staff, as low staff turnover is not a common trait of the cafe model: “I’m proud of our staff… They’ve done a fantastic job. We’ve added the number of staff that we are holding at any particular time because of revenue growth… We are employing more people. The demand is there, and we are really thankful,” he said.

SPoT Coffee is open “777” – from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, seven days a week. “We have to wake up and do it every day… Our staff has had to adjust, grow, and get stronger. They manage when there is a line out the door all day,” Bill said.

As SPoT Coffee grows and adds more dynamic offerings, catering is at the forefront of their endeavors… Joining on with ezCater has allowed SPoT Coffee to service more customers in more communities, and increases catering options for potential customers that are further away – the first catering order that SPoT filled through ezCater was for customers in Corinth, instantly proving the value of the expansion!

Catering allows SPoT Coffee to increase revenue with less impact on the staff, and with Bill Dingman, it all comes back to having a reliable staff: “There had been some concern that we wouldn’t be able to have a busy cafe and keep the product that we would need for catering… We have the tenured staff, and that has allowed us to have the information to make it work. We have folks who recognize where we are, what we are doing, and see the opportunities… That’s the benefit to having long term employees,” he said.

To order from SPoT Coffee on the ezCater.com website, the minimum order is $75.00. For more information, please visit ezcater.com, or Spotcoffee.com.

2023 • Live! Folklife Concerts • Free Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman

Written by Staff Report on October 10, 2023. Posted in Community, Downtown, Entertainment, Featured, In the Arts.

On Thursday, October 19th, Crandall Library will host a free Folklife concert featuring Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chirs Newman. This dynamic duo is made up of two extraordinarily talented international musicians!

Maire is one of Ireland’s most important and influential traditional musicians. Her love of the Harp began at age eleven, and her West Cork background influenced her technique while she played traditional music steeped in oral traditions. Chris, a prolific composer, arranger and record producer began playing the guitar at age four, and played his first paying gig at the age of fourteen in a folk club.

The pair made their debut on the main stage at the 1987 Cambridge Folk Festival, and have been touring the world together ever since.

Their talent is recognized the world over: the “Blazing guitar and dancing harp” (Irish Linen). This celebrated partnership of “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fRoots) with “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (Scotland On Sunday) has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-two countries on five continents, to venues ranging from the tiniest of village halls to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Sydney Town Hall, and the Philharmonie in Cologne. Expect a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass, and baroque, spiced with striking new compositions.

First Show: Crandall Library Glens Falls, NY – Thursday, October 19th, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30) – Crandalllibrary.org

Second Show: At the Historic Salem Courthouse, Salem, NY – Friday, October 20th, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30) – www.salemcourthouse.org

For more information, please visit www.maireandchris.com

The Albany Rock Pit is Taking the Capital Region by Storm!

Written by Staff Report on October 10, 2023. Posted in Business, Community, Education, Entertainment, Featured.

The music scene is about to get a new infusion of talent in the Capital Region! The Albany Rock Pit opened on August 1st, and is already setting lofty goals based on the premise of team building and community through live performances. Located at 9 Norman Drive in Albany, The Albany Rock Pit is gearing up for its grand opening on October 24th, 2023.

The Albany Rock Pit accepts students as young as 5 years old, and offers four different age groups lessons and performances: “This all evolved when my daughter’s music school closed,” says Kim Lindh, co-partner now professionally as well as personally with Tess Collins, the owner of McGeary’s. “There’s a nichemarket that was unfulfilled… Music is needed. It’s an outlet. It’s both expressive and therapeutic”.

“The space was available next to Kim’s shop and it’s in the perfect area,” stated Collins. “We were able to transform the space into a music school within 30 days during the Summer… And, since we’ve opened, we’ve seen an influx of students and instructors. They realize what we’re trying to build here… We’re absolutely stressing team building and community,” she said.

“What sets this apart from any other music school, the kids interact together and will have an opportunity to play live in the local music scene,” continued Lindh. “The kids are multi-talented. They’ll not only be able to set up their own equipment and perform their own sound checks, but they play different instruments, too… So, you’ll see them switch off playing different instruments as they go from song to song. And, what’s good for them, they’re not paying a venue to have a recital or a performance. They’re getting the real experience now with the guidance of the school, so they’re fully prepared for what they can expect down the road.”

“The first show for these kids will be December 2nd and 3rd at September’s in Colonie,” continued Collins. “They’ll perform a variety of hits from the 1980s, while sprinkling in songs from the 1960’s associated with the ‘British Invasion’… Then, once we get into the first quarter of 2024, we’ll change up the musical theme on a quarterly basis.”

The Albany Rock Pit just hosted their first “Open Mic/Free Jam Friday” which will continue the first Friday of every month!

The ribbon-cutting ceremony – the first ever for both Collins and Lindh – will be Tuesday, October 24th at the Albany Rock Pit. Assembly member Pat Fahy will be attending the ceremony.

For more information regarding the Albany Rock Pit, please contact Kim Lindh at kimlindh@albanyrockpit.com, or Tess Collins at Tess@mcgearys.com. You can also visit their Facebook page at Albany Rock Pit.

A Spectacular Fall Tradition – The 2023 Saratoga Showcase of Homes Kicks off this Weekend!

Written by Staff Report on October 4, 2023. Posted in Business, Community, Featured, Home & Garden, News.

The area’s premiere new home tour, the 2023 Saratoga Showcase of Homes opens its doors this weekend! Tickets are available at all Adirondack Trust branches, Saratoga National Bank on South Broadway in Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls National Bank in Glens Falls, Curtis Lumber in Ballston Spa & Queensbury and Roohan Realty in Saratoga Springs. Showcase tickets are always conveniently available at any showcase home during tour hours of 10:00AM – 4:00PM or can be purchased ONLINE at www.saratogashowcaseofhomes.com.

Once again this year, each showcase ticket holder will receive a FREE commemorative shoe/tote bag at the first home visited, while supplies last!

The 2023 Saratoga Showcase of Homes is being proudly presented over two weekends this year on October 7-8 and October 14-15. Tickets are only $25, which allows you to visit all of these beautiful new homes over four days. This year’s edition has 9 locations from 7 of our area’s finest builders. NEW this year is a showcase location in Lake George and Lake Luzerne!

Participating award-winning builders – Belmonte Builders, DeGraff-Bloom Custom Builders, DSG Construction & Remodeling, Kodiak Construction, R & M Homes, Whitbeck Construction and Witt Construction. To view an interactive mobile map with locations, directions and much more, please visit our website.

This year’s showcase will also be featuring a student “Minds Under Construction” exhibition on Saturday, October 8th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the DeGraff-Bloom showcase home #3. Area students from the 10 – 12 grades will be building vertical gardens and students from the 2 – 5 grades will be participating in the popular toolbox build activity. It’s all part of spotlighting work in the trades by the Northeast Construction Trades Workforce Coalition. In addition, a new 8’ x 24’ Tiny House built by BOCES students will be on display at the same location.

Now celebrating its 27th year, this annual community event has contributed nearly $1.5 MILLION dollars to our local charities. Proceeds from the Showcase of Homes will benefit Rebuilding Together Saratoga County (www.rtsaratoga.org) and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties (www.glensfallshabitat.org). For more details on the 2023 Saratoga Showcase of Homes event, please visit www.saratogashowcaseofhomes.com. Check us out on FACEBOOK and follow all the updates on this year’s event!

About Saratoga Builders Association

The Saratoga Builders Association, Inc. (SBA) is a specialized professional trade association representing an industry basic to the wellbeing and economy of the people of Saratoga County. Its membership includes residential and commercial builders, developers, remodelers, building material suppliers, sub-contractors, financial institutions, architects, engineers, realtors, attorneys and other industry professionals. SBA is committed to the continued growth, prosperity and quality of life in Saratoga County. For more information, please visit their website at www.saratogabuilders.org or contact Barry Potoker, Executive Director at 518.366.0946 or bpotoker@saratogabuilders.org.

The Hyde Collection Celebrates Four New Fall Exhibitions Capping Off a Year-Long 60th Anniversary Celebration

Written by Staff Report on October 4, 2023. Posted in Columns, Community, Downtown, Entertainment, Featured, In the Arts, News.

LENS FALLS, NY – The Hyde Collection is pleased to present four new fall exhibitions. Opening Saturday, October 7, and on view through December 31, 2023, are the final exhibitions of the 60th-anniversary season: Edgar Degas, The Private Impressionist; Degas at The Hyde: A Master of Form; Illustrations: Honoré Daumier, Winslow Homer, and Anthony Saris, and Ron Jude: 12 Hz. The exhibitions are open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 10 am⁠-5pm.   

The Hyde Collection Introduces The Met: Live in HD

Written by Staff Report on October 4, 2023. Posted in Columns, Community, Downtown, Entertainment, Featured, In the Arts, News.

Glens Falls, NY—For the first time, The Hyde Collection is pleased to introduce the 2023-2024 season of The Met: Live in HD, featuring nine live performance broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York directly to The Hyde. The series, which is offered on select Saturdays beginning on October 21, 2023, and concluding on May 11, 2024, is presented in the comfort of The Hyde’s state-of-the-art auditorium, with pre-screening programming offered in partnership with The Sembrich. The Hyde is the regional provider of The Met: Live in HD.

The Met: Live in HD joins the best British Theatre and Great Art from around the world to round out the On Screen @ The Hyde experiences. Beginning October 13, 2023, The Hyde Collection remains the exclusive Capital Region area venue for National Theatre Live, a thrilling film series of great plays and Great Art on Screen. Whether you show up for serious drama, romcoms, sold-out theatre hits, or award winning documentaries, these unmissable experiences are filmed live from Britain’s most exciting stages or captured from destinations worldwide. You’ll always have the best seat in the house at The Hyde Collection.

Commented Katelyn Foley, Curator of Education and Engagement at The Hyde Collection, “We are so excited to offer the 2023-2024 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of live, high definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance. Met artists serve as hosts for the Live in HD series, providing backstage interviews, introducing exciting behind-the-scenes features and conducting live interviews with stars, crew and production teams from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. We have been working on this new offering for several years and are so pleased to bring this new cultural opportunity to our region.”

“We are honored to bring The Met: Live in HD, National Theatre Live and Great Art on Screen to our members, community, and region,” acknowledged John Lefner, The Hyde Collection CEO. “We are beyond excited to offer The Met: Live in HD to our 2023-2024 season. This new experience will take place in our beautiful state-of-the-art high-definition 144-seat Helen Froehlich Auditorium. Offering exceptional cultural experiences is central to our mission as a world-class art museum.”

The Met: Live in HD events are made richer by a partnership with The Sembrich, a unique museum in Bolton Landing that preserves the life & legacy of soprano Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935), one of The Met’s first operatic stars. The Sembrich will provide an exclusive 15-minute preview program prior to each of the 2023-24 season operas. These discussions will be on-site at the Hyde Collection and will feature The Sembrich staff and special guests, including performing artists and professionals from the music world.

“We take pride at The Sembrich in Marcella Sembrich’s long association with the Metropolitan Opera,” says Richard Wargo, Artistic Director at The Sembrich. “We’re honored to further that tradition through this exciting partnership with The Hyde—and to share the rich history of Sembrich at the Met with the community.”

Each performance ticket is $20, $18 for Hyde members, $18 for seniors and students with valid ID, and $5 for children under 12. Special student matinee performances are $10 per student.

This series is funded in part by Robert and Susan Hahm, Pinnacle Nutrition LLC, and The Candy Space. Student matinees are supported by lead education sponsor Stewarts Shops & The Dake Family with additional support from Francine & Robert Nemer.

CLICK HERE for 2023-2024 on Screen @ The Hyde Performances. Students interested in attending any performance should register here.

ABOUT THE MET: LIVE IN HD

The Met: Live in HD is The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts. Broadcasts feature the full performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Helen Froehlich Auditorium on the Hyde Collection Campus at 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY, provides an exceptional viewing experience, offering a large screen, excellent acoustics, and comfortable seating. Accessible seating options are available for those requiring special assistance.

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of The Met: Live in HD is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Met: Live in HD is supported by Rolex.

ABOUT NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

Since 2009, the UK’s National Theatre has produced an on-going performing arts series, featuring world class stage plays from its London stages and other venues, captured live in high definition, and offered to cinema audiences around the world at an affordable ticket price. BY Experience (BYE) helped launch the series in cinemas and is the exclusive international distributor of the program. Each National Theatre Live event is captured with cameras preferentially positioned to give the in-cinema capture the best viewpoint to the on-stage action. The result is an unparalleled experience for theater lovers, magnified by the big screen. The events also feature behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and creative teams plus additional bonus content.

National Theatre Live is an initiative by the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain to broadcast performances in cinemas around the world. Over 11 million people have now experienced the work of National Theatre Live.

ABOUT GREAT ART ON SCREEN

Great Art on Screen is a series of event documentaries exclusively for U.S. cinemas, featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. Audiences will be able to journey all over the world with the most expert scholars viewing the works of artists such as Modigliani, Botticelli, and many more.

ABOUT BY EXPERIENCE

BY Experience, a pioneer of global live cinema events presents the most in-demand arts events in cinemas. Since 2009, BY Experience helped launch and continues to distribute National Theatre Live to cinemas and other venues globally (excluding the UK and China) and is now also the U.S. distributor of the Great Art on Screen series. In addition, BY Experience is the Worldwide Distribution Representative of the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning and critically acclaimed Live in HD series.

ABOUT THE HYDE COLLECTION

The Hyde is one of the Northeast’s exceptional small art museums with distinguished European and American art collections. The core collection, acquired by Museum founders Charlotte and Louis Hyde, includes works by such artists as Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, El Greco, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Pablo Picasso and American artists Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. The Museum’s Modern and Contemporary art collection features works by artists including Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bridget Riley. Today, The Hyde offers significant national and international exhibitions and a packed schedule of events that help visitors experience art in new ways. Visit www.hydecollection.org

Throughout the years, the Museum has expanded considerably from the historic Hyde home. It includes a modern museum complex with an auditorium, classroom, five galleries, and a state-of-the-art storage facility.  

South Glens Falls Central School District Seeks Additional Federal Funding for Meal Programs

Written by Staff Report on October 4, 2023. Posted in Community, Education, Featured, Food.

The South Glens Falls Central School District now can be included in the recently expanded federal Universal Free Breakfast and Lunch Program.

The U.S. The Department of Agriculture announced that It is extending the opportunity for approximately 3,000 more school districts to provide complimentary breakfast and lunch to all students. This expansion of the Community Eligibility Provision, known as CEP, will allow South Glens Falls to request inclusion among the districts eligible to apply for additional funding.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce universal breakfast and lunch for all our students. We have long advocated for the expansion of these vital services,” Superintendent Kristine Orr said. “The significance of free school meals cannot be overstated. Beyond ensuring that students have access to balanced and nutritious meals every school day, providing free meals to all students eradicates the stigma often associated with receiving assistance, has been shown to bolster school attendance, and enhances our students’ ability to concentrate and excel academically.”

Food Services Manager Robert J. DeFrancisco was also pleased with the announcement: “I am elated that our district may soon be able to offer universal access to breakfast and lunch. The availability of nutritious meals at school can play a pivotal role in fostering healthy eating habits from a young age. Proper nutrition during childhood leaves a lasting imprint on health and cognitive development,” DeFrancisco said.

South Glens Falls was able to apply for inclusion in this federal program as of October 1st, 2023, and if the application is approved, the district will share additional information regarding the program.