Real Good for Free: Paul Geremia @ Congress Park, 8/4/09
The Saratoga Acoustic Blues Society and the City of Saratoga Springs are co-sponsoring a free concert by veteran acoustic bluesman Paul Geremia in Congress Park…
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August 2009
A Bang-Up Job
The Wall Street Journal has a story with video of John Fletcher, or "Ghengis John," who routinely lights his firecracker-covered suit on fire to to raise money…
St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest
St. Agnes Cemetery is sponsoring a free photography contest. Amateur photographers are invited to take photographs of sculptures, art work, nature, and…
Song of the Week: Ring of Fire Eight Miles Wide
Greg was making a case for that cute five-year-old who sings and plays Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire." (I would include the link here but I can't find it again -…
Cartoons dancing
It seems almost sacrilegious to refer to Jules Feiffer as a mere "cartoonist." After all, he's written books, plays and screenplays, as well. But he's…
The Stony Creek Band: Life after Today (Show)
Yes, a week ago the Stony Creek Band was the toast of Nippertown, serving up their trademark rustic Adirondack sound live all across the nation on NBC-TV's…
BEST O’ SUMMER: The Xylopholks, 8/5
OK, this is just a hunch on my part because I've never seen them perform, but I'm willing to bet the farm that the Xylopholks will be serving up one of the most…
LIVE: Red Haired Strangers @ the Tang Museum, 7/31/09
The Red Haired Strangers started out more than a decade and a half ago as the acoustic duo of harmonicat-vocalist Ryan Dunham and guitarist-vocalist John Rice,…