Calendar

EDITOR’S NOTE: This calendar is being regularly updated to reflect all event cancellations and postponements. However, it is recommended that readers contact event organizers before they attend. For the most updated version of the calendar, please visit or troyrecord. com.

Friday, Aug. 7

SINGLES OUTREACH ENTERTAINMENT EVENT:

In addition to our regularly scheduled activities, we are excited to announce exceptional entertainment events each Friday in August. Friday, August 7th – Comedian Dee Watson will be performing starting at 7pm at Hanover Square, 435New Karner Road (Hill Door Entrance). $12. Social distancing and masks required. Singles Outreach is a NYS nonprofit organization, open to those who are never married, single, divorced, widowed or legally separated. It was incorporated as an activities organization that provides all types of activities for singles, including dances, discussion groups, live entertainment, picnics, , etc. to mention only a few of the more than 30 activities that we plan each month. This is not a dating organization. Our activities and programming leaders have worked hard to provide a safe, healthy environment, which will meet all CDC guidelines in order to keep our members safe and still enjoy the weekly and daily activities. If you are interested in learning more about this organization you can go to our website at www.singlesoutreach.org or by calling 518-452-6883.

INDUCTION CEREMONY:

CANCELED - The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame announced it will cancel the 2020Hall of Fame induction ceremony, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 7, and the Museum Ball, scheduled for Aug. 14, as a result of the ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19pandemic. The 2020 inductees will be honored together with the class of 2021next summer. The Museum Ball will also return to the calendar in 2021. For more information about the Museum, including special events and program offerings,

please call (518) 584-0400 or visit our website at www. racingmuseum.org.

BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 1to 6p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7at the Saratoga Regional YMCA’s Wilton Branch, located at 20Old Gick Rd. in Saratoga Springs. More information is available online at www.redcrossblood.org.

BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 10a.m to 3p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7at Cummins Inc., located at 107Hermes Rd. in Ballston Spa. More information is available online at www.redcrossblood.org.

ARTIST RECEPTION: Painting in Place: oil paintings by Elizabeth MacFarland. July 8– August 29. Reception August 7, 5-7p.m at Widlund Gallery in the Tannery Pond Community Center, 228Main St. in North Creek. Masks required. Social distancing plan in place for reception. Most of Elizabeth MacFarland’s recent paintings have been done within a few miles radius of where she lives in the northern Catskills. She finds inspiration and interest all around her without going far. In this way, Elizabeth practices standing still and learns to see the treasures of the natural world right in front of her. Elizabeth hopes that her paintings can serve as a window into the treasures we still have, and also perhaps as a call to protect those we are poised to lose. A portion of all sales will benefit environmental causes. www. tannerypondcenter.org.

Saturday, Aug. 8

MIDSUMMER JAZZ FUN

DRAISER: High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center invites you to Midsummer Jazz on the Great Lawn, a fundraiser to support our programs. Bring the family, your chairs and picnic blankets and join us for a late afternoon of beautiful scenery, soft jazz, R&B and classics with Chris Ferrone, Danny Garcia, Scott Stockman and friends. Saturday Aug. 8at 5p.m. (Rain Date Aug. 9) High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding & Driving Center, 71County Route 217C . Ghent, NY 12075. Please visit high-n-mighty.org to purchase tickets. Early bird purchases receive a discount. VOLUNTEER BUILD: St Luke’s on the Hill is sponsoring a Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build Saturday, August 8. Begins 9am (until finished)4pm. 40McBride Road, Mechanicville. (Located off Pruyn Hill Road in the Town of Halfmoon). Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a group of volunteers dedicated to finding those children who are sleeping on the floor or otherwise unwanted conditions and delivering hand-built bunk beds free of charge. Come be a part of the teams building bunk beds for children. VIRTUAL GALA: It is with great regret that due to the unprecedented global health crisis, we have decided to cancel the National Museum of Dance Square Dance! Gala scheduled for Saturday, August 8, 2020. The cancellation of the Gala, our most important fundraiser of the year, will have a substantial impact on our financial stability. However, we strongly believe this decision is in the best interest of our community’s health and well-being. In lieu of the Square Dance! Gala, we will be hosting a Virtual Gala as a way for our friends and patrons to support the Museum at this highly uncertain time. We are asking you to consider a donation for our Virtual Gala at the same level you would have contributed for our Square Dance! Gala. Your gift to the Virtual Gala is 100% tax-deductible as allowed by law. On the evening of Saturday, August 8, 2020 we will send Virtual Gala sponsors a link via email with a special video message of gratitude from our President and Director, Michele Riggi, as well as Museum highlights from the past year. We need your help now more than ever and thank you for your support of the National Museum of Dance at this very critical moment. Stay safe and stay well. More information is available online at www.dancemuseum.org/support/virtual-gala/.

LIGHTHOUSE TOUR: Join the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society (HALPS) as it hosts visits to the eight room lighthouse, a quiet sentinel that has guided navigation on the Hudson River for 146years. Tours of the Historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse are now available on July 11th, August 8th, September 12th and October 10th as long as the Capital Region enters and stays in Phase 4. Masks will be required to enter, and visitors are required to take proper social distancing precautions while on the boat and inside the lighthouse. Visitors will be required to take a covid symptom survey as well. Staff will regularly clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces throughout the day. Tours leave from Henry Hudson Riverfront Park at 11:00, 12:00, 1:00and 2:00. Tours leave from Athens Riverfront Park at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30and 2:30. The tour, including the boat ride, lasts a little over an hour. Except for the last tour of the day, visitors may stay as long as they like as long as we are able to maintain safe social distancing. Adult tickets are $25and Children under 12are $15(cash only unless ordered online). This includes transportation. Picnic tables are available for those who wish to bring lunch. As visitors arrive at the lighthouse, they climb the metal stairs and enter the interior of the lighthouse where they are welcomed by tour guides or docents. Through video clips, Emily Brunner, will relate factual stories about life on the lighthouse in the 1930s. Emily was the daughter of Emil Brunner, the last civilian lighthouse keeper, who served as keeper from 1930to 1949. The Brunner family lived at the lighthouse during much of the 1930s before moving to Athens. Son Robert, was born on the lighthouse. Until 2015, Emily was often at tours and able to regale visitors with many colorful tales of life on the lighthouse. Sadly, Emily and her brother Bob have recently passed away. The tour gives you the opportunity to learn about the important role the Hudson River played in the development of the Upper Hudson River towns, and how the lighthouse made navigation safe along the river to allow development to take place. For more about the history and preservation of the lighthouse, please visit the website hudsonathenslighthouse.org. Please check our FaceBook page or call us if you have specific questions that day. Reservations are recommended and can be made online at HudsonCruises.com or by calling (888) 766-1844. Please visit their website to see the variety of cruise opportunities they provide.

ART EXHIBIT: Hudson Hall is proud to reopen its doors on June 27, 2020with Rodney Alan Greenblat’s aptly-titled,

Something to Look Forward to, an enjoyable, whimsical and engaging collection of new and archival works bursting with color and underpinned with wit and charm. The exhibition, which runs until August 23in Hudson Hall’s Center Hall Gallery and Common Council Room, is free and open to the public on a limited, timed entry, reservation-only basis (maximum 10entries per hour). Socially-distanced guided tours ($10, free for members, maximum of 6per tour) take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 4pm. Exhibition reservations and tour tickets are now on sale to Hudson Hall members and open to the public on June 18. Tickets can be purchased and time entry reservations can be made at hudsonhall.org. Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, 327Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Tel: (518) 822-1438.

Sunday, Aug. 9

FITNESS IN THE PARK: 9to 10a.m. Sundays in Riverfront Park, July 19through Sept. 6- The perfect way to start your Sundays in Troy. Weekend workout, brunch with friends, browse the shops, enjoy Troy! Exercise among the downtown Troy community at Free Fitness in The Park. Class will be held at Riverfront Park with Circles for Easy Distancing. Check in when you arrive with Troy BID Staff. Attendees must wear a mask until you are seated in your circle. Bring your own mat and water. Do not attend if you have any of the symptoms of COVID-19. Space is limited, please register only if you know you can attend. More information and registration is available online at www.downtowntroy.org/ fitness-in-the-park. ART EXHIBIT: Hudson Hall is proud to reopen its doors on June 27, 2020with Rodney Alan Greenblat’s aptly-titled, Something to Look Forward to, an enjoyable, whimsical and engaging collection of new and archival works bursting with color and underpinned with wit and charm. The exhibition, which runs until August 23 in Hudson Hall’s Center Hall Gallery and Common Council Room, is free and open to the public on a limited, timed entry, reservation-only basis (maximum 10entries per hour). Socially-distanced guided tours ($10, free for members, maximum of 6per tour) take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 4pm. Exhibition reservations and

tour tickets are now on sale to Hudson Hall members and open to the public on June 18. Tickets can be purchased and time entry reservations can be made at hudsonhall.org. Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, 327Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Tel: (518) 822-1438. DHARMA MEDITATION: Meditation Classes Led by Pierre Zimmerman of One Roof Saratoga. July 12-August 30, Sundays at 9am on the SPAC grounds in the Saratoga Spa State Park. Dharma Meditation includes inspirational topics that support emotional, cognitive, and ethical wishes for wellbeing. This is a sitting meditation for 25 minutes with a silent break allowing people to stretch, followed by a second sitting, introduced by a brief talk. A discussion on the topic and some insights and reflections about the nature and commonality of our basic humanity is shared by attendees. This meditation is open to beginners and/or those who have been meditating for awhile. There is no cost to attend, but a $10donation per class is suggested. Pre-registration is required by Saturday at midnight in advance of the class. Register via email to pzimmie2@icloud.com. SUNDAY STROLL: Sunday, August 9- Women Of Greenridge. The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is thrilled to present their summer series of historic walking tours while remaining safe and socially distanced. Summer Sunday Strolls will be offered every Sunday through Sept. 6 at 10:30a.m. in various neighborhoods throughout the city. Tour topics this season highlight prominent women of Greenridge Cemetery, the celebrated area surrounding the Saratoga Race Course, and the historic Spa State Park, among many others. All Sunday morning tours last approximately 90minutes and require walking and standing on varied terrain. Due to current restrictions in New York State, Summer Strolls will be limited to 20 guests, which currently is less than the maximum of 25that is currently allowed, and tickets must be purchased in advance until otherwise noted. Everyone will be required to wear a mask and social distancing will be encouraged when possible. The cost per tour is $15for SSPF members and $20for non-members. For additional information, to purchase tickets to any educational programs, and to review the Summer Sunday Stroll Safety Plan please visit www.saratogapreservation.org, call the foundation at (518) 5875030, or email nbabie@ saratogapreservation.org.

BOOK LAUNCH: Native Saratogian and local author Elizabeth Macy is excited to announce the release of her third children’s picture book in the Lucky’s Adventures Series. The Lucky’s Adventures Series was inspired by the true story of rescue dog Lucky, who was lost in Saratoga for four days. Lucky was safely found thanks to the support of the community. The first two books are Lucky’s Adventure in Saratoga and Lucky’s Adventure in Winter Wonderland. In Lucky’s Adventure in the Great Outdoors, Lucky and her sister Hershey the cat go on a family camping trip. They are worried about making new friends with the forest animals. In this action packed adventure they realize that kindness and teamwork helps them get out of some unlucky situations and also helps to build new friendships. A launch event will be held on August 9th from 10am -2pm at Spa City Farmers’ Market, Saratoga State Park, 65S. Broadway, in Saratoga Springs. Elizabeth and Lucky will be signing books along with local illustrator Arien Smith. A portion of sales will be donated to H.O.P.E. Animal Rescue. The event is family and dog friendly and will include kids activities and giveaways. Lucky’s Adventure in the Great Outdoors is currently available for pre-sale purchase online at www.luckysadventures.net and will be at numerous stores locally.

MONTHLY BREAKFAST:

Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club will have our monthly breakfast starting Sunday, Aug. 9from 8– 11am. Takeout only. You must remain in your vehicle when at the clubhouse, we will take your order and collect your money and serve your food. Menu will be: Pancakes (regular, or buckwheat , Toast ( white or wheat ), Bacon, Sausage, Home Fries. You may call your order in, 518-695-3917. Cost will be $8.

Monday, Aug. 10

GRABNGOMEALS: The Capital District YMCA – Troy Branch, located at 250021st St. in Troy, is partnering with Rensselaer County Department for Youth to offer a Grab N’ Go Summer Food Program! Beginning Monday, July 6th through Monday, August 31st, children ages 18and younger who are in need of meals can visit the Troy Branch parking lot to pick up Grab N’ Go meals on Mondays 4pm to 6pm and Wednesdays 8am to 10am. Monday pick-ups include meals for Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday pick-ups include meals for Wednesday - Friday. More information is available online at www. facebook.com/cdymcatroy.

Tuesday, Aug. 11

MEETING: The Troy Public Library’s Finance Committee will meet on August 11th at 5:00p.m. virtually via Zoom. A link to the zoom meeting will be posted on the library’s website thetroylibrary.org shortly before the meeting.

MEETING: The Troy Public Library’s Board of Trustees will meet on August 11th at 5:30p.m. virtually via Zoom. A link to the zoom meeting will be posted on the library’s website thetroylibrary.org shortly before the meeting.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS:

Gballoi (Ghanaian drum and dance ensemble). All events are free, open to all, and start at noon in a new location at The Downtowner parking lot, 413Broadway in Saratoga Springs. We will take plenty of precautions to keep people safe: it will be outside, we will ensure social distance and will limit show capacity to 50. No mask, no entry (once you sit down, you can take your mask off). We cannot guarantee protection from the sun so please come prepared. Seating is offered. Bring a lunch if you wish! If there is a chance of rain, the show will be canceled and rescheduled.

Wednesday, Aug. 12

BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from noon to 6p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12at the Burnt Hills Fire Department, located at 811Route 50in Burnt Hills. More information is available online at www. redcrossblood.org.

SHORTS OUT LOUD:

The Troy Public Library is pleased to present “Shorts Out Loud!” consisting of fifteen minutes of LIVE acoustic music followed by a contemporary short story read out loud, on Thursdays from July 9th through August 20th at 6:30PM via Zoom. This program is free and open to the public. It has been funded through the support of The Friends of the Troy Public Library. Registration is required. To register call the library at 518-274-7071or online at www.thetroylibrary.org.

HISTORICAL PROGRAM:

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will continue to offer online programs throughout the summer even as the Visitor Center is now open by appointment. The Erie Canal historic site will provide programs through Webex as well as other online platforms and social media. On Thursday, August 13th at 6:30pm, join us via Webex as Schoharie Crossing hosts Schenectady City Historian Chris Leonard as he delivers a rollicking ride on the Erie Canal through Schenectady, from the Rexford Aqueduct to old Lock 23, the busiest transit point on the entire canal. Spend time with GE executives on boisterous pleasure cruises and hustle through backstreets with greenhorns desperately seeking whiskey. Travel with Leonard as he spins yarns of Schenectady’s unique characters, ne’er-do-well wharf rats, and foul-mouthed parrots, who made their livings on the canal. Additional programs are being planned. The site grounds are open for appropriate socially distant recreational use from sunrise to sunset daily. Please observe NYS Guidelines while visiting Schoharie Crossing. For information about these programs, please find us on Facebook or you can call or email the Visitor Center at (518) 8297516, SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov. You can make a reservation to explore the Pathway to Empire exhibit by contacting the site.

Friday, Aug. 14

SINGLES OUTREACH ENTERTAINMENT EVENT:

In addition to our regularly scheduled activities, we are excited to announce exceptional entertainment events each Friday in August. Friday, August 14th— Entertainer Extraordinaire Miss Carla Page will perform music from the 50s, 760s & 70s. Show starts at 7pm. Note that she will also be performing on September 4th again. Call for reservations 518-452-6883due to limited seating. $12. Location: Hanover Square at 435 New Karner Road in Colonie (Hill Door Entrance). Social distancing and masks required. Singles Outreach is a NYS non-profit organization, open to those who are never married, single, divorced, widowed or legally separated. It was incorporated as an activities organization that provides all types of activities for singles, including dances, discussion groups, live entertainment, picnics, , etc. to mention only a few of the more than 30activities that we plan each month. This is not a dating organization. Our activities and programming leaders have worked hard to provide a safe, healthy environment, which will meet all CDC guidelines in order to keep our members safe and still enjoy the weekly and daily activities. If you are interested in learning more about this organization you can go to our website at www.singlesoutreach.org or by calling 518-452-6883.

SARATOGA BALLOON &

BBQ FESTIVAL: CANCELED - We are sad to announce that we officially have to cancel the Saratoga Balloon & BBQ Festival on August 14– 16, 2020at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds, due to coronavirus. This was a difficult decision to make but the safety of our customers, vendors, and staff is of the utmost importance. If you purchased any event tickets or Hot Air Balloon Ride tickets, you will have the option of a refund or a credit for the 2021event. Any questions please email info@balloonandbbq.com.

MUSEUM BALL: CANCELED - The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame announced it will cancel the 2020Hall of Fame induction ceremony, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 7, and the Museum Ball, scheduled for Aug. 14, as a result of the ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19pandemic. The 2020inductees will be honored together with the class of 2021next summer. The Museum Ball will also return to the calendar in 2021. For more information about the Museum, including special events and program offerings, please call (518) 584-0400or visit our website at www.racingmuseum.org.

Saturday, Aug. 15

COMMUNITY MEAL: Bethel Baptist Church will host a community meal from 1to 3 p.m. on Sat. August 15and Sat. August 29in its parking lot at 21655th Ave. in Troy, unless there is rain.

ABENAKI WORKSHOP:

On August 15, 1- 4:30PM Jesse Bruchac of Ndakinna (Greenfield, NY) will bring his Introduction to Abenaki language workshop across the Hudson River, to Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary & School, in Shushan - returning the ancient language to lands where it once was heard along the Battenkill and among the then-thickly hemlocked hills. Dionondehowa is a 217-acres foreverwild non-profit land trust bordering the Battenkill near Shushan, NY. A donation is requested for this program. For purposes of planning for social-distancing, space is limited and reservations must be confirmed at dionondehowa@yahoo.com or by phone at 518-854-7764. www.dionondehowa.org.