Sunday, June 15

Dance

The Equus Projects: Dancing With Horses

Saratoga Polo, corner Bloomfield & Denton Roads,
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (grounds open at 11)
Admission: ARTSPASS only. Event to be held rain or shine.

Light fare and beverages available. All attendees receive a
complimentary pass ($25 value) to the Polo season's opening
day on June 20th.

The Equus Projects’ performance will feature the interaction of
dancers and riderless horses in a unique performance form that
reveals the kinetic dialogue between human and equine. The Equus
Projects’ dancers are all accomplished professional dancers who are
also trained in Natural Horsemanship. They combine their horsemanship
ground skills with a movement language designed to communicate
dynamically with their equine partners. For Forsythe Ballet
enthusiasts, The Equus Projects presents the consummate example
of vigorous movement invention within rigorous rule structures. For
those who love horses, this work presents a moving example of the
physical listening that can take place between people and horses
and reveals the foundations of human equine partnership.

Supported by the NYS DanceForce, which receives funding from the
New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program and Altria
Group, Inc.

Dancing with Dad

Arthur Murray Studio, 75 Woodlawn Ave., 1 – 2 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only
Call to register: 691.0432

Come enjoy a free ballroom-style dance lesson. A perfect Father’s
Day activity!

Literary Art

Coffee with Honor Moore

Saratoga County Arts Center, 320 Broadway, Dee Sarno Theater,
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Admission: $5, free with ARTSPASS
Sponsored by Empire State College

Enjoy a literary reading and discussion with Honor Moore, author of
The Bishop’s Daughter, three collections of poetry, and a biography
of artist Margarett Sargent. Bagels and coffee will be served.

ARTiculation Sensation

Saratoga Music Hall, 474 Broadway, 1 – 2 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

This is the exciting poetry and prose-reading finale of an event that
started in February. Young writers in grades 7–12 have prepared
through the winter and spring and bring the best of their work to
this final reading. Hear the newest generation of local writers at the
beginnings of their careers.

Music

Seventh-day Adventist Church of Saratoga Children's Chorus

Artworx Fine Art Gallery, 79 Beekman Street, 1 – 1:45 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

The Children’s Chorus of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will
perform live in front of Artworx Fine Art Gallery.

The Trilaterus Trio

Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington Street, 2 – 3:15 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only
Sponsored by the Nordlys Foundation

In this chamber music performance, Ron Wasserman, noted composer
and principal bassist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, leads
the trio that also includes Kurt Nikkanen, concertmaster of the NYC
Ballet Orchestra and international violin soloist, and Maria
Asteriadou, member of the piano faculty at the Manhattan School
of Music.

Annual Garden Party with Sonny & Perley

Gaffney’s, 16 Caroline St., 2 – 5 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

This is Gaffney’s 25th Annual Garden Party. The Party is a kick-off
to the summer tradition of Gaffney’s Outdoor Garden, open-air
seating in the garden patio. Hors d’oeuvres are served throughout
the day.

Chinese Music Performance

70 Beekman Street Gallery, 3 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

Mary Chen and Yong Li sing with Isabelle Williams on piano.

Carnegie Hall presenting the Ensemble ACJW

Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington Street, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only
Sponsored by the Adirondack Trust Company

Launched in 2007, The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The
Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute—is designed to
improve arts education and to train a new generation of professional
musicians dedicated to arts education. In the first year of an
ongoing partnership with The Academy, Skidmore College inaugurated
the Carnegie Hall Premieres series in 2007–08. Each year, The
Academy’s Ensemble ACJW will visit Skidmore for two teaching residencies,
each culminating with a Carnegie Hall Premieres concert.
A quartet of these dazzling musicians (on violin, clarinet, cello, and
piano) will perform works of Debussy and Ravel, as well as Quartet
for the End of Time by French composer Olivier Messiaen. Messiaen
wrote this work while being held as a prisoner of war by the
Germans during the winter of 1940–41. The piece is one of the
most intense, contemplative, and spiritual works in the entire
chamber repertoire.

Dads and Daughters Concert

First Baptist Church, 43 Washington St., 4 – 6 p.m.
Admission: $10, $5 with ARTSPASS

Kevin and Katie McKrell have been working on their on-stage patter
since the day she was born. Two years ago they decided to take it
on the road. Since then, they have played their brand of original
and contemporary folk mixed with Kevin’s Celtic influence and
Katie’s punk Americana leanings. They have performed as a duo or
with their band, The McKrells, in venues and festivals around the
USA and Europe. Their eclectic music, as well as their comical and
compelling on-stage personas, has drawn sold-out crowds wherever
they perform.

Sarah Pedinotti and Dave Pedinotti:
Sarah was inspired at an early age to compose music on her parents’
out-of-tune upright piano. Her father, Dave, played songs on guitar
and banjo and taught Sarah songs he learned from the blues revival
of the 1960s. Over the years she has sung with many local and
famous musicians, including Wynton Marsalis’ Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra members Marcus Printup, Eric Lewis and Ali Jackson. In
2005, her latest album, One Mirror, was listed by Billboard
Magazine as one of the ten best new albums of the year.

A 3

Saratoga Music Hall, 474 Broadway, 5 – 6:20 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

Local trio plays instrumental arrangements of jazz standards and
original compositions performed on acoustic guitars and stand-up
bass.

Annual Garden Party with Soul Session

Gaffney’s, 16 Caroline St., 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

This 25th Annual Garden Party is a kick-off to the summer tradition
of Gaffney’s Outdoor Garden, open-air seating in the garden patio.
Hors d’oeuvres are served throughout the day.

The Bobs

Saratoga Music Hall, 474 Broadway, 7 – 8:45 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only
Sponsored by Stewart’s Shops

With impossibly creative ASCAP award-winning original material
and Grammy-nominated deconstruction of music from Bach to
Hendrix, The Bobs’ 25+ year career has clear-cut a path in the world
of vocal music. They’ve performed in venues as diverse as New
York’s Lincoln Center, Berlin’s Passionskirche, and the Emmy Awards
telecast. Now Caffè Lena regulars The Bobs return to Saratoga to
amaze and amuse with their 14th CD, Get Your Monkey Off My
Dog.

Bill Morrissey with special guest Kelly Flint

Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., 7 p.m.
Admission: $25 for the general public, $16 with ARTSPASS

Bill Morrissey represents the best of contemporary folk music with
lyrical gifts and graceful, understated melodies that have won him
two Grammy nominations. With songs influenced by Mississippi
John Hurt, Hank Williams, and Bob Dylan, Morrissey captures the
harshness and small sadnesses of his characters, but tempers it all
with wry humor that often leaves the listener with a smile.

Theatre

The Actor's Nightmare

Channel Z Productions Young Adult Ensemble
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

See the hilarious comedy The Actor’s Nightmare by award-winning
author Christopher Durang. George Spelvin, an accountant, suddenly
finds himself on stage in a play he knows nothing about, has
never read or rehearsed, and for which he doesn’t know a single
line. Is this a dream? Come and see what happens when he tries to
act his way through Coward, Shakespeare and Beckett.

Visual Art

In addition to these time-specific events, special SaratogaArtsFest exhibits, as well as nearby galleries and museums, are open all weekend. For a complete listing, see the Museums and Galleries page or our Art in Alternative Spaces page.

Saratoga Inside-Out

Saratoga County Arts Center Gallery, 320 Broadway
11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

A juried exhibition of 2-D and 3-D work that reinterprets or re-envisions
the places and icons of the Saratoga region.

Paint Out Artists Reception and Sale

Universal Preservation Hall’s Community Room,
25 Washington St., 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

Visit with the artists who participated in Friday and Saturday’s Paint
Out. Work will be available to view and purchase.

Junior Paint Out Artists Reception and Sale

Frederick Allen Lodge, 69 Beekman Street, 1 – 2 p.m.
Admission: free and open to the public

Visit with youth who participated in Saturday’s Junior Paint Out.
Work will be available to view and purchase.

Workshops and Demonstrations

Contemporary Dance Workshop

National Museum of Dance, 99 South Broadway
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. and 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

Susan Slotnick of the Figures in Flight Dance School will conduct
two contemporary dance workshops for youth and families. From
1:30 – 2:45 p.m., youth ages 10 – 15 of all levels of experience will
have fun learning that they can dance. From 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.,
adults and children of all ages and family units will dance and perform.

Supported by Partners in Dance with funds from the NYS
DanceForce, which receives funding from the New York State
Council on the Arts Dance Program and Altria Group, Inc.

Vocal Workshop led by The Bobs

Saratoga Music Hall, 474 Broadway, 3:30 – 4:40 p.m.
Admission: ARTSPASS only

How does a band with no hits, no major record label and no instruments
maintain a career for 26 years? The members of The Bobs
share their Grammy-nominated vocal arranging, unique, ASCAPaward
winning lyric writing, and personal stories in a must-see,
informal public session. In the spirit of their hilarious and breathtaking
performances (but less dressed up), this intimate workshop will
include interactive demonstrations, vocal and mike tutorials, and at
least one surprising fact about the group Pulse magazine calls, “The
Beatles of the a cappella world.” Appropriate for all ages.

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