Saratoga Arts spills a secret. Schermerhorn is no-show, but nothing to report here.
Saratoga Springs City Council special meeting today, find out what's up
Welcome to the “Lunch Break” email from the editors of Saratoga Dispatch.
In this issue:
Top: Saratoga Springs City council to re-approve corrected resolution. Schermerhorn is no-show in court, perturbs judge.
Bottom: Shhh! Saratoga Arts has surprise announcement about its art-meets-intrigue gala.
Below the paywall: Schermerhorn is no-show in court.
Saratoga Springs City Council to re-approve resolution
The Saratoga Springs City Council will hold a special meeting today at 4 p.m. to correct an error from their Sept. 2 meeting. Members of the council met in a closed meeting to discuss the issue earlier today. Assistant City Attorney Tony Izzo tells the Dispatch he expects the meeting will be swift and will correct numbers and percentages in one resolution that passed last week.
The resolution allowed for a Payment in Lieu of Taxes for the RISE supportive housing nonprofit to enter into with the city as RISE develops a low-income housing apartment off South Broadway in the city. The procedure was expected to help RISE become eligible for state grants or other finances.
The resolution contained numerical inaccuracies, and RISE “asked the council to reconvene only for the purpose of correcting those slight inaccuracies in some of those numbers,” said Assistant City Attorney Tony Izzo.
The project has its detractors. Read more about it here.
Shh: Saratoga Arts spills big secret before surprise-packed gala
Saratoga Arts’ “Foundation Experience” gala on September 25 promises an anything-can-happen evening of art and intrigue.
By: Abby Tegnelia
Art meets excitement at Saratoga Arts’ upcoming Foundation Experience gala, an anything-can-happen, four-parties-in-one soirée where guests at Night Owl won’t know where to look next.
Talk about keeping party-goers on their toes.
“We're pushing the envelope as far as what people come to expect from galas and parties in Saratoga, and the type of performance that they can see here,” says Saratoga Arts’ Spencer Sherry, the mastermind behind this unique event. “Each room will have different music, different food, different drinks and different live performances. It's four parties in one.”
CLICK HERE FOR A STAND-ALONE, SHAREABLE LINK OF THIS STORY!
Hungry for more Dish on the social scene? This all-Saratoga Substack is reader-supported. Join the party with a paid subscription!
The organization’s Grants and Community Outreach Coordinator of two years says he was inspired by Disney World’s “streetscapes” that use live character actors — and the former off-Broadway play Sleep No More, a beloved and immersive experience where people wandered through a hotel to take in a play at their own pace.
“I want to create that vibe of exploration and mystery, like you're going to Walt Disney as a kid,” he says. “Not everyone is going to have the same experience; you're not going to be able to see everything. You might see something really startling, really fun because you’re in this room at the right time. But out in the courtyard, something else will be going on.”
The party honors Cecilia Frittelli & Richard Lockwood, of Frittelli & Lockwood, founding members of the Beekman Street Arts district and fixtures of the arts in Saratoga Springs.
“They helped to build the art scene here,” Sherry says. “Because Richard is a little bit of a thespian, we decided to do a loosely-inspired Shakespearean vibe and theme throughout. So as we lean into that, each of the spaces in the Night Owl will be loosely environmentally based off of plays or a group of plays, and there will be performances popping up in each of the spaces.”
There will be an open bar courtesy of Night Owl, and a unique custom menu created by the foodie-lovers hotspot Farmacy.
And the big surprise promised up top?
[Find out with a paid subscription. Also: Schermerhorn is no-show at court.]
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Saratoga Dispatch to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.