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SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. — When the clock struck midnight and 2020 began last January, the New Year kicked off with people making goals and having high hopes for the year ahead. However, that all changed on March 7, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the first two positive Novel Coronavirus cases in Saratoga County. From that day on, cases throughout the state and the Capital Region continued to rise. With the spike in cases, the governor decided to put the state on “pause”, which mea...

Save Our Stages could mean relief for arts venues | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Relief may be in sight for Capital Region theaters and other cultural institutions. The $900 billion federal COVID relief bill recently approved by Congress includes the Save Our Stages Act, which provides $15 billion in grant programs for music venues, performing arts centers and others. “First, the entire bill of support is a welcome relief for the country and the community,” said Proctors Collaborative CEO Phi...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Performing Arts Center leaders reflected on its reimagined 2020 season at their final meeting of the year, while looking ahead to 2021. The SPAC board of directors gathered virtually on Thursday for its winter board meeting to discuss the current state of the center and recap the 2020 SPAC Reimagined season. Like so many cultural institutions around the world, SPAC’s 2020 was remarkably different than what president and CEO Elizabeth Sobol imagined wh...