Albany, NY- The Arts are alive this summer with almost 50 participating arts venues in 1st Friday August. From Lark Street to Delaware Avenue, from Downtown to Uptown, 1st Friday’s showcase the great arts & culture of this All-America City. A special feature of August’s 1st Friday is a narrated trolley tour of the new Sculpture in the Streets exhibit in Downtown Albany from 5:30-8 pm.

For August, 1st Friday will have 2 trolleys from 5-9 pm. The Downtown Trolley will be starting at the Upstate Artists Guild and stopping at: Grand Street Community Arts Center, McGreevy ProLab, 74 State Street, the Broadway Arts Center, Albany Center Gallery, the Albany Visitors Center, the Sculpture in the Streets exhibit, Albany Institute of History & Art and ending at the Lark Street BID. The Uptown Trolley will be starting at the Upstate Artists Guild and stopping at: Social Art [...]

LAKE GEORGE, NY (July 28, 2009): Adirondack Winery, Warren County’s first winery, is proud to announce that its “Autumn Brilliance” series of wine labels recently won an second place (also known as honorable mention in this competition) at the 2009 New York State Wine Labeling & Packaging Competition, which was held at Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park in Canandaigua.

Adirondack Winery’s “Autumn Brilliance” series includes Sauvignon Blanc, which features a picture of Lake George’s Shepard Park covered with golden Autumn leaves on an October day; Sangiovese, which was taken of a red-leafed tree looking up the hill at Lake George’s Shepard Park; and Zinfandel, which features the ducks at Crandall Park Pond lingering into the gorgeous hues of Autumn in Glens Falls. (label photos at end of release.)

Adirondack Winery opened its doors on April 17, 2008 as the region’s [...]

GLENS FALLS, NY (July 21, 2009) – Mannix Marketing, Inc. has bolstered its marketing team this June with a new full-time sales manager for Albany.com, Rick Marchant.

“We are very pleased to have Rick join our team,” says Sara Mannix, founder and president of Mannix Marketing, Inc. “Rick really cares about the region and his clients, and his knowledge and dedicated approach to marketing will help businesses get found on the web in Albany and the entire Capital-Saratoga Region.”

Marchant brings with him over six years experience in the print industry from working at a few different media outlets, including his helping to launch Saratoga Today newspaper in 2006. Marchant says he will continue working part-time for the newspaper, where he has many friends that often he considers “family.”

Marchant hails from Arlington, MA. He actually [...]

For Immediate Release
Contact: Catherine Hedgeman 518-708-6350

The Stakeholders Hires Duncan Crary to Promote Best-Selling Author’s Talk at Palace, Sept. 24

ALBANY, NY (7-15-09)—A local nonprofit has engaged Albany’s “creative class” to promote an upcoming talk by global best-selling author Richard Florida.

On Sept. 24, at the Palace Theatre, Florida will speak about the concepts in his latest book, “Who’s Your City? – How the Creative Economy is Making the Place Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life.” Florida’s earlier books explored the importance of the creative class, an emergent class of independent intellectuals, artists and entrepreneurs.

The presentation is co-hosted by The Stakeholders, Inc., and The Center for Economic Growth. General Electric is the presenting sponsor.

To promote the event, The Stakeholders, Inc., has hired independent creative [...]

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL to present a new arena show THIS Summer in Albany
Limited engagement opens September 2
at the Times Union Center

Tickets now Available for Cirque Club Members
Tickets for General Public On Sale
Starting Monday, July 20 at 10:00 a.m.

Albany, NY - July 13, 2009 - Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that the Alegría Arena Tour will stop in Albany this Summer. Alegría will perform 7 shows at the Times Union Center from September 2 to 6, 2009.

Advance tickets for Alegría are now available online to Cirque Club members and to the general public on Monday, July 20 at 10:00 a.m.on the Cirque du Soleil website or by phone. To purchase tickets, go to www.cirquedusoleil.com/alegria or call 1-800-30-EVENT.

Alegría is a Cirque du Soleil classic and an internationally [...]

For Release: Immediate

Contact: Mark Eagan (phone) 518.431.1424

Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber Offers Discount Health Savings Card
New Yorkers to Save on Prescriptions, Eyeglasses and More

(Albany) – In an effort to help lower the costs of health care, specifically prescription drugs, the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce is introducing the Capital Region Drug Card, a discount health savings program. The card provides discounts on prescription drugs to New York residents and has no eligibility requirements, such as age or income restrictions.

All Capital Region residents have access to this free prescription drug card and can receive up to 75 percent off (average savings is about 30 percent) prescriptions. Other benefits of the card include discounts on eyeglasses, hearing, nutritional supplements, diabetic supplies and more.

“The Capital Region Drug Card helps make prescriptions affordable for everyone, especially those [...]