New to the area, but well versed in the industry, entrepreneurs Chris & Sarah Ward are opening Saratoga Springs’ newest auction company, North Peak Auctions. While officially open for business in April, the company’s Grand Opening will commence on Saturday, June 18th. They will be holding a fine quality antique and clock auction featuring more than 500 lots in downtown Saratoga, at the Universal Preservation Hall on Washington Street.
“We are excited to be selling the contents of a Lake Erie cottage along with a vast one-owner collection of more than 300 antique clocks,” says Mr. Ward. Highlights of the sale include Stickley and Limbert furniture, arts & crafts lighting, and numerous works of art by listed artists. To view dozens of pictures for their June 18th auction, visit Upcoming Auctions on the company’s site, NorthPeakAuctions.com.
Throughout the sale, North Peak will hold [...]

Belleayre Music Festival
at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
Belleayre Music Festival, Route 28, Highmount, NY
Catskill Mountain High Peaks
PO Box 198, Highmount, NY 12441 • (800) 942-6904, ext. 1344

Attn: Entertainment/Music Ed. For immediate release

Note: To download hi-resolution photos of any of our artists, please visit:

http://belleayremusic.org/belleayre-festival-press.php

Highmount, NY – k.d. lang heads a stellar lineup as the Belleayre Music Festival celebrates its 20th season.
The special anniversary year kicks off on Sunday, July 3 with a show by k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang. k.d.’s new release, “Sing It Loud,” is [...]

ValleyCats and District Attorney offices team up for a Drug Free Capital District

This community education campaign is only the third of its kind in the entire United States

TROY, NY– Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard J. McNally Jr., Albany County District Attorney David Soares and the Tri-City ValleyCats will team up to offer substance abuse prevention to the Capital District.

This community education campaign will launch during the 2011 season of the Tri-City ValleyCats and is only the third of its kind in the country. The partnership will bring family-friendly activities to the ballpark including on-field presentations, FREE tickets and meals for Capital District children and quizzes on special nights to help parents and children start conversations regarding drug abuse.

Full [...]

Albany, NY – Alive Entertainment, LLC announced today that it will be expanding its Capital Region event-based website, AlbanyAlive.com, into multiple geocentric websites to provide greater local event coverage. Enter TroyAlive.com as its newest venture.

On Wednesday, June 1st, 2011, Alive Entertainment will host an official TroyAlive.com Launch Party at Revolution Hall on River Street in Troy, NY, from 6:00PM – 9:00PM. This event will feature hors d’oeuvres by Brown’s Brewing Co., live music by Rich Ortiz, and a 30ft Hollywood style red carpet entrance – the longest ever in Upstate NY. Along with the launch of the new site, Alive Entertainment is making strides to help the Troy Community by hosting the <a href="http://www.albany.com/ [...]

After 35 years of making subbs at the Watervliet Mr. Subb location, Dan Esposito can be considered an icon. Ask most people in the community and they know Dan. Ask Dan and he knows most people in the community too. He’s watched them grow and has been a part of their lives as he has made and served almost a half million subbs in his career at Mr. Subb. Dan started working for Neba-Mikes of Troy when the Watervliet location first opened in May of 1976. He quickly was promoted to the Manager of that location and has seen a lot in his career. He participated in making the block long sub in Troy, was part of the name change when Neba-Mikes of [...]

Cats To Donate 15% Of Online Merchandise Sales To Storm Victims
ValleyCats join 45 other MiLB clubs for the “15 for 15” initiative

TROY, NY– The Tri-City ValleyCats have partnered with Minor League Baseball Charities and 45 other clubs whose online stores are hosted on www.MiLB.com in a “15 for 15” initiative to raise funds to help at least three Minor League Baseball communities that were recently affected by storms, tornadoes and flooding in the Southeastern United States.

Beginning today, and running for the next 15 days through [...]

The Mop & Bucket Co. (MopCo)
UNDERGROUND at Proctors
432 State St, Schenectady, NY 12305

For photos, interviews, features contact:
Sandra Bauchiero, Publicity, PR@mopco.org
http://www.mopco.org
Print Res Photos by Request

For Immediate Release

Current – July 1, 2011

CHORTLE KOMBAT:
Held Over By Demand

SCHENECTADY, NY – CHORTLE KOMBAT extends its run! Hardened Improv Masters face off in scene after death-defying scene aided by the MopCo cast ensemble with the audience deciding the outcome. New addition: the infamous Stella, the Wheel of Endowments!

CHORTLE KOMBAT!
MopCo Underground at Proctors
432 State St, Schenectady

Fridays (till July 1) at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $14 [...]

The Mop & Bucket Co. (MopCo)
UNDERGROUND at Proctors
432 State St, Schenectady, NY 12305

For photos, interviews, features contact:
Sandra Bauchiero, Publicity, PR@mopco.org
http://www.mopco.org
Print Res Photos by Request

For Immediate Release

June 2011

THE MOP & BUCKET CO:
Improve Your Improv

SCHENECTADY — Proctors Key Hall is a buzz with two classes offered by the Mop & Bucket Co.; Drop-In Classes, an ongoing Saturday class with a new time starting on June 4th (old time:1-3 p.m., new time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.) and Mondays in June brings the much anticipated mixture of Short & Long Forms.

SHORT/ [...]

Area high school seniors eligible to compete for $2,500 award

TROY, NY- The Tri-City ValleyCats and the New York-Penn League today announced that the league’s philanthropic arm, the New York-Penn League Charitable Foundation, will once again sponsor a scholarship program allowing area high school seniors the opportunity to compete for one of three $2,500 grand-prize awards.

The 2011 NYPL Scholarship Program is open to any graduating senior from a public or private high school, who has been accepted at any two or four-year college or university, vocational or technical education institution or program. Applicants will [...]

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