LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 14
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Issue 26
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June 26 – July 2, 2020
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SPAC 2020Plans Untethered by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, from the air. Image capture: SPAC annual meeting via virtual format on June 18, 2020.
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THE WINNER IS Tiz the Law Wins 152 Belmont Stakes
Photo by Dan Heary. See pg. 7
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The amphitheater is quiet with a passive unease. Neither bluster nor discord rise from these seats, and a disturbing tranquility hovers atop the stage. These first days of summer in the summer of COVID, the grounds are vacant of any human. The earth takes deep breaths and exhales a hissing of summer lawns. “On March 16, our whole staff of 25 began working from home and have not been back
to the office,” says Elizabeth Sobol, president and CEO of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. “Our magnificent amphitheater – normally a frenetic hive of activity – is now shuttered. Who or what you might ask is SPAC in a summer that seems to have gone silent? And who are we in a world of hurt that longs for healing?” Deep behind the scenes, however, plans are underway that point to renewal. This place of creativity is getting creative. “Untethered,” Sobol calls it. See Story pg. 19
Low Risk Youth Sports Slated For Early July
Photo provided. See pg. 11
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