Region s arts venues pin hopes on summer, keep options open
SPAC, Glimmerglass and other arts venues are making summer plans. Plan A. Plan B. Plan C.
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1of18A sell-out crowd packs SPAC for Farm Aid 2013 Saturday Sept. 21, 2013, in Saratoga Springs, NY. (John Carl D Annibale / Times Union)John Carl D AnnibaleShow MoreShow Less
2of18Elizabeth Sobol, the new president and CEO of SPAC, poses for a photo at SPAC on Thursday, August 18, 2016, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)PAUL BUCKOWSKIShow MoreShow Less
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4of18A view of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. â 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, SPACâs 2020 was remarkably different than what president and CEO Elizabeth Sobol imagined when the ambitiously programmed season was first announced in January.
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âJust over seven months ago, SPAC took the unprecedented measure of cancelling its whole Summer season in the face of the worsening coronavirus pandemic,â Sobol said in a press release. âTaking that step felt literally like walking off a cliff.â
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