Reading the news of 1776, and of today: Samantha Majiedt in Town Crier performance at Tang Museum, Skidmore College Thursday. #skidmorecollege #saratogasprings

Reading - from a new children’s book (ages 4-8) “Starman: The Cosmic Voyage of David Bowie,” by Matthew Cordell. #bowie #book

Early holiday gift-shopping for that special Washington Commanders friend. #nygiants

Vanessa Collier live at @CaffeLena at @SPACsaratoga music festival Saturday. Awesome performance. Great band.

David Byrne plays Saratoga. Concludes tour Saturday in #newyorkcity. dailygazette.com/life_and_ar…

David Byrne onstage at #Saratoga Thursday night, performing his song “T-shirt.” #davidbyrne

It was a cold December night in not the safest of neighborhoods when a guy with an alligator patch on a polo shirt first made his presence known. “I can't seem to face up to the facts/ I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax,” he sang. #davidbyrne dailygazette.com/life_and_ar…

Some image outtakes from today's #sept11 ceremony in #Saratoga Springs.

“It’s an admirable thing when someone gets up here. I don’t care what level you’re on — whether you’re Celine Dion or Joe Shmo from down the corner,” Janis Ian told the players as they unpacked their cases to reveal a guitars, banjos, a violin. #saratoga dailygazette.com/life_and_ar…

Nine years ago this date, attended a press-only tour of a new exhibition in #Saratoga Springs that displayed the aftermath of a lightning strike at City Hall that triggered a fire and flood. Cost to repair: $11.2 million.

Murals, sanctioned by the city, coming soon to #Saratoga Springs. dailygazette.com/life_and_ar…

It’s Whitney Day in #Saratoga Springs. Here, then, a pair of images captured on Whitney Day in the Winners Circle at Saratoga Race Course in previous years: Marylou Whitney, John Hendrickson, now both gone.

Josh Groban is back home on a weekday afternoon in L.A., enjoying a brief respite nestled between a tour just completed and a new one ready to begin. “I’m trying to get my dogs to forgive me for all the touring this year,” said with a laugh. #joshgroban facebook.com/share/p/18cZ7iN…

Canadian hues color the sky. From the air. I got a window seat. Also: when did clapping for the pilot upon landing become déclassé?

Landing in Texas, first greetings come from a big cowboy boot, talking up almost an entire room in the airport.

The hallways and parlors inside the manor home are lined with marble cherubs and sculpted busts, Tiffany lamps, fireplaces and stained-glass windows... #yaddo #saratoga dailygazette.com/life_and_ar…

A procession of torches set 20 feet apart illuminated the winding, uphill path to the mansion. Stretched across the great lawn stood a giant white canopy, offering protection from the threat of a summer storm…

Carlos Santana, in the moment, performing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” #Saratoga Performing Arts Center on a sultry Wednesday night

Songwriter Cassandra Kubinski at the Steinway grand piano, Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts and Darley Newman in the distance, Wednesday at Universal Preservation Hall in #Saratoga Springs, where Newman staged the national release of her book “Revolutionary Road Trip.”

Lakecia Benjamin, trained on Charlie Parker & John Coltrane, gigs with Missy Elliott & Alicia Keys, tearing it up Sunday morn. on the big stage at SPAC at the always joyful #Saratoga Jazz Festival. A great two-day hang. Centennial celebrations were staged for Miles & ‘Trane.