For Valentine's Day this year, Victory Café offers the following special dinner menu. Price is $26.99 per person. Located at 10 Sheridan Avenue in downtown Albany, NY, reservations can be made by calling 518.463.9113. Appetizer (Choice of 1) Spinach leaves, pine...
Fashions Unique | Retailer Moves to Downtown Albany
Looking to add a little something fun and fashionable (and affordable) to your wardrobe with a stop in one of Downtown's newest retailers - Fashions Unique! Previously located on Delaware Avenue in Albany, shop owners Charlie Mae Shipmon-Gardiner and James...
Looking back, thinking ahead on Central Avenue
I love this time of year. It's a time to take a deep breath after the bustle of the holiday season. It's a time to regroup. It's a time to clean out the office fridge. And it's a time to...
Students deck the street with boughs of star-studded garland
When it comes to decorating for the holidays, there's nothing as dazzling as the collective creativity of youngsters. Each year, the Central Avenue Business Improvement District works with elementary students from Blessed Sacrament School, Brighter Choice Charter School for Boys,...
Shop Small, shop them all, only on Central Avenue: Retailers celebrate “Small Business Saturday” November 29
This year, Small Business Saturday will take place on Saturday, November 29--and the Central Avenue Business Improvement District is encouraging everyone to shop small at our participating local retailers: Central Florist,One-Eleven Boutique, Earthworld Comics, Rolf's Pork Store, Honest Weight Food Co-op, Blue Note Record Shop, Center Square Wine...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Each holiday season is busier than the last, and this year is no exception. We are partnering with several community organizations and businesses to celebrate the holidays--and our office has a bit of Santa's workshop feel these days. Over the...
Autumn on Lark Street
Happy Autumn everyone! The Lark Street BID wanted to bring in the new season by updating Albany on what we're doing! Overall, LarkFest 2014 was very well received and attended, with awesome musicians and vendors who helped make...
Scarecrows on the Avenue Contest celebrates fourth year
The "Scarecrows on the Avenue" contest, hosted by the Central Avenue Business Improvement District, is under way, with a whopping 14 businesses contributing these friendly fellows to the fence in front of Hannaford Plaza. According to our observations, this year's scarecrows...
Transit Art: Let it ride
Stacy Caldwell's Jester, featured in CDTA's Transit Art program on Central Avenue. Can a bus station be an art gallery? Can it double as a theater? What about a teaching kitchen? The answer is yes. This week, we are getting artwork...
Other Desert Cities Marked by Powerful Performances
Booze. Drugs. Terrorism. Politics. Death. Addiction. Depression. All things you'd expect to cover during a family visit over the holidays, yes? In Other Desert Cities, at Capital Repertory Theatre through October 19, 2014, we sit witness as a small family engages...