Join the Friends of the Saratoga Springs (New York) Public Library as we roam the world. Day trips by chartered motorcoach are the mainstay of our program. Check this page often for updates on our adventures.

We are grateful to the board and administration of the Saratoga Springs Public Library as well as the Friends of the Library for their support of this program.

Check back often for updates to this page.

For more information about the Saratoga Springs Public Library go here:  www.sspl.org

For more information about the Friends of the Library, go here: friends.sspl.org/

to sign up for any of our trips email busplus1@gmail.com or call (518) 584-7860 ext 213 please be sure to include your name, email or phone number and the trip chosen

 

ITALY!!!!

WELL.....THE NEXT BEST THING.......

Join us on Friday evening, March 21, 2008 when we will travel to Proctor's Theater in Schenectady for the first large screen opera broadcast from Milan's Teatro Alla Scala

Verdi's La Traviata

leave Saratoga at 6 PM

$40 per person includes transportation to Proctor's door and ticket

email or call: busplus1@gmail.com, 584-7860

for more information: http://www.proctors.org/events/1716

 

 

UPCOMING DAY TRIPS

  • Date: Saturday, March 8: Morris does it again!

 Departure Time: 7 AM Saratoga Springs, 7:30 AM Latham

Destination: New York City Opera           Return departure at approx 7 PM

Program: Mark Morris choreographs the Baroque opera, King Arthur (Purcell)

Price: $120 in 3rd ring, $100 in 4th ring; $45 for transportation only

for more information: http://www.nycopera.com/browse/production.aspx?prod=58

 

  • Date: Sunday April 13 : Russian ballet, classic works                       

  Departure time: 8 AM Saratoga, Latham 8:30 AM

Destination: NYC                                            Return departure time: 6 PM

Program: Performance by the Kirov Ballet and Orchestra of Russia

               Program of works of Fokine and Lander (including Dying Swan)

Price:  $100 pp, transportation only $45

for more information: http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/ballet     http://www.nycitycenter.org/ticketing/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=2787&

 

  • Date: Saturday, May  10: Mozart's final opera

Departure Time: 7:00 AM Saratoga Springs, 7:30 AM Latham

Destination: New York City                               Return departure time: 7 PM

Program: Matinee of La Clemenza di Tito at the Metropolitan Opera 

Price: $90  family circle, $165  rear orchestra, $45 transportation only

for more information:    http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/production.aspx?id=9229

 

  • Date: Saturday, May 31: Revival of a classic

Departure time: 7:30 AM Saratoga Springs, 8 AM Latham

Destination: New York City                  Return departure time: 7 PM

Program:  Matinee of South Pacific at the Vivian Beaumont Theater

Price: $140 orchestra seat, $100 rear loge seat, $45 transportation only

for more information: http://www.playbill.com/events/event_detail/12633.html

 

  • Date: Wednesay, June 18: Damian's Farewell

final performance of New York City Ballet principal dancer (and local favorite), Damian Woetzel at the New York State Theater in New York City

all details TBA--please email or call to express your interest

 

  • Date: Saturday, June 28: Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood

all details TBA--please email or call to express your interest

always available on our NYC trips...a day on your own in the city

shopping.....theater.....museums..... 

 just $45 per person, round trip

seats are limited, please reserve early 

 

All trip opportunities are filled on a first-come basis. Payment is due no later than 30 days before trip departure unless otherwise advised. No refunds or cancellations unless your place is filled from a waiting list.

all library trips are escorted by an experienced library staff member

 

 

LEARN ABOUT TRAVEL PLANNING... AT THE LIBRARY

We offer a program of informal drop-in travel planning workshops on a once-monthly basis. Morning and evening times. No advance sign-up is necessary; simply show up and learn from each other. See where your friends and neighbors are going and get ideas for your next vacation trip.

Upcoming dates:


                DAYTIME SESSIONS                                            EVENING SESSIONS

Tuesday January 15 10am-12 noon                         Thursday January 24  7-9

Monday February 25 10 am-12 noon                       Thursday February 21  7-9

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION........

  • To be among the first to learn about all programs, email busplus1@gmail.com
  • No email? No problem.  Call 584-7860 x 213 and leave a message with your mailing address

 

"One time seen is better than one hundred times talked about"..........Czech proverb