Our Lodge Foundation

08/25/2026

TODAY > 5p, SoBro Triange Park, 209 So. B'way, (next to Dunkin Donuts) >> Ribbon Cutting for the 1st (of 3) Saratoga's micro-Galleries! Please join OLF in this special inaugural "opening," with artist Brenda Verardi's "Once Upon a Time" painting exhibit showcased in artisan-builder Chris Jacob's unique "Little Gallery" ... a new and VERY special project generously funded through a regrant from Saratoga Arts!
Please join us! ❤️

07/28/2026

Two amazing artists - both leaders in our community! - TOGETHER in conversation? This is going to be such a dynamic evening! Daesha Devon Harris AND Marcus Kwame Anderson - BE THERE!! 😎

07/27/2026

With "Drank the Gold" - Oona & James. Saratoga Arts, tonite until 8p. Come enjoy!!

07/25/2026

THIS MONDAY 7/27 @ 6:30p-8:00p > KINDRED SPIRITS Monthly Music series' July session - HOME - with Oona and James of "Drank the Gold"! Come listen, come sing, come share ... as we "sing ourselves together" again!

Free & open to the public thanks to a generous re-grant from Saratoga Arts Council!! Details available on our website (see comment box below.)

Saratoga Springs duo Drank The Gold (https://drankthegold.com/) per...

07/20/2026

YES!!! ❤️

For a decade, the National Youth Poet Laureate program has honored ...

06/26/2026

Poetyc Visionz lit up our Juneteenth Program! That wonderful energy continues tonite with "Flowstalgia" ... hope you can get there, Friends!

FLOWSTALGIAA Journey Through Music, Memory & Poetry What song takes you back? Back to your first love...Your childhood...The cookouts...The family reunions...The friendships...The moments that helped shape who you are today... You have now entered the Flowstalgia state... an immersive evening wh...

06/16/2026

JUNETEENTH's Celebration continues back at Frederick Allen Lodge 609!! 69 Beekman Street > 5-6:30p Friday Night Art Market + 6p-9:30p >Dinner After Party & fundraiser (proceeds benefit the Kitchen Rehab project!!). See you there!!

Friday Night Art Market on Beekman! 5p-6:30p ... We'll be there with more Juneteenth fun!! Come learn about Juneteenth while you enliven our coloring sheets with bold Color! (Then pop inside the Lodge for our Dinner After Party fundraiser!)

Note: No Bar Service at this event.

Detail link below in comments.

06/15/2026

The Joy of JUNETEENTH continues after the YMCA Celebration!! Hope you can join everyone back at Frederick Allen Lodge 609!

Join us this Friday evening!! Dinner AFTER Party* right here at Frederick Allen Lodge 609. Come for the sharing and community caring as we round out celebrating Juneteenth and raise more funds for our kitchen rehab!
Link to more details below in comments.
(Reminder: Our Lodge Foundation's Annual Juneteenth event at SRYMCA, 11a-4p)

*No bar service.

06/14/2026

https://lookmediaresource.org/look-this-week-6-8-26-donald-hyman
Wonderful conversation with Donald Hyman, Juneteenth Saratoga Planning Commitee member and Advisory Creative Team founder for Our Lodge Foundation! THANK YOU to Jesse Jackson and LOOK Media for hosting the interview. See you on Friday, y'all >> Annual JUNETEENTH Celebration: 11a-4p, SRYMCA, 290 West Avenue!! (Free & open to the public; ID required @ desk sign-in.)

Join Look TV as we talk with Donald Hyman, Educator / Historian / Director – Our Lodge Foundation.

06/06/2026

Did you know? Let's go deeper to understand our own history better!

Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.