Looking for where to watch fireworks near Albany, Troy, Saratoga, Lake George? We have your full fireworks guide for the 2011 fourth of July Holiday. Please remember to arrange a dedicated driver to & from your destination this weekend! Happy 4th of July everyone!

About the Lake George Paranormal EXPO
The 1st Ever Lake George Paranormal EXPO will take place on July 2nd and 3rd, 2011 in Towers Hall at the Fort William Henry Hotel. The event aims to show the general public the different aspects and beliefs of various paranormal disciplines with more than 30 vendors and numerous speakers who represent all things paranormal, from ghost hunting research teams to psychics to UFO specialists. Attendees include curious locals as well as paranormal fans. All patrons have found the family friendly past EXPO’s in Plattsburgh to be interesting and fun. The Lake George Paranormal EXPO is sponsored by the Northern NY Paranormal Research Society.

The 2011 Event
This year, we anticipate an …

You all know Groupon, Living Social, KGBdeals, and all the other “deal-of-the-day” coupon sites popping up out there, but did you know we have a local coupon distributor right here in the Capital Region? We want you to give Success Coupons a try! Success Coupons is 100% local and provides a more affordable alternative for local business owners to the national distributors! It’s brought to you by Success PR, publishers of Success Magazine LTD, upstate NY’s premiere entrepreneur & business magazine.
Each day there will be a new coupon featured on the front page of AlbanyAlive™ and TroyAlive™ that you can purchase in …

This weekend was a busy one for us! We covered the 2011 NORI Awards for the Albany Ad Club, the Albany All Stars Roller Derby bout, the gay pride weekend parade, Rocks, and the American Lung Association’s stair climb at One Commerce Plaza! Check out the outstanding photos from the NORI Awards below! Congratulations to all the winners! We’ll see you all next year because Alive Entertainment is joining the Albany Ad Club & throwing it’s hat in the ring!

DGS Productions is proud to announce its initial lineup for 51BassCamp. 51BassCamp will take place August 26th – August 28th in Ballston Lake, NY. The festival will feature 4 stages covering all genres of music. Stages sponsored by DGS Productions, The Good Life, DNBC, Dubbage, Paradise City, Vudoo Productions, Heady Productions, Peep This & Rage Right

Albany, NY – Alive Entertainment, LLC announced today that it will be expanding its Capital Region event-based website, AlbanyAlive.com, into multiple geocentric websites to provide greater local event coverage. Enter TroyAlive.com as its newest venture.
On Wednesday, June 1st, 2011, Alive Entertainment will host an official TroyAlive.com Launch Party at Revolution Hall on River Street in Troy, NY, from 6:00PM – 9:00PM. This event will feature hors d’oeuvres by Brown’s Brewing Co., live music by Rich Ortiz, and a 30ft Hollywood style red carpet entrance – the longest ever in Upstate NY. Along with the launch of the new site, Alive …

Hey friends & fans! We have a major announcement coming up and we wanted to make sure you save the date: Wednesday June 1st, 2011 from 6:00PM – 9:00PM. We’ve not going to give you too many details just yet, but here is a sneak peek:

We’re hosting a launch party to make a major announcement.
We’ve rented out Revolution Hall in Troy, NY.
Rich Ortiz will be performing live!
There will be complementary hors d’oeuvres from Brown’s Brewing Co.
There will be FREE Red Carpet Photos!

We would like to give a warm welcome to our friends over at MoveThatBlock.com! Move That Block (MTB) is a new business start-up founded by two former Siena College roommates, Patrick Gray & Todd Drowlette. They helped create the first company to launch their alma mater’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in New York’s Tech Valley. Students help run the day to day operations of the company in an open environment where everyone contributes.
What is Move That Block?
MoveThatBlock.com is an innovative, cutting-edge website that offers professional quality, one-stop shopping for jobs, dating, commercial real estate, residential real estate, apartments & …

Imagine things are going great.  Great business, great friends, and overall great times…  Nothing can ever beat that feeling until one day someone decides to take everything you do to enjoy these great moments.  It’s terrible, but at least you can turn to your friends and get their support.
As you may have heard, K.d. Bang suffered a HUGE loss after the Albany All Stars Roller Derby bout on March 19th at the Washington Ave Armory.  Her car was broken into, and thousands of dollars’ worth of camera equipment were stolen.  K.d. Bang is a photographer by day with Linda Conley …

Albany Alive has your chance to win the ultimate concert experience with Lupe Fiasco at the Washington Avenue Armory, but we need your help spreading the word on Twitter!
Enter To Win

Follow @albanyalive on Twitter (If you are already following no need to unfollow and refollow.)
Tweet the following message, exactly as it is displayed below (Copy & Paste It!):

I want to meet #LupeFiasco in #Albany. Win a concert bundle from albanyalive.com : http://bit.ly/dHSED0
What You Win

(2) Concert Tickets to see Lupe Fiasco on April 13th
(2) Meet & Greet passes to hang with Lupe himself!

The winner will be randomly drawn on Monday April 11th, 2011 …