This month’s First Saturday Arts Night takes place on March 1. Saratoga County Arts Council Regrant Administrator Leigh Ollman believes the event is a great opportunity to mingle with other art-lovers, enjoy refreshments, and support local artists.

Saturday will be the last chance folks have to see “Not to Scale,” an exhibit featuring work by Matthew Peebles and Peter Luber. For the show’s closing, Patrick Stacey will improvise ambient music using his laptop.

“I think this is going to be a really cool thing for people to check out,” Ollman said of Stacey’s performance at the Arts Center.

March is also Children’s Art Month, and to celebrate, the Art District on Beekman St. has partnered with the Children’s Museum at Saratoga and local art teachers. Children’s art shows and opening receptions will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 9 at Artworx Fine Art Gallery, The Beekman Artists Studios, FEAST gallery, Mimosa and Rena’s Fine Flowers.

In addition, art classes for kids are being offered at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga. Carolyn Justice, who teaches children’s classes throughout the year at the Beekman Artists Studios, will instruct children on drawing and painting critters on Thursday, March 13 from 1 to 2 p.m. and also from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. On Monday, March 24, Amejo Amyot will show kids how to create critters in clay from 10 to 11 a.m. and also from 1 to 2 p.m.

For further information regarding First Saturday Arts Night, call 584-4132 or visit www.saratoga-arts.org. To learn more about the art classes at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga, call 584-5540 or visit www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org.

The following Saratoga Springs galleries are hosting special receptions as part of the First Saturday Arts Night program:

70 Beekman Street Gallery

70 Beekman Street (542-6688)

“Ordinary Magic,” oil, etching, ink and watercolor by Yeachin Tsai, plus works by Katie J. Shugert, G.J. Bradley & Pei XiaoPing

Arts Center Gallery

320 Broadway (584-4132)

“Not to Scale,” work by Matthew Peebles and Peter Luber

Artworx Fine Art Gallery

79 Beekman Street (257-2775)

Works by Robert Gregg and Tony Shortway

Crafters gallery

427 Broadway (583-2435)

“Love,” collage pieces by Raoul Gagne

FEAST gallery

142 Grand Ave., 2nd Fl. (718-344-6310)

“Observations and Constructions,” photographs by Sarah MacWright

Flores Studio

73 Beekman St, and at 468 Broadway (232-1017)

Frankie Flores, Landscape & Jazz Art

Gallery 100

462 Broadway (580-0818)

Abstract work by Ragellah Rourke, Shawn Snow and Esmond Lyons

Mimosa

70C Beekman Street (583-1163)

“Local Colors,” fine arts and

crafts by local artists

Spring Street Gallery

110 Spring Street (581-1387)

“Healing After a Heart Attack: A Journey Through Images,” work by Steve Parker and Anne Diggory

The following exhibition sites are open late Saturday evening:

Circus Café –

392 Broadway (583-1106)

A-Man Karaoke

Uncommon Grounds —

402 Broadway (581-0656)

Various artists