Tech Valley’s 4th Annual FIRST Robotics Exhibition is this weekend.

High school students hailing from Shenendehowa, Hudson, Colonie, Ballston Spa, Albany, Schenectady, Shaker, and Rutland schools built these robots and will be participating in teams on Saturday.

The students are asking those attending to being canned food as an admission fee, which will be donated to local food pantries.

The event is from 1 to 4 p.m. at 405 Jordan Road in the Rensselaer Technology Park.

There will be a concession stand and raffles.

The video featured is from last year's event.

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Young, talented musicians at Ballston Spa High School had quite the thrill Tuesday night. A select group got to share the stage with legendary band Blood, Sweat & Tears as a way to highlight the importance of music and arts education in school districts.

Ballston Spa School Superintendent Dr. Joe Dragone is a professional tenor saxaphonist and and also joined the band on stage.

"The arts are an important part of education and an important part of my life. To expose kids to that opportunity is so critical and something the district supports. It's important to us as we look forward as well," Dragone said.

The concert fundraiser comes at a time school districts across the Capital Region are making tough decisions about their budge. Often the first thing to get looked at for cuts are the arts.

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Between classes, preparing for graduation and just enjoying her last college semester, Maddie Sullivan has started her own business, launching 'Collegiate Records', a record label run by college students to promote college musicians.

"We started writing a mission statement, started writing a business plan, kind of devising what we wanted the company to be about and we came up with a university wide record label for students accommodating the fact that they are students," said Sullivan.

Thursday afternoon, Sullivan watched one of her bands practice in an empty first floor room of a building being renovated in Saratoga Springs.  The group, called 'Maryleigh and the Fauves' is made up of 19-year-old Maryleigh Roohan, singer and guitarist; 20-year-old Zachary Edwards on drums; and 25-year-old Dave Globerson on bass.