Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency, Resident Reading

Saturday, October 1, 2 pm

Hear readings by our six residents at this scenic, intimate event at the Lodge at Lake Twitchell in Eagle Bay, NY.

We’ll offer snacks and beverages, an opportunity to experience the idyllic Lodge, and the chance to meet our resident writers: Danielle Bainbridge, Rebecca Bornstein, Sionnain Buckley, Dorian Gossy, Susan Hahn, M.L. Martin.

Lodge at Lake Twitchell, 95 Twitchell Inn Rd, Eagle Bay, NY 13331

20th Anniversary Closing Celebration

Friday, September 30, 6-10 pm

Party time for the 20th Anniversary! Pay what you can at the door

Live Music with the Dylan Perrillo Trio, Hex and Hop Brewery, Fire Performance, Food and More!

The Silent Auction will end and high bidders will be able to take their purchases home.

Tour the studios, Shop at the BluStore!

This is BluSeed’s Summer Breeze, and Fall Harvest Benefit fundraisers all rolled into one. We need your support and we want to develop programming that YOU want to take part in or attend.

BluSeed Studios, 24 Cedar St., Saranac Lake

A Night of Square Dancing presented by Elizabethtown Social Center

We are very excited to share a night of Square Dancing and Contra Dancing on Saturday, October 1st–all experiences are welcome, guaranteed fun for all ages!
$6 per person or $10 per family.
Dancing starts at 6 pm and ends at 8 pm.
This event is a larger part of our Founders Day Event on the same day.
Please call the center at 518.873.6408 with any questions.
Band: Adirondack 2 step Ft.
Hammer Dulcimer: Rod Driscoll
Hammer Dulcimer: Sue Carrol
Bass: Pete Demaio
Guitar: Bernie Demaio
Fiddler and Caller: Jeremy Clifford

Elizabethtown Social Center, 7618 US-9, Elizabethtown

EXCITING GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL THEATER GROUPS & PRESENTERS!

The Creative Opportunity Fund (COF) of A.R.T. (Alliance of Regional Theatres)/New York provides general operating support grants of $2,000-$5,000 to smaller theater companies throughout the state. The aim is to help theater groups stabilize and build capacity for themselves, while increasing funding opportunities for companies that have been left out of the mainstream because of barriers associated with racial, economic, disability and sexual identity and/or geographic location—including rural areas such as the Adirondack North Country. The application deadline for the COF grant is Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 5 pm.

The ADK Quad-County Region Grants Program of the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) is teaming up with A.R.T./New York for an info session on Tuesday, September 27, at 2 pm at Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake. Following the session, which is expected to run approximately 90 minutes, we invite you to join us for an informal gathering of info-session participants (and perhaps some theater folks who cannot make it to the session) in the Great Room of the Hotel Saranac to mingle, share news of your theater group’s upcoming productions and even discuss possible collaborations (cash bar available).

To sign up for the info session and/or learn more about this grant opportunity, please contact ALCA’s Grant Coordinator Fred Balzac at fred@adirondackarts.org and/or 518-588-7275.

JEANNE DANFORTH SHOW AT ADIRONDACK ARTISTS GUILD

“Every Which Way the Wind Blows,” an exhibit of recent paintings by Jeanne Danforth, will be the featured show at the Adirondack Artists Guild during the month of October. It opens on Friday, October 7, with a reception from 5-7 pm.

Known for her ability to depict the flora and fauna of the natural world as well as for her renditions of farm animals, she has created a new body of work in oil and acrylic.

Danforth writes of her work, “These are a few of my favorite things. Painting them finds truth obscured by words or lack of adequate verbiage, To paint, I must wordlessly define my attraction. Sometimes that wind sweeps clear an illusion. Sometimes that wind brings light where there is none. I like to paint.”

The Adirondack Artists Guild is a cooperative retail art gallery representing a diverse group of artists residing and working in the Tri-Lakes region of the Adirondack Park.
Visit us HERE.

Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, 52 Main St, Saranac Lake

Arbor Day Poster Contest

Each year the public is invited to submit photography and/or artwork to be considered for the State Arbor Day Poster. DEC prints thousands of posters for distribution to the 3,500 NYS schools, the NYS Fair, and other venues. It is a long time tradition and the posters have become collectors items for many.

Submissions must be received by 12/31/2022.

More information and contest rules, as well as entry forms, are HERE.