Contemporary And Traditional Middle Eastern Music

Presented by Hill and Hollow Music

The Saranac Fire Hall

Saturday, November 19 at 7 pm
Sunday, November 20 at 3 pm

The Dara Anissi Ensemble has deep roots in Middle Eastern culture. Two of its members, Dara Anissi and Martin Shamoonpour, hail originally from Tehran, Iran. The third member, Nikolai Ruskin, originally from San Francisco, has made a lifetime study of Middle Eastern music. The trio now resides in Ithaca and Brooklyn, New York, both places hotbeds of diverse genres of music and creativity. They have been inspired to create a new body of work which they are eager to share, along with ancient traditional tunes. Read more HERE.

Saranac Fire Hall, 3277 State Route 3, Saranac

The SUNY Plattsburgh Departments of Music & Theatre Presents

Depot Theatre awarded $33,000 in funding support

The Depot Theatre in Westport, was recently awarded grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Cloudsplitter Foundation, and Stewart’s Shops in support of artists, artists’ housing, and arts-in-education.

The Depot has received three Regrowth and Capacity grants of $10,000 each from NYSCA. These grants will support the organization’s artists’ fees for both the main stage and the Academy summer youth program and the expansion of Academy arts-in-education programming.

In addition, the Depot was recently awarded $2,500 in support of its artist housing from Cloudsplitter Foundation and $500 from Stewart’s Shops in support of the Depot Theatre Academy arts-in-education program.

As the only professional theatre in the Adirondacks operating under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, the Depot is required to provide housing for its visiting artists who work at the theatre during its summer main stage season. The goal is to ultimately also use the building as a center for artistic collaboration, including community access and year-round programming.

For more information about the Depot Theatre and its programs, visit HERE.

PHOTO: Cloudsplitter Foundation Director Chenelle Palyswiat presents a check to Depot Theatre Executive Director Kim Rielly.

Meet James Mcelhinney, Author, Painter, Traveler, Raconteur

Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm, online book talk with the “Sketchebook Traveler,” artist, educator, James McElhinney (Essex, NY).

The Meeting ID & Passcode are at the bottom of the poster image.

My Native Air: Charles Evans Hughes and the Adirondacks

Join us on Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm for a screening of the film, My Native Air: Charles Evans Hughes and the Adirondacks.

This documentary film tells the story of the life and career of Glens Falls native Charles Evans Hughes, his connection to the Adirondacks and the Hughes family relationship with the Hyde and Hoopes families. Charles Evans Hughes was governor of New York, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice and U.S. secretary of state. The film features many voices of Glens Falls including The Hyde’s former Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programming, Jonathan Canning. A brief Q&A session with producer Maury Thompson will follow the 45-minute documentary.

This program is free but requires a reservation, please call (518)793-2826 to reserve your spot!

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir’s Motown Soulful Christmas!

Here is your chance to see our most talked-about, family-friendly event of the year at advance ticket price.

Advance Student Tickets – $8, Advance General Tickets – $18

Get your tickets HERE.

Lorrie Mandigo, “Bohemian Wilderness” Exhibition

Friday, November 11, 5:00 pm through
Saturday, December 3,7 pm

This upcoming exhibition will open in The Strand Center Main Gallery on Friday, November 11th, 2022. A free reception will be held from 5 – 8 pm

More info HERE.

The Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh