Adirondack Plain Air Festival continues!

Preview Party
Friday, August 16, 6 – 9 pm, Awards at 7:30 pm
This is Saranac Lakes ArtWorks’s largest annual fund-raising event: the Adirondack Plein Air Festival Special Preview Party, sponsored by Hyde Fuel and AdkAction. Food & beverages provided by area restaurants. There are many ways to contribute: purchase paintings, bid on the silent auction items, or simply make a donation.

Quick Draw Competition
Saturday, August 17, 9 – 11 am
Come watch and see who can create the best painting in just 2 hours time! Artists will set up and paint in downtown Saranac Lake, then bring their easels and wet paintings to the steps in front of the Town Hall, 39 Main St, for judging. $250 prize. Winner announced at 11:45.

Show & Sale
Saturday, August 17, 12 – 5 pm
FREE Meet the artists and view the new paintings created for this event. “Paint the Town” Silent Auction concludes at 4 pm, Festival ends at 5.

Harrietstown Town Hall, 39 Main St, Saranac Lake

Bell Fire Arts Collective Presents

Speakeazy Storytelling Show at Essex Theatre Company

Wednesday, August 21

First ever SpeakEazy Storytelling Show with Essex Theatre Company!

Come together for an evening of true personal stories from your friends and neighbors from the North Country. Six invited tellers take the stage and let you in on the heartbreaking, the hilarious, and everything in between.

Alex Clark – Plattsburgh
Bill Feehely – Nashville and Essex
Gabrielle Schutz – Keene
Heather Maxey – Essex
Michael “Yoko” Amos – Elizabethtown
Sara Strope – Keene

Hosted by Mac MacDevitt.

Purchase tickets HERE.

Masonic Lodge in Essex, 2756 Essex Road, Essex

Summer Concert Series

Native North American Traveling College

Thursday, August 22, 3 pm, Lawn at the Outdoor Stage Riverside Park, Youth Only Event
Thursday, August 22, 7:30 pm, Tannery Pond Center

At the afternoon event, the NNATC will engage youth for an informative one hour program highlighting the cultural significance of Social Dance in the indigenous communities. Children of all ages are invited to participate—parents may spectate.

The evening event offers families and people of all ages a personal experience with social dance. The NNATC Travel Troupe presents this opportunity of broader understanding of Social Dance with the history, meaning and audience participation as they demonstrate how this cultural ritual includes all community members … the very young to very experienced!

This event is participatory in nature with the audience standing & moving during much of the 90 minute program. Limited seating will be provided for those who are unable to stand for the—we ask that you provide specific request for a seat when making reservations. Those in wheelchairs are invited to participate too!

Find out more HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

ArcoStrum

The Sembrich Promenade Series

Wednesday, August 21, 7 pm

An exhilarating mix of music from all corners of the world—including works by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Bach, de Falla, Piazzolla and Hai-huai.

ArcoStrum captures the hearts of audiences through their charisma, virtuosity, and dazzling on-stage chemistry. The multi-instrumental duo champions unique concert programming through their original transcriptions of beloved classical repertoire, traditional Chinese instrumental music infused with modern instrumentations, as well as virtuosic non-classical instrumental progressive rock.

Details and tickets HERE.

The Sembrich – Outdoors, 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing

Foothills Art Society Presents

Nashville Stars, Arts, and Cars

Featuring Phoenix Mendoza And Josh Leo

Friday, August 23, 7 – 9 pm

Enjoy country & rock music, original & interactive art & the latest in automotive design, while tasting creative cuisine & beverages. Together, Phoenix and Josh—a chart-topping songwriter—provide a performance that is a dynamic tapestry of sound, stories, and fun that will leave you spellbound!

Register HERE or call 518-319-4260.

Malone Ford. 3350 State Rt. 11, Malone

Summer Concert Series

Jamcrackers, featuring Dan Berggren, Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn

Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 7:15 – 8:15 pm

Seasoned solo performers Dan Berggren, Peggy Lynn and Dan Duggan have combined talents to create a dynamic trio named in honor of the river drivers who broke up log jams. They worked hard to find solutions, to get things rolling again, and it was a job that couldn’t be done alone. Dan, Peggy and Dan feel the same way about their music. These good friends and accomplished musicians bring a rare blend of humor history and musical spirit to their performances.

More info, tickets & dinner reservations HERE.

Great Camp Sagamore, 1105 Sagamore Road, Raquette Lake

Horicon Historical Society Presents

Creative Aging Watercolors Programs

And

Scenes from yesterday’s Author Night at The Wild Center

In Memory of Lorrie Hosley

More than 52 Adirondack authors gathered and lots and lots of books were sold!

Lorrie Hosley was the force behind this gathering of authors for 37 years at Hoss’s in Long Lake. Sadly, Lorrie passed away last year and many of us assumed the tradition for the second Tuesday in August was over.

But The Wild Center stepped up, though, and hosted a fabulous evening.

Thank you to TWC and your amazing staff!