The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks Presents

Learn more about CSOA HERE.

The Lake Placid Film Festival Presents

A Binding Truth 

Saturday, November 9, 4 pm

They were high school classmates in 1965, one Black, the other white. Jimmie transferred his senior year to an affluent white school in Charlotte – he was their first Black football star. That decision swept him into one of North Carolina’s most volatile civil rights cases, played out at the explosive intersection of football and race. De watched that case unfold and wrote about it in his college essay application. He said it got him into Harvard. Decades later, a shocking discovery reveals secrets that would change their lives. Their story, rooted in the South, is also America’s story – one of slavery’s legacy and our current racial divide. It’s a story of healing and shows a way forward as Jimmie and De explore their binding truth.

Q&A to follow with Louise Woehrle, Director/Producer; Martha Swan, John Brown Lives Founder/Executive Director; Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Adirondack Diversity Initiative Director; and Allison Heard, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, SUNY Plattsburgh.

Purchase tickets HERE.

Palace Theater, 2430 Main S., Lake Placid

Au Sable Forks Free Library Presents

Bell Fire Arts Collective Presents

Speakeazy Storytelling Open Mic 

Wednesday, November 13, 7 – 8:30 pm

Join hosts Mac MacDevitt and Chris Locke for an evening of storytelling! Come and share, or just listen as community members and visitors from all walks of life, backgrounds and orientations come together and connect through the sharing of personal stories in a safe, supportive environment free from pressure or judgment. No experience necessary. Any story is perfect: from your life story to what you saw on your hike last week. Family stories, funny stories, heartbreaking stories – anything you want to share. Participants are welcome to tell from the head and heart, or to bring paper up with them if they need it. When your name is called, the stage is yours for seven minutes.

Old Soul Taproom, 124 Margaret St, Plattsburgh

David Fadden, Iroquois Cultural Artist and Storyteller

Wednesday, November 13, 12 – 1 pm, free

Clinton Community College is pleased to welcome David Fadden, an artist, storyteller, and historian from the Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center, for a special presentation on Native American Heritage and Culture. The event is sponsored by the Clinton Community College Cultural Affairs Committee.

David Fadden, originally from Lake Placid, NY, grew up in Onchiota and studied at North Country Community College. His artistic journey has been influenced by his parents, John Fadden, a painter and educator, and Elizabeth Eva Fadden, a wood sculptor. His grandfather, Ray Fadden, founder of the Six Nations Indian Museum, also played a significant role in shaping his connection to Native American culture.

Fadden’s artistic work has been exhibited across New York and Canada, including at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and the National Museum of the American Indian. His illustrations, reflecting Native American legends, are found in children’s books such as Keepers of the Animals and Native American Animal Stories. His work has also appeared in television productions, such as How the West Was Lost on the Discovery Channel. Fadden uses his art as an educational tool, depicting Native Americans in ways that challenge the stereotypical “noble savage” image by showcasing various human emotions. He is also known for creating political works that highlight contemporary issues affecting Indigenous communities across North America.

Image: Busy World by Dave Fadden.

Moore Building, Second Floor Atrium, Clinton Community College, 136 Clinton Point Drive, Plattsburgh

Adirondack Center for Writing Presents

Debut When It’s Right For You: A panel on publishing later in life

With Carla Stockton & Laurie Spigel

Wednesday, November 13, 7 – 9 pm, free

Join Saranac Lake graduate Carla Stockton and her colleague Laurie Spigel—both female authors who published their first books after age 50—for a discussion on publishing, feminism, educating children at home and in schools, and smalltown/city living. Each author will share a brief excerpt of their latest work and then we’ll have a panel discussion, so bring your questions! 

Books will be for sale at the event, including Stockton’s brand new memoir, Too Much of Nothing: Notes on Feminism, Identity, and Womanhood. Stockton, a first-generation American boomer, recounts her life as a series of vignettes that begin with her mother’s escape from Europe before WWII and end with her own escape from a stultifying marriage. Stockton’s story is a meditation on the meaning of survival, the importance of family, and the power of self-discovery. With humor and heart, she explores the challenges and triumphs of a life lived in the shadow of history.

Find out more and register HERE.

Adirondack Center for Writing, 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

ACW and NCPR Present

Howl Story Slam 

Tuesday, November 12, 7 – 9 pm

A night of live storytelling with the theme “Close Call.” Anyone can sign up to tell a story at the beginning of the night! 

Stories must be: 

True

Under 5 minutes

Adhere to the night’s theme

Told with no notes 

No tickets needed. Admission  is a $10/pay-what-you-can donation which will be split between ACW & NCPR.

Raquette River Brewing, 11 Balsam St, Tupper Lake

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh Presents

Fine Art and Artisan Craft Sale and Auction

Saturday, November 9, Sale  9 am – 2 pm, Auction 2 – 3 pm, in person a and online

The North Country is invited to jumpstart holiday shopping at the Fine Art and Artisan Craft Sale and Auction!

The sale will featureoils, pastels, photography, pottery, stained glass, calligraphy, handmade hats, woolen mittens and more.

The sale and auction will showcase the work of more than20 North Country artists, including Bill Crosby, Lynda Mussen, Jackie Sabourin, Louise Patinelli, Ron Nolland, Lucas Haight, Shaun O’Connell, Darlynn Bates, Ursula Jones, Liesa Bassoi Pedersen, Linda Pearson, Michelle Ouellette, Kimberley Bertrand, Roy Brinker and Lee Clark.

Find out more HERE.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Plattsburgh, 4 Palmer St, Plattsburgh

In Case You Missed It—Two from North Country Public Radio!

“SUNY Plattsburgh exhibit is a love letter to Lake Champlain”

NCPR’s Cara Chapman covers the ongoing exhibit at SUNY Plattsburgh exploring the story and health of one of the region’s most important bodies of water: Lake Champlain.

Listen in or read the piece HERE.

Image: The archival photograph above is part of Robin Lasser’s “Ice Ships Weep” series that appears in the exhibit “Climate’s Shipwreck Ballad” by Lasser in the Plattsburgh State Art Museum. Image provided.

“North Country at Work: Finding artistic identity in the Elizabethtown”

NCPR’s North Country at Work reporter Ana Williams-Bergen interviews Theresa-Xuan Bui, working at the time at Craigardan, a farm and artist residency in Elizabethtown.

Listen in or read the piece HERE.

Image: Theresa-Xuan Bui performs in The Monarch Report at the Upper Jay Arts Center. Photo courtesy of Theresa-Xuan Bui.