Adirondack A&E e-News # 479

Saranac Lake Free Library Presents
Brushes to Blades of Steel
Thru Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Closing reception, Friday, January 24, 2025, 5 – 7 pm
Brushes to Blades of Steel is a captivating showcase by artist Karen Courtland Kelly. This collection celebrates the Art of skating, the ancestor of today’s figure skating, and will be on display in the Cantwell Room.
Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street, Saranac Lake

LPCA’s Gallery 46 Presents
A Holly Jolly Pop-Up
Saturday, December 28 – Sunday, December 29, 2024, 1 – 5 pm
Join us for a pop-up shop with artist Holly Friesen. Enjoy a festive showcase of new artwork from Holly with a live painting demo!
More details HERE.
Gallery 46, 2525 Main Street, Lake Placid
In Case You Missed It
“North Country at Work: Bringing the art world to Westport“
North Country Public Radio’s North Country at Work reporter Ana Williams-Bergen profiles Taylor Haskins of The Mill in Westport. Haskins is also host of The Thread, a jazz and beyond show on NCPR, Saturdays at 9 pm.
Read or listen to the full piece the full piece HERE.
Below: Taylor Haskins with one of Jillian Mayer’s Slumpies. Photo: Ana Williams-Bergen


Deadline approaching
Ti Arts Presents
The Big Chill Redux
Open Invitation, any medium
Show Dates: January 9 – February 1, 2025
Artists must deliver their work Friday, January 3 or Saturday, January 4, 10 -4 to Ti Arts Downtown Gallery, 119 Montcalm St., Ticonderoga.
Full details including Entry Forms HERE.

North Country Jazz Project
Saturday, December 28, 2024,7:30 – 8:30 pm
The North Country Jazz Project is an eighteen piece big band directed by David Hosley. The group includes saxes, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section.

They perform big band music from the libraries of Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman as well as more recent jazz orchestra composers such as Alan Baylock, Chuck Mangione, and Sammy Nestico. The band has been together for ten years and has many loyal followers.
View a video clip HERE.
More information including ticket purchase HERE.
Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek
