The Chapman Museum Presents

Along the Hudson

Now thru February 23, 2025

A new exhibit in the Stoddard Gallery  features photographs taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard (1843-1917) along 315 miles of the Hudson River.

The Hudson River profoundly influenced the history and environment of New York State serving as a key waterway for Native Americans, aiding in trade and military movement during the American Revolution, and acting as a highway during the Industrial Revolution. Connecting the Erie, Champlain, and Feeder Canals, the river passes through numerous cities and towns until it meets the Atlantic Ocean.

“Stoddard’s photographs offer perspective on the Hudon River, showing both its serene beauty and its vital role in industrial development,” said curator Maureen Folk. “The photographs in this show were primarily taken in the 1880s and show the quiet retreat the river provided during a time of unprecedented growth.”

Find out more HERE.

Featured Image: S.R. Stoddard (1843–1917), 109. Palisades Mountain House from Houghton’s Point, 1880, Chapman Museum 1977.218.547

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Also at the Chapman …

Conversations with the Past

Lake George Battlefield Park: History and Future

Wednesday, January 15, 7 pm, free

Speakers: John DiNuzzo, President of the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, and Margy Mannix, Lake George Town Historian and Trustee of the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance

Discover the incredible history of the 35-acre State Park, focusing on key activities that occurred on its grounds during the French & Indian War and the American Revolution. John and Margy will also share a look at the planned 2026 reinterment in the park of 44 Continental soldiers and others who perished at Lake George in 1776.

This program is free but requires a reservation.

To register, please call (518) 793-2826.

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Whitcomb’s Gallery Presents

COLORAMA

Thru Friday, February 28.

Opening Party Wednesday, January 15, 5-7 pm.  Meet the artists and enjoy spicy winter drinks, experimental hors d’oeuvres, music.

A group show that revels in riotous colors in the middle of the gray months of January and February (apologies to the sublime grays and browns of winter). 

The show features seven artists from around the Adirondacks working in a wide variety of mediums—oils and watercolors, stencils and spray painting, 3D printing, hand knit and embroidered clothing, paintings on found materials, quilts, elaborate doodles and self-described “hi-fi cave art.”

Full details, including info on the artists and their work, are HERE.

Whitcomb’s, 1598 NYS Rt. 22, Essex

Cold Read: Uncle Vanya

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 7 pm

Ahead of the screening of National Theatre Live’s one-man Vanya captured on the West End (below), join us for a community reading of the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov!

No rehearsal and no experience necessary. Join us for this fun opportunity to bring a character to life when we read the play aloud, or sit back and listen while your friends and neighbors explore Chekhov’s heartbreaking comedy full of ennui, dysfunctional family dynamics, and unrequited love.

8 adult roles available. A digital copy of the script is available HERE.  It is not necessary to read the script in advance.

Please email Tyler at tyler@lakeplacidarts.org to RSVP and express interest. Interested in reading a specific role? Let us know in advance. Otherwise, roles will be assigned at random to anyone who wishes to participate.

After familiarizing yourself with the script on Thursday, enjoy this one-man adaptation Saturday on the LPCA screen, captured during the production’s sold-out run in London’s West End! Participants will be offered $5 discounted tickets to the Saturday, January 18 screening of Vanya starring Andrew Scott.

National Theatre Live

Vanya

Saturday, January 18, 2025, 7 pm 

Captured live from The Duke of York’s Theatre, during the production’s sold-out run in London’s West End.

A new play by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov. Directed by Sam Yates.

Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’  radical new version of Chekhov’s classic black comedy Uncle Vanya.

Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

View the trailer HERE.

More detail and purchase tickets HERE.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid

Bell Fire Arts Collective Presents

Speakeazy Open Mic at Old Soul

Wednesday,  January 15, 7 pm

Join us 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. No Critique. No scoring.

Any story is perfect: from your life story to what you saw in town 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.

Learn more HERE.

Old Soul, 124 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh

The View Arts Center Presents

Artist Talk: Amy E. Bartell

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 7 – 8 pm, Virtual 

Join Amy E. Bartell in her Zoom Talk about Dear World which is currently on exhibit at View Arts Center thru February 15. 

Dear World is a series of mixed media images that speak to a delicate, splintered landscape of dualities with cracks through which ineffable beauty has grown but stories have fallen. Edges where so much has been marginalized and so many are woundable.

Register in advance for this webinar HERE.

Image: Tempest and Berries

And sad news to share …

Betsy Folwell, Adirondack essayist and community pillar, dies at 71

Blue Mountain Lake resident and former Adirondack Life editor remembered for her impact on others and love of the Adirondacks.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Folwell, a Blue Mountain Lake essayist, author and conservationist who could grasp ephemeral threads of nature and humanity and weave them into vivid portraiture of the Adirondack condition, has died at the age of 71, according to family friends, who said the cause was cancer.

To people who knew her by her writings in Adirondack Life, her crisp and perceptive prose gave readers a better understanding of the mountains and its people. To those who knew her personally, she, along with her husband, Tom Warrington, was the glue that held together the community of Blue Mountain Lake, filling the frequent voids common to small towns struggling for viability.  

Read Tim Rowland’s full tribute in the Adirondack Explorer HERE.

Above: Betsy Folwell paddling on her beloved Blue Mountain Lake. Photo by Nancie Battaglia.