Seeking an Arts & Outreach Coordinator

Join the Elizabethtown Social Center team and make a difference in your community!  The Social Center is a community hub for the greater Elizabethtown region. It provides cultural events for all ages, including arts, music and movement programming; hosts community interest groups and operates a popular afterschool Teen-Rec program.

We are seeking a full-time Arts and Outreach Coordinator to plan, promote, and execute arts programming for all ages, including our Teen-Rec program and assist in fundraising and publicity. The Coordinator will also work collaboratively with community stakeholders on public and media relations for the town of Elizabethtown. This is a grant-funded position.

For more details about the position and how to apply go HERE. 

elizabethtownsocialcenter.org, (518) 873-6408

VOTE FOR THE WILD CENTER!

We’re excited to be nominated by an expert panel, for the third year in a row, as a candidate for “Best Science Museum” in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. 

Voters can help defend the title by casting a ballot every day until February 10 HERE. 

Show your love for The Wild Center and the Adirondacks by voting daily!

The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake

Coming to the Strand this Sunday

Le Vent du Nord

Presented by Hill & Hollow Music

Sunday, February 9, 3 pm

Le Vent du Nord (The North Wind) is a Canadian folk music group from Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in Quebec. The band performs traditional Québécois music (which is heavily influenced by Celtic music from both Ireland and Brittany), as well as original numbers in this style.

Theirdynamic live performances expand the boundaries of tradition in striking new directions. This is the modern sound of tradition, a music of here and now!

Reserved-seating tickets are available HERE or in person at Strand Center for the Arts box office during their regular business hours. For further info please telephone 518-293-7613, e-mail ambrown.hillholl@gmail.com or visit HERE. 

Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh

Bell Fire Arts Collective Presents

True Crime of the Adirondacks

Episode 2: Escape from Dannemora

Wednesday, February 12, 7 – 8 pm, free, via Zoom

On June 6, 2015, two worst-of-the-worst murderers escaped from the Clinton Correctional Institute; the subsequent manhunt was the largest in New York State History. The escapees, David Sweat and Richard Matt, coursed a twenty-minute labyrinth of corridors and tunnels until they emerged into freedom on the outside. Now they were killers on the loose, deadly and desperate. The story that unfolded was one of adventure and brutality and became the subject of a popular book and a Showtime limited series. This program will feature author Michael Benson with special guest Ivy Gocker, former Adirondack Experience Library Director who was also an extra in the Showtime production.

Michael Benson is the author of Escape from Dannemora (University Press of New England, 2017).

More details and get tickets HERE.

Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History Presents

The Strand Center for the Arts presents

STEAM Camp (Grades PreK-8th)

Monday — Friday, February 17 — 21, (School Break Week), 9 am — 4 pm

We put the ART in STEAM! We’re thrilled to offer a full-day youth camp during the February School Break Week for grades PreK-8th.

Activities include Printmaking, Sculpture, Robotics, 3D Printing, & more!

Students will be broken up by age group for a majority of the camp session: PreK-K, 1-5, 6-8.

More info and register HERE.

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

The Mill Presents

Andriana Chobot

Friday, February 14, 6 pm

“Armed with an expressive alto,” Andriana Chobot, a “theatrical voice that likely owes some debt to the emotionally forthright work of Rufus Wainwright and Sarah McLachlan” (SEVEN DAYS), brings an eclectic mix of pop-rock-indie-folk, with a touch of jazz, that immerses the listener into an original soundscape. 

This Valentine evening’s performance will be supper club style. Chobot will serenade with a repertoire of Love Songs. So come sit at a table up front and listen intently or hang back at the bar and just enjoy the vibes. Two sets: 6 & 7 pm, no reservations.

Details HERE.

The Mill, 6679 Main Street, Westport

Rotary Club Variety Show

Friday, February 7, 2025, 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Don’t miss this beloved annual event! Enjoy an evening of family-friendly entertainment featuring performances from the Adirondack Center for Writing, Frankie & the Moonlighters, Carnival Royalty, the High School Carnival Court, and more. The night ends with the famous Rotary Dancers’ rendition of New York, New York.

All proceeds from the show benefit local charities and non-profits through the Saranac Lake Rotary Community Grants Program.

Find out more HERE.

Harrietstown Town Hall, 39 Main St., Saranac Lake

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton Presents

Love Yourself and Love Salsa Valentine’s Day Salsa Dance

Friday, February 14, 6 – 7: 30 pm

Spice up your Valentine’s Day evening with Latin rhythms. Come out to dance salsa. Love dance, love yourself, and love salsa! Dress up if you want, wear a fedora, come solo or bring a partner, leave the children with our on-site kid sitters.

Jeanna Matthews founder of the North Country Latin Dance community will lead dancers through the fundamentals of salsa including leading and following and a variety of dance moves such as shoulder check and hairbrush, and basic steps like cumbia, and a variety of turn patterns.

There are many reasons to love to salsa! It’s a beautiful dance that’s playful, passionate and romantic with high-energy rhythms. Spend your Valentine’s Day evening dancing!

The event is free and all are welcome. 

Unitarian Universalist Church, 3 1/2 E Main St., Canton