Over the past year, Bill and the GrimReaper Paranormal team have conducted multiple investigations at the Chapman Museum. In this virtual talk, they’ll reveal their eerie findings and discuss whether the Chapman is truly haunted!

Rescheduled from October 2024, this talk is sure to be fun and informative.

This program is free but requires registration. Register HERE.

Adirondack Plein Air Festival 2025: Registration Now Open

The 17th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival, hosted by Saranac Lake ArtWorks, is excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 event, scheduled for August 18-23, 2025. 

This highly anticipated festival invites plein air painters from across the nation to capture the breathtaking beauty of the Adirondack Mountains through their art.

The festival will feature six days of outdoor painting, including special events such as the Nocturne Contest, the “Paint the Town” Silent Auction, a Special Preview Party, a Quick Draw Competition, and a Show & Sale on August 23. This year’s Awards Juror is Beth Bathe, an accomplished plein air artist from PA known for her nostalgic paintings and awarded First Place at the 2019 Adirondack Plein Air Festival. 

Beth will also present a Plein Air Workshop at the Paul Smith’s College VIC August 16 & 17. Registration is open to artists of all levels for this 2-Day workshop.

Professional artists from all over the country, as well as local painters, aged 18 and older are encouraged to apply for the festival HERE. The selection committee will review submissions and choose 40 artists to participate, with 10 alternates in case of cancellations.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant community of artists in one of the most picturesque regions in the country. Registration will close on April 15. For more information visit HERE. 

Image: Artist Oleg Schvets at  Barnum Pond

Tannery Pond Center Winter Coffeehouse Concert

Caity Gallagher & Dan DeKalb

Sunday, February 16, 2025, 3 – 5 pm

Singer-songwriter Caity Gallagher will be accompanied by pianist Dan DeKalb for this performance. They will be showcasing her original music, which Dan also produces and records. Their style emulates artists such as Jackson Browne, Carole King, and Maggie Rogers.

Details and tickets HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

The Quilt Block Challenge is back!

Quilters, fiber artists, and beginners alike are invited to take part in this popular Adirondack Folk School staple. To celebrate our classes, students, instructors, and friendships made through the school, this year’s theme is “HERE’S TO 15 YEARS!” 

Participants will be given a packet of 3 fabrics which must be incorporated into your block and illustrate the —think of your favorite course, a great event you’ve participated in, something new you learned at AFS or perhaps even a friend you made in class. Once completed, blocks will be judged, and ribbons will be awarded. After blocks have been exhibited, they will be made into a quilt that will be raffled with some proceeds going to the AFS Scholarship Fund.

Registration forms and block packets will be available at AFS beginning February 7. If you’d like to participate but live out of town, give us a call at 518-696-2400 and we will send a packet out to you!

Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne

Empty Bowl Full Heart Dinner

Plattsburgh State Art Museum presents

Shared Terrain

Thru Sunday, March 9

Closing reception Saturday, March 1, 4 – 6 pm

Shared Terrain is a group exhibition that highlights the accomplishments of recently retired emeriti faculty. Each of these individuals were instrumental in helping numerous students over the years to mature in their work, grow in self-confidence and prepare them for fulfilling work in the arts. Join us in celebrating these distinguished artists who have spent decades building the following programs in the Department of Art & Design: Printmaking, Photography and Painting. This exhibit collectively represents almost 90 years of professional service in the arts and to the State University of New York Plattsburgh.  

Diane Fine, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor (printmaking)

Susan Lezon, Associate Professor Emerita (photography)

Peter Russom, Professor Emeritus (painting)

Additional details HERE.

Burke Gallery, second floor John Myers Building, 101 Broad St., Plattsburgh

Adirondack Center for Writing announces

Our Teen Writing Lounge is back!

Huge thanks to the Saranac Lake Rotary for their generous support of funds and volunteers, and to the amazing teens, we affectionately refer to as “ACW kids,” who worked so hard to transform our basement Teen Writing Lounge into the incredible space it is now! 

The space had been damaged by flooding a year ago but with some hard work and a creative spirit, this community worked together to create this amazing place for our youth to gather to read, write, and share their stories. THANK YOU!

Stop by and check out this amazing space. Special shoutout goes to the ENTIRE Audlin family for all of their work making this happen.

You can see the before and after photos on ACW’s Instagram page HERE.

ACW, 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Sunday, February 16, 2025, 7 pm

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, the most prestigious mountain film festivals in the world, will return for its twenty-fourth year to Lake Placid.

This year’s selection of seven films from five countries showcases over 2 hours of magnificent cinematography telling powerful stories that reflect a wide range of mountain experiences and portraits from mountain sports, culture and mountain environment to adventure. 

Selected from over 300 entries, this year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking action, environmental, and adventure mountain films with stops in 600 locations in 40 countries in all seven continents. 

Full details and tickets are HERE.

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

North Country School Students Present Two Plays and a Music Recital

Saturday, February 15, free and open to the pubic

The first play, Stuart Little, will begin at 5 pm and is appropriate for all ages. Following Stuart, a musical recital will take place featuring the talents of NCS’s Rock Band, solo student performances, and more. The evening will conclude at 7 pm with IMPACT, an entirely student-led performance and production.

MPACT, an annual theater program developed by and for NCS’s older students, deals with more mature themes, including many coming-of-age issues our students, their families, and friends might be facing. This year’s play hits on experiences with xenophobia, financial instability, discrimination, and heartbreak. Due to the subject matter of the play, this performance is suitable for attendees ages  12+.

Walter Breeman Performing Arts Center, North Country School, 4382 Cascade Road, Lake Placid

In case you missed it …

“Time to Change: Lake Placid Center for the Arts”

Mountain Lake PBS’s Spotlight focused on Lake Placid Center for Arts upcoming upgrades and the current show Metamorphosis. The building housing the theater, gallery and education spaces will undergo a complete renovation beginning this year. 

See the full program HERE.

Image: Closeup fromDaphne by Sue Burdick Young