FORT TICONDEROGA RECEIVES $500,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING

Fort Ticonderoga President Beth L. Hill announced this week that Fort Ticonderoga was recently awarded a $500,000 appropriation to help support the restoration of the historic fort walls.

“Following years of advocacy for preserving Fort Ticonderoga, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has secured $500,000 for the restoration and rehabilitation of the iconic fort walls,” said Hill. “Senator Schumer visited Fort Ticonderoga in August 2017 and promised then to fight to deliver funding to repair the site’s aging walls, and in his first omnibus as majority leader, Senator Schumer delivered support to Fort Ticonderoga, a significant national historic site.”

Read Lohr McKinstry’s Press Republican article on the grant HERE.

THE BIG LOVE CONCERT

Saturday, April 2, 2022. 7:30 to 10:30 pm

Kevin Burt and Dawn Tyler Watson, Blues & Jazz

More info and purchase tickets HERE.

PENDRAGON JUNIOR PRESENTS

Alias Smedley Pewtree, Or The Villain of Glitter Gulch
Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 at 7 pm

​The show runs 20 minutes — $10 suggested donation at the door

Read Aaron Cerbone’s Adirondack Daily Enterprise article HERE.

WAR IN UKRAINE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 AT 7 pm

The Grange Lyceum hosts a special presentation and discussion that looks at the history, political framework, resistance, and other issues that the war in Ukraine poses for people there and around the world.

Our speaker will be Andy Buchanan, senior lecturer in history at the University of Vermont and author, most recently, of “World War II in Global Perspective, 1931-1953.”

$5 / students, free. More information HERE.

1610 NYS Route 22, Whallonsburg

OSCAR NOMINEE ‘ASCENSION’ IS ABSORBINGLY CINEMATIC

Thursday, March 31, 7 pm, Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension is an exploration of contemporary China’s identity as it relates to its vision of consumerism, innovation, and social standing. It has been nominated for this year’s Academy Awards as the Best Documentary. The film made its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary Feature, and was released by MTV Documentary Films in October. In recent months, it has also been nominated for six Critics’ Choice Awards, five Cinema Eye Honors, an IDA award, a DGA Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

Purchase tickets HERE.