Old Forge Library presents

Community Poetry & Art Contest and Exhibit: Gratitude

Thursday, February 27 thru April 25, 2025

Award presentation and reception Thursday, February 27, 5:30 pm

The Old Forge Library’s annual Community Poetry & Art Contest and Exhibit always opens with an award presentation and reception. The theme of the exhibit in 2025 is Gratitude.  

Poets and artists from this and surrounding communities who have won awards and honors will be announced during the reception. Entries were received from Herkimer, Oneida and Madison Counties and the Town of Inlet. Participants whose poems and illustrations win a prize or receive an honorable mention in their categories will have an opportunity to read and/or discuss their work. 

The exhibit is a long-standing library tradition and has always been a community favorite. If you are unable to attend the reception, please stop by during library hours to view all the local talent on display and to vote for your favorite entry.   

The judges for the poetry exhibit are Doug Davis and Ruth O’Lill. The judges for the artwork are artists Kristin Martin and Kelsey Mayo. 

Old Forge Library, 220 Crosby Blvd, Old Forge

RISE: A DOCUMENTARY

At 7 pm, Monday, February 24 at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid, the Adirondack Film Society will screen the documentary Rise, created for the 50th anniversary of the 1961 crash that took the lives of the entire US World Championship Figure skating team. Rise tells the story of the people who died, its impact, and the efforts and sacrifices made to rebuild.

The 1961 tragedy echoed the recent collision between a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342 at Reagan National Airport IN Washington, D.C. that took the lives of many of the best and brightest emerging skaters and their parents.

The entire 1961 team, skaters and coaches, trained in Lake Placid as did many from flight 5342 as well. A panel discussion will follow with Olympians Karen Courtland Kelly and Paul Wylie, who was in Wichita mentoring the young skaters in days before the DC crash.

Fifty percent of all ticket sales from Rise along with all designated donations will go to the U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund, set up to provide financial assistance to families of those who died in the crash. Tickets may be purchased ahead of time through the LPCA Box Office HERE.

Palace Theatre, 2430 Main St., Lake Placid

Tannery Pond Center presents

Ski Film Documentaries: Reviving the Legend, Take me to Ski Venture & Variable

Friday, February 28, 7 pm

Reviving the Legend (26 minutes)

Take Me to Ski Venture (14 minutes)

Variable (28 minutes)

Q&A with Film Makers (20-30 minutes)

Purchase tickets HERE.

Refreshments will be served.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Adirondack Film presents

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Friday, February 28, 7 pm

Ernest Cole was a legendary photographer whose work brought South African apartheid to light, yet much of his work has been lost to time. That is, until 60,000 negatives were found in a Swedish bank vault.

In collaboration with community partner John Brown Lives!, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a thrilling exploration into the life of the celebrated artist and the reclamation of his lost work. Directed by Academy Award nominee and Lake Placid Film Festival alum, Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), the documentary uniquely uses fellow Academy Award nominee, LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah) to bring Cole’s own words and photographs to life.

The film kicks off Adirondack Film’s winter film series “See Something That Means Something,” and screens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

Tickets are $15 per person at the door or HERE. For questions or more information please contact info@adirondackfilm.org or visit HERE.

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

Hope Sings with Love

Sunday, February 23, 7 pm, virtual

Join Martha Gallagher, The Adirondack Harper, as she shares a virtual gathering of music, stories, poems and gentle practices full of hope and love. 

“This gathering is for those who feel they are needing some hope and love right now,” says Martha. “Music has the power to open our heart, to calm mind and body, to soothe our soul, as do stories, the language of poetry and embracing simple centering practices.”

Many have heard the music of Martha’s harp, named Hope. Her harp was known as The Orphan Harp, built from a variety of reclaimed woods; maple, bubinga and oak. Hope was shattered this past Summer, but caring craftspeople restored Hope, which will debut in this virtual event.

Please RSVP to receive link HERE.

North Country Children’s Museum Announces $20,000 donation

The North Country Children’s Museum has received a generous $20,000 donation from Lavalle Transportation Inc. to support the ongoing fabrication of new exhibits. 

Company President Randy LaValley presented the donation to Museum Executive Director Sharon Vegh Williams, helping bring the museum one step closer to completing its expansion. The exhibits, currently being built by Ravenswood Studio, Inc. in Chicago, will be shipped and installed on the newly renovated second floor of the museum, enhancing hands-on learning opportunities for children and families across the region.

Find out more HERE.

North Country Children’s Museum, 10 Raymond St, Potsdam

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT FOCUSES ON CONSERVATION IN YOUR BACKYARD

Brett McLeod joins Adirondack Land Trust to discuss woodland homesteads.

The Adirondack Land Trust will host a free virtual event on Wednesday, February 26, from 7 to 8 pm where Brett McLeod will share his experiences with a woodland homestead, making land productive, and living more self-sufficiently. 

“How an individual cares for land has an impact on the overall health of our ecosystems and our communities,” said Adirondack Land Trust Conservation Program Director Chris Jage. “Brett’s hands-on experience balancing human needs, forest condition, and soil health will get us all thinking about what we can do in our own backyard.” 

McLeod will share his endeavors to create a 25-acre woodland homestead in the rugged Adirondack Mountains. He began this project in 2004 with a plan scratched into the mud, gradually building a small, diversified farm that produces vegetables, fruit, syrup, livestock, and lumber for shelter, fences, and firewood.  

Learn more and sign up for this free virtual event HERE.