Downtown Artist Cellar presents

Call for Art: SWAN & Women’s Voices

Downtown Artist Cellar (DAC) is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting year ahead, beginning with a special month long celebration of SWAN (Support Women Artists Now)in collaboration with The Thrive Project and North Country Community College (NCCC).

The call for entries is now open to all living women artists, and we encourage submissions that embody a variety of artistic expressions. This exhibit aims to celebrate women’s creativity and offer a platform for women’s art. The exhibit, titled Women’s Voices, opens on March 14th at NCCC’s Malone Campus.

Details and entry information are available in the Women’s Voices Prospectus, which can be accessed HERE.

DAC, 410 East Main Street, Malone

Winners of Adirondack Life‘s Annual Photo Contest Announced

Adirondack Life magazine recently named the winners of its annual photography contest. One overall grand prize was awarded, as well as 9 awards in Landscape, People & Places, and Wildlife categories. 

Nancy LaFountain-Blow, of Altona, New York, won grand prize with Crisp Autumn Sunrise on Middle Pond, a photograph that guest judge Manuel Palacios, of Zone 3 Photography, said “portrays a calm, fleeting moment in nature, inviting a sense of quiet reflection. Its warm, gentle lighting and simple, balanced composition are both technically sound and emotionally resonant.”

First place in the Landscape category went to Janet Thomas, of Lake Placid, New York, for Whispers of the Forest, a sylvan view from Mount Van Hoevenberg. William Adamczak, of Bolton Landing, New York, came in second with Aurora over Clear Pond, in North Hudson. Third place was awarded to Geoffrey Hartpence, of Ballston Lake, New York, for New Year’s View, from Phelps Mountain.

Christopher Battles, of Indian Lake, New York, was the first-place winner in the People & Places category, for Into the Lavender Haze, featuring a pair of canoeists on a misty Lewey Lake. Perfect Fall Day, a scene of the Long Lake shoreline by Christine Festin, of Clifton Park, New York, was the second-place winner. Third place went to Steff Obkirchner, of Ray Brook, New York, for her minimalist image First Snow.

In the Wildlife category, Jessica Chevalier, of Crown Point, New York, won first place for Jumper, a striking macro shot of a spider on a curving leaf. Tom Thorson, of Chestertown, New York, took second with Back to the Nest, featuring an eagle hovering over Loon Lake. Steff Obkirchner came in third with Snow Bird, a great blue heron snapped in Lewis.

In addition to the category winners, 11 images earned honorable mentions. Category winners receive a specially commissioned work of pottery by Sue Young, of Jay, New York.

Winning photographs are published in the April 2025 issue of the magazine and can be seen HERE, along with honorable mention photographs. 

Image: Third Place Wildlife, Snow Bird, Lewis, Steff Obkirchner, Ray Brook, New York

The Chapman Museum presents

Rocking Chair and Mountain Air

Stoddard Photographs Capture Life on the Porch

Now thru May 11, 2025

A new exhibit in the Stoddard Gallery at the Chapman Museum highlights how leisure, health, and tourism in the Adirondacks have been shaped by porches and piazzas.

Porches & Piazzas features photographs taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard (1843-1917) of nineteenth-century hotels, rustic lodges, and private homes. The exhibit explores the role of porches beyond leisure and aesthetics, examining their significance in health and healing.

Additional info HERE.

Image: S.R. Stoddard (1843–1917), 944. Horicon Pavilion, Lake George, ca. 1880, Chapman Museum 1977.218.4202

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

We Are Instrumental (WAI) launches March Madness Music Challenge

Music and competition come together this March as  an exciting, bracket-style competition designed to energize students, strengthen music programs, and celebrate Music in Our Schools Month!

From March 1–31, students representing their schools’ music program will log practice time, sight-read, perform in creative spaces, and share music with their communities, all while competing for trophies, ice cream parties, and an exclusive show at Proctors! 

With a mix of friendly competition, fun challenges, and practice performances, WAI aims to boost student engagement, increase practice time, and reward active music students in building good habits.

Read more HERE.For more information about We Are Instrumental, visit HERE  or contact Evan Mack at WeAreInstrumentalNY@gmail.com.

Ticonderoga End of Winter Carnival & Fireworks

Friday, February 28, 2025 thru Saturday, March 1, 2025

The Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership (TMSP) along with their partners the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) are pleased to announce they will host the Annual Ticonderoga End of Winter Carnival & Fireworks on February 28 & March 1, 2025. 

This family friendly celebration will offer an indoor carnival event, outdoor winter activities, movie, campfire, and fireworks display.

See the full schedule of events HERE.

The Bookstore Plus presents

Book Club discussion with Karin Lin-Greenberg

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 7 pm

Join us as we talk with Karin Lin-Greenberg, via Zoom, to discuss You are Here. Join us in the children’s section of the store OR email thebookstoreplus@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

ABOUT THE BOOK: As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this “remarkable study of ordinary people’s extraordinary inner lives” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

The Bookstore Plus, 2491 Main Street, Lake Placid