Wishing you a meaningful Memorial Day…

Jazz Trio at NewVida & Keene Arts

Friday, May 30, 6 – 9, NewVida Preserve

Saturday, June 14, 4 – 5:30, Keene Arts

Join the Moore Bros’ Jazz Trio for a concert of jazz standards, new music, and improvisation.

NewVida Preserve, 6394 NYS Route 86, Jay

Keene Arts, 10881 NYS RT 73, Keene

Ti Arts Presents

Fifteenth Annual Rhubarb Festival

Friday, May 30, 3 – 6 pm

A day for locally grown & community supported agriculture, offering samplings and tastings. Information on planting and vegetable recipes will be available. There will be a Master Gardner station, canning and craft demonstrations and more. Locally grown rhubarb stalks and plants will be for sale.

See the full list of participating vendors HERE.

Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market, Warrensburg Recreation Field Pavillion, 6 Sanford St, Warrensburg

Lake Placid Center for the Arts Presents

The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

Thursday, May 29 – Sunday, July 13, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 29, 5 – 7 pm

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts is proud to present some of the country’s best potters and vessel makers.

Grounded in the balance of function and personal expression, The Lake Placid Pottery Invitational celebrates artists who explore traditional pottery forms through a wide range of making and firing techniques, and who continue to evolve the landscape of functional pottery through their own artistic idiom. 

See the list of participating potters and vessel makers HERE.

LPCA, 17 Algonquin Drive, Lake Placid

The View Arts Center Presents

Upcycled Magazine Collage Workshop with Sue Robinson

Saturday, May 31, 10 am – 1 pm

Sue will take you on an amazing cut and paste journey. You’ll need a few magazines to create a surprisingly colorful, finished 8×8 art piece.  Makes a beautiful piece of art to hang on your wall or give as a gift!  This class is perfect for all skill levels.  Recommended ages are High School and Adult.  

Florida and New York based artist, Susan Robinson, has been honing her skills in painting and quilting since 2008. Susan has married her love of painting and her passion for quilting. She is currently interested in abstract quilts, deriving designs from acrylic paintings on canvas.

Details and register HERE.

Also at the View …

Ice Cream Social Bowl Making Day

Saturday, May 31, 10 am – 3 pm

Come enjoy a day to play with clay.  Open to all experience levels, beginner to advanced.  Come make bowls with us for our annual Ice Cream Social event.  Make a bowl for yourself and one for View to sell at our annual Ice Cream Social.  If you’d like to make more please do!  For every bowl you make for View, make one for yourself. 

Additional info and register HERE.

View Arts Center, 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge

The Waterhole Presents

Donna the Buffalo, with Jatoba

May 30, 2025, 7:30 pm

Known for their uplifting blend of mountain music, Cajun/Zydeco, rock, folk,
reggae, and country, this beloved band brings a socially conscious spirit and infectious energy to every show. 

Kicking off the night is groove-grass trio Jatoba, bringing high energy and good vibes to set the tone for an unforgettable evening.

RSVP HERE.

The Waterhole Music Lounge, 48 Main St, Saranac Lake

In Case You Missed It …

Plattsburgh’s Kate Messner’s new new middle grade novel The Trouble With Heroes is already a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. The story is about a boy who gets into trouble with the law—instead of juvie, he’s tasked with hiking all 46 Adirondack peaks.

National Public Radio (NPR)’s All Things Considered reporter Andrew Limbong chatted with Kate about the book in “The Trouble With Heroes’ explores the healing power of hiking.”

You can both listen to or read the review HERE.

Editor’s Note: The Bookstore Plus in Lake Placid has selectedThe Trouble With Heroes as the September Book Club Selection.We’ll have all the details closer to the event date.

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) now open at new location!

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) has reopened at its brand-new location right on Blue Mountain Lake, with the theme Arts for All. 

The first round of gallery exhibits this season features the oil paintings of Susan Hoffer’s Conversations: Rural Voices Rising, alongside textile artist Cari Clement with her Pathways In Fiber. The artists reception is Saturday, May 32, 2 – 4 pm.

We covered these two exhibits in ADK A&E #540, March 16; if you missed it, you can read about it HERE.

See the full list of 2025 classes and workshops, performances, and gallery happenings HERE.

ALCA, 8897 State Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake