The Strand Center for the Arts Presents

Father’s Day Artisan Market

Saturday, June 14, 10 am – 3 pm

Join us for our Father’s Day Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts. More info and the full list of participating vendors HERE.

The Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh

SLC Arts Presents

Celebrate Potsdam Pride with SLC Arts

Saturday, June 14, 11 am – 4 pm

Join us at Ives Park during the Potsdam Pride Vendor Market for a day full of art, fun, and community! SLC Arts is proud to host Game of Shrooms, a playful art scavenger hunt where you can discover hidden treasures, win discounts at our storefront, and grab one of our exclusive Pride Festival shirts—available only during this event!

And don’t miss your chance to create your own mushroom masterpiece at The Creative Spirit with artist Nav! Use underglaze to design your mushroom however you’d like and make something truly unique.

Find out more HERE.

Creative Spirit Community Arts Center, 6-8 Raymond Street, Potsdam

The Sembrich Presents

Gilded Melodies: Music for Saxophone, Voice, and Piano

Saturday, June 14, 2 pm

A unique journey back to the Gilded Age with Dr. Christopher Brellochs featuring a program of 19th-century opera arias and fantasies for saxophone and piano, featuring music by Bellini and Mayeur. Experience two operatic arias with piano accompaniment, followed by the saxophone composition that each inspired.

Soprano Sarah Joy Miller, who portrayed legendary opera star Christine Nilsson on HBO’s The Gilded Age, will make a special guest appearance on the program.

More info and tickets HERE.

The Sembrich, 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing

Depot Theatre Academy Presents

The Drowsy Chaperone

Thursday – Saturday, June 12 – 14

A Musical Comedy Performed by Local Youth Launches the 2025 Depot Theatre Main Stage Season

The Depot Theatre Academy invites audiences to kick off the 2025 summer season with The Drowsy Chaperone, a fast-paced, heartfelt musical performed by a cast of 19 talented local youth. 

Winner of five Tony Awards, The Drowsy Chaperone is a playful love letter to the golden age of Broadway. The show-within-a-show features mistaken identities, wedding mishaps, show-stopping numbers (and one very drowsy chaperone) making it the perfect theatrical romp for audiences of all ages.

Tickets and more information are available HERE.

Depot Theatre, 6705 Main Street, Westport

Wells Memorial Library Presents

Family Fun Day 

Saturday June 14, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Join us for a fun filled day at Wells Memorial Library!  We’ll start the day off with River Jack Z, a popular performer with children and adults. He’ll lead a music time for children and the young at heart that is close-up and intimate, with lots of participation, singing, and dancing. He’ll have his acoustic guitar, kick drum, kazoos, harmonicas, foot shaker, foot tambourine – you get the idea.

After River Jack Z winds up, we’ll take a bit of a break with lemonade and cookies, a picnic lunch (if you bring one), crafts and button making.

At noon we’ll start back in with Sammy Yelle, a homeschooling mother of two, yoga teacher, master hula hooper, fire thrower, etc With a background in circus entertainment, Sammy loves to balance learning with playful movement. Sammy will bring circus props and engage participants in learning some basic circus skills.
These are two fun extraordinary performers/teachers that you do not want to miss!! Rain or shine—the show must go on!

Wells Memorial Library, 12230 State Hwy 9N, Upper Jay

Adirondack Center for Writing Presents

ACW Meet-up in Potsdam

Tuesday, June 17, 5 – 7 pm

Thanks to the astounding number of people who voted on where we should hold our ACW Meet-ups this summer! Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, and Elizabethtown received the most votes and/or were the most central town to the most votes, so if you live near any of these communities, we are counting on you to come. 

What will happen at these ACW Meet-ups? 

• Hang out with a bunch of fun, creative, and interesting people in great venues around the region.
• Networking with fellow writers, readers, storytellers via a quick, engaging, non-romantic round of “speed dating,” a super popular event originally featured at our Kickass Writers Festival. Connect with other creatives through fun prompts and short conversations!
• A chance to let us know how ACW can best serve your community

Register HERE for Free!

Jernabi Coffeehouse, 11 Maple St, Potsdam

Seagle Festival To Host 

Community Open House 

Sunday, June 15, 2025, 2 – 6 pm

Find out more, including the schedule for the day, HERE.

Seagle Festival, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake

The Wild Center Presents

National Pollinator Week

June 16 – 22

Take a closer look at the industrious creatures that help sustain biodiversity on our planet and put food on our tables. Enjoy live demonstrations and workshops throughout the week. Included in the cost of  admission.

Find out more HERE.

The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake

Piano by Nature Presents

The Need for Reed

Saturday, June 14, 7 pm
Sunday, June 15, 3 pm

North Country superstars (and spouses!) Janine Scherline (clarinet) and Todd Pray (saxophone) will combine forces at the Hand House in a rousing celebration of single-reed music. And joining these two talented performers will be our PBN pianists extraordinaire Jenn Moore and Rose Chancler.

This unique program promises an unforgettable experience and features a wide variety of tuneful, accessible, and compelling music written for various combinations of piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Join us for this unique musical journey of life and emotion, and come celebrate the end of another incredible PBN season.

Details and reservations HERE.

Historic Hand House, 8273 River St., Elizabethtown

In Case You Missed It

“International artists bring six new murals to Ticonderoga”

North Country Public Radio’s Amy Feiereisel takes a look at the six new murals in downtown Ticonderoga, part of The Walls Between Waters Mural Festival held this past weekend.

Listen to or read the full story HERE.

Image: Artist ‘Arcy’ working on mural at 110 Montcalm Street. Photo provided.