Happy Fourth of July!

In 1954, the Swiss photographer Robert Frank was in Jay for the July 4 holiday and took what’s become an iconic photo of that day. The image was a part of his The Americans series of images, and was featured in Frank’s landmark pictorial book, The Americans. 

Today the photo is part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection.

Book and Blanket Players Youth Theatre Presents

The Strand Center for the Arts Presents

25th Annual Members Exhibition

Celebrating a quarter century of local artists

Friday, July 11 thru Saturday, August 23

Gallery reception, Friday, July 11, 5 – 9 pm

The Members Exhibitions have always been a regular and staple part of the Strand Center for the Arts’ exhibition schedule, with this year marking a quarter of a century of celebrating the art of its members.

The exhibition includes a wide range of work from painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, 3D arts, photography, digital art and more!

Find out more HERE.

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

Adirondack Regional Theatre presents

Beetlejuice, Jr

Coming to Stages Across the North Country

ART is thrilled to present Beetlejuice, Jr., the latest production in its innovative Green Directors Series, with performances happening across four different North Country venues this July.

This spooky, high-energy musical comedy will be performed by an enthusiastic and talented cast of youth performers, all between the ages of 8 and 18. Over the past several weeks, these young artists have poured their creativity, time, and passion into bringing this Broadway hit to life, offering audiences a vibrant and family-friendly theatrical experience.

Under ART’s Green Directors Series, Beetlejuice, Jr. is not only youth-performed, but also powered by a production team made up of both kids and adults. From stage management and choreography to costume design and tech, this collaborative effort showcases the mentorship and teamwork that defines ART’s mission of fostering young talent while creating high-quality community theatre.

Performance Dates & Locations:

Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 pm – Rouses Point Civic Center, Rouses Point, NY

Friday, July 11 at 6:30 pm – Peru School Auditorium, Peru, NY

Saturday, July 12 at 6:30 pm – NAC Middle/High School Auditorium, Ellenburg Depot, NY

Sunday, July 13 at 2 pm – The Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, NY

For more information, visit HERE or follow Adirondack Regional Theatre on Facebook and Instagram.

The Mill Presents

Adam Frelin: Artist Talk

Friday, July 11, 2025, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Join artist Adam Frelin for an introduction to A Stone Alone, his site-specific sculpture permanently installed in the entrance of The Mill. The program will continue in our sculpture gallery where Frelin will present a slide presentation of his creative process and discuss the intersection of sculpture and public art. All evening join us at The Knock for a stone-featured Knocktail!

RSVP REQUESTED HERE.

Additional details HERE.

Image: A Stone Alone: Cast and carved foam, paint, motor, steel, speaker / 8′ x 8′ x 20″ not including steel support / 2024 © Adam Frelin

The Mill, 6679 Main St, Westport

Lake George Dinner Theatre presents

Guys on Ice, The Ice Fishing Musical

Friday, July 11 through August 30, 2025

Lake George Dinner Theatre opens its 58th season with Guys on Ice, The Ice Fishing Musical with book and lyrics by Fred Alley, and music by James Kaplan. This hilarious musical runs . Spend a day in the life of longtime buddies, Marvin and Lloyd as they wait for the fish to bite while they spin wit and wisdom through hilarious tunes about life, friendship, and the one that got away! With songs like “The Wishing Hole” and ”Fish is de Miracle Food,” this inspired musical comedy promises to be more fun than sitting on an upended bucket over a hole on a frozen lake!

Learn more and buy tickets HERE.

Holiday Inn Resort, 2223 Canada Street. Lake George

The Westport Library Presents

The Sembrich presents

In The Good Old Summertime

with Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble

Sunday, July 13, 2025, 7 pm

As the success of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” shows, the final decades of the 19th century in America continue to fascinate the public. The age of the robber barons was also the peak of the middle-class parlor piano and vaudeville, and saw a flowering of tragic ballads, naïve love lyrics, theater songs and pictures of city life, as well as the first stirrings of Tin Pan Alley. In this concert, Vermont-based chamber chorus Counterpoint will lead a tour of this repertory, in sparkling a cappella arrangements that show off what critics have praised as the ensemble’s “clarity, skill” and “sophisticated musical expressiveness.”

More info, including the program and ticket info, are HERE.

The Sembrich – Outdoors, 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing

The Lake Placid Institute, in partnership with LPCA, presents the John C. Bogle Adirondack Roundtables

Author Christopher Shaw

Saturday, July 12, 2025, 8:30 am (breakfast), roundtable begins at 9 am

Author Christopher Shaw discusses The Mountains as Muse: Fictionalizing the Adirondacks, the creative process of taking a real place and its reality and turning it into fiction, followed by a reading from his 2025 book, The Manager.

More info HERE.

Cambria Hotel Lake Placid, 2127 Saranac Ave, Lake Placid