Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA) presents

Ingrid Van Slyke, Barry Lobdell, Noah Bonesteel, & Ann Womack

Through Saturday, August 30

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, 8897 State Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake

Also at ALCA:

A RETURN HOME,  An Evening of Film and Music

Thursday, August 7, 7:30 pm, free

Join us for a powerful interdisciplinary evening exploring migration, resilience, and belonging through film, live music, and dialogue.

The evening features the premiere of A RETURN HOME, a black-and-white cinéma vérité documentary following Ukrainian journalist Nataliia Ruda as she meets asylum seekers in Ireland.

The screening will be accompanied by a live performance of the original score by composer Patrick Long, performed by pianist Jennifer Blyth. The piano soundtrack ripples throughout the film like currents of water, enhancing the pacing and amplifying the emotions of Ukrainians forced to begin their lives anew in a foreign land. “I think live performance brings a sense of urgency and presence to a film–especially now, when people can listen to recorded music anywhere at any time,” says Blyth.

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, 8897 State Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake

Caroga Arts Collective presents

SAUNDERSFEST, featuring Mason Via

Saturday, August 9, 4 – 10 pm

SAUNDERSFEST begins with a bluegrass jam at 4 pm and run until 10 pm with a packed bill of exciting artists. These include Saunders Family Band ft. Azzara Family, Mr. Chair, the Caroga Arts Ensemble, and singer/songwriter Mason Via. 

Learn more about these artists and get tickets HERE.

Sherman’s Park, 114 East Shore Road West, Caroga Lake

Lake Placid Sinfonietta presents

Still Life, Park Concert

Wednesday, August 6, 7 pm 

Admission is free to this lakeside concert, which will feature an hour of pops and light classical selections performed by the Lake Placid Sinfonietta! 

Bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the music with the best view in town! In the event of rain or temperatures below 65, the concert will be moved to the sanctuary of St. Agnes Church on Saranac Ave. in Lake Placid.

Mid’s Park, 2445 Main St, Lake Placid

And, 

Moscow Nights, Symphony Series

Saturday, August 9, 7:30 pm

This concert explores the complex emotions and artistic resilience of two iconic Russian composers, Dmitri Shostakovich and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Featuring Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, performed by the brilliant cellist James Baik, the program highlights the intense expressiveness and biting wit of a piece written during a time of political tension and personal introspection. Paired with this is Tchaikovsky’s deeply emotional Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”, a powerful and haunting farewell that captures the depths of longing, vulnerability, and resignation. Together, these masterpieces offer a profound evening of music that speaks to the endurance of the human spirit in times of struggle and uncertainty.

Details and purchase tickets HERE.

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

NorthWind Fine Arts welcomes new member, pastelist Diane Leifheit

Diane has long been an active member of the North Country’s art community.  She works primarily en plein air. Her work has been recently recognized by the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, Cape Cod Society of Pastel Painters, Parrsboro International Plein Air, and the Frederick Remington Museum. The summer of 2023, she was artist-in-residence at Art Lab, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

Born in Rockville Center, NY, graduated with honors from Pratt, Diane has resided in Paul Smiths, New York since 1980.

Capturing landscape in pastel is a form of recording history. Leifheit feels the work being created in the time of global warming is playing witness to the changes occurring in our lifetime. Her intention since early 2000s has been to see the beauty that is now. Her work stands witness to the transitions in the environment.

Learn more about NorthWinds Fine Art Gallery HERE.

NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery, 85 Main Street, Saranac Lake

The Westport Library Presents

Westport Library, 6 Harris Lane, Westport

The Champlain Valley Quilters’ Guild of New York Presents

Great Camp Sagamore presents

The Plein Air Painting Tradition: At Sagamore & Around the Globe

Sunday, August 10, 2025, 7:15 – 8:30 pm

Art Professor and 30-year career artist, Wes Sherman, has long been the beloved lead instructor of Sagamore’s annual Plein Air Painting Seminar. In this presentation, he’ll cover the longstanding of tradition of painting “en plein air” (French for “in the open air”) — at Sagamore, around the Adirondacks, and across the globe.

Extend your time with us and enjoy a meal in our historic, lakeside Dining Hall. Click below to register for this event and see the option to add a meal reservation. Subject to availability.

Register HERE.

Great Camp Sagamore, 1105 Sagamore Road, Raquette Lake

In Case You Missed It

“In a house that healed, a museum that remembers”

On North Country Public Radio’s pod North Words host Mitch Teich chats  with Amy Catania, executive director of Historic Saranac Lake, to learn more about the museum’s own past, present, and future.

Listen in HERE.

Image: Amy Catania, executive director of Historic Saranac Lake, shows off some images of what will be the new museum, housed in the former home and office of Dr. E.L. Trudeau, a pioneer in tuberculosis research and treatment. Photo: Mitch Teich