The Bookstore Plus Presents

Whallonsburg Grange and Whitcomb’s Present

Lake Placid Holiday Village Stroll 2025

Friday – Sunday, December 12 – 14, All day

A Lake Placid tradition, the Holiday Village Stroll is a family and couples weekend set in the fairy-tale winter wonderland of Lake Placid, New York. Stroll spans three days and includes events like a skating party, photos with Santa, a free movie showing, and a scavenger hunt.

Full details including schedule of events HERE.

In Case You Missed It

“How did Santa’s reindeer get their names? 

A new local children’s book tells the tale”

North Country Public Radio’s  St. Lawrence Valley Reporter Catherine Wheeler profiles The Reindeer Games: How Santa’s Reindeer Got Their Names by two Adirondackers: Julie Robards wrote the tale, with illustrations from artist Grace Potthast. 

Listen in or read the piece HERE.

Pleasant Valley Chorale presents

Winter Songs

Friday, December 12, 7 pm, Essex Community Church

Sunday, December 14, 3 pm, United Church of Christ

The Pleasant Valley Chorale winter program Winter Songs features choral pieces that appreciate the many expressions of winter. Directed by Nora Nadire with Accompanist Kerry Mero. Admission is free. Donations accepted at the door. Join us at either (or both!) of two concerts.

Essex Community Church, 2306 Lakeshore Road, Essex

United Church of Christ, 7580 Court St, Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown Social Center

Kids Christmas Party with Santa & Mrs. Claus

Saturday, December 13, 2 – 5 pm, free

Step into the holiday spirit with a fun-filled afternoon for kids and adults!
Spend time with Santa and Mrs. Claus and have your family photo taken by Sam’s Photography ADK. Enjoy milk & cookies with Santa and Mrs. Claus while making memories that last!

Get creative with hands-on gift-making crafts, where you can design and personalize presents for friends and family. Plus, decorate your own sugar cookies—perfect to enjoy on the spot or take home to share with loved ones! Of course there will be Christmas music playing in the background for everyone to enjoy or to sing along to!

With activities for all ages, festive treats, and plenty of holiday cheer, this free event is the perfect way to make memories, share laughter, and celebrate the magic of the season together.

For more information please visit HERE or call us at 518-873-6408.

Elizabethtown Social Center (7626 US-9, Elizabethtown

Seagle Festival Presents 

Holiday Benefit Concert Supporting Schroon Lake Food Pantry

Saturday, December 13, 2025, 4 pm

Seagle Festival is delighted to make a contribution to the annual Christmas in Schroon Lake Celebration by offering a special concert of holiday music. This performance will benefit the essential work of the Schroon Lake Food Pantry.

The performance will feature beloved holiday music, from beautiful carols like “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night” to joyful, festive tunes such as “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and “White Christmas.” The audience is warmly invited to join in on a song or two, making it fun for the whole family.

The artists sharing their talents include Josh Cook, Baritone and Seagle Festival Education and Community Engagement Director; Seagle Festival Alums Ava Pine, Soprano, and Amanda Robie, Mezzo-Soprano; and Seagle Festival General Director Tony Kostecki at the Piano.

Schroon Lake Community Church, 1088 US Rte 9, Schroon Lake

Join us for our Annual Holiday Open House  

Enjoy free admission, crafts, and refreshments throughout the day as you explore the Museum dressed in its holiday best.

 Meet Santa!  From 11 am to 1 pm, stop by the beautifully decorated DeLong House to snap a photo and share your holiday wishes.

 Storytime at the Museum At 11:30 am, gather for a special holiday-themed storytime featuring Mistletoe: A Christmas Story by Tad Hills.

We hope you’ll join us to kick off the season with history, cheer, and community!

More info HERE.

Chapman Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

The View Arts Center Presents

Four Exhibitions!

December 12, 2025 – February 28, 2026

Opening reception December 12, 4 – 6 pm

Join us for an Opening Reception onwhere we’ll be celebrating the artists and the holiday season. Guests are encouraged to don their most delightful (or delightfully hideous) holiday sweater!

Wild Whimsy: The Fantastical Natural World

Imagine That! Wit, Wonder and Whimsy

Curious Constructions

Ron Rakowski: The Best of Winter Comes to Old Forge

Full details on each exhibition HERE.

And, 

Vickie & Nickie’s Holiday Sleigh Ride!

Saturday, December 13, 2025, 7 pm

Created, written and performed by real-life sisters Lisa and Lori Brigantino, Vickie & Nickie, have been entertaining audiences in New York, Brooklyn and various venues throughout New York State, to rave revues.

“The kitschy duo are not only funny character comediennes, but very talented musicians, each of them switching off on numerous different instruments over the course of a set.” – Downtown Express

Find out more and get tickets HERE.

View Arts Center, 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge

Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery

Friday, December 12, 3 pm

Commemorate a pivotal moment in Lake George Area history! 

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, in tandem with the Warren County Commission for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, is proud to present a commemoration of Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery, which passed through Lake George. 

In the winter of 1775-1776, Henry Knox made the arduous trip from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston with over 50 cannons and mortars in order to support George Washington’s Continental Army holed up in Boston. This makes for a family-friendly night out.

Ful details and schedule of events HERE.

Tannery Pond Center presents

The McKrells Christmas

Sunday, December 14,  3 pm & 7 pm

The McKrells Christmas has been a tradition for upstate NY families for 30 years. Joining Brian Melick, Arlin Greene, Frank Orsini and Kevin McKrell for the final year of the incredibly successful 30 year run of The McKrell’s Christmas will be ‘Hot Club of Saratoga’ and ‘Heard’ multi instrumentalist Jonathan Greene and Chuck Kish founder and gypsy jazz rhythm guitarist of Hot Club of Saratoga. 

The McKrell-Melick interpretation of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” is an absolute classic. It’s the best Marx Brothers routine that the Marx Brothers never did, with Kevin McKrell playing a mix of wisecracking Groucho and straight-man Zeppo, while the bug-eyed, puppy-dog-eager Brian Melick channels Harpo with amazing accuracy.

Details and tickets HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory presents

Ask Me Anything: Quantum Mechanics

with Simon Thill,  Adirondack Sky Center’s Associate Director of Astronomy Outreach

Saturday, December 13, 4 pm and 6 pm

“If you aren’t confused by quantum mechanics, you haven’t really understood it.” -Niels Bohr
 

Quantum mechanics is crazy! Teleportation, entanglement, multiverses (yes parallel quantum universes are a real topic), what’s going on? I study physics and love explaining things, and on December 13th I’ll be discussing quantum physics to anyone interested. Come with your burning questions or just general curiosity.

Walk ins are welcome, but we would like a sense of how many will attended.  Please register below or contact the office at 518-359-3538.

Register HERE.

Adirondack Sky Center, 68 Park Street, Tupper Lake

The Westport Library and the Wadhams Free Library Present

Book Launch Event for Tim Brookes By Hand

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 7 pm

By Hand, the latest of Tim Brookes’ 23 books, explores three entwined themes.

First: minority cultures all over the world are teaching calligraphy as a way to rediscover their roots and their identity.

Second: exactly the opposite is happening in the U.S., where abandoning handwriting in favor of digital tools and AI separates the generations and discards the many proven benefits of writing by hand.

The third thread, which unites the others, is perhaps the most original of all. It is a subjective exploration of the act of handwriting by a writer whose own writing has been crippled by decades of using first typewriters, then keyboards. The author sets out to rehabilitate his scrawl, and the result is a series of revelations that demonstrate the therapeutic value—scientifically proven over and over but largely ignored—of keeping a journal by hand.

Tim Brookes will read from By Hand and lead a discussion about the value of handwriting and the future of the written word.

Westport Library, 6 Harris Lane, Westport