Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts announces

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Program

Thursday, June 4 – Sunday, June 7, 2026

Application window now open! Apply by Thursday, April 16, at 5 pm.

Artists of all disciplines based in the Adirondack North Country region of New York State are encouraged to apply to participate in this FREE entrepreneurial program to be presented by Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in beautiful Blue Mountain Lake.

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)/New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artist as Entrepreneur Program is an intensive professional-development opportunity that serves artists and creatives of all disciplines, including—but not limited to—visual, literary, and performing arts. This free three-and-a-half-day program delves into the fundamental principles of sustainability in the arts, empowering artists with the tools to imagine and pursue success as they define it.

Whether you’re looking for a shift in thinking, strategies for your arts/creative business, or peer networks to connect with, this program provides dynamic planning tools for building a blueprint for your creative practice or arts project.

To learn more about the program and how to apply, please visit the “Artist as Entrepreneur” page HERE, or visit HERE.

Image: NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program and New York Live Arts’ “In/Between” exhibition. Photo by Maria Baranova, courtesy of New York Live Arts.

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

Tannery Pond Center’s Winter Coffeehouse Concert Series presents

Hudson River Ceili

Sunday, March 15, 2026, 3 pm

Hudson River Ceili performs traditional Irish and other Celtic style music and dance. The group especially enjoys high energy dance tunes from the Irish, Quebecois, and New England traditions. Members are Andre Ernst (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, banjo, and mandolin), Leanne (Irish dance, bodhran and tin whistles), David Jones (fiddle, concertina), and Diane Jones (fiddle, mandolin).

More details and purchase tickets HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Downtown Artist Cellar (DAC) presents

Conversations, Susan Hoffer, and 

Street Level, Barry Lobdell

Conversations, thru Saturday, April 25, Main Gallery

Street Level, thru Saturday, April 4, Small gallery

Reception Friday, March 13, 5 – 7 pm

In Conversations, Susan Hoffer explores themes of community, belonging, and the space between differing viewpoints through expressive figurative oil paintings. Rooted in her personal experiences living in the Adirondacks, the work reflects moments of tension, connection, and shared humanity. Hoffer’s process involves layering, scraping, and manipulating oil paint to create surfaces that feel active and alive. Rather than presenting fixed narratives, the paintings invite viewers into an open exchange—encouraging reflection and new ways of seeing and being together.

Street Level by photographer Barry Lobdell captures everyday life in public spaces through candid moments and thoughtful observations of the built environment. Lobdell’s work blends spontaneous street photography with carefully considered responses to the situations he encounters. Each photograph offers a glimpse into the stories unfolding around us, inviting viewers to pause and notice the quiet narratives present in daily life.

Find out more HERE.

Images: Susan Hoffer, Self-portrait#mother#artist#ally. Barry Lobdell, Interior Cityscape.

Downtown Artist Cellar, 410 East Main Street, Malone

Fort Ticonderoga Receives a Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Grant

Fort Ticonderoga was recently awarded a $10,000 Forrest E. Mars Jr. Chocolate History grant that will contribute to the development of a new interactive living history program recreating the chocolate sellers of the civilian market at Ticonderoga in 1776 in honor of America’s 250^th anniversary. The grant was awarded at the Annual Heritage Chocolate Society meeting held in Washington, DC on February 19, 2026.

In four unique REAL TIME REVOLUTION® events, that chronicle the labor that led to liberty as it unfolded at Ticonderoga, our skilled living history staff will invite visitors to the market of 1776, exactly where it stood 250 years ago, on the man-made slope surrounding Fort Ticonderoga. As visitors explore four distinct chapters of the fight to secure independence, they will make connections to the networks of colonial trade that brought chocolate to the American colonies before the war.

Through the tropical origins of chocolate and other commodities, visitors will explore the covert commerce of American privateers running through the British blockade to continue lines of trade. Skilled costume educators will connect chocolate with these Revolutionary War themes, while bringing to life crucial moments 250 years ago, through REAL TIME REVOLUTION®. 

Read more HERE.

The Grange Winter Lyceum presents

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) Announces 

Lake George Dinner Theatre Announces Its 2026 Season

The Marvelous Wonderettes and The 39 Steps

Lake George Dinner Theatre proudly announces a “Season of Nostalgia” for its 59th year entertaining audiences. It begins with the smash off-Broadway musical hit, The Marvelous Wonderettes, written and created by Roger Bean, running July 10 through September 5, 2026. The season continues with two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner, The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the movie by Alfred Hitchcock and the novel by John Buchan, opening on September 18, 2026, and running through October 17, 2026.

The Marvelous Wonderettes is a crowd-pleasing blast from the past that will keep you smiling, singing and toe-tapping all the way to the end! Join us for this cotton candy-colored musical trip down memory lane, featuring your favorite pop songs from the 50s and 60s. 

In The 39 Steps, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller is given a campy, whimsical treatment in this award-winning, riotous comedy. It’s all brought to life by an exuberant cast of four actors playing over 100 roles. This dizzying, hysterical parody is packed with non-stop thrills and side-splitting shenanigans!

Find out more and purchase tickets HERE.

Holiday Inn Resort, 2223 Canada Street, Route US-9, Lake George

In Case You Missed It

“This author drew on her Adirondack experience for a new thriller”

Last week, North Country Public Radio’s Mitch Tiech spoke with author Jennifer Denny about her new novel Calculated Risk as part of the “In the Adirondack Library” series for the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (see ADK A&E e-News 660, February 23 HERE).

 Both Denny and her heroine, Samantha Wethersfield, are young women with extensive experience in the outdoors, and a passionate feel for the Adirondacks. Wethersfield is a seasonal ranger, while the author has been a professional High Peaks summit steward, and is now manager of the Stewardship Program at the Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith’s College.

The novel depicts a pivotal time in Wethersfield’s life as she navigates potential changes in her job, her relationship, and even where she lives—at the same time she’s navigating some fast changes in the natural world as she goes on a shoulder season hike in the High Peaks.

Last week’s episode of Mitch’sNCPR North Words podcast, co-hosted with Ethan Shantie, includes an excerpt from that interview.

You can listen in to North Words HEREand you can view the “In the Adirondack Library” interview in its entirety HERE.

Jen Denny and her husband, Preston, on the summit of Skylight Mountain. Photo by Jen Denny.