The Wild Center

Reopening Today, May 1

To mark our 20th anniversary, The Wild Center has reunited the original creative team behind our beloved signature film to bring you a breathtaking new version of The Wild Adirondacks. 

Featuring four times the visual resolution of the original, all-new imagery from renowned photographer Carl Heilman II, and a remastered score by composer Lance Day, the film premieres today, May 1, in the William H. Flammer Panorama Theater. Made possible by a federal Conservation and Community Interpretive Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, this cinematic journey from the High Peaks to the region’s wild rivers and streams is the perfect way to begin celebrating two decades of The Wild Center.

Find out more HERE.

The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake

John Brown Day

Arts Center Lake Placid announces

Position Open: Administrative & Program Coordinator (Seasonal)   

iWe’re looking for a curious, capable, and arts-loving individual to join our team this summer in a highly flexible, hands-on role, designed to be shaped around the strengths of the right candidate. Around here, we’ve been calling this person a “Unicorn,” someone whose mix of skills and interests doesn’t fit neatly into a single job description, but instead adds value across many areas of our work. If you love the arts and enjoy wearing multiple hats, from working with patrons to supporting creative projects, we’d love to hear from you. Our ideal Administrative & Program Coordinator could be someone with at least 3-5 years of full-time work experience or a standout up-and-comer who can tell us about skills built from experiences like working at a summer camp, in the hospitality industry, or another field where people skills, quick-thinking and creativity were required.

Find out more about this position and how to apply HERE.

Artistry Theatre presents

Sweeney Todd 

Friday, May 8, 7 pm
Saturday, May 9, 7 pm
Sunday, May 10, 2 pm

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up… and the carnage has only just begun!

Rating of R. Appropriate for Ages 16+. Adult Content & Themes. Adult Language

Find out more and get tickets HERE.

The Strand Center Theatre, 25 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh, NY

Tannery Pond Community Center presents

Spring Concert Presented by North Country Singers

Saturday, May 9, 2026, 2 pm

The North Country Singers and the Queensbury Middle School Select choir celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

RSVP is highly recommended: call 518-251-2505. Seating is limited to maximum capacity of 157. We cannot overfill the venue. Day of event admission is dependent on available seating after reserved seats have been used.

Additional info HERE.

Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street, North Creek

Adirondack Folk School presents

Forge Fest

Saturday, May 9,

9 am – 6 pm

AFS is hosting a day of Blacksmithing Contests and Demonstrations. It’s free for spectators and only $20 to enter contests!  

Register HERE to enter as a contestant or just stop by to watch.

AFS, 51 Main St., Lake Lucerne

Wells Memorial Library presents

Jeff Wiegand’s Syntax in Art

Saturday, May 9 – Saturday, June 27

Opening reception Saturday, May 9, 

noon – 2 pm

More about the artist HERE.

Wells Memorial Library, 12230 NYS Rt 9N, Upper Jay

Champlain Valley Film Series Presents

The Adirondack Experience announces

Artists Selected for 2026 Artists-in-Residency Program

The Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, (ADKX) is pleased to welcome four talented artists—Ben Allanoff, Andrea Mancuso, Jinghong Chen, and Joy Muller-McCoola—selected for its 2026 Artist-in-Residency program. The artists will live and work on site for one month, in June, July, August, and September, respectively. During the residency periods, the artists will focus on creating their own body of work within the public areas of the museum grounds and guide activities in the museum’s Art Lab makerspace. The intention of this program is for artists to engage with the public while spending time pursuing their own creative works and be inspired by the natural areas that comprise and surround the museum’s campus, as well as key objects and stories within the collection.

Artists were selected through a highly competitive application process. The museum received 185 applications from artists in 33 different countries and 22 states. Submissions included artists who work in a range of mediums, including sound, digital, animation, painting, photography, sculpture, and performance. A committee comprised of ADKX staff as well as arts leaders in the region reviewed applications: Pam Poquette, Art Omi (Ghent, NY); Anya Villeneuve, Lake Placid Center for the Arts (Lake Placid, NY); and Ellen-Deane Cummins (Saratoga Springs, NY).

Find out more about each artists HERE.