Graphic Novel Writing/Drawing Class with visiting instructor, Allison Bannister

Saturday, May 21, 2-4 pm

Do you have a teenager in your life who loves to draw, write stories, make comics? Perfect for high schoolers who want to create anything from a webcomic to a youtube series to a TV show or illustrated novel, this class will provide an introduction to the core principles of storytelling.

Also, we’re lucky to have a generous friend of ACW who would like to sponsor two students to attend this workshop, so if the $10 registration fee presents a barrier, please reach us at info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org and we’ll waive the fee for up to two students.

Register HERE.

Workshop takes place at ACW at 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

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Tupper Arts seeks artists for 49th Annual Tupper Lake Art Show

The annual tradition of the Tupper Lake Art Show is continuing for its 49th year, hosted once again by Tupper Arts. As with previous years, Tupper Arts invites all local artists to register to participate in the gallery show, which will be featured at Tupper Arts throughout June. Artists will have the opportunity to showcase their chosen medium, which includes everything between woodworking, textile arts, painting, and sculpture.

To apply to be a part of this longstanding Tupper Lake tradition, interested artists are welcome to submit up to three hanging works, or sign up for one table to showcase their artistic items. There is a registration fee of $25, and registration will stay open until 5 pm. on Monday, May 30. Interested artists can find more information HERE, where they can submit their application online.

Tupper Arts is currently showcasing their first gallery show, Thru the Lens of Kathleen Bigrow: “Mostly Spruce and Hemlock; Tupper Lake’s Logging Heritage,” which is in collaboration with the Tupper Lake History Museum. Visit Tupper Arts at 106 Park Street, Wednesday through Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm. To stay updated, like Tupper Arts on Facebook, and follow them on Instagram @tupperartscenter.

VIBIN’ WITH OLD MOUNTAIN COFFEE CO.

The best vibe in town for Saturday May 21! Join Old Mountain Coffee Co in Keene Valley for a concert of ‘Music for Contemplation’ – vibraphone duo Gene Baker and Mike Lewandowski! The vibraphone is a beautiful instrument of faerie-like otherworldly sound and this is an opportunity to listen up close and personal in the Old Mountain Coffee Co former yoga studio extension space. Coffee, tea, treats, vibraphone, and FREE! = the best vibe in town!

Saturday May 21, 7 pm

This project is made possible with funds from the restart NY regrants 2021-22 mini-grant program, a regrant program of the New York state Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.

THE ADK POLLINATOR PROJECT’S 5TH ANNUAL POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY NATIVE PLANT SALE IS HAPPENING NOW

Ten varieties of native flowering plants have been chosen to benefit pollinators that live in the Adirondacks. All plants will be ready to plant directly in your garden and to thrive during their first season. Each plant has been carefully sourced or grown from seed to ensure that they have never come in contact with neonicotinoids (a class of insecticides that are harmful to pollinators). Whether you plant a few plants or many, you will help rebuild the monarch butterfly population, attract hummingbirds, and strengthen native bee and moth populations.

All proceeds of the sale support pollinator habitat conservation by the Adirondack Pollinator Project, a project of AdkAction in partnership with The Wild Center, and Paul Smith’s College.

Thanks to the Uihlein Foundation, the Pollinator Project is able to grow the plants at the Uihlein Farm Greenhouse in Lake Placid, and you will be able to pick them up at the greenhouse during Plant Sale Days on May 28 and June 18. Please contact info@adkaction.org if you need to make alternate arrangements for plant pick-up.

Visit HERE to pre-order your plants.
Special offer for our friends: As a friend of The Wild Center, use discount code WILD22 to take 10% off your order!

Live Theater this Saturday!

Baal and Dix

Saturday, May 21, 8 pm

Theater-lovers: Join us for a live theater performance with an art-party vibe to experience Die-Cast’s newest work, Baal and Dix – a true episodic romp around the Recovery Lounge.

Between rousing beer hall songs, delicate movement sequences, riotous docudrama facts, and intimate scene work, this immersive theater extravaganza looks at prominent artists of the Weimar Republic, upturning genre and identity through the lens of time.

Audiences are not confined to their seats and are free to make their own way through the space and the story. You may just find yourself in a waltz with a performer, toasting with a secret shot, or engaged in a private monologue.

More info and tickets HERE.

Upper Jay Art Center, 12198 Old Rte 9N, Upper Jay