A Q&A with Playwright Stephen Sheffer on “Lean-to” Stephen Sheffer’s “Lean-to” runs this weekend at Pendragon Theater in Saranac Lake—the run is largely sold out, though tickets remain for the Saturday matinee. Sheffer spoke with ADK A&E by phone from his room in the company’s artist housing, fresh off a morning hike up Baker Mountain….

Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) announces Erin Reilly joins ACW as Program Director Erin is a recent graduate of the Creative Writing MFA program at Emerson College, where she specialized in fiction and taught four semesters of First Year Writing. Before earning my Master’s degree, she spent two years working and writing in New York…

18th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival Winners Announced Saranac Lke ArtWork’s 18th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival, held August 17 – 22, 2026, concluded with record-breaking attendance, sales, and artist participation, reaffirming Saranac Lake’s reputation as one of the premier destinations for plein air painting. This year’s festival welcomed 40 juried artists, including ten first‑time…