Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Each week our Office Administrator, Kathleen Morse, writes on the Lakeside school and community and education based on the Waldorf philosophy through her perspective from the office [...]
10 Ways to Support Lakeside School in Essex 1) Bring friends and dance the night away at the bi-annual Barn Dance at Black Kettle Farm. Come early for a hearty chili dinner. Spring dance is June 8th ($10 dance $5 chili dinner). Fall dance date TBA. 2) Join fellow gastronomists at the Essex Inn for [...]
The 2012 Essex County Fair is in full swing despite the recent drizzle (at long last, rain!), and tomorrow’s much anticipated demolition derby was even featured in the New York Times magazine last Sunday. If you missed Ben Stechschulte’s demolition derby photographs, check out “Dude, Where’s My Windshield?” before heading over to the fairgrounds in [...]
You’ve tried canoeing and kayaking on Lake Champlain, but have you SUP’ed? A fast growing new water sport has made it’s way to the North Country – and more specifically, to Essex! Now, you can rent a stand up paddle board from Split Rock Outfitters and Guides in Essex, and explore the lake! That’s right, [...]
Creating Engaged Citizenry in Palestine, a hope-filled lecture, by Palestinian Community Advocacy Network leaders from McGill University, on 15 years of non-violent human rights-based activism, sponsored by John Brown Lives! and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Essex. Read more about the Palestine Community Advocacy Network on the McGill University website. What: Lecture, Creating Engaged Citizenry in Palestine [...]
In the early days—before the arrival of the horses—lifting, pulling, dragging, and cultivating were all done by hand, and shoulder, back, and leg. James coined our first farm motto then “putting the arm back in farming.” Lightning and Thunder arrived just in time, as our shoulders were killing us from raking an acre of ridges in the vegetable field, [...]
Meadowmount School of Music is a summer retreat for young musicians who are training for professional music careers. “Founded in 1944 by [Judith and] Ivan Galamian, the Meadowmount School of Music, located in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, offers exceptional string players and pianists a seven-week-long intensive program of private study and chamber music [...]
The Fourth of July is approaching, so I thought I’d send out a reminder of the activities taking place in Essex for the holiday! Check out the previous post covering the event, but now there is even more new information available here. Fireworks on July 3rd This year Essex fireworks will be lit on July 3rd. The [...]
Chief Lansing and his Merry band of Parade Planners have been busy at work organizing the 2012 Essex 4th of July Festivities! It’s just under one month to go! Fireworks, Parade, Food & Games! A Fireworks extravaganza will begin at dusk on Tuesday, July 3, off Mason’s Point. Get your blankets ready to sit on, [...]
“Lookout” by Lucinda Kirk is another entry in the Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest. In her essay she describes some of her favorite places in the Champlain Valley including Live Well, the Westport Library, Everybody’s Supermarket, and the Champlain Area Trails. She conveys facts that make each place unique and a must visit! The largest portion [...]
