Adirondack Shakespeare Company (or ADK Shakes) gears up for its fifth season of autumn repertory shows on tour throughout the region. But this season is different. For a couple of reasons. Each autumn for the past few years, ADK Shakes has presented Hamlet, one of the greatest ghost stories ever told. This year, the Company’s Artistic Director takes the stage as the Prince of Denmark, and is she ever excited. This is not the first time — even this year — that the Company has explored the fluid … [Read more...]
The 100 Mile House: Library Program on Historic Buildings
The 100 Mile House: Why the Greenest Building Might Be the One that Already Exists On Thursday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Belden Noble Memorial Library, Steven Engelhart, Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage, will discuss the idea that the preservation and reuse of historic buildings not only protects our architectural heritage and makes for more vibrant communities but that it can also be a good choice in terms of energy conservation and sustainability. The program … [Read more...]
Paul Flinn Art Fundraiser for UVM Children’s Hospital at Old Stone Church 9/1
Friday September 1 from 4 to 6 PM The Old Stone Church 11 Church St. Essex, NY Mr. Flinn is an Essex resident and a world famous landscape architect. Designer of the Burlington Waterfront and other major projects, his drawings, large and small, perfectly capture a sense of place its light, its angles and its shadows. This drawing (right) and a great many more from Essex and its environs will be for sale at the Old Stone Church in Essex, NY on Friday, September 1, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 … [Read more...]
Announcing the First Annual Essex County Arts and Crafts Festival
The First Annual Essex County Arts and Crafts Festival will be held Wednesday and Thursday, August 30-31, at the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport. The Festival will present the work of artists and crafters currently working in the county and neighboring region. It is a celebration of the reality that every town and hamlet throughout the county is home to numerous creative people who enrich their communities by their hand-made creations. We are proud to be able to display how strong is the … [Read more...]
Pop-Up Art Sale Tomorrow in Essex
AMAZING POP UP ART SALE Saturday, August 26 10:30am - 3:00pm ON THE LAWN AND PORCH - 2261 LAKE SHORE ROAD in Essex Village More than 30 beautifully framed pictures: prints, watercolors, oil. A limited number of Essex scenes and local artists. ALL PRICED TO SELL! Plus vintage lamps, containers, bits and bobs of beauty. EVERYTHING MUST GO! All proceeds to promote Mac MacDevitt’s My Lai Memorial exhibit, an art project for Veterans For Peace - Chicago. (See description below) About … [Read more...]
Jeff Moredock Book Launch 8/27 at Adirondack Art Association
The Adirondack Art Association will host Essex author Jeff Moredock for a book reading and signing on Sunday, August 27th at 3:00PM. Jeff will read selections from Poems from Essex & Elsewhere, a collection composed over four decades that includes a dozen playful portraits of life in our favorite small village in upstate New York. In an age in which we are drowning in excessive verbiage, poetry is the perfect life line. I craft poems in my head, then pour them onto paper through a filter … [Read more...]
September Art Exhibit Opening Reception at the Adirondack Art Association
The Adirondack Art Association in excited to announce their September Art Exhibit for 2017. The exhibition, which will feature a group show of AAA artist members, will be held from August 25 to October 9, 2017. An opening reception which is free and open to the public will be held for the exhibit on Friday, August 25 from 5:00-7:00 pm at the AAA in Essex, New York. Open seasonally from May to October, the Adirondack Art Association (AAA) is a 501c3 not-for-profit community organization that … [Read more...]
Origami Class with Bernie Douglas at the Essex Library
This photo shows some of the EASY ORIGAMI Bernie Douglas will teach the children to make. Class is for 6 to 9 year olds, with a limit of 10 children. You must pre-register with Bernie at (518) 963-7839. Belden Noble Memorial Library Friday, August 18, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave … [Read more...]
Poetry Night at the Essex Library
A poet lurks inside every one of us; sometimes they sneak out into time and space and provide us with great aural pleasure. Let your inner poet loose and join us for an evening of reading and listening. Read you own, read one of your favorites written by someone else, or just listen. Belden Noble Memorial Library Thursday, August 17, 7:00 p.m. Attendance, like the verse, is free. Co-sponsored by the library and the Adirondack Art … [Read more...]
The Birds, Directed by Ted Cornell, Through 8/5 at Essex Theatre Company
The Essex Theatre Company’s production of The Birds opens this weekend at its air-conditioned theatre in the Masonic Hall in Essex. And it is a thriller! Following a weekend of preview performances before, thankfully, appreciative audiences, we are putting on some finishing touches for this Thursday’s July 27 opening. First, you will see some amazingly great acting. Truthful. Totally believable. Martha Swan, Rob Farkas. Mireena Fleury trapped by the birds. Terrified. Undaunted. You instinctively … [Read more...]
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