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Arts

‘A very long intermission’

LAKE PLACID — When the calendar for the Lake Placid Center for the Arts renovation was solidified, it just happened to be around the time Parons Dance was due to come for their recurring residency there. This hatched an idea — the dancers will be the last ones to perform on the stage ...

‘A kind and good place’

LAKE PLACID — The fourth annual Adirondack Family Book Festival on Saturday, Aug. 16 gave local kids the opportunity to meet some of their favorite authors, and maybe find some new ones. Four-year-old Violet King was returning for her third year and received a book signed by Tracey ...

World renowned jazz pianist coming to Keene Valley Aug. 28

KEENE VALLEY — Acclaimed jazz pianist Fred Hersch will perform a solo concert in Keene Valley this summer at the Keene Valley Congregational Church, presented by East Branch Friends of the Arts, Thursday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. For reservations, visit ...

VISITING LAKE PLACID: ‘A dream in the making’

LAKE PLACID — The organizers of the Adirondack Family Book Festival had a dream of making their corner of the world a kinder place through the power of stories. This year, with the fourth annual festival planned for Saturday, Aug. 16, they are well on their way. The festival will take ...

An exhibit for the future

LAKE PLACID — The final exhibit at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts Gallery will be a tactile, interactive look at the future. Marvel Designs, which has been working with the LPCA on the upcoming renovation of the center’s performance and gallery building, will be presenting details ...

Where arts meet athletics

LAKE PLACID — For Moses Pendleton, skiing was an entry point to dance. Raised on a dairy farm in Vermont, he took a dance class during his freshman year at Dartmouth College after an injury interrupted the early days of his college ski career. He had aspirations to ski in the Olympics, but ...