LAKE PLACID — A boy wizard and his two best friends attend a boarding school to learn more about magic. For the next seven years, they encounter a variety of monsters, villains and mayhem, all while navigating the ins and outs of adolescence. There’s just one catch: The boy’s name is ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing is set to host the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival on June 7 and 8. The festival, held biennially, features writers, poets, comedians and other creatives from across the country. It is a celebration of how writing and storytelling — in all ...

KEENE VALLEY — The Book & Blanket Players Youth Theatre is pleased and grateful to announce support from Stewart’s Holiday Match and the Pumpkin Hill Foundation for the annual summer musical-in-a-week theater production with Casting Days set for May 17 and 18 at the Keene Valley ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Northern Lights Choir will host a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10 at St. Bernard’s Church. This concert spans genres and geographies, featuring works from spirituals to patriotic anthems, including a soul-stirring arrangement of “I’m Building Me A Home” by ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Center for Writing will be hosting its 25th Anniversary Gala on Friday, May 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Great Hall at Hotel Saranac. The event will include an open beer and wine bar, hors d’oeuvres, games (including ACW’s famous book on your head obstacle ...

SARANAC LAKE — Seventy teen writers from around the Adirondacks will see their creative work published in the second “Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology” this spring. The book will launch at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Harrietstown Town Hall, 39 Main St, Saranac Lake. ...