LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Family Book Festival returns to this community on Saturday, Aug. 19 with 15 children’s and young adult authors and illustrators eager to mix and mingle with their fans and readers of all ages. Originally scheduled to be held outdoors at the John Brown Farm ...

SARANAC LAKE — The featured artist at the Adirondack Artists Guild for the month of August is photographer and guild member Burdette Parks. The title of his exhibit is “The Forest by Your Feet: Intimate Portraits from the Woods.” The show opened on Aug. 4 and will run through Aug. ...

LAKE PLACID — For its Sunday Symphony Series on Sunday, Aug. 6 the Lake Placid Sinfonietta will present “Mesmerizing Melodies,” bringing the artistry of Seagle Festival mezzo soprano Natalie Sweeney to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts stage singing Aaron Copland’s “Eight Songs of ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Sinfonietta will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 30 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts in a program titled “Woodland Sprites” that echoes the world of nature. The evening will include Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” featuring Concertmaster ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Center for the Arts has announced a list of awardees from its inaugural Audience Building Project, a regrant program supported by the New York State Council on the Arts this year. The statewide program is focused on supporting organizations “as they recover ...

KEENE VALLEY — A service in memory of novelist and poet Russell Banks filled the Keene Valley Congregational Church on Saturday. He had requested a Buddhist memorial, and the service was officiated by Monastics Yukon Grody and Hokyu Aronson, from Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, ...